When diagnosed with breast cancer, it helped for me to reflect daily upon my gratitude list as a way to overcome adversity."
PUBLISHED November 30, 2019
Tamera Anderson-Hanna is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Addiction Professional, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and became a Registered Yoga Teacher while coping with breast cancer in 2015. She owns Wellness, Therapy, & Yoga in Florida where she provides personal wellness services and coaching and she is a public speaker on wellness-related topics. You can connect with her at www.wellnesstherapyyoga.com.
Adversity is a part of life, but suffering does not have to be part of how we cope. At least it is not where I try to take things when difficulties present themselves. Personally, I have learned to rely upon practicing gratitude to help me cope. When diagnosed with breast cancer it helped for me to reflect daily upon my gratitude list as a way to overcome adversity.
Since my own diagnosis of breast cancer, I have experienced a couple of difficult years. In September of 2017, my home was damaged from Hurricane Irma and in January of 2018, my daughter was injured in a common team sport. Her injuries resulted in multiple surgeries, hospitalization, and eventually a PIC line and in-home nursing to fight an infection she developed. In January of 2019, I learned two more family members were diagnosed with cancer, one being my husband. Through all this, some ask what keeps me going and I would say it is GRATITUDE!
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