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Hear Cheryl Canfield; Author, Life and Wellness Counselor, Teacher of Spiritual Principles, and Peace Proponent, President of “Friends of Peace Pilgrim,” a non-profit organization carrying on the work and memory of the legend of the same name talk about changing the way we look at “peace.”
Cheryl Canfield is a Life and Wellness counselor, a teacher of spiritual principles, and peace proponent (inner as well as outer). She is a nationally known inspirational speaker and workshop leader, integrating her background in spirituality and psychology to assist others in exploring areas of personal growth and healing.
Current President of Friends of Peace Pilgrim, a non-profit organization, she is co-compiler of Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words, a spiritual classic with over 500,000 copies in print, and compiler and editor of the book Peace Pilgrim’s Wisdom, an inspiring collection of seed thoughts from Peace’s lectures and writings. She met Peace in 1976, at which time Peace became a beloved friend and mentor until her death in 1981.
She is the author of Profound Healing: The Power of Acceptance on the Path to Wellness, a down-to-earth account of her journey as she confronts a diagnosis of advanced cancer in 1989. Turning down proposed radical surgeries, she focused her attention on attempting to come to a place of inner peace before dying. In the process she became well. Her subsequent reflections on physical, emotional and spiritual healing are summarized into twelve self-help steps.