Wellness Coaching for Women with Cancer

article by Dr. Jenniver Levin

Modern medicine describes a significant number of cancers that primarily hit women, the most notable of which is breast cancer. While each year tens of thousands of women die from breast cancer, over three million women currently live with or have previously faced breast cancer. These numbers reflect the enormous importance to women of understanding and dealing with the life changing effects of cancer.

As part of the wellness coaching program, Dr. Jennifer Levin of Pasadena provides a life coaching program specifically for women facing cancer or other life-changing illnesses using her 12 years of experience with hundreds of women with cancer. The goal of this wellness coaching program is to help women understand how their experiences have and will change their life and to help them learn from their experiences. Many women go on to live rich, full lives and continue to pursue the passions of and beauty within life.

Cancer in women can be devastating in many ways. As one part of the body attacks and invades the whole, other bodily systems can respond defensively or give up in resignation. The medical solution to cancer can also be as hard on the body as the cancer, ranging from a chemical attack on the entire body to surgical invasion and removal of defining sections of the body. Battling cancer additionally affects the mind as well: many women feel desperate or depressed, and, if left untreated, the negativity and fear can affect their outlook on life for many years to come.

While cancer is a difficult experience, it can also be a great learning experience. For many women, cancer is a reminder that they are still alive, still strong, and still beautiful, despite what challenges they may face. Wellness coaching is a catalyst that encourages women to make the most of life, not because life is short, but because life is beautiful and has so much to offer.

For those in the midst of the battle, wellness coaching is about celebrating each day, celebrating each moment, and appreciating the joys of life. It is about understanding and accepting the disease without giving up. Fighting cancer can be a time of enormous personal growth and is often a time of great healing or coming together for families. Wellness coaching helps women to face their fears with strength and to continue to live a life in accordance with their values, aspirations, and loves.