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June 24, 2014Heather's blog: Creating the life I want & setting daily intentions
“When you become clear on how you want to feel, it makes it easier to create the life you truly want to live.”
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June 23, 2014
Supporting children when someone they care about has cancer (SC14Ignite recap)
Andrea Warnick’s workshop, “Supporting children when someone they care about has cancer,” was a big hit at Survivor Conference 2014: Ignite with parents, siblings, and people who have young children in their lives who are trying to understand cancer.
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June 21, 2014
How understanding your brain can empower your life (SC14Ignite recap)
Dr. Rob Rutledge’s Survivor Conference 2014 keynote gave us a lot to think about, from the history of our brains as biological matter, to learned evolutionary behaviours, to ways to calm down and the science that supports it.
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June 20, 2014
Anxiety and cancer: Strategies for coping (SC14Ignite recap)
One of the workshops at Survivor Conference 2014: Ignite was on identifying and coping with anxiety when you’re dealing with cancer. Karine, our program director, worked on a great presentation about the differences between anxiety and depression and ways to stay healthy.
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June 18, 2014
Localife Ottawa: Everyone's a winner at pizza and games night
We ordered pizza from Gabriel Pizza, and we must have been hungry because those pizzas did not stand a chance! They were devoured within minutes. Literally. Minutes.
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June 17, 2014
Survivor profile: Cindy Faas
Survivor profile Cindy found a lump in her breast while doing a self-exam, and was diagnosed earlier this year. She said, “Cancer was a death sentence to me before I […]
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June 16, 2014
Localife Calgary: Wing night 4.0
The evening was fun, casual, and delicious, so many different wing flavours to try — including dill pickle.
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June 13, 2014
Body Image: I see me (SC14Ignite recap)
For those of you who wanted a refresher on the Survivor Conference 2014 body image workshop, or for those of you who couldn’t be there, here are some notes to […]
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Becky's blog: Let's YACC, Survivor Conference edition
My first conference was in St. John’s, NL in 2010. I didn’t know anyone but the supporter I’d brought with me. I was scared — afraid that I’d be judged for being too healthy, and not having enough problems. I couldn’t have been farther from the truth.
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June 03, 2014
Survivor profile: Marla
Survivor profile Marla initially downplayed her cervical cancer to her friends and family, and didn’t feel the emotional effects until after treatment. Read the full story.
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June 02, 2014
We'll never get tired of this story!
We have a jam-packed grand plan for June that revolves around web content from the Survivor Conference, but we couldn’t get into that without taking a minute to share this quote from one of our favourite stories.
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May 29, 2014
Survivor Conference 2014 FAQs
Some of you have approached us with the same questions about Survivor Conference 2014: Ignite, so we created this FAQs page to make sure you were up to speed.
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