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Loss of a Parent to Cancer Support Group
Loss of a Parent to Cancer Support Group
The loss of a parent from cancer brings with it many complex feelings. Sadness, anger, and regret are just a few of the feelings you may experience.
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LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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Chair Yoga
Chair Yoga
Connect body and mind. You are invited to relax deeply as we move through a series of gentle seated and supported poses that promote self-care.
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Gentle PM Yoga
Gentle PM Yoga
Enjoy a greater sense of well-being and enhanced energy through yoga postures, techniques in progressive relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation.
2 events,
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Knitting on the Couch
Knitting on the Couch
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
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Writing for Self-Care and Healing
Writing for Self-Care and Healing
Join us for a session that includes a brief meditation, writing prompts, and creative exercises in a playful and supportive environment.
3 events,
Spiritual Companioning
Regardless of your personal beliefs or faith system, working with a spiritual companion offers you an opportunity to reflect with another on what is going on for you spiritually, and explore how to integrate your cancer experience with your personal beliefs.
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Energy Balancing
Energy Balancing
Bring the subtle energies of your body back into balance with a half-hour of stress-reducing relaxation to calm the body and enhance your well-being.
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Simply M The Movement
Simply M The Movement
Dance and music can heal your mind, body and soul. This is a 1 hour dance class set to a carefully curated musical playlist that will inspire and elevate
1 event,
Spiritual Companioning
Regardless of your personal beliefs or faith system, working with a spiritual companion offers you an opportunity to reflect with another on what is going on for you spiritually, and explore how to integrate your cancer experience with your personal beliefs.
3 events,
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Strengthening Each Other: A Healing Circle for Muslim Sisters Living with Cancer
Strengthening Each Other: A Healing Circle for Muslim Sisters Living with Cancer
A safe and accepting space for Muslim sisters living with cancer to meet, share their stories, and heal together.
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Stitched Together
Stitched Together
Gathering in community as many have done for centuries, share ideas for using needle and thread to bring joy and creativity to our everyday lives.
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Dance Party
Dance Party
Dance Party is hosted by DJ Dimepiece, a professional DJ in LA, California who will help you groove in your own home with a unique playlist each month.
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6 events,
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LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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Gynecologic Cancer Support Group
Gynecologic Cancer Support Group
This monthly support group is designed for adult patients/survivors diagnosed with gynecologic cancers and their caregivers.
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Chair Yoga
Chair Yoga
Connect body and mind. You are invited to relax deeply as we move through a series of gentle seated and supported poses that promote self-care.
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SC Writes for Young Adults
SC Writes for Young Adults
Welcome back to SC Writes for Young Adult Cancer Survivors (YACS), where we will deepen our writing and sharing in a safe and supportive environment.
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Breast Cancer Support Group
Breast Cancer Support Group
This monthly virtual group is for Stage 1 - 3 Breast Cancer patients and survivors and is open to those newly diagnosed, in treatment, or in survivorship.
4 events,
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Outside the Lines: Social Hour
Outside the Lines: Social Hour
Catch up with one another as we reclaim art-making as a healing tool. Participants are welcome to work on their own creative projects as we socialize.
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Meditation and Mindfulness
Meditation and Mindfulness
Developing mindfulness skills can help combat stress, anxiety, and uncertainty. Join for regular sessions to help you better understand your mind.
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Knitting on the Couch
Knitting on the Couch
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
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Loss of a Loved One to Cancer Support Group
Loss of a Loved One to Cancer Support Group
This monthly support group, facilitated by a licensed clinical social worker, is for anyone who has lost a loved one to cancer.
2 events,
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In-Person Energy Balancing
In-Person Energy Balancing
Bring the subtle energies of your body back into balance with a half-hour of stress-reducing relaxation to calm the body and enhance your well-being.
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Energy Balancing
Energy Balancing
Bring the subtle energies of your body back into balance with a half-hour of stress-reducing relaxation to calm the body and enhance your well-being.
1 event,
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Community Sound Bath
Community Sound Bath
Join in a virtual community to be supported by the soothing vibrations of breath, silence, and sound.
4 events,
Strolls for Well-Being at Brookside Gardens
Strolls for Well-Being is an evidence based program that promotes emotional healing through focused time spent in nature.
