Dancing With the Diagnosis: Steps for Taking the Lead When Facing Cancer [Paperback]

Michelle Waters (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0933670109 | ISBN-13: 978-0933670105 | Publication Date: September 2003

In Dancing with the Diagnosis, Ms. Waters pairs her cancer experience with her expertise as a university instructor, and encourages readers to take an active part of their healing process through the use of effective, positive communication.

This practical, colorful guide is an essential take-along companion for those facing a life-threatening disease and their caregivers. Short, informative chapters filled with activities and inspiration make this a particularly applicable and empowering read.

Includes a foreword by Dr. Robert H. Schuller.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...a clear, concise and practical guide for cancer patients their relatives, friends and caregivers. -- Marlene Gilbert, MFT, Counseling Program Director, Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Association

Loads of good advice from someone who has been there. -- Bernie Siegel, MD, author of Love, Medicine and Miracles and Prescriptions for Living

This healing narrative shows the many benefits you gain from choosing to embrace and learn from whatever happens to you. -- Al Siebert, Ph. D., Director of the Resiliency Center, author of The Survivor Personality

About the Author

Michelle Waters has her M.A. in Speech Communication and presently teaches in the Communication Studies department at San Jose State University. She also prepares and presents corporate and community workshops ranging in topic from conflict management to assertiveness and team building. She danced her own dance with cancer (leukemia) in 1997. She is passionate about helping others into, through and out of cancer and has spoken about her experiences to live audiences of thousands. Michelle lives in Santa Cruz, California with her husband, Brian, daughter Macy, and their wonderdog, EMI.

Product Details

• Paperback: 158 pages
• Publisher: Rising Star Pr (September 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933670109
• ISBN-13: 978-0933670105
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #877,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Encouraging, Informative and Helpful, February 6, 2004

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Brian D. Giltinan "gopsu" (Hudson, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dancing With the Diagnosis: Steps for Taking the Lead When Facing Cancer (Paperback)

Ms. Waters provides a unique perspective of dealing with a very personal topic. Being a cancer survivor myself, she offered insights on ways to deal with the stress, frustration, and fear of dealing with cancer in simple terms. I encouraged my family to read it as well, and they found it informative and valuable. It helped them to understand the thoughts and feelings of what I was going through, when I could not always express them adequately myself.
Ms. Waters gives numerous ideas and excersises for the reader to help cope with the multitude of issues and emotions that someone fighting cancer encounters every day.
I reccomend it to anyone who is facing (or has faced cancer), as well as relatives and friends of cancer "fighters".

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative, innovative, courageous!, November 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Dancing With the Diagnosis: Steps for Taking the Lead When Facing Cancer (Paperback)

This book is a MUST for anyone diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening illness or anyone related to, or friends with, such a person. The author bravely discloses her personal account of being diagnosed, in the prime of her life, with such an illness and uses her highly refined communication skills to teach people in similar circumstances how to deal with the emotional aspects of this situation. The book is very helpful in giving people a more assertive position during a time when so many things must feel like they are out of their control.

Special attention is paid suggesting ways family and friends can be of assistance during this difficult journey and the level of optimism this book reads with is reassuring to anyone facing similar circumstances. Obviously, I highly recommend this book!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Choosing to Overcome, December 4, 2004

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Lawrence A. Siebert "Al Siebert, Ph.D. author... (Portland, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dancing With the Diagnosis: Steps for Taking the Lead When Facing Cancer (Paperback)

DANCING WITH THE DIAGNOSIS is a powerful, inspiring personal story of how Michelle Walters conquered cancer. In her journal you learn how choosing to embrace whatever happens to you can make the difference between being a martyr or a miracle. You also learn how selecting the words you use to describe what is happening can convert adversity into a gift. DANCING WITH THE DIAGNOSIS is a powerful account of a heroic inner journey from a near-death experience to joyous transformation.

Al Siebert, Ph.D.
Director of The Resiliency Center