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Can Journaling Help Heal After a Cancer Diagnosis?
Key Takeaways
- Journaling was crucial in the author's cancer recovery, focusing on gratitude and health aspirations.
- Influenced by Rhonda Byrne and Andrew Kap, the author used the Story Scripting Method to manifest health.
Writing helped me focus on gratitude and healing after my colon cancer diagnosis, transforming the act into a powerful recovery tool.
Carla Deschamps is now a survivor of colon cancer after receiving her diagnosis in February 2020. Read Carla's blogs here!
Have you ever asked yourself, “What am I passionate about?” For some people, it could be their love towards family. For others, it could be their profession and/or hobbies. Yet, when I was diagnosed with colon cancer five years ago, the passion that helped me evolve throughout this experience was my love for writing. For this reason, I began to script in a journal. In this blog, I would like to share my favorite writing piece that allowed me to stay grounded. By writing in my journal, I began to focus on all the things I was grateful for as well as what I wanted in my life, which was to stay healthy and strong.
To start off, journaling became an important technique that I utilized during my recovery. Since I can remember, journaling has been a part of me. It has allowed me to express my thoughts and feelings in a productive manner. Both Rhonda Byrne, who wrote The Secret, and Andrew Kap, who wrote The Last Law of Attraction Book You’ll Ever Need to Read: The Missing Key to Finally Tapping into the Universe and Manifesting Your Desires, played significant roles in how I journaled. Both books focused on how to manifest what you truly want in life. During my recovery, my focal point was my health.
A technique that Kap shared in his book was called The Story Scripting Method. This method consists of journaling as if you are already living what you truly desire. He encourages writing things into existence (in the present tense form) and feeling what it would be like if what you wanted were already here.
On April 18, 2020, I wrote my first story scripting method:
Indeed, this scripting was the essence of the power of self-love and gratitude. Without these two qualities, my recovery would not have been the same. I am extremely grateful for all the life lessons I have learned in the past five years. I have grown so much mentally, physically, and spiritually. I love the woman that I have become. Despite everything, I am blessed to be alive.
This piece reflects the author’s personal experience and perspective. For medical advice, please consult your health care provider.
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