Cancer Lifeline

Writing to Explore How Nature Offers Strength, Healing, and New Perspective
2025-03-04 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-03-11 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-03-18 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | [ONLINE] Overlake Medical Center
Walt Whitman said that after business, politics, and even love are gone, nature remains. The wild world represents authenticity in the purest form, and we each have a unique relationship with it. Through poems, quotes, and inspirational writing prompts, we’ll lean into the possibility that nature can bring us strength, healing, and new perspective.
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Meditation Practices for Self-care Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center
2025-03-05 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-03-12 17:30 - 18:30
Join us to learn simple ways to quiet the mind and learn how meditation can be beneficial to your overall health. You will learn a variety of meditation techniques that you can easily practice whenever you need it most. Come to one or all classes.
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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.

Exercise & Cancer: Gentle Yoga Monday Evenings Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center
2025-03-10 18:30 - 19:45, 2025-03-17 18:30 - 19:45, 2025-03-24 18:30 - 19:45, 2025-03-31 18:30 - 19:45, 2025-04-07 18:30 - 19:45, 2025-04-14 18:30 - 19:45, 2025-04-21 18:30 - 19:45
Practice easy stretches, postures, guided meditation and breathing exercises in one of these gentle therapeutic yoga classes.
*No Class 1/20 & 2/17
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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.

Living with Anticipatory Grief Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center
2025-03-18 16:00 - 17:00
Grief & loss is an inherent part of living with cancer. Come join others for discussion of the challenges and how to manage this experience.
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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.

Caregiver Support Group Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center
2025-03-18 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-04-15 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-05-21 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-06-18 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-07-16 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-08-20 16:00 - 17:30
This group is open to anyone supporting a loved one with cancer. Join with others who understand the caregiver experience to share ideas, resources and challenges. Through presentations and discussion get the support you need.
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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.

Coping with Cancer: Benefits of Nature as Self-Care Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center
2025-03-18 17:30 - 18:30
Forest Bathing is a simple Japanese practice aimed at stress reduction that can be as simple as walking in any natural environment and intentionally connecting with the present moment. In this presentation, you’ll learn about the benefits of Forest Bathing and be introduced to forest essential oils to boost emotional wellbeing & reduce stress.
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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.

Nutrition for Better Sleep Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center
2025-03-20 11:00 - 12:00
Sufficient sleep during and after cancer treatment is a necessary component of healing. In this presentation you will learn how nutrition affects sleep, health & healing including ways to make improvements.
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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.

Addressing the Trauma of Cancer with EMDR Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center
2025-04-10 09:30 - 10:30
EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a therapy that can be a coping tool to address cancer related trauma. People often make new connections insights as a result of the therapeutic approach. In this presentation we will discuss the elements of EMDR and how it can assist in recovery from the upheaval of cancer, and how to find an EMDR therapist in your community.
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Need help getting registered? Please call our Telephone Lifeline at 206-297-2500 M-F, 9am-5pm or connect with us through our Online Lifeline Chat.

Supporting Wellness With An Anti-Inflammatory Diet Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center
2025-04-15 17:30 - 18:30
Chronic, systemic inflammation is a serious health concern that can be made worse — or better — with the foods we eat. Here’s what chronic inflammation is, and how what you eat can keep you safer from the chronic diseases inflammation can cause.
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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.

SWELL Lymphedema Support Group Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center
2025-05-20 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-06-17 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-07-15 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-08-19 17:30 - 19:00
Talking with others and getting needed support is key to living with lymphedema. Join us for sharing and educational presentations focused on living with this challenging condition. Meetings provide a safe and non-judgmental environment to give and receive support.
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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.

Meditation Practices for Self-Care Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center
2025-06-17 17:30 - 18:30
Join us to learn simple ways to quiet the mind and learn how meditation can be beneficial to your overall health. You will learn a variety of meditation techniques that you can easily practice whenever you need it most.
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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.

Upper-Body Self-Lymphatic Massage Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center
2025-07-15 17:30 - 18:30
Manual Lymph Drainage, or MLD, is a gentle skin massage that helps move extra fluid from an area that is swollen (or is at risk of becoming swollen), into an area where the lymph nodes are working properly. Learn how self-massage can help with lymphedema. This presentation will focus on UPPER-BODY LYMPHEDEMA.
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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.

Living with Cancer Support Group-Day Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center
2025-09-11 09:30 - 11:30
Feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about what lies ahead as you travel through the unfamiliar world of cancer? Come meet others who are just diagnosed, in treatment or post-treatment. Come learn from educational presentations and open discussion, and explore what this journey looks like for you. For Patients only.
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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.
