Duration 2:55 min

Cancer a catalyst for change, absolutely.

There’s nothing like being  diagnosed with cancer to flag a big red stop sign saying ‘Hey there’s something that’s not working for you in your life, its time to do something differently.” Whether that’s your relationship to yourself, others, the way that you work, whether your on the treadmill of stress and getting  things done or being devoted to the family, the company, everybody else but yourself. Whether your emotional body is out of alignment; the way you think and perceive the world, your environment. Usually its a big soup pot full of all these things that creates the dis-ease in your body.

The cancer is telling you stop you may have limited time, get your act together, get in alignment with what you love, start living your passion. There has probably been a few indicators along the way, back pain, hormonal problems, headache, financial problems, relationship problems all trying to get your attention that something needs to change. The cancer is the final sign post. That’s the blessing in adversity, the gift of cancer, it can perpetuate  you to do things you’ve never imagined.

Embrace cancer as a catalyst to change your life in ways you’ve never imagined.

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Transcript

Cancer a catalyst to change? Absolutely! When you’re diagnosed with cancer, there’s nothing like you to actually flag big red stop sign and say, “hey there’s something that is not working for you in your life. “ Whether that’s your relationship to yourself, to others, to where do you work, whether you where in the treadmill of stress on getting things done, divided to the family, the company or everybody else but yourself. Whether your emotional body is out of your mind the way you think and perceive your world and your environment. And usually it’s a big soup pot-full of all these things that creates this disease in your body.

So the cancer is telling you “Hey, stop, you might have limited time”. Get your act together. Get in alignment with what you love, start following your heart, start living your passion; it creates this brilliant opportunity to live your most expansive life now. There’s probably be a few indications just along the way, headache, back pain, whole mind problems, financial problems, relationship problems. All I’m trying to tell you,”Hey stop and do something differently” but usually we don’t because we’re far too busy. So the cancer is this kind of final sign for saying.” Alright guys how about you actually stop and doing something different in your life.” That’s the great gift of cancer. This brilliant catalyst to change that could perpetuate you in your journey that you never expected, that could perpetuate you in your journey to really made from your heart to really do what you love and to have that quality of life that you actually, usually that never perceived imaginable. Embrace cancer as a catalyst to change your life in ways you can never imagine.

with Dr Richard Moore

Duration 2:51 min

When diagnosed with cancer a lot of people do see it as a catalyst for change, if they don’t, I invite them to consider it as a concept. During treatment you often see people making significant changes, readjusting their life’s priorities and reestablishing relationships or changing relationships or ceasing relationships that are not serving them, ceasing activities, thoughts or attitudes that are not serving them.

People become quite focused and look at cancer as an opportunity for change. From a more spiritual point of view they can look at ‘What am I supposed to learn from this experience?’

There is certainly a lot of fear around cancer also but it helps when people can see or consider a bigger picture, focusing on their life and a wellness approach instead of focusing on the disease, looking at optimising their wellness.

Duration Video 1 – 5:03 min Video 2 – 3:34

I guess you have already been wondering about this question. There are so many clever heads out there trying to find a solution and still there is no obvious cure.

Can it be that the reason is because the intent is not in your interest. There are so many possibilities you actually have and it really should make you wonder why they are not propagated to you.

Learn from our experts below what hey have to share about your options.

Not every cancer is the same and many have different origins. But the message is always the same. GET RID OF THAT WHICH MAKES YOU SICK!

Cleaning and cleansing is an important part of healing cancer. We have to clear what’s already there and we have to clear what we take in. And this on all levels of our being. The physical body, the mind and the spirit.

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with Michelle Richmond

Duration 3:34 min

There is no one single approach however there is a multi faceted approach where, if you use the right tools and techniques and create the right environment within your body, your body can heal itself.

In the 21st century we are exposed to a lot of toxins in the environment, household and personal care products, foods, and everyday we add little amounts of chemicals to our toxic basket that build up over time. Then we add our toxic thoughts and emotions, negative self talk and stress, out immune system shuts down, our lymph doesn’t drain and our body becomes ill at ease. The question is ‘What is in your toxic basket and how do  we clean that out?

Employing a holistic cancer treatment utilising a multi faceted approach through integrative  medicine looks at cleaning out your toxic basket and refilling it with nutrients, positive thoughts new emotional patterns and responses so your body can heal itself.

Duration Video 1 – 2:04 min Video 2 – 4;45 video 3 -6:10

If you look at yourself as a holistic being, then why should you go a non holistic path, if you try to separate the disease, especially the organ which is diseased from the rest of your body then you don’t have another choice, but to treat this disease, you can use radiation, chemo or cut it out but you dont have any other option because you are only looking at a small part of the whole.

