Non­fic­tion

Bev­er­ly Hills Con­cen­tra­tion Camp

Ran­di Maggid
May 3, 2016

Ran­di Mag­gid, who has found relief through non-tra­di­tion­al med­ical alter­na­tives, brave­ly shares her sto­ry in her emo­tion­al and insight­ful new mem­oir, Bev­er­ly Hills Con­cen­tra­tion Camp. With names changed to pro­tect the pri­va­cy of the book’s char­ac­ters, Bev­er­ly Hills Con­cen­tra­tion Camp opens on the present life of Alix, a seem­ing­ly-ordi­nary mom, who through a series of flash­backs, takes the read­er along on her heal­ing jour­ney — from the depths of severe phys­i­cal pain and anguish to the heights of awak­ened spir­i­tu­al­i­ty and health.

Alix, the daugh­ter of Jew­ish Holo­caust sur­vivors, describes the unlike­ly strug­gle of grow­ing up in a beau­ti­ful Span­ish house in Bev­er­ly Hills with the weight of the con­cen­tra­tion camps press­ing down on her; many of the same hor­ri­ble things that hap­pened to her moth­er were hap­pen­ing to her. Lit­tle did she know her past would catch up with her, cause her years of phys­i­cal pain that would even­tu­al­ly require imme­di­ate surgery she was deter­mined to avoid.

Her sto­ry encour­ages peo­ple to heal them­selves on lev­els deep­er than they ever thought possible.

Discussion Questions

Cour­tesy of Ran­di Maggid

  • Do the expe­ri­ences and mes­sages in this sto­ry impact your think­ing on the use of alter­na­tive heal­ing, use of phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, etc.

  • Have you had any surg­eries you regret hav­ing or would rethink after hav­ing read this book?

  • Randi’s per­son­al sto­ry of being the daugh­ter of Holo­caust survivors

  • The ways in which Randi’s heal­ing helped relieve the same bur­den for own children

  • The emo­tion­al strug­gle faced by the gen­er­a­tion after World War II and the bur­dens placed upon them

  • The fact that we can heal our­selves from pain by hav­ing faith there are oth­er options beyond medication

  • The many dif­fer­ent alter­na­tive modal­i­ties for pain relief, and the impor­tance of hav­ing the patience to find the ones that work for you

  • How doing breath work can change your life and heal your lin­eage – releas­ing neg­a­tive ener­gy that has been stored in your body even before birth

  • How heal­ing our own pain can help heal future generations
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