Expressive writing is a method of freely recording thoughts, emotions, and experiences related to difficult, stressful, or important life situations. It's not about beautiful style, linguistic accuracy, or creating a well-thought-out text. Honesty is paramount. You can write down what you're feeling and thinking at a given moment: what you're afraid of, what angers, saddens, or overwhelms you, what […]

When cancer occurs in a family, attention naturally focuses on the person diagnosed. They are the ones undergoing tests, experiencing the effects of treatment, and grappling with bodily changes and the uncertainty of the future. Their needs remain paramount in the treatment process. However, this doesn't mean that the disease affects only one person. A diagnosis can profoundly […]

Fear, anxiety, and stress are natural responses to difficult, uncertain, or stressful situations. Sometimes, however, they persist for a long time and gradually become a permanent part of everyday life. They can sap energy, hinder relaxation, affect relationships, and make even ordinary responsibilities seem overwhelming. We can't always change the circumstances we find ourselves in. We can […]

About the disease in the family, different ways of coping, and the closeness that sometimes fades. Cancer never affects just one person, even if it's one person who receives the diagnosis, undergoes tests, and undergoes treatment. The disease also quickly affects relationships: between partners, parents and children, siblings, adult children, and aging parents. It changes the rhythm […]

Cancer rarely affects only the body. Even when treatment focuses on test results, consultations, therapy, pain, or side effects, another, less visible dimension often looms in the background: the way a person begins to think about themselves. Not every person with cancer experiences guilt, but it's worth discussing this phenomenon, because when […]

Talking to a child about a parent's cancer is one of those conversations no one wants to have. Many adults say, "I don't know what words to use," "I'm afraid I'll scare them," "I don't want to take away their childhood," "Maybe it's better not to say anything." These fears are understandable—a parent facing their own diagnosis, anxiety, […]

Cancer often triggers a need for action in loved ones. When someone we love is ill, it's difficult to simply stand by. We want to do something, organize, expedite, supervise, learn more, protect, make decisions, relieve them of at least some of their burden. Simply... help. This impulse is often filled with love, fear, and helplessness. The problem arises when […]