Lots of medical terminology gets thrown around in this great conversation with Dana Benson. We’ll do our best to provide more information where we can.

Hysterectomy is surgery to remove the uterus[www.nhs.uk]

Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), also known as renal cell cancer, is the most common type of kidney cancer. About 9 out of 10 kidney cancers are renal cell carcinomas. If you’re told you have kidney cancer, it’s most likely to be a renal cell carcinoma. [American Cancer Society]

Nephrectomy (nuh-FREK-tuh-me) is a surgery to remove all or part of a kidney. Most often, it's done to treat kidney cancer or to remove a tumor that isn't cancerous. [Mayo Clinic]

Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) https://healthcare.utah.edu/huntsmancancerinstitute/screening-prevention/von-hippel-lindau-clinic#vhl [University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute]

Pheochromocytoma is a type of neuroendocrine tumor that grows from cells called chromaffin cells. These cells produce hormones needed for the body and are found in the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands are small organs located in the upper region of the abdomen on top of the kidneys. [National Cancer Institute]

The BRCA gene test looks for DNA changes that increase the risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer. It uses a sample of blood or saliva to look for the changes. DNA is the genetic material inside cells. It holds the instructions, called genes, that tell cells what to do. [Mayo Clinic]

A Lipoma is a slow-growing, fatty lump that's most often situated between your skin and the underlying muscle layer.

Paraganglioma is an abnormal growth of cells that forms from a specific type of nerve cell that's found throughout the body. These specific nerve cells (chromaffin cells) perform important functions in the body, including regulating blood pressure. [Mayo Clinic]

Hemangioma also known as an infantile hemangioma or hemangioma of infancy, is a bright red birthmark. It looks like a rubbery bump or flat red patch and is made up of extra blood vessels in the skin. [Mayo Clinic]

Colectomy is a surgical procedure to remove all or part of your colon. Your colon, part of your large intestine, is a long tubelike organ at the end of your digestive tract. Colectomy may be necessary to treat or prevent diseases and conditions that affect your colon. [Mayo Clinic]

Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4574691/]

Article refenced: “How a cheap, generic drug became a darling or longevity enthusiasts” Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/15/rapamycin-longevity-drug/#

Huntsman Cancer Institute https://healthcare.utah.edu/huntsmancancerinstitute/

VHL Alliance https://vhl.org/

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Nikki Perkins, brain scientist, tells her story

Episode notes/references/links:

Jill Bolte Taylor My Stroke of Insight

Narcolepsy affects 1:2000 people

Why we dream - podcast with Magna Chakrabarti

We are our own CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE book

Send images to your sub conscious - a visual of where you want to go next

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Nadia from Great British Baking Show has her own baking shows and promotes taking the short cuts when necessary

Megan Trainer - All about the base and “NO” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMTAUr3Nm6I

And definitely revisit her fantastic song Better When I’m dancing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkCyfBibIbI%5C

Mitochondria as a key component of health and energy levels

Megna Chakrabarti ON POINT from June 12th, 2024. What Science Tells Us About Why We Dream with neuroscientist Dr. Rahul Jandai https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-point-podcast/id121534955?i=1000658827337

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/where-people-fly-and-water-runs-uphill-using-dreams-to-tap-the-wisdom-of-the-unconscious_jeremy--taylor/264336/#edition=2393374&idiq=3132562

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Tiny Tranquility village on the Oregon coast
https://tinytranquility.com/

Dan Butner’s “live to 100:The Secret of Blue Zones”

“Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”

Surgeon General warns of “Epidemic of lonliness”

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/05/03/new-surgeon-general-advisory-raises-alarm-about-devastating-impact-epidemic-loneliness-isolation-united-states.html

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic and Eat, Pray, Love, wrote a post called “What are you doing with your life?” defining hobby, job, career and vocation, and shows how separating them out consciously helps you feel in control of your life and your balance.

Counldn’t find refence to a book about how “Eat Pray Love” changed her life, but to learn more about Elizabeth Gilbert, check out her Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gilbert

Julia Cameron “Vein of Gold”

https://juliacameronlive.com/books-by-julia/the-vein-of-gold-a-journey-to-your-creative-heart/

Abraham Hicks’ Law of Attraction

https://www.abraham-hickslawofattraction.com/books.html

Malcolm Gladwell wrote in his book “Outliers” that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert in anything. He said 10,000 hours of “deliberate practice” are needed to become world-class in any field.

Trevor Noah Podcast - Episode on utopian ideas: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Ks80lcyP3AqR4MZIYkIIh?si=06fee00bce1549e4

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Soul Therapy by Thomas Moore - we all might act as therapists at various times

Michelle LaBorde, LPC. Steph and Michelle had a conversation about self compassion posted on May 2, 2024. Check it out!

The art of showing up, receiving, and moving through friction to find joy

Palisades Bluegrass Festival in Palisades, Colorado

Paonia, Marble, Redstone,Frisco, Georgetown, Crested Butte, FairPlay, Salida (free advertising for adorable small towns in Western Colorado)

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Choose Love - a teaching memoir by Heidi Piper

https://phoenixrisingco.com/

Boulder Story slam (sept 2019)

Heidi offers both executive coaching and life-transformational coaching.

Brené Brown’s work on vulnerability

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

“Every time you choose love for another person, you get the benefit. But it also means choose love for yourself.” - Heidi Piper

“You’re not the bird, you are the spirit inside the bird” (referring to the metaphorical phoenix)

“Learn to listen to your intuition”

Dan Buettner - Blue Zones

Some of Heidi’s insights for healing from a dark time were: self love, strong support/friendships, meditation, Nature

David Lynch: “The thing about meditation is you become more and more you.”

“The goal of meditation isn’t to control your thoughts, it’s to stop letting them controlling you.” - Anonymous

“Nature is neutral and nature can take all your grief and all your troubles [and break them down like compost]”

Finding The Mother Tree: Discovering the wisdom of the forest by Suzanne Simard

Forest Bathing - a Japanese therapy

Damanhur is a conscious community in Italy doing research with a university on sentience of plants (you can sing to the plant with electrodes hooked up to it and you can see the plant respond)

One option for Shamanic training - The Power Path (Jose Luis and Lena Stevens)

Transforming Your Dragons: How to turn fear patterns into personal power

Trauma-Informed Consulting and Coaching with Amy Elizabeth Fox and Thomas Hûbl

Family Constellation Therapy a youtube introduction

Gabor Maté

A Course in Miracles

Lynne McTaggert - The Power of Eight

Elizabeth Gilbert - Ted talk on having a genius rather than being one

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“When Nature Calls” with Helen Mirren https://abc.com/show/0965978c-ff07-4ab8-b8fd-b2a4aadd0db3

“Creature Comforts” BBC https://www.youtube.com/user/creaturecomforts

“Calendar Girls” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_Girls

Whoopie Goldberg memoir “Bits & Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me” https://www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/book-fs5f

Comic Relief (1986) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250306/

Science Vs. “Funniest Joke in the World” https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs/rnhob8lk

“Anyone But You” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26047818/

Dr Daniel Amen on alcohol use https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/health/article-11967175/Dr-Daniel-Amen-alcohol-no-health-benefits-booze-good.html

Read more about changes in hormone replacement findings. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/health/article-11967175/Dr-Daniel-Amen-alcohol-no-health-benefits-booze-good.html

Podcast: You Are Not Broken
https://kellycaspersonmd.com/you-are-not-broken-podcast/

Podcast: Not your Mother’s Menopause
https://drlovely.com/#!/podcast

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