No Fears, No Tears: 13 Years Later

In the first DVD- No Fears, No Tears- eight courageous children with cancer, ages 3 to 12, demonstrate ways in which the natural abilities of the mind can be enlisted to help ease physical pain. Techniques include breathing strategies; blowing bubbles; distractions such as pop-up books, toys, or music; hypnosis; guided imagery; and medical play.

In this follow-up film, No Fears, No Tears- 13 Years Later, the author revisits seven of the eight original children to explore the long-term impact of having learned as a child how to deal with fear and pain. These young adults vividly recollect their painful childhood experiences and describe how learning to master the pain has affected their lives. Their stories dramatically challenge prevailing myths about childhood pain, proving that children can learn to actively help themselves through even the most taxing medical treatment. These films have become a standard for training hospital staff in how to integrate parents into their child's treatment process with the use of hypnosis, imagery, distraction and visualization methods, and breathing techniques to make the disease itself, as well as the long series of painful tests and treatments, bearable.