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- [Who am I Trying to Impress?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/who-am-i-trying-to-impress/) - Hello, lovely you! A few weeks ago, I was talking with a friend who had been wrestling with a decision for months. We walked through every angle of it together, and as I listened, I noticed something I don't think either of us realized at first. Nearly every question she asked was about someone else's
- [What Am I Afraid Will Happen If I Change My Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/what-am-i-afraid-will-happen-if-i-change-my-life/) - Hello, lovely you! I've often said that a cancer diagnosis is a wake-up call of the highest order. Because when something interrupts life that dramatically, it has a way of stripping away all the distractions we've been hiding behind. The conversations we've been putting off suddenly become impossible to ignore. People usually come to me
- [Am I Actually Happy or Just Comfortable](https://berniesiegelmd.com/am-i-actually-happy-or-just-comfortable/) - Hello, lovely you! Welcome to our new series about conversations you avoid having with yourself!! Every once in a while, a question finds us at exactly the right time. It lingers in the background while we're driving to work, washing dishes, or lying awake at night. We try to answer it quickly, but it has
- [The Nervous System and the Art of Safety: Why Healing Begins When We Feel Safe](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-nervous-system-and-the-art-of-safety-why-healing-begins-when-we-feel-safe/) - Many years ago, I cared for a woman who had undergone successful surgery. By every medical measure, her recovery was progressing exactly as we had hoped. Yet each morning she seemed tense and exhausted, and every small setback convinced her that something terrible was about to happen. One afternoon I pulled up a chair and
- [Gratitude and Healing: More Than Positive Thinking](https://berniesiegelmd.com/gratitude-and-healing-more-than-positive-thinking/) - One of the greatest misconceptions about gratitude is that it asks us to ignore our suffering. My patients taught me exactly the opposite. I remember visiting a woman recovering from major surgery who had every reason to complain. She was in pain, her future was uncertain, and each day brought new challenges. Yet when I
- [The Science of Hope: Why Believing Tomorrow Can Be Better Changes Us Today](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-science-of-hope-why-believing-tomorrow-can-be-better-changes-us-today/) - One of the greatest gifts my patients ever gave me was an entirely new understanding of hope. Early in my career, I assumed hope was simply an emotion—something people either had or didn't have depending on their circumstances. But after years of listening to people facing life-threatening illnesses, I began to realize that hope wasn't
- [The Healing Wisdom of Dreams: Listening to the Quiet Voice Within](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-healing-wisdom-of-dreams-listening-to-the-quiet-voice-within/) - Years ago, a woman came to see me after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Before we talked about surgery or treatment, she quietly shared a dream she'd had just weeks earlier. In the dream, she was walking through her home when she noticed water slowly dripping through the ceiling. No one else seemed concerned, but
- [The Healing Power of Purpose: Why the Body Needs a Reason to Heal](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-healing-power-of-purpose-why-the-body-needs-a-reason-to-heal/) - When I was a young surgeon, I believed healing came primarily from knowledge. A doctor studied the disease, chose the right treatment, and helped the patient recover. There is truth in that. Modern medicine has accomplished remarkable things, and I remain grateful for the advances that save lives every day. But over the years, my patients taught me
- [Can the Immune System Hear Your Story?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/can-the-immune-system-hear-your-story/) - One of the most important lessons I learned as a physician did not come from a textbook.It came from listening. Over the years, I noticed that when patients told me about their illnesses, they were often telling me about much more than symptoms. They spoke about losses, disappointments, fears, loneliness, broken relationships, impossible responsibilities, and
- [The Body Is Listening: How Thoughts Become Biology](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-body-is-listening-how-thoughts-become-biology/) - For years, patients taught me something medical school never did. They showed me that the body is listening. Not listening in a mystical sense, but in a very real, biological way. Think about what happens when someone suddenly frightens you. Before you've had time to think, your heart races, your breathing changes, your muscles tighten, and your
- [Sitting with Discomfort: Making Space for What We Can't Explain](https://berniesiegelmd.com/sitting-with-discomfort-making-space-for-what-we-cant-explain/) - Hello, lovely you. The world feels loud and chaotic lately, have you noticed? My days seem to be filled with headlines I don’t remember choosing to read, conversations that circle around aimlessly, governments shifting in ways I can’t track closely enough to feel steady, the economy doing whatever it is doing this month, and weather
- [Healing From the Inside Out: The Miracle We Carry Within](https://berniesiegelmd.com/healing-from-the-inside-out-the-miracle-we-carry-within/) - When you hear the phrase self-induced healing, you might think it means curing yourself through willpower alone. That isn't what it means at all. Self-induced healing is about recognizing the powerful role you play in your own healing journey. It's about how love, meaning, hope, creativity, and connection can influence the quality of your life
- [The Wake UP Call](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-wake-up-call/) - Hello, lovely you. I can still see the oncologist's office. It was quiet in that particular way medical offices often are. The air smelled faintly sterile. Charts lined the walls. A desk sat covered in neatly stacked files. I sat there while the oncologist leaned in to study the dark spot on my leg. He A wake-up call reminds you life is precious, urging gratitude, healing, and the courage to live with love and purpose.
- [You Cannot Heal What You Refuse to Feel](https://berniesiegelmd.com/you-cannot-heal-what-you-refuse-to-feel/) - Hello, lovely you. Welcome to week 2 of our 8-week spiritual series — Spiritual Lessons to Create the Life of Your Dreams. In the days and weeks after my surgery and diagnosis, life looked strangely normal from the outside. People still went to work. The grocery store was still full on Saturday mornings. The rubbish
- [Borrowed Time is a Myth](https://berniesiegelmd.com/borrowed-time-is-a-myth/) - Photo Attribution: https://www.facebook.com/ryanzippphoto/photos​ Hello, lovely you. I used to think I had all the time in the world. In my twenties, before my cancer diagnosis, I moved through life as if the next day, the next moment, was guaranteed. Plans, appointments, errands, social invitations I treated like they were endlessly renewable. Life felt infinite, and I believed
- [The Courage to Receive](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-courage-to-receive/) - Hello, lovely you. This is the fifth post in our eight-part series on the spiritual lessons that shape the life you dream of. I didn’t realize how tightly I had built my identity around being the one who could handle things until I couldn’t anymore. Before cancer, I was steady in a way that looked In this heartfelt reflection, Prue shares how cancer forced her to release the identity of always being the capable one and taught her the quiet strength of accepting help from others. She explores how learning to receive support can deepen connection, soften self-protective habits, and expand what your life is able to hold.
- [Spiritual Lessons to Create the Life You Love](https://berniesiegelmd.com/spiritual-lessons-to-create-the-life-you-love/) - This is the 6th blog post in our “Spiritual Lessons to Create the Life You Love” series! Hello, lovely you. During my cancer journey 30+ years ago, I remember waking up one morning and feeling… decent. Not great, but my body didn’t feel like it was dragging me down. I made herbal tea and stood
- [Turning Pain into Purpose](https://berniesiegelmd.com/turning-pain-into-purpose/) - Hello, lovely you! When I was finally told I was cancer free, there was a part of me that expected something to click back into place, like life would quietly return to the shape it had before all of it happened. I thought I would step back into my routines, my relationships, my way of
- [Radical Gratitude Without Toxic Positivity](https://berniesiegelmd.com/radical-gratitude-without-toxic-positivity/) - Hello, lovely you. This is the last blog in our 8 week series. I hope you have enjoyed them. I didn’t come to gratitude in a calm moment. It showed up somewhere in the middle of treatment, when everything felt tight and heavy and I was getting tired of pretending I was handling it well.
- [Spend Your Energy Like It Matters](https://berniesiegelmd.com/22578-2/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. "Newport Daffodil Days"- Photo Attribution to my dear friend 's son, Ryan.https://www.facebook.com/ryanzippphoto​ I'm dedicating this blog to Lisa, who is on her way to a new life without fear and anxiety of her recent melanoma scare. Please send in healing angels with lots of prayers, love, and
- [Effort](https://berniesiegelmd.com/effort/) - “It’s the constant and determined effort that breaks down resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.” ~ Claude M. Bristol (1891-1951) Why do you extend yourself and put extra effort into certain tasks? Is it the desire for personal gain or reward that keeps you working overtime? What motivates you to really perform work of the highest
- [Harvest](https://berniesiegelmd.com/harvest/) - "To exist is to change; to change is to mature; to mature is to create oneself endlessly." ~ Henri Bergson, French Philosopher (1859-1941) We plant a seed. It grows through the summer until harvest time arrives, and then we cut down what has grown. The roots remain, and the next spring the plant sprouts again.
- [Winter](https://berniesiegelmd.com/winter/) - When Mother Nature has the stage as she has lately, she reminds us all that we really can’t control everything yet, especially when it comes to Planet Earth’s weather, but I believe we can control how we respond to adversity. Winter is a time to reflect, to accept, and to seek an understanding of what
- [Happy New Year](https://berniesiegelmd.com/happy-new-year/) - This is a guest post from Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely you! Every January, I feel it. The quiet pressure to do more, be better, and finally become the version of myself I promised I would last year. Suddenly my days fill up with plans, projects, and goals that look impressive on paper. New routines. New
- [Bee Breath and the Healing Power of a Simple Exhale](https://berniesiegelmd.com/bee-breath-and-the-healing-power-of-a-simple-exhale/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely you! There are moments in life, especially during illness or deep stress, when everything feels overwhelming. During my own cancer healing journey, I learned something that changed the way I related to my body and my breath: healing does not always require effort or force.
- [Focusing on Life and Truth](https://berniesiegelmd.com/focusing-on-life-and-truth/) - My camera has an automatic focus. I point at something, and it focuses on it. It doesn't argue with me, turn away, go out of focus, or refuse to see what is right before it. People, on the other hand, often refuse to focus on what matters. We become so intent on our own needs,
- [You Are a Stradivarius](https://berniesiegelmd.com/you-are-a-stradivarius/) - Dear Everybody, If you were given a Rolls Royce, a Stradivarius, a precious jewel, or something lse of great value, how would you take care of it? i think the answer is obvious. You would guard it and care for it to maintain its value. You are given a life to care for - your
- [Which Way](https://berniesiegelmd.com/which-way/) - How do we know which road to take? Taking the easy path is not always the appropriate choice. The key is to have an open mind and not judge the path you end up on as right or wrong, but to wait to see where it takes you. Also, never admit defeat but look at
- [Aligning with the Life You Want to Live](https://berniesiegelmd.com/aligning-with-the-life-you-want-to-live/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely you! Every January, I feel it. The quiet pressure to do more, be better, and finally become the version of myself I promised I would last year. Suddenly my days fill up with plans, projects, and goals that look impressive on paper. New routines. New
- [Breezes, Ripples and Seeds](https://berniesiegelmd.com/breezes-ripples-and-seeds/) - Chief Seattle (or Chief Sealth) once said, "We did not weave the web of life - we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves." In considering his statement, it occurs to me that what we do has the same effect as a butterfly flapping its wings.
- [Meaning](https://berniesiegelmd.com/meaning/) - “Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care, for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.” ~ Buddha Anthropologist Ashley Montagu said it well: “The meaning of a word is the action it produces.” The meaning of your life is related to what you do and what
- [Parade of Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/parade-of-life/) - Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you are going to do now—and do it. ~ William Duran Life is a parade. Sometimes we march along and realize we have passed by what we were looking for. What do we do? Stand there and drop out of the parade? March on with
- [Genes, Psyche and Soma](https://berniesiegelmd.com/genes-psyche-and-oma/) - Part of learning to love ourselves is appreciating our own miraculous body, not just externally, but what is much more interesting and truly awesome to me, internally, as complex body chemistry generates internal messages that reach every necessary cell. The things that I find exciting about the human body are what we can’t touch directly.
- [Mindfulness in Conflict: How to Stay Present When Emotions Run High](https://berniesiegelmd.com/mindfulness-in-conflict-how-to-stay-present-when-emotions-run-high/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely you! The holidays are supposed to be joyful, but for many of us, they also bring tension. Family gatherings, old dynamics, differing opinions, and high expectations can make emotions run high. I’ve often noticed that arguments or misunderstandings flare up when stress is already
- [What Animals Can Teach Us About Healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/what-animals-can-teach-us-about-healing/) - Have you ever noticed how animals just seem to know what they need to heal? They don’t rush it, they don’t push it, they simply lean into the process, whether that’s curling up in the sun, resting in a safe place, or simply taking time to grieve a loss. I think we could all learn
- [Stained Glass](https://berniesiegelmd.com/stained-glass/) - “People are like a stained-glass window. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out.” ~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Most of us are very concerned about revealing the so-called stains on our lives. We are constantly trying to hide our scars and wrinkles with cosmetics, plastic surgery, and medications. We try a variety of other
- [Where's Home?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/wheres-home-2/) - Show me a man who cares no more for one place than another and I will show you in that same person one who loves nothing but himself. ~ Robert Southey As I stepped of the plane after a recent trip, someone asked me, “Are you home yet?” I said, “Of course. This is
- [Be In The Now](https://berniesiegelmd.com/be-in-the-now-2/) - Remember: be here now. ~ Ram Dass When God created the Universe it was now. This moment we are experiencing is also now. You can’t say to creation, “I’ll do it later,” because the Universe only knows now. So whenever you get around to it, it will be now. Time is our creation. It
- [Precious Stones](https://berniesiegelmd.com/precious-stones/) - We grow neither better nor worse as we get old, but more like ourselves. ~ May L. Becker One morning I was walking along the riverbank. Each pebble I saw had chiseled on its face the years, months, and days it had lived. What had happened along this shore? My perception of the crevices
- [Have Faith](https://berniesiegelmd.com/have-faith-2/) - Know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty. ~ ALBERT EINSTEIN A few years ago I traveled by ship, as part of a tour, to see the Alaskan wilderness. During one of the day trips to view a glacier, a sudden snowstorm
- [Eternal Truths](https://berniesiegelmd.com/eternal-truths-2/) - Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear. ~ MOHANDAS GANDHI The Truth Is, there is nothing to say or learn that those who have preceded us haven’t already said or learned. Wise people and teachers have always expressed the same things,
- [Gatherings](https://berniesiegelmd.com/gatherings-3/) - Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don’t be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying. ~ Merry Browne Often we are required to participate in gatherings. From holiday and office parties to family reunions, these can be difficult. The expectations we
- [Self-Discovery](https://berniesiegelmd.com/self-discovery/) - “Who in the world am I? Ah, that is the question!” ~ Lewis Carroll Discovering who we are is a major undertaking. Too often we destroy who we are in order to create what others want from us. I use drawings a great deal to help people learn who they are. It may be a
- [What You Should Do to Live a Longer and Happier Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/what-you-should-do-to-live-a-longer-and-happier-life/) - The answer to this question is to do what my cancer patients, that i didn't hear from and I thought had died. I called many families to ask why i wasn't informed of their funerals. And I was told they hadn't died. They had just started to do what made them happy before they died.
- [Tears of Joy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tears-of-joy/) - The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed. ~ Sebastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort What is the point of laughing? Laughter changes our body chemistry, makes us feel young again, and transforms relationships. It is very hard to be in conflict with someone who makes you laugh. They go from
- [The Extremes](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-extremes/) - “It is easy to sit up and take notice; what is difficult is getting up and taking action.” ~ Al Batt, American Writer and Humorist No, “The Extremes” are not a singing group. They are the choices we have to make. Now, you may say you want everything in moderation and don’t like to be
- [Song of Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/song-of-life/) - “You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note.” ~ Doug Floyd The world didn’t begin with a big bang, but with a silence which was replaced by the symphony of life. Each of us had the right to choose the instrument by which we create our music and serve to maintain the harmony.
- [Red Squirrel](https://berniesiegelmd.com/red-squirrel/) - Study nature as the countenance of God. ~ Charles Kingsley A Work of Art crossed my path today, a red squirrel. A better artist than Picasso created him. This creature opened my heart. He connected me with something I long for—perfection in form, movement, and life. I look for him everywhere in the hopes
- [Endangered Species](https://berniesiegelmd.com/endangered-species/) - We are becoming something less than we have ever been— aliens to each other and adversaries to Creation’s creatures. ~ Deirdre Luzwick Artist and Visionary Philosopher (1945 - ) When you see the words endangered species, do you ever stop and think that they could be referring to you? We are an endangered species
- [Which Way](https://berniesiegelmd.com/which-way-3/) - “Life is like that. If you can’t reach your destination by one road, try another.” ~ Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) How do we know which road to take? Taking the easy path is not always the appropriate choice. The key is to have an open mind and not judge the path you end up on
- [Chauffeur](https://berniesiegelmd.com/chauffeur/) - Being a good chauffeur is more than just knowing how to drive. ~ ADELE RUTH When someone you care about is involved in a serious dilemma, be it physical or psychological, you can be his or her chauffeur. WE chuckle about his at our therapy meetings because the husbands who come often introduce themselves
- [Tides](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tides/) - Don’t fight the river; it flows on its own ~ Anonymous We can fight the tide and get nowhere. Trying to move against the tide or swim upstream is ineffective. You are fighting the energy of nature, and it never works to fight against the forces of creation. When you fight the forces of nature
- [Free to Be: Letting Go of Approval and Coming Home to Yourself](https://berniesiegelmd.com/free-to-be-letting-go-of-approval-and-coming-home-to-yourself/) - This is a guest blog post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely you! There comes a quiet moment in life - maybe after yet another people-pleasing decision, a stinging comment, or the exhaustion of constantly trying to “get it right” - when we must stop and ask ourselves: Whose life am I living? If that moment has
- [Old Wounds](https://berniesiegelmd.com/old-wounds/) - The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. ~ Joseph Campbell We all carry old wounds within us; for some they are physical and for others they are emotional. There are any reasons why these wounds don’t heal and why we continue to hold on to them. For some they
- [Creativity](https://berniesiegelmd.com/creativity/) - It is something one does alone…and to recognize and accept that, and stop asking how, is to take the first step in our own creativity. ~ Michael Drury Have you ever stopped to think that God didn’t have a blueprint for creation? Though we complain about life’s imperfections and difficulties, let’s be honest, God did
- [Love Blindness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/love-blindness-2/) - “Love isn’t blind; it just only sees what matters.” ~ William Curry What makes a lover blind? What is it a lover can’t see? Is blindness always a bad thing? What do you see when you start the day and step into your living room? Is the first thing you see the mess from
- [Sun and Son](https://berniesiegelmd.com/sun-and-son/) - She had made the best of time and time had returned the compliment. ~ Lord Byron I notice that the sun rises every morning with nary a complaint. Day after day it’s up at the crack of dawn, spreading the light no matter what the weather conditions are. Our son gets up much later
- [Night Sky Therapy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/night-sky-therapy-2/) - The heavens declare the glory of God. ~ Ben Zion Last night I walked out of the house with our little dog, Furphy, and looked up in to the night sky. The cloudless canopy was filled with an endless display of stars and left me feeling grateful and in awe. Who knows or cares
- [Communication](https://berniesiegelmd.com/communication/) - If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. ~ Nelson Mandela You may wonder if people hear what we are saying when they are ill or unconscious and whether or not you should try
- [On Procrastination](https://berniesiegelmd.com/on-procrastination/) - It’s the start that stops most people. ~ Don Shula Our excuses are endless: I’ll do it tomorrow, as soon as I get the time, I have a note on my desk to remind me, and so on and so forth. There are no tomorrows, there are only todays. If you don’t get started today,
- [Stir the Pot](https://berniesiegelmd.com/stir-the-pot-2/) - The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way one uses them. ~ Anonymous When you experience uncomfortable feelings such as gnawing unrest, sadness, irritation, or depression, do not label them as bad feelings. Your feelings are signs that something is stirring inside of you and seeking a response. Our feelings aid and
- [Get Comfortable](https://berniesiegelmd.com/get-comfortable/) - A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. ~ Mark Twain When will you be comfortable with your life? When you can impress others with all the material things you have accumulated and how expensive they are? No, having an expensive chair to recline in will not quiet your mind and allow you
- [The Healing Power of Loving Your Body](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-healing-power-of-loving-your-body/) - This is from a patient years ago. She was dying of cancer and had been born with bone deformities. She didn't want to die hating her body. She took pictures of her naked body lying in front of a giant mirror and said she was doing this and loving her body every day. THE CANCER
- [Introductions](https://berniesiegelmd.com/introductions/) - No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. ~ John Donne, Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions The other day I introduced my right hand to the rest of my body. I thought they ought to know each other better. Perhaps you’re thinking, “That’s crazy! They already know
- [River of Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/river-of-life/) - We are one with each other as the waves are one with the ocean. ~ ANONYMOUS I always think of the river of life as our bloodstream, one that flows into the sea of eternity. Nothing really ends, it just changes form. But if your life is a river, stop and think about where
- [Beauty and the Beast](https://berniesiegelmd.com/beauty-and-the-beast/) - Love all God’s creation, the whole and every grain of sand in it. ~ Father Zossima, The Brothers Karamazov We all know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We are so involved with our physical appearance that we frequently do not see the beauty before us. Our pets never linger in
- [Walls](https://berniesiegelmd.com/walls/) - I get tired, just every now and then, of beating my head against certain walls that people and I build between people and me. ~ ANONYMOUS Our connections and relationships keep us alive by giving our lives meaning. So why do we build walls around ourselves? I believe it is out of fear: what
- [The Forgotten Art of Conscious Walking: Turning a Simple Stroll into a Spiritual Practice](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-forgotten-art-of-conscious-walking-turning-a-simple-stroll-into-a-spiritual-practice/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. When I was young, I thought of walking as simply a means to an end - getting from point A to point B. Sure maybe I also burned a few calories, and maybe even cleared my head. But I never truly walked, not in the way our
- [Relate](https://berniesiegelmd.com/relate/) - The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration. ~ Pearl S. Buck Life is about relationships. If living life alone
- [The New Age](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-new-age-2/) - Which would you rather have? New Age…or No Age? ~ Mick Winter What does the New Age mean to me? It represents a “Let’s open our eyes” attitude. Once the New Age held that the world was round, and no one was receptive to that. But just a short time later, it became common
- [Reflection and Affection](https://berniesiegelmd.com/reflection-and-affection-2/) - We are disturbed not by things, but by the view which we take of them. ~ EPICTETUS A while back one of our cats and I stood before the mirror. The cat, named Miracle, seemed not at all concerned with the condition of her fur coat, her crooked tail, or other physical defects. She
- [Mistakes Can Be Good Teachers](https://berniesiegelmd.com/mistakes-can-be-good-teachers-2/) - The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. ~ John Powell What is a mistake? For most of us, saying “I made a mistake” means either we did the wrong thing or we did something incorrectly. But is doing something wrong the worst outcome? Mistakes can be our teachers. They
- [Knowledge](https://berniesiegelmd.com/knowledge-3/) - “The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls and looking like hard work.” ~ Thomas Edison A great deal of knowledge is available to all of us. With the advent of the computer, one can access knowledge of all sorts without leaving home. Does
- [The Peaceful Dinosaur](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-peaceful-dinosaur-3/) - When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. ~ Jimi Hendrix I saw the complete skeleton of a brontosaurus the other day. One thighbone weighed over five hundred pounds. Yet this enormous creature was probably a very gentle soul. Because of its weight, it spent a lot of
- [Fearless](https://berniesiegelmd.com/fearless/) - All healing is essentially the release from fear. ~ A Course in Miracles The next time you dream of a monster chasing you, turn, confront the monster, and watch what happens. Once you have dealt with the fear the dream will stop. The same is true in our lives; we must face our fears
- [Ugly Duckling](https://berniesiegelmd.com/ugly-duckling/) - To be born in a duck’s nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan’s egg. ~ Hans Christian Andersen For health reasons, my mother was not supposed to risk a pregnancy. She did, however, and when her labor started it continued for days. She
- [The Breaks](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-breaks/) - When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bounds. Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties, and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by
- [Hold On](https://berniesiegelmd.com/hold-on/) - Let an Angel hold your hand. ~ Teryl Seaman I was having a very difficult day as a surgeon, with many emergencies and difficult patients. I had no time to eat and was starved and exhausted. Finally, I had a few quiet moments, late in the afternoon, and opened my special lunch box. This
- [Poorest Grade](https://berniesiegelmd.com/poorest-grade/) - Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely. ~ From the film The Land Before Time In college my worst grade was a C in Creative Writing. I was a pre-med science major trying to broaden my experience. But since I lived primarily in my head, I was so intellectual there was
- [Androgyny](https://berniesiegelmd.com/androgyny/) - It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple:one must be a woman manly, or a man womanly. ~ Virginia Woolf Anima and Animus, female and male — why? Why not one sex with the ability to divide as a means of reproducing? Well, it wouldn’t be as much fun, and comedians
- [Healing Past Relationship Trauma Before Starting New Love](https://berniesiegelmd.com/healing-past-relationship-trauma-before-starting-new-love/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely YOU! Entering a new relationship is an exciting chapter in life, filled with hope, connection, and possibility. However, for many, the lingering wounds from past relationships can quietly cast a shadow over this fresh start. To say I know what I’m talking about is a
- [Creating Relationships](https://berniesiegelmd.com/creating-relationships/) - You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ~ Barbara De Angelis One evening, after I had given an inspiring talk, several women crowded around to ask me questions. Those who could not get close enough to me turned toward my
- [Kids: Devils or Angels](https://berniesiegelmd.com/kids-devils-or-angels/) - Actions speak louder than words. ~ Mark Twain Since kids don’t listen a lot of the time anyway, don’t worry too much about what you say. But, worry a lot about what you do. I’ll always remember an interaction I had with our son Keith many years ago. He is one of the twins and
- [Giving Love](https://berniesiegelmd.com/giving-love/) - It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. ~ Mother Teresa At one time I was caring for a teenage girl who had fallen into a fireplace and had been scarred by the burns. She yelled, “I hate you” at me every day when I dressed her wounds. It
- [How Does Your Garden Grow?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-does-your-garden-grow/) - And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. —Anaïs Nin Each cell within us is like a wise seed capable of growth and blossoming. In nature seeds show their wisdom. Even when they are paved over, they know which direction
- [Ancient Wisdom for Modern Holidays: Borrowing Wellness Tips from Other Cultures](https://berniesiegelmd.com/ancient-wisdom-for-modern-holidays-borrowing-wellness-tips-from-other-cultures/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely YOU! The holidays are a time for joy, connection, and indulgence, but let’s be honest—they can also be overwhelming. Between the endless to-do lists, social gatherings, and rich foods, it’s easy to feel drained. What if you could infuse your holiday season with ancient traditions
- [Turning Point](https://berniesiegelmd.com/turning-point/) - What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it—would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have. ~ Ralph Marston, The Daily Motivator
- [Who Are the Strangers?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/who-are-the-strangers/) - Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends. —Shirley MacLaine Many years ago I arrived at Grand Central Station in New York on my way home from college. All the freshmen at Colgate were obligated to greet everyone they met on campus. The habit was so ingrained that I started saying hello to
- [Saying Good-bye](https://berniesiegelmd.com/saying-good-bye/) - The best part of a good man stays forever. For love is immortal and makes all things immortal. —William Saroyan Many years ago, a patient of mine went to the Hawaiian island of Kauai to die. Her mother lived there, and my patient wanted to heal her relationship with her mother before she died.
- [Dolphins as Healers](https://berniesiegelmd.com/dolphins-as-healers/) - To the dolphin alone, Nature has given that which the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage. —Plutarch, People and Dolphins We all have heard stories about the wisdom of dolphins, from how they have saved drowning people to their response toward the disabled who enter the aquarium water. Dolphins can detect differences in
- [Guidance and Friendship](https://berniesiegelmd.com/guidance-and-friendship/) - Friendship is the golden thread that ties all hearts together. — Anonymous One day, Marilyn, one of our support group members, sent me an email with the subject line guidance. In her email, she told me that the word dance being a part of the word guidance made her think about how dancing is
- [Form and Essence](https://berniesiegelmd.com/form-and-essence/) - The more you depend on forces outside yourself, the more you are dominated by them. — Harold Sherman When I work with people in assisted-living facilities, I ask them to draw a picture of themselves today and twenty-five years ago. I almost always get a picture of a fat, unhappy person now and a
- [Moments of Meaning](https://berniesiegelmd.com/moments-of-meaning/) - The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. ~ C.G. Jung Think back to a time that was meaningful for you. I didn’t say pleasant or joyful, I said meaningful. More often the meaningful events are not pleasant ones, but painful or frightening.
- [Patience](https://berniesiegelmd.com/patience/) - It is our impatience that spoils things. ~ Molière I once heard a story about a woman’s husband who had returned from the war with post-traumatic stress syndrome. She was unable to deal with him or get him to care for himself and was ready to leave him. But first she sought the help
- [Poor Spellers or Powerful Messages?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/poor-spellers-or-powerful-messages/) - Intuition is the deepest wisdom of the soul. ~ Jeffrey Mishlove One day I was typing an email to our daughter, Carolyn, and accidentally wrote the word loving. I didn’t correct it because I thought it was a wonderful new word that contained great meaning. Did I mean to type living or loving? I
- [The Wisdom of the Aged](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-wisdom-of-the-aged/) - The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live. — Joan Borysenko Today's paper contains an article about a man who died at age one hundred and ten. A short time before his death, a researcher at Yale asked him how he avoided falling down. He said, "I watch where
- [Declare and Devote](https://berniesiegelmd.com/declare-and-devote-3/) - Make love, not war! ~ Antiwar Slogan We frequently hear our political leaders speaking about declaring war against other peoples and nations. They are very devoted to the process of conflict, war, getting even, punishing others in damaging ways. They are seemingly not in touch with the people who suffer because of these declarations and
- [Titanic](https://berniesiegelmd.com/titanic/) - It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. ~ Bertrand Russell How hard it is for us to let go of the things we treasure. But how many of these things truly have value, and how many are simply objects we have accumulated? If you
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 30, 2024](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-30-2024/) - From Bernie, a beautiful message from a Mother~ My daughter’s son was born with a genetic defect, and he was the first to survive long enough to help us learn, and teach other parents, how to help their newborns survive. My daughter’s beautiful message to our family~ It’s not how long we live that gives
- [Feelings](https://berniesiegelmd.com/feelings-2/) - If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you. If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. ~ Gospel of Saint Thomas Our oldest son organized a band when he was young. One of the songs they
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 16, 2024](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-16-2024/) - Dear Bernie- I am hopeful that you remember me. I am the director of therapeutic recreation at The Summit at Plantsville. I wanted to tell you about my personal experience this summer of yearly mammogram, ultrasound, MRI, biopsy, and mastectomy. Today I went to the surgeon for my final visit. She told me she has never seen
- [Disciples](https://berniesiegelmd.com/disciples-2/) - Disciple to a philosophy, disciple to a set of principles, disciple to a set of values, disciple to an overriding purpose, to a superordinate goal or a person who represents that goal…You are a disciple, a follower, of your own deep values and their source. ~ Anonymous Jesus asked his disciples to give up everything
- [The Therapeutic Art of Kintsugi: Applying Japanese Pottery Repair Techniques to Personal Healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-therapeutic-art-of-kintsugi-applying-japanese-pottery-repair-techniques-to-personal-healing/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Photo Attribute; https://unsplash.com/@mattperkins1 Hello, lovely YOU! I recently learned about the Japanese art technique called Kintsugi and was immediately struck by what apowerful reminder it is that there is BEAUTY in IMPERFECTION!!! The technique is used to repair broken pottery with lacquer mixed with powdered precious metals that transforms
- [Be a Coach](https://berniesiegelmd.com/be-a-coach-3/) - Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily. ~ Sally Koch We all need coaches, someone to point out our errors in technique, improve our skills, and not take credit when we do something well. A good coach brings out the talent in others and doesn’t take all the
- [Support](https://berniesiegelmd.com/support-2/) - The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. Your life is whirling around you, and you feel dizzy and ready to fall. Now is the time to look for support. Find
- [Effort](https://berniesiegelmd.com/effort-2/) - “It’s the constant and determined effort that breaks down resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.” ~ Claude M. Bristol (1891-1951) Why do you extend yourself and put extra effort into certain tasks? Is it the desire for personal gain or reward that keeps you working overtime? What motivates you to really perform work of the
- [Fearless](https://berniesiegelmd.com/fearless-2/) - All healing is essentially the release from fear. ~ A Course in Miracles The next time you dream of a monster chasing you, turn, confront the monster, and watch what happens. Once you have dealt with the fear the dream will stop. The same is true in our lives; we must face our fears
- [Be In the Now](https://berniesiegelmd.com/be-in-the-now-3/) - Remember: be here now. ~ Ram Dass When God created the Universe it was now. This moment we are experiencing is also now. You can’t say to creation, “I’ll do it later,” because the Universe only knows now. So whenever you get around to it, it will be now. Time is our creation. It
- [The Ancient Art of Chromotherapy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-ancient-art-of-chromotherapy/) - This is guest post from Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely YOU! Have you ever gazed upon a vibrant sunset and felt a surge of peace wash over you? Or perhaps a field of wildflowers has sparked a sense of pure joy within you. Color has a profound impact on our lives, influencing our moods, energy levels,
- [The Incredible Earthworm](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-incredible-earthworm/) - All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all. ~ CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER The EARTHWORM is one of God's favorite creatures. It is an incredible creation because to the earthworm everything is edible. If we as elevated spiritual beings, made in the
- [New Friends](https://berniesiegelmd.com/new-friends/) - There you sit, been side by side for two hours, and not one of you spoke to the fellow in the next seat. ~ Harry Lauder I am tired of traveling, but not of the people I meet when I travel. When sitting in airports or on planes, I love to be a little different,
- [Immortality](https://berniesiegelmd.com/immortality-2/) - Nothing disappears without a trace. ~ Wernher von Braun I am convinced that two things are immortal: love and consciousness. My love lives on in all the people I have loved and who have loved me. Think about a moment in your life when you felt loved or loving, and you will feel the
- [Enlightenment](https://berniesiegelmd.com/enlightenment-4/) - Most people I know only find enlightenment through their emotional or physical difficulties. That is a sad statement. Wouldn’t it be far better to be educated about life and prepared for its difficulties by the wisdom of others, rather than to need your own break down in order to become strong at the broken places
- [Genes, Psyche and Soma](https://berniesiegelmd.com/genes-psyche-and-soma/) - The things that I find exciting about the human body are not what we can touch directly. We take our cars to body shops for repairs and perform maintenance every so many miles but what keeps a body going? Why do some go on for 100 years and others half that time? You can answer
- [Changes](https://berniesiegelmd.com/changes-2/) - CHANGES—It’s never too late to become the person you have always been. ~ John Kimbrough (1918-2006) When you want to change, you may start by buying new clothes, moving, redecorating, getting a new job, cleaning out your closets, and so on. But that is not what will change you. Those activities only change aspects
- [Accept, Retreat & Surrender: How to Heal Yourself](https://berniesiegelmd.com/accept-retreat-surrender-how-to-heal-yourself-2/) - If you view illness as an opportunity, then when you get sick, you can ask yourself, "Okay, what can I learn from this disease. What do I need to look at first?" When I began working with the group Exceptional Cancer Patients, I noticed many of the group lived longer than their doctors expected. I
- [Praise](https://berniesiegelmd.com/praise-3/) - The sweetest of all sounds is praise. ~ Xenophon Praise is seen in your eyes when you look at your beloved. Praise is felt in your touch when you embrace. Praise is heard in your voice when you speak to the one you adore. Praise is about your loved one’s potential and the hope
- [Rhythm and Pace](https://berniesiegelmd.com/rhythm-and-pace/) - Rhythm is the foundation and the most essential element of any art form. Its essence is pulsations, and therefore movement, the basis of life itself. ~ Pia Gilbert and Aileene Lockhart Music for Dance We each need to find a sense of rhythm to make our life flow. The pace is also vital. The
- [Gross National Happiness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/gross-national-happiness-2/) - I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. ~ Henry David Thoreau I have written about the meaning of the word gross and our country’s Gross National Product, but I have never written about Gross National Happiness. Then I watched 60
- [Ocean](https://berniesiegelmd.com/ocean-2/) - In all things in nature there is something of the marvelous. ~ Aristotle I have always been attracted to the ocean. We have a vacation house on Cape Cod, and if I didn’t have so many family connections here, I’d probably be living in Hawaii now. I feel close to the essence of life
- [Animals](https://berniesiegelmd.com/animals-2/) - Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal; difficult standards for people to live up to. ~ ALFRED A. MONTAPERT It is very cold outside today. The ground is covered with snow, and yet as I look out, there are beautiful birds nibbling at my
- [Declare and Devote](https://berniesiegelmd.com/declare-and-devote-2/) - Make love, not war! ~ ANTIWAR SLOGAN We frequently hear our political leaders speaking about declaring war against other peoples and nationals. They are very devoted to the process of conflict, war, getting even, punishing others in damaging ways. They are seemingly not in touch with the people who suffer because of these declarations
- [Lifeguards](https://berniesiegelmd.com/lifeguards-2/) - Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. It seems inappropriate that we have people sitting on the beach watching us go in the water while no one guides us as we plunge into life. We all need lifeguards. We need someone
- [Grace](https://berniesiegelmd.com/grace-2/) - Amazing grace, how sweet the sound… Was blind, but now I see. ~ John Newton Grace: even the word feels good to say, and I love the song “Amazing Grace.” Someone I knew made the statement that they did not like to sing, “That saved a wretch like me.” He preferred to sing, “That
- [Tears](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tears-2/) - God washes the eyes by tears until they can behold the invisible land where tears shall come no more. ~ Henry Ward Beecher Why were we made with the ability to cry? A laugh feels good, and we never question its value, but why tears? We are born with the ability to cry tears because
- [Surprises](https://berniesiegelmd.com/surprises-2/) - Even if it is a garden you know by heart there are twelve months in the year and every month means a different garden, and the discovery of things unexpected all the rest of the year. ~ Margery Fish On my desk sits a calendar with the statement of the day. “No matter how
- [Wish Upon a Star](https://berniesiegelmd.com/wish-upon-a-star/) - You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. ~ Richard Bach One of my favorite songs speaks of wishing upon a star. It tells us that it does not matter who you are, you will still obtain your
- [The Special Love We Share for the Animals In Our Lives](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-special-love-we-share-for-the-animals-in-our-lives/) - Here’s a beautiful example of the powerful unconditional love the animals we welcome into our lives give to us which I want to share with you. Peace, ~ Bernie Our 14-year-old dog Abbey died last month. The day after she passed away my 4-year-old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed
- [It's Bitter and I Don't Like It](https://berniesiegelmd.com/its-bitter-and-i-dont-like-it/) - Suffering is not an elective; it is a core course in the University of Life. ~ Steven J. Lawson, Founder, OnePassion Ministries We do not seek meaning, serenity, or answers when our life is stable and peaceful. We accept our good fortune and don’t question our beliefs. But when life blesses us with afflictions,
- [Wholeness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/wholeness-2/) - Wholeness is not about your anatomical body but your spiritual life. - Carmine Birsammato What makes you feel whole? Certainly it is not the parts of your body. I have met people born with no arms or who have lost body parts because of accidents or diseases, and yet they seemed more whole than
- [The Gut-Brain Axis: How Your Microbiome Might Be Shaping Your Mood](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-gut-brain-axis-how-your-microbiome-might-be-shaping-your-mood/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely YOU! Do you ever get “gut feelings” about something? Do you ever wonder where that expression comes from? It’s not really just a saying, is it? There seems to actually be a connection between our ‘guts’ and our emotions. Science is now revealing that there
- [Second Wind](https://berniesiegelmd.com/second-wind/) - "Only the very exceptional individuals push to their extremes." - William James I have run several marathons, and know that at some point something happens in my body and I feel as if I were just starting the race. We all have this resource within us, but most of us never test ourselves for
- [Cultivating Calm: Creating Your Perfect Meditation Space](https://berniesiegelmd.com/cultivating-calm-creating-your-perfect-meditation-space/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely YOU, Our world is becoming increasingly frenetic and it seems like more and more distractions vie for our attention each day. I learned long ago I needed a safe, quiet space in this world to go inward and connect with my higher self and the
- [Senior Moments](https://berniesiegelmd.com/senior-moments-2/) - To be seventy years young is sometimes more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes There are benefits to aging that include discounts and other privileges, but for me the greatest gift is being in the moment. When you live in the moment you have no age and
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 5, 2024](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-5-2024/) - Dear Everybody, I want to share a message I just received from my collaborator on my book The Art of Healing—Uncovering Your Inner Wisdom and Potential for Self-Healing. The text is illustrated with many drawings by patients along with my interpretation of what they teach us about healing. Here are her thoughts and memories of
- [Quantity and Quality](https://berniesiegelmd.com/quantity-and-quality-2/) - “It’s choice—not chance—that determines your destiny.” ~ Jean Nidetch Quantum physics awakened me to the nature of life and the true relationship between quantity and quality. One normally thinks of a quality product, like a fine automobile, as being desired by many and therefore as being produced in quantity. The number sold, in this
- [Target Practice](https://berniesiegelmd.com/target-practice-2/) - You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there. ~ Yogi Berra Your target in life helps you to direct your course. So before you aim, be sure you choose the right target. What are you aiming for? What is your goal? What goals are
- [Question](https://berniesiegelmd.com/question-2/) - Many people around the world are in need, and many people around the world want to help. Human contact and compassion are vital to all of us. Most of us will have the experience of both being helped and of helping others throughout our lives in small, everyday ways that develop our ability to empathize—to
- [Bye Bye Anxiety - A Path to Holistic Wellbeing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/bye-bye-anxiety-a-path-to-holistic-wellbeing/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Happy New Year, Lovely You, I spoke with a friend the other week who sounded like an entirely different person. If I’m honest, this friend has become… a bit dour over the years. Always tired, always something to complain about. Hadn't been in touch with her for
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 1, 2024](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-1-2024/) - From a reader to Bernie about his book Love, Medicine, and Miracles Dear Dr. Siegel, In 1991, your book helped saved me. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I carried AND followed the suggestions contained within it, both subtle and otherwise. But, the miracle most precious to me was on the day of surgery!
