Health & Fitness
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Art & Science of Foot Care
A Multidisciplinary Resource by Cindy L.M. Lazenby
This third edition of The Art and Science of Foot Care is an in-depth resource for practitioners and students of nursing foot care. The authors offer a readable and straightforward discussion of new and established best practices and care...
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Obesity: A Comprehensive Review
The Who, What, When, Why, Where and How of the Obesity Problem by E. Patrick Alleyne
OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY signal abnormal or excessive fat accumulation to an extent which threatens a risk to health. Obesity, in particular, has reached epidemic proportions to the extent that the level of obesity is projected to increase to over...
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Touch After Trauma
A Practical Guide for Manual Therapists by Alison Fraser
Western medicine remains dominated by paradigms that separate physical and mental wellness, as if they were unrelated. This artificial boundary poses a challenge for manual therapists, as we see increasing signs of traumatic stress in the...
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Climbing Parkinson's Mountain Takes Faith
Does it make any difference if Jesus goes with us? by Robert W. Lever
Robert Lever has appropriated the writing metaphor of climbing a mountain to navigating Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Just as there are essential skills and equipment needed to climb a mountain, so are there multiple skills, attitudes, and belief...
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Mending Abortion Trauma with Presence
a journal and guidebook into the canyon of silence by Marsha Donner
Terminating an unplanned pregnancy is often an unacknowledged trauma due to silence and lack of support. The process is too much, too soon and too fast. Numbing of emotions is a normal reaction that provides emotional safety for the moment. Yet,...
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Finding Your Wellness
A Guidebook to Self-Care by Dr. Cindi Saj and Christa Smith
Our world is grappling with unprecedented challenges, as the collective well-being of its eight billion citizens is compromised by alarming rates of illness, mental health struggles, and unmet emotional, physical, and spiritual needs. Many...
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Strength From Within
Surviving Cancer: The Power of Gifts and Hope by Kim Nelson
On September 5th, 2018, Kim Nelson received a diagnosis that would change her life forever. In this candid memoir, she tells of her emotional, physical, and spiritual journey through breast cancer—from the moment of diagnosis, through surgery,...
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Riley and Learning Tourettes
The Rage out of Nowhere by TM Ritter
Riley’s teacher knows Riley is a bright student, but he learns differently than most other children. She wants to understand him better and help him be successful in school. Riley’s parents do their best to understand and support Riley too. One...
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Safety in the Body
Foundations in Mental Health Recovery through Yoga Therapy, Expressive Arts and Neurophysiology by Erin Byron
Complete recovery from most mental health issues is possible—and safety is the first step! Mental health issues exist throughout our brains and bodies. Most people think it takes years of expensive therapy to make any progress. Recent research...
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Stone Cold Tea
by Winn Bray Rathbun
In Stone Cold Tea, a beautifully rendered creative non-fiction memoir, Winn Bray Rathbun takes us from early childhood in small-town Welland, Ontario, where she was the youngest in a working-class family of six, to her growing awareness much...
