Sandy Spiegel

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Sandy Spiegel

About Sandy Spiegel

Sandy Spiegel, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker who earned an MSW from Loyola University. She is a retired school social worker with 22 years of experience in St. Charles, IL. She also worked as a pediatric medical social worker for nine years at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Sandy worked as a Spanish-speaking Social Worker for the Y.W.C.A in Chicago and as a Social Worker in Ohio at a Child Welfare agency.

Sandy lived in Mexico for part of her undergraduate school experience, learning to speak Spanish. She and her husband like to travel and have been Volksmarching in Germany with friends. Even with being retired, Sandy continues to be interested in how we can use holistic and healthy practices, like walking and being in nature to help us heal and nourish our bodies and minds during, after and beyond a cancer diagnosis and treatment.
  • Mindful Walking Groups after Cancer Diagnosis

Steps to Healing: Starting a Mindful Walking Group for Cancer Survivors with Sandy Spiegel, LCSW  

Continued from Part 1 –The Benefits of Mindful Walking after a Cancer Diagnosis with Sandy Spiegel, LCSW... After my own healing experiences with mindful walking after my cancer diagnosis, I wanted to incorporate what I was learning and use it in sharing the joys and benefits of walking with others...
By |April 11th, 2019|Exercise & Movement, Featured, Survivor Stories|
  • Walking after a Cancer Diagnosis

Steps to Healing: Mindful Walking after a Cancer Diagnosis with Sandy Spiegel, LCSW

My diagnosis of uterine cancer at the age of 54 commenced a rough patch of time in my life. I much needed to bring into my life all I could garner that was nurturing and healing. I have a strong faith and a wonderful husband, and I knew I would be given what I needed and more to accompany me through what the universe was sending to me. But it was a dark, scary time...
By |April 11th, 2016|Exercise & Movement, Featured, Survivor Stories|