- [2023 Lessons in Resilience, Growth, and Hope](https://berniesiegelmd.com/2023-lessons-in-resilience-growth-and-hope/) - This is a guest post from Prudence Sinclair. Hello Lovely You As we bid farewell to 2023, I wanted to share some of the profound lessons this past year has brought to me personally. As I’ve mentioned, it was a challenging year for Dave and I as I know it was for many of you.
- [What Is a Miracle?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/what-is-a-miracle/) - “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ~ Albert Einstein While I was reading the other night, I came across this question: What is a miracle? It made me think about the things in our
- [Order](https://berniesiegelmd.com/order-2/) - “We must learn to let go, to give up, to make room for the things we have prayed for and desired.” ~ Charles Fillmore (1854-1948) Every day I am out of control. No, I do not mean I have no control over my behavior, but I do mean I am not in control of
- [The Meaning and Value of Art and Charlie Siegel's Photography](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-meaning-and-value-of-art-and-charlie-siegels-photography/) - It has been my belief, that besides sharing various artistic talents with Charlie, we share an awareness and value of art from photos to drawings of nature as speaking the truth about life. I have worked with drawings by people of all ages, including children, and they helped me to evaluate their health and best
- [Winter Views](https://berniesiegelmd.com/winter-views/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Have you been enjoying the lovely fall colors where you are? I do love the astounding New England autumns in Boston when the leaves turn crimson and gold and flutter down to Earth. And then the trees would stand tall and bare, looking like dancers striking bold
- [Knowledge](https://berniesiegelmd.com/knowledge-2/) - “The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls and looking like hard work.” ~ Thomas Edison A great deal of knowledge is available to all of us. With the advent of the computer, one can access knowledge of all sorts without leaving home. Does
- [God’s the Guy Behind the Juice Bar](https://berniesiegelmd.com/gods-the-guy-behind-the-juice-bar/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely YOU! Why does God allow bad things to happen? How many times have you asked this question, either to yourself or someone else? I asked this question often when I was battling cancer. Between experiencing my own pain and seeing the pain of others getting
- [Fortune Cookies](https://berniesiegelmd.com/fortune-cookies-2/) - What I found were “coincidences” which were connected so meaningfully that their “chance” concurrence would be incredible. ~ C. G. Jung The other night I needed a message to help me direct my life and picked out a fortune cookie for advice. Well, it was very helpful. It made me wonder who had sent the
- [Sound Healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/sound-healing-2/) - alternaThis is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely YOU! Have you ever stopped and noticed we are awash in a symphony of sound? For most of the day, we are surrounded by different noises, and the vibrations that come along with those noises can affect our overall mood. In turn, our health and
- [Failures](https://berniesiegelmd.com/failures/) - A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ~ George Bernard Shaw A young man once went to get advice from a famous businessman, a multimillionaire, who told the young man that he just hadn’t failed enough times yet. This might seem
- [Silence](https://berniesiegelmd.com/silence/) - All this talk, and turmoil, and noise, and movement, and desire is outside of the veil. Within the veil is silence, and calm, and rest. ~ Bayazid Al-Ristami Fax, phones, mail, life, Whose home is this? What do they all want? Where is the Silence? I remember nothing Surrounded by sand dunes and nature. God,
- [Why Self-Reflection is So Important](https://berniesiegelmd.com/why-self-reflection-is-so-important/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Photo credit: https://unsplash.com/@raddfilms Hello, lovely YOU! As we head into the end of the year, it’s time to reflect on the days, weeks and months we’ve just experienced; a fall harvest in which we should reap what we have sown. Did we accomplish everything we set out to
- [The News](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-news-2/) - No news is good news! ~Anonymous Never watch the news before you go to bed, after you wake up, or during the day, and you’ll live a longer, healthier life. If you don’t believe me, give up listening to, watching, and reading the news for one week and see how you feel. And think of
- [Neglect](https://berniesiegelmd.com/neglect/) - Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin as self-neglect. ~ William Shakespeare To neglect one’s self is a sin and a purposeless act of destruction. No matter what others have done to you, you are worth loving. To abuse yourself while you care for other living things makes no sense. You are a
- [An Important Sign](https://berniesiegelmd.com/an-important-sign-2/) - There are many fine things that you mean to do some day, under what you think will be more favorable circumstances. But the only time that is yours is the present. ~ Grenville Kleiser (1868-1935) Yale Divinity School I frequently participate in conferences where the organizers are quite compulsive and very concerned about keeping
- [Harvest](https://berniesiegelmd.com/harvest-2/) - To exist is to change; to change is to mature; to mature is to create oneself endlessly. ~ Henri Bergson French Philosopher (1859-1941) We plant a seed. It grows through the summer until harvest time arrives, and then we cut down what has grown. The roots remain, and the next spring the plant sprouts
- [Lottery Winner](https://berniesiegelmd.com/lottery-winner-2/) - What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him. ~ Louis L. Mann Lecturer in Comparative Ethics at Yale University Champion of Social Service and Social Justice I play the lottery regularly in the hopes of winning and doing some good in the world with the funds I receive. Very
- [God's Lifelines](https://berniesiegelmd.com/gods-lifelines-2/) - “To mark a friend’s remains these stones arise; I never knew but one, and here he lies.” ~ Lord Byron The above quote is inscribed on a monument erected to Lord Byron’s dog, Boatswain. The epitaph describes the one whose remains lie nearby. He possessed “Beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity,
- [Call on Your Angels for Help](https://berniesiegelmd.com/21799/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely YOU! I’m sure many of us have been glued to social media this past week, trying to make sense of the devastating fires in Maui. My heart is broken for the loss of life and for those who have lost their businesses and homes. We
- [Attitude](https://berniesiegelmd.com/attitude-4/) - “I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it. And so it is with you.” ~ Charles Swindoll Studies show that optimists live longer, healthier lives than pessimists, even with the pessimist’s view of life is more accurate. We could go on with
- [Wear Life Loosely](https://berniesiegelmd.com/wear-life-loosely-2/) - The Law of Detachment says that in order to acquire anything in the physical universe, you have to relinquish your attachment to it. ~ Deepak Chopra, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success If we simply saw life as a loose garment, something we drape around ourselves but are not firmly attached to, we would
- [Look at Your Life as an Experiment](https://berniesiegelmd.com/look-at-your-life-as-an-experiment/) - Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. ~ Claude Bernard, French Psychologist (1813-1878) Our ability to think is what separates us from each other and sometimes from the true nature of life. When we think we know the truth, we become closed-minded and very unscientific. A true scientist has no fixed beliefs and
- [Q&A with Bernie - July 24, 2023](https://berniesiegelmd.com/qa-with-bernie-july-24-2023-2/) - Question for Bernie: Bernie, I was so afraid of having a dog because I fear so much death, I don’t want to suffer because of his death… It was hard to decide to have him, but a friend was giving him up for adoption, and I took him even with my fear because since I
- [Q&A with Bernie - July 31, 2023](https://berniesiegelmd.com/qa-with-bernie-july-24-2023/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, I started taking two placebos—lifesavers in a days of the week medicine box. One is for a better immune system and the other is to fight cancer. I’m doing my frying pan visualization every day, and the amount of stuff in the pan is getting smaller now at the start.
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 17, 2023](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-17-2023/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, A good sign today, I think, from my new visualization to sizzle the cancer in a frying pan until it’s gone. In my visualization, the cancer looks hard and black like coal and it does sizzle anyway. I’ve had a virus and was scared because they took me off one
- [Creation](https://berniesiegelmd.com/creation/) - “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” ~ Mohandas Gandhi You are all creators. You awaken each morning with the potential to change the world. You breathe, you talk, you eat, and you sleep. You are a creator, whether or like it or not. You can choose what you
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 3, 2023](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-3-2023/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, In May, my tumor markers went from 48 to 58. So up 10 points. This month, June, my tumor markers went from 58 to 80, so up 22 points. I spoke with my oncology team and they told me to "put it out of your mind." They told me spikes happen. They've
- [Horse Sense](https://berniesiegelmd.com/horse-sense/) - The outside of a horse does good for the inside of a man. ~ Winston Churchill One day I found a horse running free near our home. I jumped on him and got him back on the road. Whenever he strayed from the road, I guided him back. Many miles from where we started,
- [A To-Do List for Good Health](https://berniesiegelmd.com/a-to-do-list-for-good-health/) - If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living. ~ Gail Sheehy “It’s killing me.” Yes, there are things that may kill us that we have no direct control over, but most of the time that expression relates to the things in our lives that we can act
- [Upright](https://berniesiegelmd.com/upright-2/) - Spiritual strength depends on spiritual posture. ~ Rabbi Laibl Wolf Why is man’s posture upright while most of the animal world’s posture is horizontal? Why is our spine built to have us walk on two legs instead of four? Maybe it is a sign of what our lives should be like. Perhaps we should
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 5, 2023](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-5-2023/) - Message to Bernie: Hi Bernie! Loved your post today. It made me think of you, I appreciate your friendship very much. So this is my Top 10 Reasons Why Bernie is a Great Friend: #1. He's honest but kind. If Bernie thinks you should try harder or look at a different perspective, he will tell
- [Good Friends](https://berniesiegelmd.com/good-friends-2/) - Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. ~ Cicero What is a friend? To me it is someone who knows our faults and still sees the divine in you. A friend will love you despite your imperfections. A friend is someone who is there
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 22, 2023](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-22-2023/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Dr. Bernie, Thanks for the words of encouragement during the eCaP* meeting. Loved the meditation at the end of it. Felt it came just right from the heart. This is picture of me receiving chemotherapy. How does it look to you? Should I do it/do I need it? Thank you so
- [Dreams](https://berniesiegelmd.com/dreams-2/) - Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. ~ Kahlil Gibran Everyone must have a dream. Dreams are the universal language and the only way the future can express itself and be known to us. To not dream is to die. When you stop dreaming and being aware of your dreams,
- [Good-bye](https://berniesiegelmd.com/good-bye/) - Friendship and community are, first of all, inner qualities. ~ Henri Nouwen (1932-1996) Priest, Writer, Professor at Notre Dame, Harvard and Yale When you say the word good-bye, what are you feeling and thinking? Do you want to be separated from the other person, the “good-bye and good riddance” feeling, or do you want
- [Lifesaving Time](https://berniesiegelmd.com/lifesaving-time/) - Yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream. ~ Kahlil Gibran I sit and look at a photograph of one of our sons and think about how much it looks like his son, our grandchild. I hope my son is spending time with his son. Unlike me, I hope he will not look
- [My Best Day](https://berniesiegelmd.com/my-best-day/) - “Life needs to be appreciated more than it needs to be understood.” ~ Stuart Heller One day at the bank when it was my turn to approach the teller, I asked “What’s the best day of your life?” She paused a moment and then responded, “When I gave birth to my daughter.” A voice
- [Daily Dose](https://berniesiegelmd.com/daily-dose/) - “We have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions.” ~ C.G. Jung What we require in daily doses to stay well is a story a day and a dream each night. When we are ready to see what our day’s teaching tale is about and recall our night’s dream, we
- [Service](https://berniesiegelmd.com/service/) - What is a deeply satisfying human life, and how do we design one? Lenedra J. Carroll, The Architecture of All Abundance We all desire a satisfying life. How do we accomplish having one? There are many ways to seek satisfaction. We may try to get others to do things for us and yet that alone
- [Stradivarius](https://berniesiegelmd.com/stradivarius/) - The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. ~ Joseph Campbell If you were given a Rolls Royce, a Stradivarius, a precious jewel, or something else of great value, how would you take care of it? I think the answer is obvious. You would guard it and care for it to maintain
- [Focus](https://berniesiegelmd.com/focus/) - “The man who lives for self alone, lives for the meanest mortal known.” ~ Joaquin Miller, American Poet (1837-1913) My camera has an automatic focus. I point it at something, and it focuses on it. It doesn’t argue with me, turn away, go out of focus, or refuse to see what is right before
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 6, 2023](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-6-2023/) - Question for Bernie: Namaste Bernie Paa, How are you? I hope you are doing well. Today I am writing a gratitude letter to you on behalf of me and my siblings. Before this I mailed you about my mother's cancer journey of 18 years. It has been 105 days since she left physical world. Thank you,
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 27, 2023](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-27-2023/) - Question for Bernie: Hi, I have a procedure planned for March 17 for something I’ve needed to address for years that’s lead to years of anemia, and was finally lead to the right doctor who has a less invasive procedure to help me. I can’t tell some people very close to me because they are just
- [Getting to Know You](https://berniesiegelmd.com/getting-to-know-you/) - “The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.” ~ Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881 Scottish Historian and Essayist Getting to know yourself better takes courage. It is far easier to hide behind a mask than to see yourself as you really are. There are many who think they are perfect and need not change,
- [Angelic Conspirators](https://berniesiegelmd.com/angelic-conspirators/) - Dogs are angelic conspirators that know no boundaries and will stop at nothing to bring you abundant love and happiness. ~ Joann Marie Donahue What do you conspire to create or do? What gives your life meaning? Do you arise each day wondering how you can do the work of angels, or do you
- [Movies of Your Mind](https://berniesiegelmd.com/movies-of-your-mind/) - Imagination is more powerful than knowledge. ~ Albert Einstein Your life is created by the movies of your mind. What you picture, your body experiences and your life becomes. You are a character playing a role, but who wrote the script and who is directing the show? What you imagine and picture should not be
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 30, 2023](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-30-2023/) - Question for Bernie: Hello Bernie, I live in Toronto, Canada. I was diagnosed with ALS last year. In pursuing meaningful solutions and growth, I came across your book. It is a blessing. I am currently looking for a therapist. Do you have any suggestions and recommendations in our area? Thank you very much. I can't
- [Your Nature](https://berniesiegelmd.com/your-nature-4/) - For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider; every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. ~ Martin Luther The next time your family complains about your behavior, just tell them, “That’s my nature.” That ought to get them off your back, and if
- [Face Value](https://berniesiegelmd.com/face-value-3/) - “The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.” ~ H.L. Mencken One of our sons was upset when he built a house and didn’t make a profit selling it. I was proud of what he had done. I told him he had created
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 9, 2023](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-9-2023/) - Hi Bernie, Happy New Year! I hope your physical therapy is going well, and that you are enjoying the start of the new year. Over the past 2 months, my tumor markers have gone up 9 points. The lowest they've been was 47 - that’s when my oncologist said she was optimistic. NOW they are
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 2, 2023](https://berniesiegelmd.com/21476/) - Hi Bernie, Just checking in to wish you happy holidays and let you know that I made a full recovery from the breast cancer I had been diagnosed with earlier in the year. I just wanted to say thank you for taking my picture and analyzing it for me back in May and for your
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 26, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-26-2022/) - Dear Everyone, As we welcome the Holiday Season with Hannukah and Christmas taking us to the New Year, I wanted to share a message of hope and faith with all of you from one of my readers. Dear Dr. Siegel, Hope this finds you well. I have not corresponded with you in quite some time
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 11, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-11-2022/) - Question for Bernie: I would be grateful for any direction for an honorable doctor to help me on my best path forward post taxotere and carboplatin, and radiation destruction of my immune system and ability to heal. My doctor lied to me and then my next doctor’s husband pretended to be a doctor and gave
- [How to Take Action in 2023](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-to-take-action-in-2023/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good afternoon, lovely YOU! It’s getting to be that time when we start to think about the year ahead. These last few years have been extremely hard, to put it mildly. Covid lockdowns, out of control inflation, a recession and looming depression, wars and more wars, and
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 28, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-28-2022/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, I am a 41 year old married father of three and reside just out of Boston. Recently (a week ago) I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. I have chosen to go vegan and also I am at a crossroads. I’m not sure the stage yet but the doctors want to
- [Your Nature](https://berniesiegelmd.com/your-nature-3/) - For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider; every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. ~ Martin Luther The next time your family complains about your behavior, just tell them, “That’s my nature.” That ought to get them off your back, and if
- [Sand Dollars](https://berniesiegelmd.com/sand-dollars-3/) - It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little— do what you can. ~ Sydney Smith Perhaps you have heard the story about the boy on the beach throwing washed-up sand dollars back into the water. A man walks by and asks, “Why are you doing that? There
- [The Power of Adversity](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-power-of-adversity/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely YOU! How are you doing? How are you really doing? Life is so hard right now for so many of us. Most people I talk to are having a hard time making ends meet. They are scared they are going to lose their jobs,
- [Seeking Glory](https://berniesiegelmd.com/seeking-glory/) - How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. ~ Coco Chanel If you create a work of art or develop a successful business venture so that people will be impressed and admire what you have done, you are really only seeking personal gain. If you think of
- [True Therapy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/true-therapy-2/) - If you really want to understand me, please hear what I am not saying, what I may never be able to say. ~ Anonymous If we all would really listen to each other, we could save on therapy by seeing one another as the beautiful creations we are. A while back, my wife and I
- [The Peaceful Dinosaur](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-peaceful-dinosaur-2/) - When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. ~ Jimi Hendrix I saw the complete skeleton of a brontosaurus the other day. One thighbone weighed over five hundred pounds. Yet this enormous creature was probably a very gentle soul. Because of its weight, it spent a lot of
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 3, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-3-2022/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Bernie: My tumor markers are now 46 - 8 away from normal. I'm very grateful. This is the lowest they've been. My energy level is much better too, so I feel my body is getting healthier. For the next four months or so, I am facing a LOT of medical appointments
- [True Therapy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/true-therapy/) - If you really want to understand me, please hear what I am not saying, what I may never be able to say. ~ Anonymous If we all would really listen to each other, we could save on therapy by seeing one another as the beautiful creations we are. A while back, my wife and I
- [Finding Hope While Waiting to Die](https://berniesiegelmd.com/finding-hope-while-waiting-to-die/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good afternoon, lovely YOU! So many of the conversations I am having lately are with people who are feeling hopeless about things going on in the world. They are scared about their own finances, many having to choose between buying food and putting gas in the car.
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 12, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-12-2022/) - Question for Bernie: Hi, Bernie! How do I let go of injustice from being injured by an abusive surgeon and the mega-hospital corporation that decided he was "within his scope of work" and just "needs to work on communication"? This surgeon performed a made up version of Manipulation Under Anesthesia (MUA) in a series of
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 5, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-5-2022/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Dr. Siegel, I've been reading your book, Love, Medicine and Miracles and it's giving me so much hope. My mom is 68 years old and has been a heavy smoker most of her life. A few weeks ago she went from working full time, healthy, fully mobile to in the hospital
- [Summer](https://berniesiegelmd.com/summer/) - “Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.” ~ Maori Proverb Summertime, and the living is easy. Why? Because when you face the light, there are no shadows to be seen. Summer also offers us the opportunity to spend time outdoors among nature’s living things. When we communicate and become one
- [Breezes, Ripples and Seeds](https://berniesiegelmd.com/breezes-ripples-and-seeds-2/) - We did not weave the web of life—we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. ~ Chief Seattle It occurs to me that what we do has the same effect as a butterfly flapping its wings. Now, the small movement of butterfly wings may not seem
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 8, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-8-2022/) - A Special Message of Inspiration to Bernie: Hi Bernie, God is Good, Number One—I am a Christian and wholly receive God's love and grace daily. Love, forgiveness, and thankfulness are the most important things to go forward. ~ 1984 rocked my world, divorced, breast cancer, and reconstruction… I was 35 years old. ~ 1987 I
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 1, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-1-2022/) - Question for Bernie: How do I become more involved with your teaching/what you do? Nearly 30 years ago I was diagnosed with an Anaplastic Astrocytoma, and a good friend of mine at the time gave me a copy of Love, Medicine and Miracles. Needless to say, I read it faster than any other book I
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 25, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-25-2022/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Dr Siegel, I was wondering where I can find the source for the study you referenced on page 133 of ‘Love, Miracles & Medicine’? It’s the study out of England where 30% of the control group lost their hair, even without chemotherapy. I would love to look into this further as
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 18, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-18-2022/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, I wish to thank you for the "training" and insights you've provided to me (and I'm sure others) over the years. I am now using these ideas and practices along with cognitive-behavioral and EQ skills to help caregivers deal with the mental and emotional challenges of caregiving. It worked for
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 4, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-4-2022/) - Question for Bernie: Hello Dr Siegel, I found one of your videos on YouTube. I am hoping you could help me and provide some advice. In 2019 I was put on dialysis. A few months later they told me I had an autoimmune GPA. Prior to this I did not have any symptoms or pain
- [](https://berniesiegelmd.com/20053/) - Question for Bernie: I did the assignment you asked and I was wondering if you could comment on it, in regard to my recent Multiple Myeloma diagnosis. Bernie’s Answer: What is the little black house? Does the number of the stripes mean anything to you? I said word not words--eliminate from your life what fits
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 20, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-20-2022/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, I got a little busy and distracted for a while. How are you doing? I hope all is well with you. I have a question—after you retired, were you exclusively speaking and conducting workshops or did you still see patients in private consultation? I know you still kept the eCap
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 13, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-13-2022/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Dr. Siegel, I found you on the web and wanted to please ask you a question. Do you believe that our consciousness is eternal? Thank you very much. Bernie’s Answer: Yes, consciousness requires no physical entity to exist. I have had near-death experience (NDE) and past life experience that I know
- [Help in Painful Times](https://berniesiegelmd.com/help-in-painful-times/) - Dear All, If you want to help yourself to get through these painful times, please read three little books for and about children. They were written years ago to help people raise children who feel loved and to help adults handle loss and violence. I just reread them for my own sake. LOVE, MAGIC &
- [Cooperation](https://berniesiegelmd.com/cooperation-4/) - Behold how good and how pleasant it is, for brethren to dwell together in unity! ~ Psalm 133:1 On my first visit to heaven as an outside consultant to the Board of Directors, I was surprised to see so many angels with only one wing. I asked one of the angels why he wasn’t healed
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 23, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-23-2022/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Dr Bernie, Where to begin when you have a blank canvas? Firstly you begin with an outline sketch, that that's where I'll begin..... I was always painting as a child and often spent many hours alone. Although I was told that I was very talented, I did not see that myself.
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 16, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-16-2022/) - Hello Everybody, Please read the following letter sent to me by a young doctor in Guatemala. Her dedication to self-healing and learning about it so she can teach her patients is inspirational. Peace, Bernie Dear Dr Bernie I started reading the books you told me and couldn’t stop reading almost all your books. I started
- [How Mindfulness Practice Can Help You Improve Your Relationships](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-mindfulness-practice-can-help-you-improve-your-relationships/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely YOU! As you may know, I began a meditation practice over 30 years ago when I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and given only 6 months to live. Meditation is what helped me to center myself and remove fear from my thoughts. Through
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 9, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-9-2022/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Dr. Siegel, I came across your name on the web after doing some soul searching. I wanted to please ask you if you believe that our brain is the receiver of consciousness? There is so much conflicting information on the internet, and I would very much appreciate your opinion. Also, do
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 2, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-2-2022/) - Question for Bernie: I am a woman in my late 50s who has had binge eating issues most of my life. It makes losing weight and/or keeping it off, difficult, at best. I am ashamed, sneaky, depressed, etc. but I deserve to live the balance of my life free from this hell. So this is
- [Sand Dollars](https://berniesiegelmd.com/sand-dollars-2/) - It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little— do what you can. –Sydney Smith Perhaps you have heard the story about the boy on the beach throwing washed-up sand dollars back into the water. A man walks by and asks, “Why are you doing that? There are
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 18, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-18-2022/) - Question for Bernie: Dr. Siegel, I am from Guatemala. I just finished my surgery residency. For the past 5 years I have follow your teachings. I admire your courage and your leadership. It would be a great gift in life if I could meet you. Do you give this kind of opportunity? The medical world
- [How to Stay Positive and Productive When Living with a Chronic Illness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-to-stay-positive-and-productive-when-living-with-a-chronic-illness/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely YOU! I met a wonderful woman over the weekend who, while dealing with a debilitating disease, started a business from her bed! She still lives with this disease, though she has found lifestyle changes and treatment options that help her live more “normally.” She
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 11, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-11-2022/) - Message for Bernie: Dear Bernie, I reflect on my life, this being now my 50th year. Due to a major brain injury and other broken parts of me, I, for my 20th birthday, was told I would never walk again—I have; never talk again—I do; and would never be cured of seizures, and I am.
- [The Health Benefits of Broccoli Sprouts](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-health-benefits-of-broccoli-sprouts/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello Lovely YOU! Spring has finally arrived, which means many gardeners have already begun starting their vegetable plants from seeds. If you garden, you know how exciting it is to finally see those tiny, delicate green seedlings begin to sprout up from the soil. What you may
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 4, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-4-2022/) - Hi Bernie, The gratitude I have for your work and book Peace, Love and Healing, cannot be expressed in words. I’m overwhelmed today as I realize it was published in or around the time I was diagnosed with MS. Later I was diagnosed after x-rays with scoliosis and was told they could either put pins
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 28, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-28-2022/) - Question for Bernie: I had COVID, and I'm ok. Does awareness of possible effects induce abnormal blood tests? Do you object to screening people for thyroid disease, myocarditis, or blood clots? Bernie’s Answer: “Does awareness of possible effects induce abnormal blood tests?” Yes it can. “Do you object to screening people for thyroid disease, myocarditis,
- [Q&A with Bernie - March 21, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/qa-with-bernie-march-21-2022/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, I had left a message in the “Ask Bernie A Question” box. This box seems more appropriate. I’m an internist/hospitalist and holistic physician and I delve deeply into mind, body and spirit with my patients and just came across your book and felt as though you were speaking to my
- [The Benefits of Journaling](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-benefits-of-journaling/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely YOU! What do John Steinbeck, Oscar Wilde, Queen Victoria and Ben Franklin all have in common? They were all journalers! They, among other very notable historical figures, looked at journaling the same as French writer and philosopher Foucault, as a “weapon for spiritual combat.” The
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 14, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-14-2022/) - Question for Bernie: What my guides are telling me is that I am working too hard and not loving life. I do mostly for others but don’t do enough what I love to do. They want me to focus on doing more of what I love to do more of the time - drumming, listening
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 7, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-7-2022/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Dr Siegel, My son was diagnosed with AML at 12 weeks old. He has been through a lot and is an incredible little man. He's almost 5 months old now and our doctors recently found a BMT donor for him. I have been reading your books and find them very helpful
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 28, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-28-2022/) - Guide to The Art of Healing In my book, The Art of Healing, I show patients and doctors how they can use their own drawings to help understand illness—and you don’t have to be a great artist to use this valuable insight. Here is an example of drawings a doctor sent to me and my
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 21, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-21-2022/) - Question for Bernie Hi Bernie I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and the doctor told me that after the surgery I have to take the medicine Levaproxine all my life because I need the hormones that my thyroid was producing. After a year, I stopped. I truly believe that I can heal myself and that
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 14, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-14-2022/) - Message for Bernie: Hi Bernie, I just want to thank you for sending the Video “Never Give Up”. It led me to finding the fantastic video you did called “Fight for your Life”. You are such a skilled and natural orator. Amazing. You speak so fluidly and with feeling and passion and you look straight
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 7, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-7-2022/) - Question for Bernie: I was diagnosed with an extremely rare liver cancer 14 months ago. It is an Acinar Cell Tumor. Little is known about this type of cancer since it is normally seen in the pancreas. I had two large tumors that were crushing my portal vein. No mets anywhere else in my body.
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 31, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-31-2022/) - An inspirational update to Bernie from a former patient ~ Hello Dr. Siegel, You performed surgery on me back in 1986 at a hospital in New Haven. I forget the name of the hospital. But I will never forget you. I was 27 years old and I had a mysterious breast lump (that turned out
- [4 Ways to Get a Good Night’s Sleep](https://berniesiegelmd.com/4-ways-to-get-a-good-nights-sleep/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning lovely you! Having spent many years of my life sharing a home with cats, I have always been astounded at how much they sleep. As I type this my little ZuZu is napping for what may be the third or fourth time today! And it’s
- [Making Peace with the Past to Move Forward](https://berniesiegelmd.com/making-peace-with-the-past-to-move-forward/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning lovely you! And an official Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were joyful and bright. What will 2022 hold in store for us all? While this is traditionally a time to look forward, I wanted to take some time to look into the past.
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 3, 2022](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-3-2022/) - Comments to Bernie Dear Dr. Siegel - As a APRN (inspired by you and Dr. Seltzer) I am writing on News Year Day to thank you. When I was a young girl I had a gangilaneuroma (pelvic). It grew back when I was 13 and you called in Dr. Effie Chang to save my ovary.
