Author: Mary Ann Wasil
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452533199
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A Diary of Healing? is honest, real, scary and hysterically funny and I feel honored to have read it. I know anyone who picks it up will feel the same way. -Jessica Podoshen, The Oprah Magazine Mary Ann Wasil's hilariously touching account of her battle with breast cancer will have you laughing even as you're reaching for the tissue box. -Meg Cabot, Author of The Princess Diaries and Size 12 and Ready to Rock At the time of my diagnosis, I scoured the bookstores and internet for stories that would lift me up, tell me this was do-able. I found very few. My story is your story, as long as your story is filled with unflinching hope. Since I cant be right beside you to hold your hand and tell you you can do this, I hope this book will be the next-best-thing.
A Diary of Healing
Author: Mary Ann Wasil
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452533199
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A Diary of Healing? is honest, real, scary and hysterically funny and I feel honored to have read it. I know anyone who picks it up will feel the same way. -Jessica Podoshen, The Oprah Magazine Mary Ann Wasil's hilariously touching account of her battle with breast cancer will have you laughing even as you're reaching for the tissue box. -Meg Cabot, Author of The Princess Diaries and Size 12 and Ready to Rock At the time of my diagnosis, I scoured the bookstores and internet for stories that would lift me up, tell me this was do-able. I found very few. My story is your story, as long as your story is filled with unflinching hope. Since I cant be right beside you to hold your hand and tell you you can do this, I hope this book will be the next-best-thing.
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452533199
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A Diary of Healing? is honest, real, scary and hysterically funny and I feel honored to have read it. I know anyone who picks it up will feel the same way. -Jessica Podoshen, The Oprah Magazine Mary Ann Wasil's hilariously touching account of her battle with breast cancer will have you laughing even as you're reaching for the tissue box. -Meg Cabot, Author of The Princess Diaries and Size 12 and Ready to Rock At the time of my diagnosis, I scoured the bookstores and internet for stories that would lift me up, tell me this was do-able. I found very few. My story is your story, as long as your story is filled with unflinching hope. Since I cant be right beside you to hold your hand and tell you you can do this, I hope this book will be the next-best-thing.
Artful Grief
Author: Sharon Strouse
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452568022
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Artful Grief is a decade long study of loss by an art therapist, in the aftermath of her daughters suicide. On October 11, 2001, Sharon received a phone call in the middle of the night from the New York City Police Department telling her that her seventeen year old daughter Kristin, had fallen from the roof of her college dormitory. So began her journey into the labyrinth of unspeakable grief. As the ?rst year drew to a close she found no comfort in traditional therapy, and no solace in spoken or written words. In surrender to her inner art therapists guidance, she began to create collages. She cut and tore images out of magazines and glued them on various size paper. The paper was a safe and sacred container, receptive to the fullness of emotion, story and paradox. Over time there was transformation and healing. Artful Grief A creative roadmap through violent dying and grief. A dose of soul medicine for survivors. A way to retrieve the pieces of a shattered life, with paper, scissors and glue. A resourceful tool for those suffering with complicated grief and/or PTSD. A place for the unspeakable to be seen and heard. A process to quiet the mind and open the heart. A visual experience of trauma images as illustrations of hope. A sample of prophetic dreams and meditations that are illuminating. A heartfelt sharing of intimate secrets for understanding and compassion. A surprising grief gift that is inspiring.
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452568022
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Artful Grief is a decade long study of loss by an art therapist, in the aftermath of her daughters suicide. On October 11, 2001, Sharon received a phone call in the middle of the night from the New York City Police Department telling her that her seventeen year old daughter Kristin, had fallen from the roof of her college dormitory. So began her journey into the labyrinth of unspeakable grief. As the ?rst year drew to a close she found no comfort in traditional therapy, and no solace in spoken or written words. In surrender to her inner art therapists guidance, she began to create collages. She cut and tore images out of magazines and glued them on various size paper. The paper was a safe and sacred container, receptive to the fullness of emotion, story and paradox. Over time there was transformation and healing. Artful Grief A creative roadmap through violent dying and grief. A dose of soul medicine for survivors. A way to retrieve the pieces of a shattered life, with paper, scissors and glue. A resourceful tool for those suffering with complicated grief and/or PTSD. A place for the unspeakable to be seen and heard. A process to quiet the mind and open the heart. A visual experience of trauma images as illustrations of hope. A sample of prophetic dreams and meditations that are illuminating. A heartfelt sharing of intimate secrets for understanding and compassion. A surprising grief gift that is inspiring.
