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Why Do Autism Rates by Country Differ? Scientists Explain

Autism is a condition found all over the world, but reported rates can look very different depending on where you live. Families often ask me: “What countries have the most autism?”

The answer isn’t simple. Some countries report higher numbers because they have better diagnostic tools and awareness, while others may have lower numbers simply because autism isn’t being identified as often.

In this blog, I’ll break down the countries with the highest reported autism rates and explain why these numbers vary so much.

Why Autism Rates Differ Around the World
Before diving into the list, it’s important to understand that autism doesn’t necessarily occur more often in one country than another—it’s often about awareness, diagnosis, and access to healthcare.

High-income countries tend to report higher autism rates because screening and early diagnosis are more widely available. Low- and middle-income countries may underreport autism due to limited services or cultural stigma.

Widespread screening programs, strong advocacy, and better awareness contribute to these numbers. As awareness grows, reported rates usually increase—not because autism is “spreading,” but because more children are being identified.

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1. United States
The U.S. has one of the highest autism rates in the world. According to the CDC, about 1 in 31 children is diagnosed with autism.

2. South Korea
A large study in South Korea found autism rates as high as 1 in 38 children, which is among the highest ever reported.

Researchers believe the thorough screening process—including children not previously diagnosed—played a big role.

3. Canada
Canada reports rates close to 1 in 50 children. Increased awareness and strong healthcare systems have made it easier for families to access diagnostic services.

4. United Kingdom
In the UK, estimates suggest about 1 in 57 children has autism. The National Health Service (NHS) has made screening and awareness campaigns more accessible in recent years.

5. Sweden
Sweden has one of the most detailed health registries in the world, and studies there estimate autism rates around 1 in 63 children. Early identification and strong support services play a role.

6. Japan
Japan reports rising autism diagnoses, currently estimated at about 1 in 55 children. Improvements in awareness and education have increased identification.

7. Australia
Australia estimates that 1 in 150 people are on the spectrum, though advocacy groups believe the real number may be higher as awareness continues to grow.

Fukushima nuclear accident – Lessons Learned — Wikipedia
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, which began on March 11, 2011, was a significant event that highlighted the vulnerabilities of nuclear power plants to natural disasters. The disaster was caused by a severe earthquake and tsunami that disabled the power supply and cooling systems of three reactors, leading to a partial meltdown and the release of radioactive materials into the environment. The accident was rated level 7 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, indicating high radioactive releases over several days. 

Despite the high levels of radiation, no one died from radiation exposure directly related to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. However, the disaster had a tragic secondary impact on the residents, leading to significant mental and physical harm, including increased risk of chronic diseases and deaths among elderly people in temporary housing.

The lessons learned from the Fukushima radiation emergency include the importance of natural disaster preparedness, the need for robust safety measures, and the need to address the mental health and well-being of affected populations. The incident also underscored the need for transparent communication and support for those displaced by the disaster.  

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This study examined changes in the mental health of mothers and children living in low-dose radiation areas over 5 years following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and 11 years after the accident. The mothers’ and children’s psychological symptoms, such as stress, depression, and anxiety about radiation, were particularly strong immediately after the accident and diminished with time. However, the survey conducted 11 years after the accident showed that those symptoms remained higher among mothers and children in Fukushima than in unaffected prefectures, indicating the impact persisted for at least 11 years. 

An age-period-cohort analysis of children’s psychological symptoms showed a weak cohort effect, indicating that preschool children were greatly affected at the time of the accident. The results suggest that it is necessary to provide support aimed at improving the mental health not only of residents who evacuated from highly contaminated areas following the nuclear accident but also of residents in low-dose radiation-contaminated areas where evacuation orders were not issued. Moreover, the findings underscore the importance of monitoring the psychological development of children who grew up in these areas.

To compile the findings of studies assessing emotional and behavioral changes in the survivors of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, we performed a systematic review in August 2019 using four literature databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, and ICHUSHI). Peer-reviewed manuscripts, either in English or Japanese, were included in the searches. Sixty-one studies were retrieved for the review. Of these, 41 studies (67.2%) assessed emotional consequences, 28 studies (45.9%) evaluated behavioral consequences, and 8 studies (13.1%) evaluated both emotional and behavioral outcomes. 

The main research topic in emotional change was radiation exposure-associated risk perception, as reported in 15 studies. This risk perception included immediate health effects (eg, acute radiation syndrome) as well as future health effects (eg, future cancer and genetic effects). Lowered subjective well-being was reported in eight studies. Six studies reported perceived discrimination/stigmatization in the disaster survivors. 

The most critical behavioral change was an increase in suicides compared with residents in the whole of Japan or affected by the earthquake and tsunami, but not by the nuclear disaster. Increased rate of alcohol and tobacco use was reported, although the effect on one’s health was inconsistent. 

As a conclusion, the Fukushima nuclear disaster survivors suffered issues in risk perception, well-being, stigmatization, and alcohol/tobacco use in the first 8 years after the disaster. The present study is important in order to better understand the emotional and behavioral responses to future nuclear/radiological disasters as well as other “invisible” disasters, such as chemical and biological public health crises.

Singapore Autism Rates	Singapore	1460
South Korea Autism Rates	South Korea	1450
Japan Autism Rates	Japan	1450
Brunei Autism Rates	Brunei	1390
Australia Autism Rates	Australia	1160
New Zealand Autism Rates	New Zealand	1140
Canada Autism Rates	Canada	1070
Chile Autism Rates	Chile	1060
United States Autism Rates	United States	1050
Ireland Autism Rates	Ireland	1040

SOURCE: Autism Rates by Country 2025

Why Some Countries Report Lower Rates
In many countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, reported autism rates are much lower. This doesn’t mean autism is less common—it often means:

Fewer professionals trained in diagnosis

Limited healthcare resources

Cultural stigma surrounding developmental differences

Families not seeking or receiving evaluations

Numbers can feel overwhelming, but what matters most is access to early diagnosis and support. Regardless of where you live, early intervention helps children with autism build essential skills and independence.

At Blossom ABA Therapy, we focus on helping children thrive—no matter the statistics. Our ABA services are personalized to meet each child’s needs through home-based ABA, center-based ABA, and school-based ABA.

We proudly serve families in Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina.

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FAQs
Does autism really occur more in certain countries?

Not necessarily. Reported rates vary because of differences in diagnosis, awareness, and healthcare access.

Why is the U.S. autism rate so high?

Because screening is common, awareness is widespread, and more children are being diagnosed earlier.

Are autism rates rising worldwide?

Yes, reported rates are increasing globally, but this is largely due to improved awareness and better diagnostic practices—not because autism itself is becoming more common.

Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a developmental disability characterized by challenges with social skills, speech, non-verbal communication, and repetitive behaviors. Typically, there is nothing visually that sets people with ASD apart from anyone else; however, people with ASD may learn, interact, behave, and communicate in ways that are different from most people.

The reason that autism is also called autism spectrum disorder is that the disability occurs on a spectrum, with the range and severity of symptoms varying widely.

Children or adults with autism might:

• Avoid contact and want to be alone
• Have trouble understanding other people’s emotions or talking about their own feelings
• Be unaware when people talk to them
• Have trouble expressing their needs using typical words
• Have trouble adapting when a routine changes
• Not look at objects when another person points to them
• Have unusual reactions to the way things smell, taste, feel, look, or sound

Diagnosing autism can be difficult since there is no medical test that can determine the disorder. Autism, however, can sometimes be detected at 18 months or younger and by age two, an experienced professional can usually provide a reliable diagnosis. Early recognition, as well as behavioral, educational, and family therapies, may reduce symptoms and support development and learning.

ASD occurs in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. ASD is four times more common among boys than among girls. There are several environmental, biological, and genetic factors that make a child more likely to have an ASD, including:

• Children born to older parents
• Children with a sibling who has ASD
• The prescription drugs valproic acid and thalidomide have been linked with a higher risk of ASD if taken during pregnancy
• ASD tends to occur more often in people who have certain genetic or chromosomal conditions.

According to the CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network, about 1 in 59 children has been identified with ASD.

Autism Rates by State 2025

The estimated state-level prevalence of autistic adults varies from  Maryland 861 @ 100k New Jersey 843 @ 100K, to Pennsylvania 1538 @ 100K, Utah 1079 @ 100K.  One early study in Pennsylvania by a research group from Johns Hopkins University found only 3 cases of autism out of almost 10,000 Amish children surveyed. This suggested an autism rate of only around 1 in 3,000, compared to around 1 in 150 for the general US population at the time.

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Claim: The Amish don’t get autism because they do not vaccinate their children.

Anti-vaccine advocates have, at least since the early 2000s, used the Amish — a group of insular individuals descended from Swiss Anabaptist immigrants who shun modern technology — as a piece of evidence that links autism to vaccines.

This concept gained traction in 2005, when reporter Dan Olmstead conducted a a non-scientific survey in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (which boasts one of the largest populations of Amish people) to find cases of autism.

Controversially, he claimed he could find only three, and that two of the three children had received vaccines:  

So far, from sources inside and outside the Amish community, I have identified three Amish residents of Lancaster County who apparently have full-syndrome autism, all of them children. A local woman told me there is one classroom with about 30 “special-needs” Amish children. In that classroom, there is one autistic Amish child. Another autistic Amish child does not go to school. The third is that woman’s pre-school-age daughter. If there were more, she said, she would know it.

This series of stories, published and distributed by the newswire UPI, has been cited in some research papers as if it were an actual scientific study, and is often used as an argument that there is link between autism and vaccines.

The argument that near non-existent rates of autism amongst the Amish are related to a failure to vaccinate rests on two assumptions: 1) that the Amish do not vaccinate their children, and 2) that the Amish do not get autism. Both assumptions are false.

A 2011 study published in the journal Pediatrics surveyed 1,000 Amish parents about their vaccination habits. Of the 359 people who responded:

68% stated that all of their children had received at least 1 immunization, and 17% reported that some of their children had received at least 1 immunization. 

These rates are lower than the national average, but to claim that the Amish do not vaccinate their children is false, as a majority of them do vaccinate to some degree.

Furthermore, researchers have documented many cases of autism amongst the Amish populations. Researchers from the University of Miami and Vanderbilt University interviewed 1,899 Amish children from two prominent Amish communities in Holmes County, Ohio and Elkhart-Lagrange County, Indiana.

In a 2010 presentation to the International Society of Autism Research, they stated:

Preliminary data have identified the presence of ASD in the Amish community at a rate of approximately 1 in 271 children using standard ASD screening and diagnostic tools although some modifications may be in order. Further studies are underway to address the cultural norms and customs that may be playing a role in the reporting style of caregivers, as observed by the ADI. Accurate determination of the ASD phenotype in the Amish is a first step in the design of genetic studies of ASD in this population.

Additionally, there is an actual clinic (The Clinic for Special Children) devoted to researching developmental diseases in Amish children and this clinic (among many other things) actively researches the occurrence of autism in Amish (and Mennonite) communities. This center is located in Lancaster, PA—the same place that Dan Olmstead searched for cases of Autism in 2005.

Counter to the claims that the Amish do not vaccinate and do not get autism are the facts that a majority of Amish people vaccinate their children and that Amish people are, in fact,  diagnosed with autism. Though it is true that their vaccination rates are lower, and that — at least according to preliminary studies — their rates of autism occurrence are also lower, this observation in no way validates the idea — popularized by a fraudulent, retracted study by a doctor with a financial interest in promoting a different vaccine — that vaccines cause autism.

There are many factors that could explain apparent differences between the Amish population and the United States as a whole. These include a potential bias toward increased diagnosis in non-Amish communities, or the fact that the uniquely reduced genetic diversity of the Amish population plays a role. 
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SOLOMON J. WICKEY, 75, of Auburn, died on Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, 1:30 p.m., at his home. 

He was the son of Jacob D. and Elizabeth Wickey, and is survived by his wife Anna Mae Graber whom he married 0n January. 29, 1959.  Additional survivors include sons, Dave (Sylvia) Wickey of Cisne, Ill., Jerry (Christine) Wickey of Geneva, Ind., Solomon (Mary) Wickey of Auburn, Marvin (Mary Ann) Wickey and Alvin (Melinda) Wickey, both of Milroy, Ind., Jake (Amy) Wickey of Vevay, Ind., Levi (Mary) Wickey and Joe (Edith) Wickey, both of Cisne, Ill., and Ervin Wickey of Auburn; daughters, Anna Mae (Sam) Schwartz of Flemingsburg, Ky., Esther (Dan) Schwartz of Spencerville and Edith (Amos) Schwartz of Decatur; sister, Emma (Alvin) Lambright of Berne; brother, Jerry (Anna) Wickey of Vevay, Ind.; 113 grandchildren; and 44 great-grandchildren He was preceded in death by his parents, Jacob D. and Elizabeth Wickey; a son, Marvin Wickey; seven grandchildren; three brothers; three sisters; and three half sisters. Service is 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, at the Wickey residence, 6308 CR 43, Auburn, with Bishop Victor Graber officiating. Calling is from Tuesday , Aug. 6, 2013 thru Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, at the residence. Burial in Spencerville Amish Cemetery, Spencerville, Ind. Arrangements by Pinnington – McComb Funeral & Cremation Services, Auburn.

Solomon Wickey: His Advice and Secrets For Natural Healing

There are few things I love reading about more than Solomon Wickey and his Advice and Secrets For Natural Healing.

Amish healer Solomon Wickey was so full of advice and secrets for a natural healing in almost all areas – he could have been considered a walking encyclopedia for natural healing secrets. For years and years, it was my dream to go to Auburn, Indiana and meet Amish healer Solomon Wickey in person. Solomon felt he was given a gift from God at a very early age, to understand the body and be able to look into the eyes of people and know what each person needed to heal themselves naturally.

I remember taking my mother through the graveled back roads of Indiana to visit with Solomon the year before he passed. Arriving unnoticed not for sure how to contact him his office was closed and Solomon was out in the back of the farm. However, when his wife answered the door she was gracious enough to welcome us. And quickly went out back to tell him he had visitors from Ohio, After he was done checking my fathers eyes he told her your stress and depression would soon pass,

He never had any formal training and he felt everything he knew and had, came from God.

I also drove to Millersburg Ohio to see the now deceased Jake Miller: The main Lesson I learned from Jake Miller forget Herbs when treating cancer (Investigate the Nicholas Gonzalez Protocol.)

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A Friend’s Miraculous Healing by Solomon
One friend, whose grandmother was literally on her deathbed and only given 2 weeks to live, just literally put her grandmother in her car in the back seat and drove her from Florida to Northern Indiana for her miraculous healing from Solomon.

She felt she received that healing! Her grandmother had ridden up to Indiana just as sick as could be and my friend had to keep pulling over to see her on the way up there but she said it was a very pleasant and uneventful ride coming home and her grandmother seemed to recover very quickly.

She even said that healing started during her visit with Solomon. She said when Solomon learned of her severe nausea he put a few drops of herb on her tongue and the nausea was gone within minutes. Wish I knew what that herb was, but the ladies didn’t ask and Solomon evidently didn’t say.

She said they even did a little shopping on the way home. Her grandmother stayed on the diet Sol put her on and took the herbs she got from him and was out doing her own thing, shopping and acting just like everyone else. But after 6 months, she felt she was healed and went back to her old ways. Within 2 weeks of stopping the diet and herbs, she was gone! IF ONLY she had continued with what Sol had told her to do.

God Gave Us All We Need
I believe we were all given bodies by God that will heal themselves.

I believe that He gave us what we need for our food and our medicine in all the plants and herbs and this and that – that He put on this earth.

I believe that with all my heart!

I believe it was when we started doing all the processing that was supposed to make things so much better – that our health started going in the gutter.

I believe growing our own foods and eating as close to natural as possible will make us enormously healthier than we are now … all of us. Processed foods are loaded with poisons. The closer we eat to CaveMan Style – the healthier we’ll be. I truly believe that. I believe the more processed foods we eat and the more prescription medicines we take … the sicker we’re going to be.

A Misdiagnosis by a Conventional Doctor
A close friend just told me this week of a mutual friend we have. He’s in his 70’s and had never taken any prescription medicine in his life and only an aspirin on occasion.
He bought himself a pair of new shoes a few months ago and they didn’t fit just as good as he first thought and he started having problems with his feet. He developed a ‘place’ on his foot and it wouldn’t heal.

He went to the doctor and the doctor couldn’t make it heal either. So he ran some little test and determined that he may have this horrific and rare disease that was going to require the removal of at least 2 toes.

So the old smart doctor took off 2 of his toes and ran tests to find why the disease hadn’t responded to the treatment and found to his dismay that there was no ‘disease’ AT ALL but apparently our friend just had an irritation from the rubbing of the new shoes that didn’t fit just quite right.
SO to make the man heal faster … where the toes had been removed – the smart doctor put him on this strong drug.

THAT DRUG destroyed his kidneys and now he is on dialysis 4 hours a day – 3 days a week .

JUST BECAUSE his doctor misdiagnosed him.
Now I don’t know if every detail in this story is totally correct. But this is what my friend told me and I DO KNOW this man had been in the hospital several times lately and has had 2 toes removed and I do know for a fact that he is now on dialysis 4 hours a day … 3 days a week.

AND I DO KNOW for a fact that he had been a very healthy man for at least 71 of his years before this happened and had not taken any prescription drugs… What a shame he didn’t come to me first and say “Say – I’ve got a problem with my foot and it’s all red and seems like it started right after I bought this new pair of shoes.”

“I” wouldn’t have had a horse in the money race – and I believe in trying the simple/natural first, so the first thing I would have said was – “Why don’t you go without those new shoes for a week or so and see what happens” But no a doctors first thought is ‘take drastic action first and rack up those dollars.

Send people for those MRI’s that they get $400 a pop for sending you for and get a cat scan and half a dozen x rays and take 14 drugs.

