How come some patients get better treatment outcomes while others drown in negativity and struggle?

In her book Radical Remission, Dr. Kelly Turner highlights nine key factors that can make a real difference in surviving cancer. One of these factors is Releasing Suppressed Emotions. Let's explore the most effective way to do so. Watch the video for more.

When cancer patients discuss Integrative Medicine with their medical practitioners, they are often met with some level of reluctance, and that's because... Watch the video for more.

Trauma can feel like an ever-present shadow, impacting our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. We cope in the best ways we know how, but sometimes, those strategies can leave us stuck. While managing symptoms is important, true healing often involves addressing the root cause of the trauma.

Feeling anxious when receiving a cancer diagnosis or undergoing treatment is understandable, even expected. Whether it’s about treatment-related side effects, cancer spreading, or returning after treatment has ended, whether it’s about losing our independence, our support system, relationships, etc.

From diagnosis to treatment and survivorship, facing cancer means addressing more than just the physical burden of medical treatment; it often means experiencing mental and emotional distress. 

A cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment can be deeply traumatic. Experiences like invasive procedures, fear of the unknown, and loss of control trigger stress responses similar to those in traditional trauma. This is why we must talk about the complex relationship between cancer and trauma and find ways to address it.

If you knew of certain actions you could take to improve the outcome of your cancer treatment; would you take them? If you discovered tools and techniques you could use to optimize your healing and recovery, would you use them? That’s what my clients do, and they often get better outcomes than their medical team predicted.

Facing a cancer diagnosis and all the change that follows can be daunting. We were never taught how to process and cope with any life-threatening illness, especially cancer. The result of being so unprepared for this physical, mental, and emotional injury is Cancer Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, better known as PTSD.