The Healing Way, A Journal for Cancer Survivors

Rating:
Summary: Materializing Your Essense, and Recording Reality
Review: Do not be put off by the sub title, or Amazon's heading for the book as a way to survive cancer. This is an exceptionally well laid out journal. One's experience with cancer often takes place in an psychological tunnel - to take care of oneself only! Journaling with this book helps one to freely express feelings on paper, without judgement or what society expects: friend, family, etc. when emotional flooding often takes over, naturally, due to terror! The quotes on each section are inspiring, and the author's kind headings give direction and further permit one to just write - let it flow - even if one is emotionally taken from adulthood, to the sudden realization of being regressed, dependent, back to "childhood,' which for some was not a positive place to 'land.' "Writing and Mozart are healing," I've put on my own web site, and by that I mean one may be removed from the horrors of losing one's normal day, and landing in a dark wind tunnel - through journaling.

I'd definitely have preferred this journal than my 10 spiral notebooks! Make it a "Buy!"

Rating:
Summary: Materializing Your Essense, and Recording Reality
Review: Do not be put off by the sub title, or Amazon's heading for the book as a way to survive cancer. This is an exceptionally well laid out journal. One's experience with cancer often takes place in an psychological tunnel - to take care of oneself only! Journaling with this book helps one to freely express feelings on paper, without judgement or what society expects: friend, family, etc. when emotional flooding often takes over, naturally, due to terror! The quotes on each section are inspiring, and the author's kind headings give direction and further permit one to just write - let it flow - even if one is emotionally taken from adulthood, to the sudden realization of being regressed, dependent, back to "childhood,' which for some was not a positive place to 'land.' "Writing and Mozart are healing," I've put on my own web site, and by that I mean one may be removed from the horrors of losing one's normal day, and landing in a dark wind tunnel - through journaling.

I'd definitely have preferred this journal than my 10 spiral notebooks! Make it a "Buy!"

Rating:
Summary: My cancer support group LOVES this book!
Review: I bought The Healing Way and started writing in it. When I told my support group about it, they bought it, too. Even the men! At one of our two meetings each month we pick a topic and write then we talk about what we wrote. This author has a way of getting us to disclose what is very personal and what is very important. I recommend this book for anyone in a cancer support group, and especially for anyone who is going through this alone who doesn't have the support of a group.

Rating:
Summary: My cancer support group LOVES this book!
Review: I bought The Healing Way and started writing in it. When I told my support group about it, they bought it, too. Even the men! At one of our two meetings each month we pick a topic and write then we talk about what we wrote. This author has a way of getting us to disclose what is very personal and what is very important. I recommend this book for anyone in a cancer support group, and especially for anyone who is going through this alone who doesn't have the support of a group.

Rating:
Summary: Cancer: A Serious Diagnosis - Writing Helps!
Review: The author evidences a surprising insight into the needs of cancer patients; especially the newly diagnosed individual, not the survivor. This journal is a must buy for self,friends or loved ones, as soon as news of a malignancy occurs. and physicians should give one to every patient!

Ms. Davis provides a short section on how to use the journal for peole who have not kept one before. Carefully, users are encouraged to seek psychological support because the act of writing may bring up deep, overpowering information, memories, feelings - its a great resource. This journal alone lets people know that it is okay to need, feel, hurt, and that additional support may be needed. The moment one hears the word:"malignant," life changes and new relationships begin that will continue for ever!

It is difficult to 'hear' what is being said, and being proactive at the same time is virtually impossible unless feelings, questions, dates, tests, results, and reactions are written down.

This is a book for the patient's advocate to help him/her with..a relative or friend. Today all we are hearing is that the patient must "Speak Up (Leape)," and protect themselves from negative hospital experiences. Anyone who's been diagnosed with cancer can tell you - its difficult to even remember the date, must less what is happening around you. That is why this is such a timely publication - it balances the current medical model moving the responsibility to the patient. It gives the patient a way to not only track their care, but have it in writing, and an added plus: learn more about oneself in the process, and even let physicians write instructions, phone numbers, etc. in the journal. The quotations are wonderful; encouraging. There is not too much space to write on, nor too little. And it is clear the author seems to be saying, "Just write . . . whatever you want to, but begin... on the healing way.

The journal is divided into topics gving the writer a gentle nudge, and all phases of this journey are included, even before one know what may be next, and the last section is to write in personal resources: questions to ask, test results, contcats, and dates.

It's hard, washable, spiral bound cover makes it easy to use all the time (instead of 10 steno notebooks like I did), and furthermore, Ms. Davis has her e-mail address on the last page for comments and I'm sure a tip or two on journaling! This is certainly a "Buy" in my opinion.

Rating:
Summary: Cancer: A Serious Diagnosis - Writing Helps!
Review: The author evidences a surprising insight into the needs of cancer patients; especially the newly diagnosed individual, not the survivor. This journal is a must buy for self,friends or loved ones, as soon as news of a malignancy occurs. and physicians should give one to every patient!

Ms. Davis provides a short section on how to use the journal for peole who have not kept one before. Carefully, users are encouraged to seek psychological support because the act of writing may bring up deep, overpowering information, memories, feelings - its a great resource. This journal alone lets people know that it is okay to need, feel, hurt, and that additional support may be needed. The moment one hears the word:"malignant," life changes and new relationships begin that will continue for ever!

It is difficult to 'hear' what is being said, and being proactive at the same time is virtually impossible unless feelings, questions, dates, tests, results, and reactions are written down.

This is a book for the patient's advocate to help him/her with..a relative or friend. Today all we are hearing is that the patient must "Speak Up (Leape)," and protect themselves from negative hospital experiences. Anyone who's been diagnosed with cancer can tell you - its difficult to even remember the date, must less what is happening around you. That is why this is such a timely publication - it balances the current medical model moving the responsibility to the patient. It gives the patient a way to not only track their care, but have it in writing, and an added plus: learn more about oneself in the process, and even let physicians write instructions, phone numbers, etc. in the journal. The quotations are wonderful; encouraging. There is not too much space to write on, nor too little. And it is clear the author seems to be saying, "Just write . . . whatever you want to, but begin... on the healing way.

The journal is divided into topics gving the writer a gentle nudge, and all phases of this journey are included, even before one know what may be next, and the last section is to write in personal resources: questions to ask, test results, contcats, and dates.

It's hard, washable, spiral bound cover makes it easy to use all the time (instead of 10 steno notebooks like I did), and furthermore, Ms. Davis has her e-mail address on the last page for comments and I'm sure a tip or two on journaling! This is certainly a "Buy" in my opinion.