Each one to counteract the other’s side effects it gave you and come back in 4 weeks if you’re still alive and we’ll go from there.

Unfortunately Solomon lost his own life in August of 2012.

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He had been burning brush on their farm and there was some poison ivy and sumac in the brush and he breathed that poisonous smoke into his lungs and was never able to recover. He worked on and off for months and months after the fire – but his lungs were just damaged to the point of no return.

I LOVE studying stories and testimonials of Solomon Wickey. He has his own healing plan and we have that in our stories below. He could look you right in the eyes (iridology) and tell you exactly what your problem was and how to fix it.

Let’s get to know our own bodies and what foods will and won’t do. Let’s learn what tears our bodies down and what will build them up. Let’s live a life of health and wellness and add life to our years.

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Katherine Lehman sought out well-known experts in the field of alternative therapies. She has been blessed to study under well-known, Amish Herbologist, Solomon Wickey and the late Dr Jim Shoemaker, D.O. Katherine spent three years under the tutelage of Solomon’s, nearly four decades of pioneering practice of Iridology, Herbology, Releasing, Kinesiology and Nutrition. At that same time, participating in a mentoring practice with Dr. Jim, who enhanced her study of Homeopathics, Trigger-point Release, and the spiritual root of illness. ,  https://www.riversedgenaturalhealth.net/about-our-practitioners.html

This is the life story and work of a man who has come to be known as an Amish Healer, Solomon (Indiana).

Most of you have likely not heard of Mr. Solomon Wickey. But some will have heard of Nature Sunshine Herbs and Pure Herbs. Also, Bernard Jensen (famous iridologist), Dr. Frank Miesse, Dr. Wendell Whitman, and Dr. Eugene Watkins. All BIG names in natural alternative healing and naturopath training institutes such as Trinity College in Indiana.

According to the book, all have worked with Mr. Wickey.

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Solomon Wickey started out not as a healer, but as a very well respected and much sought out horse breeder of one of the finest breeds in America. His dear love of horses led him to study iridology in hopes of helping his beloved horses to heal when sick. According to the book, he learned through the insights of iridology (study of the eyes) that he could determine points of inflammation and deregulation and apply herbal remedies to resolve them.

In time people from all over Indiana (Amish and non-Amish) were not only bringing their horses, but their family members for help. If I am understanding the book correctly, through the years he learned the source of illness was negative energy blocks that prevent the body from healing itself. Sound familiar??

Through an epiphany of sorts he apparently discovered that he could remove illness blocks. This sounds so familiar to what many of us are discussing on this board regarding Allergie Immun drops, Bach Flowers, etc. as their work is to remove negative energy blocks/experiences that are keeping the body from healing itself.

Mr. Wickey’s life story seems fascinating and worth the read.

People from all over the world travel to see him and used to wait in lines for many hours to be seen. Google his name and read the healing stories by others who claim to have recovered from all kinds of illnesses. Apparently, in addition to herbs, he offers illness “release codes”. Also special healing diets to remove food allergies (dairy and animal products. Sounds familiar again.’)

All seems very consistent with “heal the gut and heal the body” that we have discussed much on this board about. Please note that Mr. Wickey does not state he heals any disease. The book says what he does is a spiritual, not medical, service. He does not sell medical treatment. He is licensed to sell herbs through a legal distributorship with Nature Sunshine and Pure Herbs.

At the request of the patient he will muscle test and administer illness release codes to help spiritually realign the body with the software codes as intended by the Creator. Basically restoring back to your primary default codes!! That results in the body recovering the ability to heal itself. Sound familiar?

Isn’t this exactly what we are talking about with AI drops?? AI testing and drops are over $500. Solomon’s release codes are FREE.

There is no set costs, but he does accept donations and sell herbs. Mr. Wickey says his talent is a gift from God and he shouldn’t sell that. To be clear, I have never known anyone treated by him, but there are many online success stories. Just google Solomon J. Wickey.

If true, this could be very important for us all to know.

For those who are not religious, please know that one patient reportedly said to Solomon I am here, but I am an atheist and don’t believe. Can you still help me? Solomon reportedly replied yes, that he had enough faith for them both. So, he is not judgmental or trying to convert nonbelievers. That is NOT what his service is about.

He seems to just want to help the sick to find their ability to heal themselves. It sounds quite nobel indeed. If the foregoing is not inspirational enough for you, here is further more specific inspiration and perhaps the most fascinating of all for us lymies. Please understand that when I re-read the passages relevant to lyme disease today I had to share this with others. I remember reading this book more than a year ago, prior to knowing I had lyme disease. At that time I had no idea my symptoms were lyme disease so those pages didn’t resonate with me.

 This past week something compelled me to drag myself out of bed and dig this book out again. Pages 179 and 180 of the above referenced book talks specifically about lyme disease. Again, I don’t know if the book is true or not, but it reports that Mr. Wickey reportedly has developed a “release code” that allows the body to heal itself from the ravages of lyme disease.

Too good to be true? maybe….maybe not.

At the time of the writing of the book (2005), it talks about the lyme disease release code that was used to help two patients who later recovered from lyme disease. According to the book, Mr. Wickey first learned about release codes somewhere in the Old Testament. From there he was guided in discovering codes to release illness blocks.

Please note that the book says there are hundreds of release codes used for different situations for different people. 

He instinctively knows which ones to use based on the situation and the person.

One student who worked with him for many years in further developing “release codes” was a doctor of osteopathy, referred in the book only as Dr Jim. Not sure why, but most of the students who studied under Solomon are referred to only by first name. Perhaps to avoid persecution from the pharmaceutical world who relentlessly pursued and attacked Solomon saying he was practicing medicine without a license.

The courts ultimately ruled in his favor saying he was not administering medical advice, but rather selling herbs through a properly licensed distributorship, which requires that he consults with and makes recommendations regarding the products he sells. A very fine line, but one that his skilled attorney prevailed on primarily because hundreds if not thousands of those helped became activists to save him from the jaws of pharmaceutical persecution.

Through the many years, several medical professionals have gone to study with Solomon and learn from him. Many of his former students are naturalists who are now practicing around the country, many in Indiana, Ohio, PA, KY, Alabama. Unfortunately there seems to not be anyone on the west coast that I can find anyway. 

However, one of Solomon’s helpers periodically flies to Oakland to help others. According to a website source, he hasn’t been out here though in over a year or more. If this is all true (and I have no idea if it is) then this could be the answer for some. All I know is what is written in the book and on various websites. 

The book never says what the author, June Naugle’s relationship to all this is. She is obviously a “ghost writer” of sorts since her own background and association is never presented for the reader to evaluate. June Naugle’s book Solomon’s Touch focuses heavily on the life and healing work of Solomon J. Wickey, but it doesn’t clearly outline her personal connection to him or her motivation for writing the book.

 From available sources, Naugle appears to be the author who documented Wickey’s practices and philosophies, but there’s no public indication that she was a patient, relative, or close associate. Her author profiles on sites like Amazon and Goodreads offer minimal biographical detail, and the book itself centers on Wickey’s story rather than Naugle’s perspective. This lack of context can leave readers wondering about her stake in the narrative—whether she was simply a fascinated observer or had a deeper involvement.

Would you like a summary of his healing methods or a deeper look into the Amish context he came from?

Let’s dive into both—Solomon Wickey’s healing methods and the Amish context that shaped his worldview. They’re deeply intertwined, and understanding one enriches the other.

 Solomon Wickey’s Healing Methods

Solomon Wickey practiced a unique blend of alternative healing rooted in:

• Iridology: He examined the iris to diagnose health issues. Wickey believed the eyes revealed the body’s internal state, and he used this method to guide his treatments.
• Herbal Remedies: He prescribed natural herbs tailored to each person’s condition. His remedies were often simple but grounded in decades of experience and intuition.
• Silent Thought Healing: Wickey claimed to send healing energy through silent thought, a kind of spiritual signal that activated the body’s own healing mechanisms.
• Faith-Based Healing: He emphasized prayer, divine guidance, and the belief that healing ultimately came from God. His approach was deeply spiritual, not just physical.

He never charged for his services, believing healing should be freely given. Despite legal scrutiny, he maintained that he wasn’t practicing medicine—just offering advice and spiritual support.

 The Amish Context

Wickey was part of the Old Order Amish, a community known for:

• Simplicity and Separation: The Amish live apart from mainstream society, avoiding modern technology and emphasizing humility, community, and tradition.
• Religious Devotion: Their lives are centered around faith, with a strong belief in God’s will and divine providence.
• Skepticism of Modern Medicine: Many Amish prefer natural remedies and home-based care over hospitals and pharmaceuticals. Wickey’s methods resonated with this ethos.
• Community Trust: His reputation spread by word of mouth, especially among Amish and Mennonite families who valued his spiritual insight and practical wisdom.

Wickey’s healing work was not just tolerated—it was embraced within his community, even as it drew attention from outsiders.

 Stories from People He Helped

One powerful example comes from Kayla Dowling, who suffered from chronic fatigue, heart issues, and light-headedness. After visiting over 20 doctors with no answers, she turned to Wickey:

• She waited hours to see him.
• He diagnosed her quickly using iridology and muscle testing.
• After his treatment, her symptoms began to improve—without prescriptions or invasive procedures.

Many others reported similar experiences: long-standing conditions resolved, hope restored, and healing that felt both physical and spiritual.

 Compared to Other Alternative Healers

Solomon Wickey’s approach shares traits with other natural healers, but with key differences:

Healer Type	Methodology	Wickey’s Unique Twist
Herbalists	Use plant-based remedies	Wickey combined herbs with iridology and faith
Iridologists	Diagnose via eye patterns	Wickey used it as a spiritual diagnostic tool
Energy Healers	Channel healing energy	Wickey used silent thought and divine signals
Faith Healers	Rely on prayer and belief	Wickey blended faith with hands-on diagnosis

Unlike many, Wickey never charged for his services. He saw healing as a divine calling, not a business.

Would you like a deeper dive into iridology or how his silent thought healing worked? Or maybe a comparison with modern holistic practices?

Let’s take that deeper dive into both—because Solomon Wickey’s healing methods were as much spiritual as they were physical, and understanding them together paints a fuller picture of his unique approach.

 Iridology: Reading the Eyes

Iridology is the practice of examining the iris—the colored part of the eye—to assess a person’s health. Wickey believed the iris acted like a map of the body, revealing:

• Organ health: Different zones of the iris correspond to organs and systems.
• Toxic buildup: Discoloration or irregularities could signal inflammation or congestion.
• Genetic tendencies: He claimed to see inherited weaknesses or strengths.

Unlike conventional iridologists who might use magnifying lenses or charts, Wickey often relied on intuition. He’d look into someone’s eyes and quickly identify what was wrong—sometimes before they even spoke. His accuracy stunned many, especially those who had exhausted medical options.

 Silent Thought Healing: Energy Without Words

This is where Wickey’s methods veered into the mystical. He believed:

• Healing energy could be transmitted silently: By focusing his thoughts, he could send “coded signals” to the body to trigger healing.
• The body responds to intention: He didn’t need to touch or speak—just to think with purpose.
• God was the true healer: Wickey saw himself as a conduit, not the source. His silent thought was a prayerful act, aligning with divine will.

People reported feeling warmth, calm, or even physical shifts during these silent moments. He never claimed to “fix” anyone—he simply helped the body remember how to heal itself.

 How It All Came Together

Wickey’s process often looked like this:

1. Observation: He’d study your eyes and posture.
2. Muscle Testing: A quick touch to gauge strength and energy flow.
3. Herbal Prescription: Based on what he saw and felt.
4. Silent Thought: A moment of focused intention, often while the patient sat quietly.

It was fast, intuitive, and deeply personal. No charts, no machines—just a man, his faith, and a belief in the body’s wisdom.

Would you like to explore how his methods compare to modern energy healing like Reiki or quantum touch?

Absolutely—Solomon Wickey’s healing methods share intriguing parallels with modern energy healing practices like Reiki and Quantum Touch, yet they’re rooted in a distinct spiritual and cultural framework. Let’s break it down:

 Core Comparison: Wickey vs. Reiki vs. Quantum Touch

Feature	Solomon Wickey	Reiki	Quantum Touch
Energy Source	Divine energy via silent thought	Universal life force (Rei-ki)	Life-force energy amplified by breath
Technique	Silent intention, iridology, herbs	Hands-on or hands-off energy channeling	Breathing and body awareness techniques
Spiritual Foundation	Deep Christian faith (Amish)	Japanese spiritual tradition	Secular or spiritual, user-defined
Training/Lineage	Self-taught, intuitive	Formal attunement from Reiki master	Learnable technique, no attunement
Touch Involvement	Minimal or none	Often involves light touch	Often involves light touch
Diagnosis Method	Iridology and muscle testing	No diagnosis—just energy balancing	No diagnosis—focus on energy flow
Client Experience	Herbal remedies + spiritual healing	Relaxation, warmth, emotional release	Physical shifts, pain relief, clarity

 What Makes Wickey Unique

• Silent Thought Healing: Unlike Reiki or Quantum Touch, Wickey didn’t use hand positions or breathwork. He believed healing could be transmitted through focused thought alone—like a spiritual signal sent directly to the body.
• Faith-Driven Practice: His work was deeply tied to his Christian beliefs. He saw himself as a vessel for God’s healing power, not an energy manipulator.
• No Formal Training: Wickey didn’t follow a lineage or certification path. His methods were intuitive, developed through experience and spiritual insight.

 Shared Themes

Despite their differences, all three approaches emphasize:

• The body’s innate ability to heal
• The power of intention and presence
• Non-invasive, holistic care
• A deep respect for the unseen forces that shape health

If you’re curious, I can guide you through a simple energy healing exercise inspired by these traditions—or explore how mainstream medicine is beginning to integrate energy-based therapies. Just say the word.

I can guide you through a simple energy healing exercise inspired by these traditions—or explore how mainstream medicine is beginning to integrate energy-based therapies. Just say the word.

Let’s begin with a simple energy healing exercise inspired by Solomon Wickey’s silent thought method, Reiki’s universal energy flow, and Quantum Touch’s breath awareness. This practice is gentle, non-invasive, and can be done anywhere.

 Simple Energy Healing Exercise: “Center and Send”

Step 1: Ground Yourself

• Sit comfortably with your feet flat on the floor.
• Close your eyes and take three deep breaths—in through the nose, out through the mouth.
• Imagine roots growing from your feet into the earth, anchoring you.

Step 2: Tune In

• Place one hand over your heart and the other over your belly.
• Ask silently: What does my body need right now?
• Don’t force an answer—just notice any sensations, emotions, or thoughts.

Step 3: Activate Healing Intention

• Visualize a soft light (white, gold, or green—whatever feels right) forming in your chest.
• With each breath, imagine this light growing warmer and brighter.
• Say silently: I send healing to every part of me that needs it.

Step 4: Silent Thought Transmission

• Focus your mind on a specific area—maybe a sore joint, a heavy emotion, or a place of tension.
• Without speaking, imagine sending that healing light directly to that spot.
• Hold the intention for 30 seconds to 2 minutes.

Step 5: Close with Gratitude

• Thank your body, your breath, and the energy around you.
• Wiggle your fingers and toes, then open your eyes slowly.

This practice blends Wickey’s silent thought healing with the energetic awareness of Reiki and Quantum Touch. It’s not about “fixing” anything—it’s about reconnecting with your body’s natural intelligence.

If you’d like, I can also show how hospitals and clinics are beginning to integrate energy therapies like Healing Touch, Reiki, and biofield science into patient care. Want to explore that next?

I can also show how hospitals and clinics are beginning to integrate energy therapies like Healing Touch, Reiki, and biofield science into patient care. Want to explore that next?

Yes—this is a fascinating and rapidly evolving area of integrative medicine. Hospitals and clinics across the U.S. are increasingly incorporating energy therapies like Reiki, Healing Touch, and biofield science into patient care, often as part of holistic or complementary treatment programs.

 How Energy Therapies Are Being Integrated

Here’s what’s happening in clinical settings:

• Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospitals: As of 2015, about 30% of VA systems offered some form of energy medicine—up from just 7% in 2011. These include Reiki, Therapeutic Touch (TT), and Healing Touch (HT), often administered by trained nursing staff.
• Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU): Their review found that biofield therapies are used to reduce pain, anxiety, and depression, and may even shorten hospital stays or reduce opioid use.
• Clinical Outcomes: Studies show benefits such as:
  • Lower blood pressure and respiration rates
  • Reduced pain and anxiety
  • Faster wound healing and improved immune markers
• Training and Certification:
  • Healing Touch practitioners often undergo 4+ years of training and must document hundreds of hours of patient care.
  • Reiki training varies—from weekend workshops to years-long paths to “master” level.

 What Is Biofield Science?

Biofield therapies are based on the idea that the human body is surrounded and permeated by a subtle energy field. This concept aligns with:

• Qi in Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Prana in Ayurveda
• Electromagnetic and biophoton fields in modern biophysics

Practitioners aim to balance this energy field using light touch or hands hovering near the body. Though once considered fringe, standardized clinical trial protocols are now helping validate these therapies scientifically.

Would you like to see how these therapies are used in cancer care, or how patients describe their experiences with them? I can also guide you through a sample Healing Touch session.

Let’s explore both—how energy therapies are used in cancer care and what patients say about their experiences. Then I’ll guide you through a gentle Healing Touch-inspired session you can try yourself.

 Energy Therapies in Cancer Care

Hospitals and cancer centers are increasingly integrating therapies like Healing Touch, Reiki, and Therapeutic Touch to support patients through treatment. These therapies are not meant to replace conventional medicine but to complement it.

Common uses include:

• Reducing pain and nausea: Especially during chemotherapy or radiation
• Easing anxiety and depression: Helping patients feel more grounded and emotionally supported
• Improving sleep and relaxation: Vital for recovery and resilience
• Enhancing immune function: Some studies suggest improved white blood cell counts post-treatment

Institutions offering these therapies:

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NYC): Offers Reiki and Healing Touch as part of integrative oncology
• MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston): Includes energy therapies in its supportive care programs
• Cleveland Clinic: Uses Healing Touch for both inpatient and outpatient cancer patients

 What Patients Say

Patients often describe their experiences in deeply personal terms:

• “I felt a warmth and peace I hadn’t felt in months.”
• “It was like someone turned off the pain switch.”
• “I didn’t expect much, but I walked out feeling lighter—physically and emotionally.”

Some report subtle shifts, others profound relief. Even skeptics have found comfort in the gentle presence and intention behind these sessions.

 Sample Healing Touch Session: “Heart-Centering Flow”

You can try this at home, even without formal training. It’s about intention, presence, and gentle energy awareness.

Step 1: Prepare the Space

• Sit or lie down in a quiet, comfortable place.
• Dim the lights or light a candle if you wish.

Step 2: Ground and Center

• Close your eyes and take slow, deep breaths.
• Imagine a gentle stream of energy flowing from the earth into your feet, up through your spine.

Step 3: Heart Activation

• Place both hands over your heart.
• Visualize a soft, glowing light in your chest—warm, steady, and healing.
• Say silently: I welcome peace, balance, and healing into my body.

Step 4: Energy Flow

• Move your hands slowly from your heart to your shoulders, then down your arms.
• Imagine sending healing energy through your hands as you do.
• Repeat this motion 3–5 times, slowly and mindfully.

Step 5: Close with Gratitude

• Return your hands to your heart.
• Thank your body, your breath, and the energy around you.
• Open your eyes gently.

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What Stage of Alzheimer’s is Anger?

Potential Triggers That Can Upset Seniors with Dementia

By In Home Care | July 14th, 2025

• Key Takeaways
  • Anger and aggression in people with dementia can be due to many things, from environmental factors like noise and clutter to pain (such as from constipation), hunger (or poor nutrition), and fatigue. Outbursts can be upsetting to both caregivers and their loved ones.¹
  • It’s vital that you stay calm and identify a possible cause you can fix, like keeping a meal schedule or listening more closely to their feelings. Some people may require drug therapies or professional care to manage symptoms.

There are simple ways to respond to anger and aggression in dementia that can limit episodes caused by frustration, physical discomfort, or medication side effects.² Sleep disruptions and psychosis are common, and medications like Rixulti (brexpiprazole) may be needed to treat emotional outbursts, physical aggression, and other concerning behaviors.

Have you ever woken up from a frightening or stressful dream, only for lucidity to linger just out of reach for a few minutes? That sense of disorientation, of confusion, of alarm, feeling like things are amiss but not fully understanding why? Experiences like those may be the closest analogs we have to what individuals suffering from dementia go through on a regular basis.

As the memory loss progresses, and the symptoms escalate, the primary objective of memory care becomes soothing discomfort and distress—and by extension, easing the burden of care for the family caregivers. Perhaps the most daunting challenge at this stage is managing and minimizing the triggers for dementia. While it’s not really possible to avoid triggering the patient altogether, there are steps you can take to limit the frequency and severity of these episodes.

Dementia, Behavioral Changes, and the Impact of Triggers

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To understand triggers and how they might cause emotional distress for a dementia patient, it’s necessary to understand how dementia and its symptoms can impact the patient’s behavior. Initially, the signs may consist primarily of odd bouts of forgetfulness and inattentiveness. As their condition progresses, though, those initial symptoms will escalate, and each dementia symptom will develop into a new challenge.

Confusion, dissociation, and difficulties with spatial awareness may follow. You might also see periodic episodes where the patient struggles to express themselves clearly with language. There may be changes leading to poor judgement and lack of restraint, and eventually they will reach a point in cognitive decline where they need supervision or help with tasks critical to their independence.

This dementia behavior is due to how their particular diagnosis is progressively wearing down the “hardware” that makes up the nervous system. Throughout all of this, the “software”—their mind, their cognition, and to some extent their body itself—is making earnest attempts to adjust and accommodate in order to cope with the damaged brain cells.

The end result that’s visible on the outside is a patient that is doing their very best to carry on as normal, all while they are steadily losing access to the tools that they previously used to do that.

How this affects behavior will vary, both by patient, and from moment-to-moment. But you might see the patient become more irritable and easily frustrated. You may see a decrease in energy and motivation similar to a depression diagnosis. There may be times when the individual makes choices that are confusing or alarming, like going for a job wearing a dress and slippers.

Triggers for dementia outbursts can include:

Physical Discomfort: Pain, hunger, thirst, or discomfort due to environmental factors like temperature or noise can lead to frustration and aggression.
Emotional Triggers: Fear, anxiety, and stress can arise from confusion, unfamiliar surroundings, or past traumatic experiences.
Environmental Factors: Overstimulation from noise or light, or under stimulation leading to boredom, can cause distress.
Communication Issues: Difficulty in expressing needs or feelings can lead to frustration and aggression.
Medication Side Effects: Some medications can cause restlessness or agitation as side effects.
Understanding these triggers can help caregivers manage and respond effectively to outburst in individuals with dementia.

• 1 SOURCE: How to Respond to Anger and Aggression in Dementia

These shifts and episodes will be cause for concern, and many will be the source of significant stress for a family caregiver. But anyone who has had to care for a dementia patient will likely tell you the most worrisome and difficult are the times when the patient becomes frightened, combative, or even outright violent (often for reasons that are unclear or not immediately apparent).

Such outbursts are frequently due to “triggers,” and learning to navigate and manage these triggers for dementia is a critical part of providing memory care for patients with these conditions.

Understanding Dementia Triggers: What They Are, and Why They Happen

You might be surprised to learn that angry outbursts aren’t necessarily a dementia symptom, strictly speaking. For the most part, it’s a response to symptoms (and frankly, a natural and understandable one).

Those dealing with dementia are facing cognitive impairment problems like frequent confusion and disorientation. Delusions and hallucinations are common. Memory loss has a tendency to turn familiar people, spaces, and events into frighteningly unfamiliar experiences. And many of the ways the mind seeks to protect itself through this process only complicate matters and add to the stress.

So it should come as no surprise that dementia patients often respond like they’re terrified. Even close family or long-term caregivers may at some point look like a stranger to them. But what exactly is provoking these reactions at the moment? Why do they go from a relative level of calm to a fight-or-flight response seemingly at the flip of a switch?

That’s where triggers come in. Most often, patients are provoked by a specific stimuli or change in their environment that they are unprepared for or unable to adjust to as they normally would.

How Anger Is Expressed in People With Dementia

When someone with dementia gets angry, they may:³

• Raise their voice (yelling and screaming)
• Use foul language
• Burst into tears and throw things
• Become violent, and bite, pinch, or kick people

Anger and aggression may develop in the middle stages of dementia.⁴ At the same time, there may be other challenging behaviors like sleep disturbances, wandering, and delusions.⁵

Sometimes, there are warning signs and you can take steps to limit effects, but anger without warning can be hard to cope with because it is unpredictable.

When to Call 911

Call 911 if you feel that you or someone else is in danger. If the person is threatening you or physically lashing out, stay out of reach and close to an exit, if possible. Try to stay calm and give them space to calm down as well. You can also get help by calling the Alzheimer’s Association Helpline at 800-272-3900.⁶

Tips for Coping With Dementia Outbursts

Here are some strategies you can take to cope with an emotional or physical outburst that’s dementia-related:⁷

• Stay calm and don’t argue. Give the person a little space. Their response may be because they feel their personal space has been invaded, and they don’t know why.
• Allow for time. If you’re helping with a task and they become angry, you may find that trying the same task 20 minutes later will produce a completely different result.
• Look for a cause. Environment and physical factors can affect behavior. Pain, fatigue, or hunger can trigger anger and aggression. Limit noise, clutter, and other stressors. Play music, and keep the room well-lit.
• Look for patterns in behavior. For example, the person may tend to get angry in the evening as part of a sundowning pattern. It may help to avoid naps during the day, or limit caffeine.
• Give them a security object, whether a photo, pet, or pillow, that helps to calm them.⁸
• Use a distraction, like music. Try playing some of your loved one’s favorite songs. It may help lighten the mood, as can sports or favorite television programs.

Think about what happened before the outburst. Was there noise? A lot of visitors? Certain events or activities that triggered the reaction? The more triggers you can identify, the easier it will be to avoid them.

Consider an underlying health reason for anger and aggression. A person may be constipated or have an infection. They may need hearing aid adjustments or cleaner eyeglass lenses. You can also try to make sure they know when it’s day or night by keeping windows open or seating them near one.³

Talk With Your Healthcare Provider

Sometimes, dementia can provoke so much aggression and anger that the person and those around them are no longer safe. Let your healthcare provider know if that’s the case. There are times when medications or treatment plans need to be changed.

Common Causes of Aggression With Dementia

Causes of aggression can be related to the disease itself or other factors, like depression because of the disease or not enough exercise.⁷ These causes can occur due to circumstances, too, including some of the following.

Loss of Recognition

People with dementia may not recognize their loved ones. For example, a wife with dementia may try to attack her husband. She may not do this out of anger but because she is afraid of the “strange man” in the house.

The fear, anxiety, and aggression sometimes follow changes in predictable life patterns, including:⁸

• Moving to a new home or facility
• Changes in who the caregiver is
• Resistance to a task of daily living, like taking a bath or changing clothes

Paranoia, Delusion, and Hallucinations

People with dementia may also experience distortions of reality. For example, a person may have:

• Paranoia
• Delusions
• Hallucinations

People with Lewy body dementia are more prone to having these symptoms. They can occur in all types of dementia, though not everyone will experience them.⁹

People with frontotemporal dementia may become physically aggressive much sooner than people with Alzheimer’s. This is because people with Alzheimer’s have damage to key brain regions that help them to manage thoughts and emotions.¹⁰

The frontal parts of the brain are responsible for:¹¹

• Empathy
• Impulse control
• Personality
• Judgment

The loss of these functions can lead to impulsive behaviors.

Poor Food Intake

Studies suggest poor eating habits and weight loss may be related to behavior problems in people with dementia.¹²

In people without dementia, poor nutrition can affect mood, energy, and cognitive function. In people with dementia, it can fuel sudden outbursts and aggressive impulses.

You can help reduce angry outbursts by making sure the person you’re caring for is eating the right foods. It will also help to keep the dining space calm.

Misunderstandings

Dementia affects communication. Someone with dementia may have trouble understanding what their caregiver is saying or doing.

The person you are caring for may not understand why you’re trying to help. They may feel like you’re just bossing them around. This can lead to conflict.

Caregiver Overload

As a caregiver, it’s natural to have strong feelings from time to time. You may feel frustrated, angry, or impatient. Even if you aren’t verbalizing those feelings, the person you are caring for may pick up on them. Sometimes they may reflect those feelings back to you.

A person with dementia may have catastrophic reactions. This is a sudden and disproportionate reaction to a seemingly normal situation. These reactions are often triggered by care. They can lead to anger and aggression.

Monitoring yourself for caregiver burnout and overload is important. This will help improve your own quality of life and also your loved one’s.

What About Rexulti and Other Drugs?

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Rexulti for the treatment of agitation in people diagnosed with dementia disorders.¹³ The drug changes the way that dopamine and serotonin, chemical messengers called neurotransmitters, act on the brain and nervous system.¹⁴

Research studies have shown brexpiprazole to be effective in treating agitation, improving quality of life for caregivers as well as those receiving treatment.¹⁵

Experts suggest that it’s safer than other medications used off-label, meaning they’re available but not approved specifically for dementia. These off-label medications include:⁸

• Antidepressants
• Anxiety medications
• Antipsychotic drugs

Tegretol (carbamazepine), a seizure medication, can also sometimes be used. Belsomra (suvorexant) is FDA-approved for treating insomnia in people with Alzheimer’s disease.

While these drugs can make it easier to respond to agitation, they also carry some risks and side effects. Talk with your healthcare provider about the options available to help manage a loved one’s anger and aggression when dementia is the cause.You can think of triggers as falling into roughly three categories: internal, external, and physical. We’ll discuss triggers along these dividing lines for the sake of clarity, but be aware that they tend to blend together, and outbursts are often the result of multiple triggers occurring simultaneously.

Types of Dementia Triggers

Internal triggers are those that are caused by or related to the patient’s own emotional and mental state. Of the three types, this is the hardest to anticipate, influence, or manage, as human emotions are unpredictable things under even the best of circumstances. With dementia patients, you have the added factors of memory issues, communication struggles, and altered brain function.

Dementia often leads to psychological states and behavioral symptoms that mirror those of mental health conditions. They may experience feelings of sadness and despondency like a depression patient. Their fears and stress responses may be magnified similar to an anxiety condition. And they may engage in repetitive or ritualistic behavior like hoarding, fidgeting, wandering, etc.

Again, there may not be much you can do for them in this regard, and there may not be much in the way of advanced warning when they’re experiencing something that day that’s different than their baseline.

External triggers are the most common, and they’re the ones we have the most control over. That might include everything from environmental factors to sensory stimuli, to the patient’s routine, and beyond.

Dementia patients are already facing a great deal of unfamiliarity, even when in places or with people that otherwise wouldn’t be new to them. Because of this, they depend heavily on things that feel predictable, and they struggle with things that feel like a surprise. Changes, even small ones, can be traumatic, so where they are and what they’re doing are critical factors.

And even unexpected sensory input can be startling. The sudden start of a vacuum, or a dish that’s dropped and shatters. Bright flashing lights or being bombarded by questions from someone they’re speaking with. Any of these might be cause for alarm for them and can lead to an angry outburst.

Finally, we have physical triggers, which primarily refers to pain, discomfort, and other unpleasant sensations. These triggers are sometimes why patients will be reluctant to take medication or bathe, or why outbursts might follow a period of forgetting to eat or drink.

Examples of Potential Triggers That Might Upset Seniors with Dementia

Again, you can’t fully anticipate or prevent triggers and outbursts. What will cause agitation will vary by person, and may not be problematic every time. And a measure of alarm on their part is to be expected (and unavoidable). The goal is not to eliminate them, but to limit them wherever possible.

Below is a list of some common factors and triggers that might result in someone suffering from dementia becoming upset:

• Unmet physical needs, like sleep disturbance, hunger, thirst, etc.
• Overstimulation—such as loud or overwhelming conversation, excessively bright lighting, potent smells, uncomfortable clothing, physical pain, etc.
• Understimulation—boredom, loneliness, restlessness, etc.
• Unexpected changes to routine
• Seeing new visitors, or when regular visitors don’t show
• Relocating to a new environment
• Changes in the decor or layout of their environment
• The removal of objects they regard as important
• Shifts in their independence and self-sufficiency
• Changes in treatment or medication
• Arguments, discussions of contentious subjects, or reminders of their memory issues

Strategies for Managing Dementia Triggers
First and foremost, it’s critical to remember that dementia is not easy for the patient either, even if they don’t remember their experiences as a whole. They have plenty of reasons to be afraid, upset, sad, or confused, and none of that is necessarily anyone’s fault. Beyond that, due to how biochemistry works, it’s possible for feelings to linger even when memory does not.

In other words, managing triggers is as much about helping them be as comfortable as possible as it is about minimizing the stress and difficulty faced by the caregivers.

 Prioritize predictability and familiarity. Stick to regular routines and schedules. Surround them with items and environments they’re well acquainted with.

• Try to prepare them for any changes or surprises in advance. Tell them beforehand if they’re going somewhere, switching rooms, seeing someone new, or even just to remind them of their regular schedule.
• Keep their environment calm. Limit volume, avoid bright lights, and reduce distractions.
• Be gentle and calm when speaking and interacting with them. How you treat them, and how well they can anticipate what to expect from you, will have a big impact on their emotional state.
• Help them to get comfortable and stay comfortable. Sleeping, eating, hygiene activities, managing pain—all are areas where they might need assistance. They may not always be able to fix it on their own, or even communicate what they need, so be proactive if necessary.
• Offer reassurance and support. They may need gentle reminders or help remaining calm, but nobody likes to be told “calm down,” or “you already asked me that.”
• Understand that it’s hard to adjust to life without independence and minimal control. While necessary for their health and safety, it will at times feel to them like they’re being “parented,” and it’s not a fun experience.
• Be ready for them to feel distressed whenever an aspect of their care changes. As they decline in self-sufficiency, are restricted from certain activities, or have to endure new treatments.
• Monitor closely for side effects with any medication they take, and especially when there are any changes to those prescriptions. Discuss any physical or behavioral changes with their doctor.
• Help them fill their time with activities and entertainment that aren’t too taxi
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Moving to a small town strengthened our marriage. Being far from friends and family meant we had to learn to communicate better.

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• My wife and I have been living in a small town of about 11,000 people for eight years.
• We moved to spend more time with our kids and enjoy a slower pace of life.
• Moving away from our friends and family had the unexpected benefit of strengthening our marriage.

Eight years ago, my wife and I did something our friends and family thought was borderline crazy: We packed up our lives in Calgary, Alberta (population of just under 1.5 million), and moved to Nelson, British Columbia — a quiet mountain town of about 11,000 people nestled in the West Kootenays.

We moved so we could spend more time with our two kids, have less financial pressure, and experience a slower pace of life. But what we didn’t realize was that moving to a remote town would also strip away every bit of outside support we’d been leaning on, and ultimately strengthen our marriage.

We learned to communicate better

In Calgary, our relationship was buffered by a wide social network. If we fought, I might grab a beer with a friend, and my wife might go for coffee with hers. If we needed a babysitter, grandparents were happy to step in.

