Chronic Illness

After a 40-year career as a nurse and nursing professor, Verla finds that as more diseases are added to her systemic lupus diagnosis, her fears multiply. For the first year, she stays inside her home trying to get better and be the perfect patient. When this does not work, she takes a sharp left turn into what trees, shrubs, and grass can do for her. When she applies what she finds to her own situation, it works. Then she finds the research too good not to share.

Now more than 133 million Americans live with chronic illness, accounting for nearly three-quarters of all health care dollars, and untold pain and disability. There has been an alarming rise in illnesses that defy diagnosis through clinical tests or have no known cure. Millions of people, especially women, with illnesses such as irritable bowel syndrome, chronic pain, and chronic fatigue syndrome face skepticism from physicians and the public alike.

This short, informative audiobook gives you all the details you need to know about sleep apnea, how it can affect you, and most importantly, how you can beat it!

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.

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?

A provocative manifesto that teaches you how to take control of your own health, no matter your age or circumstances—from an innovative doctor and his philosopher daughter “If you care about your health or the well-being of others, read this book.”—Ethan Kross, author of Chatter Dr. Alex...

When Marisa Zeppieri was 22-years-old she found herself face-to-face with a raven-haired elderly woman who had emerged from a crowd and gently taken her hands: "God will use these hands to change people's lives." With Chronically Fabulous, Marisa fulfills the old woman's prophecy by offering pure nourishment to those of us living with chronic illness, helping us create wholeness and well-being through a love of food.

So many teenagers today feel tired. Some causes of excessive tiredness, like lack of sleep and improper sleep hygiene, can be easy to remedy. However, other causes, like digestive problems, hormonal changes, and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), may require more serious care. If your teen has been struggling with fatigue and lack of energy for months, you know it can be miserable. And discouraging. In Tired Teens, Dr. Fischer explains how to identify the warning signs and symptoms of chronic fatigue in teens.

After more than four decades living with multiple sclerosis, New York Times bestselling author Richard M. Cohen finds a flicker of hope in a groundbreaking medical procedure. Richard Cohen struggles with failing limbs and is legally blind. He has survived two bouts of colon cancer and a...

Featured in The Advocate, New York Times, Literary Hub, Autostraddle, and New York magazine's The Cut This is a vital exploration of the ways society overlooks—and fails—young women with disabilities and chronic illnesses Miriam’s doctor didn’t believe she had breast cancer. She did...

Can you really cure chronic pain without drugs, surgery, or therapy? Surprisingly, often the answer is yes. While chronic pain can have a physical cause, this book, written by a leading UK physiotherapist and chronic pain specialist, reveals how very real, even debilitating, pain can frequently be caused by our brain in response to repressed or avoided emotions as a result of current and even past experiences. This process is at the root of many common complaints.

A poetic, darkly funny memoir of one woman’s trip across the national parks straight into life-threatening illness and the joy that still holds us, no matter how much life hurts. After over a decade of fighting chronic illness, trauma therapist and beloved author K.J. Ramsey was the healthiest...

"SpoonieNinja: Finding Strength in the Shadows" is an inspiring and intimate exploration of resilience and self-discovery in the face of chronic illness. Through raw and reflective storytelling, the book delves into the hidden battles, strength, and courage that come from living with a condition that often goes unseen. Tesla Coyle invites listeners to find empowerment in vulnerability and to embrace their own inner strength, even in the darkest of times. This book is a beacon for anyone seeking understanding, hope, and solidarity in their own journey through life's challenges.

Health coach, patient advocate and wellness advisor, Amy Kurtz, breaks the silence about the crucial, painful, pervasive, and yet all too common phase of healing from chronic illness that has long gone overlooked…until now. According to the Center for Disease Control, 194 million...

This is a guide for those who want to know what to do post-diagnosis of a chronic illness so that a more positive and encouraging life can be pursued.

Wise, visceral essays on navigating pain, sex, trauma, spirituality, addiction, recovery, and grief from queer, neurodivergent trauma-resolution guide Jessica Graham In an unapologetic look at living well with trauma and chronic illness, writer and meditation teacher Jessica Graham offers smart...

Attracting Your Desires discusses the metaphysical and emotional aspects of life that can hold us back and keep us ill. Using and interactive Q&A style, the book will get the listener to think outside the box of conventional methodologies of how we think about illness and our poverty mindset. This book will help teach you how to let go of the past and live the life you deserve with practical suggestions.

In Perfectly Abnormal, Chris Morris tears down the erroneous and misinformed beliefs surrounding chronic illness. From the unique standpoint of being both a parent of a special needs daughter and having a seizure disorder himself, Chris guides listeners through difficult terrain as he shreds the eight most common myths the chronic illness community faces. Then he begins the conversation of developing a better theology of illness.

CBT is a treatment modality that is used to help individuals change their maladaptive thinking patterns. The premise of this technique is that when a person changes his maladaptive thinking patterns that it leads to changes in emotion and behavior as well. This process requires a significant amount of self-awareness because participants not only work to adjust their mindsets but they have to make extensive changes in their behavioral patterns, as well.

Cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are the two most prominent cannabinoids found in cannabis, the plant family that incorporates both hemp and pot. While there are more than 100 diverse cannabinoids so far known in cannabis by scientists, THC and CBD are by a long shot the most broadly considered and best understood. This book is an in-depth analysis on cannabis, going back into its history, its difference from THC, an explanation of THC, how THC dominates marijuana,and CBD dominates hemp.