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 27, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-27-2021/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Dr. Siegel, I’m sure you receive a ton of these emails constantly. But, if you find time to read this, I wanted you to know that you have blessed my life remarkably! Your books are my little “bibles” that I carry with me everywhere and your audios accompany me on my
- [Condolences](https://berniesiegelmd.com/condolences/) - RARE BUTTERFLY—Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. ~ Rumi (13th Century Persian Poet) One evening I was at a meeting of Compassionate Friends, a group consisting of parents whose children have died. A father came up to me and started to tell me about his deceased
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 13, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-13-2021/) - Question/Comment to Bernie: Hi Bernie, I took your advice - not just from your recent support call, you've suggested before to give doctors a gift - I bought Lindt truffles that come in a bag, they are individually wrapped, I explained that's why I got them, otherwise if it wasn't the time of COVID I
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 6, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-6-2021/) - To Bernie: Update on earlier post ~ Dear Bernie, Just heard from my oncologist-- Both iliac bones...right and left spots are gone!!!! The spot that is there is the lower sternum. No other spots or cancer detected in bone or body. Best Christmas present ever!!!!! I love you! Bernie’s Answer: Keep loving your body, and
- [Love Blindness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/love-blindness/) - “Love isn’t blind; it just only sees what matters.” ~ William Curry What makes a lover blind? What is it a lover can’t see? Is blindness always a bad thing? What do you see when you start the day and step into your living room? Is the first thing you see the mess from the
- [Tears of Joy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tears-of-joy-2/) - The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed. ~ SEBASTIAN-ROCH NICOLAS DE CHAMFORT What is the point of laughing? Laughter changes our body chemistry, makes us feel young again, and transforms relationships. It is very hard to be in conflict with someone who makes you laugh. They go from
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 8, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-8-2021/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie! I'll be sending you drawings & an update note soon (will include notes to tell you what's happened overall with my cancer dx and health as you requested). They do tumor markers next Tuesday; I think that is the 9th. I have the PET scan at the end of November;
- [Tree of Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tree-of-life/) - Stand Tall & Proud Remember your Roots! Be Content with Your Natural Beauty Drink Plenty of Water Enjoy the View! ~ Illan Shamir, Advice from a Tree If we are busily performing deeds, but never stop to reach up for knowledge and wisdom, our Tree of Life will have no branches and many roots. Without
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 18, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-18-2021/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, Hope you are well. We are working with a young family with a profoundly disabled little boy. Can you guide me to the survivorship habits you spoke of when we talked? Thank you! Bernie’s Answer: Love him and his body. Have faith and hope. And get him a furry pet I
- [Too Heavy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/too-heavy/) - Take a deep breath, count to ten, and tackle each task one step at a time. ~ Linda Shalaway What do you do when you are asked to carry a stone that is too heavy for you to lift? What do you do when the problems confronting you seem overwhelming? You can carry the stone
- [What is Creative Meditation?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/what-is-creative-meditation/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely you! I often get emails from people who express their desire to commit to a meditation practice. They hear me and others speak about the benefits meditation offers our body, mind and spirit and feel a deep sense that meditation holds the key to
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 4, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-4-2021/) - QUESTION FOR BERNIE: Dear Bernie, Is it normal to feel like you have been punched in the gut when your Mom has died? She was my Mom but she was also my very best friend! She is who I turned to when I was first diagnosed with the brain lesions. She was right there with
- [Letting Go of That Which Does Not Serve You](https://berniesiegelmd.com/letting-go-of-that-which-does-not-serve-you/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Are the leaves starting to fall where you are? It’s such a beautiful time of year and one, I think, that reminds us all to let go of that which no longer serves us. But so many of us try to desperately hold onto all of our
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 20, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-20-2021/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, Thank you so much for your wise advice. I have had so much trouble doing this exercise - loving my body in front of a mirror. I started just by looking at my body and then looked in the mirror. I don't think I am physically attractive, so I thanked
- [Be a Coach](https://berniesiegelmd.com/be-a-coach-2/) - Great opportunities to help someone seldom come, but small ones surround us daily. --Sally Koch We all need coaches, someone to point out our errors in technique, improve our skills, and not take credit when we do something well. A good coach brings out the talent in others and doesn't take all the glory for
- [Face Value](https://berniesiegelmd.com/face-value-2/) - One of our sons was upset when he built a house and didn't make a profit selling it. I was proud of what he had done.I told him he had created something that would give me and others pleasure every time we drove past it. The pleasure I derived was from what he created and
- [Words Have Energetic Power – Choose Yours Wisely!](https://berniesiegelmd.com/words-have-energetic-power-choose-yours-wisely/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. I am going to admit something to you right now: I am human. And sometimes I do very human things. This morning I found myself saying some not-so-nice things about my neighbors who are… how shall I say… often hard to recognize as children of God. They
- [Meaning](https://berniesiegelmd.com/meaning-2/) - “Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care, for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.” ~ Buddha Anthropologist Ashley Montagu said it well: “The meaning of a word is the action it produces.” The meaning of your life is related to what you do and what you
- [Changing Your Energy Level with Acupuncture](https://berniesiegelmd.com/changing-your-energy-level-with-acupuncture/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely YOU! I’m starting to sense the approach of autumn. Are you? Leaves are already starting to turn in my neck of the woods and the light is changing. While I’m always a little sad to see summer go, I have always enjoyed the cooler
- [Sand Dollars](https://berniesiegelmd.com/sand-dollars/) - It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little—do what you can. ~ Sydney Smith Perhaps you have heard the story about the boy on the beach throwing washed-up sand dollars back into the water. A man walks by and asks, “Why are you doing that? There are
- [Being Right](https://berniesiegelmd.com/being-right-2/) - “Indeed, this need of individuals to be right is so great that they are willing to sacrifice themselves, their relationships, and even love for it.” ~ Reuel Howe, author of The Miracle of Dialogue Many people choose to be right rather than happy. They will argue to the bitter end about the “rightness” of their
- [Invite Peace into Your Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/invite-peace-into-your-life/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good afternoon, lovely YOU! I am sipping my morning tea up in my hideaway space I had built for me last year. I told you about that space and the amazing synchronicity of meeting the architect who turns out was one of my blog readers! This space
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 26, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-26-2021/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, You won’t believe it, Bernie. I’m supposed to have surgery tomorrow and had an MRI done this morning. My tumor is gone—or what they thought was a tumor has disappeared. I’m feeling so blessed right now. They think maybe one explanation is that it was a vasculitis. You are one
- [Sound Healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/sound-healing/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. The photo above was taken at our spiritualist church. A sound healing specialist came to give us a demonstration. It was an amazing experience. Good morning, lovely YOU!! As I sit here, sipping my mug of tea, I am smiling so big because there are quite a
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 19, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-19-2021/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Dr. Siegel, Thanks a lot for this opportunity. I have metastasis in my abdomen and lungs after 2018 anal cancer which got "complete response to treatments" in March 2019. But in April 2020 metastasis appeared. One year of chemo - different products - only led to kidney block, so I now live
- [The Peaceful Dinosaur](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-peaceful-dinosaur/) - When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. ~ Jimi Hendrix I saw the complete skeleton of a brontosaurus the other day. One thighbone weighed over five hundred pounds. Yet this enormous creature was probably a very gentle soul. Because of its weight, it spent a lot of
- [Get Comfortable with Your Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/get-comfortable-with-your-life/) - A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. ~ Mark Twain When will you be comfortable with your life? When you can impress others with all the material things you have accumulated and how expensive they are? No, having an expensive chair to recline in will not quiet your mind and allow you to
- [Personal Growth and Reaching Your Full Potential](https://berniesiegelmd.com/personal-growth-and-reaching-your-full-potential/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely YOU! I have been so happy seeing it stay light outside until almost 9PM where I live. I tend to get a little down in the winter when the light leaves around 4:30. But having that golden light until nighttime is such a comfort.
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 28, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-28-2021/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie (Bonus Dad), Wishing you a Very Happy Father's Day, to my Bonus Dad! I also wanted to thank you for having such a terrific support group for people living with cancer. Since attending your group, I've taken a walk outside every day (except for today, my allergy symptoms have been
- [A Special Post for Father's Day](https://berniesiegelmd.com/a-special-post-for-fathers-day/) - Letter to Bernie Hi Dad, I hope things are going well for you. I wanted to wish you good things for this season of maximum daylight; may the literal light help bring you all the good things that come with spiritual light and figurative light, and then I noticed that this year the solstice is
- [It’s Time to Make Yourself a Priority](https://berniesiegelmd.com/its-time-to-make-yourself-a-priority/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. “As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” ~Maya Angelou Good morning, lovely you. When was the last time you put yourself first? Are you really racking your brain right now trying to think
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 14, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-14-2021/) - QUESTION FOR BERNIE: Hi Bernie! I had a dream last night; I don't remember the entire thing. I don't want to send you a very long e-mail. I'm sending you a little about the dream, because I am wondering if it is supporting what your interpretation of the drawings is saying, and my intuition picked
- [What If You Don’t Need to be Fixed?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/what-if-you-dont-need-to-be-fixed/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely you! I hope you had an amazing weekend and smooth start to your week. You know that old saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?” Well, I believe this saying speaks truthfully to the human condition. Before my cancer diagnosis over 30 years ago,
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 31, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-31-2021/) - This is a continuation of a Q&A session from an earlier post. Response to Bernie’s Request for Drawings for Interpretation Hi Bernie, Yes, I'm happy to send you drawings! I would welcome you interpreting my drawings. Should I do the 4 drawings you suggest in your first book Love, Medicine & Miracles, or drawings about
- [STOP Sabotaging Yourself](https://berniesiegelmd.com/stop-sabotaging-yourself/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely YOU! Happy Wednesday! I got an email over the weekend from a friend of mine whom I hadn’t seen in a few months. The last time I saw her she looked AMAZING. She had lost a lot of weight and had begun weightlifting, so her
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 24, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-24-2021/) - QUESTION FOR BERNIE: Hello Dr. Bernie Siegel, I was diagnosed last week on Monday, and likely sent you the message sometime after that. So you may have not even had a chance to read it. In my late 20's and mid 30's my therapist and spiritual mentor mentioned to me that she was your first
- [Ikigai - Waking up to Joy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/ikigai-waking-up-to-joy/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. What is Ikigai? Good morning, lovely YOU! I hope you had a relaxing weekend full of peace and relaxation. And I hope you can sustain these feelings through this workweek. Having worked in the people business/human resource management for decades, I know firsthand that many, MANY people
- [Sweetheart](https://berniesiegelmd.com/sweetheart/) - The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. ~ CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE My wife called me “sweetheart” a few minutes ago, as she came into the room where I was working. I teased her by asking, “Why are you calling me sweetheart?” “Because you are,” she answered. The beauty of the word really came
- [Are You Present or Merely Productive in Your Life!](https://berniesiegelmd.com/presence-vs-productivity/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely you!​ Happy Thursday! I apologize, I'm a day late this week with our check in. Things have been a little crazy lately. This is the first morning in a while where I am able to just STOP and be with my thoughts. I have been so busy with
- [Don't Do It My Way](https://berniesiegelmd.com/dont-do-it-my-way/) - Live for something, have a purpose, and that purpose keep in view; drifting like a helmless vessel, thou cans’t ne’er to life be true. ~ Robert Whitakeer, LIVE FOR SOMETHING While in a restaurant, Joseph Campbell heard a man seated at a nearby table telling his child how to behave and eat. The man’s wife
- [Stir the Pot](https://berniesiegelmd.com/stir-the-pot/) - The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way one uses them. ~ Anonymous When you experience uncomfortable feelings such as gnawing unrest, sadness, irritation, or depression, do not label them as bad feelings. Your feelings are signs that something is stirring inside of you and seeking a response. Our feelings aid and
- [This Spring and Summer Give Ecotherapy a Try](https://berniesiegelmd.com/this-spring-and-summer-give-ecotherapy-a-try/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely YOU! I am currently in Southern Florida and I just spent some time outside marveling at all my favorite tropical flowers that are in full bloom (above). The sun is out, the sky is blue, and a nice breeze is swaying the palm trees overhead. I feel very happy here, energized
- [Just Being](https://berniesiegelmd.com/just-being/) - There is no way to peace; peace is the way. ~ A. J. MUSTE How many of you have become frantic waiting for a ride to the airport or some other event that you couldn’t be late for? You get agitated and frustrated and feel helpless, yet what does this accomplish? A Buddhist man was
- [Feeling Your Feelings](https://berniesiegelmd.com/feeling-your-feelings/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good afternoon, lovely you! It is that day again when my blog hits your Inbox. Sit back, relax and enjoy some Wednesday wisdom. How are you feeling today? What are you feeling today? If you answered “Fine” and “I don’t know,” then I want you to read this ENTIRE
- [What is Loving Kindness Meditation?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/what-is-loving-kindness-meditation/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely YOU! As I was running errands yesterday afternoon, I found myself starting to get a bit hot under the collar because it seemed there was more traffic than usual and more driver crankiness than usual. I mean I know it was Monday and most
- [Hard Work](https://berniesiegelmd.com/hard-work-2/) - Hard work never killed anybody, but why take the chance? ~ Edgar Bergen Hard work is work you don’t want to do. It is not about the physical effort you must make, but the emotional cost of the effort. When you wish you were somewhere else, doing something else, then you are doing hard work.
- [Time Out](https://berniesiegelmd.com/time-out/) - The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. ~ Jim Goodwin and Sydney J. Harris TODAY WAS QUIET AND PEACEFUL. I wasn’t going anywhere. I was just being me. And it felt good to be me. That’s a change. The old me would have been too busy doing things, never even
- [Get Unlost](https://berniesiegelmd.com/get-unlost/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely YOU! I saw something wonderful on my walk yesterday. At first what I saw made me very sad. There was a medium-sized dog, a mixed breed of some sort, walking around with his nose frantically ground sniffing, sniffing, sniffing, looking for something. I know
- [Rethinking the Language of Death and Dying](https://berniesiegelmd.com/rethinking-the-language-of-death-and-dying/) - This is a letter to the editor I wrote recently. Dear Editor, In response to your articles on cancer and death with dignity, I could write another book. As a physician, I started becoming involved in resolving many of the issues discussed by starting an organization in 1978, called ECaP; short for Exceptional Cancer Patients.
- [Safe Spaces](https://berniesiegelmd.com/safe-spaces/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely you! We hear so much about people needing safe spaces these days, but in this context, it’s usually a space to be safe from differing values, beliefs and opinions. If some people need that, that’s fine. But I want to talk to you about
- [Mind Movies](https://berniesiegelmd.com/mind-movies/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. I heard from an acquaintance over the weekend, and she knows about the work I do and knows a bit about my background, and she asked me my opinion on mind movies and did I think they really helped people manifest. And I thought that is a
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 15, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-15-2021/) - Question for Bernie: BDad, my favorite and only CD, Well, I did it again. I had a brain scan and it showed me as having developed another cavernous malformation. I meet with the neurosurgeon on Monday, March 8th by computer and video. I have Cowden’s Syndrome (Disease). It causes the cavernous malformation to develop over
- [How to Support a Loved One Who Has Been Diagnosed with Cancer](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-to-support-a-loved-one-who-has-been-diagnosed-with-cancer/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. I received an email from someone in our community over the weekend asking for advice on what is the best way to help a loved one who has recently been diagnosed with cancer. It’s not an easy place to be, I know. I can still remember the
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 8, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-8-2021/) - Question for Bernie: An update on my ovarian cancer that came back three years ago: Interesting story that my doctor told his interns at the hospital—the second time I was diagnosed, 6 years after the first time, I was at the cottage with my husband on a warm May afternoon, Sunday to be exact. I
- [Complaints](https://berniesiegelmd.com/complaints/) - A man is responsible for his choice of attention and must accept the consequences. ~ W.H. AUDEN Since we all spend time complaining, we must have much in common. What is unique is how each person finds a solution to his or her problems. The answers are within us, and that is the last place
- [Regretting Your Past Robs Your Future](https://berniesiegelmd.com/regretting-your-past-robs-your-future/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hi, lovely you! Can you believe it is February already?! I actually saw a couple of robins over the weekend! I don’t know if they are two robins that never decided to head south months ago or they are two robins that decided to come back early?
- [One Family](https://berniesiegelmd.com/one-family/) - You must look into people, as well as at them. ~ G.K. Chesterton The other day I was on a hotel elevator when a couple walked in. We rode together for a few floors, and then I heard the husband say, “I think you need to change.” She said, “I think my clothes are all
- [Knowing Your Own Self-Worth](https://berniesiegelmd.com/knowing-your-own-self-worth/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. I wanted to talk to you today about how most people need other people’s approval, and how that robs us of an authentic life. When we’re toddlers, we are completely enamored with the world around us. We love everyone and everything. A 4 year-old sees another 4-year
- [Pray for Me](https://berniesiegelmd.com/pray-for-me/) - If you do not know what to pray for, recite the alphabet and let God create the prayer. ~ ANONYMOUS If I asked you what I could pray for, for you, what would you answer? Stop and think about your answer. Most people ask for prayers relating to personal needs and desires: health, wealth, peace
- [Stop Judging Your Life and Start Observing Instead](https://berniesiegelmd.com/stop-judging-your-life-and-start-observing-instead/) - This is a post by Prudence Sinclair. I thought we would play a little game today. Are you game for a game? Great! Okay, take a look at this photo: What do you see? Some people might say they see a sad man, thinking about someone he has just lost. Others may say this man
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 25, 2021](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-25-2021/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, Hope you’re doing well. I’ve been enjoying all of your people on zoom and phone calls, and so appreciate everyone’s support. I hope you’ll be on again soon so you can enlighten us! I have a question. What are your feelings on functional medicine? I’m looking into everything I can
- [Support](https://berniesiegelmd.com/support/) - The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. Your life is whirling around you, and you feel dizzy and ready to fall. Now is the time to look for support. Find
- [Are You Living or Existing?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/are-you-living-or-existing/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. I took this photo yesterday on my walk...Life is beautiful...Live it well! Hello, lovely you! I received an email over the weekend from a reader. I have received emails like this one over the years and wanted to share some thoughts with you. The woman who sent
- [Setting Healthy Boundaries in the New Year](https://berniesiegelmd.com/setting-healthy-boundaries-in-the-new-year/) - This is a guest post from Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely YOU! How is the first week of 2021 going for you so far? Have you already been inundated with garbage you don’t want to deal with? That always happens, doesn’t it? We spend some nice time with our family, enjoying the holidays, and then
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 28, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-28-2020/) - Question for Bernie Good morning Bernie, I hope this email finds you well. I have some good news—my tumor is shrinking after two treatments of chemo, and keeping an exceptional patient attitude! But I do have a medical question, or two, that I was hoping you can answer for me. The doctor said although the
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 21, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-21-2020/) - Dear All, Every so often, one of you sends along a message to me reflecting on the learnings that came out of our work together, with me in the role of surrogate Dad. I recognize when someone needs the kind of loving guidance parents can give, but may not know how. Thanks to all the
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 14, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-14-2020/) - Question for Bernie (from a reader for whom Bernie is a Chosen Dad*) Dear Dad, I got sad news over the weekend. A good friend is in one of our top cancer treatment institutes diagnosed with prostate cancer that has moved into the bone. There are moments when it seems the only thing a person
- [How Can You Tell God Loves You?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-can-you-tell-god-loves-you/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely you! How are you feeling today? I know so many of us are really struggling right now with all of the craziness in the world. It's overwhelming at times. I know I feel it, too. In the conversations I've had with others lately, I know
- [Mottoes to Live By](https://berniesiegelmd.com/mottoes-to-live-by/) - “People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale Norman Vincent Peale was a friend of mine for many years. He and I had similar mothers who gave us mottoes to live by; not
- [Do You Really Have a Spirit Guide?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/do-you-really-have-a-spirit-guide/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely you! Brrrrr, it is a chilly morning here in Massachusetts. I hope wherever you are you are nice and toasty. Thanks to a steaming cup of tea, I am warming up, and my sweet little Zuzu is curled up next to me. I am
- [Road Rage](https://berniesiegelmd.com/road-rage/) - Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten. ~ BUDDHA Road Rage has become prevalent in today’s society. With all the daily stressors, people build up anger until it becomes resentment, to deal with it, experts
- [Your Celestial Candle](https://berniesiegelmd.com/your-celestial-candle/) - Although the world is full of suffering, It is also full of the overcoming of it. ~ Helen Keller When you are born a candle is lit in Heaven. Its length depends on how long you are going to live, so some children have short candles and some seniors have tall ones—no bells, just candles,
- [How to Cheer Yourself Back Up When Your Health Takes a Hit](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-to-cheer-yourself-back-up-when-your-health-takes-a-hit/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely you! I hope this finds you in good spirits. I will admit, I found myself in a bit of a funk last week. Yes, I can find myself in a bad mood from time to time. Usually, I catch myself, recognize what's going on and
- [An End to Wars](https://berniesiegelmd.com/an-end-to-wars/) - We have met the enemy and he is us. ~ POGO What are we trying to kill or eliminate? Why make war? I believe there are very few legitimate reasons to kill others. FBI agents are asked during their training if they could kill. Soldiers know they are being asked to go to war and
- [Q & A with Bernie - Noveber 9, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-noveber-9-2020/) - Dear all, For those of you who have followed my work for many years, it will come as no surprise that I believe doctors harm patients with words that are poorly chosen and patronizing. Years ago, my son pointed out to me the impact of these two words together: SWORDS ~ WORDS ~ SWORDS ~
- [Autumn is a Chance for Us to Let Go](https://berniesiegelmd.com/autumn-is-a-chance-for-us-to-let-go/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely you! I have just returned from my walk. It was amazing to see so many trees with their colorful leaves. And we finally had some sun this morning so all of the red and yellow and orange leaves were lit up like jewels against
- [An Election Pledge](https://berniesiegelmd.com/an-election-pledge/) - My Friends - I thought I would share the Election Day pledge below from Glenn Berkenkamp. Good thoughts for all of us during these turbulent times. Peace, Bernie Dear friends, I wrote this in 2016. And here we are again. The only element I'd like to add is: Breathe. My 2016/2020 Election Day pledge to
- [Cooperation](https://berniesiegelmd.com/cooperation-3/) - Behold how good and how pleasant it is, for brethren to dwell together in unity! ~ Psalm 133:1 On my first visit to heaven as an outside consultant to the Board of Directors, I was surprised to see so many angels with only one wing. I asked one of the angels why he wasn’t healed
- [What You Believe Can Ruin Your Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/what-you-believe-can-ruin-your-life/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good Morning, Lovely You. We took a trip this weekend up to the White Mountains in New Hampshire. There is nothing I love more than New England during the Fall. Walking in the mountain air among the bright red maple leaves made me smile. I found myself
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 26, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-26-2020/) - Dear everybody, A young woman called me decades ago to help her find Jack Kevorkian and commit suicide. Instead, she became my chosen daughter and is alive and loving today. Read her recent message to me which she sent along with a revision of an earlier poem. And then read her poem. Peace and love,
- [Self Care is the Best Medicine](https://berniesiegelmd.com/self-care-is-the-best-medicine/) - Dear Bernie: I meant to tell you this, Bernie, about what kind of a friend you are. Years ago I read in one of your books that before going into surgery, we should ask our blood supply to move away from the surgical site. Not long after that, I had to have a complete hysterectomy,
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 12, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-12-2020/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, I finished reading your book at 4am today! I savored it like a nice, decadent piece of chocolate cake that I don’t want to finish quickly. So, is it odd that to me it reflected upon my marriage and how bad it is? I realize I find myself sad all the
- [Caring for the Family of Man](https://berniesiegelmd.com/caring-for-the-family-of-man/) - “What the world needs is some do-give-a-damn pills.” ~ Dr. William Menninger Just as physical pain is necessary to protect us from harm, emotional pain is necessary to lead us to find and express our compassion and love for our fellow human beings. I don’t want society and politics to numb me so much that
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 28, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-28-2020/) - Dear Bernie: I just wanted to say "Thank You" again for your life's work, and dedication to studying health successes versus health failures. I'm re-reading "Love, Medicine and Miracles" right now, during my morning inspirational reading time. I knew living in this house was going to give me cancer... and it has. I was already
- [The Blessings of Dark Chocolate](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-blessings-of-dark-chocolate/) - This is a guest post from Prudence Sinclair. Hello lovely you! I am in such a fine mood this morning. I think it’s because I really love the fall season and on my walk yesterday in the early evening I saw more leaves starting to turn and there was that familiar crispness in the air.
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 21, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-21-2020/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, I’ve been practicing your suggestions. I find that I have an emotional glitch in loving my body. This stems from the shock and fear I felt when I got a diagnosis of breast cancer. The body that I had trusted and relied on, “turned on me” - or so it felt.
- [](https://berniesiegelmd.com/18888/) - This is a guest post submitted by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, Lovely You, How are you on this wonderful Thursday afternoon? I am a little late with my broadcast today due to work issues that dragged me away from writing to you this morning. I'm back now and ready to write. Are You Happy or Unhappy
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 14, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-14-2020/) - Question for Bernie: In one of our previous emails, you sent me some energy, and I saw a message from the sky— crazy right? Hey, I did see it, believe me. Lately my energy is kind of blocked, I think people are more selfish because of this Covid-19 situation; well, they used to be before,
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 7, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-7-2020/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Dr. Siegel, How are you doing? I am doing fantastic post mastectomy. I have started back to work (school nurse) and hope for the best regarding COVID. I am reading the book you suggested, Faith, Hope and Love. I am again inspired. I have met, through my cancer journey some very
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 31, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-31-2020/) - Did you know that dadu online is a trusted online betting site that has been proven to provide the best service to all members. Question for Bernie: Hello Bernie, Hope you’re well and doing things you love. I’m hoping to gain your insight - I recently had a surgery to remove an inclusion cyst and
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 24, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-24-2020/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Dr. Siegel, I hope you are doing well and taking care of yourself. :) I wanted to share with you this news that worries me. I’ve been having terrible headaches for weeks and I figured the fastest way to take care of it before a doctor’s appointment is getting treated at
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 17, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-17-2020/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, Our three year old daughter India has stage 4 Neuroblastoma. In the six months since diagnosis she has had four rounds of chemo, a successful surgery to remove the main mass in her chest, and MIBG therapy. Apart from the surgery, the cancer has only stabilized, not shrunk from the
- [“My Angel, George”](https://berniesiegelmd.com/my-angel-george/) - Many years ago I attended a workshop to enhance my ability to help empower my cancer patients to recover from their illness. We were taught about imagery and asked to close our eyes and visualize what the physician described to us. I had no belief in what he discussed and so sat with my eyes
- [8 Signs You’re in a Healthy Relationship](https://berniesiegelmd.com/8-signs-youre-in-a-healthy-relationship/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely you! I sadly spent a good portion of my life in incredibly toxic relationships. How toxic? Restraining order toxic!! I won’t go into all of the details here, though I have shared much of my past and the “colorful” relationships I have been in other
- [Maps and Guides for Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/maps-and-guides-for-life/) - One of the themes I keep repeating is that we can all be helped on our journey through life by maps and guides who have passed this way before us. The maps can be advice from others, books, spiritual teachings, instructions and more, and the guides can be other living things who become our role
- [Change is a Commencement](https://berniesiegelmd.com/change-is-a-commencement/) - We call graduating from school commencement and not termination—why? School may be over, but now life is really just beginning, which is right in tune with the nature of life. Loss is change and change is a commencement, a beginning. We experience small and large losses throughout our lives, but if we see them as
- [4 Pillars that MUST be in Sync for YOU to Heal](https://berniesiegelmd.com/4-pillars-that-must-be-in-sync-for-you-to-heal/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning lovely you! Every Part of You is Connected to the Other Parts Well, as you may have guessed, I am sitting here with a nice cup of tea and a freshly-groomed snoozing kitty, and so I am ready to talk to you about healing today.
- [All My Life is a Circle](https://berniesiegelmd.com/all-my-life-is-a-circle/) - Until last night, when I had a conversation with God about the true nature of life and the never ending nature of consciousness, I had forgotten about the song by Harry Chapin I had hanging on our kitchen wall. Incorporated into the work of art are these words: All my life’s a circle ~ Sunrise
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 13, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-13-2020/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Bernie, I hope this email reaches you in good health! I hope you have avoided the effects of Covid-19 and all your loved ones are safe and well too. I am still making kefir in my small business - still facing challenges, and at this time just going with the flow.
- [Get Back in Touch with the Unseen World.](https://berniesiegelmd.com/get-back-in-touch-with-the-unseen-world/) - This is a guest post from Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely you! I had another topic ready to go for today’s blog post, but another idea has just come to me after watching my little ZuZu chase something unseen (to me anyway) for nearly 10 minutes. At first, I didn’t know what she was doing
- [Staying Afloat on the Lake of the Mind](https://berniesiegelmd.com/staying-afloat-on-the-lake-of-the-mind/) - In talking about deeper levels of consciousness, metaphors can be helpful. So let’s talk about the Lake of the Mind. It is a deep lake, but we are familiar only with the surface. We know how to swim effortlessly on the surface; modern life is quite good at teaching us all kinds of ingenious strokes
- [Stepping into Gratitude During Adversity](https://berniesiegelmd.com/stepping-into-gratitude-during-adversity/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely you! I hope you had a nice weekend. We had glorious weather here in the Boston area and I spent as much time outside as I could. Now, do you have a favorite beverage ready? My tea is steaming next to me, little Zuzu
- [Death](https://berniesiegelmd.com/death/) - The perfection of moral character consists in this, in passing every day as the last. ~ Marcus Aurelius Our culture tries very had to deny death. We don’t say people died; rather, we say they failed, kicked the bucket, went to a better place, passed on, expired, and so on. I once had a textbook
- [Things to Keep in Mind Before Starting a Meditation Practice](https://berniesiegelmd.com/things-to-keep-in-mind-before-starting-a-meditation-practice/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely you! Summer is in full swing at my house and my little Zuzu is having such a good time watching all the birds and bugs! When she’s not napping of course, which she is doing right now. And my tea is steaming near me
- [We Don't Die](https://berniesiegelmd.com/we-dont-die/) - I cannot deny events and facts, and since my wife died a little over two years ago, my experiences have been incredible. The first being a call from a former patient and mystic two days later saying she had a message from a lovely lady who was an opera singer, that Bobbie was fine and
- [5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Relationship with Your Doctor](https://berniesiegelmd.com/5-easy-ways-to-improve-your-relationship-with-your-doctor/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely you! My goodness we have been having some glorious weather, finally. Warm, breezy and NO HUMIDITY! I don’t know how much of it we’ll get this summer, but I will savor every second of it. As I sit near my new patio with the door
- [Where Are You?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/where-are-you/) - “We are always on our guard against contagious diseases of the body, but we are exasperatingly careless when it comes to the even more dangerous collective diseases of the mind.” ~ Carl Jung Here is a simple test to see where you are in your life. Ask yourself what is your favorite animal and why
- [How is YOUR Intuition During COVID-19?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-is-your-intuition-during-covid-19/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely you! It is hard for me not to feel out of sorts these days. Are you feeling that way? The world seems like it is getting crazier and crazier. Pandemics, riots, looting, fires… the world seems a bit lost right now. No matter what
- [Express Yourself - The Key to Healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/express-yourself-the-key-to-healing/) - There are many situations and circumstances in life which make us pessimistic. It might be easy to give up hope, particularly when others make discouraging comments. Let us always believe in the benevolence of our loving Creator. Let this belief be so strong that nothing anyone says can cause us to lose hope. It isn’t
- [Did YOU Discover Your Gifts during COVID-19 Lock Down?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/did-you-discover-your-gifts-during-covid-19-lock-down/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely you! I hope all of you were able to have a fantastic Memorial Day weekend. The world has been so crazy lately, we all deserved to spend some time having fun and celebrating. Of course, it's also an important day to honor those men
- [On Being a Respant](https://berniesiegelmd.com/on-being-a-respant/) - I agree with Mark Twain who said that when you keep anger stored within you, it will eat away at you and destroy you. We know from studies that people who internalize their anger and try to please everyone are far more likely to develop cancer and other illnesses than those who express their feelings
- [Love and Luaghter Hold Our Lives Together](https://berniesiegelmd.com/love-and-luaghter-hold-our-lives-together/) - “This proud picture of human grandeur is unfortunately an illusion only and is counterbalanced by the reality which is very different. In this reality, man is the slave and victim of the machines that have conquered space and time for him.” ~ Carl Jung Yes, we keep reading about how all these devices are now
- [Footsteps](https://berniesiegelmd.com/footsteps/) - Hi Everybody, In the words of Eknath Easwaran, spiritual teacher and author ~ “My grandmother, my spiritual teacher, used to tell me that the pain we associate with the great change called death arises from our innumerable selfish attachments. One day she illustrated this in a simple way by asking me to sit in a
- [Measure Me](https://berniesiegelmd.com/measure-me/) - Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much the heart can hold. ~ Zelda Fitzgerald How do we take the measure of a person and know how big he or she really is? Is it from the tips of the toes to the top of the head? Or is it the waistline or head size?
