Mind Health Matters with Dr Bernie Siegel

Mind Health Matters with Dr Bernie Siegel

Greg Hammer, MD, author of GAIN without Pain: The Happiness Handbook for Health Care Professionals
GAIN without Pain: The Happiness Handbook for Health Care Professionals
 Bio: Greg Hammer, MD is a pediatric intensive care physician, pediatric anesthesiologist, and professor at Stanford University Medical Center. A member of the Stanford WellMD initiative and the Wellness Committee for the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Dr Hammer is currently the Chair of the Physician Wellness Task Force for the California Society of Anesthesiologists. He has been a visiting professor and
lecturer on wellness at institutions worldwide and teaches GAIN to medical students, residents and fellows at Stanford.
Dr. Hammer’s clinical focus is in pediatric cardiac anesthesia and pediatric critical care medicine. His research is in developmental pharmacology and immunology, and he has an active laboratory with multiple ongoing studies in these areas. He has published widely on topics related to pharmacology and perioperative care of children undergoing cardiac and thoracic procedures as well as organ transplantation. Dr. Hammer is a health enthusiast and meditator, utilizing a non-duality and mindfulness-based approach, including the GAIN method. Dr. Hammer is the author of GAIN without Pain: The Happiness Handbook for Health Care Professionals, which was released May 15, 2020.
Website: www.GregHammerMD.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greghammermd/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-hammer-02b20422/
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Choosing Presence: How to Access God’s Peace and Release Fear, Anxiety and Stress with Jim Heaney
There’s no doubt many of us are facing anxiety and stress during these times. I wanted to see if you might have interest in setting up an interview with Jim Heaney, author of the timely new book, Choosing Presence: How to Access God’s Peace and Release Fear, Anxiety and Stress. As a renowned speaker and business leader, Jim has been teaching the practice of presence for over twenty years, encouraging people of all ages to incorporate it into all areas of their lives – for greater spiritual and physical well-being.
Drawing on Christian scripture, spiritual luminaries from the Christian tradition, the social sciences, and personal experience, author Jim Heaney explains in clear, accessible language why presence is essential to sustaining a vibrant inner life.
Jim Heaney has been teaching the practice of presence from a Christian perspective for over twenty years, encouraging people of all ages to incorporate the practice into all areas of their lives - professional, relationships, sports, arts, health, and more - for greater spiritual and physical well-being. He is the founder of Electronic Waveform Labs, manufacturer of the H-Wave device, the premiere modality in the drug-free treatment of chronic pain. Jim lives with his wife Patricia in Huntington Beach, CA.
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Crappy to Happy: Sacred Stories of Transformational Joy with Rev. Ariel Patricia & Kathleen O’Keefe Kanavos 
Into every life, some rain must fall. Fortunately, no storm lasts forever.
Do bad things happen to good people, or could the difficulties we face be gifts in disguise? You decide as thirty courageous authors share their poignant true stories with you.
Walk alongside the writers as they weather the storms of gender and sexual identity, crises of faith, divorce, addiction, health challenges, lost love, and more. Find inspiration for your future as you gain deeper insight into the meaning of life’s challenges.
Share in the personal power and profound joy of testimonials by several prominent figures:
Co-author Reverend Ariel Patricia’s past lives that prove she has experienced lasting love
Co-author Kathleen O’Keefe Kanavos’ good friend Petronelle, who taught her to “laugh till it heals” to help her overcome life-threatening illness
Spiritual Leader Reverend Dr. Temple Hayes, who found Unitywithin herself as a gay woman after being judged by her family
NY Timesbestselling author Dr. Bernie Siegel’s mystical nudges by deceased wife, Bobbie
Media guru Ken Walls’ journey to sobriety and the night he knew he needed help
Survivor Connie Bramer’s memories of her mom, who lost her battle with breast cancer
Nurse Diane Vich as she connects to her goddess within before sharing Covid-19 results
And more empowering true stories of grit, grace, and love that begin in upheaval and end with cathartic joy. If you liked Chaos to Clarity, the first book of the series, you will love this standalone second book. Grab your tissues! Prepare to cry and learn to laugh till it heals as you enjoy tales that shift from Crappy to Happy.
