The story behind the story

Today, a press release was sent out to media outlets regarding the work I have been involved with for the last several years. As you can imagine, a press release can only say so much. There isn't enough time or space to adequately do it justice. There are stories behind stories, behind stories.

One of the most important stories behind the stories, are the individuals and the challenges they face. Treatment can be lifesaving, yet sometimes brutal, leaving patients weaker and more susceptible to other problems. There is great need for health care to help survivors heal and be healthy after those treatments. We can do the research, but we need the programs in place to follow through, and very little funding exists to do that.

As we've shown, wellness coaching provides one avenue to reach all parts of a person's life and help them move forward in doing the things they can do to heal and live fully. Even if patients must live with chronic issues, cancer, or other side effects, life can be improved. A wellness coach can support people to have a hopeful mindset, giving them a pathway up. Following through with healthy lifestyle recommendations and sustaining those habits are probably the most powerful results of coaching, all of which have the ability reduce a survivor's risk for recurrence.

Here's to the opportunity for doing just that!