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How to live well with chronic pain and illness: A mindful guide

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Bernhard, Toni. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications , 2015.

Material Type: Book

Call Number: EF 850 BER 2015

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Comfort, understanding, and advice for those who are suffering?and those who care for them.; Chronic illness creates many challenges, from career crises and relationship issues to struggles with self-blame, personal identity, and isolation. Beloved author Toni Bernhard addresses these challenges an…

Author: Bernhard, Toni

Place of Publication: Somerville, MA

Publisher: Wisdom Publications

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: 337 pages

Subject: Coping with Chronic Illness; Chronic Illness; Chronic Pain

Abstract: Comfort, understanding, and advice for those who are suffering?and those who care for them.; Chronic illness creates many challenges, from career crises and relationship issues to struggles with self-blame, personal identity, and isolation. Beloved author Toni Bernhard addresses these challenges and many more, using practical examples to illustrate how mindfulness, equanimity, and compassion can help readers make peace with a life turned upside down.; In her characteristic conversational style, Bernhard shows how to cope and make the most of life despite the challenges of chronic illness. Benefit from:; ? Mindfulness exercises to mitigate physical and emotional pain; ? Concrete advice for negotiating the everyday hurdles of medical appointments, household chores, and social obligations; ? Tools for navigating the strains illness can place on relationships; Several chapters are directed toward family and friends of the chronically ill, helping them to understand what their loved one is going through and how they can help.; Humorous and empathetic, Bernhard shares her own struggles and setbacks with unflinching honesty, offering invaluable support in the search to find peace and well-being.

ISBN: 9781614292487

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Call Number: EF 850 BER 2015

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The girl who never made mistakes

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Rubinstein, Gary, Pett, Mark, (illustrator). Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky , 2011.

Material Type: Book

Call Number: JUNIOR CD 420 PET 2011

Availability: 1 copy, 0 available

Meet Beatrice Bottomwell: a nine-year-old girl who has never (not once!) made a mistake. She never forgets her math homework, she never wears mismatched socks, and she ALWAYS wins the yearly talent show at school. In fact, Beatrice holds the record of perfection in her hometown, where she is known …

Author: Rubinstein, Gary; Pett, Mark; (illustrator)

Place of Publication: Naperville, IL

Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: Hardcover: 32 p. (unpaged); ill.

Subject: Personality; Emotional Health

Abstract: Meet Beatrice Bottomwell: a nine-year-old girl who has never (not once!) made a mistake. She never forgets her math homework, she never wears mismatched socks, and she ALWAYS wins the yearly talent show at school. In fact, Beatrice holds the record of perfection in her hometown, where she is known as The Girl Who Never Makes Mistakes. Life for Beatrice is sailing along pretty smoothly until she does the unthinkable - she makes her first mistake. And in a very public way!

ISBN: 9781402255441

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Call Number: JUNIOR CD 420 PET 2011

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BC Children's and Women's Family Library

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