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Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
En Smith Center, Nueva Vida tendrá grupos de apoyo que se enfocan en el apoyo al trauma asociado con el diagnóstico de cáncer.
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CANCELLED – Variations of You: The Expressive Self-Portrait
CANCELLED – Variations of You: The Expressive Self-Portrait
Focus on the many ways we can use creative and expressive activities as stepping stones to reclaim our identity and come back into balance.
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Painting for Life
Painting for Life
By intentionally focusing on the emotional process rather than the artistic product, participants are able to unleash their creative powers and produce striking works that have the power to heal and awaken.
2 events,
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CANCELLED – Cooking with Kara: Fall Cooking with Apples
CANCELLED – Cooking with Kara: Fall Cooking with Apples
Join Chef Kara for an informative and interactive 2 hours where she will prepare fall recipes using apples.
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DC Young Adult Cancer Meet Up and Support Group
DC Young Adult Cancer Meet Up and Support Group
This monthly gathering is an opportunity to meet other young adult cancer survivors and their caregivers in their 20s, 30s and early 40s.
4 events,
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Being Together Mindfulness
Being Together Mindfulness
Specifically, mindfulness helps you access the ability to be non-judgmental, compassionate, patient, present and aware. Join a slightly different guided meditation each week based in mindfulness.
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Nutrition Club
Nutrition Club
An opportunity for cancer patients, survivors, caregivers and providers to learn about the role of nutrition in cancer prevention, treatment & survivorship.
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Cancer Support Group
Cancer Support Group
Our cancer support group provides opportunity to explore your cancer experience in a safe group setting and to connect with others facing similar challenges.
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Caregiver Support Group
Caregiver Support Group
This group, led by a licensed psychologist, is designed to provide cancer caregivers with the opportunity to meet other caregivers, learn about useful tools for self-care, and explore ways to thrive in the caregiving role.
8 events,
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LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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Survivorship 101 – Part 1: Introduction to Survivorship
Survivorship 101 – Part 1: Introduction to Survivorship
An introduction to survivorship. We will review important definitions, discuss transition to recovery challenges and developing a care plan.
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Chair Yoga
Chair Yoga
Connect body and mind. You are invited to relax deeply as we move through a series of gentle seated and supported poses that promote self-care.
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Prostate Cancer Support Group
Prostate Cancer Support Group
This monthly support group, in partnership with the GW Cancer Center, is designed for adult patients/survivors diagnosed with Prostate cancer.
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SC Writes for Young Adults
SC Writes for Young Adults
Welcome back to SC Writes for Young Adult Cancer Survivors (YACS), where we will deepen our writing and sharing in a safe and supportive environment.
2 events,
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Knitting on the Couch
Knitting on the Couch
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
5 events,
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Move Your Lymph
Move Your Lymph
If stress, surgery or cancer treatment have created swelling in your body, this class is for you. Join and move your lymph!
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In-Person Energy Balancing
In-Person Energy Balancing
Bring the subtle energies of your body back into balance with a half-hour of stress-reducing relaxation to calm the body and enhance your well-being.
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Energy Balancing
Energy Balancing
Bring the subtle energies of your body back into balance with a half-hour of stress-reducing relaxation to calm the body and enhance your well-being.
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Simply M The Movement
Simply M The Movement
Dance and music can heal your mind, body and soul. This is a 1 hour dance class set to a carefully curated musical playlist that will inspire and elevate
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flower lab music and mocktails
flower lab music and mocktails
Flower Lab Music and Mocktails Mix, Mingle, and Heal as you create a custom Floral Smudge Stick while learning the history and cultural significance of burning different herbs. Participants engage in writing affirmations, sensory activities, and hands-on creating using fresh and dried florals. Prepare to be blindfolded and sip a complimentary mocktail while listening to … Continue reading flower lab music and mocktails
1 event,
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Radical Writing Space
Radical Writing Space
Join us for inspiring writing prompts and time to write and share your experience of putting your most radical emotions, feelings, and experiences on paper.
4 events,
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Strengthening Each Other: A Healing Circle for Muslim Sisters Living with Cancer
Strengthening Each Other: A Healing Circle for Muslim Sisters Living with Cancer
A safe and accepting space for Muslim sisters living with cancer to meet, share their stories, and heal together.
