Breast Cancer – Cathie’s Story

Following my original assessment for breast cancer on 25th June 2010, I made the conscious decision that I would do everything I could to think, feel and act as though I was already cured of cancer.

I have always been a positive person, but the principles shared in our Magnetic Lifestyle blog helped instill a deep knowing that I could heal myself of this dis-ease. I agreed with my family and friends that I would not talk about the ‘conventional’ approach to cancer in terms of chemotherapy and radiation, but would follow the self-healing complimentary approach in terms of diet, visualization, and doing things that made me feel good as often as I could.

6 days after I had been told I had breast cancer, I recorded a short video in support of a Course I attended and I have included it below as it captures and re-iterates my belief that we have far more control over our body and the healing process than we have been conditioned to believe.

If you would like to find out more about the Course I was referring to, please click here

The first operation

Following my assessment of breast cancer, a lumpectomy and the removal of 2 lymph nodes was carried out on 7th July. Following the operation, I did not receive any painkillers or medication, but used two energy products – the Amega AMwand and AMPendant to activate and harness the healing ability of my own body.

Dancing the night away

A few days after the operation, I was dancing at our local pub. If you’d like to view this spectacle, view the video below.

In a strange sort of way, I came to regard my cancer as a ‘gift’, an opportunity for me to grow spiritually and more importantly, an opportunity for me to share my own experiences and understanding of how the body heals itself with others who may be looking for a more natural approach to healing, rather than through conventional drugs and medication.

The second operation

Two weeks after the first operation, I was told that one of the lymph nodes they’d removed was found to be cancerous and the consultant said it was best to remove all the lymph nodes. On 26th July, the second operation was performed. Again, no painkillers were used, just the AMWand and the AMPendant .

Happy ENDING …

On 17th August, I went to the hospital to get the results for my remaining lymph nodes. In my heart I knew I was whole and well. The meeting went exactly as I had visualized it. No cancer had been found in the rest of the lymph nodes and I was given the all clear!

Recommendation

I recommend that every reader of this post read (or re-read) the ‘17 Steps to a Magnetic Lifestyle‘ on this blog as it provided me with the understanding and belief that I had the capacity to heal myself.

In Step 3, Guide to Who You Are it explains that first and foremost we are ‘Spiritual’ beings and Spirit is wholeness or wellness and anything that manifests as a dis-ease or illness is a partial expression of that wholeness.

The question is: Where will you place your focus and attention – on the partial or the whole?

If you believe yourself to be less than whole, you will have a partial experience – which may be in terms of sickness or disease – because you always experience what you believe to be true for you. This is how consciousness works.

But even in the midst of this partial experience, you are still whole at the core of your Being, because you are a Spiritual Being. When people believed in a flat world, the round world still existed. They simply experienced what they believed to be true for them.

For me, the assessment of cancer did not change the reality that I AM a Spiritual Being. I chose to focus all my attention on my wholeness, rather than my cancer because I know that everything is created twice, first in the invisible, formless world of imagination, thoughts and feelings and then in the visible world of form (see Step 10 – Imagination).

I knew that if I held steadfast to the picture in my mind of wholeness and wellness, it would only be a matter of time (gestation period) before that image of wellness manifest into form in my physical body, which it did on 17th August.

Magnetic Lifestyle & Breast Cancer

On Friday 25th June 2010, Cathie was assessed with breast cancer.

Due to her attitude and the beliefs she has developed over the past 15 years, she sees this assessment as an opportunity to grow personally and to apply the principles shared within the Magnetic Lifestyle blog.

Because of the love and support of her husband Dave, her family and friends (and the mentoring of Peter) she remains positive and has absolute certainty that all is well.

Through a series of short videos, Cathie is recording her personal experiences in the belief it will help her and inspire others who may be undergoing similar challenges.

Follow Cathie as she shares her new journey …

Unconditional Love

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

- Mark Twain

Left to Tell – Immaculee Ilibagiza

If you ever get the opportunity to read the book ‘Left to Tell’ by Immaculee Ilibagiza, seize the opportunity. It is a wonderful example of unconditional love and forgiveness in the most challenging of conditions. Cathie and Peter share their thoughts about this book and the unusual circumstances in which they both read the book within 24 hours of each other.

Immaculee shares her moving story …

From Cathie

I first heard about the book ‘Left to Tell’ some months ago after I’d read Anne Frank’s diary and felt instinctively that I needed to read it. While I was reading a book by Dr Wayne Dyer, the book came to light again so I decided it was the next book I would read. As soon as I began reading the first page, I didn’t want to put it down.

