Inspiration  •  JUNE 28, 2009
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Reflections of our Retreat

by Barry Bittman, MD

Our October 2001 retreat was no less than magic.

Words cannot express the insights that surfaced when individuals with cancer and their loved-ones worked together, played together, drummed together and shared their deepest thoughts and feelings during an ECaP retreat.

An ECaP retreat is a phenomenal learning experience-- an opportunity to discover the information and insights each person needs to proceed along their healing path. It is a blend of evidence-based approaches coupled with nurturing and camaraderie that empower each person to put back into their life what is missing.

It's difficult to describe the anxiety and frustrations initially expressed by our participants, and how rapidly such sentiments were transformed into healthy beliefs, attitudes, renewed relationships and new ones with individuals so far away, yet so close to our hearts.

An ECaP retreat is a week of learning, growing and blossoming into the people we choose to be. As Bernie says, "it's an opportunity to give birth to ourselves."

For me, this experience is a gift-- the expression of the power of the human spirit to exceed the challenge of any obstacle. Our patients and their loved-ones have transformed my life in ways that words cannot express.
 

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