Hospital Sponsor Cancer Wellness Circles

Living with cancer is an ongoing process, and sense of belonging can make a big difference. Individuals can now access health and healing, meaning, and connection to life, at no cost — right in their own communities thanks to our hospital sponsors.

Each month, we come together as a welcoming community of support, learning and healing. Skilled facilitators share new tools and resources to increase personal wellbeing through interactive group discussions, journaling, expressive arts, and much more. Developed as a yearlong wellness program for cancer patients, survivors, and companions, we invite participants to join at any time.

Session Topics Include:

  • Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Treatment, and Beyond
  • Stress Response
  • Reframing Our Thoughts and Beliefs
  • Growing with Emotions
  • Self-Expression as a Form of Healing
  • Self-Care
  • Relationships and Communication
  • Healing Grief, Loss, and Disappointment
  • Gratitude
  • The Healing Power of Nature
  • Self-Compassion, Honoring and Celebrating Our Journeys
  • Healing Our Relationship with Our Bodies
  • Building Resilience

Below is a list of Online Cancer Wellness Circles by location. Please email or call the below contact to be provided with an online link for the program.

Mason General Hospital
When: 4:00 pm-6:30 pm, Second Wednesday of each month
Where: Zoom meeting or conference call
For Registration Contact: Kathy Mattheis, Patient Navigator, MGH kmattheis@masongeneral.com or  (360) 432-7706

Virginia Mason
When: Third Thursday of the month, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Where: Zoom Meeting or conference call
For Registration, Contact VM Social Workers either: Kathryn Swingle,  kathryn.swingle@virginiamason.org or

Kelly Christensen, kelly.christensen@virginiamason.org