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Research shows this book and relaxation CD or MP3 will help you:

  • Reduce anxiety before surgery
  • Use 23-50% less pain medication
  • Fall asleep if you have insomnia
  • Heal faster

Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster is recommended at leading hospitals including:

  • Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School teaching hospital. Click to see brochure given to their surgical patients.
  • NYU Langone Medical Center in New York
  • Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center in northern California
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  • C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD

    C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD Founder, Shealy Institute for Comprehensive Health Care Founding President, American Holistic Medical Association “Every patient undergoing surgery should prepare for it. They will indeed heal faster with the techniques in this useful book. The attitude of the patient entering surgery is probably as important as the skill of the surgeon.”

  • Joan Borysenko

    Joan Borysenko, PhD Author, Minding the Body, Mending the Mind Co-founder Mind/Body Clinic Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston “This is the best book and CD I have ever seen showing how to prepare for surgery physically, emotionally and spiritually.

  • Dr Cohn

    Lawrence H. Cohn, MD Former Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Harvard Medical School Former Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital “Patients with unusually high levels of anxiety use Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster to go forward with surgery in a confident manner.”

  • Larry Dossey, MD

    Larry Dossey, MD Author, Healing Words “Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster is a wise guide for anyone having surgery. If you want to reduce the fear of surgery and be an active participant, read this book.”

  • Jean Watson

    Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAANDistinguished Professor, Endowed Chair in Caring ScienceUniversity of Colorado, Denver & Anschutz Medical CenterFounder, Watson Caring Science Institute “This book is a great guide for anyone having surgery. It includes easy to follow steps that contribute to healing, self knowledge and self-care.

  • Caroline Myss, PhD

    Caroline Myss, PhD Author, Creating Health Anatomy of the Spirit, “In easy and comforting language, Huddleston describes the steps a patient and his or her family can take to minimize the fears that emerge during the surgical process and the recovery period that follows.

  • Willis Harman, PhD

    Willis Harman, PhD Former President, Institute of Noetic Sciences If you have to have surgery, Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster shows you how to use five healing steps to make it easier.

Watercolor of Exuma, Bahamas, "Clouds from Goat Cay" by Jane Chermayoff
Watercolor of Exuma, Bahamas “Clouds from Goat Cay” by Jane Chermayoff

Peggy Huddleston developed five steps to prepare for surgery using mind-body techniques. She guides you in using these steps in her best-selling book, Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster.

A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, her clinical work and research focus on the ways positive emotions and the human spirit speed healing.

She has a private practice and does consultations by phone and Zoom.

Click below to hear Peggy Huddleston describe her 5 steps to prepare for surgery on a radio interview.

English Radio Interview

Spanish Radio Interview