About the Book
“…a tested, inspirational ‘must’ for any health collection.“–Midwest Book Review
“If you read only one health book this year, this should be the one.” –Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind
Surprising Factors Behind Chronic Illness & Cancer—and the 6-Week Breakthrough Program for Optimal Immunity
Discover a powerful shortcut to beating the odds when fighting for your health. With this practical guide, you will become skilled at using scientifically-based techniques that have helped survivors for more than a decade. You will learn that shocking risk factors – greater than smoking, diet, or cholesterol – can make the difference between robust health and life-threatening disease. Even your genetic inheritance isn’t as fixed as you might have imagined!
If you already enjoy great health, this program can help you keep it; but if facing illness, you will find ground-breaking discoveries from leading experts, synthesized so you can harness all the available technologies quickly and easily. The result is a compendium of essential information for a lifelong program of how to stay strong and healthy.
Authors note: I often say I was pressured into writing this book. While it was my own diagnosis at the Mayo Clinic that led to my work in behavioral medicine and to the design of the program, it was the feedback I received that led to the book itself. While recent findings in multiple disciplines are truly sensational–and I wanted that science to come alive–it’s the stories of the individuals who integrated and mobilized these findings, who put the research into play for remarkable results, that show us what to make of it. Without these amazing men and women there wouldn’t be a book. To me, they are the real heros of the book and it’s because of them I wanted to write it. (Read or listen to interviews with Brenda.)
I am 49 years old and March 2010 was diagnosed with a rare type of breast cancer..phyllodes sarcoma. Traditional medicine has only limited success with this sarcoma and as a result I have had a mastectomy (left breast) and currently am half way thru 28 sessions of radiation to prevent any residual cancer cells from reoccurance.
That being said, I was shocked at the lack of mental and emotional preparation that the medical world had provided me for the traumatic diagnosis and decisions that came along with the diagnosis. So you can imagine how thrilled I was to have a guided step-by-step course of tools and real life experiences that really hit home, which is your book “You can beat the Odds”.
I have learned to relax (didn’t imagine that even the way I was breathing could make such difference) as well as the stress busting audios (now on my mp3 player) and together with proper rest and nutrition I’m really getting back to living and enjoying the process!