How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers-Quality Guarantee

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Title: How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers

Author: Toni Bernhard

ISBN: 9780861716265

Publisher: Wisdom Publications

Published: 2010

Binding: Paperback

Language: English

Edition: 1

Number of Pages: 216

Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Publisher : 2011 Nautilus Book Award — Gold Medal in Personal Growth/Self-Help/Psychology2011 Nautilus Book Award — Silver Medal in Memoir/Personal JourneyThis life-affirming, instructive, and thoroughly inspiring book is a must-read for anyone who is – or who might one day be – sick. It can also be the perfect gift of guidance, encouragement, and uplifting inspiration to family, friends, and loved ones struggling with the many terrifying or disheartening life changes that come so close on the heels of a diagnosis of a chronic condition or life-threatening illness. Authentic and graceful, How to be Sick reminds us of our limitless inner freedom, even under high degrees of suffering and author – who became ill while a university law professor in the prime of her career – tells the reader how she got sick and, to her and her partner’s bewilderment, stayed that way. Toni had been a longtime meditator, going on long meditation retreats and spending many hours rigorously practicing, but soon discovered that she simply could no longer engage in those difficult and taxing forms. She had to learn ways to make “being sick” the heart of her spiritual practice – and through truly learning how to be sick, she learned how, even with many physical and energetic limitations, to live a life of equanimity, compassion, and joy. And whether we ourselves are ill or not, we can learn these vital arts from Bernhard’s generous wisdom in How to Be Sick.