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Imagination and Creativity & cancer

Below are the best resources we could find on Imagination and Creativity and cancer.

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My Body of Work: An Experience of Cancer + Art Therapy: Anise Bullimore at TEDxBow

Anise Bullimore shares with us a deeply personal and beautiful talk about the power of art to heal and to understand our emotions and her experiences with the Macmillan team.

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Reading and Writing Cancer: How Words Heal

Elaborating upon her “Living with Cancer” column in the New York Times, Susan Gubar helps patients, caregivers, and the specialists who seek to serve them. In a book both enlightening and practical, she describes how the activities of reading and writing can right some of cancer’s wrongs.

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Experiences with Cancer, Captured in Works of Art

The program Brushes with Cancer pairs patients with artists whose works make visible a disease that can be invisible and isolating.

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On Special Assignment: Cancer, Courage and Creativity

The impacts of cancer often continue long after treatment is over—it's a hard-fought, emotional journey of survival

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The Story You Need to Tell: Writing to Heal from Trauma, Illness, or Loss

A practical and inspiring guide to transformational personal storytelling, The Story You Need to Tell is the product of Sandra Marinella’s pioneering work with veterans and cancer patients, her years of teaching writing, and her research into its profound healing properties.

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Cancer and the Power of Imagination

Using your Imagination while undergoing cancer treatment is very important. Everything is going to seem bleak and dark. Most of what you are going to hear from other people will be negative. Everyone is going to pity you which is hard to take. You must imagine yourself strong and healthy.

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Dancing with Cancer: Using Transformational Art, Meditation and a Joyous Mindset to Face the Challenge

Combining the personal and the practical, this book mixes the author’s own cancer story with the tools she discovered and adapted to support her treatment. The wisdom and knowledge that Judy has learned from her experience with cancer can be our guide and coach.

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What to Expect in Art Therapy

Nicole Stiver, M.A., Art Therapist at the Swedish Cancer Institute shares what art therapy is and is not, the benefits of art therapy, what to expect during a typical visit, and how to schedule an appointment.

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Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life

As introduced by Shakti Gawain to more than seven million readers worldwide, creative visualization is the art of using mental imagery and affirmation to produce positive changes in your life.

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Creativity Is Calling

“Making art that is meaningful to you can provide support that is nontraditional, creative and unique to your personal journey.”

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