Why People Don't Heal and How They Can
Author: Caroline Myss
For more than fifteen years, Caroline Myss has studied why some people heal, while others do not. In her previous book, Anatomy of the Spirit, Dr. Myss illuminated the hidden interactions of belief and body, soul and cell to show how, as she inimitably puts it, "your biography becomes your biology." In this new book, she builds on her earlier teachings of the seven different energy centers of the body to provide a vital self-healing program for physical and spiritual disorders. With her characteristic no-nonsense style and high-voltage storytelling, she exposes and explodes the five myths about healing, explains the cultural and individual contexts in which people become physically and spiritually ill and invested in "woundology," and teaches new methods of working with the challenges that the seven energy centers embody.
Both visionary and practical, Why People Don't Heal and How They Can presents a bold new account of the development of human consciousness and spirituality over the ages, and examines the dynamic global transformation of attitudes about healing. To help you get and stay on the path to wellness, Dr. Myss provides rituals and prayers for gaining a symbolic perspective on your life issues; for bolstering your personal power; and for connecting with a universal divine energy. Dr. Myss's breakthrough views on energy medicine and her active approach to healing life issues and physical illness will help you overcome the mental blocks that keep you from becoming well.
Library Journal
Myss is a medical intuitive, a person who "sees" illnesses in the body by intuitive means. Here she writes about healing, the various attempts people make to do it, and why they get "stuck." A global thinker, Myss looks at the entire civilization and at "astrological ages" when discussing healing. She also explains the influence of chakras and astrological ages on healing. At the heart of the book is Myss's challenge to five myths that stand in the way of healing: My life is defined by my wound (perhaps the most original concept here); being healthy means being alone; feeling pain means being destroyed; all illness is the result of negativity; and true change is impossible. Myss believes that giving up these myths leads one closer to healing. Many will think her concepts too far out to be of use; others will see her as visionary. The latter will be looking for this book wherever New Age titles circulate well.
-- Barbara O'Hara, Free Library of Philadelphia
Library Journal
Myss is a medical intuitive, a person who "sees" illnesses in the body by intuitive means. Here she writes about healing, the various attempts people make to do it, and why they get "stuck." A global thinker, Myss looks at the entire civilization and at "astrological ages" when discussing healing. She also explains the influence of chakras and astrological ages on healing. At the heart of the book is Myss's challenge to five myths that stand in the way of healing: My life is defined by my wound (perhaps the most original concept here); being healthy means being alone; feeling pain means being destroyed; all illness is the result of negativity; and true change is impossible. Myss believes that giving up these myths leads one closer to healing. Many will think her concepts too far out to be of use; others will see her as visionary. The latter will be looking for this book wherever New Age titles circulate well.
-- Barbara O'Hara, Free Library of Philadelphia
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Positive Options for Colorectal Cancer: Self-Help and Treatment
Author: Carol Ann Larson
Colorectal cancer develops slowly over a period of several years, undetected, usually as polyps. It is a preventable and treatable disease if caught in time, yet most know little about how to read its symptoms. Written for the layperson, this book covers all the uncomfortable questions and answers about the disease, from prevention and warning signs, to screening and diagnosis techniques, to making decisions and developing treatment plans. Also included are positive stories about life after cancer by 12 survivors.
Table of Contents:
Contents
Foreword....................viiiAcknowledgments....................x
Introduction....................1
Chapter 1: Facing the Unknown....................5
What Is Colorectal Cancer?....................5
Warning Signs....................7
Paying Attention to Symptoms....................7
Basic Screening Tests for Colorectal Cancer....................11
Missed Signals....................15
Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer....................16
The Role of Stress....................17
The Role of Genetics....................18
Positive Options for Facing the Unknown....................22
Chapter 2: Gathering Information....................24
Additional Tests for Colorectal Cancer....................25
Stages of Colorectal Cancer....................27
Adjusting to New Test Results....................28
Questions from Colorectal Cancer Patients....................30
Myths and Misinformation....................33
Positive Options when Gathering Information....................35
Chapter 3: Working with Medical Professionals to Develop a Health Plan....................37
Legal and Financial Concerns....................38
Managing Medical Records....................40
Finding a Good Doctor....................41
How to Get the Best Results when Working with Doctors and Nurses....................43
Learning the Language of Medicine Land....................46
What We Would Like to Say to Doctors....................47
Positive Options for Working with Medical Professionals to Develop a Health Plan....................48
Chapter 4: Dealing with Your Feelings....................49
Coping with aDiagnosis of Cancer....................49
Anger as a Catalyst....................50
Denial as a Form of Protection....................51
Bargaining for Time....................54
Sorrow vs Depression....................56
Finding the Right Support Group....................56
Ways You Can Get What You Need from Others....................59
Positive Options for Dealing with Your Feelings....................61
Chapter 5: Making Decisions about Treatment....................63
Basic Information about Chemotherapy....................64
An Oncologist Answers Questions about Chemotherapy....................69
Basic Information about Radiation Therapy....................70
My Experience with Radiation Therapy....................75
Preparing for the Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation....................78
Questionable Treatments....................79
Positive Options for Making Decisions about Treatments....................81
Chapter 6: Coping with Surgery: Plain Talk about a Complicated Subject....................83
When Is Surgery Necessary?....................83
Temporary Ostomies....................86
First Aid: The Enterostomal Nurses....................87
Suggestions for Your Hospital Stay....................89
What Should You Take to the Hospital?....................90
The Operating Room....................92
The Recovery Room....................93
Positive Options for Coping with Surgery....................94
Chapter 7: The First Six Weeks after Surgery....................96
What to Expect Once You're Home....................96
Follow-Up to Surgery....................99
Special Problems....................100
Steps to Healing: Being Helped by Complementary Therapies....................101
Positive Options after Surgery....................105
Chapter 8: The Challenges of Chemotherapy....................106
Returning to Chemotherapy....................106
Traveling the Chemotherapy Highway....................107
Things That Help....................110
Dan's Story....................114
Positive Options for Going Through Chemotherapy....................117
Chapter 9: Possible Complications after Treatment....................119
Ileostomies and Colostomies....................120
Recurrences of Cancer....................128
Positive Options for Dealing with Complications after Treatments....................129
Chapter 10: Lessons Learned from Surviving Cancer....................131
Begin with Realistic Expectations....................132
Learn When to Ask for Help....................132
Reduce Unnecessary Stress....................133
Make a Comeback from Cancer with Good Nutrition and Exercise....................134
Expect to Encounter Some Potholes of Depression....................136
Remember to Laugh....................137
Explore the Private Roads of Sexuality....................137
Finding Meaning after Cancer....................138
Positive Options after Surviving Cancer....................140
References....................141
Resources....................142
Index....................148
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