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Facing Cancer

Processing a Diagnosis

The Healing Path · Burn It Journal · Stress Management · Letting Go · Self-Nurturing

Make space for the thoughts and emotions that come with a diagnosis, at your own pace. Gentle steps to tend to what hurts, let go of what you can’t control, and be kind to yourself along the way.

  • Guided prompts

    Gentle writing to help you process and reflect

  • Practical tools

    Grounding exercises, emotional check-ins, and more

  • Your pace

    Dip in anytime, no right or wrong way to use these pages

Journals for the first weeks

  • The Healing Path

    Gentle, guided steps for tending to the wounds no one else can see.

  • Burn It Journal

    For the fears you can’t reason away: write them down and let them go.

  • Stress Management

    Brings you back to the present when worry starts to loop.

  • Letting Go

    A quiet place to set down the day’s heavier emotions before sleep.

  • Self-Nurturing

    Invites you to treat yourself with the care you’d offer a friend.

The first weeks are about making space for the thoughts and emotions that come with a diagnosis, at your own pace. Nobody needs you to be calm, positive or organised yet. A few lines a day that say what is actually happening is enough.

Some of what you feel will be fear about things you can’t control: a scan date, a result, a what-if. Writing those worries down and then setting them aside, rather than carrying them everywhere, is one of the oldest uses of a journal. Some of it will be the body’s stress response, which a short grounding exercise can interrupt. And some of it will be a simple need for kindness toward yourself on the days when everything asks a lot of you.

For organizations

Help us make support more accessible.

Are you part of an organization supporting people affected by cancer? We’d love to explore ways to make these journals available to your community, including complimentary access for eligible organizations.

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