Health & Fitness, Diseases & Conditions
-
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,...
-
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...
-
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...
-
10 Days in April
...a detour through breast cancer by Eleanor Deckert
Newly-wed Eleanor had a plan for her life: “I want to get married, go out west, build a log cabin, raise a bunch of kids, teach them about the Lord, volunteer in my community, and then write a book about it!” As her dreams became a reality over...
-
Managing Parkinson's
My Sixteen Year Journey by VR Peterson
You must be joking! What is Parkinson’s disease? Why is this happening to me? What caused this to happen? In January 2007, at the age of sixty-one, fit and active educator Vic Peterson is completely rocked by the news that the tremor in his right...
-
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...
-
The Nana Elaine Chronicles
Our Journey with Alzheimer’s and Dementia by Jodi Walsh
If you are, were, or might ever be a caregiver, the Nana Elaine Chronicles was written for you. In it, Jodi Walsh shares the highs and lows of being a caregiver for her grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, as her nana moves from living in...
-
Tangled in the Curves
Real Life with Idiopathic Scoliosis by Caroline Bell
Receiving a diagnosis of scoliosis - a condition where the spine bends and rotates for no known reason - can be an emotional time full of questions and concerns. You might feel like you have to navigate it all by yourself. But, know this: you are...
-
Living With Cancer
A Few Things Your Friends Want You to Know by Dr. Gillian Dolansky Presner
After happily achieving many of my personal and professional childhood dreams, I was unexpectedly diagnosed with terminal cancer while pregnant with my 3rd daughter at the age of 36. In this book I write about my lived experience since that time...
-
Determined to Get a Life
The Story Doesn't End with Dementia by Ken Crassweller
In this candid story, this author asks one of life’s essential questions: How do we go on when our hearts are broken? Book One of Determined to Get a Life tells the story of Ken and his wife Lesley, her journey through dementia and eventual...
