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 Efficacy of Mind/Body Medicine
By David S. Rosenthal, M.D. • Stress is familiar to everyone and especially to patients with cancer, either those currently being treated for cancer or those who are survivors, whether for one month, five years or longer.
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 Resiliency
by Ann Webster, Ph.D. • As the director of the Mind/Body Medicine Cancer Program, I have seen how hundreds of people cope with a diagnosis of cancer. Some respond to this challenge with remarkable resiliency, seeing an opportunity to grow and develop, to find greater meaning and purpose in their lives.
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 Disease Prevention Through Diet Modification
Eat 5 to 9 a day for better health. Develop weight management and listen to quotes from experts heard in Humanmedia’s one-hour audio program, Everyday Healing Foods.
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 Helpful Stress-Management Strategies
Use this list to check over your skills at changing your outlook, improving time management, personal care and relationships
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 How To Reach A Stress-Reduction Goal
Everyday things I can do to reduce stress and how I will incorporate this stategy or skill into my life?
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 Humor Is Good Medicine
Research indicates that when people use humor, they suffer less fatigue, tension, anger, depression, and confusion in response to stress. Humor is a great coping skill that is within your control.
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 Living In The Present
When done properly, time management helps you use your time well and provides opportunities for you to reflect on the pleasures and joys of life.
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 Manage Your Stress
A CHECKLIST OF STRESS SYMPTOMS
Stress can affect your body physically as well as affecting the way you think, act, and feel. Mark below which of the following distress reactions you have experienced in response to stressful situations during the last month.
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 Recognizing / Changing “Mind Traps”
Thinking distortions that can lead to stressful self-talk.
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 Relaxation Techniques
Relaxation techniques neutralize stress by producing a calming effect. You can ease anxiety, slow your heart rate, and lower blood pressure (at least temporarily) by practising meditation, yoga, progressive muscle relaxation, and biofeedback.
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 Some of the Healthiest Foods
The following is a \"healthy food hot list\" that give you the biggest nutritional bang for your caloric buck, as well as decrease your risk for cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Along with each description is a suggestion as to how to incorporate these power-foods into your diet.
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 Writing and Healing: A Path of Spirit
by Pamela PostAfter eight surgeries and two rounds of radiation for breast cancer, I took my work, using writing as a therapeutic tool to create writing support groups for those who have experienced cancer...
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 You can find additional info through the American Cancer Society
Visit www.cancer.org
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