- [STRESS!!!! Good or Bad?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/stress-good-or-bad/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello Lovely You. When we talk about stress, we tend to talk about only one flavor of it, the bad yucky kind. I mean, how often do you hear someone say, “Gee, I am so stressed right now and I feel amazing!!” Not often. So it’s clear why
- [Animals](https://berniesiegelmd.com/animals/) - Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal; difficult standards for people to live up to. ~ Alfred A. Montapert It is very cold outside today. The ground is covered with snow, and yet as I look out, there are beautiful birds nibbling at my
- [Eternal Truths](https://berniesiegelmd.com/eternal-truths/) - Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear. ~ Mohandas Gandhi The Truth Is, there is nothing to say or learn that those who have preceded us haven’t already said or learned. Wise people and teachers have always expressed the same things, because
- [Is Inner Strength Found or Cultivated?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/is-inner-strength-found-or-cultivated/) - This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Good morning, lovely you! I am in a pretty fantastic mood this morning. Not only am I sipping an absolutely delicious cup of tea that is the perfect temperature but my little ZuZu is lying next to me in a patch of sun. AND, it looks like
- [Wholeness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/wholeness/) - Wholeness is not about your anatomical body but your spiritual life. ~ Carmine Birsammato What makes you feel whole? Certainly it is not the parts of your body. I have met people born with no arms or who have lost body parts because of accidents or diseases, and yet they seemed more whole than others
- [Time for Everything](https://berniesiegelmd.com/time-for-everything/) - "Come out of the circle of time, and into the circle of love." - Rumi Does time exist? Is it real? Does a tree know the time? Does the ocean? Who created time? Who said, "You're late?" Why is it one o'clock? In the Divine, there is time for everything; it is always the right
- [4 Ways to RELAX During This Unprecedented Time](https://berniesiegelmd.com/4-ways-to-relax-during-this-unprecedented-time/) - Good morning, lovely YOU! Today we are talking about 4 Ways to RELAX during unprecedented times so you can take care YOU and your family. I was at the store the other day and so many people looked not only physically tired but soul weary. You could see the sadness in their eyes over their
- [Declare and Devote](https://berniesiegelmd.com/declare-and-devote/) - Make love, not war! ~ Antiwar Slogan We frequently hear our political leaders speaking about declaring war against other peoples and nationals. They are very devoted to the process of conflict, war, getting even, punishing others in damaging ways. They are seemingly not in touch with the people who suffer because of these declarations and
- [How to Hear the Universe Whispering to You](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-to-hear-the-universe-whispering-to-you/) - Good morning, lovely you! It hit me quite recently that there is a big silver lining to what’s happening in the world right now. The Coronavirus has caused the entire world to come to a screeching halt. Now I very much recognize the fear and financial hardship this has caused so many people. But there
- [Little Dickens](https://berniesiegelmd.com/little-dickens/) - If God is at the front door, the devil is at the back door. ~ C.G. Jung We have many cats, all with symbolic names. One, as a kitten, was into all kinds of mischief, and I wanted to name him Devil. But my wife didn’t like that name. Then one day I heard her
- [Coping with the Coronavirus Crisis](https://berniesiegelmd.com/coping-with-the-coronavirus-crisis/) - Good morning, lovely YOU! I am sitting here with my big mug of tea, watching little Zuzu sleep. Being a cat, Zuzu has no idea about the Coronavirus. There she lies without a care, knowing that when she awakens, she will have treats and toys and all will be well in her world. I have
- [Lottery Winner](https://berniesiegelmd.com/lottery-winner/) - What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him. ~ Louis L. Mann, Lecturer in Comparative Ethics, Yale and Champion of Social Justice I play the lottery regularly in the hopes of winning and doing some good in the world with the funds I receive. Very few of the things I
- [Exploring Energy  Healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/exploring-energy-healing/) - Good morning, lovely you! Such wonderful music was given to me this morning by spring songbirds. In an instant, the world outside my window has changed. I am always fascinated and inspired by how seamless the change from death to life is in nature. My tea is steaming and little ZuZu is napping, and so
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 16, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-16-2020/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, I emailed you in 2007. I was dealing with nausea at the time. I have recovered and am working. I wanted to know if you do dream interpretation. I’m trying to connect that to the “awake” state. Bernie’s Answer: I do dreams if it comes through to me. I do
- [New Beginnings](https://berniesiegelmd.com/new-beginnings/) - Good morning, lovely you! The crocus are coming up in my neck of the woods. And I am already seeing robins and hearing their lovely evening songs. Spring is here and with it, the promise of new beginnings. And that brings me to what I want to talk to you about. New beginnings. You cannot
- [Right Moment](https://berniesiegelmd.com/right-moment/) - There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. ~ William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar There is a right moment to act and speak. The same thing said at the wrong time can be a disaster, while spoken at the right time, enlightening. When we are angry
- [What is Energy Healing and Is It Right for You?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/what-is-energy-healing-and-is-it-right-for-you/) - “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” ― Nikola Tesla Good morning, lovely you! How are you feeling on this fine morning? Did you wake up with a lot of energy or a little energy? While you may assume that the quality of sleep you
- [Forming the HABIT of Self-Love](https://berniesiegelmd.com/forming-the-habit-of-self-love/) - Good morning, Lovely You! As February, the month of LOVE comes to a close, I wanted to end with a post that will help you get into the HABIT of Self-love. If you’ve ever tried to do something that was good or healthy for you, you know that unless you turn that “thing” into a
- [Why is Self-Love So Freaking Hard?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/why-is-self-love-so-freaking-hard/) - Hello, Lovely You, Why is Self-Love so freaking hard and HOW to love yourself? It’s easy to pay lip service to this topic. It’s easy to pretend that you love yourself. But it’s NOT easy to actually do it! Why is Self-Love So Freaking Hard? It’s harder for some people than others. Some of us were
- [Pet Therapy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/pet-therapy/) - Were it only to learn benevolence to humankind, we should be merciful to other creatures. ~ Plutarch I take our dog, Furphy, everywhere I go. He is a little Lhasa apso and gets all the hellos and greetings when we are out. In my therapy groups, he always knows when the sessions are over and
- [The Greatest Love of All - Why the Relationship with Yourself is the Most Important](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-greatest-love-of-all-why-the-relationship-with-yourself-is-the-most-important/) - To love one’s self is the beginning of a lifelong romance. ~ Oscar Wilde Good morning, Lovely You! I mentioned last week that I have recently had work done in my house. I finally built my upstairs sanctuary. It is a project I have been dreaming about for years and now I finally get to
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 10, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-10-2020/) - Dear Everybody, I have corresponded with someone for over a year now about dreams and what they may mean. I’ve included my latest question from your fellow reader here, and added more information from a post on my website about interpreting dreams. Question for Bernie: I dreamed that my friend said to me that, besides
- [LOVE Really is the Best Medicine](https://berniesiegelmd.com/love-really-is-the-best-medicine/) - Good morning, lovely you! I can’t believe it is February already! I can see spring from where I stand and am happy to report that so far, this winter has been pretty mild and tolerable. Knock on wood. Have you been noticing all the little hearts going up on store windows and new candy displays
- [Too Late?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/too-late/) - You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson A famous painting portrays a dying child, his parents, and the doctor in a one-room cabin. When I’ve asked other doctors a multiple-choice question about what the painting should be named, many say
- [Get Out of Your Own Way!](https://berniesiegelmd.com/get-out-of-your-own-way/) - Good morning lovely you. Get Out of Your Own Way! We may genuinely want to heal, but we subconsciously create drama and circumstances in our lives that keep us stuck in an unhealthy relationship with ourselves. When you find yourself facing obstacles that appear to be blocking you from healing it is important not to
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 27, 2020](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-27-2020/) - Question for Bernie Hi. I'm fighting with drug resistance. Does your explanation of mind control in your book also work for my case too? I have had parasites (lice and scabies) but the current medications, Permethrin and Ivermectin do not work. I have tried many other drugs including Lindane and Malathion, but they do not
- [Surprises](https://berniesiegelmd.com/surprises/) - Even if it is a garden you know by heart there are twelve months in the year and every month means a different garden, and the discovery of things unexpected all the rest of the year. ~ Margery Fish On my desk sits a calendar with the statement of the day. “No matter how thin
- [Are YOU a Hateful Monster Sometimes?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/are-you-a-hateful-monster-sometimes/) - Good morning lovely you! I am sipping my steaming cup of tea, and little Zuzu is sound asleep next to me. It’s a grey morning here in New England, but hearing the birds chirping and little Zuzu purring makes the day that much brighter. All would seem well in my world. Last week we talked
- [Have Faith](https://berniesiegelmd.com/have-faith/) - Know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty. ~ Albert Einstein A few years ago I traveled by ship, as part of a tour, to see the Alaskan wilderness. During one of the day trips to view a glacier, a sudden snowstorm limited
- [How to Attract Angels Instead of Devils into Your Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-to-attract-angels-instead-of-devils-into-your-life/) - Good morning, lovely you! You have all heard me talk glowingly about my love, Dave. He is such an angel and has touched my life with such kindness and gentleness. Here's the kind of guy he is. Not long ago, we had a snowstorm, and I awoke at 6:45 AM to find that Dave had
- [Gross National Happiness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/gross-national-happiness/) - I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. ~ Henry David Thoreau I have written about the meaning of the word gross and our country’s Gross National Product, but I have never written about Gross National Happiness. Then I watched 60 Minutes.
- [The Art of Healing Support Group](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-art-of-healing-support-group/) - By Lionel Ketchian Bobbie & Bernie Siegel, Theresa Waldron-Yancoskie & Lionel Ketchian Don't miss his valuable free resource for people to learn lessons in healing. THE ART OF HEALING SUPPORT GROUP with your host: Dr. Bernie Siegel. The co-host will be: Dr. Tobi Mansfield a medical psychologist that will also be a gift for us. The
- [Reflection and Affection](https://berniesiegelmd.com/reflection-and-affection/) - Dear Everybody, If you are thinking about resolutions to make January 1, 2020, here’s one that almost everybody can easily keep, and it will pay off with the priceless dividend of self-confidence for the rest of your life. Happy New Year! We are disturbed not by things, but by the view which we take of
- [Cultivating Widsom](https://berniesiegelmd.com/cultivating-widsom/) - Good morning, lovely you! Someone recently sent me a video of their kid in a Christmas play. While the baby Jesus was supposed to be the star of the show, one of the wise men was pulling focus. He was nervously rocking back and forth, seemingly needing to use the bathroom very badly. I guess
- [Insight](https://berniesiegelmd.com/insight/) - Wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. ~ Edith Wharton What is usually called “wisdom” is passed on generation after generation within a family because of the beneficial effect it has had over the years. However, what many of us call wisdom is really insight. Insight is a
- [Scrape the Old so the New Can Stick](https://berniesiegelmd.com/scrape-the-old-so-the-new-can-stick/) - Good morning, lovely you! During my recent trip to Florida, I would walk by a house each morning on my way to the beach. The house was being repainted and every morning there would be one or two guys out on ladders painstakingly scraping off every inch of old cracked and bubbled paint. Seeing them
- [Ring True](https://berniesiegelmd.com/ring-true/) - You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also his desires. ~ Democritus “What would I do now?” We have a prayer bowl at home that gives off beautiful tones when it is rubbed or struck. I wish that we as people could
- [Read My Mind](https://berniesiegelmd.com/read-my-mind/) - Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way. ~ Florence Scovel Shinn The other day I wanted to groom our four cats, bathe our dog, clip their toenails, and brush their teeth. As soon as I thought about doing it, our dog went to the other end of the
- [Are Your Perspectives Too Tight?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/are-your-perspectives-too-tight/) - Hello Lovely You! Here are some ways you can begin to gain some fresh, new perspectives about your life. My tea is steaming and little Zuzu is sleeping. It's time for some A-ha moments! When was the last time you had an A-ha moment? A-ha moments are gifts from the Universe. When they happen, they
- [Suicide](https://berniesiegelmd.com/suicide/) - Guns aren’t lawful; nooses give; Gas smells awful; you might as well live. ~ Dorothy Parker Many years ago a dear friend of mine told me he was very depressed and dealing with many problems. One day when his wife left the house to go shopping, he decided to commit suicide. He went to the
- [How to Avoid Thanksgiving Family Politics](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-to-avoid-thanksgiving-family-politics/) - Hello Lovely You, Here we are on Thanksgiving morning with only a few hours to go before we meet and greet our family and maybe old friends who are coming over for Thanksgiving dinner. How do you feel about Thanksgiving? Are you prepared and ready to take on the challenge? Maybe you are excited to
- [Errand](https://berniesiegelmd.com/errand/) - We are called upon not to be successful, but to be faithful. ~ Mother Teresa We are all on an errand for humanity. We are not sent here to destroy, but to build and create. We have to ask ourselves how our individual presence can change the course of humanity for the good. If we
- [Fighting Cancer? Why You MUST Get More Sleep](https://berniesiegelmd.com/fighting-cancer-why-you-must-get-more-sleep/) - Good morning lovely, you! Sleep must be on your list of things to improve as we climb the cancer healing mountain. Today we are going up higher and higher learning all about why you MUST get more sleep when you are fighting cancer. I am sipping my steaming cup of tea, watching my little ZuZu taking
- [Chemo Crossroad](https://berniesiegelmd.com/chemo-crossroad/) - Dear everyone, To celebrate 10 years as a breast cancer survivor, one of my readers, Martha, created a short poetry film based on her spoken word piece entitled Chemo Crossroad. She encouraged me to “share with anyone who might find encouragement from my experience” and wants to share it “far and wide.” Please watch it
- [Phone-in Support Group](https://berniesiegelmd.com/phone-in-support-group/) - Hi Everyone, I m thinking of starting a phone-in support group for people with cancer and other physical issues. I can pick a day and time and supply the call in number and code number. I am sending this out see what you think about that. If you have thoughts about the idea, please leave
- [Don’t Feed the Monster Anymore](https://berniesiegelmd.com/dont-feed-the-monster-anymore/) - Good morning Lovely You, Let’s have tea. I'm ready to write. Are there wounds that you need to heal with family or friends this holiday season? What wound do you carry around with you day after day that is weighing you down? We all have wounds they are either emotional or physical. Perhaps both because
- [Cooperation](https://berniesiegelmd.com/cooperation-2/) - Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! ~ Psalm 133:1 On my first visit to Heaven as an outside consultant to the Board of Directors, I was surprised to see so many angels with only one wing. I asked one of the angels why he wasn’t healed
- [Getting on the Road to Good Habits](https://berniesiegelmd.com/getting-on-the-road-to-good-habits/) - Hello Lovely You, As I sip my tea with little Zuzu lightly snoring next to me, I'm thinking about some changes I need to make in my lifestyle that have become habits. We need to change our lifestyle for a lifetime and that is challenging. When we give something up or make a change, we
- [Family](https://berniesiegelmd.com/family/) - Dear All, As we head into the traditional fall-winter Holiday Season, once again we think about Family as the anchor keeping us safe from drifting out of sight. But, at some point we come of age and become the captain of our own life, and the first thing we want to do is pull up
- [Pranic Healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/pranic-healing/) - Hello lovely you and welcome to Prue’s Place Daily. I'm home after a few sunny days relaxing and walking the beautiful white beaches in Florida. We got plenty of Vitamin D and slept to the sound of the ocean. It was a great get-a-way. Little Zuzu was so excited to see us. A big thank
- [Wish Upon a Start](https://berniesiegelmd.com/wish-upon-a-start/) - You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. ~ Richard Bach One of my favorite songs speaks of wishing upon a star. It tells us that it does not matter who you are, you will still obtain your heart’s
- [Our Will is Powerful Whether We Want to Live or Die](https://berniesiegelmd.com/our-will-is-powerful-whether-we-want-to-live-or-die/) - Good morning, lovely you! I was in Miami last week at the funeral of a young 37-year-old woman, who decided many months ago to sabotage her precious life. I knew this young woman, and it was a somber farewell. She had everything she could ever want for in this life and some. Her father would
- [The Power of Words](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-power-of-words-3/) - The power of words isn’t reserved just for writers and poets—in today’s healthcare environment, it is more important than ever to have good communication with your doctors. Here are some thoughts that can help you manage communication with your doctor effectively as a “partner” in your own health care. - Bernie The Power of Words
- [Your Nature](https://berniesiegelmd.com/your-nature-2/) - For in the nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. - Martin Luther The next time your family complains about your behavior, you tell them, "That's my nature." That ought to get them off your back, and if you
- [Are You the Leader of Your Life?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/are-you-the-leader-of-your-life/) - Hello lovely you, Are you the leader of your life? Are you feeling relaxed, present and balanced today? Are you breathing deeply and evenly? This is my favorite breathing exercise: Take a deep breath in and let your belly expand for the count of 5 - hold for 7 counts - let the breath out
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 7, 2019](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-7-2019/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Bernie, I hope you are keeping really well. I just wanted to drop you a line to say how much I am enjoying and learning from your book, Love, Medicine & Miracles. I bought two copies---one for my dad who is currently having chemo and radiotherapy for esophageal cancer. He had
- [The Power of Words](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-power-of-words-2/) - Good morning lovely you, What words are living rent free in your head this morning? The power of words. Never underestimate the power of what you say and what you allow yourself to believe. Did someone speak about you recently in a way that made you think badly about yourself, and did you take their
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 30, 2019](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-30-2019/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, I understand if you don’t have time to respond here, but I wanted to try for this friend! I so value you and the work you have given us all. A friend 50 years old just got diagnosed with cancer two weeks ago. She was scheduled to have surgery this
- [Enlightenment Can Happen Anywhere – Even in a Garbage Can!](https://berniesiegelmd.com/enlightenment-can-happen-anywhere-even-in-a-garbage-can/) - Hello lovely you! I just got back from a morning walk and am happy to announce I saw my first falling leaf of the season! It’s one of the things I love about fall in New England, watching the buttery glow of rich red, orange and yellow colored leaves twirling in the wind. And now
- [Find the Divine Child Within](https://berniesiegelmd.com/find-the-divine-child-within/) - If we are allowed to develop our divine child within from birth, we grow to maturity with consistent love and encouragement to accept and love ourselves. We learn this is not selfish—it is the opposite. We need the strength being loved from birth gives us to be effective for others. But, if you didn’t grow
- [What Are Your Blocks to Enlightenment and Ways to Commit to the Journey](https://berniesiegelmd.com/what-are-your-blocks-to-enlightenment-and-ways-to-commit-to-the-journey/) - Hello Lovely You. What an absolutely stunning morning I am experiencing here in Massachusetts. Fall is making itself known in my neck of the woods. The leaves are starting to turn wonderful shades of red and orange, the light is fading but in a beautiful gradual way, and I am already getting excited for the
- [Out On a Limb](https://berniesiegelmd.com/out-on-a-limb/) - I gave my word to this tree, the forest and to all the people, that my feet would not touch the ground until I had done everything in my power to make the world aware of this problem and to stop the destruction. ~ Julia Butterfly Hill, The Luna Tree Sit I don’t mind going
- [Do You Know the Person You are Trying to Save?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/do-you-know-the-person-you-are-trying-to-save/) - “The day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ~Anais Nin Good morning, Lovely You! I am sipping a delicious cup of steaming tea and my little Zuzu is napping next to me, and so I am ready to jump into our
- [Witness to Wisdom in Action](https://berniesiegelmd.com/witness-to-wisdom-in-action/) - Let’s get down to some real lessons I have learned from the life experience of people in their nineties. When you ask ninety year olds for advice for other seniors, these are some of the answers I have heard: “Lie a lot, because if you tell them about all your troubles, they’ll put you in
- [Cancer Self-Help - Healing Cancer Through Enlightenment](https://berniesiegelmd.com/cancer-self-help-healing-cancer-through-enlightenment/) - Good morning lovely you! Can you believe it is September already?! While I will miss the flowers and plants of summer, I always welcome autumn when it comes. Like spring, autumn is such a symbolic season and I always find myself reflecting on my life and choices. This month I want us to talk about how
- [Mind Matters - How to Lighten Up](https://berniesiegelmd.com/mind-matters-how-to-lighten-up/) - Dear Everybody, I feel I have been a little too serious lately, so I thought I would lighten up with this post. I’m going to share with you some of the things I do to lighten up my life and make the day a little easier to get through. First of all, I try to
- [Cancer Self-help is Here](https://berniesiegelmd.com/cancer-self-help-is-here/) - Why do we procrastinate? We all do it. What stops us from being and doing the things we want and need to do? Endless excuse?. I can start this tomorrow. I’ll do it later today. I’ll get to it next week. Do you procrastinate because you are in fear? If so, then what is the
- [Olive Oil](https://berniesiegelmd.com/olive-oil/) - Following the course of least resistance makes for crooked rivers and crooked men. ~ Lanny Henninger Olive oil is a healthy fat and should be used to cook foods, poured over salads, and added to your recipes. In countries where olive oil is a standard part of the diet, the results are apparent in how
- [How to Find Meaning in Your Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-to-find-meaning-in-your-life/) - “Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.” ~ Joseph Campbell Good morning lovely you! As I type this and sip my cup of tea, golden morning light is pouring in through my office window, casting tree
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 19, 2019](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-19-2019/) - Question for Bernie: I was wondering if we could talk on FaceTime tomorrow. I have a 4 hour infusion, and I am truly and deeply struggling sometimes, not always, but when my days are bad they are heart wrenching—almost suicidal, but I don’t have the guts. I am eating lean, trying to be helpful, positive,
- [Meditation Can Heal Cancer](https://berniesiegelmd.com/meditation-can-heal-cancer/) - Good morning lovely you! It is a glorious morning here in Massachusetts with dappled sunlight, sweet birdsong, steaming tea and purring kitty. And so, I am ready to talk about something I get asked often. And that is, what type of meditation do I recommend for people who are trying to heal from disease. I
- [Holistic Healing: Healing ALL Aspects of Your Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/holistic-healing-healing-all-aspects-of-your-life/) - Good morning lovely you! Well, as you may have guessed, I am sitting here with a nice cup of tea and a snoozing kitty. I am ready to talk to you more about healing. When we discuss the topic of healing from cancer, so much focus is given to the physical side of healing, for
- [Hard Work](https://berniesiegelmd.com/hard-work/) - Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? ~ Edgar Bergen Hard work is work you don't want to do. It is not about the physical effort you must make,but the emotional cost of the effort. When you wish you were somewhere else, doing something else, then you are doing hard work. The
- [Is There a Difference Between Curing and Healing Cancer?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/is-there-a-difference-between-curing-and-healing-cancer/) - Good morning lovely you, I am sitting with my tea and little ZuZu next to me and so I am ready to write. Is there a difference between “curing” and “healing”? You bet there is! I admit I have used the words interchangeably here on this blog. I often talk about natural cures for cancer, when
- [](https://berniesiegelmd.com/18133/) - The sweetest of all sounds is praise. ~ Xenophon Praise is seen in your eyes when you look at your beloved. Praise is felt in your touch when you embrace. Praise is heard in your voice when you speak to the one you adore. Praise is about your loved one’s potential and the hope you
- [Common Relationship Issues with Cancer](https://berniesiegelmd.com/common-relationship-issues-with-cancer/) - Good morning lovely you! As I sit here sipping my cup of hot tea, I find myself thinking about the people in my life who I am so grateful for. My beautiful Dave and our lovely fur baby, Zuzu. And my dear friend Bernie Siegel, MD who showed me how to heal my life, and
- [Lifeguards](https://berniesiegelmd.com/lifeguards/) - Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. It seems inappropriate that we have people sitting on the beach watching us go in the water while no one guides us as we plunge into life. We all need lifeguards. We need someone who
- [Grace](https://berniesiegelmd.com/grace/) - Amazing grace, how sweet the sound… Was blind, but now I see. ~ John Newton Grace: even the word feels good to say, and I love the song “Amazing Grace.” Someone I knew made the statement that they did not like to sing, “That saved a wretch like me.” He preferred to sing, “That saved
- [Rhythm and Space](https://berniesiegelmd.com/rhythm-and-space/) - Rhythm is the foundation and the most essential element of any art form. Its essence is pulsations, and therefore movement, the basis of life itself. ~ Pia Gilbert and Aileene Lockhart, Music for Dance We each need to find a sense of rhythm to make our life flow. The pace is also vital. The ticking
- [How Love Makes Us Healthier](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-love-makes-us-healthier/) - Hello lovely you. Can you believe it is July already. The 4th of July is here and it’s time to celebrate with magical fireworks and enjoy our family and friends. Today I want to dive into a topic that I personally find fascinating, and that is the power of LOVE of ourselves, family and friends.
- [Bird in a Cage](https://berniesiegelmd.com/bird-in-a-cage/) - The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitudes. ~ Victor Frankl You’ve heard the question, “Why does the caged bird sing?” We are all birds in cages in one way or another, but we have a choice in how we respond. I prefer to sing. It is like a prayer for me.
- [Love is the Best Medicine](https://berniesiegelmd.com/love-is-the-best-medicine/) - Why do we find it so hard to love and take care of ourselves when love is the best medicine? If one of our inner belief systems or thought patterns is, "I am unworthy," then one of our outer effects will be procrastination. After all, procrastination is one way to keep us from being who
- [Ocean](https://berniesiegelmd.com/ocean/) - In all things in nature there is something of the marvelous. ~ Aristotle I have always been attracted to the ocean. We have a vacation house on Cape Cod, and if I didn’t have so many family connections here, I’d probably be living in Hawaii now. I feel close to the essence of life and
- [Releasing Emotional Baggage – the REAL Natural Cancer Cure?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/releasing-emotional-baggage-the-real-natural-cancer-cure/) - Good morning lovely you, I am sitting here with a hairy cat and steaming mug of tea. I’m certainly glad my tea isn’t hairy and my cat isn’t steaming, I might not get this blog post out in time! Hopefully, that gave you a little laugh to start your day. It’s so important to invite
- [Immortality](https://berniesiegelmd.com/immortality/) - Nothing disappears without a trace. ~ Wernher von Braun I am convinced that two things are immortal: love and consciousness. My love lives on in all the people I have loved and who have loved me. Think about a moment in your life when you felt loved or loving, and you will feel the change
- [Can being stubborn help you survive cancer?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/can-being-stubborn-help-you-survive-cancer/) - Hello Mr. and Ms. Stubborn - I often find myself on my own or way too busy with other people. Can we find the perfect balance of needing to be around people and not needing anyone at all? I am an only child, so I spent many hours on my own as a child. Hence
- [The New Age](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-new-age/) - Which would you rather have? New Age…or No Age? ~ Mick Winter What does the New Age mean to me? It represents a “Let’s open our eyes” attitude. Once the New Age held that the world was round, and no one was receptive to that. But just a short time later, it became common knowledge.
- [Cancer Self-Help: How To Love The People You Hate](https://berniesiegelmd.com/cancer-self-help-how-to-love-the-people-you-hate/) - Good morning lovely you! I am sipping my steaming cup of tea, and little Zuzu is sound asleep next to me. It’s a grey morning here in New England but hearing the birds chirping and little Zuzu purring makes the day that much brighter. All would seem well in my world. But right outside my door is a
- [Be in the Now](https://berniesiegelmd.com/be-in-the-now/) - Remember: be here now. ~ Ram Dass When God created the Universe it was now. This moment we are experiencing is also now. You can’t say to creation, “I’ll do it later,” because the Universe only knows now. So whenever you get around to it, it will be now. Time is our creation. It does
- [“There are no coincidences,” says Bernie!](https://berniesiegelmd.com/there-are-no-coincidences-says-bernie/) - Hi, my name is Prue, and my personal cancer journey began when Australian and New Zealand doctors gave me six months to live. That was 3 decades ago when I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer – malignant melanoma – the most aggressive form, Nodular Melanoma. A disease typically found in men over 65 years
- [Tears](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tears/) - God washes the eyes by tears until they can behold the invisible land where tears shall come no more. ~ Henry Ward Beecher Why were we made with the ability to cry? A laugh feels good, and we never question its value, but why tears? We are born with the ability to cry tears because
- [Gatherings](https://berniesiegelmd.com/gatherings-2/) - Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don’t be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying. ~ Merry Browne Often we are required to participate in gatherings. From holiday and office parties to family reunions, these can be difficult. The expectations we have
- [Wear Life Loosely](https://berniesiegelmd.com/wear-life-loosely/) - The Law of Detachment says that in order to acquire anything in the physical universe, you have to relinquish your attachment to it. ~ Deepak Chopra, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success If we simply saw life as a loose garment, something we drape around ourselves but are not firmly attached to, we would find
- [Movies of Your Mnd](https://berniesiegelmd.com/movies-of-your-mnd/) - Imagination is more powerful than knowledge. ~ Albert Einstein Your life is created by the movies of your mind. What you picture, your body experiences and your life becomes. You are a character playing a role, but who wrote the script and who is directing the show? What you imagine and picture should not be
- [Listen to the Sounds](https://berniesiegelmd.com/listen-to-the-sounds/) - Deafness is darker by far than blindness. ~ Helen Keller We hear a great deal, but do we listen to what we hear? For me hearing is not about the sound waves in my environment being sensed by my acoustic nerve. No matter where I am I hear things, but they are not always coming
- [Praise](https://berniesiegelmd.com/praise-2/) - The sweetest of all sounds is praise. ~ Xenophon Praise is seen in your eyes when you look at your beloved. Praise is felt in your touch when you embrace. Praise is heard in your voice when you speak to the one you adore. Praise is about your loved one’s potential and the hope you
- [Q & A wtih Bernie - Aprill 15, 2019](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-wtih-bernie-aprill-15-2019/) - Question for Bernie: I'm scheduled for a total hip replacement in mid-May. I was in denial for a long time. I read all of Dr. John Sarno's books and really questioned seriously if my condition was more related to mind than body. As the date closes in and I remain in pain, I am inclined
- [Poetic Relief](https://berniesiegelmd.com/poetic-relief/) - “Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” ~ Rita Dove If you don’t write poetry, you are missing a great opportunity. The other day I greeted my wife at the back door and then put away several bags of groceries. I patted myself on the back for being such a good guy
- [Where's Home?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/wheres-home/) - Show me a man who cares no more for one place than another and I will show you in that same person one who loves nothing but himself. ~ Robert Southey As I stepped of the plane after a recent trip, someone asked me, “Are you home yet?” I said, “Of course. This is my
- [Inspiration](https://berniesiegelmd.com/inspiration/) - “Inspiration comes from theHeart of Heaven to give the lift of wings, and the breath of divine music to those of us who are earthbound.” ~ Margaret Sangster When I speak to respiratory therapists the words inspiration and inspire relate to the act of breathing, mechanical movements of the chest and diaphragm which pull air
- [Teachers](https://berniesiegelmd.com/teachers/) - When the student is ready, the teacher appears. ~ Taoist Saying The Sufi poet Rumi said, “Criticism polishes my mirror.” He taught me that everyone is my teacher. If you are trying to be a better human being, then look for teachers. They might be your colleagues, your family, and even your pets. My family,
- [Self-Care and Cancer: How to Maintain Your Overall Wellness in the Face of Illness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/self-care-and-cancer-how-to-maintain-your-overall-wellness-in-the-face-of-illness/) - While traditional medical care, treatments, and medication are all vital components of care for cancer patients, the thing that ties them all together is your own personal self-care. By keeping yourself well — mentally, physically, and spiritually — you boost the effectiveness of your traditional cancer care. Although cancer often makes us feel out of
- [Be a Coach](https://berniesiegelmd.com/be-a-coach/) - Great opportunities to help others seldom come,but small ones surround us daily. ~ Sally Koch We all need coaches, someone to point out our errors in technique, improve our skills, and not take credit when we do something well. A good coach brings out the talent in others and doesn’t take all the glory for
- [Quantity and Quality](https://berniesiegelmd.com/quantity-and-quality/) - “It’s choice—not chance—that determines your destiny.” ~ Jean Nidetch Quantum physics awakened me to the nature of life and the true relationship between quantity and quality. One normally thinks of a quality product, like a fine automobile, as being desired by many and therefore as being produced in quantity. The number sold, in this case,
- [Feelings](https://berniesiegelmd.com/feelings/) - If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you. If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. `~ Gospel of Saint Thomas Our oldest son organized a band when he was young. One of the songs they often
- [Disciples](https://berniesiegelmd.com/disciples/) - Disciple to a philosophy, disciple to a set of principles, disciple to a set of values, disciple to an overriding purpose, to a super-ordinate goal or a person who represents that goal…You are a disciple, a follower, of your own deep values and their source. ~ Anonymous Jesus asked his disciples to give up everything
- [Senior Moments](https://berniesiegelmd.com/senior-moments/) - To be seventy years young is sometimes more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes There are benefits to aging that include discounts and other privileges, but for me the greatest gift is being in the moment. When you live in the moment you have no age and it
- [An Important Sign](https://berniesiegelmd.com/an-important-sign/) - There are many fine things that you mean to do some day, under what you think will be more favorable circumstances. But the only time that is yours is the present. ~ Grenville Kleiser (1868-1935), Yale Divinity School I frequently participate in conferences where the organizers are quite compulsive and very concerned about keeping each
- [Advice for those suffering with Seasonal Affective Disorder](https://berniesiegelmd.com/advice-for-those-suffering-with-seasonal-affective-disorder/) - If you find yourself feeling low at the same time every year, it’s possible you suffer with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). In most cases, SAD comes along during the dark, cold days of winter. Fortunately, there are ways to manage SAD and feel better. Wintertime blues. Generally speaking, SAD sufferers experience symptoms during winter months,
- [Fear Less](https://berniesiegelmd.com/fear-less/) - All healing is essentially the release from fear. ~ A Course in Miracles The next time you dream of a monster chasing you, turn, confront the monster, and watch what happens. Once you have dealt with the fear, the dream will stop. The same is true in our lives; we must face our fears in
- [Cooperation](https://berniesiegelmd.com/cooperation/) - Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! ~ Psalm 133:1 On my first visit to Heaven as an outside consultant to the Board of Directors, I was surprised to see so many angels with only one wing. I asked one of the angels why he wasn’t healed
- [Award Ceremony](https://berniesiegelmd.com/award-ceremony/) - Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. ~ Cicero There are so many ceremonies at which people are presented honors for things I question. So many awards seem to have no meaning or are very shallow. What we need is an award that is given out to outstanding human beings. My friend Ashley
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 31, 2018](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-31-2018/) - A Letter to Bernie: Bernie - hope this email finds you well and enjoying the holidays. I’m currently in Florida; living full-time in my RV with my 16 year old Basenji mix dog Cookie. Not one to follow rules or guidelines very well, after my wife of almost 38 years died from Leukemia (last December),
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 24, 2018](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-24-2018/) - Question for Bernie: Hello Dr. Siegel, It has been a long time coming, this email…my mother has encouraged me to reach out to you for years. I know that you and she have had some correspondence over the years, and that she told you a bit about what happened in my family to me as
- [Target Practice](https://berniesiegelmd.com/target-practice/) - You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there. ~ Yogi Berra Your target in life helps you to direct your course. So before you aim, be sure you choose the right target. What are aiming for? What is your goal? What goals are you trying
- [Your Holiday Immune Competency Personality Test](https://berniesiegelmd.com/your-holiday-immune-competency-personality-test/) - With the Holiday Season in full swing, we can get overwhelmed with the changes in our diets, daily schedules, and emotions. It should be a time to enjoy, but it can also be a time of stress, and often we don’t pay attention to the internal system that keeps us healthy—our Immune System. Here is
- [Changes](https://berniesiegelmd.com/changes/) - It’s never too late to become the person you have always been. ~ John Kimbrough (1918-2006) When you want to change, you may start by buying new clothes, moving, redecorating, getting a new job, cleaning out your closets, and so on. But that is not what will change you. Those activities only change aspects of
- [Upright](https://berniesiegelmd.com/upright/) - Spiritual strength depends on spiritual posture. ~ Rabbi Laibl Wolf Why is man’s posture upright while most of the animal world’s posture is horizontal? Why is our spine built to have us walk on two legs instead of four? Maybe it is a sign of what our lives should be like. Perhaps we should be
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 12, 2018](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-12-2018/) - Question for Bernie: I am 12-weeks pregnant and found out this week my baby has a rare birth defect where its liver and maybe other organs are growing in a sac on top of its belly. I have made appointments with specialists, and now want to focus my energy on visualizations to help the organs
- [Mistakes Can Be Good Teachers](https://berniesiegelmd.com/mistakes-can-be-good-teachers/) - The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. ~ John Powell What is a mistake? For most of us, saying “I made a mistake” means either we did the wrong thing or we did something incorrectly. But is doing something wrong the worst outcome? Mistakes can be our teachers. They can
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 29, 2018](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-29-2018/) - Question for Bernie: Hello Bernie, A long time ago, I contacted you because I did believe in the power of miracles. You blessed me with your words. I’m writing again because I just need some advice on how to deal with a husband, man and father that goes away from a son. How can he
- [Night Sky Therapy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/night-sky-therapy/) - The heavens declare the glory of God. ~ Ben Zion Last night I walked out of the house with our little dog, Furphy, and looked up in to the night sky. The cloudless canopy was filled with an endless display of stars and left me feeling grateful and in awe. Who knows or cares how
- [Try the Chemotherapy of Love](https://berniesiegelmd.com/try-the-chemotherapy-of-love/) - Love is the medicine for the sickness of the world; a prescription often given, too rarely taken. ~ Dr. Karl Menninger We are awesome creations, intricately designed and interacting in incredible ways so that our organism can survive. Yet we are constantly putting chemicals into our bodies to alter how we feel or to treat
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 8, 2018](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-8-2018/) - Here is a three-part question and answer. Part One Question for Bernie: I don't even know where to begin. There's so much to say. I guess I will start by asking if you still take patients. I would love to meet you and have you help me transform my life and my body. I am
- [Living in the Moment](https://berniesiegelmd.com/living-in-the-moment/) - One of the questions I love to ask people is, “What is the best day of your life?” I get many answers related to pleasant days people remember; like the day their child was born or they won an expensive prize. One day at the bank, I asked the teller that question and her answer
- [Images](https://berniesiegelmd.com/images/) - Why do we sleep? It is a dangerous activity from the perspective of evolution. You are very vulnerable to predators and other dangers. So what is the reason? Most animals do not sleep, or do so for short periods of time. I believe it is to give the brain an opportunity to present us with
- [Fear](https://berniesiegelmd.com/fear/) - If I asked you to explain the purpose of fear what would your answer be? We know there must be a reason for our brain to manifest fear or we wouldn’t be wired for it. The first obvious reason I can think of is that appropriate fears protect us. However, most of the fears we
- [Add This to Your Life and Live a Longer, Healthier Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/add-this-to-your-life-and-live-a-longer-healthier-life/) - The other night I had a wonderful massage, acupressure session, sound therapy, and manipulation. It made me feel really whole, healed, and loved. Where did I get this great treatment, you might ask.This is what happened—after I got into bed, our two dogs jumped in beside me and realigned my spine and then I give
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 3, 2018](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-3-2018/) - Question Follow-up for Bernie from Q&A of Last Week (August 27, 2018): Thank you, Bernie. Miraculously my dad was very alert tonight when I got here to the hospice, so I could tell him your message, and he was so comforted. It meant so much to him. We are not sure how much longer he
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 27, 2018](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-27-2018/) - Question for Bernie: Good morning Bernie, I am writing you because since March, I think I have forgiven myself about the death of Walter. This summer, in July, I went to Portugal to work for two weeks with some people from my family, and I met a guy who is a friend of my nephew.
