I am not what happens to me.
I am what I choose to become.
Carl Jung
so your pet has cancer
now what
Learning your pet has cancer is devastating.
In her new book, Dr. Bannink walks you through the steps to making this journey the best one possible.
Combining her training as a Spiritual Guide in the Mystery School tradition and her expertise as a board certified veterinary oncologist offering an integrative approach to pet cancer care, she takes you far beyond treatments into the realm of true healing that reaches to the level of the Soul and Spirit.
Your pet is more than a companion.
The human animal bond opens your heart.
Your pet reminds you of the Love you are worthy of receiving and capable of giving.
You honor their life by learning all your relationship has to offer you. And in doing so, create a journey that will transform you both.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao Tzu
ACCOLADES
For more than a decade, I have sat across from pet parents in the moments after a cancer
diagnosis. I know the look in their eyes — the shock, the grief, the desperate question of
what do I do now?
In those moments, a treatment plan is rarely enough. What pet parents truly need is clarity, options, and a roadmap for the whole journey, one that honors both the science of cancer care and the sacred bond they share with their animal. That ismexactly what Erin has created in this book.
What makes this book so powerful is that Erin does not stop at treatment; instead, she begins where conventional resources end. With the steady hand of a clinician and themopen heart of a healer, she guides the reader through the Three Cornerstones of Whole-Being Wellness — body, soul, and spirit — offering a framework I have not seen captured this completely anywhere else. She gives readers permission to grieve, tools to steady themselves, and a way to walk this journey with intention rather than fear.
What makes this book so valuable is that Erin understands something most cancer guides miss: the pet parent is not a bystander in this story. They are the most important variable in their pet's experience. Erin shows them how to step into that role with strength and grace, and in doing so, transform one of life's most painful chapters into one of the most meaningful. Few practitioners can move as fluently as Erin does between the science of medicine and the wisdom of the spirit, and it is precisely that rare combination that gives this book its depth.
This book belongs in the hands of every pet parent navigating a cancer diagnosis, every veterinarian who wants to better support their clients, and anyone who has ever loved an animal deeply enough to want to honor that bond fully.
Erin has given us a true gift — a guide that meets people in their grief and walks them all the way home to peace.
Dr. Kendra Pope, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology), cTCVMP
Founder & Medical Director, Prism Integrative Veterinary Health
Founder, Prism Veterinary Research Institute
