Cancer Dojo empowers patients to play an active role in their own healing, together with the medicine. To boost their resiliency & enable a more positive cancer outcome.
The Cancer Dojo Workbook: Igniting patient resiliency with 16 chapters of interactive tools and cognitive training.
The book is backed by Discovery Health – Our Lead Behavioural Health Partner, as well as Cansa.org, Nestle Health Science, scores of cancer organisations, citizen philanthropists and the Backabuddy brand from a scaling perspective.
“A vital step in any cancer journey is to be empowered to face its many challenges. This workbook and journey both inspires and empowers.”Oncologist Dr Garth Davids,“
Oncologist, Cancer Care GVI Oncology, Cape Town
Our series of Cognitive Reframing videos and resiliency stimulus shot in 38 different counties are part of the book’s journey of resilience.
COGNITIVE THINKING VIDEOS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Over 30 different ways to think about your recovery.
One of the cornerstones of cognitive therapy is the reframing of something that is scary and overwhelming, into something else, that is manageable, visual and in the case of cancer patients, something that is beatable, inspiring, optimistic and authentic. This kind of creative cognitive reframing is shown to build patient resiliency and enable a better chance of a more positive cancer outcome.
To further this mission on a global scale we have partnered with some incredible teams and 30 different filmmakers from over 30 different countries to help us generate the start of the world’s first Global Cancer Resilience Project by developing a range of culturally relevant reframing videos and metaphors that transcend borders, boundaries and locations to harness diversity with clear purpose of making the world’s cancer patients happier, healthier and harder to kill.
All our videos are free to download and use – for clinics, hospitals, and cancer warriors worldwide 🎈
This project was made possible through the collaboration of Cancer Dojo, All Of Us Studios, Nestle Health Science and My Cancer My Nutrition.
“Cancer Dojo gives organised innovation to cancer patients who are looking for a way to take back control of their lives.”
Prof Jeanette Parks – Head of Radiation Oncology Groote Schuur Hospital ”
Harder to Kill Tools & Trading
Cancer Dojo is creative set of tools from visualisations, cognitive reframing videos, gifs, healing mandalas, music, talks, workshops and soon to be workbook. All our tools are built to empower cancer patients to play an active role in their cancer treatments, with the intention of making them more resilient to the negative effects of the disease, become harder to kill and enable a more positive cancer outcome.
The dojo approach taps into the principles of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) – “the study of the effect of the mind on health and resistance to disease”.
Our Cancer Dojo Healing Mandalas’ intricate designs (for breast, brain and lung cancer) enable patients to fully immerse their minds and bodies in a healing process that harnesses meditation, helps quiet distracting thoughts, promotes present-moment awareness, and provides a sense of control and beauty.
“I survived brain cancer. Now I make people harder to kill.” Conn was recently featured in Beautiful News. See his story below:
Your thoughts can affect your physical well-being.
Stress can negatively affect an already compromised immune system, our goal is to help patients become more resilient by providing the tools to be more engaged and motivated on their cancer journey.