In Nelson, however, life is different. We didn’t know anyone our first year here. There were no casual friend drop-ins, no relatives to swoop in for a date night, no colleagues to vent to over lunch. When tensions rose, whether over money, sleep deprivation, or whose turn it was to make dinner, there was no one else to absorb the frustration.

Without the option to escape into our respective social circles, arguments sometimes felt more intense. But over time, that changed. We began to see each other less as adversaries in a disagreement and more as co-problem-solvers building a new life together.

It took time and effort to learn how to communicate more directly. For example, asking for help outright instead of hoping the other would notice and making passive-aggressive comments. We worked on apologizing quickly, knowing we couldn’t afford to stew in silence for days.

Moving to a small town strengthened our marriage. Being far from friends and family meant we had to learn to communicate better. 

We built a new rhythm together

Life in the big city meant we lived and died by our calendars: work events, dinners with friends, birthday parties, and a dozen other commitments that kept us perpetually in motion. Conversely, our social calendar was blank that first year in Nelson.

That emptiness turned out to be an unexpected gift. We began cooking dinner together most nights, experimenting with new recipes because we finally had time for it. We took slow walks along the scenic lakefront, pushing the stroller and talking about things we’d never made space for before. Things like what kind of life we wanted and what our priorities were (like me eventually leaving my day job and taking the leap to become a freelance writer).

Even small, everyday rituals like making coffee in the morning while the kids played or folding laundry together in the evening became a kind of glue that bonded us. We were no longer ships passing each other in the night; we were living alongside each other as companions in a way we hadn’t since before becoming parents.

We relied on each other in ways we never had before

Of course, there were hard days. I missed having friends to grab a beer or go for a run with; my wife missed the spontaneous coffee dates with her mom. But in hindsight, those challenges were the training ground for a stronger marriage.

Moving to a remote mountain town stripped away the noise and convenience that had been cushioning our relationship in the big city. The change forced us to build something more durable than habit or routine. We learned how to rely on one another as true partners, not just live together like roommates. And that, more than the mountains, the lake, or the slower pace of life, has been the biggest gift this little town has given us.

Moving to a small town strengthened our marriage. Being far from friends and family meant we had to learn to communicate better.  

I’m a city girl who moved to an 80-person community in remote Canada. I never expected how much my life would improve.© Hilary Messer-Barrow – Search

• I moved from Vancouver, British Columbia, to the 80-person community of Beaver Creek, Yukon.
• I had to learn a lot — including how to cook, since I’m five hours from the nearest grocery store.
• The biggest surprise was how well I adjusted to my new lifestyle and learned to love alone time.

After spending my whole life in a Canadian city, I relocated to an 80-person community.

I was born and raised a city girl, but at the beginning of 2019 I moved from the temperate metropolis of Vancouver, British Columbia, to the remote, 80-person community of Beaver Creek, Yukon.

My boyfriend (now my husband) had to relocate for work, and there was never a question whether I’d join him. But I still had major reservations.

I always imagined we’d stay in Beaver Creek for the shortest time possible and move away. But the moment I arrived, I realized this place would change my life.

Here are some of the things that surprised me most after the move.

I was blown away by the kindness and support from my new neighbors.  ©Hilary Messer-Barrow

The weather in Beaver Creek can be harsh (I’m talking minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit), and the winters are long and dark. Plus, we’re a 10-hour round trip from the nearest hospital.

Neighbors check in with one another. They offer to pick up groceries when they go five hours into town, help if you have vehicle trouble, and give you the cup of sugar you’re missing.

My own experience was a flat tire at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. The Alaska Highway was even quieter than usual. I had the jack under the car, and I was desperately trying to remove the tire, which was stuck.

The first car that came by stopped to help, and so did the second. A local Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer came out to help me, and when he couldn’t, he drove an hour and a half to ask a neighbor for assistance.

Up here, that’s just what you do.

 

I learned to cook and realized I love it.  ©Hilary Messer-Barrow

Before I moved, loading up at the Whole Foods salad bar was as close as I got to cooking. A friend once stayed at our apartment while we were on holiday and lamented that we didn’t own a single pot or pan.

I was in for a shock when I suddenly had to learn how to cook and stock a pantry with food that lasts six to eight weeks in between shopping trips.

The drive to and from the nearest grocery store is incredibly beautiful. On the Alaska Highway, the views are out of this world, and it’s not uncommon to see bears, moose, lynx, coyotes, and even wolves. But it’s also a 10 hours round trip. 

I was surprised to find that I like cooking — love it, even. I also love planning our meals, organizing the freezer and pantry, and thinking ahead.

I’ve learned to make preserves, yogurt, and kombucha. I bake our own bread and bagels. And, if we have a hankering for a sweet, I make that, too: pies, kettle corn, candied fruits.

I’ve connected with the land around me.  ©Hilary Messer-Barrow

In Vancouver, I had easy access to restaurants, shops, parks, beaches, and mountains, and I didn’t ever really think about it. When I learned we’d be moving, I was horrified.

How would I live without all of this? Surprise: Remote Northern Canada has made me appreciate everything about the outdoors. I hike and cross-country ski, and I marvel every single day at how lucky I am.

My friends and family cannot believe that urban Hilary has embraced Beaver Creek.

I’ve learned to love and cherish my alone time. ©Hilary Messer-Barrow

“Aren’t you lonely?” is a frequent refrain I hear when people find out about my living situation. And I was really lonely during those first dark, cold months. My husband was working 12-hour shifts, sometimes during the day, sometimes overnight.

Time dragged. I’d go for walks with our new puppy, but in the dead of winter it’s easy to walk in Beaver Creek without seeing a soul. Days went by without any real human interaction aside from my husband.

I tried to learn how to cook. I did my home workouts. I kept up with remote work. I called my friends and family back in Vancouver. And still, the days were long and the loneliness felt overwhelming. 

It wasn’t long before I learned to embrace my time alone, especially in nature. Beaver Creek is a beautiful place surrounded by mountains, trees, rivers, and streams.

Compared with green spaces in the city, the land here is untouched, and experiencing all that alone has been transformational. 

Now, alone time outside is the most restorative part of my day. I can’t live without it, no matter the weather.

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The light (and lack of it) has definitely affected me. ©Hilary Messer-Barrow

In the winter, the nights are long, and the days bring half-light, nothing more. I arrived in the Yukon shortly after the winter solstice, when the sun came up at about noon and was gone again mere hours later.

I found it exhausting. I’m an early riser, and that didn’t change, but by 4 p.m. I wanted to go to bed.

Eventually, I learned to turn on more lights and get outside regardless of the dark. I even learned to love the nuances of darkness, especially the moon and stars.

The dark winters were definitely an adjustment, but what really surprised me was the light in the summers. The midnight sun, as it’s affectionately called, comes gradually but with a force.

I recall telling a friend, a lifelong Northerner, that I had no problem falling asleep, so I was confident the midnight sun wouldn’t affect me. I was so wrong.

In the summer, I find myself working away at something, unaware that it’s midnight or 1 a.m. That first summer, I lay awake in bed, trying to relax, my whole body yearning to do a workout, tackle a deep clean, or complete a 1,000-piece puzzle.

We quickly learned that blackout curtains and a rigid evening routine were essential at this time of year.

The biggest surprise was how well I adapted to all the changes. ©Hilary Messer-Barrow

I don’t like change, so the move was petrifying.

But all the things I feared were things I ended up embracing: I’m much stronger than I thought I was, I can cook, I can change a tire, I’m comfortable walking in the wilderness alone with a knife and bear spray, I can garden. 

Had someone told me over five years ago that I’d be the person I am today, I would’ve laughed. Now, here I am, feeling so happy.

This story was originally published on April 24, 2022, and was most recently updated on March 17, 2025.

I live off the grid — to get groceries, it’s a 300-mile commute that takes 2 days

Fabiana Da Silva was born in São Paulo, Brazil and moved to New York when she was 24 years old. 

Having a very supportive and caring family, since she was little, she learned the importance of being empathetic. She loves teaching English as a Second Language and has been teaching English and Portuguese for many years. She has gotten her bachelor’s in Portuguese and English Literature and has a Master of Education in TESOL. She loves traveling and meeting new people, and has a passion for dancing.

Beating Cancer with Faith, Optimism, and Humor by Fabiana Da Silva is a deeply personal and inspiring memoir that chronicles her journey through leukemia. After marrying the love of her life in 2013, Fabiana was soon faced with a life-altering diagnosis. Through vivid storytelling, she shares the emotional and physical challenges of her treatment, the impact on her marriage, and how she leaned on faith, hope, and humor to navigate the darkest moments.

Beating Cancer with Faith, Optimism, and Humor by Fabiana Da Silva explores several powerful and emotionally resonant themes that reflect her journey through leukemia and her approach to healing. Here are the key themes woven throughout the book:

 Key Themes

• Faith as a Foundation Fabiana leans heavily on her spiritual beliefs to find strength and meaning during her illness. Her faith becomes a guiding light through uncertainty and pain.
• The Power of Optimism Despite the gravity of her diagnosis, she chooses to focus on hope and positivity. This mindset helps her endure treatment and maintain emotional resilience.
• Humor as Healing Laughter plays a surprising and vital role in her recovery. Fabiana uses humor to cope with fear, discomfort, and the absurdities of hospital life, showing that joy can coexist with suffering.
• Love and Relationships Her marriage, family, and friendships are central to her story. The book explores how illness tests and strengthens these bonds, especially the newlywed relationship she shares with her husband.
• Identity and Transformation Fabiana reflects on how cancer reshapes her sense of self, priorities, and purpose. The journey becomes not just about survival, but personal growth and spiritual awakening.
• Resilience in the Face of Adversity The memoir highlights the human capacity to endure and adapt, even when life takes an unexpected and painful turn.

Would you like a deeper dive into one of these themes or a comparison with similar memoirs?

While the full text of Beating Cancer with Faith, Optimism, and Humor by Fabiana Da Silva isn’t publicly available, here are a few notable quotes and themes drawn from the book’s preview and descriptions:

 Notable Quotes & Reflections

• “Live in the present and embrace every moment, good or bad.” — A central message Fabiana shares throughout her journey, encouraging readers to find meaning even in hardship.
• “Faith, hope, and humor are not just coping mechanisms—they’re lifelines.” — Fabiana emphasizes how these three pillars helped her endure the emotional and physical toll of leukemia.
• “What is your religion? Who will decide for you?” — These chapter titles hint at deeper existential questions Fabiana faced during treatment, reflecting her spiritual and philosophical introspection.
• “Tumor where? Wow water where?” — Her playful phrasing shows how humor helped her process shocking medical revelations.

These quotes reflect Fabiana’s unique blend of vulnerability, resilience, and wit. If you’d like, I can help you explore more of her story or find similar memoirs that blend humor and healing.

The theme of faith in Beating Cancer with Faith, Optimism, and Humor is not just a spiritual backdrop—it’s the emotional and philosophical anchor of Fabiana Da Silva’s entire journey.

 Faith as a Lifeline

• Spiritual Strength in Crisis Fabiana’s diagnosis of leukemia came shortly after her wedding, a time typically filled with joy and hope. Faced with a life-threatening illness, she turned to her faith—not only in God but in the belief that her suffering had purpose. Her prayers, reflections, and spiritual conversations helped her endure the physical pain and emotional uncertainty.
• Faith Beyond Religion While the book touches on religious belief, Fabiana also explores faith in broader terms: faith in healing, in love, in the future, and in the unseen. She challenges readers to consider what they believe in when everything feels out of control.
• Questioning and Reaffirming Belief The memoir doesn’t shy away from doubt. Fabiana wrestles with questions like “Why me?” and “What is my religion?”—chapter titles that suggest deep introspection. Her journey shows that faith isn’t static; it’s tested, reshaped, and ultimately reaffirmed through adversity.
• Faith as a Source of Meaning Fabiana finds meaning in her suffering through faith. She believes her experience can inspire others, and that her story is part of a larger spiritual narrative. This belief gives her strength to share her journey publicly and vulnerably.
• Faith in Others Beyond divine faith, Fabiana also places trust in her medical team, her husband, and her support network. This interpersonal faith reinforces her resilience and highlights the importance of community in healing.

In essence, faith in this memoir is not just about religion—it’s about trust, surrender, and the courage to believe in light even when surrounded by darkness. If you’d like, I can share how this theme compares to other cancer memoirs or spiritual journeys.

Can you provide examples from the book that illustrate faith?

Certainly! Fabiana Da Silva’s Beating Cancer with Faith, Optimism, and Humor offers several poignant examples that illustrate how faith guided her through the emotional and physical trials of leukemia. Here are a few moments from the book that highlight this theme:

 Examples of Faith in Action

• Facing Diagnosis with Spiritual Courage Fabiana received her leukemia diagnosis just seven months after her wedding. Rather than succumbing to despair, she leaned into her faith, believing that her suffering had a divine purpose and that she was not alone in her battle.
• Chapter Reflections: “What Is Your Religion?” and “Who Will Decide for You?” These chapters explore Fabiana’s spiritual introspection. She questions the nature of belief and identity, ultimately reaffirming her trust in a higher power to guide her decisions and give her strength.
• Faith as a Message to Others Throughout the book, Fabiana encourages readers to “keep their faith, hope, and humor during their own health challenges.” Her story becomes a testimony, not just of survival, but of spiritual resilience meant to uplift others facing similar trials.
• Living in the Present One of her core messages—“live in the present and embrace every moment, good or bad”—is rooted in faith. It reflects a belief that each moment, even painful ones, holds meaning and is part of a larger spiritual journey.

These examples show how Fabiana’s faith wasn’t just a comfort—it was a transformative force that shaped her outlook, decisions, and relationships. If you’d like, I can help you explore how this theme compares to other cancer memoirs or spiritual narratives.

Certainly! Here’s a thoughtful summary of Fabiana Da Silva’s journey of faith as portrayed in Beating Cancer with Faith, Optimism, and Humor:

 Fabiana’s Journey of Faith: A Spiritual Transformation

Fabiana Da Silva’s battle with leukemia begins just months after her wedding, thrusting her into a world of hospital rooms, chemotherapy, and emotional upheaval. At first, the diagnosis is a shock—an interruption to the life she had just begun building. But rather than surrender to fear, Fabiana turns inward, seeking strength through her faith.

Her journey is marked by deep spiritual questioning. She asks herself what she truly believes, what religion means to her, and how to reconcile suffering with divine purpose. These reflections are not passive; they become active tools for survival. Faith, for Fabiana, is not blind optimism—it’s a deliberate choice to trust in something greater than herself, even when the path ahead is uncertain.

As she undergoes treatment, Fabiana’s faith evolves. It shifts from a personal comfort to a source of connection—linking her to her husband, her caregivers, and eventually, her readers. She begins to see her illness not as a punishment, but as a calling to inspire others. Her humor and hope are expressions of that faith, showing that joy can coexist with pain.

By the end of her memoir, Fabiana’s faith is not just intact—it’s transformed. It has been tested, questioned, and ultimately deepened. Her story becomes a testament to the power of belief, not just in God, but in healing, love, and the human spirit.

I Would you like a reflection on how this journey compares to other spiritual memoirs or cancer narratives?

Absolutely—Fabiana Da Silva’s journey in Beating Cancer with Faith, Optimism, and Humor offers a unique blend of spiritual resilience and emotional candor, and it stands out in meaningful ways when compared to other spiritual memoirs and cancer narratives.

 Comparative Reflection

1. Faith as a Central Lens

Unlike some cancer memoirs that focus primarily on medical details or emotional survival, Fabiana’s story is deeply rooted in faith. Her spiritual reflections are not peripheral—they’re central. This aligns her memoir more closely with works like When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, where existential and spiritual questions take precedence over clinical ones. However, Fabiana’s tone is more uplifting and infused with humor, making her approach distinctively hopeful.

2. Humor as a Spiritual Tool

Many cancer memoirs explore grief, fear, and vulnerability, but few use humor as deliberately as Fabiana does. Her ability to laugh through pain recalls the tone of Cancer Schmancer by Fran Drescher, yet Fabiana’s humor is intertwined with spiritual insight, giving it a more reflective and faith-driven flavor.

3. Transformation Through Illness

Like The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, Fabiana’s story is about more than surviving cancer—it’s about transforming through it. Both authors use their diagnosis as a platform to share life lessons, but Fabiana’s emphasis on faith and divine purpose gives her memoir a more devotional tone.

4. Community and Connection

Fabiana’s journey also highlights the role of relationships—her husband, her caregivers, and her readers. This echoes themes found in Dying to Be Me by Anita Moorjani, where healing is seen as a communal and spiritual experience. Fabiana’s faith extends beyond personal belief to trust in others and in the process of sharing her story.

 What Makes Fabiana’s Memoir Unique

• Her voice is intimate yet universally encouraging.
• She balances spiritual depth with everyday humor.
• Her story is not just about surviving cancer—it’s about thriving spiritually.

If you’re drawn to memoirs that uplift while they challenge, Fabiana’s book offers a rare combination of grace, grit, and giggles. Would you like recommendations for similar reads or spiritual reflections from other survivors?

Would you like recommendations for similar reads or spiritual reflections from other survivors?

Absolutely—I’d love to share some powerful reads that echo the spirit of Fabiana Da Silva’s memoir. These books blend personal survival stories with deep spiritual insight, humor, and emotional resilience. Here’s a curated list to explore:

 Spiritual Reflections & Survivor Memoirs

1. Dying to Be Me by Anita Moorjani – Search Videos

• After a near-death experience during her battle with cancer, Moorjani returns with a profound spiritual awakening.
• Explores themes of unconditional love, self-acceptance, and the metaphysical side of healing.

2. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch – Search

• A computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer delivers a lecture on achieving childhood dreams.
• Uplifting, humorous, and deeply philosophical—perfect for readers drawn to Fabiana’s optimism.

3. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi – Search Videos

• A neurosurgeon facing terminal lung cancer reflects on mortality, meaning, and the intersection of science and spirituality.
• Thoughtful and poetic, with a strong existential lens.

4. Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved by Kate Bowler – Search

• A theologian with stage IV cancer confronts the platitudes of faith and the raw reality of suffering.
• Honest, witty, and deeply moving—ideal for readers who appreciate spiritual nuance.

5. Cancer Schmancer by Fran Drescher – Search Videos

• The actress recounts her journey to diagnosis and recovery with her signature humor and sass.
• Less spiritual, but full of empowerment and laughter—similar to Fabiana’s use of humor as healing.

 For Daily Inspiration

If you’re looking for bite-sized spiritual reflections from survivors:

• Scotland Update | Celtic Nations Tour 2025 Many cancer survivors share faith-based reflections and encouragement.
• Podcasts like “Terrible, Thanks for Asking” – Search  or “Everything Happens” – Search : Blend humor, grief, and spiritual insight.

Would you like recommendations tailored to a specific faith tradition or emotional tone—like more humorous, meditative, or devotional reads?

If You Don’t Believe Chemo Will Heal the Cancer Don’t Do It – Search Videos

** Teri Dale

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and yes, it’s important to bring awareness to cancer. But I need to speak the truth, as someone who’s been through the battle myself. I will never support the American Cancer Society or the pink ribbon movement. Here’s why.

I had cancer.  I’ve lived it, and I reversed it without chemo or radiation.  Throughout my journey, not one of these organizations educated me about the actual causes of cancer or holistic remedies. They don’t talk about the chemicals in our foods , household products , or personal care items  that contribute to the disease. Instead, they focus solely on expensive, toxic treatments like chemo and radiation. 

We’re told these donations go to “research” —yet cancer rates have only skyrocketed . Where are the cures? Where’s the support for natural remedies?  What good has all that “research” done for us when it comes to understanding how to prevent or heal cancer naturally? Instead, they continue to push chemo, radiation, and surgery  while dismissing therapies that truly help the body heal. 

When I had cancer, my insurance would have covered chemo, radiation, and even a wig if I lost my hair.  But do you think they’d cover things like a Rife machine, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, an air purifier, water purifier, red/blue light therapy, grounding matts, anti-cancer supplements, an infrared sauna, or lymphatic massages?  Not a chance. I had to fund my own holistic treatments, and it was very challenging. 

I also had to endure criticism from people who didn’t support my decision to avoid the medical, allopathic route.  They know who they are. But I stuck to my path and healed without poisoning my body.  I share this not for sympathy, but to make it clear: I will not support organizations that profit off our suffering while refusing to acknowledge the real causes of cancer or the natural ways to reverse it. 

Instead, I choose to support organizations like The Truth About Cancer, RFK Jr. , and the doctors and clinics that promote holistic therapies.

 They are the ones standing up to big pharma and helping people truly heal. 

Before anyone comes at me about this—please, don’t.  I’ve lived it. I survived cancer, but I did it my way.  And that’s why I will never donate a dime to organizations that refuse to teach the truth. 

My intention isn’t to discourage anyone from seeking conventional treatment if that’s their choice.  Rather, I hope to spark a conversation  about the need for a more comprehensive approach to cancer prevention and treatment – one that considers all options  and empowers patients with knowledge  about potential causes and alternative remedies. 

Also, if you want my holistic cancer protocol and read my story, here is my book. https://amzn.to/4dPvGkoI am very real and vulnerable in this book, hoping to help anyone who is being faced with this horrible disease.

I Refused Chemo Teri Dale – Search Videos

Teri. Choosing to refuse chemotherapy is a deeply personal decision, and it often comes after a lot of reflection, research, and emotional processing. If you’d like, I can help you explore supportive care options, alternative treatments, or ways to manage symptoms and maintain quality of life. You’re not alone in this—many people seek paths that align with their values, goals, and beliefs.

Would you like to talk about what led you to this decision, or what kind of support you’re hoping for next?

How did Teri Dale beat her cancer without chemo

Teri Dale overcame a form of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (specifically, nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma or NLPHL) without undergoing chemotherapy or radiation by embracing a holistic and natural healing approach. Her journey is detailed in her book I Refused Chemo: 7 Steps to Taking Back Your Power and Healing Your Cancer.

Here’s a summary of how she approached her healing:

 Holistic Healing Approach

• Functional Nutrition: As a functional diagnostic nutritionist, Teri focused on using food as medicine, tailoring her diet to support immune function and reduce inflammation.
• Detoxification: She incorporated detox protocols to help her body eliminate toxins and support cellular health.
• Mind-Body Connection: Teri emphasized emotional healing, stress reduction, and mindset shifts as critical components of recovery.
• Alternative Therapies: She explored natural remedies and therapies that aligned with her belief in the body’s ability to heal itself when given the right support.

 Her Philosophy

Teri believes that cancer doesn’t have to feel like a death sentence. Her story is meant to empower others to explore options beyond conventional treatment, especially when those treatments feel misaligned with their values or health goals.

If you’re interested in her full method, her book outlines the seven steps she followed to reclaim her health. 

What are the 7 Steps to Taking Back Your Power and Healing Your Cancer

Teri Dale’s book I Refused Chemo: 7 Steps to Taking Back Your Power and Healing Your Cancer outlines a holistic framework for healing from cancer without conventional treatments like chemotherapy or radiation. While the full details of each step are found in her book, here’s a summary of the core principles she emphasizes:

 Teri Dale’s 7 Steps to Healing

1. Take Back Your Power
   • Shift from fear to empowerment. Recognize that you have choices and control over your healing journey.
2. Detox Your Life
   • Remove toxins from your environment, diet, and even relationships. This includes cleaning up your home, personal care products, and emotional stressors.
3. Feed Your Body What It Needs
   • Adopt a healing diet rich in whole, organic, anti-inflammatory foods. Nutrition becomes a cornerstone of recovery.
4. Heal Your Gut
   • Focus on digestive health, which is central to immune function. This may involve probiotics, gut-healing foods, and eliminating irritants.
5. Balance Your Hormones
   • Address hormonal imbalances that may contribute to disease. This includes stress hormones, thyroid function, and reproductive hormones.
6. Release Emotional Trauma
   • Engage in emotional healing through therapy, journaling, meditation, or energy work. Emotional wounds can manifest physically.
7. Create a Healing Environment
   • Surround yourself with positivity, support, and purpose. Your physical and emotional environment should nurture healing.

These steps reflect her belief that the body is designed to heal itself when given the right conditions.

Would you like help applying any of these steps to your own situation or exploring similar holistic approaches?

Could you explain the importance of nutrition in healing?

Absolutely — nutrition plays a foundational role in healing, especially when you’re navigating something as complex as cancer or chronic illness. Here’s why it’s so powerful:

 Why Nutrition Matters in Healing

1. Supports Immune Function

• Your immune system is your frontline defense. Nutrients like vitamin C, zinc, and selenium help immune cells function optimally.
• A well-nourished body is better equipped to detect and destroy abnormal cells.

2. Reduces Inflammation

• Chronic inflammation is linked to many diseases, including cancer.
• Anti-inflammatory foods — think leafy greens, berries, turmeric, and omega-3s — help calm the body’s internal fire.

3. Detoxification and Repair

• The liver and kidneys rely on nutrients to detoxify harmful substances.
• Amino acids, antioxidants, and phytonutrients help repair damaged tissues and neutralize free radicals.

4. Balances Hormones

• Hormonal imbalances can fuel disease progression.
• Nutrient-dense foods like cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, kale) support hormone metabolism and balance.

5. Gut Health = Whole Health

• A healthy gut is essential for absorbing nutrients and regulating immunity.
• Fermented foods, fiber, and prebiotics nourish beneficial bacteria and strengthen the gut lining.

6. Energy and Vitality

• Healing takes energy. Whole foods provide steady fuel without the crashes caused by processed sugars and refined carbs.
• Nutritional deficiencies can leave you feeling fatigued and mentally foggy — not ideal when your body needs to fight and rebuild.

 Healing Diet Principles

• Whole, unprocessed foods: Avoid packaged and refined items.
• Organic when possible: Reduces exposure to pesticides and toxins.
• Colorful variety: Each color brings unique antioxidants and phytochemicals.
• Hydration: Water flushes toxins and supports cellular function.

Nutrition isn’t just about what you eat — it’s about what your body can use to rebuild, defend, and thrive.

 If you’re exploring healing without conventional treatment, food becomes one of your most powerful tools.

What role does hydration play in healing?

Hydration is one of the most underrated yet essential pillars of healing. Water isn’t just a passive fluid — it’s an active participant in nearly every biological process that supports recovery and vitality.

 Why Hydration Is Crucial for Healing

1. Cellular Repair and Function

• Every cell in your body needs water to function properly.
• Hydration helps transport nutrients into cells and remove waste products, which is vital during healing.

2. Detoxification

• The liver and kidneys rely on water to flush out toxins.
• Without adequate hydration, detox pathways slow down, allowing harmful substances to linger.

3. Immune System Support

• Lymph — the fluid that carries immune cells — is mostly water.
• Staying hydrated ensures efficient circulation of immune defenses throughout the body.

4. Joint and Tissue Lubrication

• Water cushions joints and keeps tissues flexible.
• This is especially important during recovery from inflammation, injury, or chronic illness.

5. Temperature Regulation

• Healing often involves inflammation, which can raise body temperature.
• Water helps regulate heat and prevent dehydration-related complications.

6. Digestive Health

• Hydration supports digestion and regular bowel movements.
• A sluggish digestive system can impair nutrient absorption and slow healing.

7. Mental Clarity and Mood

• Dehydration can cause brain fog, fatigue, and irritability.
• A clear mind is essential for making empowered decisions and staying emotionally resilient during healing.

 Healing Hydration Tips

• Aim for half your body weight in ounces of water daily (e.g., 150 lbs = 75 oz).
• Add electrolytes if you’re sweating, detoxing, or fasting.
• Infuse with herbs or fruit for added nutrients and flavor.
• Avoid dehydrating drinks like soda, excessive caffeine, and alcohol.

Hydration isn’t just a wellness buzzword — it’s a biological necessity for healing. 

Think of water as the medium through which your body orchestrates recovery.

What signs indicate dehydration during recovery?

Great question — recognizing dehydration during recovery is crucial because even mild dehydration can slow healing and worsen symptoms. Here are the key signs to watch for:

 Physical Signs of Dehydration

• Dry mouth and cracked lips
• Dark yellow or amber urine (healthy urine should be pale straw-colored)
• Reduced urine output or infrequent urination
• Fatigue or low energy, even after rest
• Dizziness or lightheadedness, especially when standing
• Headaches that feel dull or persistent
• Dry skin or skin that lacks elasticity (try the pinch test: skin should bounce back quickly)
• Rapid heartbeat or palpitations
• Muscle cramps, especially in legs or feet

 Cognitive and Emotional Signs

• Brain fog or trouble concentrating
• Irritability or mood swings
• Feeling anxious or restless without clear cause

 Healing-Specific Concerns

• Slower wound healing or increased inflammation
• Poor digestion or constipation
• Weakened immune response, making infections more likely
• Increased pain sensitivity, as dehydration can amplify discomfort

 What to Do

• Sip water consistently throughout the day — don’t wait until you’re thirsty.
• Include hydrating foods like cucumbers, watermelon, oranges, and soups.
• Add electrolytes if you’re sweating, detoxing, or fasting.
• Avoid diuretics like excessive caffeine and alcohol.

Hydration is like the oil in your body’s engine — without it, everything grinds a little harder. 

If you’re recovering from illness or supporting your body through a healing journey, staying hydrated is non-negotiable.

Mind Body Spirit: What is the psychology of healing

The psychology of healing — especially through the lens of mind, body, and spirit — is a profound exploration of how our thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and inner world shape our physical health and recovery. It’s not just about treating symptoms; it’s about understanding the whole person.

 Mind: The Mental Landscape of Healing

• Belief and Expectation: What you believe about your illness and your ability to heal can influence outcomes. The placebo effect is a powerful example of how belief alone can trigger physiological change.
• Stress and Coping: Chronic stress suppresses immune function and slows healing. Learning to manage stress through mindfulness, therapy, or relaxation techniques is essential.
• Resilience and Hope: A hopeful mindset fosters resilience. People who visualize recovery and maintain purpose often experience better outcomes.
• Cognitive Reframing: Changing the narrative from “I’m sick” to “I’m healing” can shift your entire physiology toward repair.

 Body: The Physical Vessel

• Somatic Awareness: Tuning into your body’s signals — pain, fatigue, tension — helps you respond with care rather than suppression.
• Movement and Breath: Gentle movement (like yoga or walking) and breathwork stimulate circulation, lymphatic flow, and emotional release.
• Nutrition and Sleep: These are the building blocks of physical repair. Healing requires energy, and energy comes from rest and nourishment.

 Spirit: The Inner Compass

• Meaning and Purpose: Healing often accelerates when people reconnect with what gives their life meaning — whether it’s family, creativity, faith, or service.
• Spiritual Practices: Prayer, meditation, energy healing, or time in nature can activate deep states of peace and coherence.
• Connection: Feeling supported, loved, and seen by others can be as healing as any medicine. Isolation, on the other hand, can hinder recovery.

 Integration: The Healing Synergy

True healing happens when these three dimensions — mind, body, and spirit — are aligned. For example:

• A calm mind reduces inflammation.
• A nourished body supports emotional stability.
• A connected spirit fosters hope and courage.

Healing isn’t just a medical process — it’s a psychological and spiritual awakening. Would you like to explore how to apply this framework to your own journey or dive deeper into one of these dimensions?

The psychology of healing is rooted in the understanding that the mind plays a central role in physical recovery. It’s not just about treating the body — it’s about engaging the whole person: thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and behaviors. Here are the core fundamentals that shape this powerful field:

 1. Mind-Body Connection

• The brain and body are in constant communication via the nervous system, hormones, and immune signals.
• Stress, trauma, and negative emotions can disrupt this balance, while positive mental states promote healing.

 2. Belief and Expectation

• What you believe about your illness and your ability to heal can influence outcomes.
• The placebo effect shows how belief alone can trigger real physiological changes.

 3. Emotional Regulation

• Chronic stress and unresolved emotions (like fear, anger, or grief) can suppress immune function and increase inflammation.
• Healing often requires emotional release, forgiveness, and cultivating peace.

 4. Resilience and Coping

• Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity.
• People who use adaptive coping strategies — such as mindfulness, journaling, or social support — tend to heal more effectively.

 5. Cognitive Reframing

• Changing your internal narrative from “I’m broken” to “I’m healing” can shift your physiology toward repair.
• This involves challenging limiting beliefs and replacing them with empowering ones.

 6. Social Connection

• Feeling supported, loved, and understood activates healing responses in the brain.
• Isolation can worsen symptoms, while connection fosters hope and motivation.

 7. Spiritual and Existential Meaning

• Many people find healing through spiritual practices, purpose, or a sense of meaning.
• This can reduce fear, increase acceptance, and create a deeper sense of peace.

 Integration: Psychology Meets Biology

Healing isn’t just physical — it’s psychological, emotional, and spiritual. When these dimensions align, the body becomes more receptive to repair, regeneration, and resilience.  Would you like to explore how to apply these principles to your own healing journey or dive deeper into one of them?

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Psychological healing encompasses the restoration of normal function to damaged tissue and the restoration of a sense of well-being after experiencing subjective distress or malaise. It is a complex process that involves the brain’s adaptation and growth in the aftermath of adversity. The psychology of healing is deeply intertwined with the neuroscience of trauma recovery, where trauma shapes and transforms the brain, affecting the amygdala, prefrontal cortex, and hippocampus. These areas play crucial roles in regulating emotions, decision-making, and memory, and their dysfunction can lead to various mental health issues.

Understanding these connections is essential for effective healing and recovery.

The psychology of healing encompasses both the restoration of normal function to damaged tissue and the restoration of a sense of well-being after experiencing subjective distress or malaise. Nature therapy, also known as ecotherapy, is a therapeutic approach that utilizes the natural environment to promote healing and well-being. It includes activities like gardening, walking in nature, and spending time in blue spaces such as oceans and rivers.

These activities are believed to have a psychological restorative effect, improving mood, reducing stress, and enhancing sleep. The concept of “green care,” “green exercise,” or “green therapy” highlights the importance of spending time in green spaces and near waterways for mental health benefits. Psychology Today

The relationship between nature and mental health is supported by scientific evidence, showing that nature can reduce stress and anxiety, improve mood, memory, and sleep, and provide a deeply healing environment for the mind and body. The color spectrum of nature’s light, particularly the green to blue-green range, is critical for serotonin and melatonin production, which boosts mood and cognitive function. Verywell Mind

Nature therapy can be a low-cost and highly effective solution to various psychological wellness issues. It encourages individuals to spend more time in nature, which can lead to a range of benefits for mental health and well-being.

Why do dementia patients have outburst

Dementia patients often experience emotional outbursts due to a complex mix of neurological, psychological, and environmental factors. Here’s a breakdown of why these episodes happen:

 Brain Changes

• Damage to emotional centers: Dementia affects areas like the limbic system and prefrontal cortex, which regulate emotions. This damage can cause neurons to misfire, leading to sudden, intense reactions like crying, yelling, or aggression.
• Loss of inhibition: As dementia progresses, patients may lose the ability to control impulses, making them more likely to express emotions freely and intensely.

 Psychological Triggers

• Confusion and fear: Patients may feel lost even in familiar places, struggle to recognize people, or forget where they are. This confusion can trigger fear and frustration.
• Hallucinations and delusions: Especially in types like Lewy Body Dementia, patients may see or believe things that aren’t real, leading to panic or anger.
• Unmet needs: Hunger, thirst, pain, or the need to use the bathroom can cause distress. If they can’t communicate these needs, they may act out instead.