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Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
En Smith Center, Nueva Vida tendrá grupos de apoyo que se enfocan en el apoyo al trauma asociado con el diagnóstico de cáncer.
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Healing Circle for Young Adults with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Healing Circle for Young Adults with Metastatic Breast Cancer
A demand-driven, patient-led support group for young women and men (diagnosed between the age of 18 - 45ish) with metastatic breast cancer in the DMV.
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Painting for Life
Painting for Life
By intentionally focusing on the emotional process rather than the artistic product, participants are able to unleash their creative powers and produce striking works that have the power to heal and awaken.
0 events,
2 events,
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Being Together Mindfulness
Being Together Mindfulness
Specifically, mindfulness helps you access the ability to be non-judgmental, compassionate, patient, present and aware. Join a slightly different guided meditation each week based in mindfulness.
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Meaning-Centered Group for Cancer Survivors
Meaning-Centered Group for Cancer Survivors
Meaning-Centered Group aims to teach cancer survivors how to focus on creating, experiencing & keeping a sense of meaning in life.
7 events,
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LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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Chair Yoga
Chair Yoga
Connect body and mind. You are invited to relax deeply as we move through a series of gentle seated and supported poses that promote self-care.
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Multiple Myeloma Cancer Support Group
Multiple Myeloma Cancer Support Group
This monthly support group, in partnership with GW Cancer Center, is for adult patients/survivors diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma and their caregivers.
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SC Writes for Young Adults
SC Writes for Young Adults
Welcome back to SC Writes for Young Adult Cancer Survivors (YACS), where we will deepen our writing and sharing in a safe and supportive environment.
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Gentle PM Yoga
Gentle PM Yoga
Enjoy a greater sense of well-being and enhanced energy through yoga postures, techniques in progressive relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation.
5 events,
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CANCELLED – Outside the Lines: Marking & Mapping® – Discovering Your Visual Voice
CANCELLED – Outside the Lines: Marking & Mapping® – Discovering Your Visual Voice
Outside the Lines: A Creative Art Studio will help you reclaim art-making as a healing tool through guided creative projects.
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Outside the Lines
Outside the Lines
Outside the Lines: A Creative Art Studio will help you reclaim art-making as a healing tool through guided creative projects.
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Meditation and Mindfulness
Meditation and Mindfulness
Developing mindfulness skills can help combat stress, anxiety, and uncertainty. Join for regular sessions to help you better understand your mind.
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CANCELLED – The Senses, Sensuality, and Body Love
CANCELLED – The Senses, Sensuality, and Body Love
We will get in touch with the body narratives that have influenced our lives, consider the stories we wish to tell moving forward, and appreciate the bodies we have.
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Knitting on the Couch
Knitting on the Couch
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
5 events,
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In-Person Energy Balancing
In-Person Energy Balancing
Bring the subtle energies of your body back into balance with a half-hour of stress-reducing relaxation to calm the body and enhance your well-being.
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Energy Balancing
Energy Balancing
Bring the subtle energies of your body back into balance with a half-hour of stress-reducing relaxation to calm the body and enhance your well-being.
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Mindfulness is the practice of present moment, non-judgmental awareness of one's life experience. Through the use of mind/body techniques, one begins to relate to the stress and anxiety in life differently in ways that allow for more creative solutions and possibilities.
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Simply M The Movement
Simply M The Movement
Dance and music can heal your mind, body and soul. This is a 1 hour dance class set to a carefully curated musical playlist that will inspire and elevate
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Art Lab: Playing With Watercolor
Art Lab: Playing With Watercolor
Art Lab will be about making art as well as the different ways we experience art and how it affects us.
0 events,
2 events,
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Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
En Smith Center, Nueva Vida tendrá grupos de apoyo que se enfocan en el apoyo al trauma asociado con el diagnóstico de cáncer.
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Painting for Life
Painting for Life
By intentionally focusing on the emotional process rather than the artistic product, participants are able to unleash their creative powers and produce striking works that have the power to heal and awaken.
1 event,
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Free Bike Clinic
Free Bike Clinic
Start the day focusing on mental wellness with meditation and learning new stretch techniques with Natasha Benitez - Coach with Coco before launching into an informative bike clinic to prepare you for your future rides. Dr. Joy - The Black Unicorn Cyclist will walk you through bike riding safety tips and bike shop owner Matthew … Continue reading Free Bike Clinic
3 events,
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Cancer Support Group
Cancer Support Group
Our cancer support group provides opportunity to explore your cancer experience in a safe group setting and to connect with others facing similar challenges.
