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Touch After Trauma
A Practical Guide for Manual Therapists
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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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Safety in the Body
Foundations in Mental Health Recovery through Yoga Therapy, Expressive Arts and Neurophysiology
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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
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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...
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Art Therapy Activities for All Ages
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The purpose of Art Therapy is to create an oasis of time to allow the brain and body to relax, recharge, and rejuvenate itself, while exploring the creative process of manipulating design elements such as line, shape, form, space, texture, tone,...
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10 Days in April
...a detour through breast cancer
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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...
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Grocery Directory
Shopping Tracker
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Grab some sticky notes and draw some arrows to track your produce when grocery shopping: Beans Fruits Grains Herbs Lentils Nuts Peas Seeds Spices Vegetables Rotate your plate with different foods to get more nutrients and try new recipes!
