At the wise and vibrant age of 91, Bernie Seigel MD is one of a handful of people who can truly be said to have transformed the world of healing, cancer recovery, chronic illness recovery, and self-help in the modern era. In this free-form sharing, Dr. Bernie shares profound and well-tested insights about life, love, healing, and caregiving. It plays like a wonderful and heartwarming visit with a dear old friend, and a master healer. Bio: Bernie Siegel (born October 1932) Dr. Siegel attended Colgate University and Cornell University Medical College. He holds membership in two scholastic honor societies, Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha and graduated with honors. His surgical training took place at Yale New Haven Hospital, West Haven Veteran’s Hospital and the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.  He retired from practice as an assistant clinical professor of surgery at Yale of general and pediatric surgery in 1989 to speak to patients and their caregivers. In 1978 he originated Exceptional Cancer Patients, a specific form of individual and group therapy utilizing patients’ drawings, dreams, images and feelings. ECaP is based on “carefrontation,” a safe, loving therapeutic confrontation, which facilitates personal lifestyle changes, personal empowerment and healing of the individual’s life.  For many, Bernie needs no introduction. He has touched many lives all over our planet. In 1978 he began talking about patient empowerment and the choice to live fully and die in peace. As a physician, who has cared for and counseled innumerable people whose mortality has been threatened by an illness, Bernie embraces a philosophy of living and dying that stands at the forefront of the medical ethics and spiritual issues our society grapples with today. Bernie has been named one of the top 20 Spiritually Influential Living People on the Planet by the Watkins Review. website: www.BernieSiegelMD.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices