Kategoria BISAC: Health & Fitness >> Physical Impairments

Your face, and your life, has been radically altered. Accident, military injury, medical condition...the result is the same. You are now having to confront the world with a "different" face, and understandably this has wrecked your self-image and undermined your confidence, leaving you with a thousand questions and concerns including:

• What should I do when people stare at me?
• What are my medical options?
• Wouldn't it be easier if I just stayed home and didn't go anywhere?
• And most significantly, How will this physical change affect current and future...

Q: Can I die from Meniere's? Q: When can I expect Meniere's to go away? Q: Will I ever get better? Q: What causes Meniere's? Q: Does no known cure mean you can never get better? Q: How bad can it get? Q: Is every person's experience of Meniere's the same? Q: Is Meniere's disease curable or do you have Meniere's for life?

'The Meniere Answer Book' is one of the most essential self-help books ever written for those who have Meniere's and those who share their lives with someone who...

You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write.

She's never taught a class in her life. But when the City of Chicago calls on blind writer Beth Finke to teach a memoir-writing class for older adults, she reluctantly agrees. What she learns about her students, their stories, and herself will move and inspire you.

Written the way Beth hears life, you will come to know and love Minerva, Wanda, Hannelore, and the whole colorful cast of characters who build a community around Beth's classes.

Generously sprinkled with excerpts in her students' own...

The story of a genuine Canadian heroine.

“I remember Eleanor Mills as a determined woman with osteoporosis who wanted to make a difference… This inspirational woman demonstrated to others that osteoporosis need not be a crippling condition that prevents a person from doing what they want to do. For me, as a physician, Eleanor Mills provides a concrete story of what can be accomplished by those with osteoporosis. She has been an inspiration to many and will continue to have an influence on others as long as her story continues to be told.” Dr. Jonathan...

Intimacy is the freedom to be exactly who you are with your best friend and with each other.

Gratitude, Trust, Intimacy, and Love are the critical tools we need to exercise, which promotes creating the reality we see and experience. This allows one to root out negative thinking and transform our lives with an abundance of joy on all levels.

It is about how we live amid the suffering from wars and violence, and not properly taking care of ourselves, our environment, or our animals that share this planet. We need to take care of ourselves so others can learn from us,...