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The Worst Is Over: What To Say When Every
Moment Counts
The Worst Is Over will be known as the seminal work for teaching compassionate crisis intervention communication to anyone who works with medical and emotional emergencies. All future books by others will reference this source as the "bible" for crisis communication. Patti
White, Ph.D., Editor,
International Journal of Emergency Mental Health. Vol. 4, No. 2, Spring
2002. The Worst Is Over is like an answer to a prayer. It gives everyone, from parent to firefighter, the knowledge and courage to say exactly the right thing at the right time in a way that is healing, uplifting, and also life-saving. Christiane
Northrup,
M.D. Author,
Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom (Bantam, 1998) and The Wisdom of Menopause (Bantam, March 2001)
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Review
of “What sets this book apart is the quality and concise style of writing, combined with the author's knowledge and experience with alternative healing modalities...Alternity is the magical world in which one trusts intuition, one follows one‚s heart, and taking intuitive leaps, one is met by the miraculous, though not always in the way one might picture. For example, there are stories such as Beth and the Angel which recounts one woman‚s spontaneous remission from cancer, contrasted with other stories in which lives were transformed as a result of openness to change. ‘Interchapters,’ labeled as such in case one wants to skip them, provide simplified scientific explanations for the theories, which underlie these unusual states. I enjoyed reading her pragmatic explanations of such concepts as ‘String Theory,’ or Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. This
heart-centered book includes exercises to expand awareness into the
consciousness of boundless possibility where what one believes can
change
reality, and with desire, one can change what one believes.” Click
here to read more about this book
Audios/CDs
"As founder and
medical
director of the
--Joann Ng, MD, founder and medical
director of the
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Guided Imagery for Surgery (created in a pilot study with the cardiothoracic surgery unit of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) "When we compared patients [in
this pilot study] to routine patients, we found that there was nearly
100% patient satisfaction, plus a dramatic reduction in pain medicine
and sleeping pills requested."
-- Gregory P. Fontana, M.D., Director of Integrative Therapies for Cardiac Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA [In addition to the pain relief, anecdotally nurses reported that patients listening to this series seemed to recover more quickly and have fewer side-effects from the anesthesia.] ***
"This summer I had back surgery, my second and hopefully last. I had two discs taken out in 1986 from a college football injury and the recovery was painful and long. Now, many years later, I had to have another disc taken out. "However, this time I had your CDs. The nurses played them for me before, during, and after my surgery as I was under general anesthetic. "The nurses were very interested in the CDs as they had not heard of them before. They were amazed at my recovery and I had three of them comment to me that they had not seen anybody get up and walk and do as well as I did that soon. This prompted them to write down the website for more information. Thanks to the CDs, I'm walking easily, proof that they really do make a difference." -- F/Lt. Mike Harvitt, Post Commander, Michigan State Police ***
Guided
Imagery for Chemotherapy
In
an ideal world, “Guided Imagery for Chemotherapy” would be provided to
every man, woman and child undergoing
chemotherapy. It does more than lift the spirits. In boosting the
belief
system, it also enhances the immune system. It is, in my view, a useful
adjunct
to any form or system used in healing critical illness. I
wholeheartedly
recommend it as a ‘must have’ for health professionals, those with
cancer or
who those who know of someone they care about who does.’
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I was so excited to experience the “Guided Imagery for Chemotherapy” CD from Judith because it affected me profoundly and shaped the way in which I judged the work being done by the chemotherapy. I became so relaxed and many times felt I was floating and “out of my own body”. I would go somewhere else and come back. I experienced and participated in creating body/mind wholeness and perfect health in a completely different way. One day, after 3 weeks of daily listening to her CD, I literally “felt” the leukemia leave my body. I knew I was in remission. The following week I had another bone marrow biopsy and my doctor confirmed my inner knowledge…”no evidence of leukemia”. I was in remission. I felt so much joy and gratefulness. I called Judith right away to let her know the news. The guided imagery, the mind/body work was the key and chemotherapy became an ally, a physical vehicle doing only good work. The steps after “remission” involved more chemo, more biopsies, a spinal tap and a stem cell transplant. I continued my daily use of Judith’s CD and worked with her personally before the biopsies and before my transplant. Each of these sessions left me deeply relaxed, feeling safe and secure about moving forward with the procedures. I knew in my heart and soul that all would turn out successfully. Everything became easier, painless and every single procedure was, in fact, successful. I am so grateful for Judith’s work and her commitment to help me and others heal on such a deep and lasting level. I recommend her CD in combination with her personal hypnotherapy sessions. My doctors are stunned and pleased. I am overjoyed and grateful. I have discovered how powerful mind/body work is and how empowered I feel participating in my own healing. --September
2007, Loretta
Berlonghi, Licensed
Acupuncturist, MS Traditional Oriental Medicine |
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