When you find out your child has cancer

You are suddenly overwhelmed. You feel unmoored. All your worst fears are realized – your child’s life is threatened, and you don’t know where to turn. Your normal routine is upended – school drop off is replaced with inpatient admissions and clinic checks.

So many thoughts race through your mind…

You wonder how long this has been happening, and how is it possible you didn’t know?

  • What did you miss?

  • Was there something you could have done to prevent this?

  • What is your child’s future going to look like?

People are telling you to “stay strong” for your kid,

but all you want to do is fall apart and have someone tell you this was all a dream.

Then there are the decisions you have to make – research study or no? Amputation or radiation?

People have so many things to say but nobody really knows what it’s like, staying up all night worrying about your child, feeling out of control.

But you don’t need to carry this weight alone.

My mindset coaching program will help you navigate your child's cancer journey with:

calm

Clarity

determination

Hi, I’m Samara.

I’m a pediatric oncologist.

I’m a mom.

I've spent countless hours counseling mothers whose children have cancer, women just like you. Sitting with them late at night in the hospital ward, awake with worry while their child sleeps. Greeting them as they drag their exhausted, hungry child in after an early morning drive for a procedure that they never wanted but know they need…