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.

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.

This is Part 1 of her 2 Part Article on The Benefits of Mindful Walking after a Cancer Diagnosis…