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How would you respond to a terminal breast cancer diagnosis?
How would you respond if you’d lived a healthy, active life and were then suddenly given a terminal breast cancer diagnosis? Janette Murray-Wakelin was told she had six months to live. While she wasn’t drawn to any of the ‘cut, burn or poison’ options, she agreed to...
‘We are going to have to amputate your leg.’
What would you do if that was what the doctor said to you? Yvonne Chamberlain said, ‘No way!’ and she headed in the opposite direction – to Mexico. Yvonne shares exactly what she was advised to do at the clinic in Mexico and then at the Gerson Institute where she...
When Did We Abandon Common Sense?
Our ideas and beliefs are all formed in response to the information we absorb. We are overwhelmed with information these days, and very often the source of that information is suspect. How do we evaluate our sources of information? One key tool that every human...
Using Our Power to Heal Earth and Ourselves
"In 1965 4% of our population had a chronic disease. Today 46% of our children have a chronic disease.” – Zach Bush MD I finished writing Power of the Light in 2014 and it sat in my filing cabinet until now, when the perfect storm hit: illness, fear, government...
Do the Government’s Actions Stand Up To Some Critical Thinking?
This is the third blog in a series asking if Critical Thinking has been removed from the English school curriculum. It certainly seems to be missing in the community, although I am heartened to see a number of independent media outlets now publishing excellent...
When was Critical Thinking removed from the school English curriculum?
It certainly looks like it’s been absent for years! The dearth of Critical Thinking in the community right now is alarming. And has Common Sense died alongside it? I still remember the impact of a critical thinking class I attended as a secondary school student in...