The Gifts of Cancer

A book written for cancer patients, cancer survivors and their loved ones to assist them in reframing the experience of cancer to change their lives for the better.

A book written for cancer patients, cancer survivors and their loved ones to assist them in reframing the experience of cancer to change their lives for the better. As a cancer survivor and oncological social worker, author Nicole J. Barrett has written a book about how cancer has improved her life and shares insight on how many of the cancer patients she has worked with have also discovered how the experience of cancer gave be a wonderful gift with many offerings if we choose to receive them. This book delves into spiritual and metaphysical matters that cancer patients often explore as they start to face their own mortality and start asking deeper questions about the meaning of life.

Nicole J. Barrett is also the author of Becoming Light, a book about recovery from food addiction and Becoming Love, a book about recovery from love addiction. She is also an award-winning songwriter and screenwriter. She obtained her Bachelor Degree in Psychology from the University of Washington in 1997 and her Master of Social Work in 1999. Since then, she has worked as a counselor and case manager at different organizations in the social work field within the Seattle/Tacoma area. She has worked for the state, in schools, in daycares, in hospitals as a medical social worker, in mental health clinics and in homes as a family preservation therapist. She has worked with people from all walks of life from infants and children to teenagers, from active duty military to veterans and military retirees, from cancer patients to the elderly and disabled. She has worked with individuals, couples and families. Her biggest passions are writing, healing, metaphysics, music and film/video production. She lives in Kent, Washington with her husband of 5 years. She is a cancer survivor and advocate for the hearing impaired.