• Discovering what you already do to effectively deal with stress
• Increasing energy with mindful breathing and natural relaxation
• Identifying activities that increase meaning, joy, deep fulfillment and peace of mind
• Belief Work: resolving emotional distress

• The use of the imagination in health
• Exploring beliefs about: the disease, treatments received, healing systems of our bodies
• Practice of guided imagery
• Opening a door to the exploration of our non-conscious health attitudes

• Understanding hope as a belief that desirable things are obtainable regardless of the remoteness of the probabilities
• The role of ritual in developing trust and faith and in maintaining hope
• Protection from doubt and despair
• Exploring spiritual/religious/philosophical/existential beliefs

Homework Assignment

• Insurance for recurrence – what to do?
• Exploring individual patterns of adapting to changes in our lives
• Understanding benefits of illness as the needs we allow ourselves to meet only in disease
• Exploring the meanings of illness
• Addressing attachment to outcome

• The purpose of this class is to increase our energy for living life today
• Exploring beliefs about death and dying
• Replacing fear and other negative emotions with peace of mind

Homework Assignment

• Clarifying the role of the supported and the supporting
• Communicating concerns while resolving fear
• Dealing with hopelessness
• Balancing care and attachment to outcome

• Getting priorities straight and healthy
• Setting healthy goals
• Balancing life and exploring the role of:
  • Play
  • Nutrition
  • Creative thinking
  • Social support
  • Physical activity
  • Purpose in life
• Developing a fail-proof health plan to help understand what I can do today to move in the direction of health
• Play and Unconditioned Laughter

• How to effectively handle pain, nausea, fatigue, shortness of breath, etc
• Comfort with no deprivation and no fight

• Effectively resolving of worry, fear, despair, resentment, anger and guilt

• Review of cognitive neuroscience and psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) in Beat the Odds
• Revision of 2-Year Health Plan
• Evaluating and using your available resources
• Recognizing the health value of people around you
• Finding the support that suits you
• Protecting hope and energy
• Utilizing support groups