Chronic Illness

The overwhelming nature of daily pain and fatigue can lure you into a dark, hopeless void. Julie Owen Morris understands this struggle personally. Chronically in Christ offers long-term encouragement for anyone living with chronic illness. Readers are not alone in their trials; Christ provides help for the toughest days. Morris reminds us that people with chronic illness can thrive in this dark season, and their stories can become testimony to God’s strength in their lives. Chronically in Christ offers readers hope to face the uncertainty and darkness another day. Julie Owen Morris, PhD, ...

In Sleepyhead, science writer Henry Nicholls uses his own experience with chronic narcolepsy as a gateway to better understanding the cryptic, curious, and relatively uncharted world of sleep disorders. Charming, eye-opening, and deeply humanizing, Sleepyhead will help us all uncover the secrets of a good night's sleep.

On July 22, 2009, a special meeting was held with 24 leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health to discuss early findings that a newly discovered retrovirus was linked to chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), prostate cancer, lymphoma, and eventually neurodevelopmental disorders in children. When Dr. Judy Mikovits finished her presentation the room was silent for a moment, then one of the scientists said, "Oh my God!" The resulting investigation would be like no other in science.

Want to lose weight, reduce inflammation, and cleanse your body? Want to sleep better? Want to have more energy and better mood control? These are just a handful of benefits that can be achieved when a person embarks on a sugar-detox journey. In this insightful and functional guide, Keller teaches listeners to consider the scientific ramifications of detoxing from sugar.

Conquer the ANCC PPCNP Exam: Your Guide to the Pediatric Primary Care NP Board Certification is a concise and practical overview designed to support your preparation for the ANCC Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner exam. This guide provides a streamlined review of core topics, helping you reinforce essential knowledge while identifying areas that require more in-depth study. This book is not intended to be a comprehensive resource. Instead, it serves as a focused supplement to more detailed textbooks and review materials. Each chapter presents high-yield content in an easy-to-follow, ...

Unearth the secrets to hormonal harmony, even if struggling with hormonal imbalance has been sending you on an emotional roller coaster for years. Are you tired of feeling like a stranger in your own body? Are irregular periods, mood swings, hot flashes, chronic fatigue, weight gain, or other confounding symptoms making your daily life a battle? Do you find yourself longing for the days of hormonal harmony, where you feel empowered and in control of your body? You are not alone.

More than one million people suffer from long COVID in the UK (with 400,000 people suffering symptoms for over a year) and many more globally. Yet there is no clear guidance available to the general public and lots of misinformation out there. This handbook cuts through the confusing advice. Written by the medical experts working with long COVID patients at one of the first specialist clinics set up, it is filled with helpful case studies and was written with the involvement of real long COVID sufferers.

From back pain to migraines, arthritis and sciatica, over 1.2 billion people worldwide suffer from regular or chronic pain, 28 million in the UK alone. It's a global epidemic that regularly resists treatment and can totally derail people's lives. But it doesn't have to be this way. This is the revolutionary message from psychotherapist Alan Gordon who, frustrated by the lack of effective treatment for his own debilitating pain, developed a highly successful approach to eliminating symptoms without surgery or medication, offering a viable and drug-free alternative to existing methods.

Fat, Stressed, and Sick makes the case that processed food compromises health not just because of added sugar, salt, and fat, but also because these foods contain significant amounts of glutamate—aka MSG. MSG makes food deliciously addicting. What was not well-known until described here is that most of the MSG in processed food is created during food manufacturing. As the authors show, food processing of protein alone adds ten grams or more a day of MSG to the average American diet.

Brita grew up a competitive athlete, full of happiness and excitement for life. There wasn’t much that would take her out of a game as she constantly pushed her body to the limits. When she was unable to compete due to unknown and undiagnosed illness, she entered a world that was unfamiliar, and began to sink into a darkness she could never have imagined.

Writer and psychotherapeutic counsellor Grace Quantock uses her personal experience of living with chronic illness for over two decades, and from thousands of hours working with disabled and chronically ill clients, to help you create a Healing Roadmap that truly fits you, your body and your life. Grace will equip you with all the information and resources you need on your journey of finding a good life with chronic illness.

Congratulations! You have been diagnosed with a chronic illness. Now what? After finding out she had an auto-immune condition that required a full re-start of her life, author, Britt Walker, sought answers through her faith. She was generally a good person who worked as an advocate for abused children for goodness sake! Didn't that mean something to the Big Guy? How does she mentally and physically walk through this?

The Effortless Sleep Method is the approach insomniacs all over the world have been waiting for. This hugely effective method offers a simple and permanent solution for long-term and new insomniacs alike.

For four decades, Dr. Les Fehmi has been a leader in brainwave biofeedback (also called neurofeedback), training individuals how to balance and regulate their brainwave patterns to improve mental, emotional, and physical health. Dissolving Pain is based on the premise that although pain is perceived to exist in a particular part of the body, pain in fact resides in the brain. Dr. Fehmi shows us that it is possible to learn to resolve pain at the brain level, using simple attention exercises.

Trauma, anxiety, chronic illness, and mental stress plague countless individuals, hindering their well-being and quality of life. The root causes of these challenges lie within the intricate workings of our vagus nerve. It’s time to shed some light on how you can harness its power and say goodbye to mental stressors forever!Through a blend of scientific explanations and practical applications, The Polyvagal Theory equips listeners with a deep understanding of the foundations that shape our interactions with others, the way we perceive and respond to emotions, and how we regulate what we feel.

Imagine having the secret to making a million dollars. Would you keep it to yourself, or would you share it with the world? Now, what if I told you that I have something even more valuable than money? While I can't guarantee you wealth, I can share with you how I cured my autoimmune diseases and completely transformed my life. For over a decade, Kyndra Purcell’s life was a relentless cycle of pain, fatigue, and surgeries as she battled autoimmune diseases that took three of her organs.

Finally discover a natural way to treat & recover from adrenal gland exhaustion! This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to treat your tired adrenal glands and recover at home and includes everything else you need to know about adrenal fatigue. You’ll also discover what exactly causes exhausted adrenals and how your day-to-day habits and diet overwork your adrenal glands.

Backbone is a life-fulfilling message about managing chronic pain and living a life of purpose. For two decades, Karen Duffy, New York Times bestselling author, former MTV VJ, Revlon model, and actress, has managed to live an enriching life despite living in a state of constant pain. In this powerful, inspirational, funny, and important manual for surviving pain, Duffy draws on her experience as a patient advocate, trained recreational therapist, and hospice chaplain to illuminate gratifying methods people can use to cope with chronic pain.

One in two children suffer from a chronic or recurring illness. If you feel stuck in a cycle of recurrent antibiotic use, missed school, sleepless nights and ER visits, Dr. Sheila Kilbane can help. In this book, integrative pediatrician Sheila Kilbane, MD, shares the methodology she's developed over almost 20 years of practicing medicine: a seven-step process that can begin to heal your child's chronic illness from the inside out.

Are you tired of battling the relentless fatigue, brain fog, and frustration that comes with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis? What if you could uncover the secrets to healing, rebalancing your immune system, and reclaiming your life—without feeling overwhelmed or lost? Welcome to Empowering Hashimoto’s Healing: A Balanced Approach to Restoring Thyroid Health—the definitive guide to thriving with Hashimoto’s, authored with authority, compassion, and cutting-edge research. This isn’t just another book on thyroid health; it’s your personal roadmap to understanding the root causes of your...