Voices of Cancer
In the Press
VOICES OF CANCER HAS BEEN LISTED AS “RECOMMENDED READING” BY LLS.ORG UNDER THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
Parents - Coping
Adults - Caregiving
Adults - Inspiration
Adults – Living with Cancer
October 28, 2019 - Podcast interview with Dara Kurtz, author of Crush Cancer, and Garth Callaghan, The Napkin Notes Dad
Nezperce News: Cancer diagnosis prompts Lynda Riggers Wolters to help others understand
By Bridget Lux - Idaho County Free Press - Sep 24, 2019
As a way of coping, Lynda, a graduate of Nezperce High School, started to write.
“I began an online journal that received resounding positive comments from the followers encouraging me to continue to write and expressing how much they were learning through what they called a raw and honest lens,” she said.
Read the rest of the article here.
My first Voices of Cancer book reading and signing was a huge success!
Featured in Cancer Today
I was thrilled with the turn out in the 100 degree heat!
What to say to someone who has cancer (Irish Times, Jane Brody, January 20, 2020)
What to Say to Someone With Cancer (NY Times, Jane Brody, January 13, 2020)
When Life Throws You Curveballs, Embrace the ‘New Normal’ (NY Times, Jane Brody, January 20, 2020)
O que dizer a uma pessoa com cancer? (Estadao, Jane Brody, January 15, 2020)
Embrace Your New Normal: Life After a Cancer Diagnosis (Patient Power Interview, Suzanne Mooney, February 12, 2020)
Navigating the Workplace with Chemo Brain (Elephants and Tea, Lynda Wolters, February 23, 2020)
When Masks Weren't Popular (Patient Power, Lynda Wolters, March 24, 2020)
How Toxic Positivity Effects People with Cancer (Patient Power, Lynda Wolters, October 26, 2023, November 3, 2023)
I have been fortunate enough to have a blog posted on Chia’s Silver Lining - an online cancer support store whose mission is to encourage and support those going through cancer or other challenging illnesses. It is their belief that beyond traditional medicine, (which is vital to physical healing), we need emotional healing that comes from compassion, comfort, and connection with others.
The founder, Chia, is a breast cancer survivor who saw a void of this other type of healing during her journey. Out of this void, she decided to make a difference with Chia's Silver Lining.
Please check out their gifts and information designed to bring comfort, compassion, and connection on this journey that reaches and moves all of us.
When Masks Weren’t Popular (Written by Lynda for Patient Power, Published on March 24, 2020) - Weeks before COVID-19 hit in the United States, my husband and I traveled from Denver to San Diego for a two-week cruise. As is our usual course when we find ourselves confined in close proximity of others, we donned our face masks…
BOOK SIGNING - Voices of Cancer
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Julia Davis Park/Boise Pavilion, Boise, Idaho
Books available for purchase
First Book Sales!
Nancy’s List is a centralized site where resources can be found to help find assistance and support in navigating a cancer diagnosis. Lynda Wolters’ book, Voices of Cancer, has been added to the list of resources
Lynda, Author of Voices of Cancer, Current Cancer Thriver
https://nancyslist.org/2019/08/08/lynda-wolters-author-of-voices-of-cancer-current-cancer-thriver/
Interview with Gemma Gaudette of Idaho Matters, 6/12/2019
https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/author-lynda-wolters-captures-voices-cancer-survivors-print Listening...10:51
Author Lynda Wolters Captures The Voices Of Cancer Survivors In Print
By GEMMA GAUDETTE Idaho Matters
Author Lynda Wolters suffers from a rare form of cancer that is terminal. She used the written word to bring attention to the commonalities people have with each other in an effort to draw communities together. Wolters joins Idaho Matters to discuss her latest book that collates the voices of cancer patients and survivors.