WHOLE: 12 Principles for Rebuilding Life after Breast Cancer - Tapa blanda

Many breast cancer survivors feel unsettled after active treatment ends, wondering, “Now what?” The answer? You get WHOLE! This book examines aspects of life that have been impacted by the rigors of cancer, and offers practical, easy-to-adopt solutions for building a “new normal” after treatment ends.

Ms. Thompson-Dodd holds master’s degrees in Social Work and in Afro-American studies from Boston University. She is the founder of WeSpeakLoudly®, a health education firm making it easier for women to process and heal from life-altering illness and trauma. She is a consulting member of the Psycho-Oncology team at Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle, WA. There she leads several cancer and breast cancer-specific survivorship support groups and contributes to the continuing education and training of the oncology social work department. Ms. Thompson-Dodd is a member of a research team at Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA on a two-year study of African-American breast cancer survivors. In addition, Ms. Thompson-Dodd conducts numerous community education seminars on self-care, healthy nutrition, and cancer prevention with local universities, non-profit, and for-profit organizations. She is a long-standing advocate at the National Cancer Institute and member of the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP). She received her certification in Patient Navigation from the Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation Institute in New York. Ms. Thompson-Dodd resides in Seattle, WA.