Download or read book FROM A GREAT ESCAPE TO A NEW AWAKENING MY JOURNEY THROUGH CANCER written by Eddy Li and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an autobiography of a cancer survivor, a veteran network news journalist. For 38 years since 1971, the author, as Asia video editor for ABC News, chased news stories round the clock, often without sleep. With early retirement in sight, the sudden diagnosis of cancer one day radically changed his lifestyle overnight. By an unusual coincidence, his links to golf were also linked to his discovery of cancer. Here's a man who led an incredible life even before he overcame his battle with cancer. It took more than the conventional means of treatment. His treatment and road to recovery is a revelation. Today, as a cancer survivor and a retiree who now enjoys a healthier and more fulfilling life, the author tells a compelling story of how he entered into the darkest tunnel and emerged, a more vigilant and environmentally aware individual. Eddy Li shares his painful experience, what he has learned about an increasingly hazardous environment and how you can protect yourself from its toxicity.
Download or read book Sacred Awakening written by A. R. Strong and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December of 2013, at the age of 29, A.R. Strong (Amber) was diagnosed with Stage III Colon Cancer. In the year that followed, Strong braved through twelve exhausting rounds of chemotherapy, depression, financial strain and the trials of being a single mother. Through the process of journaling and daily gratitude, she discovered the power of love and forgiveness to transcend unfathomable pain. Cancer became a catalyst, awakening her heart to living an extraordinary life of her own terms. 'Sacred Awakening' is a personal collection of Strong's journal entries and public blog posts, portraying an intimate first person account of seeking gratitude through harrowing circumstance. It transports readers to a vulnerable place of raw emotion and truth as they embark upon Strong's personal journey of healing. May 'Sacred Awakening' uplift and inspire its readers, reminding us of the strength that lies within us all.
Download or read book Leading a Charmed Life written by Gayle Bittinger and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gayle Bittinger's journal about her experience with breast cancer treatment will inspire all whose lives have been touched by cancer. Whether you are a cancer patient, cancer survivor, or a family member or friend of someone who's been diagnosed with cancer, you will find hope, life, laughter, and tears as you walk with her through a year of cancer treatment. Her journey begins with a necklace and a pink heart charm. As she considers the charm and what it means to her, she records her thoughts in a journal. Each week a new charm is chosen, and each week, Gayle discovers new insights into her journey through cancer treatment. This book is the story of that journey, a record of thoughts, feelings, and connections inspired by 52 charms chosen over the course of a year, a journey that eventually guides her to the realization that she is Leading a Charmed Life. Not an easy life, not a trouble-free life, but a life filled with love and surprises, celebrations and joy. It is a book written for all who walk the journey of cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Download or read book Finding Good written by Mike Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2024-03-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding Good, Mike Thompson's inspirational story of overcoming cancer and addiction, will empower you to live your best life.
Download or read book Celebrate the Mystery written by Suzanne Elaine Lindemer and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Suzanne Lindemer was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, she felt her life was coming apart. She decided to put it back together again in a whole new way.Through this collection of excerpts from her journal, readers can follow Suzanne on her journey of living with cancer and the joys, sorrows, insights, and growth that occurred for her along the way. Find out how new worlds and new ways of being opened up for her as she enthusiastically embraced meditation, visualization, and music therapy alongside traditional treatments. Whether you are facing an illness, love someone who is, work in healthcare or healing, or are interested in spirituality and personal growth, something in Suzanne's frank and heartfelt journal is sure to speak to you.Here's what readers are saying about "Celebrate the Mystery:"“Suzanne soulfully describes the ways in which her experience reshapes her life as she meets the physical, emotional and spiritual challenges of her disease. Beautifully written and positively inspiring! Anyone can grow and learn through reading this.”-Jack Whelan, RN, Hospice Nurse & Reiki Master Teacher“I was able to touch a vast array of feelings - both comfortable and uncomfortable - safely, and your work gave me the courage to continue my growth at a time when I had decided I really wasn't up to the challenge."- Anonymous reader“…this book of writings serves as a source of comfort and inspiration while sharing raw, honest thoughts and feelings. Eloquent simplicity at its best!”-Miriam Meyer, Ph.D., Psychologist
Download or read book Love After Cancer written by Keesha Carter and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-10-27 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer was the diagnosis. Purpose was the answer. Now, 9 years later, Keesha La Luz Carter shares her story of facing stage 3 cervical cancer with a unique twist. Feel the H. E. A. T. today when you read her new book, Love After Cancer: A Journey through Hope, Empowerment, Affirmation, and Transformation! The thing that has broken you-the thing that has consumed you-the thing that has torn you down, flipped you around and shook your world until it crumbled into millions and billions of pieces-yes, that thing-it may be the thing that has made you stronger. Life experiences have created you to be the awesome person you have become. Embrace the brokenness. The moments you have grown to hate-learn to love them. It is what makes you fierce and unstoppable. Look at it from a different perspective and life as you know it will be transformed. You have made it before, and you surely can, and will, do it again. Once you absorb this to be true, you will enjoy and love life in a way that will blow your mind. People will look at you in amazement when they hear your story. After knowing what you have been through, they won't be able to fathom how you made it. They will wonder how you kept going. It is your purpose birthed from your pain that keeps you moving. It's your destiny that is discovered through your dirt-your divine destiny. So, as a child of the Most High, put on your crown, Diva and walk into your divine destiny. Keesha "La Luz" Carter Works with women who are fighters and survivors on their cancer journey. As the founder of Serenity, Courage & Wisdom, Inc. (SCAWINC), she has helped dozens of women to use the Creative Arts as an outlet on their cancer journey. SCAWINC also helps survivors with obtaining resources for their basic needs while in treatment.