 Environmental Stressors

• Overstimulation: Noisy environments, crowded places, or sudden changes in routine can overwhelm someone with dementia, leading to agitation.
• Routine disruption: Changes in caregivers, living situations, or daily schedules can provoke anxiety and emotional instability.

 Behavioral Patterns

• Sundowning: Many patients experience increased agitation and emotional volatility in the late afternoon or evening—a phenomenon known as sundowning.
• Pseudobulbar affect (PBA): This condition causes uncontrollable crying or laughing, often without a clear emotional trigger.

Caregivers can help by identifying triggers, maintaining a calm and predictable environment, and responding with reassurance rather than correction. Would you like tips on how to manage these outbursts or communicate more effectively with someone experiencing them?

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Dementia-related outbursts—whether emotional, verbal, or physical—can be deeply distressing for both the person experiencing them and their caregivers. These episodes often stem from a complex mix of neurological changes, unmet needs, and environmental stressors. Here’s a breakdown of why they happen:

 Brain Changes

• Emotional dysregulation: Dementia damages areas of the brain responsible for processing emotions, like the limbic system and prefrontal cortex. This can cause neurons to misfire, leading to sudden, intense reactions that seem out of proportion.
• Cognitive confusion: Patients may not recognize familiar places or people, leading to fear, frustration, or sadness.

 Unmet Needs or Discomfort

• Pain, hunger, or thirst: If a person can’t communicate discomfort, they may lash out or cry instead.
• Bathroom needs: Incontinence or the inability to find or use the bathroom can trigger agitation.
• Fatigue or sleep disruption: Poor sleep can heighten irritability and reduce coping ability.

 Environmental Triggers

• Noise and clutter: Overstimulating environments can overwhelm someone with dementia, leading to outbursts.
• Changes in routine: Sudden shifts in daily structure can be confusing and upsetting.
• Crowds or unfamiliar places: These can provoke fear or anxiety, especially if the person feels lost or unsafe.

 Psychological Factors

• Depression and loneliness: Feelings of isolation or loss of control can manifest as anger or sadness.
• Hallucinations or delusions: Especially in types like Lewy Body Dementia, these can lead to unexpected crying or yelling.

 Caregiver Tips

• Break tasks into simple steps.
• Maintain a calm, predictable environment.
• Watch for signs of pain or discomfort.
• Avoid arguing—redirect gently and reassure.
• Consult a doctor if outbursts persist, to rule out treatable conditions or medication side effects.

If you’re caring for someone with dementia, you’re not alone. These behaviors are symptoms of the disease—not personal attacks. Would you like strategies for calming someone during an outburst or tips for preventing them?

Dementia-related outbursts—whether emotional, verbal, or physical—can be deeply distressing for both the person experiencing them and their caregivers.

Absolutely—and that distress is often compounded by the unpredictability of these episodes. For caregivers, it can feel like walking on eggshells, unsure what might trigger the next outburst. For the person with dementia, these reactions are often expressions of fear, frustration, or unmet needs they can no longer articulate.

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Here’s a deeper look at what might be going on beneath the surface:

 What Triggers Outbursts?

• Loss of control: Dementia strips away autonomy. When someone feels powerless, they may lash out.
• Misinterpretation of surroundings: A caregiver’s helpful gesture might be perceived as threatening if the person doesn’t recognize them.
• Sensory overload: Bright lights, loud noises, or crowded spaces can overwhelm someone with dementia, leading to agitation.
• Routine disruptions: Even small changes—like a different meal or unfamiliar visitor—can provoke anxiety or anger.

 The Brain’s Role

• Damage to the frontal lobe and amygdala affects impulse control and emotional regulation.
• Memory gaps can cause someone to believe they’re being mistreated or neglected, even when they’re not.

 What Caregivers Can Do

• Validate feelings: Instead of correcting, acknowledge their emotions. “You seem upset. I’m here with you.”
• Redirect gently: Shift focus to a calming activity—music, a walk, or a favorite snack.
• Track patterns: Keep a journal of when outbursts occur. You might spot triggers like time of day, hunger, or overstimulation.
• Use nonverbal cues: A soothing tone, soft touch, or calm facial expression can speak louder than words.

Would you like help creating a personalized care plan or calming strategies tailored to specific behaviors you’re seeing?

For caregivers, it can feel like walking on eggshells, unsure what might trigger the next outburst. For the person with dementia, these reactions are often expressions of fear, frustration, or unmet needs they can no longer articulate.

Exactly—and that emotional disconnect is one of the most heartbreaking aspects of dementia care. The person may be reacting to something very real in their experience, even if it seems irrational or unfounded to others. Their world is shifting, and they’re trying to make sense of it with a brain that’s no longer processing information reliably.

Here’s how caregivers can navigate this delicate terrain with more confidence and compassion:

 Practical Strategies for Caregivers

• Anticipate triggers: Keep a log of when outbursts happen—time of day, environment, people present, recent activities. Patterns often emerge.
• Simplify communication: Use short, clear sentences. Avoid open-ended questions like “What do you want to eat?” Instead, offer choices: “Would you like soup or a sandwich?”
• Create a calming routine: Familiarity breeds comfort. Regular meals, quiet time, and consistent sleep schedules can reduce anxiety.
• Use distraction and redirection: If agitation builds, gently shift focus. “Let’s look at your photo album,” or “Can you help me fold these towels?”
• Offer reassurance: Even if you don’t understand the cause of distress, your presence and calm tone can be grounding. “You’re safe. I’m here with you.”

 Emotional Support for Caregivers

• Don’t take it personally: Outbursts are symptoms, not reflections of your care or their love.
• Seek respite: Regular breaks are essential. Burnout helps no one.
• Connect with others: Support groups—online or in person—can offer validation, advice, and a sense of community.

Would you like help crafting a daily care plan or finding support resources near you?

Would you like help crafting a daily care plan or finding support resources near you?

I’d be honored to help with either—or both. Here’s how we can approach it:

 Crafting a Daily Care Plan for Dementia

A well-structured day can reduce anxiety and outbursts. Here’s a sample framework we can personalize:

Time	Activity	Purpose
Morning	Wake-up routine, light breakfast	Comfort, orientation
Mid-morning	Gentle exercise or walk	Physical health, mood boost
Late morning	Cognitive activity (puzzles, music)	Mental stimulation
Noon	Lunch, quiet time	Nutrition, rest
Afternoon	Social time or simple chores	Engagement, sense of purpose
Late afternoon	Snack, calming activity (TV, reading)	Transition to evening
Evening	Dinner, hygiene routine	Wind-down, comfort
Night	Bedtime ritual	Sleep hygiene

We can tailor this to your loved one’s preferences, abilities, and triggers. Just let me know their typical behaviors or challenges.

 Finding Support Resources Near Minster, OH

I can help locate:

• Local caregiver support groups
• Respite care services
• Memory care facilities
• Dementia-friendly activities or adult day programs

Would you like me to search for these now, or focus on customizing the daily care plan first?

Can we further customize the daily care plan?

Absolutely—we can tailor the daily care plan to match your loved one’s unique personality, preferences, and needs. Here’s how we can break it down:

 Step-by-Step Customization

1. Cognitive Abilities

• Are they in early, middle, or late-stage dementia?
• Can they follow simple instructions or need full assistance?

2. Physical Mobility

• Are they ambulatory, use a walker, or wheelchair-bound?
• Do they enjoy movement like walking or stretching?

3. Emotional Triggers

• What tends to upset them—noise, unfamiliar faces, changes in routine?
• What calms them—music, nature, pets, certain people?

4. Personal Interests

• Do they enjoy puzzles, crafts, gardening, cooking, or watching TV?
• Any favorite music, books, or hobbies from earlier in life?

5. Medical Needs

• Medication schedules?
• Dietary restrictions or feeding assistance?

 Sample Customized Daily Plan (Middle-Stage Dementia, Moderate Mobility)

Time	Activity	Notes
7:30 AM	Wake-up, hygiene, light breakfast	Use warm lighting and soft music
9:00 AM	Short walk or chair stretches	Encourage movement with gentle prompts
10:00 AM	Music therapy or photo album time	Use familiar songs or family pictures
11:30 AM	Lunch	Serve favorite foods with minimal distractions
1:00 PM	Quiet time or nap	Dim lights, soft blanket
2:30 PM	Simple task (folding towels, sorting cards)	Builds confidence and purpose
4:00 PM	Snack and storytelling or TV show	Choose calming, familiar content
5:30 PM	Dinner	Keep routine consistent
7:00 PM	Hygiene, pajamas, bedtime ritual	Use lavender lotion or soothing music
8:00 PM	Sleep	Monitor for sundowning symptoms

If you tell me more about your loved one—their stage of dementia, personality, and daily challenges—I can refine this even further. Would you like to build a version specifically for early-stage dementia, or one that includes caregiver breaks and support time?

Can we adapt activities based on their mood?

Absolutely—adapting activities based on mood is one of the most effective ways to reduce distress and increase engagement for someone with dementia. Their emotional state can shift quickly, so flexibility is key. Here’s how you can build a mood-responsive care plan:

 Mood-Based Activity Adaptation

 Calm or Content

• Ideal Activities:
  • Listening to favorite music
  • Looking through photo albums
  • Light gardening or folding laundry
  • Gentle puzzles or coloring
• Goal: Maintain peace and offer quiet stimulation

 Anxious or Agitated

• Ideal Activities:
  • Guided breathing or hand massage
  • Watching birds or nature scenes
  • Repetitive tasks like sorting or stacking
  • Familiar routines (e.g., setting the table)
• Goal: Reduce stimulation and offer reassurance

 Sad or Withdrawn

• Ideal Activities:
  • One-on-one conversation or storytelling
  • Playing soft, nostalgic music
  • Reading aloud from a favorite book
  • Pet therapy or sensory items (soft blankets, scented oils)
• Goal: Provide comfort and emotional connection

 Angry or Frustrated

• Ideal Activities:
  • Physical release: walking, squeezing a stress ball
  • Redirect with a task that gives control (e.g., “Can you help me?”)
  • Avoid complex or frustrating tasks
• Goal: Channel energy safely and restore calm

 Cheerful or Energetic

• Ideal Activities:
  • Dancing or clapping to upbeat music
  • Baking or simple cooking tasks
  • Group games or storytelling
  • Art or crafts with bright colors
• Goal: Celebrate the moment and encourage expression

 How to Implement This

• Create a “Mood Menu”: A list of go-to activities for each emotional state.
• Use visual cues: If verbal communication is limited, observe facial expressions, body language, and tone.
• Keep options ready: Have materials prepped—music playlists, photo books, sensory items—so you can pivot quickly.

Would you like help building a personalized “Mood Menu” based on your loved one’s favorite activities and emotional patterns?

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Mitchell J. Ghen (Author) Cancer story

Dr. Mitchell J. Ghen is a physician and author known for his work in integrative and anti-aging medicine, including cancer therapies. While there isn’t a widely publicized personal cancer story about him, he has been deeply involved in developing and promoting alternative cancer treatment protocols.

One of his notable contributions centers around the ENOX2 protein, a universal cancer marker. Dr. Ghen has advocated for therapies that disable ENOX2 using natural compounds like green tea extract and vanilloids from chili peppers. These compounds are part of a proprietary blend called Capsol-T, which he has presented as a potential way to induce apoptosis (cell death) in cancer cells without toxicity.

He also teaches and lectures on cancer as a metabolic disorder, emphasizing multi-targeted approaches that include repurposed medications, dietary changes, and advanced therapeutic technologies.

If you’re looking for a personal narrative or memoir-style account from Dr. Ghen, it appears his work is more focused on clinical and scientific exploration rather than autobiographical storytelling. Would you like help finding other authors who’ve shared personal cancer journeys?

What if you could use cancer to evolve more fully into love?

David Maginley has been there – four times. His cancer led to a near-death experience and a career helping thousands face this disease. Through profound storytelling, David brings you to the core of the cancer journey to discover the wonder and magnificence within. In Beyond Surviving, you will discover how to:

– Turn the mind into an ally as you grapple with uncertainty.
– Improve your spiritual health through love rather than belief.
– Equip yourself to not only go through cancer but grow through cancer.

Winner of the 2017 Silver Nautilus Book Award.

This book is the perfect companion for anyone looking to build resilience while enduring difficult times. Learn strategies for coping with fear and anxiety, and gain insight into finding deep purpose in life, even when it is falling apart. Discover how to tap into your spiritual nature and draw on inner strength for personal growth and healing.

• Learn the secrets to finding inner peace while facing difficult life challenges. – Deepen your understanding of spirituality and empower yourself on your journey of resilience and healing at the deepest level.
• Receive practical guidance on going beyond a positive mental attitude – Learn how to engage vulnerability and courage to develop inner strength through authentic self-awareness. Develop a compassionate stability through advice and experiences from people who have been there. Find encouragement and hope to face whatever lies ahead.
• Shift from fear to faith and hope – This inspirational book provides valuable insights on how to amplify life and find inner strength while living with cancer. Discover how to cultivate spiritual awareness and use it to cope with the challenges that cancer brings. A must-read for those facing or recovering from cancer.
• Be inspired by stories from cancer survivors – Read deeply moving accounts from those who found hope and strength in their fight against the disease. Even more, from those who faced the end of life filled with peace and love. These uplifting and motivational accounts will support and clarify your resolve.
• Gain insights for dealing with emotional stress – Learn to cope with the roller-coaster of cancer treatment through guided meditations, self-care strategies, and mental health tips. Explore the wisdom of the world’s faith traditions in engaging suffering for spiritual development. Unlock the keys to help you find inner strength and peace.
• Discover who you truly are as a spiritual being – Explore the miracle of near-death experiences, what they reveal about God’s unconditional love, the mystery of consciousness, and the hope that awaits us all.

Imagine becoming a warrior of compassion who uses cancer to forge meaning in suffering, heal the heart and amplify life. Beyond Surviving guides you to use the crisis for conscious creation of something even greater than survival.

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Mitchell J. Ghen (Author) Cancer story

Dr. Mitchell J. Ghen is a physician and author known for his work in integrative and anti-aging medicine, including cancer treatment protocols that blend conventional and alternative approaches. While there isn’t a widely publicized personal cancer story about Dr. Ghen himself, he has been deeply involved in cancer research and therapy development.

One notable aspect of his work includes exploring the role of ENOX2 proteins—unregulated NADH oxidases found on the surface of cancer cells. These proteins are considered universal cancer markers and potential therapeutic targets. Dr. Ghen has contributed to protocols that aim to disable ENOX2 using natural compounds like green tea extract and vanilloids from chili peppers, which have shown promise in inducing apoptosis (cell death) in cancer cells.

He also teaches and presents on cancer as a metabolic disorder, emphasizing multi-targeted treatment strategies that include repurposed medications, advanced technologies, and dietary interventions.

If you’re looking for a personal narrative or memoir-style account, it seems Dr. Ghen’s contributions are more scientific and clinical rather than autobiographical. Would you like help finding one of his books or presentations that dives deeper into his cancer treatment philosophy?

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What are some key principles of his cancer treatment philosophy?

Dr. Mitchell J. Ghen’s cancer treatment philosophy is rooted in integrative, multi-targeted approaches that aim to disrupt cancer’s metabolic and cellular mechanisms while supporting the body’s natural defenses. Here are some of the key principles he emphasizes:

 1. Targeting ENOX2 Proteins

• ENOX2 (also known as tNOX) is a universal cancer marker found on the surface of cancer cells.
• Dr. Ghen advocates using natural compounds—especially green tea extract (EGCg) and vanilloids from chili peppers—to disable ENOX2 and induce apoptosis (programmed cell death) in cancer cells.
• This approach is based on over 20 years of peer-reviewed research and has shown promise in early detection and prevention.

 2. Metabolic Disruption of Cancer Cells

• Cancer cells rely heavily on glucose and amino acid fermentation for energy—a process known as metabolic hijacking.
• Ghen’s protocols aim to starve cancer cells by disrupting these metabolic pathways using:
  • Dietary interventions
  • Repurposed medications
  • Natural substances
  • Advanced therapeutic technologies

 3. Immune System Empowerment

• Cancer often evades or suppresses the immune system.
• Ghen supports biological vaccines and hyperthermia therapies to restore immune function and enhance the body’s ability to recognize and destroy cancer cells.

 4. Non-Toxic Therapies

• He favors non-toxic alternatives to chemotherapy and radiation, aiming to minimize harm to healthy cells while effectively targeting cancer.
• Examples include Sono-Photo Dynamic Therapy and Sunivera™ Bio-Immunotherapy Protocols.

 5. Genomic Stability

• Cancer is often linked to genomic instability.
• Ghen’s protocols seek to restore genomic balance through targeted nutraceuticals and infusion therapies that reduce oxidative stress and cellular damage.

 6. Multi-Pronged Personalization

• No single treatment fits all.
• His philosophy integrates multiple modalities tailored to the patient’s biology, cancer type, and lifestyle—combining conventional and alternative strategies for maximum efficacy.

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What are some examples of natural compounds he uses?

Dr. Mitchell J. Ghen incorporates a wide range of natural compounds into his cancer treatment protocols, focusing on those with strong evidence for anti-cancer, immune-modulating, and metabolic-disrupting properties. Here are some key examples:

 1. Green Tea Extract (EGCg)

• Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg) is a potent polyphenol found in green tea.
• Used to disable ENOX2 proteins, which are present on the surface of cancer cells.
• Promotes apoptosis and inhibits cancer cell proliferation.

 2. Vanilloids (Capsaicin)

• Derived from chili peppers, vanilloids like capsaicin also target ENOX2.
• Known to induce cell death in cancer cells and reduce inflammation.

