Sam Watts discusses our focus topic for this month, an aspect of cancer care increasingly being seen as central to the best outcomes.

Mind-body medicine – or psychoneuroimmunology, to give it its scientific name – is a young science, but one that has made rapid progress from the realms of ‘woo’ through to a ’soft’ science, and is now standing on the findings of biochemical lab research.

We now have the beginnings of an understanding of how deeply intertwined our thoughts and emotions – indeed our spiritual wellbeing – are with our physical health, and how, if we are looking for the best treatment outcomes or are facing an existential threat, we would be unwise to ignore this crucial aspect of our health and wellbeing.

Dr Sam Watt’s book “The Ayurvedic Approach to Cancer” is due out early next year and if you pre-order, you will get access to his course “The Science and Secrets of Survivorship”.