Healing With Words: A Writer's Cancer Journey

ISBN-13: 9781615991105 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 204 str.

Diana M. Raab;Melvin J. Silverstein M.D.

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iHealing With Words: A Writers Cancer Journey/i is a compassionate andwry self-help memoir written by an award-winning prolific author, nurse andpoet, who at the age of forty-seven found her life shattered first by a DCIS(early breast cancer) diagnosis and five years later by another, seemingly unrelatedand incurable cancer--multiple myeloma. The book includes the authorsexperiences, reflections, poetry and journal entries, in addition to writingprompts for readers to express their own personal story.Raabs journals have provided a safe haven and platform to validate and expressher feelings. Raab views journaling to be like a daily vitamin--in that itheals, detoxifies and is essential for optimal health.brbrReaders will learn to:liUnderstand the importance of early cancer detection and how to take control of their own healthliDiscover the power of writing to release bottled-up emotionsliLearn how the process of journaling can facilitate healingliSee how a cancer diagnosis can be a riveting event which can renew and change a person in a unique wayBRBRBPraise for Raabs IHealing With Words/I:/BBR"One womans story, beautifully told and inspiring to those for whomjournaling will ease a cancer diagnosis."br--Barbara Delinsky, author UPLIFT: Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivorsbrbr"Time after time, Diana articulates incisively the thoughts and feelings thatconvey hoped-for meaning and encouragement. She is a woman who knowswhat it is to live fully in the face of mortality. She will add value to the life ofevery person who reads this book. Healing With Words resonates at a spirituallevel for me." br--Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahabs Wife and Abundance: A Novel of Marie AntoinettebrbrAuthors proceeds from the sale of this book donated to benefit the Mayo Clinic FoundationbrbrLearn more at bwww.DianaRaab.com/bbrbrAnother inspirational book from Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.combrbrHEA039031 Health & Fitness : Diseases - Breast CancerbrSEL501000 Self-Help : Journal WritingbrMED058160 Nursing - Oncology & Cancerbr