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Basic Drawing for People with Cancer
Anyone can learn to draw and art provides a valuable tool for stress reduction for adults with cancer! Join Jack Klugerman, BFA Mass. College of Art and TWC participant, who will teach you the basics of drawing in a comfortable and non-judgmental atmosphere. Absolutely no experience necessary!
Mondays from 2:30 to 4:15PM - RSPV
Focusing
Focusing is a body/mind method of reducing stress, increasing well-being and finding your spiritual resilience. This supportive group will teach you the focusing process and, through the use of creative tools, help you to reconnect with your inner strength. Laury Rappaport, Ph.D. is a Certified Focusing Trainer with The Focsuing Institute and is on the faculties of Lesley University and Cambridge College. She has been teaching Focusing to individuals and groups for over twenty years and specializes in the application of creativity and wellness.
Thursday, October 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th from 1:00 to 2:30PM, RSVP for all 4 sessions.
Life Coaching: Creating a More Fulfilling Life After Cancer
Life coaching provides the tools for clarifying your deepest values and purpose, assessing your life, planning desired changes and taking action to achieve your goals. This six-week group, for people who are beyond regular medical treatments, will help you crystallize your true purpose and design a plan for living authentically and fully. The sessions will be led by eight-year cancer survivor and certified life coach, Tracy Fitzpatrick, MS.
Thursdays, starting October 14th from 7:00 to 9:00PM - RSVP for All 6 Sessions
Beyond Cancer: Celebrating Survivorship
3rd Annual Open House Hosted by the Dana Farber Cancer Institute
This program is designed for women with histories of breast or gynecologic cancers who are interested in issues related to long-term health car and survivorship. The year the program will begin with the Open House on Dana 9, The Gillette Center for Women's Cancers at 8:00AM. Around 9:00AM, the program moves to the Longwood Galleria Conference area to hear the medical staff updates on advances on women's cancers and a panel discussion by survivors. Call (866) 408-DFCI (3324) for more information.
Saturday, October 30th from 8:00 to 11:00AM
Restorative Yoga
In this six-week class, we will practice the yoga of "non-doing" and gentleness. This class is perfect for those in cancer recovery, treatement, chronic pain or fatigue. Gretchen Daggett, certified Kripalu yoga instructor, focuses on effortlessness and ease, using props to safely support your body in postures. This class will invoke a natural state of balance, a release of deeply held tensions, replenishment and healing rest.
Thursday, November 4, 11 & 18 and December 2, 9 & 16 from 9:00 to 10:00AM - RSPV
Radiation Sonnets: A Caregiver's Journey
Please join us for this talk and reading by award-winning author, Jane Yolen! When Jane Yolen's husband was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, she turned to writing poetry for solace. Come hear about her experience and listen to the words of her sonnets that have been described as "a triumphant celebration of the human spirit." This event is co-sponsored by Springwell and The Wellness Community.
Tuesday, November 9th at 7:00PM at The Wellesley Free Library RSPV by calling 617-926-4100 or events@springwell.com
Traditional Exercise: Before and After Cancer Care
This workshop will explain current findings and information regarding safe
and proper exercise to compliment your medical care during and after active cancer treatment. Dr. Ken Ditzian, Chiropractic Sports Physician is director of Exerciseworks of Boston.
Thursday, November 11th from 6:30 to 8:30PM - RSVP
Writing Toward Wellness
We'll explore our own ideas of wellness, discover techniques for managing grief and loss, bring balance into our days and explore keys to wellness that enliven our lives. We will learn a variety of journal writing techniques to manage difficult emotions, access creativity and assist us in self-healing. Led by Claire Willis, LICSW.
Tuesdays, Starting November 16th from 10:30AM to 12:30PM - RSVP
The Difficult Conversations: “Contemplating Death”
What does it mean to live fully as we approach the end of life; to bring closure to those things that have been most urgent and meaningful to us? During a series of four sessions, we will consider these profound questions through conversation, journal writing and meditative/visualization exercises. Led by Claire Willis, LICSW.
Tuesdays, November 16, 23, 30th from 4:00 to 6:00PM - RSVP
STRENGTH FOR CARING: Education & Support for Family Cancer Caregivers (a program for caregivers only)
This program, sponsored by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Ortho Biotech, addresses the challenges and rewards of being a family caregiver when a loved one has cancer. Both medical and psychosocial issues are the focus including: symptom management, proper nutrition, physical and emotional pain and how to enhance family communication. There will be ample opportunity for questions from participants. The program will be presented by Lucette Robinson, APRN, BC, AOCN of Ortho Biotech and Leah Sherman, LICSW of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Tuesday, November 16th from 6:00 to 8:30PM - RSVP
Expression Through Art
Come explore color and portray on paper the world within yourself. This workshop is for anyone who has a love for the creative process! Kathleen Klein, an art therapist and cancer survivor, will guide you through this artistic experience.
Friday, November 19th from 12:15 to 2:15PM
Ask the Doctor: Multiple Myeloma
In this workshop, Dr. David Kuter, Director of Clinical Hematology at Mass. General and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, will discuss the current understanding of multiple myeloma and new developments in treatment.
Saturday, November 20th from 10:00AM to 12:00PM - RSVP
Meditation Workshop
Here is a meditation workshop for those new to meditation as well as those with more experience. Learn to use and strengthen meditation practices to reduce anxiety and cope with pain and discomfort. Led by Stephen Maurer, former director of the Mind/Body Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and former facilitator at The Wellness Community.
Saturday, November 20th from 10:00AM to 12:00PM - RSPV
Needlepoint for Everyone!
Everyone can do needlepoint! Just bring yourself and we'll supply the materials to get you started. Join leader Stan Davis who will help you create your own design on a small canvas and go home “hooked” on a new hobby!
Saturday, November 20th and December 18th from 10:00AM to 12:00PM - RSVP
FRANKLY SPEAKING ABOUT LUNG CANCER
Tuesday, November 23rd from 6:00 to 9:00PM - RSVP
The diagnosis of lung cancer can be an overwhelming and isolating experience for individuals and their loved ones. Sometimes in the midst of working with new doctors, learning about treatment options, coping with side effects and lifestyle changes, it becomes evident that it is difficult to "see the forest for the trees."
You are invited to join with others in stepping back to take a closer look at how to optimize treatment and improve quality of life when facing lung cancer.
In this workshop, Dr. Tom Lynch, Medical Director, Center for Thoracic Cancer at Mass. General Hospital and a panel of experts will address:
- The basics about diagnosis, staging and treatment
- Current research about novel therapies
- How to become "patient active" in your fight for recovery
- How the mind and spirit can be integrated to reduce stress and improve quality of life.
The Wellness Community worked in partnership with the Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy and Support (ALCASE) and CancerCare to develop the content for this program.
Sponsorship for this program is made possible by GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly. |
Update on Pancreatic Cancer
A diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is a difficult one to hear. Good information on the disease and its treatment is hard to find. In this workshop, Dr. David Ryan, Clinical Director, Tucker Gosnell Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers, Mass. General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, will discuss important facts you should know about pancreatic cancer as well as new developmentes in its treatment.
Tuesday, November 30th from 6:30 to 8:00PM - RSVP
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