Virtual Stress Management

Stress management classes and workshops are designed to promote self-care, staying present and healthy coping strategies for cancer patients in treatment and early survivorship and their caregivers.

Register for classes at livingwell.nm.org

January

The Importance of Caregivers and Caregiving

Virtual:

Wednesday, January 29, 6:30 – 7:45 pm

Nancy Nieto, LPC, NCC, Counselor, Northwestern Medicine Living Well Cancer Resources

Join us as we discuss how to navigate caring for someone with cancer and the important role you play as their caregiver. This presentation will offer ways to balance the needs of your loved one with your own needs, as well as how you can care for yourself as a caregiver.

February

Living Well Book Club

Virtual: Wednesday, February 19, 5:00 – 6:15 pm

Nancy Nieto, LPC, NCC, Counselor, Northwestern Medicine Living Well Cancer Resources

This drop-in group will meet every other month to reflect on and discuss different books that address the cancer experience. Please come prepared to join the conversation and share your thoughts.
Book: The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Nina Riggs

April

Talking With Kids About Cancer

Virtual: Wednesday, April 23, 6:30 – 7:30 pm

Cassie Nieves, LCSW, Counselor, Northwestern Medicine Living Well Cancer Resources

Join Living Well Counselor Cassie Nieves to learn age-appropriate tools and terms for explaining cancer and cancer treatment to children. You will also learn
how to help children navigate their feelings, as well as different ways to support them as they process their loved one’s diagnosis.

Living Well Book Club

Virtual: Wednesday, April 30, 5:00 – 6:15 pm

Nancy Nieto, LPC, NCC, Counselor, Northwestern Medicine Living Well Cancer Resources

This drop-in group will meet every other month to reflect on and discuss different books that address the cancer experience. Please come prepared to join the conversation and share your thoughts.

Book: TOUGH: Women Who Survived Cancer by Marquina Iliev-Piselli