- [Sounds](https://berniesiegelmd.com/sounds/) - If you want to be separated from people become deaf. If you want to be separated from things become blind. Sound affects us because it creates the rhythm we live or die by. So sound effects are real and can lead to healing or disease. Repeating the word Aum (some spell it Om), creates a
- [Finger Painting](https://berniesiegelmd.com/finger-painting/) - Sometimes my reaction to common terms is more intense and I question their meaning. One of the terms that struck me recently was ‘finger painting.’ Others were ‘handmade’ and ‘rubbed the wrong way.’ When we touch another life we are creating a work of art. If we view other people as blank canvases then we
- [Attitude](https://berniesiegelmd.com/attitude-3/) - “Being normal is only a satisfactory result for the inadequate.” Carl Jung We are never told that the odds are 100% we will die. We find so many ways to deny our mortality with statistics about varying diseases, and never using the word death, but when you add up the numbers, there are no other
- [Fill Your Life with Inspriation and Meaning](https://berniesiegelmd.com/fill-your-life-with-inspriation-and-meaning/) - We need to know that life is about more than impressing the neighbors and having more than the next guy. Who is your employer? Who are you working for? What are you working for and what do you hope to achieve in your lifetime? How many parents, teachers and clergy really get you to look
- [Living with Humor](https://berniesiegelmd.com/living-with-humor/) - Life is difficult but it can become intolerable when the child in you dies. When that child dies, so does your sense of humor, and your ability to laugh at life. I know from experience how easy it is to focus on what is troubling you versus what heals and sustains you. We must be
- [Consciousness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/consciousness/) - When I was four years old, I was home in bed with one of my frequent ear infections. I took a toy telephone I was playing with and unscrewed the dial and put all the pieces in my mouth as I had seen carpenters do with nails, which they then pulled out to use. The
- [Which Way](https://berniesiegelmd.com/which-way-2/) - “Life is like that. If you can’t reach your destination by one road, try another.” ~ Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) How do we know which road to take? Taking the easy path is not always the appropriate choice. The key is to have an open mind and not judge the path you end up on as
- [Look to This Day](https://berniesiegelmd.com/look-to-this-day/) - “Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.” ~ Thomas Carlyle When we spend our time always focused ahead, it is hard to live in the moment. Yes, you can plan for tomorrow, but you don’t start living it until today. How
- [Sell It](https://berniesiegelmd.com/sell-it/) - “Herman Grimhoffer was stuck in an elevator for four hours. Upon his release he had sold the elevator operator a new Cadillac.” ~ Matty Simmons When I first began to speak about my experience with cancer patients, I encountered anger and opposition from the medical profession. When I was interviewed on all the well-known talk
- [God's Lifelines](https://berniesiegelmd.com/gods-lifelines/) - “To mark a friend’s remains these stones arise; I never knew but one, and here he lies.” ~ Lord Byron The above quote is inscribed on a monument erected to Lord Byron’s dog, Boatswain. The epitaph describes the one whose remains lie nearby. He possessed “Beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and
- [](https://berniesiegelmd.com/15800/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Bernie, I just returned from New York after my mastectomy. They took 14 lymph nodes out; 3 were affected. The pathology came back OK a couple weeks later. My host in New York had your book Love, Medicine & Miracles delivered for me when I came back from hospital. I worked
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 21, 2018](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-21-2018/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Dr. Siegel, One of my employees has had 3 miscarriages...the last one was twins at 23weeks (one week shy of being able to save them). She is now 22 weeks and started cramping so is at the doctor. What would your advice be to her mentally ... as she is soooo
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 14, 2018](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-14-2018/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Bernie - I first heard about you on Erin Lay’s Cancer telesummit. I have multiple myeloma. Diagnosed in October of 2013 as a result of what I thought was a sports injury. It turned out that the cancer had eaten away my L3 vertebrae. I had a fusion and then started
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 7, 2018](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-7-2018/) - Question for Bernie: Good Morning Dr. Siegel, I am in my 70s and am a wife, mother and grandmother, and I have just had my first chemo treatment for Stage 1 lymphoma. I have heard you speak (years ago) and I just wanted to ask you, what is the most positive way I can undergo
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 30, 2018](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-30-2018/) - Question for Bernie: Sorry to bother you. I’m just upset because I can’t stop licking my mouth, and now my lips are all red and chapped. I’m out of Vaseline, and I’ve been running around since 2 o’clock this afternoon finally eating something. I think I looked in the mirror and saw what my Future
- [Attitude](https://berniesiegelmd.com/attitude-2/) - “I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it. And so it is with you.” ~ Charles Swindoll Studies show that optimists live longer, healthier lives than pessimists, even with the pessimist’s view of life is more accurate. We could go on with endless
- [Order](https://berniesiegelmd.com/order/) - “We must learn to let go, to give up, to make room for the things we have prayed for and desired.” ~ Charles Fillmore (1854-1948) Every day I am out of control. No, I do not mean I have no control over my behavior, but I do mean I am not in control of the
- [Perfection](https://berniesiegelmd.com/perfection/) - “The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only way that the mediocre and vile can be transformed, and (c) doing that makes it that. We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.” ~ Tom Robbins, American
- [Your Nature](https://berniesiegelmd.com/your-nature/) - “For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and sliver.” ~ Martin Luther The next time your family complains about your behavior, just tell them "That's my nature." That ought to get them off your back, and if
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 12, 2018](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-12-2018/) - Here is the follow-up to earlier 2016 correspondence from the sister of a patient suffering from metastatic melanoma. Original Question for Bernie: Dear Bernie: This is in regards to my sister's diagnosis She is starting whole brain radiation next week I have contacted a doctor regarding support through nutrition and I know you help turn
- [Knowledge](https://berniesiegelmd.com/knowledge/) - “The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls and looking like hard work.” ~ Thomas Edison A great deal of knowledge is available to all of us. With the advent of the computer, one can access knowledge of all sorts without leaving home. Does that
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 26, 2018](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-26-2018/) - Question for Bernie: Hello Bernie, It has been a long time to go without writing you. I want to say to you that I am very sad these last 2 months. I am remembering a lot about my ex-boyfriend who died 2 years and 4 months ago. I feel very bad because I said to
- [Time](https://berniesiegelmd.com/time/) - “Life is precious and time is a key element. Let’s make every moment count.” ~ Harmon Killebrew Time is the only thing we have, and it is everything, so why do we waste it? Living in a body means we are living in time. If we are to accomplish anything with these bodies we
- [Face Value](https://berniesiegelmd.com/face-value/) - “The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.” ~ H.L. Mencken One of our sons was upset when he built a house and didn’t make a profit selling it. I was proud of what he had done. I told him he had created
- [Fortune Cookies](https://berniesiegelmd.com/fortune-cookies/) - What I found were “coincidences” which were connected so meaningfully that their “chance” concurrence would be incredible. ~ C. G. Jung The other night I needed a message to help me direct my life and picked out a fortune cookie for advice. Well, it was very helpful. It made me wonder who had sent the
- [Recognizing the Miracles in Our Lives](https://berniesiegelmd.com/recognizing-the-miracles-in-our-lives/) - “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ~ Albert Einstein While I was reading the other night, I came across this question: What is a miracle? It made me think about the things in our lives
- [Loneliness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/loneliness/) - Dear All, As the December 2017 holidays come to a close, some of us begin to think about making changes in our lives for the New Year. I encourage you to make one change that is harder for a lot of people than the usual one about losing weight and getting fit. The change I
- [Gatherings](https://berniesiegelmd.com/gatherings/) - Dear Everybody - Merry Browne once wrote: "Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to be better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying." Often we are required to participate in gatherings. From holiday and office parties to family reunions, these can be difficult.
- [Question](https://berniesiegelmd.com/question/) - I break the word question into multiple words, because these words reflect what my questions are about. Who am I? Where am I going? What should I be doing? They speak to me of my life and future—what quest am I on? They speak to me of having a calling. The word calling speaks to
- [The News](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-news/) - No news is good news! ~Anonymous Hello All, It seems important to prescribe something for you that will help the Holiday Season be what it should be—heart-healing. This “medicine” is easy to take each day until you have restored the sense of inner peace, goodwill, and gratitude that should be yours all year ‘round. Never
- [Consciousness and Time](https://berniesiegelmd.com/consciousness-and-time/) - It struck me today as I was out walking the dog that when I have lost track of time due to the activity I was involved in. I was totally unaware of my body as well. It reminded me of my childhood NDE and the time when back pain made it difficult for me to
- [Good Friends](https://berniesiegelmd.com/good-friends/) - Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. ~ Cicero Dear Everybody, What is a friend? To me it is someone who knows our faults and still sees the divine in you. A friend will love you despite your imperfections. A friend is
- [Praise](https://berniesiegelmd.com/praise/) - Xenophon, a Greek historian, once said "The sweetest of all sounds is praise." Praise is seen in your eyes when you look at your beloved. Praise is felt in your touch when you embrace. Praise is heard in your voice when you speak to the one you adore. Praise is about your loved one's potential
- [Mirror, Mirror](https://berniesiegelmd.com/mirror-mirror/) - I use a mirror to see myself, but the mirror reflects only the image I can see with all its imperfections. I’m sure that somewhere God is laughing at me. She laughs because she sees more than I do. She can see through me. As I turn away from the mirror, for the first time
- [Being Right](https://berniesiegelmd.com/being-right/) - “Indeed, this need of individuals to be right is so great that they are willing to sacrifice themselves, their relationships, and even love for it.” ~ Reuel Howe, author of The Miracle of Dialogue Dear Everyone, As we continue to cope with a wave of natural disasters and other issues that have impacted the lives
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 9, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-9-2017/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Bernie, How are you? I was meaning to drop you a line for a while now - better late than never. I have recently been listening to a couple of your meditation talks on my phone when I am trying to relax and they do help - thank you. I have
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 25, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-25-2017/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Dr. Siegel, I wrote to you in June about my nephew who is battling Glioblastoma Multiforme Stage 4. He finished a year at university and, during a routine MRI, the doctors found it had gone into his spine. He had surgery and had 3 small tumors removed near the base of
- [Letting Your Inner Light Shine](https://berniesiegelmd.com/letting-your-inner-light-shine/) - This is the healing approach we all can embrace in these turbulent times. My grandson came up with the perfect picture to illustrate his words which gently but firmly support and guide us in the pursuit of a positive perspective on life. Thank you, Charlie. Peace, Bernie
- [Start](https://berniesiegelmd.com/start/) - Here is a poem I wrote about how to handle that very human problem of procrastination. Each of us has our own reasons for putting things off, but the next time you are faced with being unable to get started, read this for inspiration. Peace, Bernie START start now not thinking about it but doing
- [Practicing the Art of Healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/15365/) - Dear Everybody, I believe we all can tap our body’s potential to heal. After studying the use of crayon drawings by patients facing life-threatening disease, I founded Exceptional Cancer Patients to facilitate self-induced healings, which were often called miraculous. I realized our bodies actually want to heal, and we can aid this innate propensity through
- [Health Care Crisis](https://berniesiegelmd.com/health-care-crisis-2/) - Here is an article I wrote some time ago, but it remains very timely. The debate over health care continues, so I’ll share my thoughts with you again about this vitally important issue. The present health care crisis is not just related to health care it is a crisis related to what is happening in
- [The Art of Healing - The Simsbury Talk](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-art-of-healing-the-simsbury-talk/) - Dear Everybody, First, I’ll remind you again to regularly take time just for yourself in your busy life. And for this week’s post, here is another suggestion for your consideration. Watch my talk, “The Art of Healing” on Simsbury TV, first broadcast in May 2014. You can watch the video below or click on this
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 31, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-31-2017/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, Something tragic has happened to a family we know. The 49 year old dad just died in his sleep the other night. The three kids are in high school and belong to our parish. And the mom has been battling colon cancer (we think it's stage 4). I have ordered
- [The Immune Competent Personality Test Revisited](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-immune-competent-personality-test-revisited/) - Dear Everyone, I often recommend to people who write to me about both preventing illness and coping with illness when it is present in your life that they read something on my website called The IMMUNE COMPETENT PERSONALITY, based on Dr. George Solomon’s research. I decided to feature it this week in my post for
- [Overcome Life Stress and Strains](https://berniesiegelmd.com/overcome-life-stress-and-strains/) - Dear Everyone, As a gift to yourself, I recommend that you set aside 45-minutes or so to completely relax your body and your mind. Click on the link below and listen to my guided meditation titled Overcome Life Stress and Strains. Overcome Life Stress and Strains with Dr. Bernie Siegel You may also watch the
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 10, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-10-2017/) - I have heard from so many people worldwide who know me from my books, and who really need an explanation of how to incorporate my recommendations into their personal and professional lives. For this week’s post, I’m revisiting one of those questions, along with my answer, in case you missed it. Peace, Bernie Question for
- [An Interview with Bernie: Faith, Hope & Healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/an-interview-with-bernie-faith-hope-healing/) - During this July 4th holiday week, I thought you might enjoy listening to an interview I did in 2013 about my book Faith, Hope & Healing. Whether you have some time off from work or school and plan on gathering with friends and family for holiday events this week, or you are giving yourself the
- [A Quiet Mind](https://berniesiegelmd.com/a-quiet-mind/) - I often recommend meditation to people coping with difficult situations in their lives brought about by illness or problems within relationships. The purpose of meditation is to quiet your mind which allows you to see situations more clearly. Also, a quiet mind is needed to help you heal both physically and emotionally. Here are two
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 19, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-19-2017/) - Question for Bernie: Can you please teach me how to feel good about my life, love myself and others and achieve peace of mind? I am just going through your book and I can pick up on some of your positive energy resonating with me. You know well what I so much need to learn.
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 12, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-12-2017/) - Question for Bernie: How are you? I hope you are keeping well. I wanted to get in touch to tell you I have met someone really nice. We have a budding romance which I am really happy about. I have recently been incorporating your morning mantra to start my day; I love it... I have
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 5, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-5-2017/) - Question for Bernie: My nephew has come through surgery fine - the tumor was located near the base of his spine so, after a 5 hour surgery, he was in recovery wiggling his toes. By 7:00, he was eating dinner. So he came home yesterday afternoon and finished his on-line course. He is making up
- [Perfect](https://berniesiegelmd.com/perfect/) - PERFECT – A Poem by Bernie God didn’t ask my wife to be perfect I did so I ought to be perfect and set an example well there goes my plan I’d rather tell her how to be perfect but then she tells me about my imperfections well there goes my plan again I guess
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 22, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-22-2017/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie It's been 4 years, just had lymph node removal in neck, praying it's not a reoccurrence. Are you speaking in the New York City/Long Island areas in the future? Bernie’s Answer: No, I am doing less traveling and speaking. I am focused on writing, and encourage you to take a
- [Look, See](https://berniesiegelmd.com/look-see/) - Dear All, One of my core beliefs is that we must first search for and find our authentic selves before we can really thoroughly evaluate choices that come our way throughout life. Here is a poem I wrote about knowing ourselves. Peace, Bernie LOOK, SEE by Bernie Siegel, MD We can’t know each other until
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 8, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-8-2017/) - Question for Bernie Hi Bernie, My daughter is coming here for a visit. I have not seen her in a year. She wants to go to Gloucester for 4 days. Because of my serious health condition, I do not want to go, and that would make her very angry. She is an addict just like
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 1, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-1-2017/) - Question for Bernie: I was wondering if you can help me with another dream interpretation because it is important. I met a guy from the UK online and we met twice in person. He is from the UK and it was going well until he started having fears of not having enough money or time
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 24, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-24-2017/) - Question for Bernie: My fiancé (who is an M.D.) is diagnosed with cancer. I know the chemo regime he is on is too strong, but I cannot get the Dr. to adjust the course of treatment. I also became extremely sick from the secondary chemo exposure. John has now moved out into a facility to
- [Magic Openings](https://berniesiegelmd.com/magic-openings/) - TODAY MY LIFE UNFOLDS As this paper unfolds so does my life I will have faith and not judge events Our creator often unfolds things in ways I do not understand I will learn from the new set of directions TODAY I WILL BE A LOVER I will look in the mirror and love who
- [A Healthy Life and a Healthy Body](https://berniesiegelmd.com/a-healthy-life-and-a-healthy-body/) - Studies reveal that women diagnosed with the same cancers as men live longer and that married men live longer than single men with the same cancers; smoke as much and have fewer cases of lung cancer than single men. It is not female hormones, or sleeping with them, that is protecting these men and women.
- [Enlightenment](https://berniesiegelmd.com/enlightenment-3/) - Most people I know only find enlightenment through their emotional or physical difficulties. That is a sad statement. Wouldn’t it be far better to be educated about life and prepared for its difficulties by the wisdom of others, rather than to need your own breakdown in order to become strong at the broken places—or expand
- [Touch Me and Understand What Happiness Is](https://berniesiegelmd.com/touch-me-and-understand-what-happiness-is/) - Forgive me if in this column I simply share with you some of the things that fascinate me and teach me about myself and life. I was reading about the problem thinking is. Our thoughts and ability to think are what separate us from each other and the true nature of life. When we think
- [Accept, Retreat & Surrender: How to Heal Yourself](https://berniesiegelmd.com/accept-retreat-surrender-how-to-heal-yourself/) - If you view illness as an opportunity, then when you get sick, you can ask yourself, "Okay, what can I learn from this disease. What do I need to look at first?" When I began working with the group Exceptional Cancer Patients, I noticed many of the group lived longer than their doctors expected. I
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 13, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-13-2017/) - Question for Bernie: Bernie, Today is the wake for my husband. It’s been a long hard journey, but you have guided me every step of the way with the wisdom and love in your books and DVDs. I am so grateful to you. I awaken every morning to see the picture of your hung on
- [Participating in the Creation of Our Consciousness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/participating-in-the-creation-of-our-consciousness/) - Dear Everybody, Now let me see if I can get you thinking and smiling. What did the agnostic, dyslexic, insomniac say when he couldn’t sleep?.....There is no dog! Women who think they are equal to men……lack ambition. A psychotic believes 2+2=5, a neurotic knows…..2+2=4 but can’t stand it. Today, I want to share two letters
- [Love and Laughter: Our Best Defense Against Violence and the Craziness of Human Existence](https://berniesiegelmd.com/love-and-laughter-our-best-defense-against-violence-and-the-craziness-of-human-existence/) - Dear Everybody, Think of the recent headlines we all have read. The gay college student who committed suicide when his so called friends and dormitory mates videotaped his sexual encounter and publicized it and how we blow up and kill other human beings. Use people as slaves. Carry out mass slaughter, inquisitions and holocausts because
- [The Bricks of Love](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-bricks-of-love/) - Dear Everybody, What benefits do love and amnesia share? Think about the comment that love is blind and what it means. What is love blind too? If you look at the Biblical description of love you will notice that love does not see faults. It is blind to the imperfections of others. I have learned
- [Introducing Yourself to God](https://berniesiegelmd.com/introducing-yourself-to-god/) - How would you introduce yourself to God? As a member of the Board of Directors of Heaven I have always found the admission line in Heaven to be an interesting process to observe. When people are asked how they want to be introduced to God and their answers relate to their profession, role, religion, personal
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 29, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-29-2017/) - Question for Bernie: You have helped me so much when my father was going through cancer and when I had to comfort a friend with a mass on her ovary. I have read your books and live by your example because I wholeheartedly believe in it. The past 4 months I have been observing a
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 23, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-23-2017/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Dr. Siegel, I wrote you a few years back to express my gratitude to you. As you can see from this email trail, you so kindly responded to me. I still cherish that. Always will. While reading Dr. Perlmutter's newsletter, I saw your endorsement of him. The description for Bernie Siegel
- [Where Survival is the Question Men are the Weaker Sex](https://berniesiegelmd.com/where-survival-is-the-question-men-are-the-weaker-sex/) - This post is written for two groups. Number one, the women who need to be educated about the behavior of men in a crisis and two, the men, who are willing to change and go beyond the traditional self-destructive masculine behavior. Most men do not handle emotional problems well. Too often they desert their wives
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 9, 2017](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-9-2017/) - Question for Bernie: This is something I've always wondered since going through cancer with my father and hearing that initial diagnosis and reading your books. When you say the exceptional patients do what they want...I often think that if I were in that situation, I would opt to not do chemo or radiation and do
- [Embracing Change to Find the Gift in Adversity](https://berniesiegelmd.com/embracing-change-to-find-the-gift-in-adversity/) - Dear Everybody, Here are the quotes, in finished form, with the name of the person who said them. Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.' ~ Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter) I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered.
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 1, 2018](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-1-2018/) - QUESTION FOR BERNIE: I am writing this e-mail for my dad. My dad is a wonderful 54 year old man who would really benefit from wellness coaching and mentoring. He was diagnosed with cancer 7 years ago, and 4 years ago the doctors gave him weeks to months to live. However with his determination, family
- [When Heaven Speaks, Listen!](https://berniesiegelmd.com/when-heaven-speaks-listen/) - Dear Everybody, Now here are the correct endings to the following: After looking at the bill for my surgery……….I realized why surgeons wear masks. I believe there’s intelligent life in the universe except…….in certain parts of New Jersey. Women don’t have hot flashes they……..have power surges. I was listening to my favorite music, classic country
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 19, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-19-2016/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, Do you have any suggestions for healing my hip? Do you think it's possible to regenerate the cartilage with my mind and attitude? I am in otherwise amazing health. I even amaze myself. I’m 65 now and feel amazing, and have used visualization for 35 years. I am a healer
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 12, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-12-2016/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, When I was 12, I came with my mother to one of your workshops in El Paso, TX. That was about 25 years ago. After hearing you speak and after reading your books, I decided to become a physician and a medical oncologist. I now work with Texas Oncologist in
- [Discovering Our Potential by Expanding Our Circle of Compassion](https://berniesiegelmd.com/discovering-our-potential-by-expanding-our-circle-of-compassion/) - Dear Everybody, Now to test your wisdom and sense of humor: #1 If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child? ~ Author Unknown #2 My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. ~ Jimmy Durante #3
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 5, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-5-2016/) - Question for Bernie: I would like to get in touch with you about my nephew. At the end of his first semester of college, he came home not feeling well. After a visit to a medical center and then to UMASS Medical Hospital in Worchester Mass, he was diagnosed with glioblastoma. My brother had him
- [Harnessing the Power of Your Body's Memory](https://berniesiegelmd.com/harnessing-the-power-of-your-bodys-memory/) - Dear Everybody, Now to test your wisdom: #1 Be careful about reading health books….. You may die of a misprint. ~ Mark Twain #2 By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad wife, you’ll become a philosopher. ~ Socrates #3 I was married by a judge.
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 28, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-28-2016/) - Question for Bernie: I'm an IIN student, and just finished watching your fantastic lecture! You made me feel so many feelings in this almost 1 hour lecture. I laughed, cried, felt thankful and energized to start to be who I am. I was watching it in my apt in Manhattan by myself and felt a
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 21, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-21-2016/) - Question for Bernie: I'm a recent grad of IIN. You were one of the lectures that stood out the most in my mind. I have a new client who has lung cancer and has chosen to use food and nutrition to heal his body. While I know a lot about food, I was wondering if
- [Learning from Opposites](https://berniesiegelmd.com/learning-from-opposites/) - Dear Everybody, Now your homework: Complete these quotes. You are only as old as …the women you feel. - Author Unknown The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and…to have the two as close together as possible. - George Burns Santa Claus has the right idea.
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 14, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-14-2016/) - Question for Bernie: Hi, I am the bone marrow transplant survivor you traded letters with back in 1996. So my 91- year-old Mom went into acute kidney failure about a month ago; this was not due to diabetes or high blood pressure, but to some traumas. When she left the Portland Maine hospital to come
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 7, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-7-2016/) - Question for Bernie: Good afternoon Bernie, I am in Barcelona, and I don't feel good. I feel that I am not a good teacher—that I don't teach well. I don't organize my classes very well, and in some classes I don't control the classroom. Yesterday the pupils threw paper balls at each other and then
- [Creating Positive Change with Intention, Desire and Determination](https://berniesiegelmd.com/creating-positive-change-with-intention-desire-and-determination/) - Dear Everybody, As usual my first words are the answers to last week’s sentences which you were to finish: I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked God for forgiveness. Light travels faster than sound. That’s why some people appear bright until
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 24, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-24-2016/) - Question for Bernie: We asked mom to draw a picture of herself and outdoor scene, but she has had a radical decline in the past couple weeks. She was experiencing extreme pain all over due to tumor growth in all parts of her body. She has since been put on hospice and my dad (her
- [The Fuel of Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-fuel-of-life/) - Every morning I used to receive an e-mail statement by Eknath Easwaren. He was a wise teacher about life and meditation. I have much caregiving to do which really drains my energy and occupies my time. So when this came the other day it really hit home and I think is something we all can
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 10, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-10-2016/) - Question for Bernie: Thank you again for your messages. I will start my chemotherapy on the 27 September because the infection in my breast is not over. I am tired when I see the nurse every morning for the dressing change. I would like to know why I had this infection—is it a message from
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 3, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-3-2016/) - My Story Isn’t Over by Camille L. I saw a phrase written on a bracelet that really spoke to me. It said, "My Story Isn't Over." I ordered the bracelet immediately, and I am wearing it now as I type. I feel like this would be a great title to my second book, my first
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 26, 20116](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-26-20116/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Bernie, I wish to ask about the babies who are just months old yet they get cancer. How can they have contributed to getting their diseases? Why do they get cancer? Thank you. Bernie’s Answer: Many issues can be responsible for the tragedy of cancer in infants, including physical and genetic
- [Healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/healing/) - Dear Everyone, To start the healing process, here are the answers to my questions. 1. When you get to Heaven, and are at the head of the admission line, how would you introduce yourself, and the person behind you to God? If you want to avoid being told to come back when you know who
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 12, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-12-2016/) - Question for Bernie: I'm going through a toothache with swollen gums. A tooth extraction is scheduled for Wednesday. I've taken the assigned medicines, but the swelling is still painful. I understand that there may be a spiritual angle to it. I was reading your book, A Book of Miracles, and in the section where you
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 5, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-5-2016/) - Question for Bernie: My sister is dying of pancreatic cancer (Stage 4, not able to do chemo due to not feeling strong enough). I haven't been particularly close to her, but we're generally on good terms. Other than letting her know I'm here for her, what can I do? Bernie’s Answer: It depends on her
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 29, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-29-2016/) - Question for Bernie: Hello Bernie, I am reading Love, Medicine & Miracles for the first time. I am struck by how necessary your words are in the realm of medical practices today, and how far medicine has skewed from the path of a true doctor/patient relationship toward true healing. As a mother of a child
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 22, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-22-2016/) - Question for Bernie: I heard a tape of yours years ago, I think from an interview by Tony Robbins. You said everyone gets sick eventually, so why wait until that happens, do it now. I'm 57 and healthy, yet I don't really know what I want to do, any suggestions on who to speak with
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 15, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-15-2016/) - Question for Bernie: In 1988, I was diagnosed and treated for lung cancer. I joined a support group and learned of you. We were encouraged to get your book, Love, Medicine and Miracles. I did and we went to see you at Loyola University I think it was. I carried your book with me to
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 8, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-8-2016/) - Question for Bernie: In 1990 I became very sick, and subsequently became bedridden for three years of my life. My Mother was my primary caregiver. She purchased your books for me and took me to attend one of your lectures here in San Antonio, TX. She encouraged me to have hope and never give up.
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 1, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/14516/) - Question for Bernie: As requested I attach my picture of me receiving the bone marrow transplant. I had to use pencils and felt pens as we don’t have any crayons in our house. I am currently reading your book, Love, Medicine and Miracles, and my friend has also purchased The Art of Healing: Uncovering Your
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 25, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-25-2016/) - Question for Bernie: I heard you speak years ago in Boston; loved hearing you in this summit. Do you know of anyone who has had success with glioblastomas? I am receiving traditional treatment now but would love to look for alternatives. Thank you. Bernie’s Answer: Yes, I know of several people. It is an all-inclusive
- [Living in the Time of Your Lfe](https://berniesiegelmd.com/living-in-the-time-of-your-lfe/) - Dear All, The following comes from a man I love, William Saroyan. His words go straight to your heart and your mind. The following comes from a foreword he wrote to his play In the Time of Your Life. Like I do, he loves finding pennies. And I can’t recommend his book, The Human Comedy,
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 11, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-11-2016/) - Question for Bernie: When first diagnosed with metastatic cancer and feeling lost, what is the first thing one should do? Bernie’s Answer: Ask for help as you are right now. Read the Immune Competent Personality list on my website www.berniesiegelmd.com. Create a life you love, and love your body. You have the potential to survive
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 27, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-27-2016/) - Question for Bernie: Symptoms continue to worsen even though I'm visualizing, praying, and loving myself every day. I can't eat a lot of foods, drink coffee, alcohol, and even water dries my mouth. I have bad breath due to the dryness. I'm not socializing anymore. My glands are so painful. I can't go on living like
- [Lessons from the Killing of Harambe](https://berniesiegelmd.com/lessons-from-the-killing-of-harambe/) - Please help me make sure this doesn't happen again! There have been a lot of people wanting me to make a public statement about the murder of Harambe in the Cincinatti Zoo. I agree with and commend the courage of the Mirror Magazine in the U.K., who put the caption under this photo, "Harambe was
- [No News and Rules for Being Human](https://berniesiegelmd.com/no-news-and-rules-for-being-human/) - From: Mind & Heart Matters By Bernie Siegel, MD Dear Everybody, First, I apologize for the editors at the Bulletin making an error in judgment. I sent them a very long column which they said they couldn’t fit into the paper and still have room for the news. It is obvious that they could have
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 13, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-13-2016/) - Question for Bernie: First I want to thank you for responding to my emails so quickly. It means more than you will ever know. My dryness has been off and on for 12 years, sometimes going away for years and then coming back. Right now it has been getting worse for the past six months
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 6, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-6-2016/) - Question for Bernie: I have recently been diagnosed with Sjogrens Syndrome. I've been having symptoms off and on for 15 years, and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia earlier, but I knew I didn't have that. I've been saying daily affirmations, meditation, and prayers for years. I have tried visualization, but I cannot see anything. I must
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 30, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-30-2016/) - Question for Bernie: One of my loved ones received devastating news about the ongoing progression of this terrible disease of ALS. He is young, only 40, with a beautiful wife and two young children. How can I help him? Bernie’s Answer: Remind him he has the potential to exceed expectations. He needs to show his
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 23, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-23-2016/) - Question for Bernie: It is an honor to "meet" you even though it’s by email. Many years ago, my father shared with me insights from your book Love, Medicine & Miracles. Lately, I came across the now "yellowed" book again, and have been reading it. It’s great, profound, and full of insights. I figured that
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 16, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-16-2016/) - Question for Bernie: I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014. I had a mastectomy and elected chemo and radiation treatments even though it was not required. I wanted to do everything I could to beat the cancer. (Estrogen-driven, HER-2 negative, early stage). In January 2016, I was diagnosed with non-smokers lung cancer, inoperable, late
- [Potential Versus Statistics](https://berniesiegelmd.com/potential-versus-statistics/) - Dear Everybody, Here are some e-mails that came to me via my website, and I want to share them with you as examples of courage, wisdom, and learning to love yourself. Enjoy reading them. Bernie SURVIVOR BEHAVIOR My parents, who are now gone, sent me Love, Medicine and Miracles after I had brain surgery in
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 2, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-2-2016/) - Question for Bernie: I am chaplain pastoring a woman with brain cancer. The cancer was arrested after three “awake" surgeries and chemo, but now it has recurred as an aggressive malignancy. My patient feels forced by the doctors to go through radiation therapy. She is trying through fantasy trips, etc., to get in touch with her inner
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 25, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-25-2016/) - Question for Bernie: I received a copy of your book 365 Prescriptions for the Soul from a staff member who I had cared for during her sick leave when going through breast cancer. I work as an occupational health nurse. My work has become more toxic the last number of years with bullying and horizontal
- [Special Post - Help a Survivor Make it to the Finish Line](https://berniesiegelmd.com/special-post-help-a-survivor-make-it-to-the-finish-line/) - Dear Everybody, I recently got a question from a remarkable 21-year survivor of stage IV metastatic breast cancer, diagnosed on April 19, 1995 at age 38. Her inspirational story will appear in detail on April 25, 2016, in my Q&A column on this website, but in the meantime, I want to get this information to
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 18, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-18-2016/) - Question for Bernie: (Part 1 of 3) I am terminally ill, even though I have tried everything I could to Live. I know we have never met, and it took a lot of courage to contact you, knowing you might or might not even respond to me. I don't care what religion you are, but
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 11, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-11-2016/) - Question for Bernie (with drawings): They have your book ready for me at the bookstore. I will pick it up later on. I have the appointment for the surgery, and I am about to cancel it. I am confused. I still believe in miracles and/or that the body can heal itself if we help it.
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 4, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-4-2016/) - Question for Bernie: I was in a relationship for 44 years. I discovered that my husband is a sex addict. I had to leave the relationship for my own survival and healing. It has been almost five years since I left and I still feel such pain, anger, and betrayal. I have done a lot
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 28, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-28-2016/) - Question for Bernie: I just finished reading your article in the January issue of Natural Nutmeg. I have read others from time to time. Each time they bring me closer to your philosophy along with fond memories on how you touched my life. We go way back to when my daughter was 9 and my
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 21, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-21-2016/) - Question/Comment for Bernie: I met you at Quinnipiac College when you spoke at an OT conference years ago, and asked you about my niece, who has since died from an unusual form of a cancer (she died in 1995 at just 18). Then, I saw you again at your son's store in Simsbury. I was
- [Family and Humor](https://berniesiegelmd.com/family-and-humor/) - Dear Everybody, Our phone always rings when I am trying to get some work done at the computer. Sure enough, it is one of our kids whom I have explained my schedule to and what times are best for phone calls. Well, the other night when the call was disruptive and using my precious and
- [Things and Words](https://berniesiegelmd.com/things-and-words/) - Dear Everybody, When the New Year arrives, we all talk and think about making resolutions and what we will be doing in the next year. What enlightened me was someone saying that they were not going to resolve to start doing things and exercising, but had decided to stop doing things. I liked that idea,
- [Sleep & Consciousness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/sleep-consciousness/) - Dear Everybody, I always wondered why we sleep. It is a dangerous activity when you look back through history when we slept in caves with no guns, 911 calls or alarm systems. You go to sleep and into your cave comes a lion and has you for dinner, which she shares with her babies. There
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 22, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-22-2016/) - Question for Bernie I just finished reading your book “The Art of Healing.” Thank you very much for this wonderful book. I loved it. I enjoyed it very much, and it is a great source of information about the life, love, health, and how to live in harmony. I will read it again and again!!
