You Can Beat the Odds: The Surprising Factors Behind Chronic Illness and Cancer

by Brenda Stockdale, Brenda Stockdale

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 and time-tested techniques that have helped survivors for more than a decade. You will learn that there are shocking risk factors - greater than smoking, diet, or cholesterol - that 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. This compact guide condenses hundreds of studies so you can focus on what really works without complicating your life. As a testament to the effectiveness of these methods, even some insurers offer discounts to those trained in these techniques. See how medical professionals use the concepts in their own lives. Each simple but powerful technique puts an advantage on your side as you personalize your program, with easy Get Started Now exercises. The result is a compendium of essential information for a lifelong program of how to stay strong and healthy.

Genres: Health

319 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Diana Raab]

I discovered this book a few years after my first cancer diagnosis. In fact, I met Brenda Stockdale at a writing and wellness conference where we were both teaching. In addition to be being blown away and inspired by her magnetic and brilliant personality, I was completely taken aback by You Can Beat the Odds.

For patients and providers alike, this book is both inspiring and empowering. While it is geared toward those facing some type of illness, it can also be inspirational for loved ones and caregivers. The poignant foreword by Bernie Siegel, M.D., states that it's important to look at our potential and try to achieve it. He goes on to say: "When one is brought up with love and has self-worth and self-esteem, one does not fear becoming a responsible participant in one's life rather than a submissive, suffering patient."

Stockdale's breadth of knowledge in health and healing is extraordinary. In this book, she covers just about everything: diet, brain health, health myths, stress, healing, music, energy healing, immune function, survival, biology, and the reason why we're all here. She doesn't miss a medical or philosophical subject, and each page encourages reflection.

I'm an individual who believes in gut feelings, and I like the way Stockdale addresses the subject by saying that having a gut feeling isn't simply a metaphor, but rather, the lining of the intestines is a rich receptor site for brain chemicals in the body, which scientists have referred to as the "second brain." She says that this illustrates the strong communication between the body and the mind.

Throughout the book, Stockdale is continually checking in with readers to see how they feel about a particular discussion or idea. In this way, she remains in close contact with those who are reading the material. The book is also filled with exercises that put readers in touch with the strong mind-body-spirit connection.

[Alex Ankarr]

good, interesting.

[Jacqueline]

I particularly liked the last chapters of this book. Full of very practical advice backed by research on how and why a positive attitude is so important. This isn't a touchy feely book of encouragement. It supports its thesis with research and references.

[Helen Vaughn]

I sat in a workshop by the author and she is a delight and very passionate about her work. I trust her findings and have been a long time follower of one of her mentors Bernie Siegel.