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Cancer challenges us
to explore all levels of our healing resources; the mind, heart, body and spirit.
While these aspects of ourselves strongly effect each other, they each have their own wisdom
and inner healer. The following selection of books takes you
through the mind, heart, body and spirit offering the insights and research
that can help you make decisions and actively, knowledgably engage in
your own healing journey. All books have been chosen for their
integrated approach to cancer.
Physical Healing
Emotional Healing
Spiritual Healing
Mental Healing
PHYSICAL HEALING
Your
body is constantly working to correct the imbalance in your system
and rid you of the cancer cells. In fact, your body's inner
healer is a major resource for you in healing. Cancer is a
indication that our immune system is
exhausted and needs your help. The following books provide information
on how to support the inner healing process.
Dr. Susan Loves Breast Book, Susan M. Love, M.D.
This is a bible for the woman with breast cancer. It acquaints
women with the many aspects of their breasts, includes information on
prevention, and takes them through the point of diagnosis of breast
cancer, through the variety of treatments and their effects, to living
with cancer.
The Body Knows: How to Tune Into Your Body and Improve
Your Health, Caroline M. Sutherland This book is based on a
deep belief that there is inherent wisdom in the body and that it not
only knows what you need to heal but will communicate that to you if
you just pay attention and know how to listen.
Cancer: An Integrative Approach, John A. Catanzaro, N.D.
This is a very helpful guide to exploring how to combine conventional
and alternative treatments for cancer. Those of the Christian
faith will be interested in Dr. Catanzaro's biblical references
throughout his writings.
90 Day Immune System Makeover, Janet Maccaro, PhD, CNC,
Cancer is a breakdown of the natural healing system, your immune
system. This valuable book guides the reader through a process of
healing and enhancing the immune system to support the inner healing
that is a critical aspect of the cancer healing journey.
| Energy Healing
Energy medicine has been
called the medicine of the 21st century. It draws on ancient
wisdom, including the Chinese philosophy of healing, combining it
with breakthrough technology. |
Virtual Medicine: A New Dimension in Energy Healing, Dr.
Keith Scott-Mumby Dr.Scott-Mumby is well known, internationally,
for his groundbreaking work in environmental and allergy medicine.
This book guides the reader to a new awareness of the biological
energy fields surrounding the body and how they can be beneficial in
treating diseases. Energy medicine has been called the medicine
of the 21st century. You will receive a fascinating
introduction to treatments that can support your healing journey.x
Nutrition
The Surgeon
General estimates that 66% to 70% of cancer is a result of poor
diet. There are many books addressing diet for cancer and
many nutritionists ready to help the person diagnosed with cancer.
Be aware that, while "The Standard American Diet" (SAD) has been
shown to be highly carcinogenic and a diet based on fruits and
vegetables can play an important role in healing from cancer,
there is no one diet that is right for everyone. Some people
with certain blood types thrive on a vegetarian diet while others
need some meat in their diet. Pay attention to how your body
responds to the cancer, read the books carefully and ask your
nutritionist about what is right for you.
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Meals that Heal: A Nutraceutical Approach to Diet and Health,
Lisa Turner Neutraceuticals are foods, or parts of foods that
will prevent or ameliorate many of the afflictions that ail us and can
aid not only in cancer prevention but also in the treatment of cancer.
This book is an introduction to the nutritional value of
nutraceuticals, explains the healing science of nutrition and diet and
includes easy to make recipes.
Eating Well Through Cancer, Holly Clegg and Gerald Miletello,
M.D. This book includes many wonderful, healthy and
healing recipes to carry you through the stages of the healing journey
including those for "the day of chemotherapy, problems with
constipation, diarrhea, sore mouth and even food for the caregiver.
What Color is Your Diet? David Heber, M.D., Ph.D.
"What Color is Your Diet" includes the latest breakthroughs in
nutritional and genetic research relating to diet. He describes
how our DNA is damaged by the SAD (standard American diet) and
describes an easy to follow diet to recover and heal from the effects.
The Quick and Natural Macrobiotic Cookbook, Aveline
Kushi and Wendy Esko A macrobiotic diet has transformed
the lives of many people on the cancer healing journey. It is
based on the Eastern philosophy of balance and harmony as the route to
healing and health. What we eat plays a huge role in the balance
of energy and health in our lives. Co-author,Aveline Kushi is
married to Michio Kushi--the international expert on macrobiotic diets
and works with him in the Kushi Institute in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Healthy Eating for Life: To Prevent and Treat Cancer
written by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Drawing on the latest medical and dietary research, this book presents
a complete and sensible plant-based nutrition program that can help
prevent and treat cancer.
"Eat Right For Your Type" The
Individual Diet Solution to staying healthy, Living longer and
Achieving Your Ideal Weight, Dr.Peter D'Adamo
Your blood type reflects
your internal chemistry. It is the key that unlocks the mysteries of
disease, longevity, fitness, and emotional strength. It determines
your susceptibility to illness, the foods you should eat, and ways to
avoid the most troubling health problems. Eat Right For Your Type
provides a clear, simple life plan that anyone can follow and suggests
the easiest ways to determine your blood type.
When Hope Never Dies, Marlene McKenna
We put this under nutrition because it is a powerful story of how a
macrobiotic diet played a major role in saving the life of a woman who
was told by her doctors that there was not hope and she would die
within a year. She also shares with the reader the lack of
enthusiasm and naysaying of her doctors even as the cancer had
disappeared.
