In part 1, we discovered an emerging trend of evidence linking the Relaxation Response to the healthy function of Nuclear Factor kappa-beta, or NFkB. This is very important to cancer survivors: dysfunction of NFkB promotes cancer initiation and development, by means of increased inflammation, increased damage to DNA, increased cell proliferation and suppression of cell… Read More »
A Tip for Releasing Fear of Cancer Recurrence
It’s Monday, and on Thursday you’re having a followup scan to check for evidence of cancer recurrence. You feel fine, but the fear won’t leave you alone. Your neck and shoulders are tense, you’re not sleeping, and you can’t seem to focus at work. You wonder how you’re going to make it through the week.… Read More »
Are you responding or resisting?
Saturday, the last day of February and the last day of the Complementary Cancer Therapies conference I’ve prepared long and hard for. I offer my presentation before lunch, and am gratified by the questions that come my way all afternoon, each a chance to help a survivor take the next meaningful step on her quest… Read More »
Gratitude Challenge Day 24: A Tricky Patient Encounter
I recently opened up an online supplement dispensary, and today for the first time a patient requested a return. She hadn’t disclosed to me an ingredient intolerance that made the supplement inappropriate for her, and which was clearly labeled on the supplement box…but she’d already opened the bottle, which zeroed out any resale value of… Read More »
Dr. Shani’s Gratitude Challenge
August 18th – not a standout date on my calendar up until now, but this year I’m making it different. It’s the first day of my 365 day gratitude challenge. I recently participated in a 90-day group study challenge, where some friends and I studied the same book, one chapter a day, for 90 days. … Read More »