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How to navigate conflicting medical and spiritual approaches to serious illness

My cancer came back and the oncologist wants aggressive treatment but the medicine man says I need to address what my soul is trying to tell me through this illness before any physical healing can happen.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two legitimate but incompatible healing paradigms are demanding you choose between them at a critical moment.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous healing traditions — Americas and Pacific?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.