30 Minute Tune Up: A Journal Drop In

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We have a brand new program forming!  Join us each week for a 30 Minute Tune Up: A Journal Drop In program!

Jean Rowe, LCSW, OSW-C, Certified Journal Therapist returns to Lacuna Loft for a new program.  This journal drop-in is designed to help you tune in and reset during a chaotic time.

In the chaos of our everyday lives, with COVID anxiety and racial tensions at an all-time high across the country, we want to extend the opportunity to spend 30 minutes each week in a drop-in journaling workshop. Come, journal with a group of young adults facing cancer (young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers all welcome), and get tuned up for another week.  You are welcome to drop in once or come as often as you like.  These journaling techniques will be short, concrete, and time-contained.  Sign up below!

Where: Online video chat. We’ll send you more information about joining after you register. Please have a microphone headset and a webcam.

Who: Young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.

When: Thursdays, July 16 – Oct 1.  9:30-10 am PT / 11:30 am-noon CT / 12:30-1 pm ET.  Please be on time 🙂

101 Tasks in 1,001 Days Workshop

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Back for a 2nd time!  Are you a young adult cancer survivor or a young adult cancer caregiver? Do you like making lists? Do you like having goals to reach for?  This is the perfect workshop for you!

Lacuna Loft’s online 101 Tasks in 1,001 Days List Workshop is the 13th in our #LetsMakeStuff @LacunaLoft series of online Creative Art Workshops!

This workshop is designed to help you create a list of 101 tasks to complete over a period of 1,001 days.  Amanda will give you examples on how she structured her own list and there will be time for people to share some of their goals and get their creative juices flowing!  Join us for a night of goal setting and inspiration!  Enjoy a social setting and a fabulous motivational activity while hanging out with your young adult cancer peers!

Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined.  Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on your part).  Exciting!  Why 1,001 Days? Many people have created lists in the past – frequently simple challenges such as New Year’s resolutions or a ‘Bucket List’.  The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic.  1,001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips, study semesters, or outdoor activities.  Here’s more info on the 101 in 1,001 List project!

Who:  20 young adult cancer survivors and caregivers.

When: Monday, July 20th @ 6-8 pm PT / 8-10 pm CT / 9-11 pm ET via video chat.

How does it work?  We’ll send you all of the materials you need to participate!  Lacuna Loft will send you an email about a week before the workshop with information on how to join the video chat.  ***You’ll need the link that we’ll provide you, a headset with a microphone, and a webcam.***

Wine Cork Pendant Necklaces Workshop

Join Lacuna Loft for our next Creative Art Workshop making wine cork pendant necklaces and #LetsMakeStuff together!  Craft and meet other young adult cancer survivors and caregivers while creating some beautiful necklaces made out of corks and beads!  Do this while hanging out with other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.  We’ll send you what you need, all you need to do is sign up and come!

Who: 24 young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.

When: Tuesday, June 23rd @ 8-10 am PT / 10 am – noon CT / 11 am – 1 pm ET via video chat.

How does it work? We’ll send you all of the materials you need to participate!  Lacuna Loft will send you an email about a week before the workshop with information on how to join the video chat. **You’ll need the link that we’ll provide you, a headset with a microphone, and a webcam.**

Join An 8-Week Writing Workshop

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Interested in some structured, creative writing in a group of other young adults facing cancer as patients, survivors, or caregivers?  Look no further than the next 8-week session of our online, Unspoken Ink: Young Adult Cancer Creative Writing Workshop!

The online workshop is designed to take you on a journey through your cancer diagnosis and into your survivorship with a small group of your young adult cancer patient/survivor peers. Each 8-week Writing Workshop consists of a weekly writing night attended via online video chat. We will get to know one another in an intimate, 18 person setting and address issues that transport us from initial diagnosis into the new normal and survivorship.

The next 8-week session will start on Thursday, May 21st, and will meet each Thursday at 3:30 pm PT / 5:30 pm CT / 6:30 pm ET for 2 hours via video chat through Thursday, July 9th.

Learn more and sign up here!

Learn To Make Change With Your Young Adult Cancer Story

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Want to learn to tell your story to make change?

In a 2-hour, online workshop at Lacuna Loft, we’ll delve into how you can turn your young adult cancer story into advocacy. Advocacy comes in many different shapes and sizes so we’ll talk about what it might mean to you and how to go about shaping your own narrative into the change you want to see around you. The workshop will be interactive and equip you with the skills you need to turn your story into advocacy.

The program is open to young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers and is scheduled for Tuesday, May 26th. 2:30-4:30 pm PT / 4:30-6:30 pm CT / 5:30-7:30 pm ET.

When you sign up for the workshop, you’ll get a confirmation from the system that you’ve registered. Then a few days before the workshop occurs, you’ll get an email from Lacuna Loft explaining how to join the video chat. ***You’ll need the link that we’ll provide you, a headset with a microphone, and a webcam.*** [ The webcam is very important. The workshop will be interactive so the other participants need to be able to see your face! 🙂 ]

What if I’ve taken the workshop already?  At this time, the workshop has not changed in between sessions.  A ‘Round 2’ of the workshop is in process though and we’ll debut it in the fall!

Join A Creative Art Workshop Making Zentangle Coasters

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Join Lacuna Loft for our next Creative Art Workshop making Zentangle Coasters and #LetsMakeStuff together! Craft and meet others while creating some meditative Zentangles on ceramic coasters! Great to sip away the summer on! Do this while hanging out with other young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers. We’ll send you what you need!

Who: 16 young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.

When: Wednesday, May 27th @ 5:00- 7:00 pm PT / 7:00-9:00 pm CT / 8:00-10:00 pm ET via video chat.

