For the show this week, a Facebook friend, Ken Goubeaux, and I will talk about what we have learned since having Facebook pages and also having cancer either personally (me) or in our families (both of us) and what is needed to successfully overcome cancer. Ken sent the following as background.
“My story started back in October 1991 when my father was first diagnosed with bladder cancer and had it scoped and they took out a tumor which they told him at the time they had to leave just a stem, because they didn’t want to cut into the bladder wall for obvious reason. After this surgery they gave him radium treatments which always made him feel bloated. So long story short he never really felt it necessary to change his life style or diet. But was fortunate to survive cancer two more time and the third being a tumor up by the breast bone which they decided to fry it with radiation. Then it was only a year later it came back. I remember to this day the day being February 24 2005 My mom and sister took him to Ohio State and found out it was terminal. They told him a year it was Leiomyosarcoma; rare type only 4 in a million get this type. So it was nearly the end of the dx when I went to the Shrine in Carey Ohio. When I myself was going through severe depression and went there to pray for a peace of mind. Because it seemed about every time I was about dig my self out of the dark hole I fell deeper back into it. So on the way from mass that day I was handed a vision for my blog. Which I thought how brilliant but at the time I didn’t know how to type let alone computers or the internet but it didn’t stop me. And boy after that date I learned that when the student is ready the teachers would appear. From Mant Prowg in Kettering at half price books. That Chinamen owning a business that came here and went through his own form of culture shock because of the American Diet provided me the basis for Solitarius.org.” In addition to his Facebook page Solitarius.org, Ken also manages Cannabis Saves People and Rosa’s Corner. He is from Ohio and graduated from Northwestern College in Lima. More information is available at: www.facebook.com/ken.goubeaux
Dr Carl O. Helvie, R.N. received a B.S. (NYU), M.S. (U of California), M.P.H. and Dr.P.H. (Johns Hopkins U). Advanced degrees are in public health and wellness. He has over 60 years experience as a nurse practitioner, educator, author and researcher and received national recognitions including the Distinguished Career Award from the American Public Health Association and listings in Wikipedia. He is author of 10 books, contributor to 3 others, has over 100 peer reviewed articles and presented research papers around the United States and Europe. While in academia he developed a theory of nursing and health that is used internationally and received national funding for and administered a health care program for homeless and low income individuals and families. He has been interviewed on over 200 radio and television shows over the past 6 years. At age 86 he currently hosts the Holistic Health Show on BBS Radio and is President/CEO of the Carl O Helvie Holistic Cancer Foundation. Given 6 months to live with a diagnosis of lung cancer 44 years ago he overcome it using holistic natural interventions (no chemotherapy, radiation or surgery). Some of his current interviews can be found on: www.HolisticCancerFoundation.comwww.BeatLungCancer.net and www.HolisticHealthshow.com
Bailey O’Brien is a stage 4 melanoma survivor, cancer coach and community lover. In 2007 at the age of 17 she was first diagnosed cancer before she became terminal in 2011. Finding herself at the end of her conventional-wisdom-rope, Bailey took a chance on alternative methods including treatment at a Mexican hospital and a radical diet and lifestyle change. Despite the odds and by the grace of God, she was healed! Bailey’s healing prompted her quest for meaning, truth and purpose, and since finding it her life has been forever changed for the good. She now helps others with cancer and it brings her great joy to share her belief that in every situation there is always hope, health-related and otherwise. Bailey is living proof that with God, all things are possible! Her website is www.baileyobrien.com and you can find her on Facebook and Instagram at facebook.com/baileyobrien330 and Instagram.com/bailey330.
Yesterday, Dr Carl O Helvie, Host, Holistic Health Show interviewed Sophie Rose (left) and Dr Jackie Jones-Hunt about Jesus on a special
Christmas show. Sophie Rose, originally from France, has a Masters Degree in Law and in 1999 began her spiritual quest. She is author of The Way of the Heart. More information is available on an earlier blog and on http://WWW.THEWAYOFTHEHEART.COM
Dr Jackie Jones-Hunt lives in Glascow, Scotland and has a doctorate in consciousness studies and sacred traditions. She is author of Jesus and Moses The Shaman . More information is available at: http://www.jackiejoneshunt.co.uk
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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
My first guest is on Saturday on BBS Radio (www.bbsradio.com) is Radhanath Swami who in 1950, was born as Richard Slavin into a middle class Jewish family in Chicago. At age 19, he set out to wander the world in search of a closer connection to God. Today, Radhanath Swami is one of India
Dr Carl O Helvie, Host, Holistic Health Show, interviewed Frank Tortorici about Tourettes Syndrome yesterday.
Frank Tortorice is a life coach/personal trainer and author of Fitness, Food and Faith . More information was presented earlier on this site and can also be found at http://franktortorici.com
On Saturday, December 25 Dr Carl O Helvie, Host, interviewed Stephanie Ann Stevens (left) and Maureen McGill (right) who gave their predictions for 2011.
Stephanie is an international medium, clairvoyant, and OM master who hosts radio shows, published books, has helped thousands of people for almost 40 years and sings and writes music. More information was published earlier on this site and can be found at www.ommaster.com
Maureen has an MA and BFA, is an Associate Professor of Theatre/Dance at Pacific Lutheran University and is a featured reader of Tarot and has appeared at Intuitive Art Fairs and on local and international radio networks. More information was presented earlier on this site and can be found at: www.livefortheotherside.com
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
My first guest is Dr Francisco Contreras, whose father, the late Dr. Ernesto Contreras, Sr. opened the Oasis of Hope Hospital in 1963 and initiated what would become a healing tradition known as the Total Cancer Care Approach. Dr. Contreras is recognized in multiple publications as a pioneer in body, mind, and spirit medicine. At the foundation of his philosophy were two principles inspired by Hippocrates, the father of medicine, and Jesus Christ, The Great Physician: 1) First, do no harm; 2) Love your patient as you love yourself.
Because of his philosophy, Dr. Contreras taught his medical staff to never prescribe treatments that would destroy the quality of life of the patient. He also insisted that Oasis of Hope physicians offer therapies that they would be willing to take if in the same circumstances. His emphasis on the doctor-patient relationship, along with his integration of natural and conventional therapies with emotional and spiritual counseling, were the principle reasons why more than 100,000 patients from 55 nations have come to Oasis of Hope for treatment over the last 45 years. The Oasis of Hope continues under this same philosophy today under the direction of Dr Ernesto Contreras’ son, Dr Francisco Contreras.
Francisco Contreras, MD – Graduated with honors from the prestigious School of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He continued his studies at the University of Vienna, Austria, where he specialized in Surgical Oncology and graduated with honors once more. Dr. Contreras is a cancer specialist recognized as an expert at combining conventional and alternative therapies with emotional and spiritual support. Through his practice, books, interviews and conferences, he shares easy and practical ways to reduce the risk of cancer, heart disease and chronic illnesses.
As the Board Director and Chairman of the Oasis of Hope Health Group, Dr. Contreras oversees the treatment of 400 cancer patients annually. He received personal instruction from his father, alternative medicine pioneer Dr. Ernesto Contreras, Sr. and has dedicated his career to treating his patients effectively and caringly.
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
