Living Pain

Frederick Buechner has grappled with the nature of pain, grief, and grace ever since his father committed suicide when Buechner was a young boy. He continued that search as a father when his daughter struggled with anorexia. In this essential collection of essays, including one never before published, Frederick Buechner finds that the God who might seem so silent is ever near. He writes about what it means to be a steward of our pain, and about this grace from God that seems arbitrary and yet draws us to his holiness and care.

In Incurable Faith, Andrea Herzer writes from the midst of her own long-term illness to give you hope wherever you are on your journey with medical issues. Whether you are facing a new diagnosis, mysterious pain, or any other illness, you can go from being a victim to being victorious through God’s sustaining love.

A Rosary for Those Who Are Suffering the Pain of A Wounded Soul is a collection of short meditations, based on the 20 mysteries of the Holy Rosary. Each meditation centers on relevant scripture references, and explores how the lives of Jesus and Mary, 2,000 years ago, relate to the pain and healing of a person who has been wounded by another in the modern world.

You don't have to live with them! In this concise audiobook you'll discover valuable, usable information that can help you get rid of headache pain! Learn biblical secrets on health and the latest medical research on how to break free from the grip of headaches.

Pastor Jacob Armstrong exposes the seven dangerous ways that we commonly seek to avoid a breakdown, showing how these seven ways are stealing life from us, and then walks us through a progression of seven Jesus-ways that move us from merely breaking to breaking open. It is these Jesus-ways that get us to the good stuff: a life filled with hope and opportunity.

As Liuan Huska went through years of chronic pain, she wondered why God seemed absent and questioned some of the common assumptions about healing. Countering a Gnosticism that pits body against spirit, Huska takes us on a journey of exploring how healing is not an escape from the limits of the body, but becoming whole as souls in bodies and bodies with souls. As chronic pain forces us to pay attention to our bodies' vulnerability, we come to embrace the fullness of our broken yet beautiful bodies. She helps us redefine what it means to find healing and wholeness.

Lymphedema can be unpredictable and confusing. You have many questions about this seemingly contradictory condition where you carry fluid on the body in a space which should not house it at all. In this book, you will learn all about what this condition is, how it can affect you, and most importantly, how to manage your symptoms and live with it, including what to do when your symptoms get worse. This book is written for everyone who wants to know everything about lymphedema and how they can live with this condition. You don't have to fight this battle all by yourself. Help is here.

In his late 30s, Steve Melen thought he had it all - a successful career in finance, a house on the hill, a beautiful newborn daughter, and a zest for life and travel. He was unstoppable...until a diagnosis of Stage IIIB stomach cancer brought it all to screeching halt. Facing the hard truth that he would live the rest of his life without a stomach, Steve battled his demons and the fact that he only had a 15 percent chance of survival.

Chicken Soup for the Soul joins forces with top doctors to provide cutting-edge medical information and positive inspiration—everything you need to thrive. Each recording features true stories from actual patients and advice about diet and lifestyle adjustments. Also included are overviews of diagnoses, medical tests, and procedures, as well as information about caregiving and emotional concerns—all from the medical sector's most informed experts.

Here’s a simple test: How do you feel when you wake up in the morning, tired or energetic? If you feel tired waking up every morning, this is the right time to start using natural supplements to improve your overall well-being and eliminate mood disorder. Then, take advantage of the miracle healing of CBD and hemp oil to eliminate depression, insomnia, rheumatism, mood disorder, asthma, and anxiety.

An Indian American immigrant who grew up in white Southern culture, Prasanta Verma names and sheds light on the realities of ethnic loneliness. She unpacks the exhausting effects of cultural isolation, the dynamics of marginalization, and the weight of being other. In the midst of disconnection and erasure, she points to the longing to belong, the need to share our stories, and the hope of finding safe friendships and community. Our places of exile can become places where we find belonging—to ourselves, to others, and to God.

It's difficult to pray during times of suffering. Words simply may not come. You may feel angry or confused, and that can make it tough to turn to God. Well-meaning friends or family may offer suggestions like “Just be patient” or “Offer it up,” which only leave you feeling worse.

For centuries, people have asked why God allows pain and suffering. Best-selling author, Bonnie Baker, makes a compelling case regarding the meaning behind hardship as an essential component of our relationship with the Lord. Whether it's her near-death experience or her miraculous recovery from a stroke, Bonnie describes how burdens that come with pain—whether spiritual, emotional, mental or physical—can be hard to bear.

Find fullness of joy during the holidays - especially for the brokenhearted. Divorce. Financial stress. Chronic illness. Losing a loved one. Experiencing any of these situations during the year is already difficult. But the holiday season, once joyful and happy, can heighten this pain even more.

This user-friendly guide provides precise, practical tools to help you Manage Anxiety and Nervous System Dysregulation without feeling overwhelmed. It offers simple, Easy-to-Understand solutions with relatable real-life stories as it guides you to balance your Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems to restore Gut-Brain Health.

We live in a world of voices: disparaging ones, encouraging ones, skeptical ones, and meaningful ones. As leaders are being pulled in every imaginable direction, learning to filter out the destructive voices, harness the constructive ones, and use the painful ones for purpose has never been more critical than it is right now. Leadership architect and consultant Sam Chand offers a path forward in Voices—a timely guide for leaders whose hearing has been dulled from the deafening noise of conflicting voices.

You have a choice! Become part of transformational change despite your pain. You can either remain stuck in your anguish, or you can discover the path to break the shackles of hopelessness.

For 10 percent of women worldwide, the road to motherhood is bumpy, painful, and heartbreaking. For some, it can cause a complete collapse of emotions. This is the reality for those plagued by infertility. In this book, Christina Oberon will help you discover that infertility does not define you! She helps guide you through the rollercoaster of emotions that infertility brings, so you can find inner joy, which rests on hope.

Kelsie Stanton, one of America's top models, may still be young, but she's experienced success that only a handful of people can claim. But her success came packaged with darkness that most will never experience. As she journeyed through the wild landscape of modeling in New York City, she discovered that life behind the camera wasn't what she expected.

Minimalists are people who consciously and intentionally try to live with only what they really need. The mantra would be: "Identify the essential, and eliminate all else." Minimalists are against uncontrolled consumption. It seems that when you have more things that you can use and want more than you can afford, you enter into a vicious cycle in which your things do not work for you, but you work for them in order to impress other persons and raise your status in life.