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Pancreatic cancer doesn’t discriminate, and Canada’s healthcare system shouldn’t either.

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Mental Health: App Gallery

We’ve handpicked a selection of mental health apps specifically tailored to help with the challenges you might be facing. We’ve chosen these apps based on their effectiveness in reducing anxiety, improving sleep, and supporting emotional well-being.

Mental Health: App Gallery

Navigating a pancreatic cancer diagnosis and treatment can be emotionally overwhelming. At The Heather Cutler Foundation, we know firsthand the stress and anxiety this journey can bring—not just for patients, but for families and caregivers as well. That’s why we’ve handpicked a selection of mental health apps specifically tailored to help with the challenges you might be facing. We’ve chosen these apps based on their effectiveness in reducing anxiety, improving sleep, and supporting emotional well-being.

Whether you need help calming your mind before a medical appointment, winding down after a long day, or finding a moment of peace amid the chaos, these apps offer accessible and practical support. Below, you’ll find a brief rundown of each app, along with recommendations on how it can help with specific needs like anxiety relief, sleep support, and daily mindfulness.

Anxiety Relief

Sleep Support

Sleep struggles are common in pancreatic cancer. These apps offer calming soundscapes and guided practices to help you relax, drift off easier, and get the restful sleep your body needs.

Endel: Focus & Sleep Sounds

Pancreatic cancer brings more than just physical challenges—stress, sleepless nights, and racing thoughts often come along too. Endel offers personalized, adaptive soundscapes that help create a space for rest or a moment of mental clarity when everything feels heavy. It’s not a fix, but it can be a quiet comfort on the hardest days, helping you ease into sleep after a restless night or find a brief calm in the middle of the storm. For those times when you just need a little break, Endel can be there with you, offering support in a simple, soothing way.

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Mindfulness and Stress Management

Calm

Calm offers guided meditations, sleep stories, and breathing exercises designed to help ease anxiety, improve sleep, and support mental well-being for pancreatic cancer patients and families.

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This was one of Heather’s favourite sleep stories to listen with. So many camping nights and nights at home listening to the comforting southern accent of Tabitha Brown.