While the holidays are meant to be a season of celebration, reflection and spending time with family and friends, it can also be a time of anxiety, grief or loneliness for those living with the reality of cancer. How does one find peace and meaning in the swarm of emotions that cancer brings up? In this episode, Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes and MSK chaplain Brian Kelly share their thoughts on what makes life meaningful and how to find your light in the darkest of times.

Listen to last year’s conversation with MSK psychologist Dr. Wendy Lichtenthal on gratitude and grief at the holidays.

While the holidays are meant to be a season of celebration, reflection and spending time with family and friends, it can also be a time of anxiety, grief or loneliness for those living with the reality of cancer. How does one find peace and meaning in the swarm of emotions that cancer brings up? In this episode, <a href="https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctors/diane-reidy-lagunes">Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes</a> and <a href="https://www.mskcc.org/experience/patient-support/counseling/spiritual-religious-care">MSK chaplain Brian Kelly</a> share their thoughts on what makes life meaningful and how to find your light in the darkest of times.
<a href="https://www.mskcc.org/videos/gratitude-grief-and-why-you-don-t-have-choose">Listen</a> to last year’s conversation with MSK psychologist Dr. Wendy Lichtenthal on gratitude and grief at the holidays.

Cancer Straight Talk from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center brings together national experts and cancer patients to have straightforward, evidence-based conversations. Our mission is to educate and empower patients and their families to make the right decisions and live happier, healthier lives.

Cancer Straight Talk from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center brings together national experts and cancer patients to have straightforward, evidence-based conversations. Our mission is to educate and empower patients and their families to make the right decisions and live happier, healthier lives.

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