Humankind Well-Being Forum Podcasts from HumanMedia.org
Summary: The Humankind Well-Being Forum, a free audio service established through a grant from the National Cancer Institute, allows you to hear informative interviews with leading experts in natural approaches to health. You'll learn the powerful health benefits of such natural techniques as positive attitude, gentle exercise, foods that lower the risk of disease (and of recurrence), relaxation, prayer, connecting with people, and humor -- jest for the health of it. These may interest people with cancer or other illness, or anyone wishing to maximize quality of life. We'll be adding new segments about once a week through Spring 2007.
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Podcasts:
A physician and breast cancer survivor gives pointers from her award-winning book, "After Cancer Treatment: Heal Faster, Better, Stronger"
Sadness and anxiety are not unusual after the intensity of cancer treatment, and Dr. Silver suggests being as physically active as possible, and taking advantage of effective techniques offered by eastern medicine
The author of "The Peace Book" tells how people with cancer can receive love, can embrace the possibilities for change and can learn new lessons for living
A mediator who has brokered conflicts in global hotspots shares how her experience of peacemaking shaped her response to being diagonsed with cancer
Founder of the International Center For Attitudinal Healing tells the legend of how people can transcend the limitations of a "me first" and replace it with the freedom of letting go and living lightly.
The author of "Love is Letting Go of Fear" describes how releasing anger can help to restore balance of mind/body/spirit as we get in touch with our true essence: love
Healing is enhanced when a patient gets the worrying mind out of the way and develops a belief that the medicine, the doctor or a Higher Power can help restore you to health
Harvard Medical School's expert in the health benefits of relaxation describes simple techniques for eliciting a state of quietude in the brain, mind and body
The chief of the breast service at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center explains how a person's frame of mind can affect their immune system's ability to fight cancer
Archival recording of the late, great comedian, TV host and author, Steve Allen, commenting on how humor can ease the burden of people who are battling illness
Ms. Reilly, senior nutritionist of The Cancer Project, explains how foods play a greater role than realized in both prevention and treatment of cancer and she offers tempting substitutes for meat products
Ms. Reilly describes the health benefits of reducing dairy intake, eating organic produce and avoiding pesticides that had been consumed by animals when raised for slaughter
Dr. Friedman, a Univ. of Wisconsin researcher on stress, finds that cancer patients who develop strong relationships with family, friends or support groups have less depression and anxiety and may live longer.
Dr. Cunningham believes cancer, while a physical illness, is primarily an existential crisis in which patients gain greater personal authenticity when they face their own mortality
At Canada's largest cancer center, the Ontariao Cancer Institute,a clinical psychologist and cell biologist, himself a cancer survivor,finds healing power in pondering the question: Who am I?
