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A global network of leaders for patient advocacy, integrative medicine, and creative arts therapy. Inspired by founder Amy Li’s Stage IV cancer journey.

Joined September 2017
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Why do some #doctors do not include advice on #diet and #exercise in their #treatment plan for #patients? 1. It is clear that with modifications in diet & #lifestyle and exercise; we can prevent, control, reduce the severity or cure diseases and improve patient's quality of life.
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Poet of the Month - stageiv.org/jim-hargis-poet-… Hargis Hi and blessings to all. Jim started out as a child in the Ozark Hills of southwest Missouri. Blessed with some athletic ability, he was blessed, for a few years, to play professional baseball. That was followed by the law s...
Let Go (poem) - stageiv.org/let-go-poem/by Amy Li November 6, 2013 Letting go is a process, when the shock is over and the pain starts to overwhelm. It is a decision in the mind yet, a struggle in the heart. You breathe deeply, hoping to ease the pain. It decides to linger a...
The Cancer Box - stageiv.org/the-cancer-box/T… Cancer Box by Amy Li Inside the cancer box, it was the gray zone, how you saw it was in your heart, you could either see the light coming through the edge of the box, or you could just be completely in the dark. No one and nobody coul...
Stage (poem) - stageiv.org/stage-poem/Stage By Amy Li There are different stages of life: The stages of your professional life, The stages of your personal life. Whether you realize it or not, You are playing the character of your life On that stage There is the stage of performi...
Passed on a 244-172 vote. All Democrats voted for it, joined by 29 Republicans - while 172 Republicans voted against it.
For my mother, for my wife, for my daughter, I'm voting to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act to advance justice, safety and dignity for every American woman. #VAWA #VAWA4ALL
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Would you like to help Santa fulfill my wishes? :P bit.ly/D4H_Wish #like #love #Holidays2020 #fun #dance #dance4healing
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Excellent visual reminder. Stay safe out there, everyone. There's a light at the end of the #COVID19 tunnel - but it's still a long way off.
Life in a bubble that is connected to many other bubbles... 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 family, friends, coworkers, classmates, service providers...🌐 Just stay home! 🏠 via @LAPublicHealth
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Letter to my younger self - stageiv.org/public_html/stag… Photo by Christopher Casson By Amy Li Dear younger self, When you were a little girl in China, you wanted to be a gypsy — to sing, dance, and travel around the world. The truth is life is a long path with lots of sur...
Coming soon: Dance4Healing Collaborative Instructor Program - stageiv.org/public_html/stag… In 2020, our world has been turned upside down. Being human is a team sport, social distancing has made social connecting more important than ever. Many of our elders and patients with ch...
The Fire Will Come Back - stageiv.org/public_html/stag… Photo by Christopher Casson, Photographer of the Month Each of us is a lamp with a candle burning inside how we nurture  that warm light inside keeping it going  or letting it die is the lighthouse  ...
Chapter One - stageiv.org/public_html/stag… Deann Acton: Hummingbirds By Amy Li April 15, 2015 Does a cancer journey create a Chapter One in my life? Maybe. I lost my dad to lung cancer. From the day I broke down at work, hearing the word “cancer” over the phone, until we l...
Coming soon: Dance4Healing Collaborative Instructor Program - stageiv.org/public_html/stag… In 2020, our world has been turned upside down. Being human is a team sport, social distancing has made social connecting more important than ever. Many of our elders and patients with ch...
Coming soon: Dance4Healing Collaborative Instructor Program - stageiv.org/public_html/stag… In 2020, our world has been turned upside down. Being human is a team sport, social distancing has made social connecting more important than ever. Many of our elders and patients with ch...
Coming soon: Dance4Healing Collaborative Instructor Program - stageiv.org/public_html/stag… In 2020, our world has been turned upside down. Being human is a team sport, social distancing has made social connecting more important than ever. Many of our elders and patients with ch...
Coming soon: Dance4Healing Collaborative Instructor Program - stageiv.org/public_html/stag… In 2020, our world has been turned upside down. Being human is a team sport, social distancing has made social connecting more important than ever. Many of our elders and patients with ch...
Dance4Healing COVID-19 Initiative - stageiv.org/public_html/stag… Photograph by Christopher Casson, Photographer of the Month The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our world upside down. “Social Distancing” needs “Social Connecting” more than ever.  As a stage IV cancer survivor, ...
Here’s some really good news: the likelihood of someone dying after being admitted to intensive care with #COVID19 has pretty much halved since the early days of the pandemic. Yet this amazing achievement has been so buried in the data I don’t think anyone has yet noticed. 🧵
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