Healing Cancer with Your Mind: 7 Strategies to Help YOU Survive

by Jerome Freedman

Overview

Foreword by Dr. Martin Rossman, MD.

Healing Cancer with Your Mind: 7 Strategies to Help YOU Survive reveals the personal power that you possess for self-healing. Learning and applying the 7 strategies discussed in this book will guide you on a journey to spiritual and physical healing. Whether you are a cancer patient yourself or supporting someone who is, this book should be an essential element in your treatment and healing arsenal.  Even if you are well and want to see strategies to prevent cancer, this book is for you.

Healing Cancer with Your Mind guides you and your family through the difficult times of a cancer diagnosis. The Seven Strategies to Help YOU Survive will help you and your loved ones to

• Get inspired to take charge of your medical treatment, be involved with and be truthfully informed by your doctors, oncologists, and surgeons.
• Investigate which alternative and complementary medical practices can benefit you and your situation.
• Discover the lifestyle changes you may want to make to better you healing chances.
• Learn how meditation practices can help you make responsible decisions for your care and feel confident that you made the right decision and much more.
• Rely on your family and friends to get things done for you that you can’t do for yourself.
• Build a medical team of physicians and other practitioners that you can trust.
• Give back to your community when you are ready and able.

From the Foreword:

“As a physician who has practiced holistic medicine, now called Integrative Medicine, for over 4 decades, I can attest to the value of the strategies that Dr. Freedman recommends including in your treatment program.” —Martin Rossman, MD, author of The Worry Solution and Guided Imagery for Self-Healing

Here is what Dr. Kelly Turner, PhD has to say about Healing Cancer with YOUR Mind:

"Dr. Freedman speaks from experience, both as a cancer survivor himself, and the father of a Radical Remission cancer survivor. His book, "Healing Cancer with Your Mind" gives readers a nurturing, helping hand throughout the entire cancer journey, especially with regard to developing a meditation practice. -Kelly Turner, PhD, Author of the NYTimes Bestseller "Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds"

One of his main healers was the Isadora Duncan Award winner and innovative dance performer and teacher, Anna Halprin:

“I am a cancer survivor, so what I have to share comes from personal experience. Cancer  is like enlightenment at gunpoint. One must face it and do something. The 7 Strategies ... provides us with realistic and practical modalities that give us strength to face the challenges of cancer and hope to survive. This is a must read book for anyone facing cancer or their caretaker.” —Anna Halprin, PhD, dance pioneer, author, choreographer, and winner of the Isadora Duncan award and many others.

A seminar participant had this to say:

“As a nutritionist and naturopath, I was drawn to the event because I found it fascinating that mindfulness could heal cancer. Originally thinking I would only stay a few minutes for the event, I not only stayed the whole time, but learned so much from Jerome and the 7 strategies.Jerome is such an amazing person who has contributed so much and the mindfulness meditation sessions during the event and discussion amongst the attendees was dynamic to say the least. I believe Jerome’s testimony and book gives people power. Power that they can overcome the biggest of odds.Power that there are alternatives to just chemotherapy.. --Immanuel Lewis, an elite holistic and naturopathic nutritionist practicing in Santa Monica.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781945171369
Publisher:	MICAH
Publication date:	03/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	150
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Dr. Jerome Freedman is an author, mindfulness meditation teacher, and a cancer survivor since 1997. He is a long-time practitioner in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in which he is an ordained member of the Order of Interbeing an Earth Holder. His recent article in The Mindfulness Bell titled "Healthy and Free" touched many people. He is also a certified teacher of the Enneagram in the Oral Tradition with Helen Palmer. Jerome currently teaches Mindfulness in Healing at the Pine Street Clinic in San Anselmo, California and writes daily on his blog, Meditation Practices. He is a contributing author of I Am With You: Love Letters to Cancer Patients, Nancy Novak, PhD, and Barbara K. Richardson. Dr. Freedman served on Board of Directors of the Marin AIDS Project and the Advisory Council of the Institute for Health and Healing between 2007 and 2010. Now he is actively engaged in the Buddhist Climate Action Network, Plum Village Climate Response, the Order of Interbeing, Marin Sangha (with Phillip Moffitt), and the Shabbat Sangha near his home in Greenbrae, California. Dr. Freedman holds a Ph. D. in computer science, along with two master's degrees in physics and a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. He still consults internationally on software engineering problems and expert witness cases. He successfully interviewed Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on cosmology and Buddhist thought in 2011. He can be reached by for consultations, dharma talks, lectures, and days of mindfulness by email at [e-mail].

