There is much confusion and worry about massage or skin brushing “spreading the cancer,” so I want to first start by clearly stating what metastasis (spread of the cancer) is. True metastasis occurs when a cancer cell breaks away from the primary tumor (not the lymph nodes) and enters the blood system. Once in the…
Last week, at The Sarasota Healing Diva Retreat, June Drennon from Flordia Medical Thermography and Med Hot Thermography gave a fascinating presentation about why thermography is significantly safer and provides more and different information than a mammogram. She shared what to look for and the questions to ask when booking your thermography appointment. Like everything…
In the 2019 Sundance awarding-winning movie The Farewell by director Lulu Wang, there is a powerful scene where the uncle expresses a common Chinese philosophy about cancer: “People don’t die of cancer — they die of the fear.” This dialogue occurs between the granddaughter of the diagnosed grandmother, and her uncle. The family has chosen…
I have come face-to-face with cancer many times in my life. I can honestly say that my journey with Breast Cancer has been one of the greatest learning experiences of my life. If I had to boil these lessons down to just five things Breast Cancer has taught me, this would be it. What…
A few weeks ago I discussed the physical and mental benefits that go along with “turning on” the Relaxation Response and offered some tips on how to elicit this healing response within you. If you have not read that blog post yet, you can check it out HERE. But what about when a person cannot…
