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The Many Faces of Cancer
As a cancer survivor and thriver, I know how important community and support are when you are facing a cancer diagnosis. That’s why I created The Many Faces of Cancer Podcast.
Each week I will be interviewing amazing people with heartfelt and inspirational stories from all sides of the cancer journey: patients, survivors and thrivers, caregivers, family and friends, and professionals. I may even throw in a bonus episode once in a while talking about things that are important to us all.
We never think it will happen to us, until it does. This podcast will be about community, knowing you’re not alone in your journey. It will also be an opportunity for people to share their stories and hopefully help others.
I hope you will all tune in. While it will be cancer stories, we all learn from others and, ultimately, these are human stories, applicable to many other areas of life.
The Many Faces of Cancer
Type "C" Behavior and the Link to Her Cancer with Kathy Washburn
Today's guest is Kathy Washburn. Kathy is, among so many things, a life coach specializing in positive psychology, emotional health, and post-traumatic growth. Diagnosed with Stage IV vulvar cancer while in the best physical shape of her life, she began to look deeper into emotional health.
She discovered positive psychology and the Type "C" behavior pattern, which is all about people pleasing and suppressing emotions.
We talk about the power of positive psychology. We do a deep dive into Type "C" and how the suppressing of emotions is another risk factor for cancer. We discuss the importance of emotional health, along with nutrition, exercise, and mindfulness, in the fight against cancer, and so much more!!
You can find Kathy at https://kathywashburn.net/
She has a fantastic podcast called "Investment of Self: Type C Transformation" https://kathywashburn.net/podcast
You can find her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/kathywashburndotnet/
Some other information we discussed...
The Type C Connection: The Behavioral Links to Cancer and Your Health, by Lydia Temoshok https://www.amazon.com/TYPE-CONNECTION-Behavioral-Cancer-Health/dp/0452270820/ref=monarch_sidesheet_title
Character strengths VIA: https://viacharacter.org/
James Clear's Core Values List: https://jamesclear.com/core-values
Let me know your takeaways from this episode. How many of you out there consider yourself Type C? I know I'm guilty... You can find me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/melissagrosboll/, email me at drmelissagrosboll@gmail.com, or text me at 720-201-4292.