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  • Finding Joy with an Invisible Chronic Illness

  • Proven Strategies for Discovering Happiness, Meaning, and Fulfillment
  • Written by: Christopher Martin
  • Narrated by: Gary J. Chambers
  • Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
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Finding Joy with an Invisible Chronic Illness

Written by: Christopher Martin
Narrated by: Gary J. Chambers
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Publisher's Summary

Finding Joy presents a comprehensive, practical guide for living your best life with chronic illness. This psychology self-help book integrates personal and professional insights to give you tools for handling various aspects of living with a chronic illness. There is also a chapter specifically for the loved ones and caregivers of the chronically ill. While this book is designed for anyone with a chronic illness, the spiritual content early in the book suggests the value of sticking to your faith and offers several Bible references. 

Ultimately, Finding Joy is an A-to-Z guide that critiques the literature and empowers the listener with: 

  1. Positive psychology techniques. These range from self-compassion, positive reappraisal, positive self-talk, and pacing to positive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors such as optimism, humor, and volunteer work. 
  2. Stress-reduction methods. These include tools such as mindfulness, breathing exercises, simplification, and (therapeutic) journaling. 
  3. Proven therapies. Examples include cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). 
  4. Effective communication strategies and their impact on relationships and even the ability to access quality healthcare. 
  5. Numerous tips to both access and optimize your your experience with high quality healthcare. 
  6. Important considerations for loved ones of the chronically ill, so they, too, can know how to best support their loved one and take care of themselves in the process. 
©2021 Christopher Martin (P)2022 Christopher Martin

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Disappointing

The author outlines how positive thinking won’t make us better, but we may feel better with a different attitude. I’m working on that, but I wasn’t expecting to find many references to God on top of everything else. I may not have all of the details straight because I just couldn’t continue past the middle of chapter 3. I want my money/credit back. Not worth buying or, for that matter, wasting the energy I do have on what seems like listening to a snake oil salesman. There are many positive help books out there that use facts to back up their claims.

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