Living Mindfully with Cancer: In conversation with Erica Rayner-Horn

Our guest this week is Erica Rayner-Horn, a mindfulness-based psychotherapist, teacher, writer, and mother. As a Buddhist, Erica’s first impulse upon receiving a cancer diagnosis was to go on retreat. She was disappointed to find there wasn’t a mindfulness retreat for people with cancer, so she decided to create one! In this episode, Erica tells Cheryl about how she was shaped by her childhood in post-war England and how she met zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, back before meditation had become mainstream in the west. At the end of the episode, Erica offers a guided meditation. We hope you’ll stick around to join us for that mindful moment.

Erica’s upcoming workshop is called The Power of Living Mindfully with Cancer. You can read more about the 5-week program and sign up here! 

Erica's Reading List: 

1. Radical Remission by Kelly A. Turner

2. Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh

3. Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach

4. True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh

5. Awakening Joy: 10 Steps to Happiness by James Baraz

6. 10% Happier by Dan Harris

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