Bernie Siegel advocates being like your pets – enjoying life and living in the moment. Last week I spoke to Bernie Siegel, MD, best-selling author of the classic book, Love, Medicine and Miracles; and most recently, A Book of Miracles—Inspiring True Stories of Healing, Gratitude, and Love. Bernie is incredible; he’s a cross between a wise [...]
Yesterday, I had an amazing phone interview with Bernie Siegel, MD, best-selling author and pioneer of body-mind-spirit philosophies. I’ll share the interview next week, but here’s a little tease. I met Bernie years ago when he came to a conference my company was hosting, and I was the PR representative who had the great privilege of [...]
Bob Kiesendahl and some little athletes at one of his BK Hope Cures fundraisers. Hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving! Mine was great. Actually we celebrated “Thanksmas,” both Thanksgiving and Christmas, with my husband’s family. It was a great time of togetherness, loads of presents and too much yummy food. I threw in the [...]
Ah Facebook, I just can’t seem to leave it alone! I’m a social person, and most of the time I’m sitting at home on my computer alone without coworkers to chat with or a boss to pile work on me. So I find myself trolling on Facebook to get a peek into people’s lives and thought processes. [...]
Today’s guest post is by Kelly Turner, PhD. Kelly is a researcher, lecturer, and consultant in the field of integrative Oncology. On Wednesday’s post, Kelly shared three of six most common cancer ‘treatments’ she found from interviewing healers and survivors (who healed without traditional medical treatment). Today she shares the other three: Releasing repressed [...]
Today’s guest post is by Kelly Turner, PhD. Kelly is a researcher, lecturer, and consultant in the field of integrative Oncology. This is part one of a two-part series. I’m a cancer researcher who studies people who heal from cancer without Western medicine, or after Western medicine has failed to remit their cancer. Personally, I [...]
Last night I was on the phone with Jack Gray, one of the many people in my book who are thriving years beyond anyone expected. Jack was diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer in 2004. He has had no evidence of cancer for years, and at age 57, he is going strong. When he’s not [...]
It seems like my last post really hit a nerve with many readers. There were many insightful and passionate comments expressing frustration with the medical community’s lack of knowledge of and attention to the importance of whole-person care for cancer patients. I invite you to go back and read what some of our readers had to [...]
Last week I had the honor of being interviewed by Angela Schaefers, a remarkable, fellow stage IV survivor; for her radio show Your Story Matters. Angela, a former counselor and career coach, created the radio show to share her and other’s stories of overcoming challenges from cancer to domestic abuse and addiction. One of her questions [...]
Over the weekend, my husband and I saw the wonderful movie, True Grit. I was curious, so I looked up the definition of grit and found this: “firmness of character; indomitable spirit; pluck.” “Grit” was what the young character in the film used to describe Jeff Bridge’s Rooster Cogburn, but she embodied it, too. Despite [...]
