Caring for Yourself
Lama Rod Owens
Living with or caring for someone with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) brings emotional challenges, affecting both the body and mind. Gilead partnered with Calm to offer free meditation and soundscape sessions designed to potentially help reframe fear and grief and encourage self-compassion and relaxation.
Nearly half of people with cancer report having considerable distress.
Only 16% of healthcare providers routinely screen caregivers of patients with cancer for distress.
If you're feeling scared, anxious or depressed, be gentle with yourself: Your feelings are valid, and you are not alone.
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When you’re feeling isolated, weighed down, or in pain, self-compassion doesn’t always come easily. If you’re looking for a place to start, see two guided meditations that may help.
This uplifting 12-minute guided meditation has been designed to help you set intentions when facing grief or adjusting to change.
This relaxing 12-minute guided meditation is here to inspire self-compassion in the midst of pain.
Distress can present in many different circumstances when it comes to cancer. But Kayla M, a metastatic breast cancer patient, sheds light on how cultivating resilience, or even joy, while navigating hardships can help. “You may not get results that you want, or that are not favorable, but we hold space for that, and we can also find joy.”
An empowering yet soothing 10-minute guided meditation to help in moments of unease.
A short, guided meditation designed to help you find a sense of lightness and joy.
Fatigue and disrupted sleep are common for the cancer community. Research shows that as many as half of all patients with cancer have difficulty sleeping, and a study on caregivers of patients with cancer found that many had poor sleep quality and high levels of stress. While rest may feel out of reach, even the smallest moments of relaxation may help restore a sense of calm and ease the weight of the day.
An ongoing peaceful, meditative soundscape to help find a sense of calm.
A peaceful 10-minute guided meditation designed to help you reduce stress or ease into sleep.
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