Healing with Words

Healing With Words: A Writer's Cancer Journey is a compassionate and_x000D_ wry self-help memoir written by an award-winning prolific author, nurse and_x000D_ poet, who at the age of forty-seven found her life shattered first by a DCIS_x000D_ (early breast cancer) diagnosis and five years later by another, seemingly unrelated_x000D_ and incurable cancer--multiple myeloma. The book includes the author's_x000D_ experiences, reflections, poetry and journal entries, in addition to...
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Healing With Words: A Writer's Cancer Journey is a compassionate and_x000D_ wry self-help memoir written by an award-winning prolific author, nurse and_x000D_ poet, who at the age of forty-seven found her life shattered first by a DCIS_x000D_ (early breast cancer) diagnosis and five years later by another, seemingly unrelated_x000D_ and incurable cancer--multiple myeloma. The book includes the author's_x000D_ experiences, reflections, poetry and journal entries, in addition to writing_x000D_ prompts for readers to express their own personal story._x000D_ Raab's journals have provided a safe haven and platform to validate and express_x000D_ her feelings. Raab views journaling to be like a daily vitamin--in that it_x000D_ heals, detoxifies and is essential for optimal health.

_x000D_ Readers will learn to:_x000D_

• Understand the importance of early cancer detection and how to take control of their own health_x000D_
• Discover the power of writing to release bottled-up emotions_x000D_
• Learn how the process of journaling can facilitate healing_x000D_
• See how a cancer diagnosis can be a riveting event which can renew and change a person in a unique way_x000D_ _x000D_
  
  Praise for Raab's Healing With Words:
  _x000D_ _x000D_ "One woman's story, beautifully told and inspiring to those for whom_x000D_ journaling will ease a cancer diagnosis."
  _x000D_ --Barbara Delinsky, author UPLIFT: Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors
  
  _x000D_ _x000D_ "Time after time, Diana articulates incisively the thoughts and feelings that_x000D_ convey hoped-for meaning and encouragement. She is a woman who knows_x000D_ what it is to live fully in the face of mortality. She will add value to the life of_x000D_ every person who reads this book. Healing With Words resonates at a spiritual_x000D_ level for me."
  _x000D_ --Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife and Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette
  
  _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Author's proceeds from the sale of this book donated to benefit the Mayo Clinic Foundation
  
  _x000D_ Learn more at www.DianaRaab.com
  
  _x000D_ _x000D_ Another inspirational book from Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.com
  
  _x000D_ _x000D_ HEA039031 Health & Fitness : Diseases - Breast Cancer
  _x000D_ SEL501000 Self-Help : Journal Writing
  _x000D_ MED058160 Nursing - Oncology & Cancer
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