Living with Multiple Myeloma: Staying Grounded in Uncertainty and Learning to Live Again image

Living with Multiple Myeloma: Staying Grounded in Uncertainty and Learning to Live Again

May 01, 2026
02:30PM - 03:30PM EDT
Online Event
Overview

Living with multiple myeloma affects more than the body. It can challenge our mental health through uncertainty, fear, identity shifts, and the emotional weight of living life around appointments, labs, and treatment decisions.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Sharon Hefetz, who was diagnosed with ultra high risk multiple myeloma in 2023 and is currently in her second remission, will share practical mindset and emotional resilience tools that supported her through diagnosis, treatment, and the ongoing realities of living with myeloma. This session will focus on staying grounded when the future feels unpredictable, learning how to work with fear instead of being controlled by it, and rebuilding a sense of steadiness after life has shifted.

Together, we will explore simple daily practices that help regulate emotions, strengthen resilience without forcing positivity, create healthy boundaries, and cultivate self compassion and surrender as stabilizing forces. The goal is not to eliminate uncertainty, but to develop the inner capacity to live fully alongside it.

 

Agenda
2:30 PM
Introductions
Cynthia Cahoon, RN

Cindy introduces the agenda of the event and featured speaker Sharon Hefetz

2:35 PM
Presentation
Sharon Hefetz

Sharon talks about uncertainty while living with myeloma

3:05 PM
Questions and Answers
Audience

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Speakers & Moderators
Healthtree contact Cynthia Cahoon, RN

Cynthia Cahoon, RN

Cynthia is a newborn ICU nurse by trade that has spent the last six years in the medical device industry educating nurses and doctors about devices that are new to their facility. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, traveling the world with her family, and creating Halloween animatronics for her annual front yard display. She has a passion for life-long learning and enjoys sharing what she learns with the people around her.
Healthtree contact Sharon Hefetz

Sharon Hefetz

Sharon Hefetz is a Master NLP Practitioner, mindset coach, plant based nutrition coach, entrepreneur, author, and mother of three who helps people strengthen their mental and emotional resilience during times of uncertainty and life transition. Her work focuses on cultivating supportive inner dialogue, building emotional capacity, setting healthy boundaries, and practicing intentional living. In 2023, Sharon was diagnosed with ultra high risk multiple myeloma. Facing a life altering diagnosis, she applied the very mindset and resilience tools she had been teaching for years to navigate treatment, uncertainty, and recovery. She is currently in her second remission and integrates these practices into her daily life to support her ongoing healing. Through her work, Sharon shares practical tools that help others stay grounded, protect their mental health, and learn how to live fully even in the presence of life’s most difficult challenges.