Bøger af Jerome Freedman

Foreword by Dr. Martin Rossman, MD.Healing with the Seven Principles of Mindfulness: How to Thrive and Succeed in a Complex Cancer System guides you and your family through the difficult times of a cancer diagnosis. The Seven Principles of Mindfulness in Healing will help you and your loved ones to Get inspired to take charge of your medical treatment, be involved with and be truthfully informed by your doctors, oncologists, and surgeons. Investigate which alternative and complementary medical practices can benefit you and your situation. Discover the lifestyle changes you may want to make to better you healing chances. Learn how meditation practices can help you make responsible decisions for your care and feel confident that you made the right decision and much more. Rely on your family and friends to get things done for you that you can't do for yourself. Build a medical team of physicians and other practitioners that you can trust. Give back to your community when you are ready and able. Here is what Dr. Kelly Turner, PhD has to say about Healing with the Seven Principles of Mindfulness "Dr. Freedman speaks from experience, both as a cancer survivor himself, and the father of a Radical Remission cancer survivor. His book, "Healing with 7 Principles of Mindfulness" gives readers a nurturing, helping hand throughout the entire cancer journey, especially with regard to developing a meditation practice." -Kelly Turner, PhD, Author of the NYTimes Bestseller "Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds"

How to Use Mindfulness to Be HappyA new book title from Dr. Jerome Freedman, PhD, CMTHow to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy is a comprehensive guide that delves into the transformative power of mindfulness and its profound impact on happiness. The book is an expansion of a successful nine-week Zoom class conducted in 2022, designed as part of the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. Written by Dr. Jerome Freedman, an experienced and certified mindfulness meditation teacher, the book offers valuable insights into the practice of mindfulness, its benefits, and how it can be seamlessly integrated into daily life.The book begins with an introduction that lays the foundation for mindfulness meditation and explores the science of happiness. It dismantles common misconceptions, such as the idea that material possessions, a high-paying job, wealth, or a perfect physique guarantee lasting happiness. Instead, readers are guided to uncover the true sources of happiness in their lives and discover practical "happiness hacks" to enhance their well-being.The subsequent chapters delve into the Four Divine Abodes: loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. These profound concepts are demystified, and readers are introduced to accessible practices that can cultivate these qualities, fostering greater happiness and emotional balance in their lives.In the ninth chapter, the book explores the themes of generosity, gratitude, and forgiveness. It reveals how these three practices not only help individuals navigate challenging relationships more effectively but also elevate their overall levels of happiness beyond expectations. These practices are presented as essential tools for personal growth and contentment.Each chapter culminates with a guided meditation script, providing readers with practical exercises to experience firsthand the teachings presented in the book. These guided meditations serve as invaluable tools for readers to integrate mindfulness into their lives and deepen their understanding of the concepts discussed.How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy is a holistic guide that empowers readers to embrace mindfulness as a pathway to genuine and lasting happiness. Drawing from a successful teaching experience and the wisdom of mindfulness experts, this book offers readers the tools and knowledge to lead more fulfilling, joyful lives by cultivating mindfulness and its associated qualities.From the Foreword by Eve DeckerHappiness is a universal human longing. But how do we find it? In How to Use Mindfulness to be Happy, Jerome Freedman explores time honored practices that can truly support greater levels of happiness. Jerome shares ancient wisdom stories, personal anecdotes, and modern neuroscience to help the reader feel the true potential for happiness in these 2,500-year-old practices. What a gift!I met Jerome in February 2021. He was in one of the groups I was mentoring for the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, a two-year mindfulness teacher certification program led by wisdom teachers Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.Jerome's friendly and patient personality speaks to his years of practice, both formally and in daily life, with both mindfulness and the 'heart practices' he so skillfully teaches about - loving kindness, compassion, appreciation, and equanimity. Jerome is a warm guide for his readers, offering many stories of his deliberate practices over many years on behalf of both for himself and his family, which have resulted in not only his own contentment, but the happiness and well-being of his three grown children and their families...

