Cancer Lifeline

Stretching The Imagination & Flexing Hope Sponsored by EvergreenHealth
2025-07-15 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | [ONLINE] EvergreenHealth
After the trauma of a cancer diagnosis, we naturally constrict our focus. The immediate is crucial and the future is scary. Eventually we need to stretch our imaginations again, and flex our hope muscles. Join us for discussion & writing exercises for reengaging with hopes & dreams, and embracing the wonder of imagining a new way forward.
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Need help getting registered? Having trouble joining a class? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.

Writing for the Moment Sponsored by Cancer Lifeline
2025-07-17 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-07-24 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-07-31 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-08-07 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-08-14 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-08-21 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-08-28 13:00 - 15:00 | [ONLINE] Cancer Lifeline
Discover the power of writing as a way to process everyday life when impacted by a cancer diagnosis. No matter your writing style or experience, this workshop will inspire you to put pen to paper. This class invites sharing rather than critiquing. Start any time.
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Need help getting registered? Having trouble joining a class? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.

Cancer & Creative Expression: Sketching with Color Sponsored by EvergreenHealth
2025-07-22 11:00 - 12:30 | [ONLINE] EvergreenHealth
Relax & explore color mixing palettes and creating texture in sketches by adding color pencils.
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Supply List:
• Pencil & Eraser
• Color Pencils or Watercolor Pencils
• Sketching, Drawing or Mix Media paper
• Scrap paper for mark-making & color blending practice
• Small, round Paintbrush with small cup of water
• Blending stump/Tortillon or Qtip or paper towel
• 0.5 Waterproof Graphic/Micron/Ink pen
• Echinacea/Cone Flower reference photo
Need help getting registered? Having trouble joining a class? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.

Resilience Through Words Sponsored by EvergreenHealth
2025-08-12 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-19 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-26 11:00 - 13:00 | [ONLINE] EvergreenHealth
Even when faced with challenges we have the capacity to ground, and strengthen ourselves through the power of words. This series will provide techniques for building resilience and self-comfort in uncertain circumstances, through the power of creative voice. We’ll explore various brainstorming techniques that can become a healing practice. During sessions we will be writing together, and optionally sharing.
August 12: The Comfort of Everyday Objects;
August 19: Recipes for Healing Words;
August 26: Gifts of the Senses
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Need help getting registered? Having trouble joining a class? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.

Cancer & Creative Expression: Mindfulness through Easy Drawing Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center
2025-08-26 16:00 - 17:30 | [ONLINE] Overlake Medical Center
Do you enjoy drawing beautifully structured patterns? We will explore more possibilities with Zentangle© method in this class. Create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns & through guided step-by-step instruction. Mindfulness is effective at reducing stress during and after cancer treatment.
Supply list:
White square paper (4-5 inch square / a.k.a. white square Zentangle tile)
Black drawing pen (Sakura Micron 01 or PN recommended)
Graphite pencil (B or 2B recommended)
Blending stomp / tortillon
White gel pen (optional)
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Need help getting registered? Having trouble joining a class? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.

Cancer & Creative Expression: Fall Watercolor: Learn the Basics Sponsored by EvergreenHealth
2025-09-16 11:30 - 13:00 | [ONLINE] EvergreenHealth
Exploring watercolor characteristics, using different techniques & color mixing to create a fall themed art piece
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Need help getting registered? Having trouble joining a class? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.

Writing For The Moment Sponsored by Cancer Lifeline
2025-09-18 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-09-25 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-02 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-09 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-16 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-23 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-30 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-06 13:00 - 15:00 and 1 more date | [ONLINE] Cancer Lifeline
Discover the power of writing as a way to process everyday life when impacted by a cancer diagnosis. No matter your writing style or experience, this workshop will inspire you to put pen to paper. This class invites sharing rather than critiquing. Start any time. No experience required.
*No Class 11/27
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Need help getting registered? Having trouble joining a class? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.

