Interview excerp taken from my new book Living Your Authentic Rhythm.
One of the most dynamic energetic women I know has stared hard in the face of death several times and laughed. After being told that she didn’t test for anything wrong but it was very apparent there was, she made the choice to follow some recommendations that led her to a whole new world of health care options. Her physical rhythms were such a cacophony of chaos that she put her faith into something new and very different than she was used to.
Cynthia K. Hansen Ellis
Professionally educated as a Social Worker with a love for people, Cindy was able to get jobs with some of the top Health Care Organizations including Kaiser Permanente, and Pacificare. Here she learned the detailed ins and outs of Risk Management, Professional Liability, Regulatory Licensing, and Customer Service. She learned about the “systems”, road blocks, insurance influence, and bottom line dollar. All of this opened her eyes to understanding the need to be (or have) your own personal advocate.
What influence initially made you accept the idea of using
non-traditional methods of healing?
“I wanted to make all the choice for my body from as much information as possible. Because my original diagnosis was Auto Immune related – I believed that my body could help fix the problem if helped.
When I moved to Denver area and was seeing a doctor in Boulder, I found and saw lots of alternative options. It was right in front of me and I when I talked with people about where to get care, information, and treatments – lots of alternative options kept coming up. I was driven there by one person from a Sweet Adeline chorus I coach in Colorado Springs, with Lupus (also Auto immune) who was seeing a very successful Homeopathic Provider in Boulder. Once I called him and got inside his world – many thing opened to me. It was like a candy store of options.”
Cindy, do you think that If you had not believed that you could be helped in a non conventional way, that it’s possible that the healing process could have been sabotaged?
“My current cures are all related to Homeopathic (non-western) ways. The total clearing of my blood clots from the Spleenectomy was and is from Natto Kinesse which is totally homeopathic and not seen as a treatment at all in Western Conventional Medicine. The total curing of two cancers I had was from non-traditional treatments and the Vitamin A treatments. Also the APIS – the newest remedy seems to have moved my blood levels in the normal range for the first time in 5 years. So these three things have totally assisted if not caused the cure. However, traditional doctors are not willing to respond, acknowledge, or support my success. But they have no other explanation. They just don’t talk about it. But they are not treating me for any of these medical issues since they are not happening. So why did they stop? Was I cured? How did it happen? Why did they cancel future treatment and care? I feel they are not allowed to speak and work with these treatments since they are licensed by law to give me the ’standard’ approved course of action for Insurance, licensing, and protocol reason.”
How powerful is positive thinking?
“It is the number one reason I am where I am today. There is no other option. You have to have the belief that your fight and your strength no matter how challenged will get you through. Believe me – I have my days where I am not the most positive person about all the health challenges I have had. But when you look around, this is nothing compared to what others have survived. I think talking to others about what they can do – keeps you forward and in a good place on what you personally need to do. The focus needs to be outside. You need to have an outlet to educate and then you get more educated. Also if you are in (somewhat) the public eye. You have an opportunity to that others don’t. When you talk about your challenges you have a choice how you and the illness will be perceived. If you approach it as a winner and survivor – you are impacting others as well.”
Cindy also leaned that treatment options come in many different forms, from traditional western, historic eastern, multiple nutritional styles, physical exercise, spiritual, and so much more. She is exploring all the options available to her. Learning that treatments can be as individualized as the individual. With all this personal training, knowledge and experience she was able to over come not one, not two, not even three, but four life threatening illnesses. Illnesses where she and her family were told, “she will not make it.” Learning about yourself and your body you can over- come and accomplish anything you believe you can.
“Heavy thoughts bring on physical maladies; when the soul is oppressed so is the body.”
~Martin Luther
I’ll be the first to admit that quite often I get in my own way. In my determined search for new ways to become more grounded and more connected with my intuition, I sometimes become too focused on making an outcome instead of listening and letting it happen. Though often the outcome is not the picture perfect one I have in mind, it all still manages to positively turn out the way it should no matter how many times I trip over myself to get there.