Published as a self-guided journal, eleven sections examine the complex personal issues that people with cancer have to deal with on a day-to-day basis. Each year over 1 million people are diagnosed with cancer, and each day, these people need to make some of the biggest decisions and answer some of the toughest questions of their lives—do I want to live or die, how do I want my quality of life to be, Is it o.k. to be angry? Why me? and more. Beverly Katherine Kirkhart cancer survivor, national inspirational speaker, and co-author of Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul, addresses each section in a way that only someone who has been on the journey can.

This important seIf-guided journal considers a number of different aspects of the cancer journey: The physical social, and enduring emotional meaning of having cancer is explored, as are the steps Beverly has used and suggests that others use to move beyond the “why me” syndrome.

The book features many examples and exercises for dealing with these daily emotions. Included are stories of Beverly’s own experiences and examples of how she was able to cope, adjust, become positive and ultimately become her own hero. Along with the stories, are exercises that ask the reader to become involved with their cancer—from something as simple as giving and getting hugs, to writing healing letters to making ice cream sundaes with a friend. At the end of each section are blank pages—a place for people to write their stories and jot down their daily experiences—from anger to happiness and everything in between.