Health & Fitness
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From Fear To Faith
Surviving Cancer Six Times by Ruth Orr
“You have cancer.” When your doctor says these words, how do you react? Fear often overwhelms any other response to a cancer diagnosis. What if the treatments don’t work? What does the future look like? Will I die? Questions like these can lead to ...
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TruthAches
Everything You Need to Know About Speaking—and Living—Your Truth by Tamika Schilbe Cole
Do you ever feel like there are words stuck in the back of your throat that you can’t speak, no matter how hard you try? Do you ever avoid people when you have something difficult to say? Do you stop yourself from speaking up because there’s a tiny ...
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Four and a Half Steps
Surviving the Reckless Roller Coaster Ride to Recovery by Randy Wagner
Wag is a charismatic and mischievous character. A soon-to-be Boston Pizza franchise owner, he likes to push people’s buttons and takes life to the extreme. After an evening out with his wife in Calgary, he decides to drive back to his temporary ...
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Grab the Spark
How My Parkinson's Journey Sparked My Creativity Through Stories, Poems and Photos by Joe W. van Koeverden
Joe W. van Koeverden, MBA, PwP, has lived with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) for ten years. For the last twenty years, he worked in senior management as a CEO, president, and CAO. He’s twenty years cancer free and has been clean and sober for over ...
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My Diabetic Journal
A comprehensive 52 week goalsetting, planning and tracking workbook by Vicki Myhre
Begin taking control of your diabetes today with My Diabetic Journal—a fifty-two-week workbook for people with diabetes. More than a tracking tool, this journal promotes planning and goal-setting, so that you may understand how to implement ...
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The Empty Crib
My Personal Experiences of Miscarriage and Baby Loss by Charlene Robertson
A blessing. A gift. A miracle. Having a child is often described as the most fulfilling experiences one can have. But when pregnancies don’t go according to hopes, dreams, and plans, all that joy bestowed upon the expectant parents seems to ...
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Sharing the Gift of Yoga
From the Eastern World by Eboni Yayih
Our health is the most important aspect of our daily living and making the priority to maintain a healthy lifestyle has become paramount in the chaotic world in which we live. Yoga is a lifestyle that exercises the body, mind and soul; therefore, ...
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Life in the Fast Lane
The Chris Stoddart Story by Chris Stoddart
In the late 1960s, a new sport emerged in Canada that would change the lives of many people: wheelchair sports. In Life in the Fast Lane, Chris Stoddart recounts the rise of wheelchair racing, with him as one of its pioneers. Born with spina ...
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Burnt Around the Edges
A Guide to Mastering Stress and Surviving Burnout by Arjuna George
This easy-to-read book highlights decades of real-life experiences as a firefighter and a Fire Chief in BC, Canada. The first-hand accounts outlined in the book highlight how occupational and life stress can dramatically affect our wellbeing. It ...
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Obesity
Does it Need a Self-Balanced Lifestyle? by Lee B
What contributes to an unhealthy lifestyle? Often linked to decreased physical activity and lack of healthy choices in diet, The Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey Data, as well as Canadian Health Measures Survey ...