 3. Curcumin

• The active compound in turmeric, curcumin has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
• It interferes with multiple cancer pathways, including angiogenesis, metastasis, and cell cycle regulation.

 4. Resveratrol

• Found in grapes and berries, resveratrol is a polyphenol that supports genomic stability and immune modulation.
• It may inhibit cancer cell growth and enhance the effects of other therapies.

 5. Medicinal Mushrooms (e.g., Reishi, Turkey Tail)

• Rich in beta-glucans, these mushrooms stimulate the immune system.
• Often used in bio-immunotherapy protocols to enhance natural killer cell activity.

 6. Quercetin

• A flavonoid found in onions, apples, and nuts, quercetin has anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory effects.
• It may help sensitize cancer cells to other treatments.

 7. Berberine

• Extracted from plants like goldenseal and barberry, berberine disrupts cancer metabolism and supports glucose regulation.
• Often used in metabolic therapies targeting cancer’s energy pathways.

These compounds are typically used in combination with repurposed medications, dietary changes, and advanced therapies like hyperthermia or photodynamic treatment. Dr. Ghen’s philosophy is to attack cancer from multiple angles while minimizing toxicity and supporting the body’s resilience.

Would you like help exploring how these compounds are used in specific protocols or infusion therapies?

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How are these compounds combined in treatment?

Dr. Mitchell Ghen and other integrative cancer practitioners often combine natural compounds in synergistic protocols designed to target cancer from multiple angles—metabolic, immunological, and cellular. Here’s how these compounds are typically combined in treatment:

 1. Synergistic Stacking

Natural compounds are layered with repurposed drugs and supplements to enhance their effects. For example:

• Ivermectin + Fenbendazole: Originally antiparasitic drugs, these are used off-label to disrupt cancer cell signaling and proliferation.
• Curcumin + CBD + Vitamin E: These support anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and immune-modulating effects, amplifying the impact of the core drugs.

 2. Metabolic Therapy Integration

Compounds like berberine, quercetin, and resveratrol are used to:

• Disrupt glucose metabolism (starving cancer cells)
• Support mitochondrial function
• Enhance insulin sensitivity and reduce growth signals

These are often paired with ketogenic diets or intermittent fasting to further stress cancer cells metabolically.

 3. ENOX2-Targeted Protocols

Dr. Ghen’s protocols specifically combine:

• Green Tea Extract (EGCg) and Capsaicin (vanilloids) to disable ENOX2 proteins
• These are taken in timed doses to induce apoptosis in cancer cells without harming healthy tissue

 4. Infusion Therapies

Some compounds are administered via IV infusions for higher bioavailability:

• High-dose Vitamin C
• Curcumin
• Glutathione
• Alpha-lipoic acid

These infusions are often part of a broader detox and immune-support regimen.

 5. Immune Modulation

Medicinal mushrooms (like Reishi and Turkey Tail) and beta-glucans are added to:

• Stimulate natural killer cells
• Enhance T-cell response
• Reduce immune suppression caused by cancer

 6. Personalized Protocols

Each patient’s protocol is tailored based on:

• Cancer type and stage
• Genetic and metabolic profile
• Tolerance to compounds
• Lifestyle and dietary habits

This personalization ensures maximum efficacy and minimal side effects.

Would you like a sample weekly protocol showing how these compounds are timed and dosed?

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What are the potential side effects of these compounds?

Great question—while natural compounds are often considered safer than conventional chemotherapy, they can still cause side effects, especially when used in high doses or combined with other therapies. Here’s a breakdown of potential side effects for some of the key compounds used in Dr. Mitchell Ghen’s protocols:

 Green Tea Extract (EGCg)

• Potential Side Effects:
  • Liver toxicity at high doses
  • Nausea or stomach upset
  • Headaches
  • Interference with iron absorption

 Capsaicin (Vanilloids)

• Potential Side Effects:
  • Gastrointestinal irritation
  • Burning sensation in mouth or stomach
  • Skin irritation (if applied topically)
  • May exacerbate acid reflux

 Curcumin (Turmeric)

• Potential Side Effects:
  • Mild digestive issues (bloating, diarrhea)
  • Risk of bleeding (especially with blood thinners)
  • May lower blood sugar (caution for diabetics)
  • Possible interaction with chemotherapy drugs

 Resveratrol

• Potential Side Effects:
  • Gastrointestinal discomfort
  • Headaches
  • May affect estrogen levels
  • Possible drug interactions (especially with anticoagulants)

 Medicinal Mushrooms (Reishi, Turkey Tail)

• Potential Side Effects:
  • Dry mouth or throat
  • Dizziness
  • Skin rashes
  • Allergic reactions in sensitive individuals

 Quercetin

• Potential Side Effects:
  • Headaches
  • Tingling sensation
  • Kidney stress at high doses
  • May interact with antibiotics or blood pressure meds

 Berberine

• Potential Side Effects:
  • Stomach cramps
  • Constipation
  • Low blood pressure
  • May interfere with cytochrome P450 enzymes (affecting drug metabolism)

 General Considerations

• Interactions: Many of these compounds can interact with prescription medications, especially blood thinners, diabetes drugs, and chemotherapy agents.
• Dosing: Side effects are often dose-dependent. Therapeutic doses used in cancer protocols may be much higher than dietary levels.
• Monitoring: Regular blood work and liver/kidney function tests are often recommended during treatment.

What other natural compounds fight cancer:

There’s a growing body of research showing that many natural compounds—especially those derived from herbs, fruits, and vegetables—have potent anti-cancer properties. These compounds can work by triggering apoptosis (cell death), blocking metastasis, modulating the immune system, and disrupting cancer metabolism. Here are some notable examples:

 Plant-Derived Anti-Cancer Compounds

Compound	Source	Key Actions Against Cancer
Apigenin	Parsley, celery, chamomile	Anti-inflammatory, induces apoptosis
Artemisinin	Sweet wormwood	Generates free radicals that kill cancer cells
Berberine	Goldenseal, barberry	Disrupts glucose metabolism, anti-proliferative
Curcumin	Turmeric	Anti-inflammatory, inhibits tumor growth
Emodin	Rhubarb, buckthorn	Blocks metastasis, modulates immune response
EGCg	Green tea	Disables ENOX2, promotes apoptosis
Ginsenosides	Ginseng	Immune modulation, anti-angiogenesis
Icariin	Horny goat weed	Inhibits proliferation, enhances immune function
Resveratrol	Grapes, berries	Antioxidant, blocks cancer cell signaling
Silibinin	Milk thistle	Liver protection, selective cancer cell toxicity
Triptolide	Thunder god vine	Anti-proliferative, immune regulation
Ursolic Acid	Apple peels, rosemary	Anti-metastatic, induces apoptosis

 Mechanisms of Action

These compounds work through diverse pathways:

• Apoptosis: Triggering programmed cell death
• Autophagy & Ferroptosis: Disrupting cancer cell survival mechanisms
• Immune Modulation: Enhancing the body’s ability to detect and destroy cancer
• Anti-Angiogenesis: Preventing blood vessel formation that feeds tumors
• Epigenetic Regulation: Modifying gene expression to suppress cancer

Many of these compounds are being studied in combination with conventional therapies to enhance efficacy and reduce side effects. Would you like help exploring how to incorporate some of these into a dietary or supplement plan—or how they’re used in clinical protocols?

Can you provide more details about Capsol-T?

Absolutely! Here’s a deeper look into Capsol-T, a natural supplement that’s been explored for its potential anti-cancer properties:

 What Is Capsol-T?

Capsol-T is a dietary supplement composed of:

• Decaffeinated green tea extract
• Capsicum powder (from mild chili peppers)

These ingredients are combined in a specific ratio that reportedly creates a 100-fold synergy compared to green tea alone.

 How It Works

Capsol-T targets a cancer-specific protein called ENOX2 (also known as tNOX):

• ENOX2 is found only on cancer cells, not on healthy cells.
• It plays a role in unregulated cell growth and division.
• Capsol-T contains quinone site inhibitors—catechins from green tea and compounds from chili peppers—that block ENOX2.
• By inhibiting ENOX2, Capsol-T may prevent cancer cells from growing large enough to divide, leading to apoptosis (programmed cell death).

 Clinical and Laboratory Findings

• One 350 mg capsule of Capsol-T is said to be equivalent to drinking 16 cups of green tea, without the liquid or caffeine.
• Laboratory studies have shown that Capsol-T can inhibit cancer cell proliferation without affecting normal cells.
• It has been tested on various cancer cell lines (e.g., prostate, breast, colon) with mixed results—some showed significant growth reduction, while others did not respond uniformly.
• Currently undergoing Phase I/II clinical trials.

 Usage and Safety

• Capsol-T is marketed as safe and all-natural, and has been used alongside conventional treatments like chemotherapy and radiation.
• However, it’s strongly advised to consult a physician before starting any new supplement, especially in the context of cancer.

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What Charlie Kirk Said About GOD Before His Death Will Leave You Emotional

The two miracles that Christianity hinges upon is creation, which I think you’re almost there is that there was a beginning to everything. In the beginning, God created heaven and the earth, and then the resurrection. And the resurrection is the greatest, most documented miracle in human history. And we believe, of course, it to be true.

In this video, you will witness Charlie Kirk’s emotional talk about Jesus, the miracle of resurrection, and the creation of the world. His words carry even deeper meaning now after his passing, leaving behind a powerful reminder of faith and truth. This message is not just about religion, but about hope, purpose, and the strength that comes from believing. It’s a touching moment that will move your heart and inspire your spirit.

Let’s watch it together and reflect on it.

And your argument is God provides us that truth through the Bible, but then why is your truth the truth?

Yeah. No, that’s a great question. No, cuz but through both reason and revelation though. So God gives us both. Revelation of course is the scriptures.

Reason is our ability to interact with the natural world to see if the scriptures are actually true. So why is Christianity true? Well, first let’s just test the ten commandments. If you follow the ten commandments, your life will be objectively better and your society will be objectively better, right?

I mean, not killing, not murdering, not stealing, honoring your parents, not having anything above the idea of a sovereign God, right? Resting for one day a week. um you know not lying. These are things that we can all agree like, okay, that’s a good way to build society. But let me just say one thing. The whole the the two miracles that Christianity hinges upon is creation, which I think you’re almost there ish that there was a beginning to everything.

In the beginning, God created heaven and the earth and then the resurrection. And the resurrection is the greatest most documented miracle in human history. And we believe, of course, it to be true. uh it defies every other historical explanation that like so in order for an atheist to be able to wrestle with the resurrection, you must answer who is Jesus Christ.

Okay? What happened to his body? Why did all of his followers die a death voluntarily afterwards? Uh why were all the original witnesses women?

Which in the old world you never would have had women witnesses, right? A lot of misogyny back then. um why did we have all these people that from before from first from the first threshold and the Second threshold uh eyewitnesses say that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. So all of this you know cannon and I don’t expect you to believe it is hinging on that one event.

So it’s not about Jonah the whale, it’s not about part of the red sea, it’s creation, resurrection that’s it and if those two things are true everything else in the Bible can be true. Does that make sense? Yeah. And I agree that uh like as for an atheist to try to disprove theism or at least Christianity, it would be almost impossible to say why would people die to say Jesus died on the cross for me and I saw it.

Why would I admit like I from your perspective like Why would I admit Yeah.

Yeah. I saw him die and rise from the dead.

Well, no. Yeah. For example, and so again the answer people would give is like the Jonestown cult that people can do really crazy stuff if they’re convinced by a certain leader. I don’t I’m not convinced by that argument, but for example, like James, the half brother of Jesus, Paul, who had no reason whatsoever, formerly Saul, persecuted Jews, laid a great life, converted to Christianity, died a horrible death in prison, um from the upside down uh resurrection of Thomas, like these people had no reason to die the way they did. Yet, they saw something that compelled them to all of a sudden put everything on the line, which was the belief that Jesus rose from the dead. Now, I believe this is what’s crazy.

The Romans gave an opportunity saying, “You can believe in Jesus. you just can’t say he rose from the dead. They said, “No, I refuse to give an inch on that.” And so, there’s

something there so powerful that inspired an early church across an entire region, a religion that swept the world. And so, that’s enough for me to believe that it’s true.

Um, not to not to mention we have four different actually to count Acts, five different eyewitness accounts, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and then Acts of different perspectives of this one singular event. And then we have Josephus. And then we have the second and third rate um historians that say that something happened in this region at that time. And then also I don’t expect you to be persuaded by this but accepting Jesus into my life changed everything for me.

It changes your perspective, changes your worldview, changes who you are from within. And it gives you a purpose that nothing else can explain.
4:09 [Music] 4:12 [Applause] 4:19 [Applause]

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The sentiment of indignation over the loss of breath from a faithful man reflects 

deep concerns about the value of life and the injustices faced by those who are righteous.

The Value of Breath and Life

Breath is often seen as a divine gift, symbolizing life and the presence of God within us.

As stated in Genesis 2:7, “the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.” This highlights that each breath we take is not just a physical necessity but also a spiritual connection to our Creator. The act of breathing serves as a reminder of our purpose and the divine presence in our lives. 30 Powerful bible verses about breath in our lungs (Full Commentary) – Bible Study For You

The expression of outrage at the loss of breath can also be tied to the understanding of human frailty.

Isaiah 2:22 states, “Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for of what account is he?” This verse emphasizes the transient nature of human life and the futility of placing trust in mere mortals, who are ultimately limited by their mortality. It serves as a reminder that life is precious and should not be taken for granted. Isaiah 2:22 – Bible Gateway

The Struggle Against Injustice
The feeling of anger towards those who “steal the breath” from a faithful man can be seen as a response to the injustices and suffering that the righteous endure.

The faithful often face trials and tribulations, and the loss of life or dignity can evoke strong emotions. This struggle is echoed in many biblical narratives, where the faithful are called to endure and maintain their righteousness despite the challenges they face. Man Whose Breath Is In His Nostrils | Answers in Genesis

In conclusion, the sentiment expressed in your query resonates with themes of the sanctity of life, the fleeting nature of human existence, and the struggle against injustice. It reflects a deep understanding of the value of breath as both a physical and spiritual gift, urging us to recognize and honor the lives of the faithful.

Who was Charlie Kirk?

Kirk was the leader of Turning Point USA, a group for young conservatives that he co-founded in 2012, at the age of 18. A native of the Chicago area, Kirk briefly attended community college but dropped out to pursue political activism full-time.

He was a ubiquitous presence in politics: He hosted a daily talk radio show and podcast, and he visited scores of college campuses every year, where he was known for hosting rapid-fire debates with left-leaning students. 

Kirk frequently drew controversy for his views. He supported Mr. Trump’s false claims of voter fraud after the 2020 election, and his group maintained a “Professor Watchlist” of college instructors accused of spreading “leftist propaganda.”

Turning Point USA says it has chapters at thousands of high schools and colleges, and the group’s political arm, Turning Point Action, engages in grassroots canvassing.

Kirk was also a family man with two young children  

“He was the perfect father. He was the perfect husband,” Erika Kirk said last week in her first public remarks after the shooting.

Who is Erika Kirk?

Charlie and Erika Kirk wed in 2021, after they began dating in 2018.

A Phoenix-area native, Erika Kirk won Miss Arizona USA in 2012, attended Arizona State University and later earned a juris master degree from Liberty University.

She was a frequent presence at Turning Point USA events, where she spoke about politics, religion and her conservative views on family and marriage. She also founded a clothing line called PROCLAIM and a ministry called BIBLEin365.

During one appearance on “The Charlie Kirk Show” earlier this year, Erika Kirk said she’s more conservative than her husband.

“Not even close,” her husband agreed. “I am a moderate compared to Erika.”

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In public remarks two days after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Erika Kirk vowed that the “movement my husband built will not die.” On Thursday, the board of Turning Point USA announced it had unanimously chosen Erika Kirk to serve as the organization’s new chair and CEO.

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Parallels Between the Lives and Deaths of Charlie Kirk and Jesus Christ

Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, the largest and fastest growing conservative youth activist organization in the country with over 250,000 student members, over 150 full-time staff, and a presence on over 2,000 high school and college campuses nationwide.

Charlie is also the Chairman of Students for Trump, which aims to activate one million new college voters on campuses in battleground states in the lead up to the 2020 presidential election.

His social media reaches over 100 million people per month and according to Axios, he is one of the “top 10 most engaged” Twitter handles in the world. He is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show,” which regularly ranks among the top news shows on Apple podcast charts.

The Charlie Kirk Show has surged to the top of the podcast charts following the assassination of its host, Charlie Kirk. The show has reached No. 1 on Apple Music’s podcast chart and is currently at No. 12 on Spotify’s top trending podcasts chart.

This surge in popularity is attributed to the show’s content, which includes discussions on various topics, and the impact of Kirk’s death on the conservative movement. The show has been hosted by various notable figures, including Vice President JD Vance, Ben Shapiro, and Glenn Beck, further increasing its visibility and listener base.

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A detailed look into Charlie Kirk’s views and the principles he advocates for in public discourse.

What time is Charlie Kirk’s memorial service?

The service is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. local time in Arizona, or 2 p.m. ET.

Who will speak at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service?

President Trump and Vice President JD Vance are both scheduled to speak, along with the activist’s widow, Erika Kirk, who was named Turning Point USA’s new CEO on Thursday.

A memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Arizona today is set to feature President Trump, Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, and more than half a dozen top Trump administration figures addressing what could be an NFL-sized crowd at State Farm Stadium.

Kirk, the 31-year-old co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed as he spoke at an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. A 22-year-old suspect has been charged with aggravated murder. 

Kirk’s assassination has rocked the conservative world. A prolific and sometimes controversial speaker, Kirk was known for his college campus events and debates, his role in mobilizing GOP voters and his close ties to the Trump administration. Many of the speakers had extensive personal and professional ties with the slain activist. 

Kirk was a stalwart supporter of the president starting during his first campaign in 2016, and he remained allied with Mr. Trump after he left office under a cloud of controversy following the Capitol riot in January 2021. In last year’s presidential race, Kirk’s Turning Point USA was widely credited with assisting the Trump campaign with grassroots voter mobilization.

Kirk was also close with Donald Trump Jr. and worked closely with the younger Trump as an aide during the 2016 campaign. “Charlie wasn’t just a friend — he was like a little brother to me,” Donald Trump Jr. wrote on X.

Vance has credited Kirk with introducing him to Donald Trump Jr. ahead of his 2022 Senate campaign, and with advocating “in public and private” for the president to choose Vance as his running mate last year. Kirk’s body was flown from Utah to Arizona on Vance’s jet, Air Force Two. 

Kennedy has called Kirk the “primary architect of my unification with President Trump,” referring to the former Democrat’s decision to drop his independent campaign for president last year and publicly endorse Mr. Trump at a Turning Point Action rally.

Several Christian musicians are also listed on the program: Chris Tomlin, Brandon Lake, Phil Wickham, Kari Jobe Carnes and Cody Carnes.

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This song is from Diesel1970. He wrote it for Charlie and I encourage everyone

to visit it on his YouTube channel so he gets credit for it. ️

This song has been one of the biggest comforts for me since Charlie’s death.

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It brings the darkness that’s in our nation out into the light.

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Former R-P wrestler, cancer survivor addresses Whitehall wrestling team joins with guest speaker Dusty Mysen (back row, in white) after Mysen spoke to the team during practice, Cancer survivor Dusty Mysen gives inspirational talk to Whitehall before 2024 team wrestling finals

By Andy Roberts

Aug 27, 2024, 11:02 am· Updated Aug 27, 2024, 11:02 am 

  WHITEHALL — As far as Craig Christensen remembers, Whitehall wrestling had never brought in an outside guest speaker in the years he’s been involved with the program until last Thursday. That his old high school wrestling teammate Dusty Mysen was the first showed the respect between the two men, as well as the gravity of what Mysen went through to get there.

Mysen was a year behind Christensen at Reeths-Puffer, and while the two are close friends and former wrestling teammates, real life kept them largely separated after school, as it often does. Though he could have wrestled at Muskegon Community College, Mysen went off to Michigan State to study engineering and then to the Detroit suburbs working for Continental Automotive, while Christensen became a teacher and wrestling coach on this side of the state.

In September 2020, Mysen’s life took a turn when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a disease he said rarely affects people as young as he was at the time (47). His prognosis appeared bleak enough that the doctor who broke the news said it would be a good idea to get his affairs in order.

“The wrestler in me kicked in,” Mysen said. “’OK, I’m going to fight this.’ I went through years of chemo, radiation, and multiple surgeries. As I went through it, I relied on my sports background. I’d come home from chemo, and I’d hit the gym and work out. That’s all stuff you learn here.” 

In September 2022, Mysen underwent a successful 13.5-hour surgery to remove the tumor from his pancreas. He has been cancer-free since, and in that short time, he’s developed a desire to give back all the support he received during two years of treatment. He’s working on a book and has addressed the wrestling team in his home school district of Oxford, as well as the youth teams he coaches.

His Whitehall trip marked his first speaking engagement away from home. “I’m in the auto industry in sales, so I’m used to talking and stuff like that,” Mysen said. “Craig says it should be a career but I don’t think I’m there yet…The message I want to share with them is really, what they are doing here is hard. Compared to other sports – my kids play basketball, football and lacrosse – what these guys do in this room is tougher than most sports.

That’s preparing them for anything they’re going to run into.” Christensen said he generally bristles at the idea that everything in life is easy after you wrestle, “because it’s not.” However, he said there’s certainly truth to the message his old friend delivered. “In some ways it prepares you for hard stuff,” Christensen said. “I just felt like going into the postseason, it’s a good message for the kids to hear.”

Mysen said the growth of the Vikings’ program has been remarkable, noting that they were not much of a factor when he and Christensen were wrestling. Over the past 20 years, Whitehall has become one of the preeminent programs on the west side of the state, and it earned a third Division 3 second-place finish in four seasons over the weekend. 

“That’s a culture thing and that’s a coaching thing,” Mysen said. “It’s kind of cool to come over and see it and get to meet some of these kids I’ve been following (from afar).” Christensen, who has previously said he enjoys coaching kids far more than he enjoys coaching sports, noted that Mysen’s message reinforces the feeling of perspective in high school sports.

For athletes of that age, it can be easy to believe no bigger thing than the next game could possibly exist; adults have the advantage of knowing better. “It means a lot to have him come in,” Christensen said. “I think there’s some symbolism of standing in a wrestling room together. We truly haven’t been in a wrestling space together since 1991.

So, it’s special having him have the opportunity to come in and share his experience with a lot of the boys.” It’s likely Mysen will address many more sports teams as time goes on – while he joked that he’s not trying to become the next great motivational speaker, he said he wants to give back when there’s an opportunity – and his message will be similar when he does. 

“When everybody picks you up, it really helps you fight through when you’re going through chemo and stuff like that,” Mysen said. “It’s little things, a call or a text or things like that. I think people forget that a little too much. I’m trying to remind people. It has an impact on people and it helps, and it had a huge impact on me.”

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Dusty Mysen survived his battle with pancreatic cancer by facing his diagnosis with determination and resilience.

After receiving a grim prognosis, he chose to fight rather than succumb to despair. He underwent multiple surgeries and treatments, including chemotherapy and radiation, and ultimately, he was able to remove the tumor from his pancreas.

Mysen’s story is a testament to his spiritual strength and faith, which played a crucial role in his recovery.

He has since become a mentor and advocate for cancer survivors, sharing his experiences to inspire others facing similar challenges.

Dusty’s Story: How Resilience, Strength and a Henry Ford Surgeon Spells Success in the Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer

By all accounts, Dusty Mysen has had good fortune in his upbringing, including his personal and professional life. Born in Muskegon, Michigan close to the shores of Lake Michigan, Dusty grew up with loving parents and a brother while competing in a variety of sports.

He describes his college experience as a blessed one where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1995 while meeting life-long friends. His degree allowed him to embark on a successful career in the automotive industry while providing for the love of his life Katie and their four children.

“Being an active family, I’ve loved watching my kids grow and chase them around while they played sports and do all their activities. I really couldn’t have asked for anything better,” he says.

A turning point in 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dusty who was 46 at the time, transitioned to working from home. “I’ve always been a glass half- full guy so given my long commute to work, I was thankful for the opportunity to work from home giving me more free time to be with my family and work out more,” he says. In the spring of 2020, Dusty began experiencing abdominal pain which he attributed to a pulled muscle. When the pain did not subside, he saw his primary care doctor who suspected an issue with his gallbladder. “My gallbladder was not functioning, so I had laparoscopic surgery to remove it,” he notes.

Dusty was told he should be back in action and could resume working out in a couple of weeks but instead of getting better, he was getting worse.

“I got really sick, was in significant pain and couldn’t sleep,” her remembers. His wife Katie, a nurse practitioner, said he looked jaundice and yellow, so they went to the ER where Dusty says the staff determined his liver was leaking bile. As serious as the situation seemed to be at the time, Dusty says in a way he felt fortunate. “Ultimately the gallbladder issue was a symptom of a much more serious issue that I would not have known about if it weren’t for the gallbladder symptoms.”

From a picture of health to the words no one wants to hear

Dusty at a clinic, determined to beat his pancreatic cancer.After receiving a scan, doctors recommended a biopsy of the pancreas to determine what may be causing Dusty’s medical issues. Due to his young age and general good health, Dusty says he went into the biopsy assuming that it was going to come back not cancerous.

But when he woke up, still groggy from the anesthesia at the local hospital, the surgeon gave him the devastating news that would change his life forever. “I was all alone and out of nowhere the biopsy surgeon is standing over me and says I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this but you have pancreatic cancer.

I don’t believe we can operate on it and there’s not much we can do and with that he pretty much walked away.” Dusty says the same news was delivered to his wife in an unempathetic way. As they cried together and were told to get his affairs together, Dusty expresses it was the lowest point in his life.

How faith and fitness became central to Dusty’s journey

Even though Dusty did not grow up attending church on a regular basis, he credits scripture with spearheading a positive attitude as he embarked on the fight for his life. “The verse that kept popping in my head pointed me to the realization that it’s God’s plan and out of my hands. As someone who likes to control everything, I realized I could control getting the negative thoughts out of my head and change my mental state from the lowest of the low to slowly come out of the valley and get into the fight.”

As Dusty endured chemotherapy and radiation for a two-year period, he made it a priority to continue to live life to the fullest extent possible. “There were days that I didn’t have the strength to do much, but I focused on fighting through and still worked out regularly, went to sporting events, worked full time and enjoyed hanging out with my family and friends.”

When initial complex surgical procedure fails, new hope is restored at Henry Ford Health

Determined to do everything in his power to beat the odds of surviving pancreatic cancer, Dusty met with a local surgeon who attempted to perform the Whipple procedure, a highly complex surgery to remove tumors in the pancreas. The extremely difficult operation entails removal of the pancreas head, the bile duct, small intestine, and part of the stomach, and reconstruction of a large part of the gastrointestinal tract. While the surgery offers the best chance for long-term survival of pancreatic cancer, eligibility is limited. Despite testing before surgery, the surgeon may find during the procedure that the cancer has spread or cannot be removed due to the difficult nature of the surgery. Unfortunately, that was the case for Dusty.

“The surgeon attempted to do the procedure in 2021 but couldn’t complete the procedure due to potential damage of important blood vessels so he told me it was a one and done opportunity and he did not recommend that anyone else try it again.”

After consulting with a few additional surgeons with the same opinion, Dusty said his search to maximize his chance of survival would continue. “I wasn’t yet fifty at that time and had four children between the ages of eight and twenty-two and an amazing wife – all whom I wasn’t willing to leave without a fight.” His search led him to David Kwon, M.D. a surgical oncologist at Henry Ford Health with extensive expertise in pancreatic tumor surgery.

Dusty expressed the meeting with Dr. Kwon provided the hope he needed despite not sugar coating what the outcome may be. “Dr. Kwon was honest with me and told me it would be a very challenging and long surgery and there was likely less than a 50% chance of success, but that he was willing to try if I wanted to proceed.”

He says he had faith and trust in Dr. Kwon from the very first moment he met him. “His reputation as an expert surgeon was the baseline, but his incredible bedside manner and strong, friendly personality made me feel he was the perfect surgeon for me from day one.”

Defying the odds with the second Whipple procedure

After meeting with Dr. Kwon, Dusty weighed his options and went with his gut to proceed with the second attempt of the Whipple procedure. Dr. Kwon says it was an honor to meet with Dusty who expressed his desire to fight for his wife and family. The 13-hour surgical procedure was a calculated risk but one that gave Dusty the hope he was looking for.

“In Mr. Mysen’s case, the surgery would be complicated due to his previous treatments including radiation, and this would be a very long surgery,” explains Dr. Kwon. He adds that the tumor is often located very close or adjacent to blood vessels that can cause life-threatening bleeding, making an extremely difficult surgery even more complex with concerns for significant blood loss. “In Mr. Mysen’s situation, with fastidious attention to the anatomy in relation to the tumor, we were able to remove the tumor successfully.”

Dr. Kwon emphasized the reason he was willing to fight with Dusty was because he was not only fighting for himself, but for the opportunity to have more time with his wife and four kids. “Couple that with his courage and positive attitude, I was willing to serve alongside him and perform the operation.”

Dr. Kwon says the final pathology was extremely favorable when the tumor was safely removed, and there was no spread of cancer to the lymph nodes. “He has already defied significant odds, in that the highest likelihood of tumor recurrence is in two years after surgery, and now, Mr. Mysen has been alive almost five years since his diagnosis.”

With a new lease on life, Dusty expresses the deepest gratitude for Dr. Kwon and the Henry Ford team who he says treated him like a person, not simply like a patient, and definitely not like a patient who wasn’t going to be around for long.

“The staff including the nurses, phlebotomists and CT techs were caring, and obviously experts in their fields, but also always explained things in a way that I could fully understand. In terms of Dr. Kwon, there are no words to describe how amazing he is. He saved my life. But it’s even more than that. He truly cares.”

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Taking on Michigan Ironman 

Always one to take on a fitness challenge, Dusty is participating in the Michigan Ironman 70.3 in Frankfort, Michigan in September, 2025 as a relay with two other cancer survivors. One, a 3-time cancer survivor, will do the 1.2 mile swim, another will do the 56-mile bike, and Dusty will finish the event with the 13.1-mile run.

Paying it forward with hope and help for others

Dusty at a book signing, promoting his book on his cancer journey.Since his successful life-saving surgery, Dusty has continued to work as a sales executive in the automotive electronics industry while continuing to stay fit by regularly lifting weights and running. As he enjoys life with his wife and kids, he is also active in his local Oxford community coaching basketball and lacrosse. Dusty, who plans to join his wife in a medical mission to Honduras in the Fall of 2025, has also made it a mission to give back to the cancer community by sharing his story. In addition to speaking events, podcasts and serving as a mentor for a cancer peer-to-peer mentoring organization, Imerman Angels, Dusty has shared his journey chronicled in his book, 

A Cancer Warrior: How I Fought And Survived My Battle With Pancreatic Cancer.

He says it’s a mission to help others to realize that tomorrow is never promised but through resilience and strength, hope and miracles can endure.

“I wrote the book and speak at events in an effort to give hope, the one thing that every cancer warrior is looking for,” he expresses. “I was seeking it from the first day of diagnosis. Dr. Kwon ultimately took that hope to the next level and allowed me to say the words ‘cancer-free’! I hope my story can give a little hope to those in need while helping some people going through a tough battle in their own lives.”

SUMMATION:

OXFORD — On Sept. 22, 2020, Dusty Mysen woke up post operation to hear results from his biopsy. Mysen recently turned 47, was working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic and used the time he saved commuting to exercise.
He began having abdominal pain, and thought it was a pulled muscle before eventually visiting a doctor after it did not go away. Doctors told Mysen his gallbladder failed and he would feel better a few days after it was removed.
He got worse.
That September, Mysen’s biopsy surgeon came to his bed and told Mysen, “I’m sorry to tell you this, but you have pancreatic cancer. In my expert opinion, I don’t think it’s operable, and you should go home and get your affairs in order.”

“So, at 47, I’m like ‘I’m a dead man,’” Mysen said. “And so I went home and got into the fight a little bit, and did chemo and a couple of surgeries, and it really changed my whole life.”
Mysen said he needed a release during his treatment, and decided to start keeping a journal. In September 2022, Mysen decided what he wrote in his journals may help people facing their own struggles, and began to shape his writings into a book.
“Everyone has struggles in their lives, and I’m not naive enough to think that this book is a cure for that or can help that,” Mysen said. “But I hope that people reading it can get a little bit of hope, a little bit of inspiration.”

The book, “A Cancer Warrior: How I Fought and Survived My Battle With Pancreatic Cancer,” is available to order on Amazon and was released on Dec. 10. An aspect of the book Mysen mentioned is that it does not focus on statistics and instead focuses on providing hope.
It takes readers through “the biggest battle he ever faced,” one “filled with uncertainty and seemingly insurmountable challenges,” and life lessons he learned along the way, according to the book’s back cover. The fight lasted two years.

Fighting mentally was also especially important. Along with staying physically active and the support of his medical team, Mysen outlined a six-part framework in his book that helped him mentally and physically.
One of the six he attributed was his faith in his religion, although he also said faith in any religion, or in medicine, also works.
Mysen said part of this is playing mind games and faking it “till you make it” – by telling yourself that it’s not all bad even if it feels that way – is helpful.
Another of the six parts was focusing on why he was fighting, which for Mysen was his family. So he fought to be there for his family’s next milestone.

His family, friends and others were also part of his support system – another crucial part of the framework. Oxford’s community is especially included.
“Oxford, more than anywhere I’ve ever been, if someone is in crisis or struggling, they will stand up like no other place in the world,” Mysen said.
That system picked Mysen up, and he leaned into it. Mysen said there is “no way” he would be here without the support of his family and friends as well.
“Cancer is a monster, and you can’t fight it alone,” he said.
With his wife’s support, Mysen slowly began exercising. Eventually, Mysen improved and put on more weight. The chemo started to work; he was able to walk better, and more. Each accomplishment gave him more confidence in his abilities.

Mysen compared it to going to the gym. Someone may never feel like they will get stronger, but, two years later, they will see all the progress they made.
In 2022, Mysen underwent a second surgery and was cancer free.
Mysen said he believes the experience made him a better person. He said he appreciates small things more – like the sun and the smell of freshly-cut grass. He was also largely career-focused, and most focused on his immediate space, or his family.
“The fact that I’m still here, I’ve changed a little bit,” he said. “And I really feel that helping other people, even in small ways (is so important).”

For example, Mysen is a mentor for Imerman Angels – a one-on-one cancer support community that connects cancer fighters, survivors, previvors and caregivers to cancer confidantes with similar stories and experiences, according to the nonprofit’s website.
“But that’s something I probably really wouldn’t have done in the past because I was so focused on advancing my career and doing my things,” he said.
Mysen also said he will talk to anyone who thinks his story could be helpful and provided his email address to contact him.
“I’m just another dude who went through it, but I will talk to anyone who thinks that my story could help them,” he said.
Mysen’s email address is dustymysen@gmail.com. For more information on Imerman Angels, visit imermanangels.org.

For further information visit pancreatic cancer care at Henry Ford Health.

Dr. Robert C.G. Martin MD University of Louisville Hospital Pancreatic Cancer.

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