About the Summit
Anyone who has ever been touched by cancer knows that it profoundly changes how one thinks about health and wellness.  Simple things once taken for granted are now seen as special.  Moments are more cherished and decisions about the self, body, mind and spirit are made more thoughtfully.  Now there’s a way to step back, take a deep breath and personally access guidance from the leading experts in health.  All while surrounded by a supportive community in a beautiful environment in southern California.

Enrich the mind; Rejuvenate the Spirit.

Join us on October 29 - 30, 2005 for the Stonyfield Farm StrongWomen Thrive Summit and Learn what Survivors Need to Know

Stonyfield Farm StrongWomen™ Thrive Summit will be an inspirational celebration of life program centered on learning to live well once your life has been touched by cancer.  Whether or not you are newly-diagnosed, a long-term survivor or someone who cares for someone with cancer this conference will educate, encourage, engage and enlighten you.  The topics will cover advancements in new therapies, and the complexities of living with the disease, how it affects a woman’s life and her community.  Susan M. Love, MD, the breast cancer surgeon and researcher who brought the fight against cancer to national attention and the author of The Susan Love Breast Book will be featured.  It will feature entertaining forums presented by a variety of LLuminari experts, who are dedicated to encouraging and inspiring women to make positive changes in their lives.

Presented by Stonyfield Farm, the world largest producer of organic yogurt in partnership with LLuminari®, one of the country's leading health education companies, this summit will feature LLuminari physicians and health experts.

LLuminari Experts Scheduled to Appear:
Conference host Miriam Nelson, Ph.D., the respected Tufts University researcher, nutritionist, and author of the international best-selling Strong Women book series.

Alice D. Domar, Ph. D.
A leader on women and stress, infertility, and self-nurture, Dr. Domar is an author, professor, and resource on women's health issues. A graduate of Concord Academy and Colby College, Dr. Domar is currently the director of the Mind/Body Center for Women's Health at Boston IVF, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess health Center. In addition, Dr. Domar is an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology at Harvard Health School.

Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D.
Dr. Schwartz is a professor of sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Schwartz lectures nationally and internationally on relationship topics, women's issues, parent/child issues, personal and family well-being in today's world, and communication between men and women in intimate and work relationships.

M. Ellen Mahoney, M.D.,F.A.C.S.
Dr. Mahoney is a practicing breast surgeon in Arcata, California and a former member of the clinical faculty of the Department of Surgery at Stanford University. She is the co-founder of the Community Breast Health Project in Palo Alto, California and is currently at work on a book about long-term survivors.

Keynote Speaker:
Susan Love, MD, one of the "founding mothers" of the breast cancer advocacy movement. Dr. Love continues her work by serving on the boards of the National Breast Cancer Coalition and the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book has been termed “the bible for women with breast cancer” by The New York Times. Dr. Love lectures nationally and internationally on breast cancer, menopause, and women’s health.

Agenda
The weekend conference offers a full agenda, including one-on-one time with the LLuminari experts starting with an optional Friday night reception, beginning again at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday and completing at 11:30 a.m on Sunday.  The keynote address from Dr. Susan Love – will be ‘Beyond the hype-what the new cancer treatments will mean to you’ . Dr. Love will also lead a breakout session on ‘Understanding Your Cancer.’   Other programs include ‘What you can Do to prevent re-occurrence’ by Dr. Miriam Nelson and also ‘How to fuel your body with diet, and exercise.’  Dr. Alice Domar will teach attendees how to ‘Self Nurture when you are Stressed.’  There is  also a program designed to help women understand how chronic disease affects intimacy in relationships which is being led by LLuminari expert Dr. Pepper Schwartz, one of the country’s leading authorities on sex and relationships. Attendees will be able to participate in a variety of exercise with the expert’s options and a healthy cooking demonstration.