"The diagnosis is cancer, but what that means remains to be seen" (Rachel Naomi Remer, M.D.)

Shifting the Focus from cancer to WellBeing

WellBeing is to be at Peace

How can Turning Point to WellBeing help you?
Think of how you handle stress when you are feeling great and healthy and then again how you handle stress when you are feeling overwhelmed. Cancer can be overwhelming and the approach that Turning Point takes is teaching clients how to help themselves easily relax, recharge and focus their attention in ways that promote healing and WellBeing. The goal is for people to experience peace, harmony and WellBeing.

It is natural to have fear and anxiety when facing a serious illness. When the body and mind are in a stressed state chemicals released can break down tissues and suppress the immune system. Therefore by shifting into a more peaceful state you change the chemistry in the body. By learning concepts such as relaxation, self hypnosis and imagery that stimulate and produce the ‘good chemicals’ in our bodies we can move in the direction of health and tap into different pathways in the brain therefore changing the chemistry into healing chemistry.

All conventional treatment approaches can be enhanced by the addition of relaxation, imagery, and self hypnosis. Guided relaxation, healing meditations all help people relax and feel better and people who are relaxed – heal faster and experience less discomfort. Numerous studies have shown that preparing for surgery with relaxation and imagery can reduce the degree of discomfort and people are less anxious.

How we think about cancer and our treatments is so important because we can easily think about it in ways that will worsen the situation. There is a marked difference in one’s physiology when they start a treatment in fear and dread versus starting the treatment feeling very optimistic and using healthy thinking such as seeing your treatment as being a powerful ally. An example would be imagining chemotherapy as a river of healing light going through the body eliminating cancer cells thus ensuring the experience goes well. Perhaps you wouldn’t even say you are going for a chemotherapy treatment and instead you would be going for your healing treatment. The result can only be about betterment and empowerment of the situation.

Participants learn techniques for enriching their lives in order to promote their health. These include the benefits of mindful breathing and doing exercises around stress reduction to change unhealthy thoughts and reframe them into beneficial thoughts and thus creating a healthy state of calmness and optimism, thereby restoring confidence and control.

We are designed for WellBeing and for maintaining that WellBeing. We have physical bodies designed to heal, tools for coping, and minds to create peace and healthy beliefs. Turning Point will support you in moving forward in the direction of WellBeing.

Embrace WellBeing!

“You cannot know where life will take you, but you can commit to a direction.” (Wendell Berry)

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