Dr Dalal Akoury is the founder and Medical Director of The AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center. She is trained and certified in Integrative Cancer Therapy, Anti-Aging, Regenerative, Metabolic and Functional Medicine, and has more than 40 years of accumulated experience in emergency medicine, pediatrics, and has a master’s degree in public health. Dr Dalal Akoury was born in Alexandria Egypt, the eldest of four. My father’s death from cancer was my wakeup and is the birth of the New me, and the very essence of my medical career. In 1982 my husband allowed me to go to the United States and he supported me unconditionally in pursuing my dream of finding a cure for cancer. What kept me moving forward are the following?
My unyielding faith in the Divine.
My belief in my mission.
I had a primary goal driven by purpose. I always felt unstoppable because I knew that I had no option but to reach my destination. I continually see, feel it, and smell my assignment. My mission is more significant than me and I am a part of a higher purpose.
I know who I am.
Prayers, Meditations, Trusting the Divine .
My appreciation of the good the bad and the ugly.
My continued unyielding gratitude.
My intuition and gut feel.
Accepting and owning my weaknesses and flaws and seeing them as strengths instead.
Accepting, loving and appreciating my roots, ethnicity, gender, size and flaws, and I cherishing them.
I do not waste energy on pretending to be someone else.
I have no time for self-pity or getting depressed.
I embrace new experiences.
I never accept being cornered; I bounce back.
I love and forgive unconditionally.
I never see the bad in anyone around me. I genuinely do not see enemies.
I can never hate.
I appreciate adversaries and often welcome and befriend them. I also help them.
I do not take no for an answer.
