Journeys With The Cancer Conqueror : Mobilizing Mind and Spirit

Rating:
Summary: Insights for all of us
Review: Unfortunatly I have had a number of my friends diagnosed with cancer over the past few years as well as friends who lost their spouses to cancer. This is particularly poingnant as they are all in the 5-30 year age range. Fortunatly I have had the oppertunity to be there and try to be of help to them their journey - fortuneatly because they have thought me so much about what is really important in life and to be grateful for the simple gifts and pleasures of the everyday. I've read quite a number of books on psychoneuro immunology including books by Bernie Seigal, Norman Cousins and Deepak Chopra. While I've been inspired by most of the other books "Journey's with the Cancer Conquorer" seems to be a clear and simple (not easy) complilation of all the other material plus it is a great workbook/thought generator that provokes one to examine their motives and actions which then leads one to reconsidor choices made out of habit or on autopilot. One comes to understand oneself and then work from a place of self-understanding. I feel this book is beneficial to everyone and a special gift to someone who is traveling the "cancer journey". Two particular insights I enjoyed: 1. Cancer is not a noun it is a verb "cancering", a process of growth. 2. Recurance is not a death sentence. It is the only book I remember dealing with recurance in a practical and realistic light.

Rating:
Summary: Insights for all of us
Review: Unfortunatly I have had a number of my friends diagnosed with cancer over the past few years as well as friends who lost their spouses to cancer. This is particularly poingnant as they are all in the 5-30 year age range. Fortunatly I have had the oppertunity to be there and try to be of help to them their journey - fortuneatly because they have thought me so much about what is really important in life and to be grateful for the simple gifts and pleasures of the everyday. I've read quite a number of books on psychoneuro immunology including books by Bernie Seigal, Norman Cousins and Deepak Chopra. While I've been inspired by most of the other books "Journey's with the Cancer Conquorer" seems to be a clear and simple (not easy) complilation of all the other material plus it is a great workbook/thought generator that provokes one to examine their motives and actions which then leads one to reconsidor choices made out of habit or on autopilot. One comes to understand oneself and then work from a place of self-understanding. I feel this book is beneficial to everyone and a special gift to someone who is traveling the "cancer journey". Two particular insights I enjoyed: 1. Cancer is not a noun it is a verb "cancering", a process of growth. 2. Recurance is not a death sentence. It is the only book I remember dealing with recurance in a practical and realistic light.