Rev. Ariel Patricia– is CEO and Founder of Sacred Stories Media, a conscious online media network. Sacred Stories Media includes Sacred Stories Publishing, an award-winning traditional book publishing and marketing company; Garnet Press, a self-publishing book division; and Sacred U, an online course division. As an ordained interfaith, interspiritual minister, Ariel Patricia believes every story is a sacred story. She is ordained from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York and has earned her Master of Arts in Education and her Bachelor of Science in Business. Ariel Patricia worked in the corporate and educational worlds for many years and proudly served six years as a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Ariel Patricia is the author of two books sharing the beginning of her spiritual journey— God is in the Little Things: Messages from the Animals and God is in the Little Things: Messages from the Golden Angels—and is co-author of a poetry book, Scanning For Signal, and co-author of the first book of the Sacred Stories of Transformation series: Chaos to Clarity: Sacred Stories of Transformational Change     https://sacredstoriesmedia.com/  and http://sacredstoriespublishing.com/
Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos believes dreams diagnose your life. Kat survived three cancers diagnosed by dreams but missed by the medical community and the tests on which they relied. She lived to write about it. International award-winning author of Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing, Dreams that Can Save Your Life: Early Warning Signs of Cancer and Other Diseases co-authored with Radiologist/researcher Dr. Larry Burk of Duke University Medical, Chaos to Clarity, and Crappy to Happy, both co-authored with publisher Rev. Ariel Patricia, and contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and Premonitions, Internationally Syndicated Columnist in BIZCAT360, and Desert Health Magazine, Dream Expert, Coach, Keynote Speaker, and TV/Radio Producer/Host. Kat was featured on Dr. Oz, NBC News, in magazines like Women’s World,  and newspapers like The Epoch Times. Learn more http://kathleenokeefekanavos.com/
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Firefighter Zen: A Field Guide to Thriving in Tough Times By Hersch Wilson
New Book Shares Hard-Won Lessons on Coping with Life’s Inevitable Difficulties with Composure, Courage, and Compassion, from a Longtime Volunteer Firefighter
“First Responding is life magnified. We care for people in the most extraordinary and sometimes tragic moments of their lives. High purpose, tragedy, joy, and the deep and profound relationships that come with doing important work together are experiences that first responders have weekly and sometimes daily. It is transformative; it changes how you see life, work, and love.”
Hersch Wilson is a thirty-year veteran volunteer Firefighter-EMT with the Hondo Fire Department in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. He is also a story-teller, committed to explaining how First Responding can change how we see and experience our own lives. In his “real job” he is a writer, speaker, and consultant. In the past twenty-five years, Hersch has worked extensively with leadership teams from a variety of organizations including Kodak, IBM Japan, Altria, The United States Postal Service, the CIA, Kraft Foods and Baxter Healthcare to name a few. He has co-written three national business best sellers with Larry Wilson, including the awarding winning, “Playing to Win!: Choosing Growth Over Fear in Work and in Life.”
His latest project, based on thirty years as a volunteer firefighter, is helping individuals and organizations see the world as firefighters do and learn how to thrive through traumatic and stressful times.
Hersch attended Colorado College and graduated with a BA in English from the University of Minnesota. Prior to becoming a writer and consultant, Hersch was a dancer and actor. He performed in Canada, Switzerland, and the United States. He has also worked as a flight instructor and commercial pilot.
Hersch Wilson and his wife, Laurie, became volunteer firefighters in 1986. He has worked as an organizational consultant, pilot, outdoor adventure trainer, professional dancer, and author. He writes for Backdraft magazine and other publications. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. More information at www.HerschWilson.com
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Healing Beyond Pills & Potions with Steve Bierman M.D
Steve Bierman M.D. received his undergraduate degree from UCLA and his doctorate from Northwestern University, School of Medicine. After completing his Family Practice residency at UCSD, he worked nearly 20 years as a board-certified Emergency Physician at Scripps Memorial Hospital, in Encinitas, California. He is the founder of two medical device companies and holds over 200 utility patents on various medical devices. Dr. Bierman has two daughters–Clea and Raquel– is an avid surfer and lives in Del Mar, California with his wife Dianne and their three pugs.
As an Emergency Physician, Dr. Bierman became renowned for performing painless procedures, like simple injections, laceration repairs, and even childbirth. But his studied words and gestures did far more than prevent pain, they also produced astonishing physical outcomes: dangerous heart rhythms converted to normal, hemorrhages arrested and constricted airways dilated.
In private practice, Dr. Bierman went further along “the communication continuum” to forestall auto-immune diseases, shrink deadly tumors, relieve depression and ensure bloodless surgeries. Many of his cures seem like miracles. And yet, as Dr. Bierman explains, they are the inevitable consequence of a new and expanded understanding of disease causality and the focused power of ideas to access our Healer Within.
