PathfinderJournaling: writing about the cancerexperience

a guide to finding library materials

What is journaling?Journaling is a term coined for the practice of keeping a diary or journal that ex-plores thoughts and feelings surrounding the events of one’s life. Journaling, as astress management and self-exploration tool, is not the same as simply recording thehappenings in one’s life. To be most helpful, one must write in detail about feelingsrelated to stressful events. Journaling allows people to clarify their thoughts and feel-ings, and gain valuable self-knowledge. IJournaling about traumatic events helpsone process them by fully exploring and releasing the emotions involved, and by en-gaging both hemispheres of the brain in the process, allowing the experience to be-come fully integrated in one’s mind.

BOOKS

Art.Rage.Us: art and writing by women with breast cancer WP 870 A784Can You Come Here Where I Am? : the poetry &prose of seven breast cancer survivors WP 870 C212

Cancer Poetry Project: poems by cancer patients & thosewho love them PS 591 .C27 C215

Healing Journey: writing together through breast cancer WP 870 B827hHollis Sigler’s Breast Cancer Journal WP 870 S577hJournal: a mother and daughter’s recovery from

breast cancer WP 870 R316Poetic Medicine: the healing art of poem-making PS 1059 F792When Words Heal: writing through cancer QZ 200 B827wWho? Me? : a journal of 50 word thoughts on living withbreast cancer WP 870 N548w

Write for Life: healing body, mind and spirit throughjournal writing PN 4390 K812w

Writing Alone and with Others PE 1408 S359wWriting for Emotional Balance: a guided journal to help youmanage overwhelming emotions WM 450.5 .W9 J171w

Writing for Wellness: a prescription for healing QZ 201 D248wWriting My Way through Cancer WP 870 S359w

Here are a few titles on this topic you will find in the Junior Board Cancer ResourceLibrary.

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VIDEO

Writing Alone and with Others PE 1408 S359w

WEB RESOURCES

Cancer Net – Journalinghttp://www.cancer.net/patient/Library/Cancer.Net+Features/Living+With+Cancer/Finding+Com-fort+Through+Journaling

Journaling through Cancer Journeyhttp://www.kporterfield.com/journal/Cancer_Journey.html

Writing for Wellnesshttp://www2.mdanderson.org/depts/oncolog/articles/07/4-5-aprmay/4-5-07-hc.html

Journal for Youhttp://www.journalforyou.com/

Journaling Lifehttp://www.journalinglife.com/

Journal Writing at the Creativity Portalhttp://www.creativity-portal.com/howto/writing/journal.html

NEWSLETTERS, MAGAZINES, JOURNALSIn our library, all periodicals are located on the slanted display shelves. They are arranged inalphabetical order.

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