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Caregiver Support Group
Caregiver Support Group
This group, led by a licensed psychologist, is designed to provide cancer caregivers with the opportunity to meet other caregivers, learn about useful tools for self-care, and explore ways to thrive in the caregiving role.
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Loss of a Parent to Cancer Support Group
Loss of a Parent to Cancer Support Group
The loss of a parent from cancer brings with it many complex feelings. Sadness, anger, and regret are just a few of the feelings you may experience.
9 events,
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LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
LGBTQIA+ Morning Meditation
Come together as an LGBTQIA+ community for a weekly morning meditation sit. Hosted by IMCW.
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Survivorship 101 – Part 2: Managing Fear, Sleeping Better and Stressing Less
Survivorship 101 – Part 2: Managing Fear, Sleeping Better and Stressing Less
We will share strategies to manager fear of recurrence, tips to improve sleep, and discuss ways to reduce stress.
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Leukemia and Lymphoma Support Group
Leukemia and Lymphoma Support Group
This monthly support group is designed for adult patients/survivors diagnosed with Leukemia or Lymphoma. The group will incorporate education lectures coupled with emotional support.
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Chair Yoga
Chair Yoga
Connect body and mind. You are invited to relax deeply as we move through a series of gentle seated and supported poses that promote self-care.
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Healing Circle for Parents with Cancer
Healing Circle for Parents with Cancer
A peer-led virtual support group for parents who are newly diagnosed, in active treatment or in survivorship.
3 events,
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Knitting on the Couch
Knitting on the Couch
Trained volunteers provide knitting instruction and quality materials in an effort to foster wellness, comfort, and community.
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LGBTQ+ Cancer Support Group
LGBTQ+ Cancer Support Group
This monthly support group is designed for adults diagnosed with cancer who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community.
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CANCELLED – Qigong
CANCELLED – Qigong
An all levels introduction to the practice of Qigong including discussion, movement and an energetic transmission and meditation.
5 events,
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Sense of Tumor: Cancer Comedy Showcase Sense of Tumor is a cancer comedy showcase and fundraiser. The show features incredible local comedians who are cancer survivors or sharing personal cancer stories. This live comedy event is co-produced by Improbable Comedy along with Joey Friedman and Cyrus Chansler, local comedians and cancer survivors . We will be … Continue reading
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In-Person Energy Balancing
In-Person Energy Balancing
Bring the subtle energies of your body back into balance with a half-hour of stress-reducing relaxation to calm the body and enhance your well-being.
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Energy Balancing
Energy Balancing
Bring the subtle energies of your body back into balance with a half-hour of stress-reducing relaxation to calm the body and enhance your well-being.
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Simply M The Movement
Simply M The Movement
Dance and music can heal your mind, body and soul. This is a 1 hour dance class set to a carefully curated musical playlist that will inspire and elevate
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A Healing Circle – Support Group for Gay Men with Prostate Cancer
A Healing Circle – Support Group for Gay Men with Prostate Cancer
We are a group of gay men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer or who are recovering from treatment that offer support to each other.
0 events,
4 events,
Spiritual Companioning
Regardless of your personal beliefs or faith system, working with a spiritual companion offers you an opportunity to reflect with another on what is going on for you spiritually, and explore how to integrate your cancer experience with your personal beliefs.
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Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
Nueva Vida Grupo de Apoyo (en Español)
En Smith Center, Nueva Vida tendrá grupos de apoyo que se enfocan en el apoyo al trauma asociado con el diagnóstico de cáncer.
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Painting for Life
Painting for Life
By intentionally focusing on the emotional process rather than the artistic product, participants are able to unleash their creative powers and produce striking works that have the power to heal and awaken.
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CANCELLED – Healing Circle for Parents with Cancer Playdate
CANCELLED – Healing Circle for Parents with Cancer Playdate
The Healing Circle for Parents with Cancer will have two meet ups this summer at playgrounds/splash parks in DC. It will be an opportunity for the adults to talk while the kids have fun on the playground/splash park.
