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Celeste Young: A New Relationship to Experience

November 7, 2017Podcastanxiety, attention, Buddha, compassion, contented, contentedness, device, Dharma, experience, iPhone, meditation, mindfulness, pain, relationship, relationships, silence, silent, solitude, stillness, stress, suffering, teacher, teaching, technologyDianeMcDaniel

Mindfulness meditation practitioner and Dharma teacher, Celeste Young, talks about her search to lessen her suffering and develop a new relationship to experience, as well as the joy she now feels in sharing what she loves with students who are dealing with anxiety and stress. Celeste also talks about developing a balanced relationship with the technologies that both claim our attention and connect us to community and how being silent and practicing mindfulness can be a doorway into compassion for oneself.

Find information on Celeste’s events, corporate wellness, and individual sessions at celesteyoung.com.

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Shannon Murphy: The Emotional Aspects of Cancer

July 4, 2017Podcastbreast cancer, cancer, chemotherapy, diagnosis, double mastectomy, emotion, marriage, meditation, mindfulness, personal growth, psychotherapist, psychotherapy, relationships, survivorship, transformation, trauma, treatmentDianeMcDaniel

Shannon Murphy, psychotherapist and mindfulness practitioner, was diagnosed in 2007 with breast cancer. She has been cancer free for ten years. Shannon talks about her decision to attend to the emotional aspects of cancer throughout her journey. She recounts speaking with cancer survivors to understand how they coped with the trauma of a cancer diagnosis and its treatment, and to understand how this experience could lead to profound personal change. She also talks about the transformative aspects of this traumatic experience and how facing a mortal danger led to healing of a damaged relationship. She also talks about how the experience strengthened her practice of mindfulness and meditation, leading to transformative personal growth.

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Catherine McDonough: Cancer is My Biggest Yoga Pose

April 25, 2017Podcastbreast cancer, breast self exam, cancer, chemotherapy, downsizing, health, lumpectomy, meditation, mindfulness, nurse practitioner, psychological freedom, radiation, UCLA Breast Center, yogaDianeMcDaniel

Receiving a diagnosis of cancer is a shock, even to medical professionals who are well aware that cancer can happen to anyone. How does one cope with and respond to the changes in self-perception that occur when cancer intervenes?

Today, I speak with Catherine McDonough, yoga teacher and nurse practitioner, who in 2017 was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. We explore Catherine’s use of yoga and meditation as complementary practices to traditional oncology protocols. Catherine talks about her coping strategy of simplifying and becoming more mindful, less external. She also explores how this dreaded diagnosis has given her a measure of psychological freedom that has promoted her to lighten her attachment to things and leave a smaller footprint in her wake.

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Kris Ellenberg: Wellness is a Balancing Act

April 18, 2017Podcastacupuncture, alternative treatments, breast cancer, cancer, chemotherapy, Chinese herbs, community, Gyrotonics, hypnotherapy, Judaism, lymphatic massage, lymphedema, mastectomy, meditation, radiation, wellness, yogaDianeMcDaniel

Finding wellness during and after cancer treatment can be challenging. Given the physical and emotional rigors of treatment and its aftermath, how can one develop and nurture a state of wellness that encompasses the mind, body, and spirit?

In this episode I talk with Kris Ellenberg, who in 2011 was diagnosed with Stage 2B breast cancer. We explore Kris’s strategies for finding wellness during and after her cancer treatment. Kris talks about developing a practice around wellness that supplemented her medical treatments for cancer with less conventional approaches such as Gyrotonics, yoga, lymphatic massage, acupuncture, Chinese herbs, meditation, and hypnotherapy. We also discuss the roles that community and social support, spiritual practice, and simply taking care of one’s self play in the active pursuit of wellness.

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