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Sandra Miniere. A Lighter Side to Cancer: From Wake-up Call to Radiant Wellness
Introduction. Wake Up and Pay Attention!
From Clouds to Clarity
From Awareness to Action
Chapter 1. This Can’t Be Happening to Me! (Breast Cancer Diagnosis)
The Truth Shall Set Me Free
Finding Doctors in a Strange Land
Looking Back: Warning Signs and Subtle Messages
Grace to the Rescue
Chapter 2. Where Do I Go from Here? (Treatment Options)
Getting the Whole Story
Time to Take a Stand
Chapter 3. Don’t Think or Feel; Just Do It! (Surviving a Mastectomy)
Men to the Rescue
The Worst Is Yet to Come
My Aching Breasts
Time for Me
Back into Life
Chapter 4. Choice and Trust Pay Off (Alternative Treatment)
Reno Bound
Lifeline to Health
Hitting the Jackpot
Through the Looking Glass
Chapter 5. What Is My Cancer Trying to Tell Me? (Psychology of My Cancer)
Life Is Just Too Hard!
How Am I Getting in My Way?
Mother Wound
Father Wound
Beyond the Mother/Father Wound
I Get It; Now What?
Chapter 6. Choose Life! (Strategies to Heal My Soul and Change My Life)
Cancer Support Group
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
Energy Work
Spiritual Work
Getting on with It!
Chapter 7. The Proof Is in the Poop (Ten-Day Internal Cleansing Program)
Sniffing Things Out
Cleanse Overview
The Spirit Is Willing, but the Flesh Is Weak
You Want Me to Do What?
Going Within
Pooped My Way to Health
Chapter 8. My Body Knows What Works (Wellness Through Nutrition, Supplements and Exercise)
Cancer Prevention Diet
Food as Medicine
Naturopathic Doctor
The Herb Specialist
Supplements
Exercise
Onward and Upward!
Chapter 9. Relapse Is Not an Option! (Elevated Two–Year Cancer Markers)
Ignorance Is Not Bliss
Chapter 10. Wellness Is My Reality Now! (Current Health and Life Update)
Finding My Stride in Florida
Cancer Prevention Is Still on My Radar
Food Continues to Be My Medicine
Supplements that Make a Difference
Energy Work for the Body, Mind and Soul
Spiritual Practice Is a Priority
All Is Well!
Chapter 11. I Did It My Way! (Important Life Lessons)
Fertilizer for My Growth
Grow, Grow, Grow
Afterward. A Wisp of Wisdom
Appendix A. Basic Instructions on How to Do EFT
Appendix B. Alkalizing and Acidifying Foods
Appendix C. Raw Fusion Recipes
Appendix D. Twelve Cancer Patients Who Participated in Their Own Healing
The Experts Who Shared Their Wisdom in This Book
Book Resources for Self, Health & Wealth
Other Resources
About the Author
Free Download Bonus Gifts
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Arms raised to the sky and feet touching the top of Mission Peak, I had a panoramic view of the area near my home. In spite of the dark clouds, the southern tip of San Francisco Bay was visible. Surprise, excitement, wonder and high energy filled me. I almost said aloud, “I can’t believe I am standing here. Oh my God, I made it! There is no way that I should be standing here.” The years of stress before my move to California two months earlier had compromised my health and fitness and made me doubt my ability to climb this 2,500-foot hill in Fremont California. The buoyancy of accomplishing “mission impossible” lifted me beyond myself. I felt invincible in that moment.
The excitement lasted only moments. My next thought was “Wait a minute; something does not feel right. The sun should be shining because I’ve reached my six-week goal of climbing to the top of Mission Peak.” But as I looked to the sky, all I saw were dark clouds. I became somewhat alarmed that I couldn’t see the sun. I strained and tried to pierce the clouds with my eyes in search of that sun. After several minutes, a little break in the clouds appeared. The sun smiled on me and let me know it was there. I felt relieved because this experience would not have been the same without the blessing of the sun, even if only for a brief moment.
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As I look back over the several years and months before my cancer diagnosis, I see signs that something very serious was wrong with my body. Did I contribute to getting breast cancer? The answer I tell myself is yes and no. Could I have done more to protect my body from contracting this disease? I believe I could. (My ignorance about what causes breast cancer had severe consequences.) Was it my destiny to have breast cancer so I could achieve optimal health and help other people? (I am now off daily asthma medicine.) I believe that is possible too. I cannot know exactly why something shows up in my life. I just know that my body, soul and life are constantly guiding me toward living my greatest good. Acceptance and grace light the way.
I have learned to be naturally curious in order to understand the messages that life is sending my way. No longer do I anxiously strive to know and control the future. I just allow the clues to come to me easily in a relaxed state of open awareness; and hopefully, I get the message, most of the time.
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