If you stand back and look at the whole thing and see the the cancer is only the result of an imbalnce and thats what we need to understand. Cancer is not the problem, it is the result of something else that has then manifested in that form. If the process resolves the problem, then the cancer will be gone instantly.

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with Michelle Richmond

Duration 4:45

A holistic approach embraces the best of everything available from both western and complimentary medicine, when diagnosed with cancer there is no one right or wrong way. However there is the possibility to be proactive, take responsibility and  connect with what feels right for you, which is an important and empowering aspect of the healing process.

On a deeper level a holistic approach embraces the body as a community of 50 trillion cells living in harmony or dis-harmony as is the case in the dis – ease process. Each cell is a compilation of energy and matter, which is affected ultimately by your conscious and subconscious mind, emotions, thoughts, perceptions, diet  and environment. Hence  the cancer is seen as  an indicator of an imbalance within the whole community rather than an isolated ‘body part’ the need for a multi dimensional holistic approach to heal a multi dimensional being.

Like all things there are degrees and depths on the Holistic Spectrum the absolute ultimate and true healing occurs when as a multi dimensional being, you embody your spirit, your heart connecting with your passion for life, your purpose, step out of the doing and embrace that which you would truly love to do with your life. Moving from living in lower states of emotion like blame, judgment and guilt to states of acceptance, compassion and love.

In this state true healing occurs, your quality of life, relationships and life transform in ways that cannot be perceived by the mind they have to be experienced.

with Dr Richard Moore

B.Med, B.App.Sci (Osteo), B.Sc (Hons), Grad. Dip. (Acupuncture). ACNEM Trained

Duration 6:10 min

Absolutely, an integrative approach is looking at all aspects of a persons existence, including a mind, body, spirit approach which is very important to have, because often diseases are treated from the view point that  is based on a physical issue. We are energetic beings so it very important to think about our emotions and energetic perspectives. Things that might alter function and pathology in the body, so again we would be looking at people thoughts, the quality of their thoughts, as thoughts effect physiology, their nervous system. We look at peoples sleep, as good sleep is needed to regenerate and is important for the immune system. We look at peoples nutrition as no one would argue that nutrition is absolutely essential for good health, immune system support, tissue rebuilding and vitality.

Hydration is important, we need water for a lot of cellular processes of the body as well as detoxification. We also need movement, joints like moving its helps circulation, lymphatic flow, relaxation and improves well being. As long as  the movement is qualified for that person, movement for one person may not be appropriate for others, its not a one size fits all.

Looking at structural issues from an Osteopathic point of view, structure governs function so if the structure is not optimal then the function from a neurological  or circulation point of view is not going to be optimal either.

The integrative approach looks at all aspects of the human existence that might be affecting or impacting peoples health, compared with a standard medical approach which is targeting one aspect and disease focused. An integrative approach is a wellness generalised approach, the intention of an integrative approach is to get the body into the best position it can so the body can heal itself.

In my experience when diagnosed with cancer its about quality of life, an integrative approach may not mean longevity but they seem to have less pain, less need for medications, a better mind frame, a more positive outlook, more mobile and we can reduce the need for hospital admission for managing side effects. they seem to cope with their illness in a better way.

The end result is a better quality of life.

Duration Video 1 -4:08 min Video 2 – 4:09 Video 3 – 2:50 Video 4 – 2:07

Is the symptom the root of the dis-ease … NO!!

When you treat only the symptom, the disease itself persists, as the symptom is not as deep as the disease itself.

Holistic cancer treatment embraces the whole person, and clearly sees that a human being lives on 3 plains at one time the physical, the psychic and the mental. In 1978 there where enough hints that there was a association between the three aspects of a person. If a person has a negative and destructive mental condition how can the body heal, it must be addressed.

This is one of the explanations that the conventional medicine is not successful.

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with Marcus Freudenmann

Duration 4:09 min

Your emotional state is about 80% of the reason you get sick and a minimum of 90% of the reason you recover and heal yourself!

Your mind is connected with your body and has an enormous influence on your well being and this also works vice – versa.

If you feed the mind with low frequency thoughts and emotions like greed, grief, resentment, anger, fear and so on your body turns into a low frequency and becomes dull. You will feel at dis-ease with the world.

If you feed the body with low frequency dead food, toxins, artificial flavors, food enhancers, chemicals, poisons and all other environmental toxins your mind becomes dull. Just think of alcohol and what it does to your mind. Do you really think all the other substances are different? No they perturb your mind, make it dependent and lead you into a deadly spiral of consuming toxic material.

with Michelle Richmond

Duration 2:50

When you start to understand how your mind and emotions affect your physical body, your well being, this is where real possibility, healing and expansion occur..

