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What exactly is cancer? And where is God and what is love amidst the complex evolutionary development of all cancers? In Chance, Necessity, Love: An Evolutionary Theology of Cancer, Hummel and Woloschak address these questions that arise for many people with cancer and in all who grapple with making meaning of science about cancers. In order to do so, the authors first clarify new scientific findings about cancer and then offer faithful and wise theological perspectives on these discoveries. In...
| Автор | Leonard M. Hummel |
A decade ago Brian Cahill became the victim of the greatest tragedy any parent can endure with the loss of his firstborn son, a veteran police officer in the aftermath of a painful divorce, to suicide. Far from the carefree retirement he had envisioned, the devastated father faced a journey back from the brink of utter despair. As the author of numerous opinion pieces and essays on religion, the lifelong Catholic was familiar with the concept that the cross is followed by the resurrection, and...
| Автор | Brian Cahill |
Diets work, but what good are they if the weight returns? Statistics show that 80 to 90 percent of dieters regain every lost pound. This fact represents the largest and least addressed problem in obesity management. The recidivism of dieters fuels a $30 billion weight-loss industry, an industry that would shrink like Al Roker's waistline if the newly-thin could only make weight loss stick. But here is the problem: The skills needed to maintain a new, smaller body size are not obvious or...
| Автор | Barbara Berkeley |
Introducing Cathleen Fanslow's «„Hope System,“» which incorporates the four stages of hope (hope for cure, for treatment, for prolongation of life, and for peaceful death), this book shows both the living and the dying how to use the power of hope to cope with the inevitable. This powerful and simple system enables families, friends, and professional caregivers to understand and assist the dying on their journey–regardless of their beliefs–by addressing all levels of the experience:...
| Автор | Cathleen Fanslow |
This groundbreaking new medical work demonstrates how modern sedentary lifestyles contribute to poor health, obesity, and diabetes, and how health can be dramatically improved by continuous, low-intensity, movement that challenges the force of gravity. Citing her original NASA research on how weightlessness weakens astronauts' muscles, bones, and overall health, the author presents a simple and effective plan for maintaining good health throughout life by developing new lifestyle habits of...
| Автор | Joan Vernikos |
Merit Prize winner, 19th Annual Mature Media Awards, National Media (Book) division. Written for older Americans, their Baby Boomer children, and everyone who cares for an older family member, this practical and comprehensive guide will help you build a strategy for coping with the unique legal, medical, financial, and personal challenges of aging. Jan Warner and Jan Collins, America's trusted experts on later life planning, put decades of experience into helping you create a...
| Автор | Jan Collins |
Anxiety is rampant in society in general and among children in particular. Written by Registered Clinical Counselor and national parenting columnist Michele Kambolis, Generation Stressed explains the causes and effects of anxiety in children and equips concerned parents with an array of highly effective play-based tools with which to help their anxious child. Packed with clinically sound advice based on cognitive behavioral therapy — widely accepted as the most effective method of...
| Автор | Michele Kambolis |
The single book therapists everywhere will recommend to all of their patients, because at some point or another, we are all behaving like dicks. Why this book? Because you might be a dick: a mean-spirited, self-serving individual who thinks and acts as though everyone else in the world can only be understood—and whose only importance is defined—in terms of their relationship to himself or herself. That’s right, herself. Because anatomical evidence aside, dicks can be women, too. Being a dick...
| Автор | Mark B. Borg |
New York Times BestsellerWhat happens when you eat an apple? The answer is vastly more complex than you imagine.Every apple contains thousands of antioxidants whose names, beyond a few like vitamin C, are unfamiliar to us, and each of these powerful chemicals has the potential to play an important role in supporting our health. They impact thousands upon thousands of metabolic reactions inside the human body. But calculating the specific influence of each of these chemicals isn’t...
| Автор | Колин Кэмпбелл |
Author is an internationally sought-after speaker and workshop presenter on this topic.Self-published edition raised $80,000 for Alzheimer's charities.With baby boomers aging, this topic is timely and relevant to a huge audience.Release date will coincide with both National Caregivers' Month and Alzheimer's Awareness Month.Author is an accomplished self-marketer through her Creativity Connection website (thecreativeconnection.com), which promotes her and her partner's (Ron...
| Автор | Deborah Shouse |
Concise instructions requiring no prior knowledge and enabling people to experience the benefits of this ancient practice in the comfort and privacy of their own home.Explains key historical and philosophical facts of Chi Kung and Taoism, including specific benefits of each exercise and relevance to people in recovery.Chi Kung health benefits include reduced stress; increased stamina; enhanced immune system and quicker recovery from illness; improved cardiovascular, respiratory, circulatory,...
| Автор | Gregory Pergament |
Many people who enter recovery do not understand or are skeptical of the spiritual elements embodied in the Twelve Steps. This book helps demystify and simplify spiritual practices so the reader can enrich his or her own spiritual journey.Clarifies the differences between religion and spirituality.Author is ordained in the Episcopal Church of the United States and is a trained labyrinth walk facilitator. He has been in recovery for almost 40 years.The Reverend Farrell has served as a...