- [Women—What Would We Do Without Them?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/women-what-would-we-do-without-them/) - I began to refer to God as a woman years ago when I saw how many survival qualities were feminine qualities. On the other hand, we have to ask “Why did Eve eat the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge and get Adam to taste it, too, rather than the other way around?” What is
- [How to Heal Yourself](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-to-heal-yourself/) - If you view illness as an opportunity, then when you get sick, you can ask yourself, "Okay, what can I learn from this disease. What do I need to look at first?" When I began working with the group Exceptional Cancer Patients, I noticed many of the group lived longer than their doctors expected. I
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 1, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-1-2016/) - Question for Bernie My mom died of cancer when I was 13 in the 1970's. I read about people who have been cured since then. I am confident that my wife can be healed if she would open up to her feelings. She is a culture Jew and was brought up in Queens. Her father
- [Numbers & Memories](https://berniesiegelmd.com/numbers-memories/) - Dear Everybody, Jung said numbers are discovered and invented, and express quantity and meaning. Our life and the memories of our life are stored within us, and the meaningful and significant ones are often made conscious through the meaning of numbers. A simple example was Elisabeth Kubler-Ross looking at a picture I drew and asking
- [Silver & Gold](https://berniesiegelmd.com/silver-gold/) - Dear Everybody, The following sentence touched me with its meaning and content. Speech is silver, Silence is gold; Speech is human, Silence is divine. I and many others agree with that statement. In order to create a quiet mind, which can be in touch with and communicate with the divine, silence is mandatory. In the
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 11, 2016](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-11-2016/) - Question for Bernie Through meditating and reflecting, I've come to see that anger plays a role in my life. I know I should find ways to let go of it but just can't seem to. I've been reading your books - right now 365 Prescriptions - but wondered, how does one let go? Truly let
- [Dreams](https://berniesiegelmd.com/dreams/) - There have been many dreams and experiences which have been personal guides for me and made me think about my life and actions and creation. If you think about evolution, sleep at some time, was a dangerous undertaking. You lie down in your cave or shelter and along comes a predator and has you for
- [Doing Somethng Real](https://berniesiegelmd.com/doing-somethng-real/) - from MIND & HEART MATTERS Dear Everybody, Many years ago my wife and I went on a camping trip with a group of people into a pretty isolated area. The theme was to learn how to depend upon yourself and nature to meet your needs. One of the women who participated was pregnant, and I
- [Attitude](https://berniesiegelmd.com/attitude/) - From: Mind & Heart Matters Dear Everybody, Our kitchen has metal cabinets and with the use of magnets I continue to post inspiring articles, photographs, letters, comic strips and more. Just the other day as I headed down the hall I looked at an article I had posted right next to the door. I don’t
- [Farming](https://berniesiegelmd.com/farming/) - Dear Everybody, I met a guy the other day during one of my Stop & Shop therapy sessions who asked me what I did for a living. I told him I was a farmer. He asked how much land I had to work with. I told him a few inches less than six feet. He
- [Grow Old Along with Me - the Best is Yet to Be](https://berniesiegelmd.com/grow-old-along-with-me-the-best-is-yet-to-be/) - My advice for aging is actually the opposite of the title of this article. I say grow young along with me because though I know there are benefits which come with aging I want to preserve my body and my health and keep them from aging and enjoy the present moment. I always remember the
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 1, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-1-2015/) - Question for Bernie: Glad to meet you. I’ve been reading your books. I've got multiple myeloma here in Washington, DC, with dropping red cell counts; otherwise fine....its smoldering stage may be ending, and I’m being encouraged to get a stem cell transfer. I'm going to get second opinions from D. Farber and J. Hopkins, the latter
- [Death & Growth](https://berniesiegelmd.com/death-growth/) - from MIND & HEART MATTERS Dear Everybody, This article is not about creating feelings of guilt, but about understanding how our relationships and life experience affect our health and our behavior. The President tells us the United States is the only country with so much gun violence. I don’t know if that is true, but
- [Health Care Crisis](https://berniesiegelmd.com/health-care-crisis/) - The present health care crisis is not just related to health care. It is a crisis related to what is happening in our society. We have become depersonalized as a society, invested in technology and not the experience people are having. Studies verify what happens to children who grow up unloved and experiencing indifference, rejection,
- [Enlightenment](https://berniesiegelmd.com/enlightenment-2/) - Most people I know only find enlightenment through their emotional or physical difficulties. That is a sad statement. Wouldn’t it be far better to be educated about life, and be prepared for its difficulties, by the wisdom of others rather than personally experience your own breakdown in order to become strong at the broken places
- [Animals as Teachers](https://berniesiegelmd.com/animals-as-teachers/) - The following is from a discussion I had with our beloved pet house bunny, Smudge. She is a great teacher, helping each of us find our authentic self. After I told Smudge that we needed another article for the website, she looked at me with that deep penetrating look and said, Smudge: “We need to
- [Past Lives, Artists, and Pets](https://berniesiegelmd.com/past-lives-artists-and-pets/) - Dear Everybody, I find as time goes by that these columns come more often from my heart, experience, and feelings and less often from my head and thoughts. For one thing, I do believe that my past life experience as a knight, who killed with a sword, took place in Ireland. People have often felt
- [Information, Inspiration and Expiration - Part Two](https://berniesiegelmd.com/information-inspiration-and-expiration-part-two/) - Dear Readers, Here is one of the articles you will find on my website. From time to time, I like to highlight specific articles by themselves. This is Part Two of our discussion on the importance of being an empowered patient, working with doctors who will truly partner with us on a diagnosis as we
- [Information, Inspiration and Expiration - Part One](https://berniesiegelmd.com/information-inspiration-and-expiration-part-one/) - Dear Readers, Here is one of the articles you will find on my website, www.berniesiegelmd.com. From time to time, I like to highlight specific articles by themselves. My choice today is an article focusing on the importance of being an empowered patient, working with doctors who will truly partner with us on a diagnosis as
- [Old Times and Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/old-times-and-life/) - Dear Everyone, Relationships are what life is about. I realize how vital it is to bring up the children of the world to feel loved. If you feel loved you care for yourself and others, because you see yourself in others. I know people who gave up the convenience of smoking indoors after one of
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 28, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-28-2015/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, Very recently while out dancing, a person who was clearly drunk collapsed behind me, falling onto the backs of my legs. This caused me to fall forward onto my right knee. The diagnosis on examination by physicians was a “knee sprain and displaced avulsion involving the medial patella." I see
- [Buddy, Death and Love](https://berniesiegelmd.com/buddy-death-and-love/) - Dear Everybody, Love you to death, love warrior and doctor love are words which interest me. Is it a negative thing to love someone to death? I think not because by my definition what we have eliminated from our lives are the things which do not contribute love and meaning to our lives and to
- [The Wisdom of the Rebbe](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-wisdom-of-the-rebbe/) - “When you waste a moment, you have killed it in a sense, squandering an irreplaceable opportunity. But when you use the moment properly, filling it with purpose and productivity, it lives on forever.” Menachem Mendel Schneerson As those of you who regularly visit my website know, it is filled with many resources for living one’s
- [Thoughts from Bernie: Remarkable Recoveries - September 7, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/thoughts-from-bernie-remarkable-recoveries-september-7-2015/) - The reason that medicine has not explored the issue of self healing and patients who exceed survival expectations is that we either give the treatment the credit or refer to them as miracles or spontaneous remissions. Medicine does not study success because one cannot learn from spontaneous events but when one thinks of these cases
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 31, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-31-2015/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Bernie, I am writing to you from Ireland (the country, not the place in Indiana)! I am almost finished reading your book, Love, Medicine & Miracles, and can I tell you, it has been a most enlightening, refreshing, and encouraging book thus far. A book that can teach you new things
- [Neglect and Needs](https://berniesiegelmd.com/neglect-and-needs/) - Dear Everybody, I I was just looking through things I had written to get some ideas for a new column and two things struck me. One was an article I wrote exactly five years ago, to the day, about caring for yourself and the other about self-neglect. I think the two fit together very nicely.
- [Thoughts from Bernie - Our Healthcare Crisis](https://berniesiegelmd.com/thoughts-from-bernie-our-healthcare-crisis/) - The present health care crisis is not just related to health care. It is a crisis related to what is happening in our society. We have become depersonalized as a society, invested in technology and not the experience people are having in their lives. Studies verify what happens to children who grow up unloved and
- [Mind Matters](https://berniesiegelmd.com/mind-matters/) - My question last week was: What did you do this week to embarrass your family or make them laugh, and why is that important to do? There are many reasons to embarrass your family. As a father of five, I saved a good deal of money because our kids didn’t like eating out with me.
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 3, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-3-2015/) - Question for Bernie I read an article yesterday and thought of you immediately. The gist of the article was that people should die at 75, and there should be no more “efforts” to care for them after that. The author is 65 and said that people are creatively stagnant after the age of 75. I
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 27, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-27-2015/) - Question for Bernie Hello Dr. Siegel, I thought to contact you and ask for any wisdom and advice you may have. I received awful news last week. My Dad has metastatic cancer. We were on a big family trip in Europe and cut it short, he was so ill. He is a 69-year-old incredibly healthy,
- [Thoughts from Bernie - July 20, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/thoughts-from-bernie-july-20-2015/) - At workshops I frequently ask people if they would like to be free of all pain; emotional and physical. However, I tell those who sign up for what they think will be a gift to take my phone number with them so when they experience the problems associated with feeling no pain they can call
- [Thoughts from Bernie - July 13, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/thoughts-from-bernie-july-13-2015/) - The key to life in all its forms is its ability to communicate. This includes the ability of complex organisms like ourselves to communicate with each other but more importantly within ourselves, our individual organs and cells. How do animals communicate without words? Studies show they can count and make intelligent choices when given options
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 6, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-6-2015/) - Question for Bernie: Hello Bernie, Many years ago you helped me with some anxiety over being abandoned, regarding my mother, when I was an infant. Thank you for that. I’m 62 and my husband died a year ago. He either had a heart attack or stroke at the wheel of his car. About three months ago,
- [Thoughts from Bernie - June 29, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/thoughts-from-bernie-june-29-2015/) - With summer here, many people are in a more playful mood because this is the season most associated with vacations. Vacations refresh us by giving us permission to let go of our daily routine along with the associated “have to” mindset that we have when we are not taking a vacation break. So I wanted
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 22, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-22-2015/) - Question for Bernie: My wife and I are now in a town called Bokeelia, Fl - outside Ft Myers - where we were so lucky to find a woman almost giving away a mobile home in a sailing, kayaking, fishing with the best backpacking fishing rod, and especially RELAXING setting, surrounded by water and peaceful
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 15, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-15-2015/) - Question for Bernie: Keeping in touch... Yesterday my husband kept saying, “I am suffering and want to go to hospice...or the hospital.” When the visiting nurse came, he agreed to go to hospice which I arranged. The day before he did not leave the bed and was extremely uncomfortable even with the oxycodone and oxycontin.
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 8, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-8-2015/) - Question for Bernie: I have an appointment and I welcome prayer support: "That my doctor will be divinely guided to extract the roots of my lower left molar safely, easily and quickly and that I tolerate the procedure with ease and gratitude." Thanks! Bernie’s Answer: What you visualize and believe will happen. Your body experiences what
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 1, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-1-2015/) - Question for Bernie Hi Bernie, I wrote you a while ago about buying your book, A Book of Miracles. I have also heard many of your interviews and am truly amazed—how in heaven’s name do you deal with some people who let you down when you give so much? With such a big, big heart,
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 25, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-25-2015/) - Question for Bernie I was recently diagnosed with Stage 1A multiple myeloma. I suspect that there is a strong existential component to this death threat in my body. After my husband died nearly 4 years ago, I pretty much gave up on wanting to live and progressed well through the challenges of healing. I have
- [Enlightenment](https://berniesiegelmd.com/enlightenment/) - Most people I know only find enlightenment through their emotional or physical difficulties. That is a sad statement. Wouldn’t it be far better to be educated about life and prepared for its difficulties by the wisdom of others, rather than to need your own break down in order to become strong at the broken places
- [The Immune Competent Personality Test](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-immune-competent-personality-test/) - Dear Everyone, As many of you know, I often recommend taking the short Immune Competent Personality Test. The set of just 12 questions (including three I added), is based on research by Dr. George Solomon. It is a great way to take an honest look at just how much you are asking of your Immune
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 4, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-4-2015/) - Question for Bernie Your book, Love, Magic & Mudpies: Raising Your Kids to Feel Loved, Be Kind, and Make a Difference, is the most wonderful book. I can only do so much for myself and my kids. I would like some ideas about single parenting, and how to make sure my children get what they need
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 27, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-27-2015/) - Question for Bernie I've recently had the privilege of being introduced to your book Love, Medicine and Miracles. I have also been informed that I have pancreatic cancer. I'm an extremely positive person in life as a whole, and as a thinker. I'm determined that my mind will help me through whatever will come next,
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 20, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-20-2015/) - Question for Bernie: I have been diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and told I have 8 years to live (I presume maximum). Being told that and then being put on "watch and wait" is a very stressful way to live. If this happened to you, what would you do to improve your overall health status?
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 13, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-13-2015/) - Question for Bernie I have a question about forgiveness. I know that it is important to be able to forgive yourself and others in order to help your body heal, but I have a really hard time forgiving my brother and my mother. When I was a child my mother would always tell me that
- [Thoughts for World Health Day - Treating the Cause, Not the Result](https://berniesiegelmd.com/thoughts-for-world-health-day-treating-the-cause-not-the-result/) - As part of World Health Day, I have joined with the American Recall Center, a site devoted to providing up-to-date FDA news, to spread awareness about medication safety. Below are some thoughts I had about how each of us can improve our healthcare and encourage our doctors to listen and learn from us. Doctors are
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 6, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-6-2015/) - Question for Bernie Thank you very much for your response. The dark spot in my stomach is the new drug. I represented myself with a skeleton because I am very focused on this drug affecting my bone marrow. That is my pelvic bone not my fallopian tubes. I see how this scary skeleton person looks like she
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 30, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-30-2015/) - Question for Bernie My brother passed last Thursday. He had an incredible will to live, surpassing his doctor's prediction by 25 years! Words cannot express my gratitude for your caring support. Your lectures, books, emails, were a tremendous help during a difficult time. My brother’s and my incredible history with you~ It was over 10
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 23, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-23-2015/) - Question for Bernie I grew up in a religious family, and I have been active in my church for 20 years. I am very scientific and pragmatic. Faith is difficult. I admire it in others! I see others flex a spiritual muscle, to me is like a 6th sense. I have a hard time feeling
- [In Our Self-Absorbed Society How Do We Instill Compassion in Our Children?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/in-our-self-absorbed-society-how-do-we-instill-compassion-in-our-children/) - Dear Everybody, Keep this quote in mind as you read these thoughtful, important words below from Slovie Jungreis-Wolff: “The Best Sermons Are Lived, Not Preached.” ~ Kenneth Burke, 1924-1966 The following is excerpted and edited by me from an article by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff entitled: In Our Self-Absorbed SocietyHow Do We Instill Compassion in Our Children?
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 9, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-9-2015/) - Question for Bernie Hello. My 64 year old father was diagnosed with bladder cancer two years ago, but didn't tell me or my sister until it came back a year later and they had to remove his bladder. After that surgery, I stressed nutrition to no avail, and therefore his sleepless nights, high anxiety and
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 2, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-2-2015/) - Question for Bernie: My surgery date is February 20th. I've read Peace, Love and Healing, and I listen to many of your meditations. I've done some research and will ask for the open procedure because I've learned that surgical clips can dislodge and migrate. I'm also allergic to nickel. My surgeon did listen to me and
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 23, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-23-2015/) - Question for Bernie I read your article today. I love what you wrote. When I met you I was very angry, and full of self-pity. I thought that you were from a different world. I thought that you didn't know much about the world of abuse. Well, today after many, many years, I call you
- [The Color Orange](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-color-orange/) - Dear Everybody, Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can. ~ John Wesley This quote by John Wesley touched my heart. If everyone lived that message what
- [More Teachers (Part Three) – Mind and Heart Matters](https://berniesiegelmd.com/more-teachers-part-three-mind-and-heart-matters/) - Dear Everybody, Life is a labor pain of self-birth. Sometimes God responds to your prayers when you are not able to complete the birthing process, and sometimes God steps back when it is time for you to take responsibility and deliver. The following is the third edited excerpt from an article written by Danny Verbov.
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 2, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-2-2015/) - Question for Bernie Sorry to bother you, but I have a question—not about the diagnosis but about how to deal with news of this kind. My throat has hurt on and off for a few months. I went to an ENT today. He said he thinks it is stomach acid so we are working on
- [More Teachers (Part Two) – Mind and Heart Matters](https://berniesiegelmd.com/more-teachers-part-two-mind-and-heart-matters/) - Dear Everybody, Life is a labor pain of self-birth. Sometimes God responds to your prayers when you are not able to complete the birthing process, and sometimes God steps back when it is time for you to take responsibility and deliver. The following is the second edited excerpt from an article written by Danny Verbov.
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 19, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-19-2015/) - Question for Bernie: Hi. I am a 55-year-old woman with controlled MS and Dysautonomia. This is a horrible disease and affects every system in your body. I have daily migraines, horrible upper back pain, chest pain, no appetite, nausea, and fatigue beyond belief. I am very limited in what I can do. This is my
- [More Teachers - Mind and Heart Matters](https://berniesiegelmd.com/more-teachers-mind-and-heart-matters/) - Dear Everybody, Life is a labor pain of self-birth. Sometimes God responds to your prayers when you are not able to complete the birthing process, and sometimes God steps back when it is time for you to take responsibility and deliver. The following is an edited excerpt from an article written by Danny Verbov. To
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 5, 2015](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-5-2015/) - Question for Bernie I am at end of Chapter 3 in the Art of Healing and feeling stuck. I am a bit worried because today and yesterday I am having to work harder at staying positive. I just got an appointment with a medical oncologist for this Monday and I think she is going to
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 29, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-29-2014/) - Question for Bernie How do you reach a bored and possibly depressed child in your home? Bernie’s Answer Ask the child what will make him or her happy, and then go do it. Stay with that approach but move the responsibility for doing it to the child; whenever they don't know what to do, say
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 22, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-22-2014/) - Question for Bernie I grew up with a loving mother and a father. When I was 17/18, I was briefly involved in a relationship with a boy who was very physically abusive and shaming and blaming. I was able to escape that relationship within six months of it starting. However, I never told my parents
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 15, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-15-2014/) - Question for Bernie I read Al Siebert's book, The Survivor Personality, after I healed myself from anxiety disorder and maybe also mild depression w/o the help of medication. It hit me that how I healed myself was also by working on the three selves mentioned in the book, which are self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-concept. I
- [The Unity of Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-unity-of-life/) - Dear Everybody, Once again this week let me share some of the wisdom I keep encountering. While I wonder what will I write about next week I also know my problem will be solved by the greater consciousness. So here are some more words of wisdom and remember what I shared last week. The fragmenting
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 1, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-1-2014/) - Question for Bernie Do you think a lack of self-love is behind addiction? Thanks for all you do! Bernie’s Answer Yes, it is grounded in growing up without parental love. This absence of parental love accounts for not only addictions of various kinds, but all unhealthy, self-destructive behavior. Peace, Bernie Question for Bernie I heard
- [The Power of Words](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-power-of-words/) - Most doctors are not trained to communicate and understand the power of their words as they relate to a patient’s ability and desire to survive. Doctors are not the only authority figures who impact patients’ lives and their ability to survive a diagnosis of a disease. Parents, teachers, clergy and physicians also have the ability
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 17, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-17-2014/) - Question for Bernie Do you think a lack of self-love is behind addiction? Thanks for all you do! Bernie’s Answer Yes, it is grounded in growing up without parental love. This absence of parental love accounts for not only addictions of various kinds, but all unhealthy, self-destructive behavior. Peace, Bernie Question for Bernie I heard
- [Jekyll and Hyde - Mind and Heart Matters](https://berniesiegelmd.com/jekyll-and-hyde-mind-and-heart-matters/) - Why can’t we live the sermon? What is wrong with the human race? In the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jekyll believes that there is good and evil in everyone and that he can bring them out through chemicals which affect the brain. He creates a serum which brings out his alter ego
- [Some Inspirational Poems](https://berniesiegelmd.com/some-inspirational-poems/) - For those of you who haven’t had a chance yet to read the Inspirational Poems on my website, I thought it might be enjoyable (and inspirational) for you to read them now. And for those of you who are inspired to submit a poem yourself, please do so. Cancer patients who laugh live longer. This
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 27, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-27-2014/) - Question for Bernie Hope you and your family are happy. I just wonder if what you say is true about the power of the mind. I have had a number of health issues for many years. I tried to live with them, but the quality of my life was just terrible with psoriatic arthritis/vitiligo/recurrent UTIs/asthma/thyroid, etc. So
- [Information and Inspiration](https://berniesiegelmd.com/information-and-inspiration/) - Most medical school applications of today state that the candidate for admission is interested in and fascinated by the human body. The problem with seeking medical help in the U.S. is that people come in with their mind, body, and spiritual beliefs, but this complete human package is immediately divided and categorized leaving patients feeling
- [Living Up to Loving your Partners “in Sickness and in Health…”](https://berniesiegelmd.com/living-up-to-loving-your-partners-in-sickness-and-in-health/) - The quality of the rest of your life and your partner’s life will be what you want it to be—the decisions are yours and your partner’s to make. If you both agree that you want is “to let the sun shine in” on a shared positive perspective, you will each strengthen your immune systems; when
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 6, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-6-2014/) - Question for Bernie Twenty-four years ago you saved my life through your book Love, Medicine and Miracles. I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer which had spread to my lymph nodes. I had a one-year-old baby and four other daughters to live for. Your book gave me the hope and the tools to survive. You
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 29, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-29-2014/) - Question for Bernie I have been dealing with ulcerative colitis since 1998 which was diagnosed when I was four months pregnant with my son. I've tried conventional medicine without success and am now being treated alternatively, but still not seeing a lot of improvement. This is making it difficult to have hope that the cause
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 22, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-22-2014/) - Question for Bernie: I just had my first R-CHOP today for aggressive diffuse B cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and was hoping to find ways to enhance the effectiveness of the chemo. I am not finding info easily. I have been advised to take L-glutamine, do ozone ear insufflation and steam, colloidal and gold /silver homeopathy. I
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 15, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-15-2014/) - Question for Bernie Thank YOU so very much for your exceptional words of wisdom that I heard today on Talk #1 of the 2nd Annual International Cure to Cancer Summit. I agree 1,000% with what you say. In 2011 I was diagnosed with a mass in my R breast and chose to go the entire
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 8, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-8-2014/) - Question for Bernie My 47-year-old husband was diagnosed with Stage V non-smokers lung cancer 26 months ago. As much as I believe in many of the things you talk about, I wonder how our family is supposed to continue looking at this cancer as a blessing when our medical options are running out and we
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 25, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-25-2014/) - Question for Bernie I am so grateful I found your website. You are truly heaven sent! God bless you for all the people you are helping. If I may, I would like to ask you some questions. I would like to ask for some of your wisdom regarding my current diagnosis. I live in
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 18, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-18-2014/) - Question for Bernie: I have MS and no allopathic medicine has been prescribed for me (to my joy). I keep my eyes and ears open to learn about complementary medicine and different schools of healing. However, whenever I hear of a modality that could help with my recovery, something stops from putting my heart and
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 11, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-11-2014/) - Question for Bernie Your book, Love, Medicine, & Miracles was recommended by my holistic doctor when I learned I tested positive for cancer. It was the scariest book that I have ever read. Sometimes I would read it with just one eye open. I am going to reference this book in a homemade video which
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 4, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-4-2014/) - Question for Bernie I am 32-year-old man from Slovakia in central Europe. Two months ago I was diagnosed with a 2 cm, non-malignant acoustic neuroma growing from the 8th cranial nerve in my head, just between my right ear and the brain-stem. After consulting with best medical doctors in Slovakia and also abroad in the
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 28, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-28-2014/) - Question for Bernie I wanted to share with you a story this morning. I will get to the story in a minute but first wanted to fill you in a bit. Remember when I was looking for some etiology for adult onset of tremors with my son? Anyway after nine months of no gluten (Dr.
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 21, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-21-2014/) - Question for Bernie I contacted you five years ago when I had my second mastectomy. Two nodes were involved and they took eight. I had a 75% chance of it not returning if I did nothing and it only went up into the 80's if I did chemo. I decided to decline the chemo and now
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 14, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-14-2014/) - Question for Bernie Again, thank you for your meaningful and direct words. I come back to them often, if not daily! I finished my fifth of six chemo rounds last week. After six, I get a PET scan to determine my next steps. Based upon their initial recommendations, I'm anticipating they will put me on
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 7, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/10101/) - Question for Bernie I don't know where to start. Just until yesterday I thought I was absolutely fine with no issues. And that my allergies, asthma, and constant fight with skin conditions were just caused by my poor diet. That was actually the reason I went to IIN (Institute for Integrative Nutrition) where I heard
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 30, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-30-2014/) - Question for Bernie Good morning, No real success with my dreams. I'm continuing guided imagery but don't really recall any dreams that I can write down. What else would you suggest as I continue on this healing path? I am feeling relatively well going into my fifth chemo round next week. Lung cancer is a
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 23, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-23-2014/) - Question or Bernie I could really use your guidance and input regarding my dearest and closest friend, my wife of 40 years. She's gravely ill right now. The docs don't know what's wrong yet, but I have a good idea. Chronic stress causing long-term toxicities has driven her to unmanageable high BP and possibly cancer.
