Living Pain

Ever wonder why being the independent woman we are told we should be oftentimes simply leads to us battling our problems alone, or worse, competing with other women? Why, at every single baby shower, so many women share their harsher tales of labor and delivery in unnecessary one-upmanship? Why most women are left with feelings of unworthiness? Join women from different backgrounds as they come together to share their own experiences of pain, perseverance, and encouragement, firsthand and in heartwarming detail. We hope that through their stories, you find you are not alone.

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.

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.

More than 2,000 years ago, Aristotle said: "let there be a law that no deformed child shall live." This idea is alive and well today. During the past century, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. argued that the United States can forcibly sterilize intellectually disabled women and philosopher Peter Singer argued for the right of parents to euthanize certain cognitively disabled infants. The Life Worth Living explores how and why such arguments persist by investigating the exclusion of and discrimination against disabled people across the history of Western moral philosophy.

Grace in the Midst of Pain: A Journey to Forgiving the Unforgettable is a transformative guide for anyone struggling with the weight of unforgiveness. With profound insights rooted in Christian faith, Oladapo Babalola walks listeners through the complexities of pain, hurt, and the power of grace.

When a 200-pound glass partition fell on Donna Fado Ivery's head resulting in brain injury, disability, and chronic pain, she could no longer count on walking, speaking, or thinking. How would she care for her infant, her preschooler, her husband, and herself? How would she continue to serve as pastor? With humor and humility, this inspirational memoir speaks to Donna’s struggle through medical, social, and church prejudice with the abiding support of family and the Holy Spirit.

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.

Headaches are a common part of many people's lives - for the most part causing the occasional inconvenience. However, for some, headaches can be a major burden. Around 10 million adults in the UK experience migraines, and more than 500,000 people are living with daily, or near-daily, headaches. In Headaches, Dr Mark Weatherall explains the current scientific understanding of what headaches are, what causes them and why certain people get them. This audiobook will examine how to manage headaches, the treatment options available and answer commonly asked questions.

As a trauma-informed professional life coach, Janell Rardon spends a good deal of her day-to-day work with brokenness-broken families, broken relationships, broken hearts and souls. In response to the pleas of her clients, she developed a set of emotional health tools that help them repair the broken parts of their lives. In Stronger Every Day, she shares those powerful tools with you.

Have you ever felt the sting of rejection, leaving you questioning your worth and purpose? You're not alone. In a world that often seems cold and unforgiving, rejection can be a crushing blow to our spirit. But what if rejection could be transformed into your greatest ally on the path to personal and spiritual growth? Discover the power to turn pain into purpose with "Embracing Rejection: A Journey to Spiritual Resilience." This groundbreaking book offers 12 biblical concepts that will revolutionize your perspective on rejection and empower you to triumph over life's setbacks.

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.

Do hurts and mistakes from your past weigh you down? Have you given up hope that things will ever be different, that you will ever feel whole again? In this deeply personal and transparent book, AJ Wilt walks you through fresh revelations she has received from the Lord in the hopes that you will find time to sit at the feet of Jesus and ask some of the same questions.

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.

The raw and real story of how I walked free into a beautiful and powerful life after infidelity in marriage and how you can do the same. You've tried just getting over it. You've tried all of the Christian disciplines. You've talked about the pain until you're blue in the face. Yet you still don't feel the freedom and joy you long for. Healing after betrayal is possible! In UNRAVELED, I share stories of hope, failures, and taking the journey to healing one step at at time. When life leaves us broken and battered, UNRAVELED is the road map to wholeness and healing.

Written Especially for Ages 8-14, This Devotional Tackles 10 Important Questions about Suffering.

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.

What is your response when your life turns upside down? When you lose your job? When you receive a difficult diagnosis? Do you blame God or beg Him for a way out of your suffering? In more than a decade of misdiagnoses and debilitating treatments, Stephanie Tait admits she did plenty of both before hearing the two words that had drastically altered her life: Lyme disease. Yet she has discovered it's in her pain that Jesus is most present.

We know Christ is the Master Healer, but how does that apply to our everyday lives? Do we only need healing with physical issues or scary health diagnoses? Or is there much more the Lord could do in our minds and hearts, if only we’ll give Him the chance? In How Christ Heals, Jaci Wightman makes the case that modern life pummels us with trials and difficulty and trauma, and we suffer mentally, emotionally, and spiritually as a result.

When we are in painful circumstances, we tend to want to escape at any cost. Yet in doing so, we can miss the greatest opportunities of our lives. Writing about her own valleys - including loving a struggling son and reeling from the untimely death of her husband - Yolanda Cohen Stith shares hard-won insights. In the midst of her most painful experiences, Stith discovered that God shows up in the valleys in ways he doesn’t on the mountaintops. She came to believe that we need valleys to recognize our desperate need for God.

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.