By J.D. Meier
Chalene Johnson has a passion for more from life, and it’s contagious. She is personal development on fire.
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For the first time in forever, Nathan Adrian truly has no idea if he’ll have a strong swim Friday. And at this point, it doesn’t really matter to the five-time Olympic gold medalist. He’s simply elated to be back.
We’ve faced the pandemic, violent racism, economic uncertainty, and environmental disaster. Many of us are experiencing trauma and distress. The way organizations respond to these challenges and the decisions they make going forward will reverberate for many years to come.
‘Skin cancer worked its way into my lymph nodes. I was devastated.’
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Women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer who stayed physically active had fewer problems with memory and thinking.
I had spent years disliking my body and now I would give anything to have it back!
The scar represented the loss of my younger self’s sense of invulnerability, and — no surprise — triggered a fear of death.
There is no longer any doubt that what happens in the brain influences what happens in the body. When facing a health crisis, actively cultivating positive emotions can boost the immune system and counter depression.
To understand the minds of individual cancers, we are learning to mix and match these two kinds of learning — the standard and the idiosyncratic — in unusual and creative ways.
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.
New Fred Hutch study sheds more light on how shift work damages our health — and points toward a potential workaround