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 16, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-16-2014/) - Question for Bernie I don’t know what to do, but I’m listening to an interview of you with Steve Maraboli right now, and I guess I’m hoping that something in there is going to stop me from what I’ve been thinking of doing. I’ve had a bit of a hard life, I guess. My dad
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 9, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/9056/) - Question for Bernie I wrote to you a few weeks ago re my mom who has secondary cancer with an undiagnosed primary. I appreciated your reply which helped me to see things a bit more clearly. However since then my mom’s illness has gotten worse. I am very close to my mom, and it has
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 2, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-2-2014/) - Question for Bernie On May 3, 2013, I had extensive surgery for ovarian cancer; then I had five months of chemo. I had a clean scan in October. On April 2, it was discovered through mammography that I had breast cancer which was not going to kill me. I had a lumpectomy and have started
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 26, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-26-2014/) - HEALING WISDOM – These wonderful, loving therapy dogs protect the immune system of our Vets and are always there to serve for a scratch under the chin or a kiss on the nose. On this Memorial Day Weekend, let us all find a way to extend a healing paw as a symbol of what America
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 19, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-19-2014/) - Question for Bernie I am reading the book you recommended, The Energy Cure by William Bengston. It's impressive. I just read the page on which the author describes that someone wrote "Bullshit" on a study you had posted about the power of prayer. And, so that negative attitude helps exactly how, I wonder? I have
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 12, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-12-2014/) - Question for Bernie: Thank you for incarnating and agreeing to help others. I am struggling with alcoholism and am able to keep from drinking by using AA meetings and your books. I believe I have come to alcoholism through genetics and my neural wiring, not through lack of willpower or religious conviction. No matter the
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 5, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-5-2014/) - Question for Bernie: My mother has ovarian cancer and the doctors would not operate. They said her cancer was too advanced so an operation would not be advisable. She is just being treated with chemotherapy now. She responded well to the first round of chemo and the tumors shrunk. But for the second round, different
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 28, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-28-2014/) - Question for Bernie: I am already doing visualization to treat my cancer, including preventing hair loss—and it is working. No hair loss so far. Is there anything else I should be doing? The following is part of my visualization, too: Thank you for everything. I am happy. I am healthy. I love my life. I
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 21, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-21-2014/) - Question for Bernie: First of all Thank You from my heart for all the life affirming and enhancing words that you share in your books, on your CDs, and in your blog! I have an overwhelming sense of loneliness, and lack of meaning, while I am also recently full of contempt for everybody more or
- [Life and Love Mind & Heart Matters](https://berniesiegelmd.com/life-and-love-mind-heart-matters/) - Dear Everybody, I am writing this during the week of Passover and want to share something from Rabbi Benjamin Blech; The Five Most Important Things to Know about Passover—our greatest contributions to the world summarized in five words: memory, optimism, faith, family, and responsibility. My comments are woven in, too, so you understand that we
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 14, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-14-2014/) - Question for Bernie: I read Love, Medicine and Miracles in 1993, and practiced your techniques on my nonmalignant tumor in my chest. It was gone within a few weeks, so thank you. I studied more healing modalities, treatments, and therapies planning to start my own clinic in Mexico or elsewhere abroad. A set of very
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 7, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-7-2014/) - Question for Bernie: I began reading your new book during my chemotherapy treatment today. WOW! It is very powerful! I found that I was highlighting something on nearly every page and re-reading many of the paragraphs. Bernie, it is another Love, Medicine, and Miracles and is very much needed! I have read all of your
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 31, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-31-2014/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie—I have to share this story with you. I honestly thought that it was you I ran into the other day, while stuck in a small rut at Costco! I had just done a full shop and my trunk was chock full of unbagged goods. Needing to fill up on gas,
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 24, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-24-2014/) - First Question for Bernie: I am currently enrolled at IIN and just heard your lecture - it was beautiful!! How do you stay in a higher awareness as you do? Sometimes I find myself being pulled down by negative influences and would like to be able to bounce back a lot quicker. Thank you for
- [Spring is the Perfect Season to Practice the Art of Living in the Moment](https://berniesiegelmd.com/spring-is-the-perfect-season-to-practice-the-art-of-living-in-the-moment/) - "Spring, an experience in immortality." ~ Henry D. Thoreau The quality of the rest of your life and your partner’s life will be what you want it to be—the decisions are yours and your partner’s to make. If you both agree that you want is “to let the sun shine in” on a shared positive
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 10, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-10-2014/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, can you guide me? I have MS, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis, IBS, acne, anemia, and circulation issues. I'm only 44. Do likely causes include parasites, toxins, and mercury amalgams? I've little support and can't even depend on myself anymore. It's hard to love such a depleted body and a dull life...all advice
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 3, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-3-2014/) - Question for Bernie: First I want to thank you for two of yours books: Love, Medicine & Miracles, which I read in the 1980s, and 101 Exercises for the Soul, which I'm currently reading, because as always your words are a light in the road. I have been diagnosed with a hypernephroma that is occupying
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 24, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-24-2014/) - Question for Bernie: How am I supposed to be a love warrior when my dad yells and makes me hate myself? I'm sitting here crying, not wanting to live here, and hating everything that he's ever made me feel—worthless and overweight. How do I accept that?? Bernie’s Answer: Move out. Take action that puts you
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 17, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-17-2014/) - Question for Bernie: This isn’t a question—just a thank you. A year ago, I was teetering on the edge with Stage IV double-hit non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. I was undergoing massive chemo treatments and dealing with all the infections and side effects of that. Thanks to amazing doctors and nurses, lots of love and laughter from my
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 10, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/qa-with-bernie-february-10-2014/) - Question for Bernie: I am from London, England, now based in NYC where I am having treatment for breast cancer at Sloan-Kettering. My doctors say that I’m in the early stages of the disease. Can you advise on how to deal with stress and overwhelming fear and anxiety? My stomach is turning and my heart
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 3, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/qa-with-bernie-february-3-2014/) - Question for Bernie I'm really glad to have found you, you are an inspiration! I am a fifty-year-old woman recently diagnosed with cancer of the breast. I am from London, England, living and studying in NYC. I have a second opinion today at Sloan Kettering. I am really grappling with something that I would like
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 27, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-27-2014/) - Question for Bernie: My brother-in-law is preparing for double bypass heart surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, next Friday. He is a 57- year-old true-blue "Iowan Mid-westerner" from Des Moines who enjoys his Busch light beer, Camel cigarettes, and NASCAR on a daily basis. And, he is the most kind-hearted, generous, and loving
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 20, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-20-2014/) - Question for Bernie: What do I have to put into my mind to heal my disease which is progressive muscular atrophy (lower motor neuron disease). There is no cause or cure. I have just God and my family. I am writing to ask for your help. Bernie’s Answer: I recommend that you love your life
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 13, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/5476/) - Question for Bernie: I’m writing to get your opinion on this headline from the Wall Street Journal on December 25, 2013. The article was written by Joseph Walker: "Fake Knee Surgery as Good as Real Procedure, Study Finds. Result Likely to Fuel Debate over Common Orthopedic Operation." The placebo effect has been known and studied
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 6, 2014](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-6-2014/) - Question for Bernie: I am a 34-year-old female living in Dublin, Ireland. I have suffered depression my whole life. Even as a child at school when asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I remember my answer was, "Happy.” I would have been only around six years old when I gave
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 30, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-30-2013/) - New Year’s Message to Bernie As the year draws to a close and a New Year of light and possibilities draws near, I wanted to say THANK YOU for all the love, inspiration, devotion, and healing you have shared in your lifetime. You have enriched and empowered me over many years, and I am so
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 23, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-23-2013/) - Question for Bernie: Hope all is well. I had a dream this morning and I know part of its meaning, but not all. I was at a hospital telling a doctor that I would give birth to a baby in the evening or perhaps night time on the same day. The doctor doubted what I
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 16, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-16-2013/) - This week’s Q&A Column is a little unusual because it is the full “thread” of a wonderful electronic conversation between one of our readers and me. I think you will enjoy it and find it very inspirational. - Bernie Question for Bernie: “Cancer Free in May of 1993” Since the summer of 1992, I have
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 9, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/4266/) - Question for Bernie: I am Grandmother to two active boys ages 4 and 7. Over the past several years, and especially the past few months, my hands have started to heat up and get super-hot. I touch my husband’s arm for its coolness and he lets me cool my hands that way. Sometimes, though, he
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 2, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-2-2013/) - Question for Bernie: Thanks so much for your wonderful book, Love, Medicine and Miracles, which I have read a good many times. My habit while reading is to underline important passages. Then, the very important ones get highlighted with a yellow marker for emphasis. In the case of your book, there’s a lot of yellow
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 25, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-25-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I grew up well loved in a very great home, and I have meaningful relationships and purpose. I've also been extremely ill. There is something most people are missing in the holistic community. I think it's the simple fact that we don't really know why some people get sick and others do
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 18, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-18-2013/) - Question for Bernie I listened to your Hay House interview, and you spoke a lot about cancer and autoimmune diseases. Do you have any experience with healing ALS? Bernie’s Answer ALS is a challenge, but in summary, you need to love your life and body despite the limitations so that your body gets the “I
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 11, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-11-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I am just about to finish The Art of Healing. I have read all of you other books. I am struggling to get more insight into my subconscious mind. I have had several unusual dreams during my recent breast cancer treatment. In one dream, I am pulling an albino snake with three
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 4, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-4-2013/) - Question for Bernie: Twenty-four years ago when I was 38, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. At that time, I read and practiced everything you suggested. It worked—I am still here! In August of 2012, a little over a year ago, our beautiful three-year-old granddaughter was diagnosed with Stage 4 neuroblastoma. Watching her go through
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 28, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/2983/) - Question for Bernie: What are the ways or treatments I can use to help me get my overactive immune system back to normal? This overactive immune response has created so many allergies to medications—particularly chemo drugs that I am taking for ovarian cancer. My doctor tells me that if my immune system was normal, I
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 21, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-21-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I have struggled with low energy, lack of meaning/zest for life, digestive issues, (had an eating disorder for a while), anger issues, commitment issues, and trust issues for as long as I can remember. I have tried Reiki, meditation, yoga, alternative medicine, vegan, vegetarianism, primal diets, and mainstream medicine, but nothing seems
- [Where Healing is the Question, Your Unconscious Has the Answer](https://berniesiegelmd.com/where-healing-is-the-question-your-unconscious-has-the-answer/) - We all need to be in touch with our female and male sides that reside in the unconscious mind— the anima and the animus. They are within us whether we acknowledge them or not. So, this post focuses on how important it is to healing and survival for: women to tap into the power of
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 7, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-7-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I did try to follow your advice to change my attitude toward some of the most burdensome situations in my life. Unfortunately, this caused a lot of turmoil and more pressure on me from people in my life. They do not want me to see things differently because it means they have
- [](https://berniesiegelmd.com/2818/) - Question for Bernie My daughter has been diagnosed with Sweet Syndrome. Her doctor feels it is connected to psoriatic arthritis. She is 47-years-old and in need of good advice to be able to continue having a good life. She is in lots of pain and discomfort. I look forward to getting your advice and sharing
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 23, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-23-2013/) - Question for Bernie I have recently started listening to your "Meditations for Peace of Mind” which was recommended to me by my Psychologist. During the meditation, when I get to the house and find the living room and the chest, your instruction is to open the chest to get a message. The problem I am
- [Nutritional Empowerment for Brain Health](https://berniesiegelmd.com/nutritional-empowerment-for-brain-health/) - This is a guest post from David Perlmutter, MD, Empowering Neurologist This year marks a critical turning point in our understanding of the impact of neurodegenerative conditions in the Western world. While cardiovascular disease and cancer have captivated the spotlight over the past several decades, two important studies this year have brought long needed attention
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 9, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-9-2013/) - Question for Bernie: Have you ever known anyone who has healed themselves of HIV? Bernie’s Answer: Yes, many have gone from hiv+ to hiv-. In addition to available therapies, it is important to love your life and body. By doing things that reduce stress and strengthens your immune system, your body gets the message that
- [Q & A with Bernie Siegel - September 2, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-siegel-september-2-2013/) - Dear Bernie, This is a shout out from my son, Michael, who passed at the age of just 15 years old in November of 1992. I saw a gifted medium who works with bereaved parents. Sandy lost a daughter to a drunk driver and after a year of anguish, developed her amazing skills. After a
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 26, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-26-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I hope you remember me. It has been some 40 years ago since I wrote to you from Montgomery, Alabama. I have MS and read your book, Love, Medicine & Miracles. You wrote back to me in purple ink! We continued to write for about a year until we were both convinced
- [My Miracle—On a Trip to Italy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/on-a-trip-to-italy/) - I am an adult survivor of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. After completing my initial chemotherapy treatment 19 years ago, I wanted to help others find the strength to survive, too. I started volunteering at a local hospital with cancer patients bringing hope with my story of 19 years in remission. But in March of this year, my
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 12, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-12-2013/) - Question for Bernie My mom died last year of cancer. She was healthy and strong-willed and walked to the hospital for her tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique or EFT) treatment where, due to complications, she passed away. I found your book, LOVE, MEDICINE, & MIRACLES at my son's school library. I wish my mother could have
- [View Your Life as an Experiment](https://berniesiegelmd.com/view-your-life-as-an-experiment/) - Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. ~ Claude Bernard, French Psychologist (1813-1878) Our ability to think is what separates us from each other and sometimes from the true nature of life. When we think we know the truth, we become closed-minded and very unscientific. A true scientist has no fixed beliefs and
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 29, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-29-2013/) - Question for Bernie I come from the Czech Republic and I have read some of your books, which I am really grateful for. I started reading them because I have been a friend to many cancer patients. However, my challenge is a different one. I live with cerebral palsy. I find it difficult to say
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 22, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-22-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I am a Stage III breast cancer survivor and have really appreciated your blog. I would like to give you a resource to add to your arsenal about the wig that significantly changed the way I felt during my intense journey with this disease. The wonderful wigmaker I found is Merria Dearman
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 15, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-15-2013/) - Question for Bernie I will try to make this short and simple, although it’s not. I have what I think is a nerve spasm in my top right chest. Doctors aren't doing anything to help or diagnose what it is. I'm wondering what the best visualization would be to do for healing that part of
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 8, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-8-2013/) - Question for Bernie I have a question about parenting. I am a single mother with a beautiful almost 3-year-old daughter. I have been spending the last six months trying to recover from my separation with her father. I have been working on forgiveness and self-love, as well as trying to create a career to support
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 1, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-1-2013/) - Question for Bernie I just listened to you on Natural Health 365 and what an inspiration! I feel like a new person just from the enlightenment that I received today. I am a 45 year old woman who has spent her life hiding her true feelings for fear of hurting or angering others. On the
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 24, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-24-2013/) - Question for Bernie I am probably writing this because of you. I read Love, Medicine and Miracles around 1992. At 62, I’m still smoking cigarettes. Can you suggest any alternative therapy for this? Thanks. Bernie’s Answer When you love yourself you'll stop seeking good feelings via addictions. It is about your lack of love as
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 17, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-17-2013/) - Question for Bernie: After listening to you on the Hay House Summit I explored your website and read that humor and laughter is important in the journey to healing. I said to myself, “Yes, I am trying, but I just can't seem to laugh. Nothing strikes me funny.” However, I purchased the CD titled Humor
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 10, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-10-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I was diagnosed with very early breast cancer in March of this year. I had surgery to remove the tumor and two lymph glands were removed. The glands were clear, the cancer is gone and I am now having 20 sessions of radiation therapy as a preventative measure. I am very grateful
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 3, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-3-2013/) - Question for Bernie At 300 pounds, I am incontinent, exhausted, suffer from low back pain which may require surgery, and feeling hopeless. What do I do? Thank you for any help you can offer to me. Bernie’s Answer Act like you are your loving grandmother, and do what she would tell you to do. You
- [New Ways to Achieve Healing with Information Medicine](https://berniesiegelmd.com/2569/) - The new field of information medicine utilizes the lines of communication from cell to cell in the body to achieve therapeutic goals. One such device, the Bemer, sends a very unique (patented) signal throughout the body, instructing the muscle layers of small blood vessels to help pump blood through the micro-circulation to feed and clean
- [Miracles Really DO Happen](https://berniesiegelmd.com/miracles-really-do-happen/) - This isn't really a question—it is a HUGE thank you. I wrote you several months ago when I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer and feeling down because I thought I had beat the breast cancer. Your advice to me was to live each day, look to the future, and don't let fear or worry
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 27, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-27-2013/) - Question for Bernie I repeatedly dream that I am driving along a road and come to a crossing where all lanes on the opposite side come toward me. There is no lane continuing in the direction I am coming from. Sometimes I just drive along the wrong way, frightened that I’ll get hit by a
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 20, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-20-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I still have this thought pattern that to LOVE people, I have to do a lot of stuff for them even if I don't really want to. I get frightened I will be rejected as a friend if I say no or change my mind. On Sunday it was Mothering Sunday and
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 13, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-13-2013/) - Question for Bernie: Years ago, I read your book Peace, Love and Healing. I have always kept that book. My Mother died of lung cancer, and intuitively I felt I would also get it. Two years ago, I did. At 57, I was diagnosed with Stage 1 adenocarcinoma and had a right upper lobectomy. I
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 6, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-6-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I have Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. In a recent dream something very significant came to the forefront. In my dream I was lying on the floor in a room and several people were on either side of me sitting on the floor near me (I have slept on the floor on and off
- [Pulmonary Fibrosis-The monster that lives inside me.](https://berniesiegelmd.com/pulmonary-fibrosis-the-monster-that-lives-inside-me/) - My story began in 2010. I was misdiagnosed two times because Pulmonary Fibrosis is not a common disease. Doctors are just learning about this disease. The journey has been a challenge. To find the right caring, compassionate doctors and treatment have taken me on quite the journey. I have found the doctors but now it
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 29, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-29-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I finished chemo in December. Since then I have worked hard to build up my strength by walking. I finally got up to a little over a mile at the time several times a week. I am also trying to start eating healthier foods. This is something that requires a lot of
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 22, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-22-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I truly believe people can change the health of their bodies with their minds. I got colon cancer in 2003 when I had a nervous breakdown and felt like a total failure at life. I went on disability and my sister convinced me to move in with my mother. Suddenly I found
- [A Little Miracle](https://berniesiegelmd.com/a-little-miracle/) - Yesterday a chickadee accidentally flew against our window and plummeted to the ground. It laid there stunned with one wing askew. I feared the wing might be broken. In the past I'd have gone outside and attempted to help the poor thing, but now because I am disabled, I can't go outside anymore. I sat
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 15, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-15-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I have read your book Love, Medicine and Miracles as recommended to me by a dietitian who specializes in working with cancer patients. You have been an amazing power for me, but I can't get rid of the underlying fear that the oncologist may be right, and I may not be here
- [From Eknath Easwaran’s Thought for the Day](https://berniesiegelmd.com/from-eknath-easwarans-thought-for-the-day/) - There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness; and this is the great poverty that makes people suffer so much. – Mother Teresa of Calcutta Our modern civilization is so physically oriented that when we hear the word hunger, we immediately think of vitamins and minerals and amino
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 8, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-8-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I just finished your book Love, Medicine & Miracles. At times I got so much energy from it, but when I even think of drawing a picture, I freeze up, become anxious, and it feels like I'm trying to hold a beach ball underwater and can't any more. I was diagnosed in
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 1, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-1-2013/) - Question for Bernie: My husband has been diagnosed with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). He had his spleen removed and a series of Retixin shots, but is still having issues with his hemoglobin counts. My question is where do we go from here? Traditional medicine only seems interested in treating the symptoms. I have talked to
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 25, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/2349/) - Question for Bernie: I am 53 and have suffered with depression most of my life. I have tried different medications over the past years, but I hate taking pills. I am just so overwhelmed with life. I have seen several counselors but never have gotten long term relief. Since I have spent so much time
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 18, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-18-2013/) - Question for Bernie: In November 1967 you did surgery on me when I was 30 days old. I had pyloric stenosis and the surgical repair you did has been perfect for 45 years. Since then I’ve been very lucky with my health, never having to return to a hospital until now. Thanks to the last
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 11, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-11-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I am 46 and was diagnosed with Polycythemia Vera some years ago, although my belief is that I have had it a lot longer. It has progressed and is now called myelofibrosis. I have venesections to keep my blood thin, but I have not gone in for any other treatment except homeopathy
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 4, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-4-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I know you say that what we draw reveals things about ourselves. I was thinking about that and an image flashed into my mind of me wearing a red skirt and blouse. What does the color red mean? I have just gotten over ovarian cancer for the second time, but my doctor
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 25, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-beernie-february-25-2013/) - Question for Bernie: Bernie I love you so much for the love and healing you give to others. I discovered you when looking for things to help a friend with a second dose of cancer—she's fine now, hooray!! My dearest friend and I both come from families that hated us from the moment of birth.
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 18, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-18-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I have been with my husband for 10 years now, five of them as a married couple. The relationship has always been quite stormy. One thing in particular has always left me destroyed and desperate. Even though he has been living in my country for 16 years, where German is the dominant
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 11, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-11-2013/) - Question for Bernie: Does the soul know when the body is going to die, and does the person give “signs” to living friends and family that they are going to leave? Recently in my life the death of a young person seems to have many coincidences/Godincidences that could be interpreted as that person trying to
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 4, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-4-2013/) - Question for Bernie: My brother is a 48 year old smoker who had a CEA blood test of 340. A CT scan of chest showed one lymph node. He quit smoking and a new CEA blood test one month later was 430. I insisted that he have a PET/CT in two months which showed five
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 28, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-28-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I wished to share with you how after reading your book back in 1993, and putting into practice your thoughts and ideas along with the Teachings of the Writings of Baha'u'llah, the Prophet and Founder of the Baha'i Faith, I am still on my feet and physically functioning well. For some reason,
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 21, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-21-2013/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Bernie, With all due admiration and respect, I ask for your input. To make a long story short, I am 56 years old with stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer which has metastasized to the brain. Two nights ago I was the subject of an "intervention" by my brother ( age 59)
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 14, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-14-2013/) - Question for Bernie: I’m trying to get my father-in-law to attend talks or join a support group for primary caregivers. He is the primary caregiver for his Alzheimer's Syndrome-stricken wife. He sees himself as having no options. This is his plight (as if he were Job). He seems to be very self-pitying, very depressed, and
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 7, 2013](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-7-2013/) - Question for Bernie: First of all, thanks so much for your books and for all that you do for mankind. I am truly enjoying your books. The question I have is that I was wondering if there is some visualization exercise I could use to help get over the fear of going to doctors? I
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 31, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-31-2012/) - My wishes to all for the inspiration to believe in and love yourself unconditionally, making this New Year your best yet. Here is a poem from one of our readers that I think is perfect for the New Year. It reflects one of my most often asked questions about the results of the kind of
- [The Real Gift of the Season - Celebrating Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-power-of-a-fairy/) - I am a 50-year-old woman with a master’s degree in Mental Health and a doctorate in Leadership. I have been married for 21 years and have two teenage daughters. In October of 2009, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). My doctor advised me of the many choices I had with
- [Run, Hide, Fight - Surviving When the Worst Happens](https://berniesiegelmd.com/run-hide-fight-surviving-when-the-worst-happens/) - As we all continue to try and recover at least to some degree from the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School that took 28 lives, 20 of them 6 and 7 year-old children, just last Friday, December 14, 2012, a family member and FBI agent sent me some important information to share. To the parents
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 17, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-17-2012/) - Question for Bernie: Hi from sunny Las Vegas. It is a little chilly but not much. I will miss my friend who was my neighbor and someone who actually cared and thought good things of me. I spoke at her memorial through tears. She is the only human being who has died in my life
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 10, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-10-2012/) - In this Holiday Season when people of many faiths celebrate the gift of life, I want to share the inspirational messages from readers that I am privileged to receive. I believe every one of you is “a winner.” ~ Bernie Comment for Bernie: I am writing to you as one of my life-savers. I was
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 3, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-3-2012/) - Question for Bernie: First of all, I want to personally thank you for helping me beat this disease. I have had breast cancer twice. The second time, back in 1988, I attended a seminar at Bower's Museum in Santa Ana, CA where you spoke about love, a positive attitude, using guided imagery, and the importance
- [Finding the Authentic You for the Holidays](https://berniesiegelmd.com/finding-the-authentic-you-for-the-holidays/) - Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. ~ Aristotle Thanksgiving is behind us, but December, full of important traditional holidays, is close at hand. Here are some prescriptions I hope you will fill if you are among the millions of people who find it hard to keep “the blues” at bay during this time
- [The Positive Energy Which Truly Heals](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-positive-energy-which-truly-heals/) - Bernie’s Welcome Back to Nila ~ It is with the greatest pleasure that I welcome Nila Webster back to share her update to the wonderful blog post she sent to me just over a year ago on October 21, 2011. Please revisit that great post by clicking on the link at the end of Nila’s
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 12, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-12-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I really appreciate your book Love, Medicine, and Miracles. I have recently been diagnosed with Stage III melanoma. I have come up with some ways to visualize the destruction of cancer cells, but I am having a hard time visualizing my lymphatic drainage after my upcoming lymphadenectomy. I will be having all
- [Angel Wings and a Heart of Hope](https://berniesiegelmd.com/angel-wings-and-a-heart-of-hope/) - Dear Bernie, I am Shannon O’Brien’s mom, Jan O’Brien. Shannon earned her Angel wings on June 29, 2012, at age 44 following a heroic, inspirational 18 year battle with primary brain cancer—high grade glioma. Your ECaP retreat in Ohio was the very first cancer retreat we attended in the fall of 2000 which absolutely contributed
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 29, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-29-2012/) - Question for Bernie: My girlfriend has just learned that she has cancer in her spine and requires radiation. She survived breast cancer, then had a large cancerous mole removed from her back, and now this. She is an RN. What do you think is the most positive thing that I can do for her, besides
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 22, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-22-2012/) - Question for Bernie: How do you know that God's favorite colors are purple and yellow? Bernie’s Answer: Traditionally, the colors of pure bright yellow and purple have been seen as the colors of spirituality by many cultures. Purple also denotes royalty, and some might argue that since some use the phrase “King of Kings” to
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 15, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-15-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I've read one of your books and I loved it. Unfortunately my mother is going through a hard time right now. She broke a bone in her foot and has to have surgery. She is deathly afraid of it, especially since they have to delay the surgery because she has a Left
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 8, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-8-2012/) - Question for Bernie: Bernie, I am a student at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. I am also the mother of two beautiful adopted children and a stay-home mother. I have had self-esteem issues ever since I was a young child. I find myself very angry at my husband almost all of the time, to the
- [Q & A with Bernie - October 1, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-october-1-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I’m writing to share a miracle… Eighteen years ago I was diagnosed with intraductal papillary carcinoma. Even though the mammogram, ductogram, and ultrasound showed no signs of cancer, the bleeding from my nipple prompted a biopsy which revealed a simple papilloma. I had a lumpectomy and a full round of radiation. Five
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 24, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-24-2012/) - Question for Bernie: My husband and I adopted our granddaughter at birth. She is now 13 and dealing very poorly with abandonment issues. Poor coping skills and immaturity, along with her adolescent brain and raging hormones, have created this intensely negative person, and she is sucking the life out of me. We are making every
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 17, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-17-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I'm a big fan here in Europe. I'm a 33-year-old young mother who was diagnosed three years ago with inflammatory breast cancer. It has spread to my liver and my bones now. I realized after the diagnosis that all my life I have not been fulfilling my needs, but only those of
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 10, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-10-2012/) - “There is a land of the living and a land of the dying and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.” - Thornton Wilder, Author from his book, The Bridge of San Luis Rey Question for Bernie: I’ve been fighting kidney disease and a host of other problems for years and was
- [Q & A with Bernie - September 3, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-september-3-2012/) - WHAT IS A MIRACLE? There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein Question for Bernie: My husband has been diagnosed with primary liver cancer that is also in the inferior vena cava and left
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 27, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-27-2012/) - Question for Bernie: 20 years ago, I had a mastectomy, followed up by 6 mos. of chemo. I couldn't believe the strength and positive attitude I had! It was almost a 'spiritual' thing because I didn't know where this strength was coming from except from God! My surgeon even asked me to speak to his
- [Love plus Medicine Equals Years of Miracles!](https://berniesiegelmd.com/my-fight-to-survive/) - Twenty-three years ago, my husband and I welcomed our son into this world. Our lives were as planned—married, buy the house, save money so I could be a ‘stay at home mom’ and then have our baby. That was our "plan.” Unfortunately, cancer has a plan of its own. One month after my son was
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 20, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-20-2012/) - Question for Bernie: My boyfriend watched his father try to kill his mother when he was little. His father was very abusive. He has blocked out his childhood. He told me he has thought of killing himself but will not because of his mother. He hates himself and feels like he doesn't deserve anything good
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 13, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-13-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I have a cancer patient who recently came to me for some nutrition advice. She then retracted her agreement with me due to her latest doctor visit. She has been told she has only six months to live. How in the world can I help her now? I remember the healing power
- [Q & A with Bernie - August 6, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-august-6-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I am writing with the hope that you may be able to suggest some help for my son who has been a paraplegic eight years. He has lower body neuropathy that is sometimes unrelenting, and because he is supposed to "not feel" his lower body, none of his doctors believe the sensations/pain/discomfort
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 30, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-30-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I just read some of your letters and answers. It made me think about my sister because she reminds me of Mother Teresa’s quote about “loving till it hurts than love some more.” The problem at least for me is seeing how tired she always seems. She works at night, sleeps a
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 23, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-23-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I am nearing the end of reading your book, Love, Medicine, and Miracles, which is just soul warming. I am just over a year on from my diagnoses of breast cancer closely followed by secondary metastases on both lungs. I am 44 years old and have been with my partner for 10
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 16, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-16-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I have a friend who has been chronically ill his entire adult life. His symptoms include facial pain, depression, fatigue, sweats, gastric issues, and many more. Over the years, he has self-diagnosed and has been treated for many things from sinusitis to candida to hypothyroidism. He even extracted several teeth, believing they
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 9, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-9-2012/) - Question for Bernie: Please, I need a prescription. I feel that my family doesn’t treat me with love and respect, but if I try to stand up for myself, it upsets me so much because then I can’t see my grandchildren. Bernie’s Answer: Here is my prescription for you: Tell your family that you love
- [Q & A with Bernie - July 2, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-july-2-2012/) - Question for Bernie: Just last week I remembered you telling the story of a woman who came up to you and said she'd had bladder cancer, and she realized there was someone in her life who was "pissing her off." When she let that person go, the cancer disappeared. My tumor is kind of a
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 25, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-25-2012/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, You are a God Send, as we say in Ireland. I’ve been consuming your books and audios the last week and wanted to write to you. I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Follicular Lymphoma two years ago this month (which happened to be two years after my dear sister died from
- [Mind & Heart Matters](https://berniesiegelmd.com/mind-heart-matters/) - If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be ENTHUSIASM. ~ Bruce Barton Dear Everybody, Here is my commencement address to all the recent high school graduates. Bless you all and remember to let your heart make up your mind as you go through life. Studies reveal that when a
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 18, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-18-2012/) - Question for Bernie: My treatment center wants me to start a non-smoking program; I am a Certified Hypnotherapist and Masters level therapist. Bernie’s Answer: What is your question? If it relates to my approach to addiction treatment, for me all addicts need to be re-parented with love so they learn to truly care for and
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 11, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-11-2012/) - Question for Bernie: Hello. First of all, thank you for your wonderful work for Humanity. A friend of mine has recently been diagnosed with a recurrence of cervical cancer plus a biopsy shows cancer in the liver as well. She is 61 years old. My friend is an extremely spiritual person who has meditated for
- [Q & A with Bernie - June 4, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-june-4-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I am covering three areas in my question for you. They are my daughter, my mother-in-law and me. My daughter, now 11, has asthma, severe eczema, SVT, and Type 1 diabetes. (In spite of all that, she's mostly an A student)! Just last week, my mother-in-law was diagnosed with Stage 4 anaplastic
- [Looking for a Father](https://berniesiegelmd.com/looking-for-a-father/) - It was heartwarming to hear you speak tonight to one of your callers. I am the lady from North Carolina who asked you about overcoming feelings of low self-esteem and low self-worth. I would like to thank you for being so willing to become a father figure in my life, and I would like to
- [Today's Gift](https://berniesiegelmd.com/todays-gift/) - The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started. - Norman Cousins I have ALS and expect to somehow heal from this disease. Today I was reading "Flash: Living with Miracles" by Kay Pfaltz in A Book of
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 21, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-21-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I am in the process of following my heart and passion in my work area and leaving a job that was just that—a job. Any thoughts on how to "know" I am doing the right thing? It feels right. but I’m wondering if you had any insights. Thank you. Bernie’s Answer: You
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 14, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-14-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I am so relieved that you are available for a question!! My husband is very ill but has always been a fighter and has frequently surprised his doctors over the years by overcoming when they had given up on him. Now he's on a medication that creates severe pain and the narcotic
- [Q & A with Bernie - May 7, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-may-7-2012/) - Question (An update from April 2, 2012): Dear CD (Chosen Dad), I have now learned that the cancer is metastatic to the spine, so Stage 4, with a prognosis of 2-3 years. It is like I am watching myself from the outside, very little emotion, not scared or angry, just calm and accepting. It is,
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 30, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-30-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I am a trainee paramedic, a calling I love dearly. From time to time we are placed in very stressful situations where any wrong move could cost a life. How do you advise that one can keep calm in crisis situations and perform effectively as we are trained to do, rather than
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 23, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-23-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I have OCD and am struggling. I currently see an experienced and excellent therapist, but as you know, progress can be slow. I have been married for 20 years and have two children, 18 and 16. I am an RN and very high functioning. One of my major concerns is my bad
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 16, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-16-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I have Stage 4 lung cancer which has spread to my lymph nodes. I was told it is inoperable and the cancer is terminal. I had radiotherapy for thirteen 20-minute sessions. I planned to pray during this treatment and then was surprised when I slept through the sessions as soon as I
- [My Q & A Consult – Wisdom from the Sages](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-consult-wisdom-from-the-sages/) - This week I thought about some of the questions that patients have asked me over the years. Because these questions have come up so often in one form or another, I thought you would enjoy seeing how I think sages of the past and present might answer them. Their “answers” here appear as quotes in
- [Q & A with Bernie - April 2, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-april-2-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I have dealt with agoraphobia for years. I was in remission, but several years ago it came back. I grew up with a mother who had many health issues and was in constant fear of dying. Now I find myself fearing a myriad of issues, and I suspect it is the result
- [Color Me Royal Blue](https://berniesiegelmd.com/color-me-royal-blue/) - [Note: In the story that follows, Cameron is not the name of the patient. Other identifying details have been changed in order to protect privacy.] On Thursday, Cameron, a colon cancer patient, came into my office for the fourth psychotherapy session. I noticed in each of the other visits he was dressed in dark, drab
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 19, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-19-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I'm going through treatment for breast cancer. Being stuck at home while in treatment can be lonely and depressing, especially when one is used to working and being fairly active. What suggestions do you have for entertaining one's self? I find if I'm too still, my mind goes to the "what ifs...."
- [Q & A with Bernie - March 12, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-march-12-2012/) - Question for Bernie: Dr. Siegel, thank you for providing this space to ask questions. I would like to ask if you can conceive of a miracle in which the people of Japan can live with the radiation of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. My wife's parents are from Fukushima and most of her relatives live there,
- [A message I will never forget...](https://berniesiegelmd.com/a-message-i-will-never-forget/) - “Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of a sister?” - Alice Walker Two years ago, my sister, Sharon, passed away. She suffered from indescribable pain, baffling symptoms and in the end, confusion and loss of sight. From the diagnosis to her death was less than six weeks, but those weeks were indescribable.
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 27, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-27-2012/) - Question for Bernie: Hello, Bernie. I heard about you on a cancer blog. I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Dukes C colon cancer in Oct 2010. I had surgery followed by six months of chemotherapy, completed in March of 2011. I recently had my checkup and while the colon and liver look normal, they have
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 20, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-20-2012/) - Question for Bernie: Dear Bernie, we need to talk. I met you about 10 years ago when you were speaking in East Lansing, MI. I was in deep trouble back then and you told me to just enjoy the rest of my life. I followed that advice in MY own way. My stage IV incurable
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 13, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-13-2012/) - Question for Bernie: On December 1, 2011, I was scheduled for a hysterectomy. While still in the Recovery Room, I was informed that I have Stage 3C ovarian cancer. Fortunately just prior to surgery, it was suspected that there may be something more going on, so a well-respected gynecologic oncologist was brought on board to
- [Q & A with Bernie - February 6, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-february-6-2012/) - As an example of the wonderful way our Universe works, I received a question for the “Bernie Q&A Column” that appears every Monday, and separately, a heartfelt message from someone who healed successfully with the help of my books. After finishing the answer to the Q&A submission, I read the message from Irma V. Bijou.
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 30, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-30-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I found your website through another publication where I read your article, "The Healing Power of Drawing" with great interest. It caught my attention because my family seems to suddenly have been targeted by different forms of cancer. My younger sister passed away only six weeks after a diagnosis of internal melanoma,
- [Q & A with Bernie January 23, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-23-2012/) - Question for Bernie: My dad has Stage 4 lung cancer and is presently in chemo. We focus on living each day but I know he is scared. How can I help him? Bernie’s Answer: The first way to help your dad is by asking him how he is feeling and what you can do for
- [A Visualizatiion—My Middle Earth Healing Army](https://berniesiegelmd.com/middle-earth-cancer-killer/) - Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. --Oliver Wendell Holmes Two years ago, at age 55, I was diagnosed with follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. By the time it was diagnosed I was in Stage 4. I had my right knee, right femur, and left hip replaced. There was also
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 16, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-16-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I am a mental health professional and have a client who states that after undergoing back surgery, they have not been the same person since. Could you tell me what your experience is with this problem? I believe my client, and want to know how best to help. Thanks. Bernie’s Answer: Ask
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 9, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-9-2012/) - Question for Bernie: I have been diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer-DCIS & LCIS. I am making the choice to have a mastectomy. My doctors are recommending tamoxifen for 5 years to prevent a recurrence of cancer. I am VERY leery about taking this drug after reading about the side effects. What do you think
- [Q & A with Bernie - January 2, 2012](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-january-2-2012/) - Question for Bernie: With all due admiration and respect, I ask for your input on my current situation. I am 56 years-old, and two nights ago found myself the subject of an “intervention" by my brother and sister (59 and 55 years-old respectively). They not too delicately informed me, among other things, that I am
- [The Dance of Yin-Yang](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-dance-of-yin-yang/) - Is pain necessary in life? No one can avoid it. Even the most intellectual of us are not exempt from it. But the wise understand that there is more in living than suffering, that life can only attract more life. “It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 26, 2011](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-26-2011/) - Question for Bernie: Hello and thank you so much for being available!! To put my several questions into one I guess I'd ask: How does a person still new to bladder cancer (i.e., diagnosed in May) plan her future when apparently (I'm still learning) this kind recurs quickly and often, and over time, comes to
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 19, 2011](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-19-2011/) - Question for Bernie: Not a question - a “Thank You” all the way from New Zealand. My wife Nicki is still with us, probably shouldn't be having suffered with brain tumors and strokes and so on for over 20 years now. On cold days, Bernie, you were Nicki's blanket ... and on hot days you
- [My Introduction to Bernie](https://berniesiegelmd.com/my-introduction-to-bernie/) - From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings. --Helen Hayes In 1989, my father was diagnosed with Stage 4 stomach cancer. He was 64 years old and I was 24. As the youngest of three
- [Q & A with Bernie - December 12, 2011](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-december-12-2011/) - Question for Bernie: I recently read your book, A Book of Miracles, and found it beautiful and inspiring. For the past seven years I have been battling a mysterious illness that doctors cannot seem to diagnose. I have been to so many different specialists but unfortunately no one seems to be able to help. I
- [Recipe for a Season of Miracles - Money Talks but Chocoloate Sings](https://berniesiegelmd.com/recipe-for-a-season-of-miracles-money-talks-but-chocoloate-sings/) - Remember This December That love weighs more than gold! - Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon The Holiday Season is now in full swing. Thanksgiving Day has gone by, but Hanukkah on December 20th, Christmas on December 25th, and Kwanzaa on December 26th are fast approaching. Whether you are celebrating the Season in a traditional way or
- [Q&A with Bernie – December 5, 2011](https://berniesiegelmd.com/qa-with-bernie-december-5-2011/) - Question for Bernie: What are your thoughts about "frozen shoulder" (sometimes called adhesive capsulitis) which so many women eventually face? Do you feel there is a particular psychosocial element to it or do you think it is primarily mechanical? Thank you for your consideration. Bernie’s Answer: The origin of “frozen shoulder” can have elements of
- [Q & A with Bernie—November 28, 2011](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-28-2011/) - Question for Bernie: So Bernie, let me tell you what happened on Saturday. Just to recap, I was stressing about my husband's new diabetic diagnosis and feeling anxious and fearful. You told me to stop living in the imagined future, and to stop taking myself so seriously. You were right. I did some meditation and
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 21, 2011](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-21-2001/) - Question for Bernie: My mother has been sick for many years on and off. It first started with breast cancer back when I was in high school. She beat it and was fine for about 6 years. Then for the past 3 years she has had different cancers on and off. It started with this
- [Q & A with Bernie - November 14, 2011](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-14-2011/) - Question for Bernie: My mom had a major stroke and is mostly paralyzed but her mind is fine. She needs something spiritual and positive. She lives in another state and so I can't comfort her emotionally in-person. My dad is there but he does not offer that kind of emotional support. What do you suggest
- [Q & A with Bernie – November 7, 2011](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-november-7-2011/) - Question for Bernie: This question is in regard to healing from grief. I have a friend whose 2 boys, her only children, were shot to death at ages 16 and 19, along with another 16-year old, in a road rage incident. The 24-year-old who shot them later killed himself. This happened just 3 months ago,
- [Darkest Hour or Defining Moment?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/darkest-hour-or-defining-moment/) - Kathleen’s story is powerful, honest, and eye-opening. She asks readers to go a little beyond where some might feel comfortable, but if you are willing to do that, the reward is the story of a profound healing journey. Kathleen tells us that, “My crisis increased my intuition which, in turn, saved my life.” Thank you,
- [Q & A with Bernie – Oct. 31, 2011](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-oct-31-2011/) - Question for Bernie: Hi Bernie, I am from Israel. I have breast cancer stage 3-4 and I don’t want chemotherapy. I get a lot of healing from Chinese medicine and the doctors are in shock that I think this way. They think I’m crazy, but I know that there is a different way, and I
- [Q & A with Bernie - Oct. 24, 2011](https://berniesiegelmd.com/q-a-with-bernie-oct-24-2011/) - Question for Bernie: I am a Cancer patient with urinary bladder carcinoma & bone metastases Stage T4. But with my fighting spirit and very special mental strength, I am driving a two-hour roundtrip commute to work regularly. How long I will be able to do that Sir, can you guess? I have already completed six
- [Thriving on Metastatic Cancer](https://berniesiegelmd.com/thriving-on-metastatic-cancer/) - First published on October 6, 2011, in the Swampscott Reporter and reproduced here with permission. In the following column, Nila Webster shares some great truths about having the diagnosis of cancer, one of them being that it is an extraordinary opportunity to learn. Nila recounts learning things that I recognize as crucial to the journey
- [Can You Ask for Help?  Your Image in the Eyes of Others and Yourself](https://berniesiegelmd.com/can-you-ask-for-help-your-image-in-the-eyes-of-others-and-yourself/) - A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. – John Lennon I have always said that my patients are my teachers. In my book, Faith, Hope, & Healing, one of my patients shares the advice she got from a friend about the difference between being strong and
- [We are not Alone](https://berniesiegelmd.com/we-are-not-alone/) - An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis. --Henri Bergson I am encouraged that two of my readers have chosen to share their inspirational stories with me—and the readers of my blog—in rapid succession! I would love it if there were regular submissions from all
- [Change - One of Life's Constants](https://berniesiegelmd.com/change-one-of-lifes-constants/) - Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. -George Eliot Autumn is upon us! I live in a part of the U.S. that is well-known for spectacular fall color—New England. People take bus tours of our beautiful Northeastern
- [Special Guest Post](https://berniesiegelmd.com/special-guest-post/) - All healing is essentially the release from fear. –A Course in Miracles I am always very happy when one of my readers takes the time to share the story of discovering the great healing strength we all have within us. Christine’s experience, shared here with you today, is one such inspirational story. Twins and Cancer
- [Miracles are Everywhere](https://berniesiegelmd.com/miracles-are-everywhere/) - Anyone who doesn’t believe in miracles is not a realist. –David Ben-Gurion I am full of gratitude to all those wonderful people who agreed to share their true stories of momentous events in their lives…their Miracles…with me for A Book of Miracles: Inspiring True Stories of Healing, Gratitude, and Love, just published today, September 20,
- [May It Never Be Again - Reflections on 9/11/2001](https://berniesiegelmd.com/may-it-never-be-again-reflections-on-911-2001/) - If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. --Mother Teresa Joining with so many others here in our country and around the world to reflect on what happened a decade ago today, I find myself thinking about being a survivor. I wonder how each family member
- [A Happy Marriage - A Big Part of Good Health](https://berniesiegelmd.com/a-happy-marriage-a-big-part-of-good-health/) - Bittersweet by Dr. Bernie S. Siegel As we ride our bicycles over the road She points and says, “Bittersweet.” “What? I can’t hear you.” She points again. I look and see the beauty of Bittersweet; I feel the peace its beauty brings. Bittersweet, I am struck by the taste of her words. They do not
- [Life is Not About “Why Me” But “Try Me”](https://berniesiegelmd.com/life-is-not-about-why-me-but-try-me/) - Hurricane Irene arrived as an uninvited visitor to our shoreline and inland world from North Carolina to Maine last week. Like her sisters and brothers before her, she cut a path of destruction in her wake that many of us will be dealing with for some time to come. Tragically, there was loss of life—young
- [A Healing Journey for One and All](https://berniesiegelmd.com/a-healing-journey-for-one-and-all/) - Healing yourself is connected with healing others. –Yoko Ono When someone is recovering from an illness and the aftereffects of therapies like surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation, she or he needs to be surrounded by those they love and who love them. Among those family members and friends there should be people who understand that the
- [Living in the Light of a Loving World](https://berniesiegelmd.com/living-in-the-light-of-a-loving-world/) - A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end…but not necessarily in that order. --Jean Luc Goddard Why are you living this life? Have you thought about that question carefully? Can you name an action you have already taken or plan to take that will make your life complete? Will it bring you
- [Inner Space Exploration - Your New Frontier](https://berniesiegelmd.com/inner-space-exploration-your-new-frontier/) - Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. -- Carl Gustav Jung While I understand the fascination with exploring Outer Space and the Solar System, I often think that the world would be a better place if we were as determined to explore
- [How to See Your Inner Voice](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-to-see-your-inner-voice/) - Our Society tends to separate conscious thinking from unconscious thinking and assumes that conscious thought is more important, pointing to our spectacular technological advancement as proof. I believe that the unconscious mind is not separate from the conscious mind and far from being inferior, has a great deal of power on our perceptions of ourselves
- [Relax - Do You Remember How?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/relax-do-you-remember-how/) - I shared a story with a man once about an accident I had when I stepped off my roof and my ladder broke. I told him that I had no explanation for why I wasn’t killed or seriously injured. The man told me that I had a guardian angel. He then said he knew my
- [Defeat Stress - Our Most Treatable Health Hazard](https://berniesiegelmd.com/defeat-stress-our-most-treatable-health-hazard/) - “If you face the sunshine, you do not see the shadows.” -Helen Keller I know from experience how easy it is to focus on what is troubling you versus what heals and sustains you. To change that focus, we must be willing to make the effort to see through the darkness and find the light.
