Author: Sheila K. Collins Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1938314476 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 181
Book Description
Warrior Mother is the true story of a mother’s fierce love and determination, and her willingness to go outside the bounds of the ordinary when two of her three adult children are diagnosed with life-threatening diseases. When Sheila Collins’s best friend, dying of breast cancer, asked her to accompany her through what turned out to be the last fourteen days of her life, she didn’t know that the experience was preparing her for what lay ahead with her own children. In the years that followed, Collins had to face both her son’s diagnosis with AIDS and her daughter’s diagnosis with breast cancer. Warrior Mother documents how she faces these challenges and the issues accompanying them—from learning to be the mother of a gay son to visiting a healer in Brazil on her daughter’s behalf when she decides on bone marrow transplant treatment. Experience as a professional social worker and family therapist doesn’t always help Collins to cope with her children’s illnesses—but her relationship with improvisational song, dance, storytelling, and women’s spirituality rituals carries her through. Warrior Mother follows Collins’s family through memorials and celebrations of lives well lived, all the while exploring the impact of grief on those left behind and the rituals that help them heal.
Author: Emma Frisch Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 1797224182 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 307
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An indispensable guide and hands-on resource for families that want to joyfully build or deepen their connection with nature through a range of recipes for cooking, wellness, personal care, and crafts all year long. Emma Frisch and Jana Blankenship have a kindred friendship from their shared experiences as mothers, entrepreneurs, and nature lovers. Observing a growing demand from families wanting to reconnect to nature, they created this fun and practical resource. Seasonal Family Almanac gives families the tools to rediscover the soul-stirring magic that comes from living in tune with the seasons. Organized into twelve chapters and with content from a host of diverse contributors, it includes: Over 40 delicious food and beverage recipes from around the world, inspired by the authors' heritage and community, including Soothing White Pine Tea; Lunar New Year Dumplings; and Blueberry Lavender Crisp Bars Over 30 personal care and wellness recipes ranging from Violet and Dandelion Face Steam to a complete Newborn Care Kit, Clearing Chest Rub, and Forest Bathing Salts 25 crafts and activities including beautiful and easy twisted rope flower crowns, beginner-friendly botanically dyed capes, shadow puppets, and more. An invaluable resource for essential wisdom and creative inspiration every day of the year.
Author: Abigail Thomas Publisher: Algonquin Books ISBN: 1565127498 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 154
Book Description
Linked stories of four lonely city dwellers by the New York Times–bestselling author of A Three Dog Life: “A gem” (The Village Voice). “A lonely hermit, a dead cobbler, a teenage runaway, and a fifty-four-year-old virgin star in this . . . collection of poignant short stories set on New York’s Upper West Side. In concise, deft prose, Thomas interweaves tales of ordinary people coping with urban malaise. The first piece describes Walter, a sci-fi writer, pondering the value of his existence after his wife walks out. After Walter is cheered up by Mexican rooftop singers, the narrative shifts to his troubled neighbor, Edith. An overweight, sexually frustrated woman, Edith’s unusual antics include pocketing her dying mother’s jewelry and leaving flowers in the trash for a homeless woman. As Edith and Walter come to grips with their loneliness, the chaotic New York milieu is a vital force invigorating their lives. After a fourteen-year old runs away in search of her older sister in the penultimate story, the collection ends with an adulteress struggling to move her dead lover’s body, still clad in her husband’s pajamas. In portraying each of her four characters, Thomas captures the subtle details of city life with elegance, flair, wit, and comic timing.” —Boston Review “Thomas has a way with details that makes for endings as bittersweet as her beginnings.” —Publishers Weekly “An entertaining, cohesive, and well-written volume.” —Booklist
Author: Paula Jean Hovey Publisher: Paula Jean Hovey ISBN: Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 25
Book Description
This book is an introduction to gluten and lactose free yummy food. PJ’s food diary has some great recipes to cook GF and LF for the tribe and everyone will be happy. Covering entertaining to dessert for all to enjoy. The nudge for this book has come from the feedback cooking for beautiful women on a wellness retreat, Akashic wellness retreats at Camp Island. For the past 30 years or more I have had a passion for food and cooking. Cooking for many years, had my own little cafe and catering businesses amongst wearing many other hats. I have also suffered gut issues for many years, finally 3 years ago diagnosed with Crohn's disease. I have gone down the path of alternative medicine. If you have any sort of gut issues I highly recommend a food intolerance test and see a good naturopath. I always knew I was lactose intolerant… but I wasn’t aware of wheat, gluten, tomato and so forth. Dr. Rowena Kissun – Kissun clinics in the Whitsundays was absolutely amazing to me. Rowena took time and explained everything in terms I could understand and the importance of knowing what upsets your person. Its very overwhelming at first diagnoses… but there are some good products and produce out there now. With some help of easy and tasty recipes like these you will enjoy some simple delicious food like everyone else. As a single mother for many years and always had a house full of teenage boys. I am queen of making something from not much in the pantry… and then create another dinner out of leftovers if there were any. Gluten is really not good for any of us. Hopefully with this book you will NOT feel all bloated and need a nanna nap after a bowl of pasta! I love feeding people and I love it when people are enjoying gluten free and lactose free food. I hope you enjoy! Bon Appetit
