EMWA Week 3 Survivorship Program

LAND Week 4

Week 3

Creating Support Systems to Conquer Vulnerability (Chapter 7)

It’s important to look at how vulnerable cancer can make us feel. Vulnerability is synonymous with helplessness, defensiveness, powerlessness, weakness, feeling susceptible.

This chapter invites you to explore what vulnerability means for you and how embracing it can help you move forward.

NOTE FROM AUTHOR

It’s important to look at how vulnerable cancer can make us feel. Vulnerability is synonymous with helplessness, defensiveness, powerlessness, weakness, feeling susceptible.

4 Categories of Vulnerability

Emotional Vulnerability
Physical Vulnerability
Financial Vulnerability
Spiritual Vulnerability

Vulnerability shapes us in profound ways. Whether emotional, physical, financial, or spiritual, it challenges us but also opens the door to growth and connection.

Embracing vulnerability isn’t a sign of weakness—it’s strength in its purest form.

DISCUSSION

Emotional Vulnerability

Dealing with self-emotional vulnerability isn’t always the easiest to understand or relate to. If you’re like myself and many women I know with cancer, you’re always focusing on taking care of everyone else’s needs, often at the expense of your own.

Physical Vulnerability

This aspect pertains to our physical vulnerability, as you might find that you can no longer perform the same activities you once did

Financial Vulnerability

Then there’s the financial vulnerability- cancer can be expensive. Ask for help; there are so many grants that can be obtained you probably don’t even know exist.

Spiritual Vulnerability

Finally, there is spiritual vulnerability. There is enormous power in cultivating our spiritual connection, no matter what your religious or spiritual affinity may or not be.

Creating Support Systems to Conquer Vulnerability

Pause for a moment to contemplate the aspects of your life where you feel the most vulnerable. Take a look at the image below and reflect on the following: