Associate Organizations

• Relationship-
  Centered Care Network
• Center For Health and Learning at St. Charles
• Craig Hospital
• Healing HealthCare Systems, Inc.
• The Creative Connection
• Healing Journeys
• Woodwinds Health Campus

"We are the ones we have been waiting for."

–Elder Wisdom

 

Healing Journeys

Healing Journeys
P.O. Box 221417, Sacramento, CA 95822
(916)391-0549
Contact: Jan Adrian
E-mail
www.healingjourneys.org

The Mission of Healing Journeys is to promote and support healing by assisting people with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses to access their own healing potential and their ability to thrive.

Dr. Lawrence LeShan said, “The person exists on many levels... physical, psychological, and spiritual... and none of these can be reduced to any other. To move successfully toward health, all must be treated.”

Healing Journeys produces a two-day event/conference entitled Cancer As a Turning Point, From Surviving to Thriving. The purpose of the event is to celebrate, empower, awaken, and network all whose lives have been touched by cancer. Cancer, or any life-threatening illness, can be viewed as both a curse and a blessing. If viewed simply as a disease of the body, it is experienced only as a curse. The conference helps one view cancer in the context of the whole person (body, mind, emotions, and spirit) and see its transformative potential as an awakening for the soul and spirit.

Conference objectives include rediscovering the healing capacity of the human spirit, facilitating healing from within as an essential component of total health, experiencing the physical and emotional benefits of group support, and facilitating networking among people with common cancer experiences and concerns.

The program includes speakers (often well-known authors), performers, vocal and instrumental music, drama, art, healing stories, and networking time. Each conference is a variety and balance of inspiration, humor, music, creative expression, and practical information.

We offer this conference at no charge to participants annually in different locations in Northern California. We are planning a conference in Seattle for July 12-13, 2003. In addition, we will do our annual Northern California conference at the Marin Civic Center on September 13-14, 2003.

It is difficult to describe our event since it is so different from what people usually think of as a conference. Some people say it feels like a family reunion. Evaluation forms consistently say the conference is life-changing, life affirming, inspiring, and informative. Many say it has changed the way they regard their cancer and life in general; cancer survivors and family members feel equally supported and connect with others who experience similar challenges.

Some comments about what attendees liked most about the conference are: “The energy and love that are so strong in the room. Great permission to just be and enjoy.” “The blend of presenters—very much part of the community of people attending.” “The sense of hope, renewal which all speakers brought.” “The reestablishment of hope, joy, and faith about the whole cancer/healing experience.” “The variety of presentations; the mix of spiritual, medical, musical, and humorous presentation is the beauty of what you do.”