Healing Journeys with Suzie Daggett
October is Breast Cancer awareness month, and I interviewed Dr. Talia Miller, (Doctorate of Spiritual Studies), Breast Cancer Coach, holistic wellness coach, author and seminar leader, and a 13-year breast cancer thriver. In addition, Talia is the founding director of the Breast Cancer Support Center, a 501c3 non-profit specializing in utilizing the body-mind-spirit connection for healing. Her work focuses on bringing a cancer survivor to a cancer thriver through many coaching avenues.
What was the impetus to get into the work of Breast Cancer coaching?
Breast cancer literally saved my life. For me, it was a wake-up call. Thirteen years ago, newly divorced, unemployed and stressed, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I chose to participate in a four-week holistic cancer treatment program. Little did I know at that time that the treatment program would not only help me to heal breast cancer, but would help me to heal my life and create a unique career! Through the years, I discovered how my limiting childhood beliefs had been keeping me locked inside a keg of painful rage. I learned the fascinating keys to successful, extraordinary living. I become empowered, fulfilled and spiritually transformed. In addition to excellent health, I transformed so many aspects of my life - relationships, career, finances, friends, my relationship with Source Energy, my entire outlook on life. After years of spiritual study and personal transformation work, I undertook coaches training. The instructor asked “what is the single most important event that made you who you are today” to help us focus on a specific niche. For me it was the happy, healthy, exciting life, which resulted from breast cancer. After additional study with experts such as Dr. Lawrence LeShan, Dr. O Carl Simonton, Dr, Bernie Siegel, and Dr. James Gordon - I created the powerful program, From Survivor to Thriver - The Breakthrough Program to Beat Breast Cancer ™ . I now share my wisdom, knowledge, experience and healing expertise with clients.
How does a client benefit from your coaching work?
I offer customized tools, alternative treatment recovery options and twelve powerful treatment components - in a nurturing stop breast cancer program. I empower survivors to become thrivers. Clients are supported to make wise health decisions, stay motivated and utilize their strengths to recover, learn to listen to their body's messages and use their intuition. We find ways to effectively deal with emotions such as worry, anger, resentment, self-pity, fear and sadness, guilt, shame, embarrassment and despair. We work together to change thinking to positively create wondrous outcomes, reclaim personal power, find life purpose and live it passionately. Together, we build conscious or sacred relationships, learn effective communication skills to get needs met, relieve stress, train the body and mind to help stop breast cancer recurrence, create an extraordinary, healthy, joyful, peaceful, gracious life, and move from just Surviving to Thriving! I co-create a personal, individualized, holistic healing plan within the components of From Survivor to Thriver - The Breakthrough Program for Beating Breast Cancer ™. Physical symptoms such as “chemo brain” and pain are alleviated. Emotional upsets are removed easily and quickly. Family communications are restored.
What tools do you use that are especially effective towards deep change?
When we think of change for the better, we also know that people can change back. However, when I do transformative work with my clients, there is a permanent shift. There are many tools through which my clients have experienced tremendous success including: Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT); Reframing; Nutritional support; Dream interpretation; Sorting through the maze of treatment possibilities, especially alternative and complementary options; Conscious Relationship Transformation (based on the work of Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks); Guided imagery; Deep relaxation techniques; Body-Centered transformation: Hypnotherapy and much more.
What do you get out of the work you do?
This work is a vehicle to offer a great deal of love and compassion, energy and transformative healing opportunities. I am thrilled about clients having breakthroughs, insights and epiphanies. Teaching is my first love. And, I like to teach by accessing clients’ inner wisdom, not by my imparting knowledge. Coaching gives me the honorable opportunity to help others in this way. As the founding director of the non-profit Breast Cancer Support Center, I also am able to offer scholarships to women who qualify for reduced-cost or no-cost coaching. Working by phone is an opportunity to be of profound transformational service both for the on-going health of people all over the world, and for the awakening of consciousness on our planet. By helping people eliminate their obsolete beliefs, values and stuck places in themselves, I am supporting the ultimate possibility of co-creating a world of compassion, peace and opportunity for all
On Tuesday November 1st, at 7:15 pm, Dr. Miller offers a free class by phone, “Preventing Cancer – Tips for Survivors and Thrivers.” You can contact Dr. Miller at t@BreastCancerCoach.com, visit her website, www.BreastCancerCoach.com or call 530-271-0747 for more information.
Healing Journeys is a column written by Suzie Daggett for the Grass Valley Union newspaper. Suzie interviews a variety of health practitioners most Fridays in the Wellness section. Click here to read past articles. Enter "Suzie Daggett" in the search box to get listing of all articles. |
