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Cancer Answers is hosted by Dr. Anees Chagpar, Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology and Director of The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and Dr. Francine Foss, Professor of Medical Oncology. The show features a guest cancer specialist who will share the most recent advances in cancer therapy and respond to listeners questions. Myths, facts and advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment are discussed, with a different focus eachweek. Nationally acclaimed specialists in various types of cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment discuss common misconceptions about the disease and respond to questions from the community.Listeners can submit questions to be answered on the program at canceranswers@yale.edu or by leaving a message at (888) 234-4YCC. As a resource, archived programs from 2006 through the present are available in both audio and written versions on the Yale Cancer Center website.

The Trauma of Everyday Life

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From Faith Middleton: I'm featuring New York psychiatrist Dr. Mark Epstein's fascinating new book, The Trauma of Everyday Life, because it explains the big pay-off for learning to notice the small and big traumas we all experience daily in an unpredictable world. By comprehending these traumas, he says, we permit their release, which leads to less stress and a greater sense of feeling fully alive. Dr. Epstein is a Harvard trained psychiatrist with a private practice in New York City. He's interested in the interface of psychotherapy and Buddhist philosophy.

Dr. Epstein says in his book:

  • It isn't as important to find the cause of our daily traumatized feelings as it is to learn to relate to them.
  • While we all long to be normal, the unpredictable world we live in dishes up plenty, from home life to workplace to world events. 
  • In response to the world's iffyness, we like to pretend.
  • Traumas big and small cause us to tell ourselves stories that run like loops in the mind, causing greater suffering.
  • Suffering, no matter how big or small, isn't the last word. To recognize suffering allows its release from your mind and body. Learn how in Dr. Epstein's valuable book, which also explores how Buddhist philosophy offers keys to comprehending trauma as it speeds by.

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  • Mark Epstein is the author of The Trauma of Everyday Life.
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