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March 24th, 2015 - Charles DeBray has been practicing TM since 1972, and was made a teacher by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1975 in Livigno, Italy. He has taught the TM Technique in Nashville since 1979. Meditation has been shown to help people with stressful lives, and everyone knows that facing a cancer diagnosis is right up there in the stress levels. Charles and Frances DeBray have been heading up the TM center in Nashville for many years.
March 10th: Kathy Chiavola shared her journey with loved ones facing cancer, her awesome country and bluegrass music, and other great information she has learned along the way.
March 3rd: Jacki Shinn Berlinberg, at age 49, was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer in May 2013. After multiple surgeries, many rounds of chemo, the use of Integrative therapy, and lifestyle changes has found herself with No Evidence of Disease (N.E.D.) since September 2014. As a public health nurse, she advocates for prevention through promoting colon cancer screening and education.
By sharing her public blog, Jacki hopes her readers can learn more about colon cancer prevention, treatment, and the use of traditional medical surgical cancer treatment, in conjunction with Integrative / complimentary medicine. "Through my cancer journey, I have learned so much about how to use food as medicine, exercise as therapy, and yoga and meditation to help keep me centered (my personal struggle). I have also learned the infinite importance of community, friends, family, and online community forums that help me navigate the emotional roller coaster, sort through the research, and learn the treatment options in other areas of the country and world." Currently Jacki struggles to learn how to best maintain her N.E.D. status in a world that does not yet have the research to guide how this is best accomplished. February 10th: Robyn Stoller is an inspirational blogger, patient advocate and "cancer matchmaker," who created Cancerhawk.com to guide people through the cancer experience and help them avoid the frustration she and her late husband went through while navigating his disease. Her relentless patient advocacy has helped to uncover hundreds of resources – ranging from financial and travel assistance to incredible survivorship and support networks to cutting-edge research that might benefit a particular person's cancer. She now shares this information and advice with others through Cancerhawk.com, connecting cancer patients and caregivers to a wealth of resources and organizations that offer assistance to anyone touched by cancer. "You can't Google something if you don't know what you are searching," she says. You can connect with Robyn on Twitter and Facebook.
February 3rd, 2015: Host, Ingrid Regen, shared articles and audio of interest in the news:
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies YaleNews: Cold virus replicates better at cooler temperatures Seven Ways to Keep Your Nose Warm January 27th, 2015: Dawn Eicher was so very informative about her recent visit to the Gastastrointestinal American Society of Clinical Oncologists. We talked about Lynch testing, gene mutations, Medical Marijuana, second opinions, her Change.org petition, a new clinical trials database that Chris4Life is putting together, and so much more!
Here is the document that she wrote "What I Learned at GI ASCO" that we discussed during today's show: 
January 20th, 2015: Arita Trahan posted this recently on her Facebook page:
"Because we all have stories. Because those stories not only explain who we are, they chart what we are becoming. Spend time with your stories. Rely on them first and foremost as your divine assignment. There is never a time when someone else has the right to write your story, unless you give it over to them." along with the quote from Alan Rickman. I can't wait for Arita to share some of her story with us. Arita is a born story teller. She has written books and is an actress. Stories really are her life. Another poignant post reads: On performance and stage and dance . . . I was still in my thirties, fresh from a very sheltered and (for me) religious marriage, years perfectly customized for my late-blooming self. Twelve years of playing house and having babies, during which I somehow managed to remain as naive as a woman could be. Now I'm divorced and stepping into something I'd always been too afraid to approach. I'm that startled looking woman in Ruth Sweet's acting class wearing her Sunday School dress. I have to chuckle when I consider how much of it was like a foreign language. Assigned a character's history that I couldn't fathom, my "new life" as an actor-in-training simply wouldn't allow me to hide. It was the perfect antidote for the hot-house-flower now permanently outside her comfort zone. Somehow Michael Edwards took a chance on me, and I was having the time of my life at the Barn with Widdi Turner in my first play. Early in the run, Ruth made sure I knew (along with everyone else in the lobby) that I was absolutely clueless about how to be sexy. And she was right. My flirty was like some little girl asking for a favor. Ow. There was this whole natural expression that I didn't own. And no one knew how to help me with it. It took a while. Thanks to Dennis Ewing and his late night shows at Actors Playhouse. It was there that I saw this kind of performance. And like my beloved Ric Legg said to me once, "The best thing about acting for us shy types, is we get to be ourselves out there and no one knows." Perhaps we also just "get to know ourselves out there" while everyone watches. Same thing. 
