By Marlene Stager, MS Support Connection Peer Counselor Feeling frightened is often equated with being weak. We all experience feelings of fear from time to time. It can jade our perspective of our own strength and inaccurately define what it means to be courageous. Each one of us deserves to be true to ourselves and […]
By Caryn McCurry, CLC, New Insights Life and Career Coaching Caryn, a Certified Life Coach, shares some tips on ways to take care of yourself by making the most of the “tools” you already have inside of you. Who are you? What are your unique abilities or gifts and talents? What are the things others […]
By Andrea Karl, BSSupport Connection Peer Counselor Andrea is one of the Peer Counselors on our staff. At one point, she facilitated 4 support groups a month. In this blog post, she shares her personal experience as a support group member after her own diagnosis in 2003, as well as what she’s learned from other […]
By Barbara Cervoni, LMSW, ACSW Director of Services and Communication, Support Connection, Inc. What Is Cancer Survivorship? Before I was diagnosed with breast cancer almost 4 years ago I thought I had a pretty good understanding of what the words “cancer survivor” meant. After all, for 11 years I’d been employed at Support Connection, a […]