Chronic Illness

"Afflictions of a Chronic Condition" is a groundbreaking biblical devotional written for those burdened with incurable chronic illnesses such as multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease. Drawing on her own experience living with MS for over twenty years, Nancy Anne Starks offers 50 days of scriptural meditation designed to nurture the spirit amid overwhelming physical and emotional challenges. Each daily reading pairs carefully chosen Bible verses with reflective questions, guiding readers to confront and transform their pain ...

According to Dr. Gary Kaplan, conventional thinking about the nature of chronic pain and depression is essentially flawed. Although physicians continue to diagnose conditions like migraines, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, chronic back pain, depression, anxiety, and PTSD, a growing body of research shows that these are in fact symptoms of something else – a deep-rooted inflammation in the brain. This inflammation can affect the nervous system for months—even years—to devastating effect.

When Nic Wilson begins researching the history of her local landscape and its wildlife, the last thing she wants to do is consider her own past. But as she unearths tales of giant sequoias, puss moths, nightingales and chalk streams, Nic realizes her affinity with the nearby wild began as a way to handle growing up with a mother who lived with a debilitating chronic illness. Now in her forties, and struggling with mental and physical health herself, Nic revisits her childhood to trace the influence of the natural world on her life.

Allison Alexander, who has struggled with a chronic illness since she was a child, wants to see herself in her heroes and searches for examples of sick characters in pop culture. She weaves her own painful experiences with stories from other chronic sufferers, engaging with how society values healthiness, how doctors don’t always have answers, and how faith, friendship, and romance add pressure to already complicated situations.

"Revolutionize Your Health: Prevent Illness and Thrive with Cutting-Edge Strategies" Are you looking to take control of your health and embrace a proactive approach to wellness? Preventing Illness offers a groundbreaking guide that bridges science, innovation, and practical solutions to empower you on your journey to better health. This book delves deep into modern advancements in preventive care, providing actionable insights and easy-to-follow strategies for building a healthier tomorrow. What You’ll Learn: The Power of Antioxidants and Phytochemicals: Understand how these natural ...

In the United States alone, one in five adults experiences chronic pain. For too long, when a doctor couldn’t find the source of frequent pain, the patient was dismissively told “it’s all in your head.” Today, we know that our somatic responses to trauma, anxiety, and depression create real suffering, and that physical pain can lead to trauma, anxiety, and depression. Dr. Daniel Amen calls this “the doom loop”—the dance between physical and emotional pain. These doom loops interfere with our ability to live our lives. But we can shift the doom loop into a healing loop.

One woman’s tale of her journey beyond perfectionism and people-pleasing to return to her authentic, wild self. The Other Side of Perfect is a brutally honest and revealing peek into the life of a woman whose multiple diagnoses and bleak prognosis would be the surprising source of her ultimate liberation. After trying everything she knew to recover from the physical damage of autoimmune diseases—medication, nutrition, fitness, reducing stress—Debbie found her health continuing to deteriorate and in the deepest depths of depression she’d ever experienced.

Transform your perception of your body and deepen your connection within yourself. This inspiring book guides you in building a loving relationship with your body by encouraging you to write heartfelt letters to its various parts. This unique process promotes emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical healing, fostering self-awareness, acceptance, and gratitude, even in facing challenges such as pain, illness, injury, or aging. Each letter focuses on a specific body part or system, explaining its vital functions so you can appreciate how your body sustains you. Acknowledging and honoring ...

A CBTi Based Programme for Insomnia and Chronic Sleep Problems is a companion to my first: You Can Sleep Too! This workbook provides a step-by-step, practical programme of behaviour and thought-pattern changes that build a strong regulated sleep drive. The exercises will also tackle the hyper-arousal that can mask the sleep drive. As our beliefs affect our behaviours, the foundation to tackling insomnia is therefore sleep knowledge. Get to the root cause of insomnia.