The testimonials in the book said things like “inspirational”, “life changing”, “you will never forget Immaculee”, “changed me forever”, etc., etc. The foreword by Dr Wayne W Dyer said that he’d read thousands of books over the past 50 years and Left to Tell was by far the most moving and poignantly significant book in his lifetime of personal reading.

When I read these words, I wondered just how moving Left to Tell could be. I knew it was about the true story of Immaculee Ilibagiza, of how she survived the Rwandan holocaust but I could never have imagined how this book would move me.

From start to finish, I was immersed in the book and showered with Immaculee’s courage, faith, determination to survive and most importantly for me, her gift of forgiveness, which I believe is the ultimate in pure love. I believe through Immaculee being Left to Tell, there is HOPE for peace in the world.

I have to agree with the words “This is a book that defies adequate description”.

My own belief in something greater than us that creates miracles, has indeed been confirmed and that forgiveness is the ultimate calling for us to begin to have love and peace in our world. I strongly believe I was meant to read Left to Tell and that it will have some meaning in my own life.

After reading just the first few pages, I was so moved that I rang Peter and strongly suggested he read the book.

From Peter

When Cathie rang me and asked if I was familiar with the book ‘Left To Tell’ I had to confess I wasn’t. However because of Cathie’s passionate recommendation, I did some research on google about the book. Wow, the reviews were incredible. So that evening, (Saturday), I purchased a copy of the book online and waited eagerly for it to arrive.

Early the following morning, I went with my daughter Charlotte to one of the biggest Sunday market and carboot sales in the UK with over 800 stalls trading each week. We arrived earlier than expected and many of the traders were still setting up their stalls. So we walked around a bit and headed towards one of the few stalls already displaying a small number of goods. You can imagine my absolute delight and surprise when on the very first stall I approached, there on the table in front of me was an unmarked copy of ‘Left To Tell’. It was displayed in a prominent position almost ‘standing out’ from anything else on the table.

Needless to say I purchased the book and was immediately in awe about how such synchronicities work. Our decision to go to the Sunday market was made late on Saturday night. We anticipated it would take about 1 hour to drive to the market but arrived earlier than expected. Over 800 stalls were trading at the market selling every conceivable item you could think off. The events which had to conspire together to get me to that particular stall, at that precise moment, are mind-boggling.

About 8.00pm the same evening I went to my study, closed the door and began to read ‘Left To Tell’. Like Cathie, I couldn’t put it down. I went to bed around midnight and got up at 6.00am the following morning and finished reading the book.

I can only endorse all the other wonderful reviews. The book impacted me in ways that few other books have done. It is a powerful demonstration of unconditional love and forgiveness in the most unimaginable of circumstances.

Throughout the book, reference is made to ‘God moving in mysterious ways’. The circumstances in which both Cathie and I acquired this book, and read it from cover to cover within 24 hours of each other is, we believe, also a mystery and one which encourages us to share this book to all readers of magneticlifestyle.com.

It is indeed an inspirational and life changing book and has our highest recommendation.

Footnote: The copy I ordered online arrived about 4 days later and is a wonderful gift to pass on.

Please post your comments  …

Life without limits

What lies beyond our limits are our dreams

- Cathie Brown

What does it mean to have a life without limits. If you have ever doubted what is achievable in your life and be able to have fun doing the impossible, watch the Salsa Dance as you have never seen it before …

If you love dancing, especially Salsa, you must watch this, it’s great FUN!   Enjoy and remember to put some fun into your life NOW whatever you feel your limitations are …

Maybe this should read Life without Limb-its!

Stroke of Insight

What a stroke of insight Jill Bolte Taylor shares with us in this amazing video. Jill Bolte Taylor, a brain scientist, shares with us her own account as she witnesses herself having a stroke.

On the morning of December 10, 1996, a blood vessel exploded in the left half of her brain, and during the course of the next 4 hours, she watched her brain completely deteriorate in its ability to process all information. She could not walk, talk, read, write or recall any of her life and essentially became an infant in a woman’s body. But when she woke up in hospital later that afternoon she realized what a tremendous gift this experience could be in terms of how we live our lives, and it motivated her to recover and share her incredible story.

Watch this 7 minute video to hear Jill Bolte Taylor describe her story

Click here for Jill Bolte Taylor – 6 minute video interview

Click here for the full 20 minute video of Jill Bolte Taylor –  Stroke of Insight

Will’s Wisdom

Will Smith, one of the greatest actors in the world who truly inspires those he shares his wisdom with. Will shares his Secrets to Success philosophy in another amazing video.

It has already been viewed by almost 5 million people and is changing lives. Well worth watching …

Here’s another short clip from the 2006 film in which Will Smith stars

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS … based on a true story of Chris Gardner