Foreword by Dr. Martin Rossman, MD.Healing Cancer with Your Mind: 7 Strategies to Help YOU Survive reveals the personal power that you possess for self-healing. Learning and applying the 7 strategies discussed in this book will guide you on a journey to spiritual and physical healing. Whether you are a cancer patient yourself or supporting someone who is, this book should be an essential element in your treatment and healing arsenal. Even if you are well and want to see strategies to prevent cancer, this book is for you.Healing Cancer with Your Mind guides you and your family through the difficult times of a cancer diagnosis. The Seven Strategies to Help YOU Survive will help you and your loved ones toGet inspired to take charge of your medical treatment, be involved with and be truthfully informed by your doctors, oncologists, and surgeons.Investigate which alternative and complementary medical practices can benefit you and your situation.Discover the lifestyle changes you may want to make to better you healing chances.Learn how meditation practices can help you make responsible decisions for your care and feel confident that you made the right decision and much more.Rely on your family and friends to get things done for you that you can't do for yourself.Build a medical team of physicians and other practitioners that you can trust.Give back to your community when you are ready and able.From the Foreword: "As a physician who has practiced holistic medicine, now called Integrative Medicine, for over 4 decades, I can attest to the value of the strategies that Dr. Freedman recommends including in your treatment program." -Martin Rossman, MD, author of The Worry Solution and Guided Imagery for Self-HealingHere is what Dr. Kelly Turner, PhD has to say about Healing Cancer with YOUR Mind: "Dr. Freedman speaks from experience, both as a cancer survivor himself, and the father of a Radical Remission cancer survivor. His book, "Healing Cancer with Your Mind" gives readers a nurturing, helping hand throughout the entire cancer journey, especially with regard to developing a meditation practice. -Kelly Turner, PhD, Author of the NYTimes Bestseller "Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds"One of his main healers was the Isadora Duncan Award winner and innovative dance performer and teacher, Anna Halprin: "I am a cancer survivor, so what I have to share comes from personal experience. Cancer is like enlightenment at gunpoint. One must face it and do something. The 7 Strategies ... provides us with realistic and practical modalities that give us strength to face the challenges of cancer and hope to survive. This is a must read book for anyone facing cancer or their caretaker." -Anna Halprin, PhD, dance pioneer, author, choreographer, and winner of the Isadora Duncan award and many others.A seminar participant had this to say: "As a nutritionist and naturopath, I was drawn to the event because I found it fascinating that mindfulness could heal cancer. Originally thinking I would only stay a few minutes for the event, I not only stayed the whole time, but learned so much from Jerome and the 7 strategies. Jerome is such an amazing person who has contributed so much and the mindfulness meditation sessions during the event and discussion amongst the attendees was dynamic to say the least. I believe Jerome's testimony and book gives people power. Power that they can overcome the biggest of odds. Power that there are alternatives to just chemotherapy, and power that by becoming one's own health advocate through meditation, nutrition, and lifestyle change, healing is in our hands." --Immanuel Lewis, an elite holistic and naturopathic nutritionist practicing in Santa Monica.

Dr. Jerome Freedman is a cancer survivor for more than 17 years. He brings to these pages a wealth of information on the 7 principles of mindfulness in healing. This book is for people who want to learn how to take charge of their own well-being and actively participate in their healing. Stop Cancer in its Tracks: Your Path to Mindfulness in Healing Yourself was begun with the onset of bladder cancer in 1997. He maintained a diary for thirteen years. Now the 7 principles of mindfulness in healing are available to a wider audience through the publication of this book. "I discovered the seven principles of mindfulness in healing throughout my recovery and want to share this information with anyone needing help and support through a life-threatening illness. These principles help to activate your body's ability to participate in good health." The main objectives were to keep track of virtually every medical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological event that happened and document my efforts to take charge of my healing experience. May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.