Download or read book My Journey Through Cancer written by Donna Maggos and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person written by Miriam Engelberg and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2006-04-25 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: a cartoonist examines her experience with breast cancer in an irreverent and humorous graphic memoir.
Download or read book Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder written by Julie A. Fast and published by Balance. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated, Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder is a groundbreaking, comprehensive program to help those with bipolar disorder—and those who care about them—gain permanent control over their lives. Most people diagnosed with bipolar disorder are sent home with the name of a doctor and multiple prescriptions. However, few people with bipolar disorder are able to find long-term stability with medications alone. Bipolar disorder researcher and expert Julie A. Fast, who was diagnosed with the illness at age thirty-one, and specialist John Preston, PsyD, offer the pioneering Take Charge program used around the world to help readers promote stability, reduce mood swings, increase work ability, decrease health care costs, and improve relationships. The book guides those with bipolar disorder and their loved ones toward a comprehensive personal treatment plan by incorporating: Medications and bipolar-safe supplements Lifestyle changes that help manage bipolar symptoms naturally Behavior modifications that reduce and prevent symptoms Guidelines on assembling an effective support team By helping readers gather powerful strategies, Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder delivers a dynamic program to treat this difficult but ultimately manageable illness.
Download or read book My Journey With Cancer written by Jane Medved and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-19 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir talks about all of the horror that my family and I had experienced with my grandfather since he was diagnosed with cancer. This is an inspiring story of how I got through challenges in my life. It shows to readers that anyone could get through traumatic experiences and make the best of it no matter what happens.
Download or read book Return to Wholeness written by David Simon, M.D. and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1999-01-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Beautiful. . . . If you are facing cancer or any other serious illness, I encourage you to allow the wisdom contained within these pages to nurture, guide, and support you."-Deepak Chopra, M.D., from his foreword Return to Wholeness is a revelation. David Simon breaks new ground with the innovative, holistic mind-body approaches developed at the Chopra Center for Well Being. The guiding theme in this book is wholeness, as Dr. Simon demonstrates to readers the value of integrating the best of traditional and alternative medicines with ancient Eastern, Ayurvedic principles and practices in order to forge the most effective path to wellness. Return to Wholeness features advice and recommendations on every aspect of living with illness, including designing a simple nutritional program to purify, rejuvenate, and provide balance; benefiting from the healing properties of vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and herbs; facing the toll exacted by chemotherapy and other medical techniques; incorporating various kinds of meditation, creative visualization, and aromatherapy into the larger Return to Wholeness program; and weathering emotional cycles through art therapy, journaling, laughter, and music. "Return to Wholeness is magnificent. Reading this book made me feel embraced and uplifted by all that is healing and true. Return to Wholeness should be kept on the nightstand of everyone who has cancer or another illness or who is afraid of becoming ill." - Christiane Northrup, M.D. author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom "Return to Wholeness is the perfect book for anyone facing the diagnosis of cancer. . . . Powerful, powerful teachings you will not read elsewhere from a medical doctor." -Wayne Dyer, Ph.D., author of Manifest Your Destiny "Gentle, compassionate, and yet thorough . . . a book that awakens the inner healer in all of us." - Louise L. Hay, author of You Can Heal Your Life "An excellent source of information and guidance to help one integrate one's life and approach to cancer." -Bernie S. Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles "In every great challenge of life, we need guides who can show us the way. Dr. David Simon is a wise, compassionate physician who can help anyone on the journey through the experience of cancer." -Larry Dossey, M.D. author of Prayer Is Good Medicine and Healing Words
Download or read book The Book of Awakening written by Mark Nepo and published by Red Wheel. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the #1 NYT’s bestseller by Mark Nepo, who has been called “one of the finest spiritual guides of our time” and “a consummate storyteller.” Philosopher-poet and cancer survivor Mark Nepo opens a new season of freedom and joy—an escape from deadening, asleep-at-the wheel sameness—that is both profound and clarifying. His spiritual daybook is a summons to reclaim aliveness, liberate the self, take each day one at a time, and savor the beauty offered by life's unfolding. Reading his poetic prose is like being given second sight, exposing the reader to life's multiple dimensions, each one drawn with awe and affection. The Book of Awakening is the result of Nepo’s journey of the soul and will inspire others to embark on their own. He speaks of spirit and friendship, urging readers to stay vital and in love with this life, no matter the hardships. Encompassing many traditions and voices, Nepo's words offer insight on pain, wonder, and love. Each entry is accompanied by an exercise that will surprise and delight the reader in its mind-waking ability.
