"This is a book of deep experience. The survivors' voices are wise and inspiring. The advice is practical, sensible and supportive. Give it to anyone you know who has cancer. Buy it for yourself."
- James S. Gordon, M.D., Founder and Director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine; co-author of Comprehensive Cancer Care: Integrating Complementary and Conventional Tharapies.

"Transitions, whether personal, professional, or organizational, are harder than anyone ever imagines. In the case of cancer, the transitions come at you one wave after another. Integrating the best of medicine, psychology, and our understanding of change, Scalzo and Magee lay out a clear path of physical, emotional, spiritual, and social renewal. I'm recommending it to my family members facing the void."
- Christopher G. Worley, Ph.D., Research Scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations, Marshall School of Business, Univeristy of Southern California, Former Director and Associate Professor, MSOD Program, Pepperdine
University.

"Early in my career, I would enthusiastically proclaim, 'Your cancer is controlled. You're back to normal.' My patients taught me that you never return to the 'old normal' after cancer, and that healing is about creating a 'new normal.' Magee and Scalzo provide essential directions for navigating the course between the old and the new, and for living well after cancer."
- Simon Sutcliffe, Clinical Oncologist and President, British Columbia Cancer Agency


"It isn't surprising that cancer changes you. But few survivors are ready to let go of who they were, or to deal with the ambiguities of the 'nowhere' they find themselves in. This is a valuable aid for anyone who is dealing with the process that goes by the misleadingly simple name of recovery."
- William Bridges, author of The Way of Transition: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments


"As a cancer survivor myself, I have experienced many of the uncertainties and emotions that Sherri Magee and Kathy Scalzo describe so well. I highly recommend their book and their helpful strategies for coping, not only to cancer survivors, but to the families, friends, and care givers of those endeavoring to 'pick up the pieces.'"
- Preston Manning, Former Leader of the Official Opposition in the Canadian Parliament and President and CEO of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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