January 6th: Dawn Eicher is an amazing powerhouse and cancer warrior. She has a mission to prevent anyone, particularly young people, from getting a Stage IV colon cancer diagnosis. This was what she recently wrote on her Facebook page (accompanying this picture):
"I can't believe this was already a year ago! I am happy and angry today. Happy because I just received great test results. My CT, PET scan and colonoscopy all declare me officially NED (no evidence of disease)!! Woo hoo!! I'm angry because I finally asked for my past medical records and started realizing that I had my first endoscopy and complained of blood in my stool in 1998! I was 21! I actually had no idea it had been THAT long. Doctors have ignored me and my symptoms for 16 years prior to my diagnosis of STAGE IV at 36! This has to stop! I am going to work my tush off (no pun) this coming year to raise the bar. I am going to personally commit to getting that age lowered. I am going to make a difference. Happy New Year! Love to you all We all must stand together and make some noise. I'm noisy - I'll lead" Dawn Eicher was amazing as always. Full of great information and a passion for righting a system that doesn't make it easy for young people to get tested for colon cancer. With the numbers of people under 50 getting diagnosed with colon cancer increasing by 5% each year, it is imperative that this change NOW. Please sign her petition on Change.org and listen to the show here: 
December 30th: Tara Mallory was diagnosed at age 28. That was 15 years ago. She was treated by the Dr's at Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center, Knoxville, TN, who included an interesting array of alternative approaches along with their traditional western medical approach. Her experience taught her that personal advocacy and an openness to whole body, mind and spirit awareness was crucial to her recovery.
From the Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center website: The Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center was founded in 1983 by Kamilia F. Kozlowski, M.D. It was the first freestanding breast center of its kind in Tennessee and still remains one of the very few nationwide. Its goal was focused on delivering streamlined, cost-effective quality breast health care in a woman-friendly setting... Her goal was to change the fragmented and inefficient delivery of breast health care. Traditionally, a woman would visit multiple specialists and sometimes get conflicting opinions to determine if there is a potential breast problem. In contrast, the Clinical Breast Radiologist can synthesize the information from her clinical and imaging armamentarium, perform the workup in a single setting, and accurately discuss with the woman whether there is a concern for breast cancer prior to her leaving the office. 
December 16th:
Jonathan Wright gracefully stepped in to fill Felice Apolinsky's shoes at the last moment. It was a wonderful show about the valuable support that Gilda's Club offers this community as well as all over the United States. Jonathan Wright is many things – a husband, a father of two young boys, and the host of a new performance arts series for singer-songwriters & storytellers. He has spent time in corporate boardrooms as a management consultant as well as at the bedside as a hospital chaplain. In whatever setting he finds himself he has a passion for helping people navigate challenging times of transition. Jonathan is currently serving as the Director of Operations & Advancement at Gilda’s Club Nashville, an affiliate of the Cancer Support Community. December 9th:
Erica Holland, PT, DPT completed her Bachelor and Masters degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Evansville. She later went on to complete her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Virginia Commonwealth University. Erica has advanced training in pelvic health, oncology and neurology therapy. Erica began her career at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, Maryland. While there, she helped develop and was on faculty for the Physical Therapy Neuro-Residency Program, was on the steering committee for the STAR Oncology Survivorship Program and a residency program for pelvic health. 
December 2nd, 2014
Jennifer Crane Moss told some personal stories and talked about her work as a chaplain for the Veterans' Administration Hospital and her hospice care work while at Alive Hospice. Note: from 2 to 9 minutes there is a pop sound when Jennifer is speaking, but it resolves after that and is a really great show! 
November 25th, 2014:
Sonny Holland discussed the journey that he and his wife, Deborah Holland, faced when she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in 2012. From diagnosis, treatment, and finally passing in May 2013, this was one of the first times he had talked about that time in their lives.. November 11th, 2014:
Host, Ingrid Regen, discussed her journey and upcoming guests for the show, plus showcases some of the beautiful music that Lauren Lane Powell shared with us on November 4th. 
November 4th, 2014:
Lauren Lane Powell shared her beautiful music and deep insight that was and is inspired by her journey with Ovarian Cancer and her second round of chemotherapy that she is currently undergoing. She has a lot to teach us about healing and acceptance. To read more about her journey and to listen to more of her music, please visit her websites: Harmonies of Healing and Chants to Heal. |
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Last show: 3/24/2015
Charles and Frances DeBray told us about Transcendental Meditation and how it can create well being in anyone's life. And, in particular, it is so important and useful when facing the highly stressful situation of a cancer diagnosis.
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