Changing the conversation about work and cancer

Working with advanced cancer

Working with cancer and starting a business

Posted: 19th November 2019

Guest writer, Adele King (www.transcendence-coaching.com) is an accredited Coach, NLP practitioner, Change Consultant and Speaker.  She has written a blog for us about her experiences of living with cancer and her return to work: ‘I first contemplated writing this article back in spring of this year. My mind brimming with thoughts and ideas, I couldn’t… [Read More]

New article from guest writer, Harmer Parr: The Melvyn Files

Posted: 31st July 2019

Guest Writer, Harmer Parr, showed how keeping a sense of humour helped him put cancer in its place in an earlier article for WWC.  In his latest blog, he provides an update on his immunotherapy treatment: ‘In October 2017 I was diagnosed with a cancer in my right shin bone. It had been hurting for… [Read More]

Understanding the invisible by Lynne, a 45 year old working mum…..

Posted: 15th May 2019

Lynne, a 45 year old working mum, has written a blog about living with the effects of  ‘secondary’ cancer. “It’s not easy supporting a colleague who is working with cancer – we all recognise that – but for those of us with metastatic or ‘secondary’ cancer, it feels like we have an invisible illness which… [Read More]

Managing cancer, life and work: Lisa’s experience – a case study for the ABC Global Alliance

Posted: 26th November 2018

Former WWC coachee, Lisa Mann, talks about her experiences of returning to work during her cancer treatment; this case study was discussed at the ABC Global Alliance EU Parliament event ‘Transforming Breast Cancer Together’ on 7 November 2018. Read the full article here

How humour can help put cancer in its place. One person’s antidote

Posted: 12th October 2018

Guest writer, Harmer Parr, was diagnosed with terminal cancer in October 2017.  In this blog, he shows how keeping a sense of humour helped him put cancer in its place. ‘I’ve always been a bit of a fitness freak, and during the spring and summer 2017 I was training for a couple of sprint triathlons… [Read More]