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Healing Journeys Articles
20 New Anticancer Rules – David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD
David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, cofounder of Doctors Without Borders, and a 15-year brain cancer survivor.
He promotes certain environmental, dietary, and emotional adjustments one can make in one’s life in addition to, as a support for, traditional cancer treatments. He is the author of The Instinct to Heal and Anticancer: A New Way of Life. He regularly posts Anticancer research & insight on his Facebook Page.
Dr. David Servan has published a “Top 20 List” of what everyone should do to avoid cancer or slow it down if you have it. Read More
David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, cofounder of Doctors Without Borders, and a 15-year brain cancer survivor.
He promotes certain environmental, dietary, and emotional adjustments one can make in one’s life in addition to, as a support for, traditional cancer treatments. He is the author of The Instinct to Heal and Anticancer: A New Way of Life. He regularly posts Anticancer research & insight on his Facebook Page.
Dr. David Servan has published a “Top 20 List” of what everyone should do to avoid cancer or slow it down if you have it. Read More
Knoxville Presenters – Handouts
Handout for presentation on June 26, 2010, at Knoxville Conference:
The Seven Levels of Healing: Celebrating Life and Spirit on the Journey Through Cancer – Jeremy Geffen, MD
Jeremy R. Geffen, MD, FACP is a board-certified medical oncologist, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a leading pioneer in integrative medicine and oncology. He is president of Geffen Visions International and author of the highly-acclaimed book The Journey Through Cancer: Healing and Transforming the Whole Person (Three Rivers Press, 2006). He is also creator of The Seven Levels of Healing®, a leading-edge integrative medicine and oncology program which is now being offered in multiple cancer centers in the US. This Program integrates state-of-the-art conventional cancer treatments with a wide array of complementary therapies designed to help patients and family members heal and transform at the deepest levels of the body, mind, heart, and spirit. For more information, visit http://www.geffenvisions.com.
Handout for presentation on June 26, 2010, at Knoxville Conference:
Gifts of the Imagination: Guided Imagery for Surviving and Thriving Beyond Cancer – Belleruth Naparstek
Belleruth Naparstek, LISW, BCD is a psychotherapist, author, guided imagery innovator, and the creator of the popular Time Warner Health Journeys guided imagery audio series. Her first book, Staying Well with Guided Imagery, is a widely used wellness primer. Her second, Your Sixth Sense, has been translated into nine languages and called one of the most thoughtful and sophisticated books on intuition in print. Her book on imagery and post traumatic stress, Invisible Heroes: Trauma Survivors and How They Heal (Bantam Dell), won the Spirituality & Health Top 50 Books Award and came out in paperback in January of 2006. Her audio programs have been involved in over two dozen clinical trials, with nearly a dozen studies completed to date. Efficacy has been established for several psychological and medical challenges. Her website is a heavily visited resource and information center providing searchable databases of cutting edge mind-body-spirit research, programs, practitioners and training. www.healthjourneys.com.
Handout for presentation on June 26, 2010, at Knoxville Conference:
Overcoming Cancer with Food and Nutrition – Liz Lipski
Liz Lipski, PhD, CCN, CHN is board-certified in Clinical Nutrition & Holistic Nutrition, the author of Digestive Wellness, Leaky Gut Syndrome, and Digestive Wellness for Children. She is the founder of Access to Health Experts, an educational membership website for consumers and health professionals. She is the Director of Doctoral Studies, and Educational Director at Hawthorn University. She is on the faculty and a member of the Nutrition Advisory Board for the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM). Dr. Lipski is a member of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP). She speaks all over the country at professional meetings and is frequently interviewed for media of all types. She is in private practice in Asheville, NC. www.innovativehealing.com.
Handout for presentation on June 26, 2010, at Knoxville Conference:
The Seven Levels of Healing: Celebrating Life and Spirit on the Journey Through Cancer – Jeremy Geffen, MD
Jeremy R. Geffen, MD, FACP is a board-certified medical oncologist, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a leading pioneer in integrative medicine and oncology. He is president of Geffen Visions International and author of the highly-acclaimed book The Journey Through Cancer: Healing and Transforming the Whole Person (Three Rivers Press, 2006). He is also creator of The Seven Levels of Healing®, a leading-edge integrative medicine and oncology program which is now being offered in multiple cancer centers in the US. This Program integrates state-of-the-art conventional cancer treatments with a wide array of complementary therapies designed to help patients and family members heal and transform at the deepest levels of the body, mind, heart, and spirit. For more information, visit http://www.geffenvisions.com.
Handout for presentation on June 26, 2010, at Knoxville Conference:
Gifts of the Imagination: Guided Imagery for Surviving and Thriving Beyond Cancer – Belleruth Naparstek
Belleruth Naparstek, LISW, BCD is a psychotherapist, author, guided imagery innovator, and the creator of the popular Time Warner Health Journeys guided imagery audio series. Her first book, Staying Well with Guided Imagery, is a widely used wellness primer. Her second, Your Sixth Sense, has been translated into nine languages and called one of the most thoughtful and sophisticated books on intuition in print. Her book on imagery and post traumatic stress, Invisible Heroes: Trauma Survivors and How They Heal (Bantam Dell), won the Spirituality & Health Top 50 Books Award and came out in paperback in January of 2006. Her audio programs have been involved in over two dozen clinical trials, with nearly a dozen studies completed to date. Efficacy has been established for several psychological and medical challenges. Her website is a heavily visited resource and information center providing searchable databases of cutting edge mind-body-spirit research, programs, practitioners and training. www.healthjourneys.com.