Healing Beyond Pills & Potions
In HEALING, Dr. Bierman draws on 40 years of clinical experience to restore Mind to medicine and Humanism to healing.
Patients do not need their professional caregivers to hold their hands and cry with them. They need their caregivers to use every bit of information and every modicum of skill they possess to minimize suffering and maximize health. The time for shared tears may come, but most often abundant opportunities to effect positive change precede those moments.
https://healingbeyondpills.com/
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Barry Shore, Ambassador of JOY
Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is a change maker and life transformer whose profound message of JOY is being embraced globally. A successful entrepreneur with two multi-million dollar exits and 3 issued patents, Barry was afflicted suddenly with a crippling disease that left him completely paralyzed overnight. Barry’s decision to use this experience to better his life and the lives of others has opened a unique opportunity to find JOY in living regardless of circumstance.
Barry’s Keep Smiling Movement has distributed over TWO million Keep Smiling Cards free to all. His radio show/podcast, The JOY of Living is heard worldwide with almost Two Million downloads. Barry founded the JOY of Living Institute, helping thousands of people learn to live in JOY every day. Barry is a charismatic, JOY-contagious speaker who captivates his audiences and elevates them to a new level of extraordinary. In the process of recovering from full paralysis Barry has become an avid swimmer and now swims 2 miles/day 6X/week and has accumulated more than 7,721 miles over 12 years. Embraced by numerous major media outlets and a host of well-known celebrities, Barry is a must-listen to speaker for your next event!
Barry’s latest book STRESS KILLS… JOY Heals is due out soon. https://www.barryshore.com/
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Dr. Rob Rutledge: Healing and Cancer Foundation Co-Founder
Dr. Rob Rutledge is a Radiation Oncologist in Halifax, Nova Scotia, specializing in breast, prostate and pediatric cancers. He is also an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University.
In 1999, Rob co-created the ‘Skills for Healing’ Cancer Weekend Retreats. These weekend support groups teach a powerful and integrated approach to the cancer diagnosis and ways to heal at levels of body, mind and spirit. To date, more than 2000 people have attended 60+ retreats in over 30 cities across Canada and abroad.Rob is the CEO and Chair of the Healing and Cancer Foundation, a Registered Charity that freely offers educational videos, documentaries, and webcasting seminars. He is co-author of the book The Healing Circle, which captures the teachings and inspirational stories from the weekend retreats. Rob has received a Cancer Care Nova Scotia Award for Excellence in Patient Care, and Doctors Nova Scotia presented him with a Health Promotion Award in recognition of his contribution to physician health and health promotion in cancer patients.  https://healingandcancer.org
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African Americans are Sick and Dying from Coronavirus at a Disproportionately High Rate
An alarming reality is beginning to emerge from data collected by the CDC as COVID-19 infiltrates communities across America. African Americans are becoming infected and dying from COVID-19 at rates that shadow those of the rest of the population. A Washington Post analysis of data shows a rate of infection among African Americans in counties that are majority black that is 3x higher than counties that are majority white and a death rate that is 6x higher. In St Louis, Missouri every death from COVID-19 has been African American.
Robert Ferguson is a nationally recognized certified nutritionist; fitness expert; speaker and author. Currently serving on the Presidential Task Force on Obesity for the National Medical Association, Ferguson has also worked with the NAACP, the UNCF, and several other organizations devoted to supporting health in under-served communities. Furthermore, he has authored two evidence-based studies on weight loss and reversing childhood obesity and has penned three books on nutrition and fitness. He co-founded the Show Me Better Health initiative with Aetna, an evidence-based "better health" practice that was implemented to under-served communities. Ferguson is proud to be Stayhealthy's Health Ambassador and America’s Fat Loss Coach
For more than 20 years Robert has helped thousands lose weight and improve overall health with the Diet Free Life methodology. He continues to work closely with Fortune 500 companies (e.g., Aetna, Anthem, United Healthcare, McDonald’s Corp) as a speaker and consultant, as well as a growing list of celebrities and professional athletes to include Chaka Khan, Katie Maloney, Toni Braxton, Daniel Baldwin, Ricki Lake, Chuck D of Public Enemy, La Toya Jackson, Fernando Vargas, Sergio Mora, Bobbi Bonilla, and Indy race car driver Pippa Mann, to name a few. Robert also currently hosts The Stayhealthy Experience (podcast/show) with actor Daniel Baldwin and fitness professional Barbara Kris. www.DietFreeLife.com
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The Cancer Revolution: A Groundbreaking Program to Reverse and Prevent Cancer, author Leigh Erin Connealy, M.D
 
Leigh Erin Connealy, M.D. is a prominent leader in the field of Integrative Medicine. She utilizes the best of all sciences, including conventional, homeopathic, eastern medicine and modern medicine. She is the Medical Director of Cancer Center for Healing and Center for New Medicine.  The combined 30,000 S.F. clinics have become the largest integrative medical clinic in North America, and have been visited by over patients 47,000 patients.
