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Dear Friends,

I want to share some resources that I have found helpful during these sheltered-in days. You will find them in the "News and Resources" section.

Even though I am getting weary of reading and hearing about the novel coronavirus, I feel compelled to share my reactions to what I perceive as some underlying assumptions in the mainstream messages permeating the airwaves. I can’t help but notice the similarities between these assumptions and those related to cancer.

One assumption is that we are helpless bystanders in relationship to the virus (and cancer), totally dependent on outside sources to treat it. When I was diagnosed with cancer, the only treatments offered were chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery – all treatments of the body focused on attacking the cancer. This is what motivated me to create the “Cancer as a Turning Point” conference that exposed people to the many strategies they could use to alter the terrain of the body. There are two distinct ways of dealing with cancer – attacking the tumor, or creating a terrain that isn’t conducive to the growth of cancer.

I think the same thing is true for the coronavirus, but the mainstream focus is on finding a drug to treat it, or finding a vaccine to immunize us against it. It is general knowledge that those with other health conditions or weakened immune systems are the most vulnerable to this virus. Why isn’t anyone talking about how we can make ourselves less susceptible? How can we create a terrain that fends off the coronavirus? If our population was healthier in general, would so many people be dying of the coronavirus?

My friend, Loolwa Khazoom, recently posted a blog entitled “What Cancer Taught Me about How We Should be Responding to Coronavirus.” The indented quotes in the following paragraphs come from that blog.

The premise behind the “Cancer as a Turning Point” conference was that cancer (or any illness) can be a wake-up call that can lead us to actually increase our wellness.

"When approached with the right mindset, illness paradoxically can open the door to enhanced wellness. Seizing the opportunity for such transformation, however, requires a radical shift – not only in mindset, but also in allocation of financial resources. Sadly, neither shift seems forthcoming in the current medical or governmental model, so what has been going on with cancer is now going on with Coronavirus as well – leading to unnecessary suffering and death."

"Despite the 1,000-plus scientific studies in peer-reviewed medical journals, proving the efficacy of lifestyle medicine in healing from cancer, as documented in the NY Times bestselling book, Radical Remission, by Kelly Turner PhD; and despite the fact that the “war on cancer” – waged through chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery – has been an utter failure, with the incidence and mortality rates for cancer higher now than when this war was declared half a century ago, lifestyle medicine is not recognized as “real medicine,” whereas pharmaceuticals and surgery are. As an upshot, those facing a cancer diagnosis are bullied into choosing conventional medical treatment, either from fear-mongering or economic pressure."

"We desperately need a medical paradigm shift and reworking of our cultural values – not only for Coronavirus, but for all chronic health issues and medical crises. Health care needs to be just that: health care, not sick care. We need to be proactive instead of reactive, looking at what people can do and amplifying that ability, instead of focusing on what is outside people’s control and quivering in our collective boots about it. We need to empower individuals with knowledge, tools, and resources, instead of dismissing the innate healing intelligence of the human body and bullying people into outsourcing care to “the experts.” We need to Make America Healthy Again, by ensuring that mind-body-spirit practices and fresh, organic, and whole foods are at least as widespread and subsidized as pharmaceuticals and surgery, to prevent the need for the latter in the first place."

As always, I welcome your comments; to reply please click here.

In the Spirit of Healing,

Jan Adrian, MSW
Founder and Executive Director
www.healingjourneys.org

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• You can read the full text of Loolwa’s blog at: http://loolwa.com/2020/04/11/what-cancer-taught-me-about-how-we-should-be-responding-to-coronavirus/

• Jonathan Ellerby, PhD, on Facebook Live is offering “12 at 12” – an inspirational and/or educational 12-minute talk at noon Denver time (Mountain Daylight Time). He also offers “8 at 8” – a meditative prayer for the day that lasts about 8 minutes at 8 p.m. MDT. He also provides a free download of his new book. You can access it all at his Facebook page, Jonathan Ellerby, PhD: https://www.facebook.com/JonathanEllerbyPhD/

• The Hay House free You Can Heal Your Life Summit starts on April 30th. This Summit is packed with 90 video and audio lessons, meditations, and step-by-step exercises to help support people in these core areas: personal growth, spirituality, energy healing, consciousness, abundance, meditation, health, and life purpose. Learn more here.

• The C.A.R.E. Channel broadcasts gorgeous nature pictures and beautiful healing music. It is available in hospitals, and they are now offering relaxation and meditation resources free to all. Access it at: https://www.healinghealth.com/covid-resources/

• Lloyd Barde, former Healing Journeys Board member, offers 2 hours of carefully chosen music (he’s a DJ) on Saturdays from 11:11 a.m. PDT until 1:11 p.m. on Facebook Live. You can access it by going to his Facebook page at 11:11 a.m.: https://www.facebook.com/lloyd.barde.

• Big Day of Giving — Even though we are not officially participating in the May 7th Big Day of Giving this year, we will appreciate any donations, which may be made safely and securely on our website, here: http://healingjourneys.org/support-us/donate/. Your tax-deductible donation will support healing, activate hope, and promote thriving, through online groups, writing, and counseling.

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