“The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.”— Lord Byron Saturday I attended the Yes to Life conference in London. Its theme, Reclaiming Our True Nature, felt less like a conference title and more like a summary of the question I have been living with for thirty years: how do we truly help someone when they are frightened for their life? Where I started When I first began working in oncology, I looked for answers in the physical: treatments, side