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Tips on Finding a New Job or Changing Career after Cancer Treatment

By Marie Ennis-O’Connor — 2019

Whether you’re looking for a new job or considering a new career direction, this month’s article has plenty of practical advice to help you.

Read on powerfulpatients.org

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Insomnia and Cancer

I am a person who always was able to sleep and would generally be out before my head ever hit the pillow. Now I found myself tossing and turning for hours at a time.

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Jane Biehl
2019
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Insomnia Common Among Cancer Patients

Roughly half of patients with cancer have symptoms of insomnia, and many may have sleep problems that linger for at least a year, a small study suggests. The most common malignancies were breast cancer, tumors of the prostate or testicles, and colorectal cancer.

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Lisa Rapaport
2019
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Cancer and Sleep

As knowledge has grown about sleep’s integral role in overall health, many sleep scientists have turned their attention to how sleep and cancer are connected.

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Eric Suni
2020
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Mentorship Will Be the Key to Retaining Your Very Best Talent in a Remote World

Simply put, there’s a new future of work coming — a remote workforce. In that environment, nurturing, inspiring, and developing employees will be even more critical, and mentorship is a key part of the equation.

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Gary McCormick
2021
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Parenting a Third Culture Kid

Third Culture Kids (TCKs): Children who don’t identify with a single culture, but have a more complicated identity forged from their experiences as global citizens.

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Elke Robshaw
2015
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Life After Cancer: Finding Meaning in the Mundane

I need to slowly add the important things back into my life.

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Jaime Robbins
2016
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How My Cancer Diagnosis Gave Me a New Purpose in Life

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.

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Bin McLaurin, Jo Cavallo
2019
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Single Dose of Psychedelic Drug Eased Cancer Patients’ Anxiety, Depression for Years

The new research looked at cancer patients who took part in a study nearly five years ago.

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Kaitlin Sullivan
2020
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Finding Meaning in the Face of Suffering

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.

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Wendy G. Lichtenthal, Kailey E. Roberts, Hayley Pessin, Allison Applebaum, William Breitbart
2020
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Getting Serious About Depression

For cancer patients, untreated depression can mean they stop taking prescriptions, skip their cancer treatment or start engaging in behaviors like smoking or overeating that can harm their health.

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Cameron Walker
2020
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