As many of you know, in 2012 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Last year I shared my healing journey. If you missed hearing that special call, click here to sign up and access the recording.
I talked about how my cancer experience was a blessing without fear and worry; a shining Light rich with insights and invitations to do some deeper healing work to liberate me from decades of repressed feelings guilt, anger, grief, helplessness, abandonment…. especially towards myself.
I realized I had forgiveness and self-love heart healing work to do that related to my mother’s life and death from leukemia at age 66.
And, from my research I discovered that symptoms can come and go and that making deliberate lifestyle changes can dramatically fortify the body’s immune system and healing abilities to restore health.
So, I chose to have a lumpectomy and was guided by my body’s intelligence and my education about cancer to decline the recommended traditional aftercare protocols including chemo and radiation.
Using acupuncture, massage, exercise, nutritional changes, combined with deep emotional healing I facilitated and experienced with my team of gifted healers, coaches and health practitioners, support from friends and the Divine, I walked through the experience with Love and Grace in health.
From the many responses I received from folks, I know that my decisions seemed bold and unconventional, even risky. I refused to make choices from fear or to give my power away just because that’s the standard protocol.
Actually cancer treatment has progressed very far and unless you do your due diligence you can miss out on knowing the latest advances and options.
Last year I had my annual mammogram and a teeny amount of cancer cells showed up about an inch from the first lumpectomy incision. It was a surprise because I felt I had released so much pain initially and now another layer was surfacing.
This is why I coach people to let go of, “I thought I was done with this!” and stay open to embrace anything else that emerges on a deeper level.
Because I had refused the traditional cancer regime my surgeon asked me to keep an open mind in considering my next steps.
1. Mastectomy
2. Chemo and radiation
3. A second lumpectomy
4. Do nothing
So, taking a breath and stepping back into gratitude, I was shown that I was still holding onto guilt and anger towards myself.
I was guided to suspend taking any medical actions or further testing for three months while I focused on my inner healing with all of my gifts and resources.
Standing in faith and trust with a medical diagnosis like cancer and not doing what “you are supposed to do.” was very uncomfortable. I vacillated between peace and trust in what I was doing and feeling irresponsible for my health. The idea of getting cut again was upsetting.
So, I requested a follow-up mammogram to see if anything had changed and I was open to go through with a second surgery if needed.
Guess what happened?
The cancer cells they saw three months earlier were gone. A six month follow-up was recommended.
On April 18 2014 one week before my birthday, I received a clean mammogram report. I recall anxiously sitting in the waiting room for the radiology result and the wave of joy and gratitude when she handed me the report and said, “See you in a year”. I thanked and praised God all the way home after a quick stop at Trader Joe’s 
Had I not followed my heart, I would have had an unnecessary surgery and maybe worse…..
For me it was proof that symptoms can come and go. When you remove stress and pain, the body can heal it itself.
This was NOT a negative experience for me and I don’t see myself as a cancer survivor because I never identified with the diagnosis. I created an experience that provided a blessed opportunity to reveal pain that was ready to be healed and released.
It is time to change the consciousness around cancer and dis-ease.
I celebrate this victory for my body and my heart without having to do battle. I KNOW that the inner healing I did with forgiveness, self-forgiveness and self-love played a pivotal role in my ability to heal.
I also feel that with the energy shifts happening on the planet affecting us body, mind and spirit, we must make thoughtful decisions that will support physical alignment and energetic harmony.
‘Dis-ease is a wake-up call to look at yourself; at changes you are being called to make including ones that you might be resisting, old repressed pain that needs to be seen, felt and released, or something deeply buried that is surfacing for healing.
In any situation, you must make choices that feel right for you and that resonate with your beliefs and Truth even when it goes against the norm. If you believe that you have the ability to heal, then you will. If you believe that you need medical intervention to heal, then that is true for you.
Cancer and it’s recovery process wreaks havoc on the body and emotionally. What courage it takes to go through this regime! My heart goes out to all who choose this route and the toll it takes emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
Every experience is uniquely individual and each person must make the choices that are right for them.
I have had rapid healings before and have always included alternative therapies in my life experiences. Miracles are a part of my life and I continue to be delighted by the many forms they take!
I’m gratefull for the doctors and hospital staff who are part of my team to support me at being my best. I believe there is a time and valid need for their professional expertise and healing environments.
As a society we have become dependent on using medication or scheduling surgeries to suppress and repress what we want to get rid of. We react in fear, give our power away to others we think are wiser than we are and often make decisions we regret
Quick fixes are band-aids. Looking for the next technique to get rid of something you don’t want to deal with or only working with symptoms instead of being willing and courageous to look deeper at the cause and message our heart and body is trying to communicate will bring temporary relief rather than a permanent release.
I believe that the inner healing work is a critical key to freedom from pain and suffering. Being fully alive means FEELING.
You are an energy being. Thought, words, and emotions carry energy that creates. If you are not allowing the energy to flow freely from you and through you, and stuffing feelings down in your body, the energy building up over time will create stress of the immune system and compromise health, well-being, and happiness…
What you do not release will create something within you and in your world. Dis-ease…..
Life is a reflection of what is happening within you. Whether facing a health, financial, relationship challenge or one with yourself, you must have the willingness and courage to dig deep and release whatever pain is locked within you that is ready to be healed.
And for goodness sake, do not do this work alone. You will likely get in your own way! Having a community of support can mean the different between struggling and suffering and walking in love and Grace.
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I believe that heart healing is essential to living an awake, meaningfull, and abundant life with the Divine. My mission this year is creating healing processes and energy activations designed to release pain and raise consciousness through transformation.
My next heart healing monthly teleseminar will focus on Self-Forgiveness. Join me May 14.
>> Self-Forgiveness Healing Healing Call <<
And if you live near the Philly area, or in Maryland, Delaware or New Jersey, Join me for a Day of Forgiveness on May 17. It will be a life-changing heart-liberating event!
>> A Day of Forgiveness with Lorraine Cohen <<
You came into this life with everything you need to succeed and create heaven on earth. Lead with your guidance rather than your mind and ego and you will always be guided to what is right and best for you.
Trust that!
Love and blessings,
Lorraine
