Mel Brake, Kelli Calabrese and Marsha Scarbrough (lower right) were the final guests on the Faith, Healing, and Spirituality series on the Holistic Health Show.

Mel Brake is Founder and Director of MPW Foundation, has been interviewed on multiple media outlets and journals, and has been recognized for his artistic endeavors. More information was presented earlier on this site and can be seen at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mel-brake

Kelli Calabrese is a leading fitness, nutrition and wellness professional who has written books and provides services for national celebrities and corporations. More information is available at: http://www.KelliCalabrese.com

Marsha Scarbrough is author of Medicine Dance: One Woman’s Healing Journey into the World of Native American Sweatlodges, Meditation, and Dance Fasts. and has over 75 published articles. Her exciting career has included 17 years in Hollywood., More information was presented earlier on this blog and can be found at: http://www.medicinedancebook.com

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Dr Carl O Helvie, Host, interviewed Dr Susan Kolb and Dr Gene Ang on the Holistic Health Show yesterday.

Dr Kolb, M.D.,FACS is the founder of Millineum Healthcare and Avatar Cancer Center and author of 2 books. She discussed all aspects of breast implants including the role of faith in resolving problems with them. More information was presented earlier on this site and can be found at http://www.templeofhealth.ws and http://www.TheNakedTruthAboutBreastImplants.com

Dr Gene Ang, PhD, is a neurobiologist and has a healing practice in Thousand Oaks, California. He uses a variety of energy techniques in his practice. More information was presented earlier on this site and is available at: http://www.geneang.com

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Yesterday Peace Mother Geeta Sacred Song and Roy Nelson were interviewed by Dr Carl O Helvie, Host, on Faith, Healing, and Spirituality.

Peace Mother Geeta is a Mayan Shaman and Enlightened Master and founder of the Sacred Peace Center. She has published 9 CDs and two books. More information was published earlier on this blog and can be found http://www.sacredpeace.org

Roy Nelson overcome many hardships in life and turned to his faith to become a spiritual leader to many. More information is available on a earlier blog on this site and at http://www.thenelsoncenter.com
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Recent research published online in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin concluded that saying a prayer may help people feel less angry and behave less aggressively. In the first of the series of 3 studies they: 1) told 53 college students they would be participating in a series of studies and gave them a questionaire to measure anger, fatigue, depression, vigor, and tension. The subjects then wrote an essay about an event that made them feel very angry and were told a partner whom they would never meet, would evaluate the essay. In reality, there was no partner and all subjects received the same anger inducing evaluation including the statement “This is one of the worst essays I have ever read.”
While still angry the subjects participated in a second part of the study in which they read a newspaper story about Maureen, a student with a rare form of cancer. They were asked to imagine how Maureen feels and how it affects her life. Thereafter, the subjects were randomly assigned to one of two groups that either prayed for Maureen or thought about her for 5 minutes. After this the researchers again measured the subject’s anger, fatigue, depression, vigor and tension.
Findings showed that after subjects were provoked they reported higher levels of anger and those who prayed for Maureen reported being significantly less angry afterwards than those who thought about her. The researchers found no effect on the other emotions of depression, fatigue, vigor, or tension. Additional parts of the series of the study can be found at:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110321134714.htm

A new study reported in Social Psychology Quarterly concluded that people who pray find personalized comfort during hard times and many do so to manage a range of negative situations and emotions. These conclusions were based on in-depth interviews with victims of violent relationships with their intimate partners. Using a sample that represented wide geographic, educational and racial groups mainly from Christian backgrounds the researcher found the prayer relationship allowed victims to vent anger and other feelings with God and not fear reprisal or escalate the violence in the relationship. Prayer also served as a distraction for some similar to having a conversation with a friend and helped reduce anxiety. The researcher concluded that future researchers should consider prayer as an interaction rather than a one-sided act.

Yesterday on BBS Radio (www.bbsradio.com) Dr Carl O Helvie interviewed Dr Francisco Contreras and Ms Deborah Wofford.

Dr Francisco is the Board Director and Chairman of the Oasis of Hope where they have treated over 120,000 cancer patients and use a holistic approach including spirituality and faith. More information was presented earlier on this site and can also be found at www.OasisofHope.com

Ms Deborah Wofford overcome abusive situations in life until she discovered God and now is an artist and song writer. More information was presented earlier on this site and can also be found at
www.pourmeoutablessing.com

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Dr Carl O Helvie, Host, Holistic Health Show interviewed Mark Earlix and Rev Brian Johnson yesterday as part of the Spirituality, Faith and Healing Series.

Mark Earlix is a healer and author of Creator and Take My Life. More information was presented earlier on this site and can also be found at www.healerMarkEarlix.com

Rev Brian Johnson survived a serious motor vehicle accident and became an ordained minister receiving a Doctorate of Divinity. He now practices a one on one healing ministry. More information was presented earlier on this site and he can be reached at: brian-johnson@cox.net

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Dr Carl O. Helvie, Host, of the Holistic Health Show interviewed Dr Harold G. Koenig, M.D. and Mary McManus yesterday. Dr Koenig, one of the two lead interviews on the Spirituality, Faith and Healing series is internationally known for his research, writing and lecturing in this field of practice. He is currently Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Associate professor of Medicine at Duke University and is also a registered nurse. He is founding co-director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health at Duke and has published around 350 articles in peer reviewed journals, and nearly 40 books. He has appeared on over 50 national and international television programs, over 100 national or international radio programs, and been interviewed in hundreds of national and international newspapers and magazines. More information was presented earlier on this site or can be found at: Http://www.SpiritualityandHealth.Duke.Edu/about/HKoenig

