85. Hope and Healing Through Cancer and Health Advocacy with Shariann Tom Episode

This episode boils down to a discussion of hope and facing adversity.  My guest is Shariann Tom, the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Cancer Journey Institute (CJI), the nation’s first cancer coaching training organization. We discuss strategies to move through a cancer journey and the adversity one may face.  In addition, we talk about ways to advocate for your health.  

Questions this episode will answer:

-How did Shariann survive 5 bouts with cancer?

-How can cancer patients avoid feeling fearful and hopeless?

-How can you support someone with cancer or a significant illness?

-What are strategies for advocating for yourself and loved ones with doctors?

As we age, many of us, or someone we know, have dealt with cancer or a significant illness. Additionally, many are becoming caregivers for our parents. Whether you have faced cancer, experienced a serious illness, or are focused on preventing major health issues, this episode offers valuable insights for you. This is an inspiration conversation about surviving adversity, so I know there is something for you in it. I felt incredibly inspired while recording it, and I believe you will feel the same when you listen.

Find Shariann Tom:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecancerjourney/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mycancercoach/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/TheCancerJourney

TikTok: https://tiktok.com/cancerjourneyinstitute

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/the-cancer-journey

www.thecancerjourney.com

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About Shariann Tom:

Shariann Tom is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Cancer Journey Institute (CJI), the nation’s first cancer coaching training organization. Her life was transformed after she experienced two turning points: surviving four bouts of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and one bout of a Gastric Intestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) and making life coaching her profession.

The profound contrast between facing cancer without a coach and embarking on a cancer journey with a coach by her side inspired Shariann to start a movement dedicated to cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors. She believes that everyone facing cancer would benefit from having a Cancer Journey Coach (CJC) to help them heal emotionally and spiritually and find their true power.

Shariann has over 25 years of coaching and coach training experience combined with 16 years in corporate America, which gives her the expertise needed to lead and operate an innovative company and to support the growing number of CJCs worldwide.

Shariann have spoken at cancer centers and cancer conferences on both U.S. coasts and internationally, including The Global Cancer Summit, Mt. Sinai’s cancer center in New York, UCSF in San Francisco and Ostia, Italy’s Cancer Conference. UCSF also sponsored a study on the impact of CJI’s specific coaching methodologies, which showed significant improvement in overall well-being of cancer patients.

Shariann and the Cancer Journey Institute has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and Cure Magazine Online, and she has been interviewed by KGO channel 7 in San Francisco and Huffington’s Thrive Global and Authority Magazine. Her latest achievement is being an Amazon #1 New Release Bestseller with her book, The Call of Cancer: A Loving Pathway to Wholeness, Healing, and Transformation in Oct 2021.