Mindbody Cancer Wellness: A Self-Help Stress Management Manual

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If you or a loved one have been affected by cancer and its barrage of physical, emotional, and spiritual assaults, then Dr. Morry Edwards' new book MindBody Cancer Wellness

A Self-Help Care Manual could be a valuable resource well worth tapping. You'll want to read it, "try" it, loan it, give it away, borrow it back, and read special pages again. And, if you sometimes feel controlled by the stress that pushes you to uncomfortable limits, you'll want this author's philosophy, if not his strategies, to seep into how you live your daily life.

Why? Because Dr. Edwards' answer to all of those opening questions is a resounding YES. It is not a SIMPLISTIC YES, although he skillfully makes complex ideas quite understandable in simple, straight-forward language. Nor is it an EASY YES, since Morry challenges us to think a little differently, behave a little differently, and to appreciate our own capacities to grow as we walk with the uninvited companion of cancer. It is, however, a BELIEVABLE YES---not only because Morry carries professional credentials on his walls and more than twenty years of counseling under his belt, but also because Morry lost both of his parents to cancer and now carries them AND their optimism in his heart.

This self-care manual is intended to help readers develop skills and effectively use strategies designed to ease the stress of cancer and its treatment. It begins with basic information about the role stress plays in our lives, positively and negatively. The author translates complex information into ideas that can help anyone understand adverse stress reactions and how they can endanger the body, mind, emotions, and behavior. From this perspective, Dr. Edwards' book is scholarly. It tackles important aspects of the mind-body-spirit connection. From another view, Morry's work is a practical nuts 'n bolts approach to getting control of our fear, putting a bridle around the very real stresses that can drive us "nuts," or worse yet, make us ill and keep us unwell.

Introducing ideas like immune system "downers" and immune system "uppers," Dr. Edwards provides a comprehensive smorgasbord of relaxation strategies. In detail and with specific examples, he describes how they work, how they can be implemented, and how they can help us improve our own quality of life---as we collaborate with our medical team to strengthen our bodies' defense systems in achieving our own "wellness."

MindBody Cancer Wellness: A Self-Help Stress Management Manual is a grab-bag resource of ideas, strategies, and tools, any one of which might improve emotional and mental well-being. Don't hesitate a moment to reach into this one!

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