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Susan Filley drove hard. A Seattle sales rep, she measured success by the cultural standards: title, salary and identity.
She drove until she could drive no more. In 1991 a deep fatigue descended. She slept 12 to 14 hours a day. She endured constant muscle pain. Climbing the stairs became an ordeal. A dense fog settled into her brain.
Filley was diagnosed with chronic immune deficiency Syndrome. Her doctor prescribed anti-inflammatories and antidepressants. She also tried alternative approaches: She dramatically shifted her diet, took homeopathic remedies and began inner psychological work.
“I came up with a combination that fit,” she says. She’s now 85 percent recovered, with only occasional relapses.
Today Filley’s living in Spokane and working with her husband, Dr. Will Corell, to present a symposium at the University of Idaho called “The New Medicine: Shifting Paradigms in the Healing Arts.”
Filley and Corell, a holistic physician, believe that the new medicine will be a combination of the best of traditional, western medicine and the best of the alternative approaches.
The symposium, designed for everyone from the general public to doctors and scientists, will explore this vision. It will be March 31 to April 2 at the College of Education Building on the Moscow campus.
“We’re trying to create a forum for conventional western docs to get scientific information on whether they want to get involved in these alternatives,” Filley said. Workshops at the symposium will include sessions on the mind/body connection, nutrition, body chemistry, acupuncture, women’s health, body composition analysis, and psychotherapy.
The symposium is sponsored by the University of Idaho, Corell, and Alliance for Conscious Healing Explorations.
Registration fees are $195, and $125 for students. To attend a portion of the conference, the fees are $8 for Friday evening; $125 for Saturday and $125 for Sunday. In addition, rooms have been reserved at four Moscow motels. Prices range from $28 to $69.50 per night.
For more information, call Nan Robertson at (208) 877-1699, Corell’s office at 838-5800 or Filley at 624-4937.