How can cancer coaching help you?

Cancer coaching is getting more attention parallel to the growth of applying integrative healing modalities. Cancer may be there in your body, but so is a large part of healthy functioning terrain. The sooner you focus on remedies, habits, mindset that builds your health and wellness, the easier it will be to go through a cancer treatment and help your body build itself up to overall health and wellness beyond getting rid of cancer cells. Work on those aspects of your life, which most likely caused cancer in the first place and you will overcome cancer and decrease the risk of recurrence.  

 

If you are diagnosed with cancer or you are a caretaker, coaching support can make a huge difference on your journey. Cancer is not a death sentence any more, but difference in quality and quantity can be a huge gift.

 

Hiring an anticancer health coach can easily become the best decision you can make during or even after your treatment.

 

I remember having an ambiguous relation to coaching in a large part of my life. In the beginning of my career, I was missing guidance ( what I would call coaching now ) and even when I understood how coaching can help in theory and started using coaching, I still wasn’t fully satisfied with the result. I particularly felt always uneasy to give out money for my own sake, I mostly thought I can help myself. Now I know I was missing the opportunity here to grow. I could only get to see unhelpful patterns in my life when a coach in a safe environment guided me to this awareness. I also realised that only relying on myself instead of investing more in my own growth was among those patterns that slowed down in a big way finding my own solutions. Later I realised that not investing in e.g., my self-care led to my unhealthy patterns. And the list goes on. I realised it is impossible to peal down the layers of my unhealthy patterns alone.

 

Asking for help is not the sign of weakness, but rather the sign of inner strengths and courage. You don’t have to carry the burden of difficulties on your shoulders. Be gentle and kind to yourself. You are not alone.

 

Coaching is a partnership where the coach respects the self-lead journey of the coached and guides them to reach their health goals.

One of the biggest advantages in having a coach by your side is the help to increase self-awareness of how much you are in your own power to heal.

The healthcare system, self - help groups, self - help literature are all great sources, but weak to help identify  thinking, emotional, behavioural patterns which results in unhealthy outcomes and disease.

Coaching concentrates on the future of building, creating a better life, and at the same time it  identifies situations when e.g., a complementary therapist dealing with healing the past or a medical specialist is needed for support.

Getting a cancer diagnosis can be one of the most fearful things in your life. It can be a traumatic and strong emotional experience. A coach can provide a safe and supportive space to process your feelings and emotions, also help to create coping strategies and build a mindset to elevate you to a better quality of life. Feel less fear, less anxiety. More calm, hope and joy.

 

An anticancer health coach can help you navigate the medical system, understand your diagnosis, treatment options, complementary therapy options, make balanced medical decisions.

 

Lifestyle changes  - evidence based - increases rates of survival and reduces the risk of recurrence. An anticancer coach can give practical guidance to support and manage physical, emotional and financial aspects of cancer.

 

A health coach can help you focus on maintaining your life quality, while undergoing treatment. Help easing side effects of conventional cancer treatment, assist you in setting goals, developing a support network, find meaning and joy in your life during these challenging times.

 

Besides physical, emotional and spiritual support coaching can result in financial benefits as well, like

• Reduced medical costs, by helping you make informed decisions about treatment options, resulting in more efficient or cost effective medical and complementary care.
• Improve productivity by coping better and quicker than trying alone
• Saving time and money by getting assistance with insurance, source of financial, employment absence support, potential benefit support.  Reduce out of pocket expenses.
• Maintain long-term earning, income potential by maintaining their quality of life

 

Benefits of anti – cancer coaching :

 

• Building a mind – body – soul balance can help during the cancer treatment and after

 

• Assist the cancer client through the shock of diagnosis

 

• Save the client time and effort doing research, or give guidance towards sources of research

 

• Teach the client some coping skills

 

• Help the client formulate a healing plan

 

• Give educational support in natural ways to combat cancer, cope with side effects, including ways to avoid damaging effect of treatment

 

• Helps with dietary change and anticancer eating habits

 

• Addresses potential reasons of cancer

 

• Provides support and guidance that help you take control of your decisions

 

• Helps you explore your options – including asking for second opinion, integrative options,  complementary therapies

 

• Helps you to set realistic goals

 

• Helps to create an action plan by exploring the different sides of your life to implement appropriate changes

 

As a cancer survivor, overcoming stage III. Breast cancer and a National Board – Certified Health and Wellness Coach my job is to support your anticancer health journey to live the best quality life you can create. While a doctor, the healthcare system, the world of medicine focuses on treating the cancer, I focus on making empowered decisions about my health by becoming more knowledgeable, aware and conscious, also integrating conventional treatment, complementary therapy and lifestyle medicine.  This is the process I can assist you with on your journey.

In Switzerland Insurance companies do not reimburse coaching.

 

I believe in your cancer  free health journey!

Judit x

 

 

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