The Mind to Heal
Creating Health and Wellness in the Midst of Disease
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Choosing life is an attitude, a perspective, a way of thinking and a way of living. Choosing life says, “Cancer may be there, but it doesn’t have the right to stay there.” It acknowledges the doctors’ diagnoses as the physical, medical reality of the world they live in each day without accepting that reality as yours. Choosing life takes on a warrior spirit that says I know who I am and to whom I belong. I know my rights and privileges as a child of the Most High; and I fight from a position of authority and victory, not from a position of fear, doubt and defeat. Choosing life differentiates the inevitability of death we all face one day from allowing disease to ravage, steal and destroy me. “I know I have to die someday, but it won’t be from cancer,” is the battle cry of the believer.
Make no mistake…managing your mind daily, controlling how you think, and being very intentional with your self-talk is serious business and requires attention and discipline, particularly when your physical symptoms and the doctor’s prognosis appear contrary to what you desire. How do you handle disappointing or alarming news? How do you interact with well-wishers who mourn your condition? How do you control your mindset in the midst of crisis? And what difference does it make?
If how we think, what we say, and what we do are not consistent with the hope of healing we desire, it becomes an upward battle of activity and a downward spiral of emotions as we consciously are dying to live, but subconsciously living to die.
There is a better, more effective way. This book gives you tools and principles to take control. I pray you take that healing choice. Doreen Lecheler
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When I received news of an “incurable” cancer recurrence, I naturally assumed it was the will of God. I was forty-eight years young and determined to accept whatever came my way. But there’s a different mindset required when you are either accepting death or preparing for battle. In this search for meaning and direction, I found hope, permission, and the power to choose life.
As a two-time cancer conqueror, Doreen understands the ups, downs, fears, and concerns of those struggling through disease. Combining her expertise in goal-setting and effective thinking skills with the knowledge and power of Scripture, Doreen offers seven critical choices to co-create an environment for healing.
Most people hope and pray for healing but subconsciously sabotage their own wellness. They spend more time worrying and talking about the disease than their vision of health. It’s vital they learn to manage their thoughts, emotions and self-talk in a manner consistent with what they want.
The Mind to Heal is book two of the HEALED series. It focuses on our role and responsibility to receive healing. It provides tools, principles, and strategies for how to think victoriously to overcome disease.
About the Author
DOREEN LECHELER
Author, Personal Development Expert, and Cancer-Free Coach
With a passion and purpose to unleash the God-given excellence in others, Doreen teaches steps to create constructive, successful, high performing outcomes. Whether she’s been working with leaders of a nation, a community, an organization or individuals battling chronic disease, Doreen stresses the critical nature of learning how to manage our minds.
She began a professional career in the non-profit sector after a seven-year tenure of international fashion modeling. Doreen excelled to senior leadership positions in both national and international non-profit organizations. Using her business and marketing acumen, she was responsible for overseeing growth in program development, business development and organizational advancement.
In 2000, she combined her background in business, human behavior and cognitive psychology to begin building peak performance, leadership development, employee engagement and change management in a variety of organizations across the U.S.
Along with her dedication to see people grow in meaningful and measurable ways, Doreen is devoted to helping individuals develop a faith-filled mindset toward healing. As a two-time cancer conqueror, Doreen speaks extensively on her journey and the spirit-mind-body strategy that fostered her own healing of “incurable” stage four cancer with metastases to the bone.
She is the author of two books. The Spirit to Heal is Doreen’s personal cancer story of the power of faith for healing. It stresses the importance of what to think in the midst of disease. The Mind to Heal emphasizes our role and responsibility to receive healing. It outlines life-giving steps for how to think in the midst of disease. Doreen is also the creator and facilitator of the self-paced, personal development program, Destiny Living: Unleashing the Heart of Your Purpose-Filled Potential.
Doreen holds a bachelor’s degree in Business from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree in Theology/Counseling from Wesley Theological Seminary. She currently resides with husband Brent and son Nicholas in Harrisburg, PA.