Nobody should have to live in chronic pain—including you! Don’t let another minute of your life be consumed by physical and mental suffering. Discover how to transform your pain today!

Psychologist David Wise lived for 22 years with agonizing chronic pelvic pain (also known as prostatitis/CPPS). There was seemingly no cure - until he began to make the connection between his anxiety and his physical pain. He enlisted renowned neuroUrologist Dr. Rodney Anderson from Stanford University to develop a revolutionary new method for muscle relaxation. Amazingly, a third of their patients were able to stop taking drugs within six months of beginning their new daily, holistic muscle relaxation treatment.

Wie Hunger oder Durst ist Müdigkeit ein Mechanismus unseres Körpers, der uns am Leben hält und vor Überforderung bewahrt. Wenn der Schlaf jedoch keine Erholung mehr bringt, erfahren wir ein anderes Müdesein. Eines, das wir als krank machend empfinden und dessen Auslöser wir oft nicht identifizieren können. Dr. med. Anne Fleck hat die heimlichen Ursachen für andauernde Müdigkeit unter die Lupe genommen: Unentdeckte Infektionen, übersehene Stoffwechselstörungen, Nahrungsmittelintoleranzen, kranke Zellen oder Umwelttoxine können an unserer Leistungsfähigkeit zehren.

This is a story of transformation from profound and debilitating fatigue to freedom and wellness, written by a Chartered Physiotherapist. Jill's unique experiences as a qualified professional, a sufferer and someone who has recovered thanks to her own dogged determination to do so, gives her insights that can help others with this awful condition. Most books available give guidance on how to live with fatigue, Jill shows you how to take control and transcend the current narrative, to return to living a happy and joyful life.

Discover the number-one diet for balancing hormones, recharging health, and losing weight effortlessly! Take control of your stubborn weight loss strategies and low-energy days and allow the hormone reset diet to change your life! Wait no longer!

This audiobook addresses fifteen common health conditions, affecting millions of Americans and many others worldwide. While this resource is not intended to replace diagnosis and treatment by medical professionals, it does provide a source of general information on these commonly experienced health disorders.

Living Better While Living with Pain offers practical advice from someone who has learned to live with pain without becoming captive to it. Beginning with a discussion of the ways in which chronic pain is experienced differently from short-term pain, the book offers useful suggestions for approaches to pain management and pain relief appropriate for anyone experiencing pain from surgery, fibromyalgia, thoracic outlet syndrome, arthritis, cancer, back pain, or other chronically painful conditions.

Are you aware of this secret body hack that could transform your health issues forever? The Vagus nerve recurs all over your body, from the tip of your toes to the tip of your head. A minimal injury to this nerve and trigger a long list of unpleasant symptoms: Intestinal problems, difficulty to speak and swallow, tachycardia, and even chronic stress. In this comprehensive audiobook, you will expose the entire truth about the vagus nerve, learn how important it is, how to stimulate it, how to use it to relieve pain, and even how to improve your health issues!

In this inspiring memoir, Emily Falcon chronicles her lifelong journey with a congenital cardiac condition. In 1982, at seven weeks old, she had a heart attack that destroyed 40 percent of the left side of her heart. This was her entry into a world of multiple cardiac procedures, surgeries, hospitalizations, and a later diagnosis of glaucoma. Balancing these serious conditions defined her life.

Allie Cashel has suffered from chronic Lyme disease for 16 years - but much of the medical community refuses to recognize her symptoms as the result of infectious disease. In Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial, Cashel paints a living portrait of what is often called post-treatment Lyme syndrome, featuring the stories of chronic Lyme patients from around the world and their struggle for recognition and treatment.

As a nurse for over ten years, energy and spiritual intuitive healer Marie Anne June Tagorda has seen the effects illness has on people and their loved ones. She herself has had her share of chronic pain and invisible illness, and in Taking Back My Health and Happiness, she shares her process for achieving self-healing and happiness.