Stop Cancer in its Tracks: How to Embrace Mindfulness in Healing was begun with the onset of bladder cancer in 1997. He maintained a diary for many months and kept it up for as long as it benefited other people living with all forms of cancer and life-threatening illnesses. "I found writing an online diary to be extremely beneficial to keep track of all the different forms of medical treatment, both traditional and alternative. Additionally, the response I got to the postings each day inspired me to keep going knowing that many people with cancer and other life threatening illnesses would benefit from learning about alternative possibilities for their medical care." The main objectives were to keep track of virtually everything medical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological that happened and document the efforts to take charge of the healing experience. In this book, you will encounter my personal experience with the Six Principles of Mindfulness in Healing (see http: //mindfulnessinhealing.org/6-principles-of-mindfulness-in-healing. Be an advocate for your own health care. Investigate alternatives to enhance your healing. Have a healing professional who knows about your standard medical treatment plan and complementary medicine to manage your well-being. Gather your friends and family for support and find an appropriate support group. Find out about the best possible lifestyle changes in diet, nutrition, supplements, and exercise that can improve your overall health. Develop a daily mindfulness practice to cope with changes in physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual states with equanimity. May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.

Mindfulness Breaks: Your Path to Awakening reveals the power of your mind to experience inner peace and happiness. It combines the wisdom teachings of the American master, Father Eli with those of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.This book is the result of more than forty years of hard work and study with Father Eli and Thich Nhat Hanh.One day in 2017, I came upon my notes from the two summers I spent on retreat with Father Eli in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas in 1973 and 1974. It was only after I began transcribing my hand written notes that I realized the teachings of Father Eli resonated fully with those of Thich Nhat Hanh.After World War II, Father Eli spent 15 years in Japan studying with D. T. Suzuki, the man who introduced Zen into the West. He passed away in 1983.This book contains scripts to guide you into the process of taking a Mindfulness Break instead of or in addition to a coffee break, a lunch break, or a cigarette break. This is your path to wakening!The book begins with several chapters leading up to the first script which prepare you for success. These chapters cover such topics as clearing the mind from negative emotions, the practices of gratitude, forgiveness and loving kindness and others. Then you are taught how to set goals and a script for how to achieve them.The book is filled with Father Eli's and Thich Nhat Hanh's wisdom teachings that aid in success with the scripts.I have been using these scripts in one form or another since 1972. They have helped me and my son recover from cancer. There is no question about the effectiveness of the scripts.You will learn the importance of unconditional love and acceptance of your life just as it is. You will want to share you love and success with your family and friends out of compassion and empathy for what they are going through.There are recordings available for the scripts. See Author Biography.

Cosmology and Buddhist Thought is the result of a conversation with astrophysicist and television celebrity, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, that took place in New York at the end of May, 2011. While cosmologists look at the outer space with massive instruments and difficult calculations using mathematics, Buddhists look at inner space with mindfulness and concentration. Both paths lead to insights about fundamental questions about why and how we got here, what we are doing here, what are our connections and interactions with the universe, and what is our destiny. Cosmologists study life on earth from an objective point of view and examine its causes. Buddhists study life on earth with regard to understanding its challenges and how to resolve them. Both Buddhism and cosmology recognize that we live in an emerging, evolving, and impermanent universe - everything is changing. Dr. Tyson's insights into the origins of life on earth, time scales, ecology, and religion are inspiring, to say the least, and extremely wise to read and contemplate. His responsiveness to Buddhist ideas of co-dependent arising, interbeing (interconnectedness), impermanence, the self, nirvana, and consciousness demonstrates much more than a "Reader's Digest knowledge of Buddhism." A close reading of the conversation reveals that Buddhist thought does not have much to contribute to cosmology. Cosmology, on the other hand, has a lot to contribute to Buddhism. Excerpts from Cosmology and Buddhist Thought recently appeared on the Lion's Roar Blog.

Dr. Jerome Freedman is a cancer survivor for more than 17 years. He brings to these pages a wealth of information on the 7 principles of mindfulness in healing. This book is for people who want to learn how to take charge of their own well-being and actively participate in their healing. Stop Cancer in its Tracks: Your Path to Mindfulness in Healing Yourself was begun with the onset of bladder cancer in 1997. He maintained a diary for thirteen years. Now the 7 principles of mindfulness in healing are available to a wider audience through the publication of this book. "I discovered the seven principles of mindfulness in healing throughout my recovery and want to share this information with anyone needing help and support through a life-threatening illness. These principles help to activate your body's ability to participate in good health." The main objectives were to keep track of virtually every medical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological event that happened and document my efforts to take charge of my healing experience. May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.