| Автор | John T. Farrell |
If you're a man, get ready to unleash the hero inside, and if you're a woman, get ready to understand men like never before. This practical and provocative book is packed with the lessons your dad never taught you about living life to the fullest, free from addiction and other self-destructive behaviors. From «Growing up Male» to «Men and Their Children,» Game Plan tells it the way only a man sees it and only as a man can hear it. David J. Powell, PhD, is president of the International...
| Автор | Alan Lyme |
BECAUSE NOT ALL KRAV MAGA IS THE SAME® This book is designed for krav maga trainees, security-conscious civilians, law enforcement officers, security professionals, and military personnel alike who wish to refine their essential krav maga combatives, improve their chances of surviving a hostile attack and prevail without serious injury. Combatives are the foundation of krav maga counter-attacks. These are the combatives of the original Israeli Krav Maga Association (Grandmaster Gidon). It is...
| Автор | David Kahn |
Wouldn't it be great if there were Twelve Steps for people who were not addicts or alcoholics, who just wanted a simple way to live a better life? Michael Dinneen provides a clear set of emotional tools for anyone committed to living a radically improved life based on spiritual principles and easy-to-follow directions. Michael Dinneen, LCSW, CACIII, is program manager for the University of Colorado's Hospital Center for Rehabilitation, Addiction, and Dependency (CeDAR). He is in...
| Автор | Michael Dinneen |
American Overdose is a three-part treatise written to provide the who, what, when, where, and why about our national crisis: addiction. Book 1, American Overdose, discusses the ways in which opioids are dangerous and are the source of the expansion of addiction in the USA; how the «pushers» target suburbia and the rural communities; and the frightening growth rate. Book 2, Treatment Talk, is a must-read for those considering treatment. It explores what is available, what works, what to...
| Автор | Kent I. Phillips |
Fear of accidents or acts of terror, illness or dying, loneliness or grief – if you’re like most people such anxieties may be robbing you of the peace that could be yours. In Be Not Afraid, Johann Christoph Arnold, a seasoned pastoral counselor who has accompanied many people to death’s door, tells how ordinary men, women and children found the strength to conquer their deepest fears. Drawing on stories of people he has known as pastor, relative or friend, Arnold shows how suffering can be...
| Автор | Johann Arnold Christoph |
Johann Christoph Arnold, admired by such prominent spiritual and inspirational leaders as Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Cardinal Dolan, Pete Seeger, and many more, offers answers to the question: Why shouldn't growing older be rewarding? Arnold, whose books have helped over a million readers through life's challenges, shows us the spiritual riches that age has to offer. Now in his seventies, Arnold finds himself personally facing the challenges of aging with grace. With a foreword...
| Автор | Johann Arnold Christoph |
Cancer rates continue to skyrocket, and the overall survival rate for Stage IV cancer patients in the United States is a grim 2.1 percent. Clearly, the extensive use of expensive, sometimes ineffective toxins in conventional oncology protocols is a failing strategy. Even the few survivors of these harsh slash-and-burn treatments can have dismal quality of life, suffering with ailments such as nerve damage, heart muscle disease, and liver and kidney failure. And unfortunately, many conventional...
| Автор | James W. Forsythe |
A Comprehensive and Compassionate Approach to Cancer Care Reclaiming Your Life After Diagnosis is packed with incredible information and resources to get you or someone you love through the challenging journey of a cancer diagnosis and treatment. This book accurately and compassionately addresses the physical, emotional, social and practical needs of cancer patients and their support systems.Find out how to: Put an effective support and resource team in place to buffer against the challenges...
| Автор | Kim Thiboldeaux |
Desde donde lo queramos ver, la salud de Norteamérica y de los países occidentales está empeorando. Cada vez gastamos más dinero en asistencia sanitaria y, sin embargo, dos tercios de la población tienen sobrepeso y 15 millones de norteamericanos padecen diabetes. Las enfermedades cardiovasculares tienen la misma incidencia que hace treinta años, y la guerra contra el cáncer, lanzada en la década de los años setenta, ha sido un fracaso estrepitoso. Casi más de la mitad de la población padece...
| Автор | Колин Кэмпбелл |
Your partner’s addiction takes a toll on both of your lives.That doesn’t mean you should turn your back on the person you love. We’ve been told that staying with a partner who struggles with addiction—whether it be with drugs, alcohol, or addictive behaviors—means that we’re enabling their destructive behavior. That wanting to help them means we’re codependent, and that the best thing for both of us is to walk away from the...
| Автор | Beverly Engel |
A combination of the newest blood tests, medications, and nutrition approaches have made coronary heart disease preventable, but for most of us, it’s still not a question of if, but when. Renowned and leading preventive cardiologist Michael Ozner says there’s no reason to wait until you have a heart attack or stroke.In Heart Attack Proof, Dr. Ozner shares the same six-week cardiac makeover to prevent and reverse heart disease he has been successfully giving his patients for...
| Автор | Michael Ozner |
Includes recipes from Chef Del Sroufe, author of the bestselling Forks Over Knives—The Cookbook and Better Than VeganNearly half of Americans take at least one prescription medicine, with almost a quarter taking three or more, as diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and dementia grow more prevalent than ever. The problem with medicating common ailments, such as high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol, is that drugs treat symptoms—and may even improve test...
| Автор | Glen Merzer |