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Coping with cancer over Christmas and the holidays
Christmas and the holiday time can be hard for people who have experienced a major change or loss in their life. Feelings of loneliness, isolation and sadness are common at Christmas. Christmas traditions can be painful reminders of how life has changed. This year has...
Tips for Wellbeing
by Julie Holt, Cancer Information Nurse, Cancer Society Wellington I imagine many of us had that sinking feeling of ‘here we go again’ when we heard about the latest cases of community transmission of Covid-19 in New Zealand. This news come as a shock for many when we...
Eating Well in Winter
Eating Well in Winter Julie Holt, Cancer Information Nurse and Mandy Savage, Heath Promoter, Cancer Society Kapiti Hearing of the continuing spread of coronavirus in many other countries is distressing. How lucky we are in New Zealand to be living our lives as...