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Learn how to experience bad news and difficult situations as challenges rather than as defeats. Patients diagnosed with metastatic cancers who viewed the diagnosis as a challenge and as an opportunity to become a fighter had better recovery rates than those who were convinced they would die. Epidemiological studies from my book In Your Own Hands: New Hope for People with Chronic Medical Conditions reveal that attitude and behavior can sometimes make the difference between death and survival. Optimizing your attitude and behavior is no cure, it simply improves the odds a little. Unfortunately, most people diagnosed with a deadly cancer such as pancreatic cancer or glioblastoma still die despite doing everything possible. But, at the very least, the dying process is less gruesome.
For more information on "How to Live Well With Chronic Illness", visit http://www.larryberkelhammer.com. Larry Berkelhammer is also the author of, "In Your Own Hands: New Hope for People with Chronic Medical Conditions: Mindfulness-Based Practices for Mastery and Wellbeing".
Get a FREE Preview of "In Your Own Hands..." larryberkelhammer.com/free-preview
The purpose of these videos and my website is to provide evidence-based information on how to live with self-care mastery. It is for all medical patients, caregivers, and advocates who want to learn how to collaborate with physicians to optimize the efficacy of your medical care.
Learn how to experience bad news and difficult situations as challenges rather than as defeats. Patients diagnosed with metastatic cancers who viewed the diagnosis as a challenge and as an opportunity to become a fighter had better recovery rates than those who were convinced they would die. Epidemiological studies from my book In Your Own Hands: New Hope for People with Chronic Medical Conditions reveal that attitude and behavior can sometimes make the difference between death and survival. Optimizing your attitude and behavior is no cure, it simply improves the odds a little. Unfortunately, most people diagnosed with a deadly cancer such as pancreatic cancer or glioblastoma still die despite doing everything possible. But, at the very least, the dying process is less gruesome.
For more information on "How to Live Well With Chronic Illness", visit http://www.larryberkelhammer.com. Larry Berkelhammer is also the author of, "In Your Own Hands: New Hope for People with Chronic Medical Conditions: Mindfulness-Based Practices for Mastery and Wellbeing".
Get a FREE Preview of "In Your Own Hands..." larryberkelhammer.com/free-preview
The purpose of these videos and my website is to provide evidence-based information on how to live with self-care mastery. It is for all medical patients, caregivers, and advocates who want to learn how to collaborate with physicians to optimize the efficacy of your medical care.