Cancer & Creative Expression: Mindfulness through Easy Drawing (Beginner) Sponsored by EvergreenHealth
2025-09-30 16:00 - 17:30 | [ONLINE] EvergreenHealth
Create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns & through guided step-by-step instruction. Mindfulness is effective at reducing stress during and after cancer treatment.
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Need help getting registered? Having trouble joining a class? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.

Writing Series Session 1: Where It All Began Sponsored by Valley Medical Center
2025-10-07 11:30 - 13:00 | [ONLINE] Valley Medical Center
In this session, we’ll look at the starting point for one or more roads we’ve taken, paying special attention to new emotions, challenges, or relationships that arose.
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Series Title: Beginnings, Middles & Endings
Week 1: Where it all Began
Week 2: Crisscrossing the Roadmap
Week 3: Reaching the Destination
Need help getting registered? Having trouble joining a class? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.

Writing Series Session 2: Crisscrossing the Roadmap Sponsored by Valley Medical Center
2025-10-14 11:30 - 13:00 | [ONLINE] Valley Medical Center
In this session, we’ll explore the bumps and potholes we’ve faced, the detours we’ve taken, and the progress we’ve made, noting which inner thoughts, feelings, and even doubts have hitchhiked alongside us.
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Series Title: Beginnings, Middles & Endings
Week 1: Where it all Began
Week 2: Crisscrossing the Roadmap
Week 3: Reaching the Destination
Need help getting registered? Having trouble joining a class? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.

Writing Series Session 3: Reaching the Destination Sponsored by Valley Medical Center
2025-10-21 11:30 - 13:00 | [ONLINE] Valley Medical Center
In this session, we’ll examine where we are in relation to our desired destination and imagine what navigational changes we might make going forward.
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Series Title: Beginnings, Middles & Endings
Week 1: Where it all Began
Week 2: Crisscrossing the Roadmap
Week 3: Reaching the Destination
Need help getting registered? Having trouble joining a class? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.

How to "quick sketch" Sponsored by Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
2025-10-22 11:30 - 13:00 | [ONLINE] Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Learn “quick sketching” techniques & increase observation skills while sitting in a doctor’s office, airport, park or waiting for your tea water to boil! Pencil & paper are all the basics you’ll need. A picture is worth a thousand words.
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We’ll be observing, loosening up & practicing several sketches using different techniques.
Sketching exercises will hopefully include (as time allows):

Quick sketch – Bike
Upside Down Drawing – Horse
Stick Figure & Outline
Timed Sketches – Hand
Face
Head to Toe by units

SUPPLIES:

Pencil
Eraser
Ruler
Sharpener
Scrap paper
Tracing paper (optional)
Multi Media, Sketch or Drawing paper
Magazine/Catalog with People in Motion, Head to Toe Front Standing Person, Face close-up.
Scrap Paper

Need help getting registered? Having trouble joining a class? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.

Writing to Calm an Anxious Mind Sponsored by EvergreenHealth
2025-11-04 11:00 - 12:30 | [ONLINE] EvergreenHealth
When we become anxious, what we are able to perceive in our world may diminish. We will work with carefully selected journal exercises to help reduce anxiety that can be used anywhere. No previous writing experience necessary.
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Need help getting registered? Having trouble joining a class? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.

Cancer & Creative Expression: Not Just a Patient: Rediscovering My Passions Sponsored Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
2025-11-11 11:00 - 12:30 | [ONLINE] Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
This uplifting and reflective class invites participants to explore their identities beyond the cancer experience. Through guided writing, discussion, and creative exercises, attendees will reconnect with personal passions, interests, and aspects of themselves that may feel overshadowed by a cancer diagnosis. The class offers a supportive space to rediscover joy, purpose, and the parts of life that continue to inspire and energize. No previous writing or artistic experience is needed—just a willingness to reflect and share.
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Need help getting registered? Having trouble joining a class? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.
