During the pandemic, depression cases tripled by volume.   Bill and Frank discuss the different types of depression and how the disease has affected both of them in their lives.   If you are a person that is having dramatic mood swings, feeling like the world is against you, not being able to get the energy to get out of bed (I think I am going to watch Netflix again all day), or having trouble controlling your temper check with your doctor, you could have clinical depression and it can be treated.

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Frank realizes he under estimated how easy it is to breathe through and to become positive when someone tells you that you are are dying.   This episode is an eye opening example of Frank dealing with the fear that he told us that we should overcome in Season One.   If you listen to any episode it should be this one, Fear is is excitement without breathing

Season 1 comes to an end for DMT with an episode that puts it all together into a step by step plan of attack to heal.   The HEALIX program is a methodology that allows people to develop a process that promotes healing but more importantly fits into their lifestyle.

H   Hope
E    Explore
A    Analyze
L     Learn
I      Improve
X    Execute Consistently

Executing consistently is the key to any program.

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Bill and Frank discuss how finding what makes you happy in life will give your body the energy to help it heal.  Can laughter heal your soul?  Tune in and listen how it changed Bill’s life. 

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Bill discusses the critical role that sleep plays during chemotherapy. Creating great sleeping habits is as vital, if not more important, than any other facet of recovery. 

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As a former college football player, Bill was always strong and able-bodied. To say that cancer affected his physical strength is an understatement. How can anyone be expected to keep up their strength to exercise when chemo is killing not only the cancer cells, but muscle cells as well? Bill discusses his challenges with exercise and how he built a plan that worked. 

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With snake oil salesmen at every turn, you can spend thousands of dollars on supplements that do absolutely nothing for you. Bill discusses how he cut through this nonsense and discovered supplements that actually helped his healing through chemo.

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With so many fad diets and quick-fix cleanses out there, it’s tough to know what’s right for you. Especially when you’re battling cancer. Bill discusses his dietary routines, the challenges of making changes, and how all of this affected him mentally during his chemotherapy treatments. 

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