How does it work? We’ll send you all of the materials you need to participate! Lacuna Loft will send you an email about a week before the workshop with information on how to join the video chat. **You’ll need the link that we’ll provide you, a headset with a microphone, and a webcam.*

Click here to sign up to be notified when this program is announced by choosing it under ‘Programs you’re interested in.’ (Feel free to choose to be notified when other programs are announced too!)

Join A Month-Long Mind, Body, And Soul Series

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Join the young adult cancer communities of the Dear Jack Foundation, Elephants and Tea, and Lacuna Loft during our month-long, Mind, Body, and Soul wellness series in May for an opportunity to connect, grow, and stretch!  We will be offering weekly, 90-minute sessions to help enhance the mind, body, and spirit and provide a chance to break down some of the isolation we’ve all been experiencing over the last few weeks.  Whether you are a seasoned yogi, meditator, or writer, or a newbie to the world of mind and body care, come and try something new in a safe, fun, and encouraging environment – your own home!

These classes will be free and hosted through Zoom and all experience levels are welcome!  You can come to one or come to all!  Sign up on the form below!

Schedule
Thursday, May 7th at 9 am PT/10 am MT/noon ET – Mind, Body, and Spirit Wellness Series Intro Happy Hour Hangout
Thursday, May 14th at 9 am PT/10 am MT/noon ET – Creative Writing with Mallory Casperson
Thursday, May 21st at 9 am PT/10 am MT/noon ET – Slow Flow Yoga with Tara Picklo
Thursday, May 28th at 9 am PT/10 am MT/noon ET – Meditation with Angie Giallourakis

Want to learn more about each session in the Mind, Body, and Soul Series?

5/7 Mind, Body, and Spirit Wellness Series Intro Happy Hour Hangout

Join Dear Jack Foundation, Elephants and Tea, and Lacuna Loft for the kickoff to our Mind, Body, Soul Digital Series in a fun and informal Happy Hour Hangout! We’ll talk about the AYA cancer community, each of the great organizations bringing you the Mind, Body, Soul Series, what you can expect at each session, and more! Hangout with other people who understand what it’s like to go through young adult cancer.

5/14 Mind: Writing Workshop hosted by Lacuna Loft

The Writing Workshop Session will take the group through some purposeful journaling! Many of us, while going through a crisis such as young adult cancer, find writing out our thoughts, fears, or emotions to be very helpful. Sometimes though, sitting down to write can seem overwhelming. Together, we’ll go through 2 short writes, responding to writing prompts in 5-minute intervals and then reading out loud if desired. Join a group of young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers in a writing workshop!

5/21 Body: Yoga hosted by Dear Jack Foundation

Let’s join together as an online commUNITY with a Slow Flow Yoga class. Yoga means union of the physical body through breath. That begins the journey inward where we can access the spirit, soul, and center of wisdom and bliss. We will take careful notice of the physical body and then connect intentionally with the breath that sustains and gives us a sense of ease. After settling in, the body will flow freely on the mat through a series of poses that will provide flexibility, strength, and connection to our true nature. We will end class with a short meditation to further develop mindfulness. This class is for everyone – all skill levels are welcome!

5/28 Soul: Meditation hosted by Elephants and Tea

This Meditation Session will introduce the participant to breathe and body sensing in order to tune-in and relax the mind and body. The session will be approximately 30 – 40 minutes. Participants will learn about how meditation can help reduce stress. At the end of the session, participants will be given the opportunity to ask questions of the teacher.

Angie is a Level II iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation Teacher.

What Else Are We All Missing?

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Hello!  Lacuna Loft has always lived in the online realm of program delivery and more and more organizations are moving their in-person programs online too.  The times we are experiencing are crazy and chaotic and intense…and here at Lacuna Loft, we think that having as many opportunities as possible to get the resources and support you deserve, the better.

With that said, what are we missing?  What type of program have you been craving but you just can’t find it anywhere?

Use Your Young Adult Cancer Story To Make An Impact

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Want to learn to tell your story to help make change?

In a 90 minute, online and interactive workshop at Lacuna Loft, we’ll delve into how you can turn your young adult cancer story into advocacy.  Advocacy comes in many different shapes and sizes so we’ll talk about what it might mean to you and how to go about shaping your own narrative into the change you want to see around you.  The workshop will be interactive and equip you with the skills you need to turn your story into advocacy.

Who: young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers.

When: Monday, April 27th. 3-4:30 pm PT / 5-6:30 pm CT / 6-7:30 pm ET

How does it work? When you sign up for the workshop, you’ll get a confirmation from the system that you’ve been confirmed into the workshop. Then a few days before the workshop occurs, you’ll get an email from Lacuna Loft explaining how to join the video chat. ***You’ll need the link that we’ll provide you, a headset with a microphone, and a webcam.*** [ The webcam is very important. The workshop will be interactive so the other participants need to be able to see your face! 🙂 ]

What if I’ve taken the workshop already?  At this time, the workshop has not changed between sessions.  When we have a ‘Round 2’ version of the workshop we’ll be sure to let you know!

The Big Trigger of COVID-19: Journaling Techniques for Coping

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Lacuna Loft and Young Survival Coalition are working together again!

Together with YSC, we are starting weekly online journaling sessions to provide techniques to address the big trigger of COVID-19.  You are welcome to drop in once or come as often as you like.  The sessions will take place each Friday beginning April 16th through at least the end of May, for half an hour at 9 am PT / 11 am CT / 12:00 pm ET via video chat.

These techniques will be short, concrete and time-contained.  Jean Rowe from YSC is a certified journal therapist and, with the seasoned facilitator of many writing programs, Mallory Casperson (our CEO), we feel that you will all be in good hands.  What a rich discussion awaits!

Register in advance for this program.  You can attend one or attend all, whatever you need.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.