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  • Description: Join Stephanie Meyers, RD, LDN, CNSD, a nutritionist with Dana-Farber’s Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for a discussion about nutrition. This class is uniquely tailored to meet the general nutrition needs of people in every phase of cancer treatment and recovery.

    Resources: Easy Sauces to Enhance Your Meal (PDF)

    Tags: Flavor, Dips, Sauce


  • Description: A demonstration with nutritionist Stephanie Meyers, RD, LDN, CNSD, a nutritionist with Dana-Farber’s Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living. In this session, Stephanie discusses meal prepping and ways in which we can make this easier and more realistic for ourselves.

    Resources: How to Meal Prep (PDF)

    Tags: Meal plan, Meal-prep, Plan, Routine


  • One Pot Meals

    12 Jul, 2021
    Description: Need some healthy snack inspiration in these days of remote work and homeschooling? Join Stephanie Meyers, RD, LDN, CNSD, a nutritionist with Dana-Farber’s Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for a LIVE weekly cooking demo featuring themes and foods integral to cancer survivorship.

    Resources: One Pot Meals (PDF)

    Tags: Easy, Quick, One-pot


  • Description: Join Stephanie Meyers, RD, LDN, CNSD, a nutritionist with Dana-Farber’s Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for a kid-friendly nutrition session. In this video, Meyers discusses food-based activities and ideas to keep your kids busy and safe in the kitchen.

    Resources: Ideas for Building a Bowl Meal (PDF)

    Tags: Easy, Lunch, One-bowl, Vegetables


  • Mindful Eating

    30 Jun, 2021
    Description: Stephanie Meyers, MS, RDN, the nutrition coordinator at Dana-Farber’s Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living guides you through a mindful eating experience.

    Resources: Mindful Eating (PDF)

    Tags: Healthy, Mind-body, Mindful eating, Mindfulness


  • Description: The Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living at Dana-Farber is dedicated to the belief that cancer patients can enhance their quality of life through integrative therapies such as acupuncture and massage, and healthy living programs such as exercise and nutrition counseling.

    Our clinical services, education, and group programs led by physicians, therapists, nurses, and other health care professionals empower patients to be active participants in their treatment plans. This integrative approach can help patients feel better by reducing the pain, stress, and anxiety caused by cancer and its treatment.

    Named for cancer patient and activist Leonard P. Zakim, the Center offers individual treatments including acupuncture, massage, and Reiki; group programs such as movement, meditation, and creative arts; and exercise and nutritional consultations. All Dana-Farber patients are eligible to take advantage of the Zakim Center's o...
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    The Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living at Dana-Farber is dedicated to the belief that cancer patients can enhance their quality of life through integrative therapies such as acupuncture and massage, and healthy living programs such as exercise and nutrition counseling.

    Our clinical services, education, and group programs led by physicians, therapists, nurses, and other health care professionals empower patients to be active participants in their treatment plans. This integrative approach can help patients feel better by reducing the pain, stress, and anxiety caused by cancer and its treatment.

    Named for cancer patient and activist Leonard P. Zakim, the Center offers individual treatments including acupuncture, massage, and Reiki; group programs such as movement, meditation, and creative arts; and exercise and nutritional consultations. All Dana-Farber patients are eligible to take advantage of the Zakim Center's one-on-one ...
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    Meditation is a mind body practice that has long been used to help produce a sense of calm and relaxation. Meditation may help patients cope with illness and enhance overall health and well-being. The practice of meditation involves finding quiet time and place free from distraction. You will need to sit comfortably. In the beginning of your practice, you learn to relax your body, concentrate on your breath and quiet your mind. Quieting your mind is the challenge. The challenge during meditation is not to be caught in the mind's wandering, and not to judge your thoughts.


    Mindfulness is the ability to bring present moment awareness into all the activities of daily living, while experiencing these same benefits. Cultivating a regular practice of meditation may bring you to a new level of mindfulness in everyday life. Mindful awareness helps us to understand the mind and its relationship to the body and spirit. Paying attention to everyday experiences like...