How to Talk to Someone With Cancer with Katie Deming, The Conscious Oncologist

The Wellness Mama Podcast

Katie Wells

Parenting, Education, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Motherhood, Mom Life, Wellness, Kids & Family, Organic, Health, Natural Living, Self-improvement

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Episode Highlights With Dr. Katie DemingHer unique perspective on cancer and healingPerspective on how to talk to people with cancer and show up with more empathy and compassionThe importance of curiosity Words that can be really triggering for people with cancer, like survivor, fight, and battle languageThe ideal place for healing happens in peaceHow she learned the importance of language and words when working in oncology for yearsWays to talk to someone with cancer in a way that bring...

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Wellness Mama podcast I'm Katie from Wellness Mama.
0:04.8	com and I am back today with Dr. Katie Deming to talk deeper about how to talk to
0:11.0	someone with cancer which is also the topic of her TEDx talk which I will link to in the show notes.
0:16.0	In our first episode together we don't see on what no one tells you about cancer and how she's addressing
0:21.6	the emotional mental
0:23.7	spiritual pieces that are often overlooked in the conventional model.
0:27.1	And in this episode we talk a lot about the language around
0:31.1	both for someone who might be experiencing cancer and those in support roles, how
0:35.2	language could be so important and how to best show up support and even just talk to
0:40.3	someone who's going through a top diagnosis.
0:42.9	So many pieces of wisdom in this episode,
0:45.4	even if you yourself are not experiencing
0:48.2	anything to do with cancer.
0:49.4	As she explains, we likely all will know someone
0:51.4	in our lifetime who has a cancer diagnosis since one in three women and one in two men in today's world will
0:56.8	versus that diagnosis at some point in our lives but I feel like so many of the things she says are applicable to so much beyond just cancer.
1:04.4	So let's join her now.
1:06.4	Katie, welcome back.
1:07.8	Hi, it's so nice to be here with you.
1:09.8	Well, if you guys missed it, I loved our first episode and getting to hear your perspective of 20 years in the traditional oncology world and then the amazing life shift that you had and now this additional perspective that you're able to bring to help so many people.
1:24.7	And in this episode I would love to go in a slightly different direction and talk about from the
1:29.8	side of those of us who maybe are not in the place of experiencing a cancer
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