- [Patience—Grin and Bear It](https://berniesiegelmd.com/patience-grin-and-bear-it/) - Many years ago when our children were wearing me out I went to a healer for help. She told me that if I brought her a hair from the chest of a bear, which lived in a cave on the hill near us, she could make a potion which would calm our children. I spent
- [Parenting in the Inspiration Age](https://berniesiegelmd.com/parenting-in-the-inspiration-age/) - Amid our ongoing “Information Age” children who grow up addicted to food, drugs, cigarettes and self-destruction are not living that way because of a lack of information. What they lack is inspiration and a sense of worth. Parents unwittingly literally take their child’s life away as they impose behavior patterns, careers, and more. The sweet
- [Who Has the Answer to a Long and Healthy Life?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/who-has-the-answer-to-a-long-and-healthy-life/) - Probably most people would not object to living a long, healthy life. Today we have more information available than ever on ways to achieve this dream of healthy longevity. But who do we believe? Which approach is the right one? I can understand that our familiar healthcare system in the U.S., has great influence on
- [Do You Believe in Me? – The First Question to Ask Your Doctor](https://berniesiegelmd.com/do-you-believe-in-me-the-first-question-to-ask-your-doctor/) - Have you experienced a warm, supportive relationship with a doctor who took care of you in the past, or is taking care of you now? The keyword in that question is “relationship,” suggesting that you and your physician are together in a difficult time. Over the years, many patients have shared with me the somewhat
- [A Miracle Hug](https://berniesiegelmd.com/a-miracle-hug/) - What is a hug? We know it is a simple gesture that can feel very good and comforting, but it can mean much more. Jeff Guidry describes the healing hug of that changed his life in his book An Eagle Named Freedom—My True Story of a Remarkable Friendship. Jeff’s video will nourish your soul as
- [What Drawings Tell Us About Healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/what-drawings-tell-us-about-healing/) - Visualization can be a powerful tool for patients undergoing treatment for cancer. I have found that the drawings cancer patients create of their disease and its treatment reveal much about how they will respond to treatment. The drawings often uncover beliefs and attitudes that can positively or negatively affect healing. Below are some examples. (Click
- [A Merry Heart – Still the Best Medicine](https://berniesiegelmd.com/a-merry-heart-still-the-best-medicine/) - “Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing” - Mark Twain In my early career as a surgeon, I began to keep a journal filled with the painful experiences of my work. I carefully kept it out of sight, but one day accidentally left it where my wife, Bobbie, found it. Her observation was direct, as she said
- [The Healing Power of Pets](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-healing-power-of-pets/) - If you have a beloved pet, or more than one, in your household, I can tell you with confidence that you and your family are healthier for it. Let me share with you some of the discoveries about The Healing Power of Pets from Dr. Karen Allen at the University of New York, Buffalo, who
- [Holistic Medicine - You've Come a Long Way, Baby](https://berniesiegelmd.com/holistic-medicine-youve-come-a-long-way-baby/) - It is interesting to see the establishment of Centers for Integrative Medicine at some of our great universities. Duke University’s Bravewell Collaborative Clinical Network is a consortium of member medical schools focused on developing what some call “Integrative Medicine” and others “Complementary Medicine.” Both terms describe the inclusion of holistic health principles and practices within
- [Physician Heal Thyself - Modeling Self Care for Patients](https://berniesiegelmd.com/physician-heal-thyself-modeling-self-care-for-patients/) - In November I have the privilege of speaking to the Heart and Science of Yoga Conference about “Healing a Life versus Curing Disease.” We’ll gather in Lenox, Massachusetts at the Cranwell Resort for a program of meditation, mind function optimization, and easy-gentle yoga for joints, glands, and internal organs, as well as nutritional guidance and
- [Drawing on Our Self Esteem](https://berniesiegelmd.com/drawing-on-our-self-esteem/) - I have often used drawings as a means to better help my patients communicate their intuitive wisdom and unexpressed feelings. Below are several examples of patients who expressed their self esteem (or lack of it) through drawings they made. (Click each image to view it full size.) This first drawing (right) was done by a
- [Colonoscopy Humor](https://berniesiegelmd.com/colonoscopy-humor/) - The colonoscopy is a procedure we all have to (or should) face at some point. So here is some colonoscopy humor to make the prospect of the procedure a bit easier. These thoughts are from Dave Barry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist for the Miami Herald, in his article Colonoscopy Journal. Enjoy! Colonoscopies are no
- [The Healing Aspect of a Positive Patient-Doctor Relationship](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-healing-aspect-of-a-positive-patient-doctor-relationship/) - Almost all cancer patients remember the moment of their diagnosis, and this is true for me as well. Yet even in the frenetic setting of the emergency room, I received the words "You have advanced lung cancer" as part of a new pathway that could lead me to deeper wholeness. The reason I was able
- [Measuring Spiritual Success](https://berniesiegelmd.com/measuring-spiritual-success/) - When considering how you can measure success in your spiritual life, the answer seems obvious. I meet many young men and women from well to do families who’s lives are spiritual wrecks because their family defines success as accumulating more and more material things. Once a young man walked into my office and said, “My
- [Consciousness and Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/conciousness-and-life/) - When I was four years old I was home in bed with one of my frequent ear infections. I took a toy telephone I was playing with and unscrewed the dial and put all the pieces in my mouth as I had seen carpenters do with nails which they then pulled out to use. The
- [Making The Invisible Visible - How dreams and drawings reveal the unknown and invisible](https://berniesiegelmd.com/making-the-invisible-visible-how-dreams-and-drawings-reveal-the-unknown-and-invisible/) - Carl Jung Numbers have quantity and meaning. They are discovered and invented. The future is unconsciously prepared and therefore can be guessed by clairvoyants. The internal environment controls the body and though consciousness can override the perceptions residing in the unconscious that is not so easy to do when they are based upon a lifetime
- [Amelia Kinkade - Teaching Us How to Talk to Animals](https://berniesiegelmd.com/582/) - Amelia Kinkade, one of my friends and teachers will be teaching "A Celebration of Animal Communication" at the Open Center in New York City, June 18-19. She is the author of Straight From the Horse’s Mouth: How to Talk to Animals and Get Answers and The Language of Miracles: A Celebrated Psychic Teaches You to
- [Watkins Review Names Bernie to World's Top 20 Spiritually Influential Living People](https://berniesiegelmd.com/430/) - Bernie has been named one of the top 20 Spiritually Influential Living People on the Planet by the Watkins Review which is published by Watkins Books, an esoteric bookshop in the heart of London, England. Established over 100 years ago, they are now one of the world's leading independent bookshops specializing in new, second-hand and
- [Love Your Child and Create a Work of Art](https://berniesiegelmd.com/love-your-child-and-create-a-work-of-art/) - The meaning of existence was to preserve unspoiled, undisturbed and undistorted the image of eternity with which each person is born. Like a silver moon in a calm, still pond. - Alexander Solzhenitsyn Conceiving a child and raising it to feel loved is the most significant action parents can attain. A loved child becomes not
- [The Universal Wisdom of Dreams: Making the Invisible Visible](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-universal-wisdom-of-dreams-making-the-invisible-visible/) - Over the years, I have had many dreams and experiences which have served as personal guides for me and made me think about my life, actions and creation. I believe the reason we sleep is not just to allow our body to rest but to allow a universal inner wisdom to speak to us through
- [The Truth About Our Childhood](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-truth-of-the-body/) - "The truth about our childhood is stored up in our body, and although we can repress it, we can never alter it. Our intellect can be deceived, our feelings manipulated, our perceptions confused, and our body tricked with medication. But someday the body will present its bill, for it is as incorruptible as a child
- [Self Induced Healing and Remarkable Recoveries](https://berniesiegelmd.com/self-induced-healing-and-remarkable-recoveries/) - The reason that medicine has not explored the issue of self-healing and patients who exceed survival expectations is that we either give the treatment the credit or refer to them as miracles or spontaneous remissions. Medicine does not study success because one cannot learn from spontaneous events but when one thinks of these cases as
- [A Letter from Peter Cutler](https://berniesiegelmd.com/421/) - For Bernie Siegel, My Fellow Travelers On The Healing Journey, Seven years ago I was diagnosed with bladder cancer. I was frightened, lost and confused. Not knowing where to turn and prompted by family and friends, I gave the responsibility for my health and life over to the experts. The future looked very grim. But
- [The Two Sides of Parenting and Health](https://berniesiegelmd.com/the-two-sides-of-parenting-and-health/) - There are two aspects to the relationship between parenting and health. One is the health of the parents and the other of their children. First let me address the parental issue since, it is not often looked at, and then discuss why parental love, for self and one’s children, is the most significant public health
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- [About Bernie Siegel](https://berniesiegelmd.com/about/) - Dr. Siegel, who prefers to be called Bernie, not Dr. Siegel, was born in Brooklyn, NY. He attended Colgate University and Cornell University Medical College. He holds membership in two scholastic honor societies, Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha and graduated with honors. His surgical training took place at Yale New Haven Hospital, West
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- [How To Find Peace, Love and Healing After the Loss of a Loved One](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/how-to-find-peace-love-and-healing-after-the-loss-of-a-loved-one/) - By BERNIE SIEGEL, MD AND CAROLYN MCGAHA I cannot deny events and facts and since my wife died, a little over two years ago, my experiences have been incredible. The first being a call from a former patient and mystic 2 days later saying she had a message from a lovely lady who was an
- [We Don’t Die, Our Bodies Die](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/we-dont-die-our-bodies-die/) - by Bernie Siegel, M.D. As someone who has had a near death and past life experience I know the truth about what we call death. When my wife died 24 months ago the incredible experiences I had were not surprising to me at all. First, I have a patient who is a mystic and she
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- [How To Find Peace, Love and Healing After the Loss of a Loved One](https://berniesiegelmd.com/how-to-find-peace-love-and-healing-after-the-loss-of-a-loved-one/) - HOW TO FIND PEACE, LOVE AND HEALING AFTER THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE AND HOW A FATHER AND DAUGHTER REALIZED THEY DIDN’T DIE By BERNIE SIEGEL, MD AND CAROLYN MCGAHA I cannot deny events and facts and since my wife died, a little over two years ago, my experiences have been incredible. The first being
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- [Attitudinal Healing and COVID-19](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/attitudinal-healing-and-covid-19/) - by Lee Jampolsky, Ph.D. with Gerald Jampolsky, M.D. and Diane Cirincione-Jampolsky, Ph.D. “Fear can be the most virulent and damaging virus known to humankind.” -- Gerald Jampolsky, M.D. The above quote is from my 95-year-old father, Dr. Jerry Jampolsky. He is a veteran of three wars, a Stanford trained physician/psychiatrist for close to seventy years
- [Immune Response Information to Help People in the Time of Corona Virus](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/immune-response-information-to-help-people-in-the-time-of-corona-virus/) - This was a letter I sent to newspapers on March 12, 2020 as the corona virus pandemic was beginning to escalate. Dear Editor, As a physician and author I have learned from my experience with cancer patients that there is an immune competent and survivor personality. Psychiatrist George Solomon realized the same thing and put
- [Stop Focusing on Fighting and Battling an Illness and Focus on Healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/stop-focusing-on-fighting-and-battling-an-illness/) - This is a letter I wrote to the Editor of the New Haven Register on January 11, 2020. Dear Editor, Today you published a front page article about a young boy who died after fighting his illness. The reason I am writing this letter is to tell people to stop focusing on fighting and battling
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- [Poetry, Words and Swords](https://berniesiegelmd.com/about/poetry-words-and-swords/) - Matthew 4:4 Jesus answered, “It is written: Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Isaiah 30:21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” WE ARE WATER AND SPIRIT by Bernie Siegel, MD you can look
- [Whispers from the Wild](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/whispers-from-the-wild/) - Whispers from the Wild: Listening to Voices from the Animal Kingdom by Amelia Kinkade Amelia Kinkade is one of the world’s most renowned animal communicators. Her clients include rock star Pink and movie stars Demi Moore and Shirley MacLaine. In 2002, she was invited to Buckingham Palace to work with the household cavalry of Queen
- [Love, Animals & Miracles](https://berniesiegelmd.com/about/love-animals-miracles/) - Book Synopsis Love, Animals & Miracles: Inspiring True Stories Celebrating the Healing Bond by Dr. Bernie S. Siegel with Cynthia J. Hurn Foreword by Allen M. Schoen, DVM “Having a loving relationship with an animal is one of the most powerful factors in healing and maintaining well-being. . . . Love, Animals & Miracles is
- [The Art of Healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/about/the-art-of-healing/) - Book Synopsis In 1979, Dr. Bernie S. Siegel, a successful surgeon, took a class from Elisabeth Kübler-Ross that focused on crayon drawing for healing, especially with patients facing life-threatening disease. Siegel incorporated into his practice these techniques — many of which were laughed at by others in the medical community. But his Exceptional Cancer Patients
- [Deceiving People Into Health](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/deceiving-people-into-health/) - Many years ago one of our children brought home a canvas he had decorated in his school art class. He had filled the entire canvas with the word words. As a surgeon what immediately struck me was that you can kill or cure with a sword, or scalpel. But that you could also kill or
- [Ongoing ECaP Support Group Calendar](https://berniesiegelmd.com/about/events/ongoing-support-group-calendar/) - Below is a list of the ongoing ECaP support groups. Woodbridge Support Group Dates: SECOND and FOURTH Tuesday afternoons of each month Time: 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Location: Coachman's Square, Bradley Road, Woodbridge, CT. Contact: Lucille Ranciato at 203-288-2839 or email her at lranciato@yahoo.com Additional Information: $25 per session (or whatever you can afford) Bernie
- [Bernie Siegel is Featured Speaker at the Heart and Science of Yoga Conference](https://berniesiegelmd.com/about/in-the-press/bernie-siegel-is-featured-speaker-at-the-heart-and-science-of-yoga-conference/) - Bernie Siegeil, MD will be a featured speaker at the Heart and Science of Yoga Conference to be held November 3-6, 2011 in Lenox, MA at the Cranwell Resort. The Heart and Science of Yoga presents a comprehensive training in the world’s most effective holistic mind/body medicine. The content for this clinical training was determined
- [Bernie is Honored](https://berniesiegelmd.com/about/in-the-press/bernie-is-honored/) - Bernie has been named one of the top 20 Spiritually Influential Living People on the Planet by the Watkins Review which is published by Watkins Books, an esoteric bookshop in the heart of London, England. Established over 100 years ago, they are now one of the world's leading independent bookshops specializing in new, second-hand and
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- [Immune Competent Personality Test](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/organizations-websites/immune-competent-personality-test/) - The IMMUNE COMPETENT PERSONALITY is based on Dr. George Solomon’s research. Do I have a sense of meaning in my work, daily, activities, family and relationships? Am I able to express anger appropriately in defense of myself? Am I able to ask friends and family for support when I am feeling lonely or troubled? Am
- [We are Water And Spirit](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/we-are-water-and-spirit/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD you can look into a mirror and see your image water reflects your image too but unlike a mirror you must get close to the water and yourself to see the reflection and you and the water must be still and untroubled by outside forces and just as water may exist
- [Waging a War Against Cancer Versus Healing Your Life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/waging-a-war-against-cancer-versus-healing-your-life/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Mother Teresa, when asked to attend an anti–war rally refused, responding to those requesting her attendance by saying, “But if you ever have a peace rally let me know and I will attend.” We are not killers, consciously or unconsciously, and yet when you listen to the language of medicine you
- [Understand Why](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/understand-why/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Many years ago my great grandfather told me of the persecution he experienced in Russia which led him to come to this country. He said the Cossacks would pursue him at night, when he was out teaching, and slash him with their sabers. One night he was on the hill above
- [Pain, the Unwanted Gift](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/pain-the-unwanted-gift/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD At workshops I frequently ask people if they would like to be free of all pain; emotional and physical. However, I tell those who sign up for what they think will be a gift to take my phone number with them so when they experience the problems associated with feeling no
- [My Buddy's Candle](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/my-buddys-candle/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Please see Bernie Siegel's book, Buddy's Candle> Postscript by Bernie Siegel, MD When I finished writing this story two meaningful events occurred. One day while discussing this with a friend she told me she had the same thing happen to her. She watched her dog be run over by the school
- [What Does Every Woman Want?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/what-does-every-woman-want/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Many years ago a childhood friend of mine, due to a gambling addiction, got into a difficult situation involving some very significant debts. One day he shared with me that the organized crime group involved had threatened to break every bone in his body or worse if he did not pay
- [Parenting and Health](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/parenting-and-health/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD There are two aspects of the relationship between parenting and health. One is the health of the parents and the other of their children. First let me address the parental issue since, it is not often looked at, and then discuss why parental love, for self and one’s children, is the
- [Grow Old Along with Me the Best is Yet to Be](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/grow-old-along-with-me-the-best-is-yet-to-be/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD My advice for aging is actually the opposite of the title of this article. I say grow young along with me because though I know there are benefits which come with aging I want to preserve my body and my health and keep them from aging and enjoy the present moment.
- [Giving Birth and Labor Pains](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/giving-birth-and-labor-pains/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD “There is no greater blessing than the capacity to give birth, for it is the one opportunity we have to truly create, and to create something from our own flesh and blood.” These are the words of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson in the book Toward A Meaningful Life. He goes on
- [A Healthy Life and a Healthy Body](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/a-healthy-life-and-a-healthy-body/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Studies reveal that women diagnosed with the same cancers as men live longer and that married men live longer than single men with the same cancers; smoke as much and have fewer cases of lung cancer than single men. It is not female hormones, or sleeping with them, that is protecting
- [Passages](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/passages/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Life is like a mountain railroad with an engineer that’s brave We must make the trip successful from the cradle to the grave Watch the curves, the hills and tunnels, do not falter, do not fail Keep your hand upon the throttle and your eye upon the rail Blessed Savior’s love
- [What is Spiritual Success and How to Measure It](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/what-is-spiritual-success-and-how-to-measure-it/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD When asked to write an article about how to measure success in your spiritual life the answer seemed obvious. If you have been asked to be an outside consultant to the Board of Directors of Heaven, as I have, then you have made it. Let me share with you some of
- [Animals as Teachers](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/animals-as-teachers/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD The following is from a discussion I had with our beloved pet house bunny Smudge. After I told Smudge we needed another article for the web site she looked at me with that deep penetrating look and said, “We need to help people deal with the death of their beloved pets.
- [The Power of Words](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/the-power-of-words/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Most doctors are not trained to communicate and understand the power of their words as they relate to a patient’s ability and desire to survive. Doctors are not the only authority figures who impact patients’ lives and their ability to survive a diagnosis of a disease. Parents, teachers, clergy and physicians
- [Remarkable Recoveries](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/remarkable-recoveries/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD The reason that medicine has not explored the issue of self healing and patients who exceed survival expectations is that we either give the treatment the credit or refer to them as miracles or spontaneous remissions. Medicine does not study success because one cannot learn from spontaneous events but when one
- [Amelia's Story](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/amelias-story/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD I became a believer in our ability to communicate with animals after Amelia Kinkade, an animal intuitive, who while sitting in California, told me via an email that she was seeing through the eyes of our lost cat Boo Boo, who had disappeared from our son’s home in Connecticut, and then
- [I Can't Remember and I Don't Know Where I'm Going](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/i-cant-remember-and-i-dont-know-where-im-going/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD I would like to reveal to you the advantages of footsteps and amnesia. Let me begin with footsteps. I am sure most of you are aware of the story about the man who walked with God and there were, therefore, always two sets of footprints. At a time of great difficulty
- [Genes, Psyche and Soma](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/genes-psyche-and-soma/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD The things that I find exciting about the human body are not what we can touch directly. We take our cars to body shops for repairs and perform maintenance every so many miles but what keeps a body going? Why do some go on for 100 years and others half that
- [Communication, Messages and Signals](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/communication-messages-and-signals/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD The key to life in all its forms is its ability to communicate. This includes the ability of complex organisms like ourselves to communicate with each other but more importantly within ourselves, our individual organs and cells. How do animals communicate without words? Studies show they can count and make intelligent
- [Touch Me and Understand What Happiness Is](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/touch-me-and-understand-what-happiness-is/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Forgive me if in this column I simply share with you some of the things that fascinate me and teach me about myself and life. I was reading about the problem thinking is. Our thoughts and ability to think are what separate us from each other and the true nature of
- [Women. What Would We Do Without Them.](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/women-what-would-we-do-without-them/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD I began to refer to God as a woman years ago when I saw how many survival qualities were feminine qualities. On the other hand we have to ask why did Eve eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge and get Adam to taste it also rather than the
- [Recent Letter to the Editor](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/recent-letter-to-the-editor/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Dear Editor, As a physician who has counseled cancer patients for decades I can tell you it is quite possible that Scottish authorities made a big mistake. I could understand their releasing him for end of life hospice care when his death was imminent but at this time that is not
- [Enlightenment](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/enlightenment/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Most people I know only find enlightenment through their emotional or physical difficulties. That is a sad statement. Wouldn’t it be far better to be educated about life and prepared for its difficulties by the wisdom of others, rather than to need your own break down in order to become strong
- [Health Care Crisis](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/health-care-crisis/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD The present health care crisis is not just related to health care it is a crisis related to what is happening in our society. We have become depersonalized as a society, invested in technology and not the experience people are having. Studies verify what happens to children who grow up unloved
- [Creating a Work of Art](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/creating-a-work-of-art/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD The meaning of existence was to preserve unspoiled, undisturbed and undistorted the image of eternity with which each person is born. Like a silver moon in a calm, still pond. Alexander Solzhenitsyn Conceiving a child and raising it to feel loved is the most significant action parents can attain. A loved
- [Susan Duffy's List for Survivors](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/susan-duffys-list-for-survivors/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Susan has lived for thirty years with scleroderma. She was originally told all she had was a hope and a prayer. So she learned how to hope and pray and has been one of my teachers capable of letting love into her prison and abandoning a painful past. THE FOLLOWING ARE
- [Some Inspirational Poems](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/some-inspirational-poems/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD and et al. Cancer patients who laugh live longer. This poem and her response to her disease is survival behavior. If Bilateral Mastectomies Can’t Be Fun Their Not Worth Having by Suzanne Fenske I feel that I must make a clean breast of it and say that life has given me
- [Letter to God from Bernie Siegel, MD](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/letter-to-god-from-bernie-siegel-md/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Dear God, First I want to thank You for answering my previous letters. When as a doctor I couldn’t understand why You made a world filled with disease, war, cruelty and all kinds of difficulties You pointed out to me that a perfect world is not creation. That there would be
- [From Cancer Patient to Respant](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/from-cancer-patient-to-respant/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Unfortunately doctors and health professionals, in general, do not study success. We are far more likely to consider an unexpected recovery to be due to the treatment or a spontaneous remission. However, I have learned from my experience with patients and by asking them, “Why didn’t you die when you were
- [Foreword to Choose to Live](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/foreword-to-choose-to-live/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD After reading Joyce’s book and thinking about the title I was reminded of the Biblical message that when life and death are placed before us we are to choose life. By that I do not mean simply to try and avoid dying but to choose to live a meaningful life involving
- [Bullies and Bullying](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/bullies-and-bullying/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Why do I think children become bullies? The opposite of love is indifference and so many children act out to get attention through bullying, aggression and violence. They do not interpret it the way we do because by growing up without being loved they have a different nervous system and are
- [Information, Inspiration and Expiration](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/information-inspiration-and-expiration/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Most medical school applications of today state that the candidate for admission is interested in and fascinated by the human body. The problem is that people come with the body and are not treated properly and disturb physicians who have been given medical information but not a medical education. An education
- [Where Survival is the Question Men are the Weaker Sex](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/where-survival-is-the-question-men-are-the-weaker-sex/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD This article is written for two groups. Number one the women who need to be educated about the behavior of men in a crisis and two, the men, who are willing to change and go beyond the traditional self-destructive masculine behavior. Most men do not handle emotional problems well. Too often
- [He Who Laughs Lasts](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/he-who-laughs-lasts/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD Love and laughter are required to build and hold our lives together. For me love makes up the bricks which we build out of. Ask yourself what you are capable of loving and you will know what your life is about. But what holds that life and the bricks together? We
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- [What are Bodies About and For?](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/what-are-bodies-about-and-for/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD I have written, in other places, about our Creator’s latest parable relating to us that we are satellite dishes, remote controls and television screens. To clarify the meaning of these words for those, who like me have problems with parables, we are receivers of words and images and have minds, like
- [Dreams](https://berniesiegelmd.com/resources/articles/dreams/) - by Bernie Siegel, MD There have been many dreams and experiences which have been personal guides for me and made me think about my life and actions and creation. If you think about evolution, sleep at some time, was a dangerous undertaking. You lie down in your cave or shelter and along comes a predator
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- [In the Press](https://berniesiegelmd.com/about/in-the-press/) - Below are articles by and about Bernie Siegel, M.D. Sacred Intimacy - Bernie Siegel - 1:11 Magazine, October 2020 issue How to See Your Inner Voice - Bernie Siegel MD - Please see page 7 in this issue of Live Pain Free Communicating with the Animals – Interview with Bernie Siegel - Borderless News &

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- [Conversations with Bernie: Health and Happiness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/products-page/conversations-with-bernie-health-and-happiness/) - Conversations with Bernie: Health and Happiness is a great DVD that is a very strong seller for us. On this DVD Lionel Ketchian interviews Dr. Bernie Siegel about Health and Happiness in two Parts.
- [Affirmations for Living Beyond Cancer](https://berniesiegelmd.com/products-page/affirmations-for-living-beyond-cancer/) - Affirmations for Living Beyond Cancer is a beautiful DVD Video that gently helps you to align your inner strength with the efforts of your health care team to help you to fully live beyond cancer. This DVD was produced by Emmy award-winning director Jan C. Nickman.

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- [consciousess](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/consciousess/)
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- [discovering our potential](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/discovering-our-potential/)
- [discovering your inner child](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/discovering-your-inner-child/)
- [divine nature](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/divine-nature/)
- [doctor patient relationship](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/doctor-patient-relationship/)
- [Don McClean](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/don-mcclean/)
- [double mastectomy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/double-mastectomy/)
- [Down Syndrome](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/down-syndrome/)
- [Dr. George Solomon](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/dr-george-solomon/)
- [Dr. Karl Menninger](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/dr-karl-menninger/)
- [Dr. Larry Dossey](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/dr-larry-dossey/)
- [drama therapy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/drama-therapy/)
- [draw](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/draw/)
- [drawing interpreation](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/drawing-interpreation/)
- [drawings](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/drawings/)
- [drawings of cancer therapy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/drawings-of-cancer-therapy/)
- [dream interpretation](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/dream-interpretation/)
- [dreams](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/dreams/)
- [dreams and healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/dreams-and-healing/)
- [drug addiction](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/drug-addiction/)
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- [eliminating negative stress](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/eliminating-negative-stress/)
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- [empathy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/empathy/)
- [empowerment](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/empowerment/)
- [energy healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/energy-healing/)
- [enlightenment](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/enlightenment/)
- [esophageal cancer](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/esophageal-cancer/)
- [esophagitis](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/esophagitis/)
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- [expect to be loved](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/expect-to-be-loved/)
- [expectations](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/expectations/)
- [experience of pain](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/experience-of-pain/)
- [experiencing joy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/experiencing-joy/)
- [expressing feelings](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/expressing-feelings/)
- [facing tragedy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/facing-tragedy/)
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- [family relationships](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/family-relationships/)
- [father daughter relationship](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/father-daughter-relationship/)
- [father figure](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/father-figure/)
- [fear and anxiety](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/fear-and-anxiety/)
- [fear of dying](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/fear-of-dying/)
- [feeelings](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/feeelings/)
- [feeling like a victim](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/feeling-like-a-victim/)
- [fibromyalgia](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/fibromyalgia/)
- [finding goodness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/finding-goodness/)
- [finding meaning](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/finding-meaning/)
- [finding true value](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/finding-true-value/)
- [Finding Your True Self](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/finding-your-true-self/)
- [focusing on what matters](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/focusing-on-what-matters/)
- [food](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/food/)
- [food as medicine](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/food-as-medicine/)
- [forgiveness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/forgiveness/)
- [friends](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/friends/)
- [friendship](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/friendship/)
- [gatherings](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/gatherings/)
- [gender and medicine](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/gender-and-medicine/)
- [gender roles and healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/gender-roles-and-healing/)
- [Getting Ready CD](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/getting-ready-cd/)
- [giving](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/giving/)
- [giving up control](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/giving-up-control/)
- [glioblastoma](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/glioblastoma/)
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- [grattitude](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/grattitude/)
- [grief and loss](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/grief-and-loss/)
- [guest story](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/guest-story/)
- [guided dreams](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/guided-dreams/)
- [guided imagery](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/guided-imagery/)
- [guided meditation](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/guided-meditation/)
- [guided visualizations](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/guided-visualizations/)
- [guides](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/guides/)
- [guilt](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/guilt/)
- [healing energy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/healing-energy/)
- [healing habit](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/healing-habit/)
- [healing imagery](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/healing-imagery/)
- [healing journey](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/healing-journey/)
- [healing miracles](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/healing-miracles/)
- [healing of relationships](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/healing-of-relationships/)
- [healing politics](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/healing-politics/)
- [healing power of laughter](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/healing-power-of-laughter/)
- [healing power of prayer](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/healing-power-of-prayer/)
- [healing relationships](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/healing-relationships/)
- [healing sounds](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/healing-sounds/)
- [healing visualization](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/healing-visualization/)
- [healing with universal energy](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/healing-with-universal-energy/)
- [healing your life](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/healing-your-life/)
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- [heart disease](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/heart-disease/)
- [Heart Mind Matters](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/heart-mind-matters/)
- [heart rhythm meditation](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/heart-rhythm-meditation/)
- [heart surgery](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/heart-surgery/)
- [helping each other](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/helping-each-other/)
- [helping others](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/helping-others/)
- [Henry David Thoreau](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/henry-david-thoreau/)
- [herbs](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/herbs/)
- [higher awareness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/higher-awareness/)
- [hip pain](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/hip-pain/)
- [holidays](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/holidays/)
- [holistic healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/holistic-healing/)
- [holistic medicine](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/holistic-medicine/)
- [holistic self-care](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/holistic-self-care/)
- [home](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/home/)
- [homeopathic medicine](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/homeopathic-medicine/)
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- [humor and medicine](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/humor-and-medicine/)
- [humor and relationships](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/humor-and-relationships/)
- [hypernephroma](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/hypernephroma/)
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- [transcendental meditation](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/transcendental-meditation/)
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- [unconditional love](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/unconditional-love/)
- [unconscious mind](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/unconscious-mind/)
- [unresolved emotions](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/unresolved-emotions/)
- [using time wisely](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/using-time-wisely/)
- [uterine cancer](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/uterine-cancer/)
- [vascular disease](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/vascular-disease/)
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- [visualizing cancer](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/visualizing-cancer/)
- [vitiligo](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/vitiligo/)
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- [generosity](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/generosity/)
- [meaningful events](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/meaningful-events/)
- [signs from loved ones after death](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/signs-from-loved-ones-after-death/)
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- [indigenous remedies](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/indigenous-remedies/)
- [herbal medicine](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/herbal-medicine/)
- [ancient wisdom](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/ancient-wisdom/)
- [nourishing ourselves](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/nourishing-ourselves/)
- [androgyny](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/androgyny/)
- [love and healaing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/love-and-healaing/)
- [walking](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/walking/)
- [walking as healing](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/walking-as-healing/)
- [conscious walking](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/conscious-walking/)
- [being kind to yourself](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/being-kind-to-yourself/)
- [active](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/active/)
- [bee breath](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/bee-breath/)
- [energy protection](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/energy-protection/)
- [boundaries](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/boundaries/)
- [emotional wellness](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/emotional-wellness/)
- [spiritual lessons](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/spiritual-lessons/)
- [finding purpose](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/finding-purpose/)
- [inner transformation](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/inner-transformation/)
- [dealing with uncertainty](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/dealing-with-uncertainty/)
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- [Purpose](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/purpose/)
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- [Inner Wisdom](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/inner-wisdom/)
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- [conversations with yourself](https://berniesiegelmd.com/tag/conversations-with-yourself/)
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