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Index
Cover Title Dedication Table of Contents Introduction: Making Peace with a Life Upside Down I. Skills to Help with Each Day
1. Educating Family and Friends about Chronic Pain and Illness 2. Letting Go: A Not-To-Do List for the Chronically Ill 3. Asking for Help Can Be Your Gift to Others 4. Developing the Confidence to Say No 5. When the “Want Monster” Whispers in Your Ear 6. Complaining Is a Recipe for Suffering 7. Dealing with Tough Choice after Tough Choice 8. The Many Benefits of Patience 9. Cultivating Kindness
II. Mindfulness: Potent Medicine for Easing the Symptoms of Chronic Illness
10. Mindfulness Can Ease Physical Suffering by Easing Mental Suffering 11. Mindfulness Practices That Address Physical Discomfort 12. Formal Mindfulness Meditation Can Help Your Mind Help Your Body
III. Responding Wisely to Troubling Thoughts and Emotions
13. Breaking Free from Stressful Thinking Patterns 14. When the Blues Come Calling 15. Surviving a Bad Mood with Grace 16. Shedding the Burden of Embarrassment
IV. Special Challenges
17. Invisibility: When You Look Fine to Others 18. When You and Those You Love Are in Conflict 19. The Special Difficulties Faced by Young People Who Are Chronically Ill 20. Maximizing Your Chances of Success at the Doctor’s Office 21. Sick Upon Sick: Handling an Acute Illness While Chronically Ill 22. The Pesky Issue of Sleep 23. Longing for That Pre-Illness Life 24. The Uncertainty of It All 25. Taking Care of the Caregivers
V. Isolation and Loneliness
26. Quotations and Reflections on Loneliness 27. Healing Loneliness through Mindfulness 28. Coping with Isolation During Holidays and Other Gatherings
VI. Enjoy the Life You Have
29. Beware of “Good Old Days Syndrome” 30. Why Not Me? 31. Don’t Let Envy and Resentment Keep You from Enjoying the Life You Have 32. Slow Down and Savor Life 33. Appreciating the Wondrousness of the Human Body
VII. For Family, Friends, Caregivers, and Anyone Concerned about Chronic Illness
34. Setting the Record Straight about Chronic Illness 35. What the Chronically Ill Hope Others Will Understand 36. “Oh No!”: What the Chronically Ill Hope Others Won’t Say 37. “Thank You!”: What the Chronically Ill Hope Others Will Say 38. What’s in a Name? The Harm Caused by Mislabeling Medical Conditions 39. Letting Go: A Not-To-Do List for Caregivers 40. Lessons for the Healthy from the Land of the Sick
VIII. Last but Not Least
41. True Confessions 42. My Heartfelt Wishes for the Chronically Ill
Afterword Acknowledgments About the Author Also Available by Toni Bernhard from Wisdom Publications About Wisdom Publications Copyright
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