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How do you handle an unexpected health crisis?
David Dachinger & Tamara Green
David Dachinger is a New York-based composer who has scored inspiring music for America’s most celebrated sporting events and television shows. Over 1 billion people have heard his music on CBS broadcasts of the Super Bowl, The Masters and the NFL. A Grammy Award nominee, David has been a mixing engineer and producer on numerous albums with artist such as Usher, Celine Dione and The Isley Brothers.
But nothing could have prepared David for the unexpected news that he had stage-4 cancer.
Thankfully, he and his wife, Tamara Green, a Certified Social Worker, Meditation Facilitator, Individual and Couples Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist and Love Mentor® (trained by Diana Kirschner, PhD), were well-trained in mindful meditation and other healing modalities. Together, they not only survived the experience, but now help other couples and individuals going through cancer.
Tamara and David share their reactions, lessons, and the daily practices that helped them find calmness in the midst of the storm. Tamara leads us through a meditation exercise that is proven to reduce anxiety and is also great for minimizing nausea. David and Tamara also share about their newest book “Live Calm With Cancer (and Beyond)”, which was written from both the patient and the caregiver’s perspective.
Peaceful, inspiring and passionate about helping people manage successfully through cancer, regardless of the outcome, Tamara and David are transforming the lives of cancer patients and caregivers around the world through their books, workshops and loving meditations app.
Key Takeaways
- Be an active participant in your healing. Ask yourself quality questions – who do I choose to be in this moment?
- The power of mindfulness in managing through the darkest storms.
- Break it down into manageable bites – have a picture in your mind of how you’d like it to turn out, and then take it moment by moment.
- Label your feelings to release your emotions.
- Appreciate your body throughout the process.
- Learn to receive on a deeper level.
Resources
Tamara Green, LCSW Biography
Tamara Green is licensed in New York State as a Certified Social Worker and a member of the National Association of Social Workers since 1991. She worked as a psychiatric social worker at New York Presbyterian Hospital for 18 years and is now a recognized psychotherapist and life coach in private practice.
Elle Magazine dubs Tamara “The Soul-centered Love & Relationship Expert.” She is an author, speaker, Meditation Facilitator, Individual and Couples Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist and Love Mentor® (trained by Diana Kirschner, PhD). Tamara combines her many years of professional training and life experience to create powerfully effective guided meditations that have helped thousands to achieve peace, love and well-being.
Her educational degrees include a Bachelors of Science in Public Administration from the University of Southern California, and a Masters in Social Work from Fordham University. She attended Ackerman Institute for Couples and Family Therapy for her postgraduate training.
Tamara’s background and training in mental health, certified hypnotherapy, and beliefs management allows her to employ effective techniques such as hypnosis, guided meditation and experiential exercises. She regularly lectures and facilitates teleconference groups and workshops.
David Dachinger Biography
David Dachinger is a New York-based composer who has scored inspiring music for America’s most celebrated sporting events and television shows. Over 1 billion people have heard his music on CBS broadcasts of the Super Bowl, The Masters and the NFL. A Grammy Award nominee, David has been a mixing engineer and producer on numerous albums with artist such as Usher, Celine Dion and The Isley Brothers.
David has survived head, neck and lymphatic stage-4 cancer. As a patient, he had first-hand experience undergoing imaging diagnostics, radiation, chemotherapy and surgery. David is an international bestselling author featured in Cancer: From Tears to Triumph, a book filled with inspiration from survivors, health care and support professionals, caregivers and loved ones, available on Amazon.
A true man of service, David is also a New York State and Connecticut Certified Firefighter, AEMT, Fire Service instructor I, Fire Officer I & II, Rescue Technician. As an advanced EMT, he delivers patient care in emergency settings and interfaces with healthcare professionals in several tri-state hospitals.
David has also been making his contribution to inspirational change by producing music and video for awakening and motivational media including Access Consciousness, Masters of Quantum Healing, Miracle Mondays Meditations and Loving Meditations.
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