Public Talks
Towards the bottom of this page, you can view videos from the weekend retreats.
In this 75-minute Skills for Healing lecture, Rob and Tim tell people what to expect at the weekend retreat. This is more an experience than a presentation. You'll finish this lecture feeling calm and inspired to promote your own healing. (Part 1, 58 minutes)
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The Skills For Healing Lecture (Part 1) from Healing and Cancer on Vimeo.
The Skills for Healing Lecture (Part 2, 20 minutes)
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The Body-Mind-Spirit Connection: Making a difference on the cancer journey
Rob draws on the latest science, and his experience as an oncologist and support group leader to provide a practical and effective approach to the cancer diagnosis. This talk outlines the way to integrate conventional medical care with everything else you can do to empower yourself at the levels of body, mind and spirit. Rob shares his own journey as an oncologist and stories of many remarkable survivors with compassion and wisdom.
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When a Loved One has Cancer - 10 ways to support someone with a cancer diagnosis (35 minutes)
This public talk is practical guide for family members and friends of people with a cancer diagnosis. Rob draws on his clinical experience of serving thousands of families affected by cancer by providing highly practical advice. He knows that being a family member to a cancer patient is difficult in many ways, and shows that remaining open and honest helps everyone heal.
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine - An Oncologist's Perspective (44 minutes)
Rob reviews the scope and science of complementary medicine for people affected by cancer. In this video, you can learn essential and proven practices as well as a way to use logic and intuition in exploring the complementary options. Thanks to Eastlink's Podium TV and Cancer Care Nova Scotia for producing this lecture.
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Presentations from the Skills For Healing Weekend Retreat
- NOTE: To watch all the talks, exercises, and large and small group discussion as they are presented during a weekend retreat, go to the 'Healing Program'.
Complete cancer care lecture - Includes of how to get the best care from the medical system, and the simple yet effective health habits, and advice on exploring complementary therapy.
Mindfulness talk – Outlines how paying attention to the here and now is a powerful way to promote healing.
Raisin eating exercise – Watch as the participants eat a single raisin slowly and mindfully then reflect on this simple and profound exercise.
Stress and the Relaxation Response – Outlines what happens during a stress reaction and how to recognize your triggers and responses.
Reframing distressing thoughts with wisdom and kindness – Shows how our thoughts affect how we feel and that by using a reframing technique based on Dr. David Byrne’s book Feeling Good we can take a wise and kind approach to any situation.
Working with Fears and Hopes – Teaches how, by approaching our fears, directly we can find our own strength. Tim shares a poignant story about his father.
Spirituality talk – provides a secular way of nurturing your spiritual life and summarizes the healing approach of the weekend retreat.
Weekend Retreat Small Group discussions and insights
Stress group – Six participants discuss their stressors, stress reaction and what they do to help themselves.
Stress Pearls – Members from others small groups share the insight they learned about stress.
Thought reframing group – The same six participants work through their automatic and distressing thoughts.
Thought reframing pearls - Members from others small groups share their insights about reframing.
Fears and hope small group discussion – The same six participants share what scares them most and their hopes for the future.
Fears and hope pearls – Members from other small groups share what they learned from the fears and hopes discussions.
