You Can Beat the Odds: Surprising Factors Behind Chronic Illness and Cancer

Brenda Stockdale

Sentient Publications, 2009 - Health & Fitness - 319 pages

Discover a powerful shortcut to beating the odds when fighting for your health. With this practical guide, you will become skilled at using scientifically-based and time-tested techniques that have helped survivors for more than a decade. You will learn that there are shocking risk factors - greater than smoking, diet, or cholesterol - that can make the difference between robust health and life-threatening disease. Even your genetic inheritance isn't as fixed as you might have imagined! If you already enjoy great health, this program can help you keep it; but if facing illness, you will find ground-breaking discoveries from leading experts synthesized so you can harness all the available technologies quickly and easily. This compact guide condenses hundreds of studies so you can focus on what really works without complicating your life. As a testament to the effectiveness of these methods, even some insurers offer discounts to those trained in these techniques. See how medical professionals use the concepts in their own lives. Each simple but powerful technique puts an advantage on your side as you personalize your program, with easy Get Started Now exercises. The result is a compendium of essential information for a lifelong program of how to stay strong and healthy.

Contents

• THe sCieNCe BeHiND: 17
• YOUR: 47
• WEEK THREE: 96
• HarNessiNG eNerGY: 128
• INSIGHT AND YOUR: 155
• WHAT THEY ARE: 189
• reMaPPiNG YoUr: 231
• The Bless in the Mess: 237
• Unplug from Negative Thinking: 243
• Challenge: 251
• THe HearT of THe MaTTer: 257
• Resource Guide: 269
• Acknowledgments: 305
• About the Author: 319

About the author

BRENDA STOCKDALE is the director of mind/body medicine for RC Cancer Centers. She has conducted the most comprehensive health psychology program in Georgia for more than thirteen years. She has also been the National Program Director for the cancer support organization founded by best-selling author and surgeon, Bernie Siegel, MD. Brenda has been featured on Oprah, NPR and other TV talk shows, as well as in a variety of print media. Brenda developed a groundbreaking health psychology program for primary care settings specializing in preventive medicine, autoimmunity, and stress-related conditions. A leader in her field, she has taught, presented workshops, and lectured nationally over the last fifteen years for a variety of corporate and special interest groups. She is a clinician in the field of behavioral medicine, but it is her own experience with life-altering and catastrophic illness that anchors the subject in an intimate way. She is actively engaged in educating health professionals in the practical application of mind/body medicine, and her workshops and programs have been implemented in hospital settings, oncology practices, and cancer centers around the country. In her private practice she specializes in preventive medicine and stress related disorders including autoimmunity, chronic fatigue syndrome, high blood pressure, diabetes and lifestyle management. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia

Bibliographic information

• Title: You Can Beat the Odds: Surprising Factors Behind Chronic Illness and Cancer
• Author: Brenda Stockdale
• Publisher: Sentient Publications, 2009
• ISBN: 1591810795, 9781591810797
• Length: 319 pages
• Subjects: Body, Mind & Spirit / General; Health & Fitness / Alternative Therapies; Health & Fitness / Diseases & Conditions / Cancer; Health & Fitness / General; Health & Fitness / Healthy Living & Personal Hygiene; Medical / Diseases; Medical / Oncology / General