Download or read book The Healing Power of Hope written by Kenneth P. Walker Ph. D. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-07-21 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Youve received what feels like the worst news imaginable: CANCER. A dreaded diagnosis, a merciless disease, a relentless foe. Life as youve known it seems irrevocably lost; the future, hopeless. But what if all is not lost and the future holds promise? What if you could enlist an ally so powerful that an inevitable diagnosis could be overcome? You can! That ally? The Great Physician, our Lord Jesus Christ. Commend your carebody and spiritto Him. Have faith. Embrace hope! This is a true story about how faith and hope combined with courage, determination, love and a tenacious will to live can help you fight cancer and find joy in the face of adversity. O LORD, if you heal me, I will be truly healed; if you save me, I will be truly saved. My praises are for you alone! Jeremiah 17:14, NLT
Download or read book Awakening to Aging written by Myrtle Heery and published by University of Rockies Press. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays from 17 writers includes a spectrum of aging topics: finances, health--including the changing brain, cancer, and heart disease--choosing a home, caregiving, ethical wills, aging parents, and spirituality.
Download or read book Blind Spots written by John Domenico and published by John Domenico. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when you never stop questioning what you believe? They say God works in mysterious ways. John Domenico should know. In his 50 plus years, he's embarked on a seeker's journey that has taken him from steadfast Catholicism to born-again Christianity to a unique kind of inclusive spirituality. Blind Spots: The Memoirs of a Baby Boomer on the Rocky Road towards Spiritual Awakening collects his insightful and often humorous thoughts, reflections and critiques on all of them. The result is a deliciously candid and frank book that will appeal to anyone who's ever struggled to understand his or her faith. From early on, it's clear Domenico marched to his own drummer. As a child, he learns to question his family's Catholic faith - and finds plenty of trouble from the nuns and priests in Catholic school. Subsequent to his experimentation in the 1960's and 70's, Domenico settles down and, after initial resistance, discovers Pentecostalism. But eventually he finds cracks in his latest belief system, and he sets out for what will be the most spiritually fulfilling quest of all. Interspersed are compelling asides on his personal life, as well as the politics, major events, personalities and trends that have shaped the last half-century. Throughout it all, Domenico's sensitivity and keen wit masterfully transform an ordinarily timeworn subject, that under his care, is crafted into a thought-provoking, rollicking ride that might just get you questioning your own deeply held beliefs... Reader reviews: "It made me laugh, it made me cry and it made me think so much I don't know what I believe anymore." "I loved it... I think it should be required reading for everyone on the planet." "Domenico tells his story with painful rawness. His courage is rivaled only by his masterful storytelling, revealing much of who we all are in this provocative memoir."
Download or read book The Power of the Herd written by Linda Kohanov and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linda Kohanov is beloved for her groundbreaking articulation of “the way of the horse,” an experiential wisdom known to riders for centuries but little studied or adapted to off-horse use. Now Kohanov takes those horse-inspired insights on the nonverbal elements of exceptional communication and leadership into the realms of our workplaces and relationships. Here we explore the benefits of “nonpredatory power” in developing assertiveness, fostering creativity, dealing with conflict, and heightening mind-body awareness. In “A Brief History of Power,” the first part of this far-reaching book, Kohanov profiles cultural innovators who employed extraordinary nonverbal leadership skills to change history, usually on horseback: Winston Churchill, George Washington, Alexander the Great, and Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), among others. She also draws on the behavior of mature horse herds, as well as the herding cultures of Africa and Mongolia, to debunk theories of dominance hierarchies, challenge ingrained notions of “survival of the fittest,” and demonstrate the power of a consensual leadership in which governing roles are fluid. Kohanov then adapts these lessons into twelve powerful guiding principles we can all incorporate into our work and personal lives. Eloquent and provocative, this is horse sense for everyone who seeks to thrive in the herds we all run in — our communities, careers, families, and friendships.
Download or read book The Last Pilgrimage written by Linda Daly and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linda Daly had a seemingly charmed life: her mother Nancy was married to the head of Warner Bros, and her parents were one of the most influential and prominent couples in Los Angeles. Even their divorce couldn't test the bond between mother and daughter, and their family grew: her mother married Dick Riordan, mayor of L.A.; her father married songwriter Carole Bayer Sager. The extended family used their combined resources to help a number of cultural and philanthropic concerns across the country until they encountered the one thing they could not overcome: Nancy's diagnosis of stage four pancreatic cancer. So mother and daughter teamed up to begin a search for a miracle cure—a roller–coaster ride through the rigors of western medicine, the surgeries and chemotherapies, and the untested boundaries of alternative medicine. What Linda learned on their final pilgrimage together would change her forever and speaks to the issues faced by many adult sons and daughters today: how to help those who gave you life face the end of their own. Ultimately, The Last Pilgrimage is Linda's love letter to her mother, proof that the end of life can offer a peaceful and comforting farewell.