Handout for presentation on June 26, 2010, at Knoxville Conference:
Overcoming Cancer with Food and Nutrition – Liz Lipski
Liz Lipski, PhD, CCN, CHN is board-certified in Clinical Nutrition & Holistic Nutrition, the author of Digestive Wellness, Leaky Gut Syndrome, and Digestive Wellness for Children. She is the founder of Access to Health Experts, an educational membership website for consumers and health professionals. She is the Director of Doctoral Studies, and Educational Director at Hawthorn University. She is on the faculty and a member of the Nutrition Advisory Board for the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM). Dr. Lipski is a member of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP). She speaks all over the country at professional meetings and is frequently interviewed for media of all types. She is in private practice in Asheville, NC. www.innovativehealing.com.
Ken Wilber – PDF — On Being a Support Person
Jeanne Wallace, PhD — Nutrition and Cancer
Jeanne Wallace, PhD, CNC is an authority in integrative cancer care: educating cancer patients and their health-care providers about evidence-based dietary, nutritional and botanical support to complement conventional oncology care. She received her PhD in Nutrition in 1998. She has specialized in primary, malignant brain tumors, and also has extensive experience working with clients with other cancers. She is the author of numerous articles, is on the editorial boards of Integrative Cancer Therapies and The International Journal of Integrative Medicine.
The material below is adapted from a presentation at the annual Healing Journeys Cancer as a Turning Point, From Surviving to ThrivingTM conference in September of 2002. Jeanne can be contacted at (435) 563-0053 or by e-mail at nutritionalsolutions@comcast.net.
Jeanne Wallace, PhD, CNC is an authority in integrative cancer care: educating cancer patients and their health-care providers about evidence-based dietary, nutritional and botanical support to complement conventional oncology care. She received her PhD in Nutrition in 1998. She has specialized in primary, malignant brain tumors, and also has extensive experience working with clients with other cancers. She is the author of numerous articles, is on the editorial boards of Integrative Cancer Therapies and The International Journal of Integrative Medicine.
The material below is adapted from a presentation at the annual Healing Journeys Cancer as a Turning Point, From Surviving to ThrivingTM conference in September of 2002. Jeanne can be contacted at (435) 563-0053 or by e-mail at nutritionalsolutions@comcast.net.
Rachel Naomi Remen, MD — Initiation: The Gift of New Eyes
Initiation: The Gift of New Eyes (PDF)
Rachel Naomi Remen, MD is one of the earliest pioneers of integrative medicine. She is Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine. She is Director of the innovative UCSF course,The Healer’s Art, presently taught in 21 medical schools nationwide. She is Co-Founder and Medical Director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program featured in the groundbreaking 1993 Bill Moyers PBS series, Healing and the Mind. She is Founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal, a post-graduate and undergraduate program for physicians who wish to reclaim their calling and integrate holistic approaches into their work. Dr. Remen has a 50-year personal history of Crohn’s disease and her work is a unique blend of the viewpoint of physician and patient. Dr. Remen wrote one of the first books on complementary and integrative medicine, The Human Patient (Doubleday, 1981). She is the author of The New York Times bestseller, Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal( Riverhead Books, 1996), and the national bestseller, My Grandfather’s Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belonging (Riverhead Books, 2000). She is the author of over 50 papers and articles on integrative medicine, and her books are used as teaching texts in medical and nursing schools nationwide. Dr. Remen has been the invited speaker at several medical school graduations and holds three honorary degrees. Read More
Initiation: The Gift of New Eyes (PDF)
Rachel Naomi Remen, MD is one of the earliest pioneers of integrative medicine. She is Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine. She is Director of the innovative UCSF course,The Healer’s Art, presently taught in 21 medical schools nationwide. She is Co-Founder and Medical Director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program featured in the groundbreaking 1993 Bill Moyers PBS series, Healing and the Mind. She is Founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal, a post-graduate and undergraduate program for physicians who wish to reclaim their calling and integrate holistic approaches into their work. Dr. Remen has a 50-year personal history of Crohn’s disease and her work is a unique blend of the viewpoint of physician and patient. Dr. Remen wrote one of the first books on complementary and integrative medicine, The Human Patient (Doubleday, 1981). She is the author of The New York Times bestseller, Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal( Riverhead Books, 1996), and the national bestseller, My Grandfather’s Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belonging (Riverhead Books, 2000). She is the author of over 50 papers and articles on integrative medicine, and her books are used as teaching texts in medical and nursing schools nationwide. Dr. Remen has been the invited speaker at several medical school graduations and holds three honorary degrees. Read More