{"id":774,"date":"2017-05-19T09:16:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T09:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noblewords.com.au\/?p=774"},"modified":"2017-05-19T09:16:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T09:16:40","slug":"positive-oncology-an-optimistic-approach-to-the-big-c-by-sue-mackey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/noblewords.com.au\/positive-oncology-an-optimistic-approach-to-the-big-c-by-sue-mackey\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Oncology: An Optimistic Approach to the Big C by Sue Mackey"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWow! was my first reaction when I read this book. This is a powerful and valuable resource that allows and acknowledges grief, fear, anger, and sadness and offers simple strategies to help move through these phases on the way to recovery and wellness. I will highly recommend this gem to all my patients.\u201d <\/em>\u2014Dr. Karen White, medical oncologist<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Modern medicine ha\"\"<\/a>s made wonderful progress in treating cancer. In privileged Western societies like ours, survival rates are better than at any point in history.<\/p>\n

But while medicine has proved so effective at identifying and treating the disease, the psychological effects have been less well handled. A cancer diagnosis is extremely mentally challenging for sufferers and their families, and ongoing support \u2013 during and beyond medical treatment \u2013 in this area is often lacking.<\/p>\n

Sue Mackey knows this only too well. Her challenge began in 2013 when she was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. The chemotherapy, mastectomy, radiotherapy, and reconstructive surgery she endured over a two-year period was harrowing. Fortunately for Sue, her background in nursing and positive psychology proved hugely valuable in helping her meet the emotional challenges cancer presented, and these experiences encouraged her to write this book.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was diagnosed with cancer, I was struck by the lack of resources to help me come to terms with the news,\u201d Sue says. \u201cFortunately, I had been a positive psychology junkie for years and found that the techniques I had learned were hugely effective in helping me cope, not just mentally but physically, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that these simple but powerful strategies might now help others to train their minds away from the same dark and desperate thoughts I faced.\u201d<\/p>\n

Positive Oncology<\/em> offers a series of simple, optimistic coping strategies that will help those with cancer foster resilience and inner strength to help with the hard days. Referencing the latest medical research and based on techniques from positive psychology \u2013 an emerging field of science that takes the focus away from the disease and on to the promotion of overall wellbeing \u2013 it is designed to support those who are also undergoing conventional cancer treatments \u2013 and their support team of family and friends, too.<\/p>\n

Positive Oncology<\/em> is a toolkit for:<\/p>\n