CANCER AND EMOTIONS is designed to help women navigate the emotional terrain of a cancer experience, spanning diagnosis, recovery and survivorship. This fifteen-week, online group program offers an inclusive, trauma-informed space for participants to explore their feelings while learning new strategies for coping. Through a combination of group discussions, guided mind-body (somatic) exercises, and weekly workshop-style instruction, participants will connect with others on a similar quest while becoming empowered with new skills for cultivating emotional healing and mental well-being.

CANCER AND EMOTIONS teaches emotional coping skills via mind-body (somatic) connection. Each session includes instruction in mind-body concepts with guided exercises and instructional worksheets for outside practice.

Week 1 (Aug 29) - Welcome

Week 2 (Sep 5) - Introduction to Emotions / Mind-Body Lab

Week 3 (Sep 12) - Fear & Anxiety

Week 4 (Sep 19) - Fear & Anxiety

Week 5 (Sep 26) - Anger & Betrayal

Week 6 (Oct 3) - Anger & Betrayal

Week 7 (Oct 10) - Jealousy & Envy

Week 8 (Oct 17) - Jealousy & Envy

Week 9 (Oct 24) - Guilt & Shame

Week 10 (Nov 7) - Guilt & Shame

Week 11 (Nov 14) - Sadness & Grief

Week 12 (Nov 21) - Sadness & Grief

Week 13 (Dec 5) - Joy & Harmony

Week 14 (Dec 12) - Joy & Harmony

Week 15 (Dec 19) - Wrap-Up

CANCER AND EMOTIONS consists of a weekly series of fifteen interactive small group sessions conducted online (via Zoom). Each 90-minute session includes workshop-style instruction, guided mind-body (somatic) exercises, group discussion, and worksheets for outside guidance and practice.

CANCER AND EMOTIONS is designed specifically for women with a current or past cancer diagnosis (any type or stage). Pre-vivors are also welcomed and supported.

CANCER AND EMOTIONS utilizes an integrative blend of life coaching, mind-body, socio-psychological, and other scientific concepts and tools.

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CANCER AND EMOTIONS is not medical treatment or therapy, nor is it intended to replace medical treatment or therapy.

CANCER AND EMOTIONS is offered as an integrative support service that is compatible with medical (including palliative) treatment.

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CANCER AND EMOTIONS is offered to all women seeking support in navigating a current or past cancer diagnosis, inclusive of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, LGBTQ+, and Disabled individuals. All are supported and loved, here or wherever they may be ❤️

Ann Ramsdell, Ph.D. is a master-certified life coach, spiritualist, and biomedical scientist. A proverbial outside-the-box thinker, Ann draws upon 15 years of experience as both a breast cancer survivor and medical school/women’s & gender studies professor to offer exciting, and oftentimes unexpected, perspectives on health and disease.

Ann is passionate about helping women navigate a cancer diagnosis and other life challenges, and she believes that healing is possible for everyone, no matter the diagnosis or prognosis. Through her innovative life coaching programs, retreats, workshops, and speaking engagements, Ann educates and inspires women around the world to take charge of their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

In 2021, Ann was awarded her first breast cancer research patent and has been featured in multiple print and broadcast media, including TEDxColumbiaSC, Hollings Cancer Center Changing What’s Possible campaign, Quanta Magazine, and Metavivor/Cancer Culture's #ThisIsMBC IMAGINE project. When Ann is not busy coaching clients or consulting with biomedical grant-writers, she can be found forest bathing, searching for taco trucks, and traveling the globe to share adventures and make memories with her favorite people.

CANCER AND EMOTIONS program registration is $395, which includes 15 small group sessions and worksheets for outside guidance and practice.

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For additional cancer-related life coaching services please visit: https://www.annramsdell.com/programs

For career and academic life coaching services, including biomedical grant-writing coaching/consulting, please visit: https://www.annramsdell.com/copy-of-non-cancer-related-coaching

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