By Emily Esfahani Smith — 2017
The time between diagnosis and death presents an opportunity for “extraordinary growth.”
Read on www.theatlantic.com
CLEAR ALL
This is written for the person with advanced cancer, but it can be helpful to the people who care for, love, and support this person, too.
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72% of entrepreneurs are directly or indirectly affected by mental health issues compared to just 48% of non entrepreneurs.
You not calling, as a friend, can actually compound the grief and loss they are feeling. Just pick up the phone, even if you get it wrong, just have a conversation and do your best. Your friend with cancer is still the same person they were before.
A common sentiment among cancer survivors is that having cancer really tells you who your friends are.
Research has shown that people with cancer need support from friends. You can make a big difference in the life of someone with cancer.
Figuring out what to say—or what not to say—can feel daunting.
All managers know that they need to help their employees through challenging times. But almost no manager is prepared for when one of their direct reports announces that he or she has cancer, despite the fact that more than 1.6 million people will be diagnosed this year.
When a coworker is diagnosed with cancer, most people simply don’t know what to say. Speechless is the usual reaction.
The truth is that many of us just don’t know the right words to comfort someone who is dying.
This lovely, young cancer survivor, Suleika Jaouad, speaks candidly and with total compassion about the difficulty young people face in reaching out to young friends with cancer.