A powerful and empowering book.
Mental Healing
What your
mind tells you about the cancer diagnosis and about who you are as a
person can play a critical role in your healing journey. In
fact, research has shown that your attitude toward your cancer
treatment has more of an impact on treatment outcome than does the
severity of the disease. The
following books both offer a guide to developing a healing attitude as
well as help you with practical, information that can give you a
greater sense of control.
Love is Letting Go of Fear, Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D.
Based on the Course in Miracles, this book guides the reader to find
peace through forgiveness.
Change Your Mind, Change Your Life, Gerald G.
Jampolsky, M.D., Diane V. Cirincione This book is based on
the Course in Miracles and teaches the power of attitude in changing
our life and healing from painful experiences and illnesses.
Cancer: 50 Essential Things to Do, Greg Anderson
Written by a cancer thriver, this book walks you through the cancer
healing journey from the moment of diagnosis. It includes the
ten life-saving questions to ask your doctor, how to choose the best
course of treatment, and new options for complementary and alternative
treatments. The 50 steps are practical and uplifting
Help Me to Heal: A Practical Guidebook for Patients, Visitors
and Caregivers, Bernie Siegel, M.D. and Yosaif August This
is an absolutely unique book addressing the hospital and convalescent
portions of your healing journey---preparing mentally, how to plan,
what to take, how people can support you while you are there and even
a section for visitors on how to be.
Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and
Complementary Approaches to Cancer, Michael Lerner
This is a very valuable book written with an open, objective,
questioning mind by an author who is willing to explore the therapies
outside of conventional medicine which seem to be proving successful.
Because he is willing to look at all sides of the issue, the reader
feels a trust in his integrity. Lerner was interviewed by Bill
Moyers in his documentary "Healing and the Mind".
Mind/Body Medicine
The Healing Journey, O. Carl Simonton, M.D. Simonton is one
of the leaders in the field of mind/body medicine as applied to
cancer. This book outlines the reknowned program he and his wife
developed based on the power of the mind to guide the body toward
healing.
Deep Healing: The Essence of Mind/Body Medicine, Emmett
Miller, M.D. This is a valuable book written by a leader of
mind/body medicine. The book includes anecdotes from his 25
years of clinical practice and the extensive, cutting-edge research
which supports the power of "self-help medicine". The book is
full of scientific evidence for sceptics who believe that the only
route to healing is through conventional medicine.
Healing Beyond the Body: Medicine and the Infinite Reach of the
Mind, Larry Dossey, M.D. Dossey's book is filled with research and
anecdotes about the nature of consciousness and how it can effect our
healing. Written in his usual readable style, Dossey takes the
reader through possibilities that conventional medicine has yet to
begin exploring. This book will expand your mind about your
cancer healing journey.
Fighting Cancer from Within: How to Use the Power of Your
Mind for Healing, Martin L. Rossman, M.D.
Written by a physician who has devoted the last thirty years to
helping people harness the power of their minds to heal, the book
provides a self directed tour of the tools to engage your inner healer
in your healing journey
Getting Well Again, Carl Simonton, M.D., Stephanie
Matthews-Simonton, James L. Creighton This is the book about the
revolutionary self-awareness techniques developed by the Simontons
which have which have been used by thousands of patients to reinforce
usual medical treatments. Their techniques are among the most
thoroughly researched mind/body tools addressing cancer. This is
a must read for those who are exploring an integrative approach to
cancer.
Spiritual Healing
Cancer challenges us on the spiritual level as well. In fact,
some consider it first, and foremost, a spiritual journey. The
following books are general in nature and inspirational.
How, Then, Shall we Live? Four Simple Questions, Wayne
Muller This reflective, sensitive, healing book
lifts the reader from the petty to the profound, moving us to
understand and appreciate all the beauty in our lives.
Invisible Acts of Power, Personal Choices that Create Miracles,
Caroline Myss This very popular author has directed her
focus in this book on the healing power of compassion and service to
others. She argues the case that generosity is a biological and
spiritual necessity for our life journey.
Close to the Bone: Life-Threatening Illness and the Search for
Meaning, Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. Written in a simple but
straightforward style, Bolen invites you to find a transformative
meaning in your life threatening illness. This is a helpful and
reassuring book that can be a valuable resource in answering the
difficult spiritual questions faced by cancer patients.
Emotional
Healing
There is much research
that supports the relationship between stress and cancer development.
Many people with cancer can identify one or more majors stressful
event within the last 18 months prior to cancer. There is also
substantial stress that accompanies the cancer diagnosis.
Following are books that support you in addressing the emotional
challenges of cancer.
Spinning Straw Into Gold: Your Emotional Recovery from Breast
Cancer, Ronnie Kaye The author is a psychotherapist who has
experienced breast cancer as well as provided counseling for hundreds of women who
have experienced breast cancer. She shares her personal and
professional insights in addressing the healing journey of women with
breast cancer.
You Can Heal Your Life, Louise Hay This
well known author guides the reader to explore how emotional wounds
and the beliefs that are part of our life patterns can keep us stuck
in a dis-ease ridden life. Her book is filled with encouragement
and exercises for changing those aspects of your emotional and
psychological life that inhibit your healing process.
Cancer as a Turning Point, Lawrence LeShan, PhD
LeShan has worked with cancer patients for more than 40 years.
This book shows how psychological change, together with medical
treatment, mobilizes a compromised immune system for healing.
This is one of the popular books for people launching into the cancer
healing journey. |
