Live Fearlessly: Liberating your life after breast cancer

by MD Emilia Dauway

Overview

Do you, or someone you care about who has experienced breast cancer, live with fear of the cancer returning?

Have you completed breast cancer treatment and feel as if life and everyone else has moved on, but you don’t feel back to “normal” and feel stuck?

Are you currently experiencing breast cancer and have lost your joy for living?

Many women keep it together through surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, as well as the regular responsibilities of life, but after treatment are afraid. Behind the practised smile, they live in fear until the next mammogram or test.

As an experienced oncologic surgeon and yoga teacher, Dr Emilia Dauway introduces readers to the philosophy of yoga and mindfulness practices for those who desire to live without constant fear of recurrence or death. Live Fearlessly takes you on a life journey from the “mat”.

What you will learn:

• The impact of fear on mental and physical wellbeing
• The scientific evidence and the effect of mindset on health
• Practical solutions through practices which are readily available and thousands of years old
• What yoga is and is not (no experience necessary)
• How to be less reactive and more responsive.

And so much more…

This book is an invitation to reframe the way you think about breast cancer (or any illness) from a different perspective and mindset. Live Fearlessly is a roadmap to a fulfilling life beyond recovery, one that every woman who has experienced breast cancer should read.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781925921878
Publisher:	Emilia Dauway
Publication date:	01/20/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	946 KB

About the Author

During her 20 years of treating breast cancer, Dr Emilia Dauway, a US-trained cancer surgeon and certified yoga instructor, realised surgically removing cancer - while patients maintained the same lifestyle and mindset - was incomplete treatment. By incorporating yoga and mindfulness in her surgical practice, she empowers her patients to live without fear through mindful living. She was awarded "Inspirational Woman of the Year 2019" for her holistic approach to surgery and her work with regional women.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I Sunrise: The dawning of renewed life

Chapter 1 Yoga and rediscovering the author of your story 21

Chapter 2 Mindfulness: from Zen to Zinn and back again 27

Part II Sunset: Reflections of the breast cancer journey

Chapter 3 Tapas that are hard to swallow 37

Chapter 4 The bald, the beautiful and letting go of your banana 43

Chapter 5 The great storyteller, your mind 53

Chapter 6 Unlocking the secret mysteries of the universe inside 63

Chapter 7 Tick-tock on the clock, the time for joy is now 69

Chapter 8 The Southern Hemisphere: Cyclones, mud and vaginas 77

Chapter 9 Your mindset, your health, your responsibility 85

Chapter 10 Training your monkey with loving-kindness 93

Chapter 11 Busy living, busy dying and no time for fear 101

Conclusion: Steps for dancing in the dark 107

Afterword 115

Key terms 121

References and recommended reading 123

Acknowledegments 125

Author bio 127