Finding Hope (eBook)

When Facing Serious Disease

Steven J Sommer (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
434 Seiten
Steven Sommer (Verlag)
978-0-9954345-2-3 (ISBN)

Infos

When he almost lost his life in 2012, holistic medical practitioner Dr. Steven Sommer, became inspired and determined to share his experience and knowledge before his life was done. The result is this, his first book, Finding Hope. In it, he shares his patients and his own personal journey exploring how to defy the odds with Meditation as medicine, Lifestyle as therapy, Mind-body weaving, Epigenetics, Complementary therapies, Humor that heals, Fecal transplantation, Judgement and enlightenment and Dying well.Gathering examples and research from illnesses such as Cancer, Heart Disease, Parkinson's, MS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, he synthesizes the key principles for finding and maintaining hope for better health in the face of such serious challenges.In a very readable and at times humorous presentation, his words will connect with readers looking for hope. This is an informative, well-researched (with over 700 references), and emotionally touching book.

Inhalt

PART I Chapter 1 Changing the Odds Chapter 2 Finding My Direction Chapter 3 Medicine, an Inexact Science Chapter 4 Epigenetics - How Genes Change Their Tune Chapter 5 Meditation as Medicine Chapter 6 Lifestyle as Therapy - Heart Disease and Beyond Chapter 7 Lifestyle as Therapy - Cancer and Beyond Chapter 8 Mind-Body Weaving Chapter 9 Meaning Chapter 10 Humor That Heals Chapter 11 Complementary Medicine (CM) Chapter 12 The Complementary Catch PART II Chapter 13 Descent Chapter 14 A CFS Clinic Chapter 15 Validity and Social Support Chapter 16 A Nearly Dead Experience Chapter 17 Searching for the Bottom Line Chapter 18 Fecal Microbial Transplant (FMT) - Revitalizing Our Gut Microbiome Chapter 19 Parkinson's Disease - My experience Chapter 20 Parkinson's - Looking Beyond Medication Chapter 21 Judgement and Enlightenment Chapter 22 Dying well Finding Hope - Summing up Appendix 1 Meditation Based Stress Management Appendix 2 RESTORING EXERCISES ('Full Stops') Appendix 3 ME/CFS Canadian Clinical Diagnostic Criteria Summary Acknowledgements About the Author References

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.2.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde
• Schlagworte: Cancer • Chronic fatigue syndrome • complementary medicine • Health • Holistic Medicine • inflammatory bowel disease • Parkinson's Disease • Recovery
• ISBN-10: 0-9954345-2-2 / 0995434522
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9954345-2-3 / 9780995434523