And then take that understanding to a deeper level and apply it to transform the way you think and perceive the world, to transform your emotions and move out of living in a place where you are a victim of the world to become a proactive creator of your world.

Dr Bruce Lipton the author of  ’The Biology of Belief ‘ says our beliefs, perceptions, the way we see the world, our past experiences and what we make them mean about us or how we are in the world and how people relate to us and our environment create our biology, changes our D.N.A.

Mastering the mind and the emotions is the most exciting part of the journey, creating  the possibility for you to be proactive in the healing process, proactive in creating the life you’d love to live, rather than being the victim of your life. Understanding and working with your mind and emotions is the key to healing.

You can move from living in states of  blame, judgment, rejection to being in a place of expansion, a place where you see a world of full possibility and live from your heart.

This is where your quality of life changes and your life expands. This is the great gift that comes from being diagnosed with cancer … transformation then becomes your choice!

with Dr Richard Moore

Duration 2:07

It absolutely paramount, with any illness there’s always some sort of emotional component to it, whether its primary or some sort of secondary issue where the emotions, the mind and body feed off each other, its important to address it and bring it to the persons attention.

Emotions will effect nerve function, hormone release and therefore effect the function of the body. In the case of people who have stressful emotions, they release a lot of the stress hormones particularly cortisol, excess cortisol tends to  inhibits the immune system and inhibits tissue regeration and so forth. You know when you are stressed it effects the gut function which may reflect as constipation or diahrea, so you can see how emotions effect your physiology.

Duration Video 1- 2:52 min Video 2 – 2:43 Video 3 1:45

Would you like to be responsible if I die following your advice!

No one else will know what’s best for you. No one else lives in your body. No one else will know what needs to be changed so you can recover and mend what needs to be mended.

If you listen deep inside you will know what’s best and as soon as you know it will work. So listen and keep still until you can hear.

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Transcription

Very simply put, the only person who is living in your house is you; it’s your body, it’s your temple, it’s your decision.

See, a lot of times there are family fears and projections saying ‘You have to do it this way, I think it’s better that way’ and they might be right and they might be wrong. So one way of responding is ‘Wat if I take your advice and it doesn’t work?’

Would you like to take the responsibility? Is it really that important that I follow what you think or is it more important that I listen to my own body. This usually gives a lot of help and support; it puts people into that position of responsibility which is also something that not everybody wants to take.

There is not one person who can tell you more about yourself than you; because you live there you feel it and this is why I would always trust your own instincts. If you feel it and this is been miraculous, if you feel that this kind of treatment is actually helping you, then it will, because it’s your belief, it’s like those placebo effects they have done a hundred of tests in hospitals all around the world they’ve given medications, and they’re given placebo, and the placebo was working even more powerfully than the medication everywhere.

So its not really a matter of following the right path of doing the right thing, its more about believing that for you, this is best, and if you have that feeling it’s going to work.

with Michelle Richmond

Duration 2:43 min

There is nothing like being diagnosed with cancer to really test  just  how much you believe in your own beliefs, how much faith and trust you have in yourself, how much faith you have in the decision you’ve made about your path forward.

Everyone in your life has an opinion not just your practitioners but your friends, relatives  and work colleagues and they usually don’t have a problem sharing their opinion with you, telling you exactly what you ‘SHOULD” do and what will happen if you don’t do exactly what they say.

However at the end of the day whose the one responsible for your health? Are they going to be the ones looking in the mirror saying ‘On my god I wish I’d listened to myself and done what was right for me?’ ‘ I wish hadn’ t listened to everyone else’. Are they  the one living in your body, the person who is feeling the process, gathering the resources and information, asking the questions? They just don’t know what you know, they do not have the resources that you have or the same faith in you as you do. Their projections are based on their own well meaning but unhelpful fears and panic.

You don’t have to convince them that your right, just as they don’t have to convince you they are right. You are the only who knows what’s right for you. You are the only one living in your home, the vehicle of your body.

It’s the perfect way to grow faith and trust in yourself, the more you grow faith and trust in yourself the less projections will come at you.

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with Dr Richard Moore

Duration 1:45 min

It can be a bit of a challenge because it depends on the particular relationship dynamic with that person. But I always encourage and remind the patient that it is there journey and that they need to empower themselves and no one can do that for you. They can just give you information and you need to make the decision yourself.  I keep on reminding people to do that and take charge its a very important part of the treatment to take charge and not be swayed by other peoples preferences, biases and emotions.

with Marcus Freudenmann & Michelle Richmond

Duration Video 1 – 1:33 min Video 2 – 5:02

Nature is healing you automatically if you stop working against it!

