Integrative Nurse Coach for Cancer Patients and Survivors

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The first session is all about working through your diagnosis.  Ensuring that you understand your treatment, providing education on managing side effects, such as pain, nausea, and anxiety, and learning how nutrition and other integrative therapies can help support you.

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During the second session we will review a comprehensive health questionnaire and create an individualized integrative care plan to promote optimal well-being. We will focus the session on working through specific areas where you are struggling, and discuss how incorporating complementary therapies can help to balance mind, body, and spirit.

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Whenever you address your needs, you reinforce to yourself that they are important. This step is all about following up with what has worked and what hasn’t. We will discuss the things you’ve done well, the choices you’ve made that you’re proud of, the progress you’ve made, and what you’d still like to work on.

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It is common for individuals with cancer to feel disempowered by their condition and treatment options, but this situation can be improved by taking an active role in your care. We will discuss how to move forth in your cancer journey depending on your individual goals. This may include asking the right questions, gathering relevant information, finding resources for improving your day-to-day journey, or adopting a strategy for the management of your diagnosis.

*Please remember that the LIVE coaching plan is only meant to serve as a guide. Coaching sessions will be adjusted to meet the individual needs of each person.

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Focusing on cancer prevention and health promotion through nutrition, mild detox (depending on the individual), avoiding environmental toxins, self-care and balancing of the mind, body, and spirit.

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What makes you feel most alive? What are you hoping for as you enter this new chapter? We will spend time reviewing the comprehensive health questionnaire and prioritize areas of your life that you would like to work on, then develop an individualized plan to help you succeed.

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Adopting a healthy attitude about the future is of utmost importance, especially when recovering from cancer. We will explore ways to deal with grief through mindfulness practices, discuss ideas for rebuilding relationships and redefining purpose.

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Together we will devise a holistic lifestyle plan to set you on the path toward healing and finding your footing again. This session will include education on how to decrease the chance of recurrence through lifestyle changes that are sustainable.

*Each person’s experience with cancer is different, and the feelings, emotions, and fears that you have are unique as well. Although the HEAL program is meant to provide structure for our coaching sessions, it will be adapted to fit the individual needs of each person.