Tapped In for Life
A space to feel what you feel — without having to hold it alone.
A free tapping circle for cancer survivors and caregivers. Every two weeks on Zoom. Come exactly as you are.
Why this exists
Cancer changes you. The world expects you to move on.
Finishing treatment isn’t the end of the experience — it’s often when the emotional weight arrives. The adrenaline of fighting through fades, and what remains is everything the body and mind have been carrying.
This circle is not about reaching acceptance or finding the silver lining. It is about having a grounded place to process what your nervous system has been carrying — without having to explain yourself, perform your recovery, or pretend you’re further along than you are.
The offering
Tapped In Survivorship Circle
A guided tapping session for cancer survivors and caregivers, held every two weeks. Each session includes grounding, guided EFT/tapping, and reflection — a structured space to reconnect with yourself without needing to have it all together first.
Sessions may also include brief breathwork or gentle movement when it supports the body’s process. We build emotional capacity here — not emotional performance. Come as you are.
Who this is for
You are welcome here if…
- You are newly diagnosed, in treatment, or post-treatment
- You are a long-term survivor navigating what life looks like on the other side
- Scan anxiety is something you carry between appointments
- You are working to feel safe in your body again
- The relationships closest to you have shifted — and that shift has its own weight
- You find yourself being strong for everyone around you and want a place to just feel what you feel — without protecting anyone or explaining yourself
- You are holding grief, anger, gratitude, numbness — or all of the above at once
- You are caregiving for someone with cancer
- People around you assume you’re back to normal — and that assumption is exhausting
- You want emotional support that doesn’t require forced positivity
What we may work through together
Some of the terrain we tap on.
Sessions vary. This is some of what often surfaces:
| Theme | What it may sound like |
|---|---|
| Fear of recurrence | “What if it comes back?” |
| Scan anxiety | “I can’t settle until I know.” |
| Body mistrust | “I don’t know how to feel safe in my body anymore.” |
| Survivor guilt | “Why did I make it when someone else didn’t?” |
| Anger | “I’m grateful — and I’m also mad.” |
| Identity shifts | “I don’t recognize who I am on the other side of this.” |
| Relationship changes | “Things are different between us now and I don’t know how to hold that.” |
| Pressure to perform | “Everyone wants me to be inspiring.” |
| Caregiver weight | “I’m holding everyone else together.” |
Why I hold this space
This work found me before I offered it to anyone else.
In 2014, I came to EFT for myself in search of healing after treatment for Stage III Melanoma. What happened over that year was significant enough that I kept going — and eventually built a life and a practice around it. That matters here, because everything I bring to this space was proven in my own nervous system first.
EFT was never an official CanCare tool — but in the quiet space of volunteer support work, I brought it in gently with the people I walked alongside. EFT and survivorship support were two threads, each more than a decade in the making. They finally have a consistent home together.
Clarity
What this space is — and what it is not.
This circle uses EFT/tapping and somatic tools to support emotional processing. It is a form of therapy but it does not replace professional mental health care. If you are in active crisis, please reach out to a licensed provider.
This is
- A guided group tapping session
- Emotionally supportive and trauma-informed
- Open to caregivers and survivors at any stage
- Peer-supported and practitioner-led
- A space to feel without performing
This is not
- Medical advice or diagnosis
- A requirement to share or speak
- A positivity-only space
- A crisis service
Donation-optional
No cost barrier to attend. Donation optional.
This circle has no cost barrier. If you feel led and able, a donation helps keep this space available for others.
Come exactly as you are.
Steady, scared, angry, grateful, exhausted, numb, hopeful — or somewhere between all of them. There is room here.