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 6 FOREWORD BY DR. MARTIN ROSSMAN, MD 11 PROLOG 15 I Have Survived 15 I have Thrived 16 1 INTRODUCTION 17 Micah's Story 17 Stopping Cancer in its Tracks 18 Cancer Again? 18 7 Strategies to Help You Survive 20 2 7 STRATEGIES TO HELP YOU SURVIVE 23 Be Your own Advocate 23 Investigate Alternatives 24 Make Health-promoting Lifestyle Changes 24 Practice Daily Meditation 25 Reach Out to Others 25 Create Your Own Medical Team 25 Give Back to Your community 26 How To Use This Book 26 3 BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE 29 4 INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVES 33 Homeopathy 33 Faith Healing and Shamanism 35 Acupuncture 37 Massage and Body Work 38 Guided Imagery 40 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy 42 Ayurveda 43 Immunotherapy and Off Label Treatments 44 Genetic Interventions 50 Medical Marijuana 51 Dr. Dean Ornish's Spectrum Program 52 Suppressed Cancer Treatments 52 5 MAKE HEALTH-PROMOTING LIFESTYLE CHANGES 58 Exercise 58 The Cancer Diet 60 Strawberries, Blueberries, and Raspberries 62 Non-GMO Foods 62 Mindful Consumption 63 6 PRACTICE DAILY MEDITATION 67 Types of Meditation 70 Mindfulness of Breathing 71 Walking Meditation 76 The Body Scan and Deep Relaxation 79 Loving Kindness Meditation 83 Gratitude Meditation 89 Forgiveness Meditation 92 Mindful Eating 96 Sound Meditation Practices 100 Contemplations 103 7 REACH OUT TO OTHERS 110 Support Groups 111 Meditation Groups 114 8 CREATE YOUR OWN MEDICAL TEAM 119 Finding a Medical Expert 124 9 GIVE BACK 126 10 EPILOGUE 128 Onset of Disease 128 Retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh 129 First Return of Cancer 129 Giving Back to My Community 130 More Cancer Episodes 130 7 Strategies to Help You Survive 131 Closing Remarks 132 11 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 134 Also by Dr. Freedman 135 Guided Meditation Recordings 135 12 DEDICATION 137 13 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 139 14 WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING 143 15 REFERENCES 147 END NOTES 149

Editorial Reviews

"Dr. Freedman speaks from experience, both as a cancer survivor himself, and the father of a Radical Remission cancer survivor. His book, "Healing Cancer with Your Mind" gives readers a nurturing, helping hand throughout the entire cancer journey, especially with regard to developing a meditation practice."
--Kelly Turner, PhD, Author of the NYTimes Bestseller "Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds"

"Healing Cancer with Your Mind" is a valuable guide to navigating the complex terrain of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Blending his direct experience with cancer and a deep practice in mindfulness and guided imagery, Dr. Jerome Freedman offers a unique and valuable perspective with mindful healing approaches.
--Leslie Davenport, Author of Healing and Transformation Through Self Guided Imagery
I am a cancer survivor, so what I have to share comes from personal experience. Cancer is like enlightenment at gunpoint. One must face it and do something. "The 7 Principles of Mindfulness" that Jerome Freedman has so clearly outlined (see page 129) provides us with realistic and practical modalities that give us strength to face the challenges of cancer and hope to survive. This is a must read book for anyone facing cancer or their caretaker.
--Anna Halprin, Ph. D is a pioneer in the field of dance as a healing art and has been teaching and performing with people with cancer, AIDS, and other life threatening illnesses for the past 30 years. She is cofounder of the Tamalpa Institute in Kentfield, California and the founder of the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop. Her numerous awards include the prestigious American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement in Modern Dance. She teaches in her Mountain Home Studio in Kentfield, California and tours the USA and abroad. She is the author of "Moving Toward Life", "Movement Ritual", and "Returning to Health with Dance Movement and Imagery".


I am a 19 year parotid gland cancer survivor, a type of cancer that can return at any time. In addition to traditional western medicine protocol, as part of my healing process, I have used many different alternative healing modalities. The approach that Jerome has documented in his book coincide with my experience of surviving cancer. His book is a great resource for anyone facing the trauma and challenges of a serious health crisis.
--Julie Bernard, Homeopath

"Jerome Freeman's "Healing Cancer with Your Mind" is a user-friendly approach to make practical (very practical!) specific things that can empower each person to achieve higher levels of health. These principles are not just logical and rational, they work...and they just feel 'right.' These principles will not only improve your health, they will improve your life!"
--Dana Ullman, MPH, CCH Author of 10 books, including two that contain a Foreword by the Physician to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, "The Homeopathic Revolution," "Discovering Homeopathy," and "Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicines" (co-authored with Stephen Cummings, MD)

This book is great! Dr.Freedman allows the reader to journey with him as he harnesses the power of mindfulness to heal himself from Cancer. He also brings the reader along with him as he carefully and meticulously considers the many options of both alternative and traditional healing approaches. The Seven Steps is both "practical" and "spiritual". Especially the part of having your friends and loved ones being an essential part of your healing journey. Would recommend this book to people going through health challenges, as well as r those who want to obtain a greater insight into the power of mindfulness.
--Henry Dahut, J.D. Author of Henrys Puzzle - Awakening To Infinity.

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