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How to Support a Friend Who’s Just Been Diagnosed With a Chronic Illness

By Carolyn L. Todd — 2018

Navigating these waters can be intimidating, but it’s so worth it.

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Loving Your Friend Through Cancer: Moving Beyond “I’m Sorry” to Meaningful Support

“It’s cancer.” When you hear the two words you dread most from someone you care about, you know at once that your friend’s life has been turned upside down. Whether she’s a good friend, a best friend, or just an acquaintance, you want to be supportive.

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Marissa Henley
2025
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The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor

When Dr. Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring for his wife, Joan, after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, he found just how far the act of caregiving extended beyond the boundaries of medicine.

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Arthur Kleinman
2019
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When Someone You Love Has a Chronic Illness: Hope and Help for Those Providing Support

Dr. Tamara Greenberg offers hope and practical advice to those impacted by a loved one’s chronic illness. Providing easy-to-understand explanations for complicated feelings and behaviors, this book will help you not just cope, but thrive in your day-to-day life.

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Tamara McClintock Greenberg
2025
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The Shadow of Trepidation: Reflections on Caregiving During My Wife’s Battle with Breast Cancer

According to the American Cancer Society, cancer diagnoses in the U.S. take place at a rate of over 1.8 million per year, or roughly one every 17.5 seconds. One out of every three women and one out of every two men in this country will get cancer in their lifetimes.

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Keith T. Hardeman
2025
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Seva: The Call of Our Times - Sermon at the Pentagon by Valarie Kaur

On May 1, 2015, Valarie Kaur delivered a keynote at the Pentagon's second-ever commemoration of the Sikh faith. Kaur spoke on "Seva" - selfless service in the Sikh religion.

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Valarie Kaur
2015
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How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers

In 2001, Toni Bernhard got sick and, to her and her partner’s bewilderment, stayed that way. As they faced the confusion, frustration, and despair of a life with sudden limitations—a life that was vastly different from the one they’d thought they’d have together—Toni had to learn how to be sick.

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Toni Bernhard, Sylvia Boorstein
2018
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book

These intimate stories by cancer patients and their loved ones, medical professionals, and friends, are a must-read for anyone affected by cancer. Writers share all their experiences—from the initial diagnosis, to breaking the news to loved ones, to discussing the effect on home, school, and work.

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Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, David Tabatsky
2009
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