The very first thing to understand is that the doctor and any clinic is not healing you, but that your body is healing itself. The doctor just helps to provide good circumstances which allow your body’s inner immune system to heal itself.

If you support yourself then your body does everything possible to keep you alive.

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with Michelle Richmond

Duration 5:02 min

Its a big question with a multitude of answers, the importance here is that the relationship you have to any treatment protocol is one that see’s the treatment process chosen as a series of access points to transform your relationship with yourself, your mind and your emotions, connecting you with your internal innate intelligence rather than looking for someone to  fix it or provide a magic red pill.

Any complimentary therapy fundamentally taps into the bodies unique intelligence creating a congruence in the body so it can heal itself.

Of course acupuncture, Chinese medicine and Ayurveda are  of the most common alternative therapies. Ayurveda is often known as the mother of all complimentary medicine and has been around for 5000 years and equally has 5000 years of documentation and encompasses all aspects of the being including, spirit, mind, emotions, environment and body.

This is the most important aspect of complimentary medicine utilizing an approach that embraces the multi dimensional being. The important thing is to work with someone who resonates with you and you feel comfortable with, this goes for orthodox medicine as well.

Boo Armstrong and GetWell UK created an independent report through a year-long pilot scheme in 2007/08, in Northern Ireland and found significant health benefits for patients offered complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) via the public health service.

Following the pilot, 80% of patients reported an improvement in their symptoms, 64% took less time off work and 55% reduced their use of painkillers.

Despite initial skepticism, the GP’s involved were almost unanimously in favor after seeing tangible results. In 99% of patient cases GP’s said they would refer the patient, or a different patient, to the scheme again and in 98% of cases GP’s said they would recommend the service to other GP’s.

Duration Video 1 2:00 min Video 2 3:15 min

Fear is your best friend!

There is a human tendency for complacency, after all there is a lot of information out there about good health, diet, exercise, rest, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, working with your emotions and looking after our body and minds. There are many great speakers around the world and often many books on the bedside table. But do we embrace it and integrate all that information into our life or just take bits and pieces here and there with no real commitment? It’s not until we are diagnosed with cancer or other confronting illnesses like diabetes or heart disease or something that perpetuates us into a fear state that people take action.

And then it’s the up to us what we actually do with that fear, do we become consumed by it and become a victim of the fear or do we utilise it as an energy resource. Do we ustilise it to push us forward, can the fear motivate you to do things you never imagine. To reach inside ourselves and find resources that push us to achieve outcomes we would never have done before being diagnosed with cancer. Fear in this instance can be your best friend, so utilise it, embrace it, love it utilise as an energy resource to achieve amazing results.

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with Marcus Freudenmann

Duration 3:15 min

Fear is a powerful motivator!

There are well known phenomenon’s where people have done incredible things just because fear was motivating them. Jumping out of a sitting position on the floor over 1.5m high onto a table without using their hands when a mouse ran through the room or lifting a car when it has fallen on someone.

That’s because fear is a great motivator to help us change those things which are normally not easy to change. Habits which are so deeply imprinted that without fear or a strong motivation change would be impossible.

And as cancer usually demands a lot of change you can be grateful for every bit of motivation you get from fear.

with Marcus Freudenmann & Michelle Richmond

Duration video 1 3:08 min Video 2 2:50 min

The key is knowledge!

As long as you don’t know everybody can tell you whatever they need to tell you to sell their products. And you will be a victim of IGNORANCE. Discerning knowledge which can separate good from unrealistic knowledge is the only solution.

You will always find those who want to get rich on your account and you will always find those who don’t know what they are talking about, but still are convincingly advertising their believes. So key is knowledge alone.

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with Michelle Richmond

Duration 2:50 min

Whom do I trust when diagnosed with cancer? This is a big question on many people’s lips. As everyone has an opinion, is trying to sell you something, give you a book,  tell you’re their way is the right way.

Just as we each have our own life experience, so is the process of healing cancer unique to each individual. You know yourself you can grow up with your brother and sister and live in exactly the same household, same parents, same environment, same school and have completely different beliefs, completely different ways of being in the world, different senses of dress, different ways of communicating, different things that you love.

We are each unique and have had our unique experiences and so is the process of healing yourself from cancer. The one person you can trust in this journey is yourself. It’s one of the greatest gifts that come when you have been diagnosed cancer, that deepening of trust, as you listen to yourself, as you follow your intuition.

