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Archive for the ‘Books on Coping or Healing’ Category

[Book] Life Disrupted: Getting Real About Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties

  Life Disrupted: Getting Real About Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties Laurie Edwards (Author) From Booklist One’s twenties and thirties are a time for training, launching careers, starting families. For 27-year-old Edwards, there is also the matter of the genetic respiratory disease she suffers. In

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[Book] Women, Work, and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working, Girlfriend!

  Women, Work, and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working, Girlfriend! Rosalind Joffe (Author), Joan Friedlander (Author), L.G. Mansfield (Editor) Review “The authors use first-person accounts to illustrate their advice on coping simultaneously with symptoms and the challenges of the workplace; developing a financial plan; communicating with coworkers, employers,

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[Book] How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers

  How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers Toni Bernhard (Author), Sylvia Boorstein (Foreword) Review “Full of hopefulness and promise…this book is a perfect blend of inspiration and encouragement. Toni’s engaging teaching style shares traditional Buddhist wisdom in a format

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[Book] Chronically Happy: Joyful Living In Spite Of Chronic Illness

  Chronically Happy: Joyful Living In Spite Of Chronic Illness Lori Hartwell (Author) Product Description If you have a chronic illness, Chronically Happy is the tool you need to shape the life you’ve always envisioned but never thought possible. Hartwell’s wisdom covers a range of subjects, from

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[Book] Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness

  Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness, Second Edition Paul J. Donoghue (Author), Mary Elizabeth Siegel (Author) Review An invaluable source of help and comfort to those who suffer from invisible chronic illness and to their caregivers and friends. —

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[Book] You Don’t LOOK Sick!: Living Well With Invisible Chronic Illness

  You Don’t LOOK Sick!: Living Well With Invisible Chronic Illness Joy H. Selak (Author), Steven S. Overman (Author) Review “This is a POIGNANT, EASY-TO-READ chronicle of the journey of a person afflicted with a chronic illness.” — Bob Crittenden, MD, MPH, Chief of Family Medicine, Harborview

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[Book] After the Diagnosis: Transcending Chronic Illness

  After the Diagnosis: Transcending Chronic Illness Julian Seifter (Author), Betsy Seifter (Contributor) From Booklist Diagnosed with type I diabetes at the start of his medical internship, kidney specialist Julian Seifter had to learn to accept his new self as a person with lifelong chronic illness, which

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[Book] Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Arthritis

  Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Arthritis Jack Canfield (Author), Mark Victor Hansen (Author), David Pisetsky (Author) Product Description This new book in the successful Healthy Living series – inspirational stories followed by positive, practical medical advice for caregivers and patients – addresses an

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[Book] Food and Healing

  Food and Healing Annemarie Colbin (Author) Product Description Ten years ago, Colbin’s Food and Healing stood at the forefront of the food revolution, exploring the link between diet and health. In this anniversary edition, she provides updates on recent dietary systems, including low-fat, food combining, and

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[Book] Young People and Chronic Illness

  Young People and Chronic Illness Kelly Huegel (Author) From School Library Journal Grade 5 Up-In the first section of this book, Huegel introduces 10 young people, each of whom has a chronic illness. They explain how they were diagnosed; medical management; and how they deal with

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