CLL Survivor Pete Thomason on Art Therapy and Mindfulness

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) survivor Pete Thomason joins us today to share strategies for dealing with the emotional challenges of survivorship. Following his diagnosis and transplant six years ago, his daughter introduced him to art therapy. Pete is also a big proponent of mindfulness, meditation, and visualization and walks us through how these strategies have helped him through survivorship.

Equifinality is an important concept to Pete as well. He explains what that is and how to get there. Pete prefers the phrase "some kind of normal" to "the new normal," and this is where his pickup truck analogy comes in.

We also talk about the importance of peer support to both survivors and caregivers.

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