The 2025 Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care, held at the Commonweal Gallery in Bolinas, CA, was a gathering bridging wisdom traditions with emerging frontiers in healing. The forum explored transformation through the intersections of integrative cancer care with consciousness and healing arts, featuring distinguished speakers and practitioners from diverse backgrounds. The day included engaging presentations on patient advocacy, expressive arts, and innovative approaches to cancer care. Whether you’re a healthcare practitioner, someone touched by cancer, or simply curious about integrative approaches to healing, this forum offers valuable insights and practical wisdom. Recordings are available through the links below.
Hosted by Commonweal, CancerChoices, The New School, and the Lloyd Symington Foundation New Paradigms in Healing Conference
Speaker presentations:
Each presentation is approximately 30 minutes.
Poetry as a Pathway for Tenderness, Comfort, Truth-telling, and Transformation with John Fox, founder and executive director of the Institute for Poetic Medicine
Talking with My Cells: How Conversations with My Inner Healers Made It to the Tumor Board with Diana Lindsay, co-director, Healing Circles Global
Unlocking the Inner Healer: The Role of Psychedelics in Oncology Care with Jen Bires, executive director of Life with Cancer and Patient Experience for the Inova Schar Cancer Institute
Finding a Deeper Connection with Robin Daly, founder of Yes to Life
Psychedelics and Qi with Mark Taylor, founder of Patient Led Oncology
Cancer Mindsets with Dr. Jen Green, naturopathic oncologist, research director at KNOW Oncology
Dawn Gross, hospice and palliative medicine physician
Transforming Poison into Medicine with Dale Borglum, founder and executive director of the Living/Dying Project