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Cancer As Initiation: Surviving the Fire A Guide for Living With Cancer for Patient, Provider, Spouse, Family, or Friend [Paperback]

Barbara Stone (Author)
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January 21, 1994
"Fear gripped my soul when I discovered a marble-sized lump hidden in my left breast during a self-examination in July of 1991...." So begins this, one of the most powerful and inspiring personal accounts of breast cancer ever written. Breast cancer now claims the lives of 46,000 American women each year, and strikes terror in the minds of many more. The lesson of Barbara Stone's experience is that cancer need not be dreaded as a death sentence, but can better be seen as a challenge to become more alive - physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Barbara Stone fought cancer with the best tools that Western medicine has been able to discover: surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. She combined these treatments with the best techniques drawn from Eastern and Alternative medicine: meditation, yoga, herbs, acupuncture, cranial osteopathy manipulation, diet changes, sauna baths, and Kirlian photography.

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  • Paperback: 266 pages
  • Publisher: Open Court (January 21, 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0812692748
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812692747
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,522,505 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Barbara Stone, PhD, LISW, DCEP is a workshop presenter, public speaker, bilingual psychotherapist, and author. An Adjunct Professor at Hocking College and grandmother of five, she holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is a Certification Consultant and Co-Trainer in the Certification program of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Teenage Daughter of Breast Cancer Survivor Finds Insight, August 23, 1998
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This review is from: Cancer As Initiation: Surviving the Fire A Guide for Living With Cancer for Patient, Provider, Spouse, Family, or Friend (Paperback)
My mother happens to be friends with Ms. Stone, the author of Cancer as Initiation. It was after I met her that I became compelled to read her book. My mother also battled breast cancer, and this book gave me a sense of what she might be experiencing. The author uses a unique blend of journal,expository, and personal writings, creating a book that is difficult to put down. I enjoyed learning about her use of both Eastern and Western medicine. Cancer as Initiation offers the family members of breast cancer victims and survivors hope and peace. Cancer is a blessing and a curse, but frightening to all. After reading Barbara's book, and doing some soul-searching of my own, I know that if I am ever diagnosed with breast cancer myself, the power to beat it lies within me, and my own unique combinations of Western and Eastern medicine.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Teenage daughter of a breast cancer survivor finds insight, August 22, 1998
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Barbara Stone not only wrote an enlightening, creative book, she is an amazing person. My mother and Ms. Stone have been good friends since high school, and I met her earlier this year. I can assure you she practices all that she preaches.

Being from a relatively small, conservative area, I was not aware of much of the Eastern medicine Stone mentions in her book. I was eager to learn all I could, and Cancer as Initiation provided much insight for me into areas I had not previously explored. I was unaware how much basic mediatation would eventually help me.

As I examined the book closely, I found ideas not only about surviving cancer, but about keeping a healthy outlook on life as well. Stone's creativity and completely open mind certainly were well used in this book I recommend to anyone touched by cancer in even the smallest way. By moving away from what is commonly called the "death sentence" theory, Ms. Stone has painted a new picture of the cancer survivor. And painted it well.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't stop reading as Ms. Stone brings to life prayer., June 11, 1998
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In reading the book, I kept in my mind that we can be proactive with our bodies. Understanding our energy and understanding that there is more than meets the eye is what Barbara Stone's book examines. Our Western Doctors can see through this study that the power of meditation along with other holistic health methods is important for the person affected with Breast Cancer as well as the Physician that treats this deadly disease.

Thank you Ms. Stone for your contribution to all women.

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Fear gripped my soul when I discovered a marble-sized lump hidden in my left breast during a self-examination in July of 1991. Read the first page
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Lord Jesus Christ, Kwan Yin, Bernie Siegel, Marcel Vogel, Baby Dreams, Barbara Stone, John Hay, Louise Hay, Divine Mother, Relaxation Response, University of Massachusetts Medical Center
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