Using Writing as a Therapy for Eating Disorders
Author: June Alexander
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317649354
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Using Writing as a Therapy for Eating Disorders: The diary healer uses a unique combination of evidence-based research and raw diary excerpts to explain the pitfalls and benefits of diary writing during recovery from an eating disorder. In a time when diary writing remains a largely untapped resource in the health care professions, June Alexander sets out to correct this imbalance, explaining how the diary can inspire, heal and liberate, provide a learning tool for others and help us to understand and cope with life challenges. The book focuses on the power of diary writing, which may serve as a survival tool but become an unintended foe. With guidance, patients who struggle with face-to-face therapy are able to reveal their thoughts through writing and construct a strong sense of self. The effects of family background and the environment are explored, and the therapeutic value of sharing diaries, to better understand illness symptoms and behaviours, is discussed. Using Writing as a Therapy for Eating Disorders will be of interest to those who have recovered or are recovering from eating disorders or any mental illness, as well as therapists, clinicians and others working in the medical and healthcare professions.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317649354
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Using Writing as a Therapy for Eating Disorders: The diary healer uses a unique combination of evidence-based research and raw diary excerpts to explain the pitfalls and benefits of diary writing during recovery from an eating disorder. In a time when diary writing remains a largely untapped resource in the health care professions, June Alexander sets out to correct this imbalance, explaining how the diary can inspire, heal and liberate, provide a learning tool for others and help us to understand and cope with life challenges. The book focuses on the power of diary writing, which may serve as a survival tool but become an unintended foe. With guidance, patients who struggle with face-to-face therapy are able to reveal their thoughts through writing and construct a strong sense of self. The effects of family background and the environment are explored, and the therapeutic value of sharing diaries, to better understand illness symptoms and behaviours, is discussed. Using Writing as a Therapy for Eating Disorders will be of interest to those who have recovered or are recovering from eating disorders or any mental illness, as well as therapists, clinicians and others working in the medical and healthcare professions.
Journal of Love and Healing
Author: Sylvia Browne
Publisher: Hay House Lifestyles
ISBN: 1561708089
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
For those who have lost a loved one, this journal has places for letters, phone calls, memories, and communications concerning the person who has died. The authors--a famous psychic and a registered nurse--invite readers to fill the journal pages with what they need to say, share, and remember. Consumable.
Publisher: Hay House Lifestyles
ISBN: 1561708089
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
For those who have lost a loved one, this journal has places for letters, phone calls, memories, and communications concerning the person who has died. The authors--a famous psychic and a registered nurse--invite readers to fill the journal pages with what they need to say, share, and remember. Consumable.
Diary of a Medical Intuitive
Author: Christel Nani
Publisher: LM Press
ISBN: 9780974145020
Category : Alternative medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A native New Yorker and die-hard skeptic offers a personal look at the development of her medical intuition while serving as a trauma nurse in this riveting memoir. Twenty-five case studies with patients suffering from heart disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer, multiple sclerosis, adult onset diabetes, and other illnesses document the emotional and physiological causes behind patients' symptoms. The interaction of a person's energy system with health and illness is discussed in detail, as are the revelations that medical intuition offers about life, death, healing, and the existence of God. Instructive strategies for increased health and well-being offer ways to increase resistance to disease and reverse the progress of illness.
Publisher: LM Press
ISBN: 9780974145020
Category : Alternative medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A native New Yorker and die-hard skeptic offers a personal look at the development of her medical intuition while serving as a trauma nurse in this riveting memoir. Twenty-five case studies with patients suffering from heart disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer, multiple sclerosis, adult onset diabetes, and other illnesses document the emotional and physiological causes behind patients' symptoms. The interaction of a person's energy system with health and illness is discussed in detail, as are the revelations that medical intuition offers about life, death, healing, and the existence of God. Instructive strategies for increased health and well-being offer ways to increase resistance to disease and reverse the progress of illness.
Writing to Heal
Author: James W. Pennebaker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781608821259
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book takes readers through a series of guided writing exercises that help them explore their feelings about difficult experiences. Each chapter begins with an introduction that explains how to proceed with journal exercises and what they are structured to help accomplish. The exercises leave readers with a strong sense of their value in the world.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781608821259
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book takes readers through a series of guided writing exercises that help them explore their feelings about difficult experiences. Each chapter begins with an introduction that explains how to proceed with journal exercises and what they are structured to help accomplish. The exercises leave readers with a strong sense of their value in the world.
Diary of an Eating Disorder
Author: Chelsea Smith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 087833971X
Category : Eating disorders in adolescence
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Chelsea Smith's journal entries help to chronicle her struggle to overcome anorexia and bulimia and give insights into what factors lead to her eating disorder, while her mother's entries tell how her family was struggling to come to terms with Chelsea's illness.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 087833971X
Category : Eating disorders in adolescence
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Chelsea Smith's journal entries help to chronicle her struggle to overcome anorexia and bulimia and give insights into what factors lead to her eating disorder, while her mother's entries tell how her family was struggling to come to terms with Chelsea's illness.
A Physician's Diary
Author: Dana Myatt
Publisher: A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & Enlightenment)
ISBN: 9780876043165
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Case histories of hope and healing from Edgar Cayce's and other natural remedies.
Publisher: A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & Enlightenment)
ISBN: 9780876043165
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Case histories of hope and healing from Edgar Cayce's and other natural remedies.
Healing A Broken Heart
Author: Sarah La Saulle
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780743222181
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The loss of a love is a nearly universal emotional crisis, whether the end is divorce, desertion, or a mutually agreed-upon separation. At first, friends and family are there to offer a shoulder to cry on, but after a few months there's an expectation that we just need to get over the crisis and move on. Thus, unprocessed, painful feelings are buried, leaving us numb. Or we repeat damaging relationship patterns over and over again. The situation doesn't have to be like that. Healing a Broken Heart guides those of us grieving for a lost love through four metaphorical seasons of recovery with provocative questions -- and journal pages on which to respond -- to help move us forward. The four seasons serve as powerful metaphors for the stages of the grieving process. Summer is the season for charting the course of a relationship: remembering hopes and expectations, the warning signs that went unheeded. During autumn, journalers accept the reality of breaking up and acknowledge things about the relationship that didn't serve their needs. Winter brings the pain of grief over the profound loss. Finally, spring -- and, with it, renewal -- invites readers to examine and understand how their family history may have affected their past relationships. Punctuated throughout with poems and moving meditations, the thoughtful, interactive approach of this book offers the time and space we all need to heal when our hearts are broken.
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780743222181
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The loss of a love is a nearly universal emotional crisis, whether the end is divorce, desertion, or a mutually agreed-upon separation. At first, friends and family are there to offer a shoulder to cry on, but after a few months there's an expectation that we just need to get over the crisis and move on. Thus, unprocessed, painful feelings are buried, leaving us numb. Or we repeat damaging relationship patterns over and over again. The situation doesn't have to be like that. Healing a Broken Heart guides those of us grieving for a lost love through four metaphorical seasons of recovery with provocative questions -- and journal pages on which to respond -- to help move us forward. The four seasons serve as powerful metaphors for the stages of the grieving process. Summer is the season for charting the course of a relationship: remembering hopes and expectations, the warning signs that went unheeded. During autumn, journalers accept the reality of breaking up and acknowledge things about the relationship that didn't serve their needs. Winter brings the pain of grief over the profound loss. Finally, spring -- and, with it, renewal -- invites readers to examine and understand how their family history may have affected their past relationships. Punctuated throughout with poems and moving meditations, the thoughtful, interactive approach of this book offers the time and space we all need to heal when our hearts are broken.
Healing After Loss
Author: Martha W. Hickman
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061925772
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
The classic guide for dealing with grief and loss. Daily reflections to find solace in our own lives, and comfort in the connection of sharing these meditations with countless others. After the focus on planning and outpouring of love from family and friends in the immediate aftermath following the loss of a loved one, we are left to enter a new version of our lives where someone important is missing. For days, months, years, the pain of the loss can crash in all at once. It is tempting to push that wave of grief back and soldier on with our new lives, but the loss will never lose its controlling power if we don’t find the courage and love to face it. Meditating on the loss, along with the rush of love that comes with it, gives us a chance to rejoice in the life that was shared, and to look forward in which memories of our loved ones continue to bless us. The short, poignant meditations given here follow the course of the year, but it is not a necessity to follow them chronologically. They will strengthen, inspire, and give comfort for as long as they are needed.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061925772
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
The classic guide for dealing with grief and loss. Daily reflections to find solace in our own lives, and comfort in the connection of sharing these meditations with countless others. After the focus on planning and outpouring of love from family and friends in the immediate aftermath following the loss of a loved one, we are left to enter a new version of our lives where someone important is missing. For days, months, years, the pain of the loss can crash in all at once. It is tempting to push that wave of grief back and soldier on with our new lives, but the loss will never lose its controlling power if we don’t find the courage and love to face it. Meditating on the loss, along with the rush of love that comes with it, gives us a chance to rejoice in the life that was shared, and to look forward in which memories of our loved ones continue to bless us. The short, poignant meditations given here follow the course of the year, but it is not a necessity to follow them chronologically. They will strengthen, inspire, and give comfort for as long as they are needed.