Author: Maria Noel Groves Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC ISBN: 1612125360 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 337
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Silver Nautilus Book Award Winner for Health & Healing An antacid or an aspirin may soothe your pain, but it doesn’t cure the cause of your symptoms. Headaches, indigestion, fatigue, allergies, anxiety, eczema, high blood pressure, and other conditions are clues to a deeper imbalance in your body, and learning to read those clues is a key step in maintaining optimal health. Herbalist Maria Noël Groves shows you how to read your body’s signals and support your own wellness with herbal remedies and other natural treatments. You’ll learn how each of your major body systems — respiratory, digestive, immune, nervous, memory, reproductive, circulatory, and more — optimally functions, and you’ll discover how to use natural remedies to nourish and repair problem areas, restore lost vitality, support your body as a whole, and prevent future problems. Groves includes in-depth instructions, with step-by-step photographs, for making your own herbal remedies, as well as expert guidance on buying and effectively using commercial preparations.
Author: Janet Kinosian Publisher: Mango Media ISBN: 1609251849 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 217
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Written by former insomniac and longtime journalist Janet Kinosian, who cured herself by using these methods, The Well-Rested Woman offers sixty inventive ways to help any woman get a good night's sleep. Change your sleep by incorporating better habits into your daily life, such as: Attuning your circadian rhythmsUncovering your chronic sleep positionsWriting a sleep biographyCrying at night if you want toMaking friends with your nightmaresUsing Feng Shui to bring on sleep Filled with inspiring quotes and lists of sleep-promoting herbs and vitamins, The Well-Rested Woman is every woman's ultimate companion to a lifetime of rejuvenating, restful good nights.
Author: Chloé Zarka Grinsnir Publisher: Union Square & Co. ISBN: 1454955589 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 168
Book Description
Brewing a cup of tea can lead to a variety of exciting magical practices, and Tea Magic is the perfect, gorgeously illustrated guide. A steaming cup of tea can be the perfect source of comfort on a brisk fall day—and, as Chloé Zarka Grinsnir's fascinating book reveals, it is also a potent form of magic that can be effortlessly used to add magic to day-to-day life. Little things done with intent can have great power, and the ritual of tea drinking itself can bring strength during difficult times, energize ordinary tasks with positivity when a new opportunity arises, or provide a deep and necessary connection to intuition in situations that may seem unclear. Tea Magic is beautifully decorated with illustrations of gorgeous tea cups, colorful teas, and the kinds of magical details that have made Chloé's art so popular online. But more than that, it's a thoughtful resource that covers topics such as the energetic correspondences of different kinds of teas and herbs, as well as the properties of accoutrements such as fruits, sweeteners, and milks. Optimal conditions for drying tea leaves and herbs for magical teas are covered, as well as unique practices such as using moon water in teas—and, of course, tasseomancy, or reading tea leaves for divination. Tea Magic is an essential, easy-to-use resource for anyone who would like to add tea to their spellwork, and a perfect gift for all kinds of tea lovers, even those who don't yet have a magical practice.
Author: Memory McDermott Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 141376097X Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 169
Book Description
It is not the intent of this author to prescribe or diagnose any disease or illness. Memory does not suggest going off any medications prescribed by your doctor, nor does she make any claims of cures for any disease or illness. She offers what God has provided all of us through nature for the use of maintenance and promotion of good health. Any person using these recipes are using them of their own free will. No responsibility is assumed by the author for the use of any recipe without first discussing it with a licensed doctor. Pregnant women should never use herbs of any kind unless they are specifically combined for the pregnant mother and unborn child and discussed with a doctor. The amount of herbs used for children may vary from the amount used by adults. If you have any questions, ask a qualified herbalist or go to your local library. Discuss giving herbs to your child with an herbalist and your doctor. No guarantees of any kind are made for the performance or effectiveness of the preparations. I do not prescribe or diagnose on the phone, in writing, or in person, so please DO NOT ASK. Always start with a little tea at a time to check for allergic reactions. If you know you are allergic to an ingredient, don't add it to your recipe.
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