Hello! My name is Arti Kumar-Jain. I am a Certified Holistic Cancer Coach. My journey began when my mom was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer Stage IV in February 2018. As anyone knows in the cancer journey, endless research and constant looking for answers is sought out. The common theme of nutrition and reduction of stress were common elements found in my research. Although my mom passed in August 2019, her spirit lives in me. I am driven to be of assistance to those diagnosed with cancer, friends, family members, and community is part of my in becoming a Cancer Coach. Being of East Asian origin, holistic healing through mind, body, and spirit alliance is crucial and therefore this program at BeatCancer.org is the perfect fit. My focus and passion on health, wellness, and nutrition and living abundantly have come through the formation of the non-profit, Diya Holistic Life Care. I also provide Coaching services and tutoring for children and families through Love & Light 4 Kidz LLC. I am here with you on this journey and know that I am a holding space for you!

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Artie: You do have some time to think, yes, the tumors are growing...I'm talking about active diagnosis. You do have time to think but oftentimes what ends up happening is, anxiety for everybody kicks in and so having somebody on your side like a coach or someone that can help you to realize you do have choices.  And choices embody transformation, right? If we get pigeonholed in something, then our power is taken away. I just want to remind people we do have lots of choices. We just have to be presented with them on the plate.

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Carl: This is Carl Wagner. I'm here with beatcancer.org, the center for advancement in cancer education and we have one of our great coaches, Artie Kumar Jing. Is that correct?  Good, I got it thank you.  Instead of introducing Artie, I'm going to let her tell you who she is and what all the initials are behind your name. You have a lot of them.

Artie:  There are a lot of them but that doesn't mean much until you can make something of it.  Yes, my name's Artie: and the first role that I can tell you is that I am a mom of two girls that are currently four and six and I got into coaching...it's been about a year's worth of a journey getting into coaching, especially holistic cancer care. I have had my certification now for about four months and I have been...I started my journey actually when it comes to education, a long time ago, about 20 years ago.

I started working in preschools then I switched into working in elementary schools, got an undergrad in psychology, and did a minor in conflict resolution.  And along my journey, I always said that I especially would leave the classroom if I was paying attention to other needs for the kids besides the pedagogy of teaching.  Then I went into clinical counseling, Mental Health counseling worked in private practices, in hospital settings, in different clinical settings.

And then along the trip...I call it a trip because I really feel like the journey is a trip. I got married and when my family moved back to Virginia, we had kind of moved all over and worked also in another clinical facility. But then I decided I wanted to stay home with my girls.  And my mom who lived in Northern Virginia moved closer to us and she was actually diagnosed with ovarian cancer stage four, back in February of 2018. So, like anyone, when that takes place in your home or whatever. You go through research, you talk to everybody and anybody, you are continually trying to figure out how to beat this thing. So, regardless of beating or not beating, you do make catastrophic changes really quickly.  My mom made a lot of them, I also side by side made some changes.  looked a lot into nutrition, into holistic health and of course, being of Indian origin, my mom was already into some of that stuff. I have always looked into it, but it became very apparent in the research that the holistic approach of mind, body, spirit needs to be in place.

Carl: So, that's what brought you to beat cancer then?  Or did you look at other things first?

Artie:  Oh no, sorry.  She did pass but long story short in her passing, she had written some life stages down in one of her books, and I looked at it and I was like I realized I was supposed to do more with just her journey but to help others. And that's when I looked up to beat cancer...it just came to me; the coaching module was going to be implemented because I love coaching. I love therapy too, but coaching is more about helping that person really meeting their goals and their objectives to help them with that forward momentum.  And so, the beat cancer came up and it was right when I read that descriptor.

I didn't even look anywhere else, I just knew that holistic piece of mind, body, spirit, knowing the story behind the founding of it, knowing that there was a personal element touched for her journey, for Dr. Silverstein's journey. And then knowing everyone who's on and a part of that whole entity it didn't take me long.  I literally signed up the day that I saw the website, there was no question that it was the right fit.

Carl:  Now I see that you also have your own non-profit is that correct?

Artie: Yes.

Carl:  Okay, and go ahead tell us a little bit about that.

Artie: Sure, the non-profit actually is coaching through the lifespan. We're looking at health coaching and career coaching.  But cancer coaching is a module where I feel of course that it's important to help people in disease prevention and also preventative care.  But also, for those who are in this cycle and we also support end-of-life care through coordination with hospice and through palliative care in different organizations. The goal is to make it on a sliding scale and affordable to folks, so currently, we are working on getting some grants it's in its infancy stage so a lot of it's just starting to build.

Carl: Wait a minute is this the kid's nonprofit?

Artie:  No, this is the...the kids are a business.

Carl: Okay, I thought that was an NPO, but that's your website and that's your Instagram?

Artie:  Yes, the website is under development but the Instagram and the Facebook page are all live.

Carl: Okay, and do you want to tell us a little bit about that too?

Artie: Sure, lovingly for kids is a module where we provide webinars and seminars for organizations as well as for parents and families. Those who are in therapy and may need a module of coaching, we provide those services. We also provide tutoring.  I'm currently...right now we're actually looking at a lot of virtual workshops and after school programs in conjunction with other organizations.  That website is actually currently operating, I apologize it is the non-profit website that is under development.

Carl:  Right, I didn't even know about that.  I thought it was just...I was just talking about the kid's website. That's a surprise to me, that's great.  I have to look at my questions here, excuse me I'm sorry we're both new at this. When you went through the course what did you find helpful that you probably didn't know?

Artie:  I actually thought it was really helpful that we so I have had this background of nutrition and looking into nutrition. But I thought it was really Right, I good to have the background of the root cause. For instance, I had...for my mom, we had looked into other avenues.  What could have been the cause? We went to a naturopath and the possibility of maybe hormones or whatnot.  But to get the actual descriptors, behind all of these different types of cancers and what we need to examine. We talk about stress on the body, but then, what particular stressors, for that particular cancer. It's almost like you could target that organ and how to really build it up to really reduce that tumor growth or whatnot.  That was extremely helpful and very beneficial. Because it was the first time that I got a chance ever to examine the root cause.

Carl:  Yeah, two things that you mentioned, something about meeting people where they are and what you were just talking about, then trying to find the root cause. I think it's very interesting, that there is no one-size-fits-all approach and that's one thing that I think is different about our course.  It's not a diet book, it's not a cookie-cutter program, or a special protocol.  It's about observing people and being able to coach them through from wherever they're at. What did you think was your favorite part of the course that helped you in your coaching?

Artie:  I really have to tell you all the nutrition and stuff.  It's so hard, Carl because of the fact that everything has been leading to this holistic mind, body, spirit, and taking care of our body.  Feeding it well and then stress reduction and that kind of thing.  The nutrition pieces are really helping because it just solidified more and more of the research that has already been conducted. But knowing that this institute has already far exceeded when they've been following this module for a long time.  Even before, some people are now getting on the boat to examine