Ms Mary McManus is a poet, fund raiser, former award winning social worker and Boston Marathon finisher. She is also a post polio survivor who receives inspiration poetry from God. She has written two inspirational poetry books and is working on a third with Dr Bernie Siegel. More information was presented earlier on this bolog and can also be found at: www.marymcmanus.com

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Dr Carl O Helvie, Host, Holistic Health Show, will interview Dr Harold Koenig, and Mary McManus on Saturday at 3 p.m. EST Station 1 (www.bbsradio.com)

Dr Koenig, M.D., MHSc is the second lead interview for this series (Dr Bernie Siegel was interviewed for the last show) . Dr Koenig completed his undergraduate education at Stanford University, his medical training at the University of California at San Francisco and his geriatric medicine, psychiatry, and biostatistics training at Duke University. He is board certified in general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry and geriatric medicine, and is on the faculty at Duke University as Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Associate Professor of Medicine. He is also a registered nurse (R.N.).

Dr Koenig is founder and former director of Duke University’s Center for the Study of Religion, Spirituality and Health, and is founding Co-Director of the Current Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University Medical Center. He has published extensively in the fields of mental health. geriatrics, and religion, with close to 350 scientific peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and nearly 40 books in print or in preparation. He is the former editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine and of Science and Theology News. His research on religion, health and ethical issues in medicine has been featured on over 50 national and international TV news programs (including the Today Show, ABC’s World News Tonight, and several times on Good Morning America), over 100 national or international radio programs (including multiple NPR and BBC interviews), and hundreds of national and international newspapers and magazines (including cover stories for Reader’s Digest, Parade Magazine, and Newsweek) Dr Koenig has given testimony before the U.S. Senate (September, 1998) and the U.S. House of Representatives (September 2008) concerning the effects of religious involvement on public health. He has been interviewed by James Dobson on Focus on the Family and by “Robert Schuller in the Crystal Cathedral on the Hour of Prayer. He has also been nominated twice for the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.

Dr Koenig’s latest books include The Healing Power of Faith (Simon & Schuster, 2001), The Handbook of Religion and Health (Oxford University Press, 2001:2011 forthcoming), his autobiography, The Healing Connection (2004), Faith and Mental Health (2005), In the Wake of Disaster (Templeton Press), Spirituality in Patient Care, 2nd Edition (2007), and Medicine, Religion and Health ((2008) Published by Templeton Foundation Press. Dr Koenig travels extensively to give workshops and seminar presentations. More information is available at: http://www.spiritualityandhealth.duke.edu/about/hkoenig/

Ms Mary McManus is a poet, fund raiser, former award winning social worker at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 2009 Boston Marathon Finisher, inspirational speaker, and an award winner in her “new life” discovered a whole new world was waiting to unfold before her after the life altering diagnosis of post polio syndrome in December 2006.

Mary was diagnosed with paralytic polio at age 5 and overcome the childhood challenges of polio, an abusive alcoholic father and a drug addicted mother by immersing herself in her academic career. She was high school valedictorian and later received a BS in Communications from Boston University and a Masters of Social Work from Boston College where she was induced into the Jesuit Honor Society Alpha Sigma Nu.

While working at Veterans Affairs, Mary received a Certificate of Appreciation Award from the Blind Veterans Association, was Social Worker of the Year, and employee of the month but was forced to leave in 2007 because of a diagnosis of post-polio syndrome.Although she had a vision of God while paralyzed and knew that she would have the ability to overcome and be able to walk again she was told to quit her position with the VA after 20 years as a social worker. Thereafter, in February 2007 God spoke to Mary through poetry and inspirational poetry began pouring out. As she continued to visualize healing and connecting with God she began experiencing healing of mind, body and spirit. With intensive rehabilitation, lifestyle changes and harnessing her faith through prayer, writing poetry, meditation, visualization, and seeking out healers including an energy healer, a nurse healer on line and working with Dr Bernie Siegel she went on to run the 2009 Boston Marathon and raise $10,535 for Spaulding Rehab Hospital. She is now the author of two books on inspirational poetry including New World Greetings: Inspirational Poetry and Musing for a New World
published in December, 2007 and Set Sail for a New World: Healing a Life Through the Gift of Poetry (2010) and donates 20% of the proceeds to Ms. Wheelchair Massachusetts Program. Her dream is to see a polio free world in her lifetime.

Mary has been a guest at the Jordan Rich show on WBZ in Boston and was selected by Boston’s # 1 FM station Magic 106.7 as their Exceptional Woman. She was also a finalist for Brookline Woman of the Year 2010 and honored at their award ceremony Women Who Inspire Us. She has been featured on numerous blog talk radio shows, a presenter at the 2009 Massachusetts Poetry Festival and a speaker at the Boston GreenFest 2010. She is the subject of a short film documentary Keeping the Pace: The Mary McManus Story. She is currently working on a third book on inspirational poetry with Dr Bernie Siegel. More information is available at: www.marymcmanus.com

Yesterday Dr Carl O. Helvie, Host of the Holistic Health Show, interviewed Dr Francisco Contreras and Dr Arlene Donar. Dr Contreras is the Medical Director, President, and CEO of the Oasis of Hope Hospital where they have treated over 100,000 cancer patients using a natural holistic approach. More information is available on an earlier post on this site and at: www.oasisofhope.com

Dr Arlene Donar, a Naturopathic Physician, is in private practice working with clients with chronic conditions and lecturing locally in the New York and Connecticut areas on prevention and treatment of diseases using biological medicine and clinical nutrition. More information is available on an earlier blog here and at www.drdonar.com