Soul's Palette Arts

09/11/2019

08/22/2019

We want to re-share these photos of love and strength

08/17/2019

05/22/2019

Jill Popp has been having fun making cranes in the oncology unit this week! picking colors to represent people in their support system and then stringing them together and hanging them from IV poles. This is our example :)

Tell us who is important in your support system!

02/01/2019

check this out!

09/21/2018

sometimes music is the best way to tell a story. this is a sad one but pretty amazing. It is hard to watch loved ones go through changes

08/26/2017

The Cancer Support Community Delaware has added art therapy into their programs for people with cancer seeking to express their fight through their own perspective.

07/30/2017

We couldn't agree more! how have you dealt with the mental trauma of cancer and extended hospital stays? Has art and music played a role?

07/19/2017

Here are some good tips from MD Anderson on getting through a long hospital stay.

Do you agree, what else have you done to help cope with being in-patient for a long time? Has our reflexology or arts program helped? Let us know.

https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/cancerwise/2011/10/tips-for-coping-through-a-long-hospital-stay.html

It's a significant physical undertaking that can take an emotional toll. Though the reason for staying in the hospital is for your cancer treatment, it's important to remember you're not just a cancer patient. To help cope with a long hospital stay, MD Anderson's Department of Social Work offers the...

07/11/2017

TODAY is Amazon Prime Day! You can support Dear Jack by shopping at smile.amazon.com. You shop and Amazon gives! Proceeds will be directed to Dear Jack's 100k Challenge campaign!

07/07/2017

This is a good paper on the the use complementary medicine for leukemia patients, and includes info on reflexology.

How have our weekly reflexology treatments affected you while here in the hospital? We would love your feedback.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792198/

Patients with leukemia often seek additional treatments not prescribed by their oncologist in an effort to improve their cancer treatment outcome or to manage symptoms. Complementary therapies are used in conjunction with traditional cancer treatments ...