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The Center for New Medicine focuses on a precise and personalized approach to patient care that includes prevention, early detection of cancer, internal medicine, auto-immune disease, natural hormone replacement, chronic issues, and even aesthetics. Dr. Connealy's clinics focus on treating “the patient with the disease and not the disease of the patient, while determining the origin of the illness."
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Dr. Connealy created the Cancer Center for Healing as a result of the epidemic of cancer. Patients receive scientifically based treatments and receive integrative protocols.  She utilizes unique combination of Bio Energetic testing, RGCC testing, and comprehensive blood panels to create a personalized treatment plan for early to late stage cancer patients. Her clinic offers a variety of advance cancer treatments to maximize outcomes and minimize side effects. 
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Dr. Connealy created the Perfectly Healthy brand of products that are manufactured by state-of-the-art GMP FDA approved facilities.  All Perfectly Healthy products support human optimization for each patient. Perfectly Healthy products are also carried in the shop inside the Center for New Medicine, which curates hand picked products that promote a healthy lifestyle. 
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Dr. Connealy is the author of two books, “The Cancer Revolution” and the “Be Perfectly Healthy,” that have both revolutionized the landscape of medicine. In 2017, she was named one of the top 50 functional & integrative doctors in the country.  Dr. Connealy began a TV Series as host of “Dr. Detective TV” airing on the JUL-TV Television Network, which began in 2018. She writes for many publications including Townsend Letter a prominent medical magazine. She serves on the board for Dr. Josh Axe, ACAM, and ACIM Connect.
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Dr. Connealy imparts her wisdom by educating medical practitioners from all over the world, as well as public speaking engagements, webinars and podcasts. These include The Truth About Cancer, Jonathan Otto, Sarah Otto, Nathan Crane and Dr. Mercola. She offers the most scientifically and technologically advanced equipment and protocols at her clinic located in southern California.
 
To learn more visit: ConnealyMD.com or Centerfornewmedicine.com or Cancercenterforhealing.com and www.perfectlyhealthy.com.
 
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When You Realize How Perfect Everything Is: A Conversation About Life Between Grandfather and Grandson, authors Bernie Siegel M.D. & Charlie Siegel
When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky. – Anonymous
Go on a journey of wonder and grace with NY Times bestselling author Bernie Siegel, MD and his grandson, Charlie Siegel. Open your heart as grandfather and grandson weave a conversation of love across the generations, sharing what it means to see beyond the challenges of life to the beauty in life’s lessons.
Bernie and Charlie remind us that we are all knocked down sometimes by life’s difficulties, but it is the rising back up that counts. That when we dare to experience life to its’ fullest, the imperfections of life are an opportunity for us to grow.
Join grandfather and grandson as they bring you the wisdom of the ages to help men and women of all ages. Listen deeply to the profound insights contained within their poetic words. Be encouraged as their deep faith, inspired writings, and messages of hope share their belief that the imperfections of life are truly what is perfect about it.
Bernie Siegel, MD is the paternal grandfather of Charlie Siegel (the son of Bernie’s youngest son, Keith). Bernie is a bestselling author, lecturer, founder of ECaP (Exceptional Cancer Patients) and retired pediatric/general surgeon. He has been called a leader of teaching the Mind-Body Connection and seeks to help everyone ‑and true health and happiness. He currently resides in southern CT, USA.
Charlie Siegel is the oldest grandson of Bernie Siegel, MD. Charlie continues on the spiritual path begun by his ancestors, both on the Siegel side and on the Harrington side. (His grandparents Bob and Shirley Harrington and his mom, Jane are all spiritual teachers, as well.) Charlie is a spiritual ‑ction author and poet, as well as a ‑ne art nature photographer. His lifelong study of the martial arts is another facet of his spiritual practice. He currently resides in northern CT, USA near his mom Jane’s spiritual store and class center, Wisdom of the Ages.
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