A metastatic breast cancer diagnosis comes with an array of emotions and concerns. A few months ago SHARE invited Dr. Anne Kane, a renowned clinical psychologist who had been a student of Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and whose specialty is helping people cope with traumatic grief, to discuss how to face mortality while living the best life possible. Dr. Kane talks about her experience working with many who are dying or struggling with a serious illness and her personal belief that every person is a dynamic composite of body, mind and spirit, and how her work reflects this philosophy.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE and ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Elizabeth Kubler-Ross - The Five Stages of Grief

• Ernest Becker - The Denial of Death

• Viktor Frankl- Man's Search for Meaning

• Lawrence LeShan - Cancer As a Turning Point: A Handbook for People with Cancer, Their Families, and Health Professionals (1994)

• Ram Das (born Richard Alpert)

  • Be Here Now or Remember, Be Here Now (1971) ISBN 0-517-54305-2

  • Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying (with Mirabai Bush) (2018) ISBN 1-68364-200-7

• Blending Western psychology and Eastern spiritualit

  • David Richo The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them

• More reading:

  • Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

No one should face MBC alone.
Whether you have a diagnosis yourself, or you're a friend, family member or caregiver of someone with a diagnosis, we're here to lend support, give information, share experiences, and to lift you up every time you need it. Research has proven that having the support we need during our most challenging times is paramount to honing coping skills and striving for wellness. Our supportive network is made of people just like you, who DO know what it's like, who HAVE been there, who CAN help.

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