Chronic stress is a primary factor in physical illness, and adopting a mindful, positive perspective can improve health outcomes for those with terminal or chronic diagnoses.

“I think stress by the way is the major killer over and above genetics over and above nutrition”

Diagnostic labels can be beneficial when they help contain catastrophic anxiety and provide a clear direction for therapeutic treatment.

“I found diagnosis useful in salutary in my clinical practice when it helped people bind their otherwise catastrophic anxiety and when it pointed to a direction forward”