The Art of Getting Well A Five-Step Plan for Maximizing Health When You Have a Chronic Illness

by Spero, David; Rossman, Martin L.

• ISBN13: 9780897933568
• ISBN10: 0897933567
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-27
• Publisher: Hunter House

Summary

The Art of Getting Well is a practical guide to overcoming illness and improving our quality of life. It goes far beyond the usual list of recommended behaviors and attitudes and explains how to change the parts of our lives that contribute to illness, adapt to things we cannot change and how to find motivation in the face of a chronic condition. This book brings the medical, psychological and spiritual issues involved in recovery down to a practical level through an empowering five-step approach to self-care and recovery that is applicable to any chronic condition-or even to those without an illness who find themselves frustrated and unhappy with their lives. In addition to practical topics like how to put your life before your illness, overcome barriers to self care and develop and maintain healthy attitudes, the author covers topics seldom seen elsewhere else, such as the value of living with rhythm, the intelligence of the body and the role of creativity in recov

Table of Contents

Foreword	vi
Important Note	vii
Preface	viii
Studies Show Life Is Hard	1	(17)
Slow Down or Crash	18	(15)
Make a Change, Any Change	33	(17)
All the Help We Can Get	50	(23)
Twenty-Four Reasons to Live	73	(17)
Growing Up Under Fire	90	(18)
Your Body---Love It or Leave It	108	(16)
The Art of Getting Well	124	(15)
Your Self-Care Plan	139	(17)
Beyond Self-Care	156	(13)
Self-Help	169	(12)
References	181	(21)
Resources	202