Its exciting to be able to bring you this myriad of possibilities on maxAwareness. So when you have been diagnosed with cancer you can feel what feels right for you, who resonates with you and get a deeper understanding of some of those questions like ‘Why should I look at my mind, does that look like something that works for me? What does my emotions have to do with it? Through maxAwareness you get this navigational path of possibility through people who lead in the field and also people who have had their own unique experience.  From there  you can start to feel what resonates with you, what you feel you can trust in your heart, what it is you feel that you would like to follow through with.

So remember listen to your heart and the one person you can trust is yourself.

Duration 2: 56 min

You are what you eat!

Food is very important and if we all vote with our shopping trolley we can force the food industry to supply healthy food instead of all the toxic, chemical loaded, industrialized, dead and worthless food which does not contribute to our health but makes the pharma industry rich.

Fresh food cooked with love and some intelligence is the key to health and needs to to be learned by those who want to live.

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with Michelle Richmond

Duration 4:19 min

Its simple really the answer unequivocally is ‘YES”. Your physiology is not only a reflection of what you eat but your thoughts, emotions and environment. Toxic food, thoughts and emotions create toxicity in your body, dis-ease.

Today in the 21st century we live a fast pace life whether your a mum at home with the kids or in a working environment there is a lot of action, life moves much faster than any time in the past. We are exposed to simple things like radiation from our phones, computer screens, we are on the run, the treadmill all the time, where often under a lot of stress and we often also eat on the run, we don’t eat well, we eat take away foods, we eat processed foods because its quicker and faster.

And we are surrounded by toxins whether we like it or not, we bring the dry cleaning and hang in the cupboard or we are driving down the freeway, organically in our environment there are a lot of toxins, a lot of imbalances. So changing the way we function in our day to day life is very beneficial in creating well being in the healing process of cancer, as the cancer is showing you your world is out of alignment, you need to stop and do something differently.

Look at the areas of your life where stress is created. ask ‘Where is my mind out of balance, what are the stories, what is the pressure on my mind, what are the fears about the past or the future, where is my mind creating stress in my physical body?

Ask yourself  ’Where do I not deal with my emotions, what emotions do I  hang onto , what don’t I deal with, what do I suppress? These emotions all build up and create toxicity in your body.

Where do you use chemicals in your every day environment like shampoos, makeup,  house cleaners, deoderisers, fly sprays, ant killers?

All these things in our day to day life add up to having continual toxins from different sources. By cleaning up our diet and our lifestyle or changing our lifestyle so it is more in harmony and creates a greater harmony in our physical body helps our body to heal, as the body as the power to heal itself if we create the right environment and give it the right tools to do so.

Duration 3:11 min

Study and inform yourself.

There is no other way. It’s called the survival study which is necessary for your recovery.

The difference between surviving cancer and being a victim of the “SYSTEM” is knowledge. Only if you have an overview about your condition, how cancer came to you and what needs to be done to heal it, YOU are capable to decide what’s best for you. Then no one can tell you a story.

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with Michelle Richmond

Duration 2:23 min

There’s 1001 ways to heal cancer and the one that’s right for you!

When diagnosed with cancer if your feeling unsure or uncertain then its your body telling you to seek another opinion, listen to your inner voice, your intuition. STOP and start to ask some deeper questions, find out more information and look for the path that feels right for you.

Ask what’s this cancer really about? What else is available ?and How do these things work together ?  As you do this you’ll find other opinions, other practitioners and people that have achieved results. This very same voice that said hey just a minute, I’m not quite sure will also be the one that’s says hah this treatment/practitioner feels right for me, I feel like I can connect with this doctor, I feel safe this very same voice will be your indicator to help you navigate the path forward it will help you connect what’s right for you.

Every practitioner has a different perspective based on their education, experience and even sometimes personal fear and limitations after all they are human too. There are mnay challenges and growing experiences when diagnosed with cancer experience shows that its never about the treatment but about the deeper connection to self, your pasion, your will to live, to stand up for yourself the list goes on and on and differs for each individual and is part of the cancer healing process.

Listen to your heart, follow your intuition, you cant go wrong you are the only one that knows what treatment process is right for you.

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with Richard Moore

Duration 1:48 min

When diagnosed with cancer and trying to sort out all this information, a person has to find out as much information about all the treatments that have been suggested and talk to some experts that have been practicing in those particular fields, seek them out. Its worthwhile doing rather than being helpless in the process and taking peoples words for it. People have to take it on board themselves, to actually be able to make a decision that’s right for them. Get a second opinion, decide  what’s right for them, whether that’s from another oncologist, an integrative doctor or an integrative practitioner  and see what sits the best.