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Focus
on Healing: Holistic self-help for medical illness
by
Jennifer Barraclough. Published 2009 by Papawai Press, Auckland.
ISBN 978-0-9582966-4-9
Focus
on Healing will be of interest to anyone with a personal or professional
interest in holistic healthcare, especially to those who are coping
with long-term medical conditions. Informed by the author's experience
as orthodox doctor, natural therapist and patient, and illustrated
by real-life stories of individual healing journeys, it gives
balanced practical guidance on topics such as the following:
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understanding mind-body-spirit connections and the 'whole-person'
approach to health and healing
* making informed choices about using self-help methods and professional
treatments, whether orthodox or complementary
* exploring the scope for positive transformation through the
illness experience
Readers'
comments:
'Its
positive approach and optimistic outlook are just what I need
right now'
'A fascinating book, both very educational and in places very
moving'
'Beautifully written, respectful, delicate, meaningful and honest'
'Your book is wonderful - everyone looking to heal should have
a copy'
Contents
Part
I: Introducing the approach 1
Why this book? - My story: from doctor to healer - What is holistic
healing? - The nature of the healing journey - The benefits of
a positive focus - Balance - Self-responsibility and its limits
Joan's Story 27
Part
II: Theoretical background 30
Mind-body-spirit connections - The vibrational model of the self
- The multifactorial causes of disease - The concept of stress
- The emotions - Attitudes and beliefs - Personality, health and
disease - The spiritual dimension - Understanding deeper meanings
- The body remembers - Persons not diseases
Elizabeth's Story 77
Part
III: Practical self-healing 80
Guiding principles - Interpreting medical information - Hope,
intentions and goals - Affirmation and visualisation - Forgiveness,
acceptance and appreciation - Attitudes to the body - Diet - Exercise,
sleep, relaxation and breathing - The physical environment - Reducing
psychosocial stress - Processing negative emotions - Joy, happiness
and humour - Love, tolerance and patience - Spiritual approaches
to healing - Creativity - Authenticity and the life path
Beverley's Story 142
Part
IV: Professional treatment and care 146
Orthodox medicine and/or natural therapies? - Unwanted effects
of treatments - Selecting a therapist - Researching natural therapies
- Choosing and using natural therapies - Stopping treatments
Marni's
Story 165
Appendix 168
Bach Flower Remedies as a complementary therapy for medical illness
Index
179
Purchasing
Information
This
book can be obtained through bookshops in New Zealand (RRP $39.99
NZD) or directly from the author at the special price of $30 NZD
(plus postage and packing $5 within New Zealand, $10 to Australia
or $15 worldwide). Click below to purchase:
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