By Kelly Mcgonigal
The yoga tradition offers a refreshing alternative to the New Year’s resolution: the practice of sankalpa, or resolve.
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A cancer diagnosis brings a wealth of psychological challenges. In fact, adults living with cancer have a six-time higher risk for psychological disability than those not living with cancer.
I need to slowly add the important things back into my life.
Happiness has little to do with it. Research suggests meaning in your life is important for well-being.
The time between diagnosis and death presents an opportunity for “extraordinary growth.”
It wasn’t until I was awakened early one morning by a phone call from my urologist who informed me that I had prostate cancer that I started to panic. It took me a few seconds to comprehend what he was saying. He then ticked off a list of things I had to do.
An added component of cancer treatment is discovering what is most meaningful in the patient’s life and using that to buoy them during difficult moments. That, in a nutshell, is the psychiatrist's role.
“Even when disease cannot be cured, there is often a way to use this difficult experience to know more intimately the value and purpose of your life.”