Ep6: Cancer at Christmas - Finding the Merry

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right?! This may not be the case if you’re in the midst of a cancer battle. How do we still wring some goodness out of this season if we are having challenging physical and/or emotional battles? Maybe you’re waiting for diagnosis, in treatment, or missing loved ones. Glynn shares three bits of wisdom about how he will be doing Christmas differently this year, his first Christmas with cancer, as he stares down his next chemo infusion session on December 27th.

We talk about the need to be clear and compassionate regarding our expectations for ourselves on Christmas Day, so we don’t make any suffering worse. We discuss the need to keep up our self-care routines. We look at the power of truly connecting with the present moment to induce positive emotions to come alongside our hard feelings. We also muse on the notion of the perspective we can take on Christmas - do we view it through the lens of having cancer, or can Christmas be viewed as it is with cancer on the side.

As always, we dive into Glynn’s multiple spoons full of sugar - family and Christmas feasts.

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