The cancer whisperer : how to let cancer heal your life /
by Sabbage, Sophie.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Coronet, 2016Description: 203 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781473637986 (hbk.) :; 1473637988 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 616.994 SABSubject(s): Sabbage, Sophie -- Health | Cancer -- Psychological aspects -- Popular works | Health and Fitness | Health and WellbeingSummary: Both memoir and self-help book, this is the remarkable chronicle of a passage from 'terminal' diagnosis to exuberant wellness in just a few months. 'The Cancer Whisperer' reverses our traditional adversarial relationship with cancer by teaching us how to listen to it; how to be healed by it as well as seek to cure it; and how to be emotionally free of illness even when physically curtailed. Living on the frontier between her fierce will to live and necessary willingness to die, Sophie - now thriving with cancer - shares her journey with searing honesty, unapologetic vulnerability and intelligent pragmatism. Alongside rare insights into a condition now affecting approximately one in three people, she challenges the mental conditioning we need to overcome to redefine our narratives about cancer.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 616.994 SAB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002927435X |
Both memoir and self-help book, this is the remarkable chronicle of a passage from 'terminal' diagnosis to exuberant wellness in just a few months. 'The Cancer Whisperer' reverses our traditional adversarial relationship with cancer by teaching us how to listen to it; how to be healed by it as well as seek to cure it; and how to be emotionally free of illness even when physically curtailed. Living on the frontier between her fierce will to live and necessary willingness to die, Sophie - now thriving with cancer - shares her journey with searing honesty, unapologetic vulnerability and intelligent pragmatism. Alongside rare insights into a condition now affecting approximately one in three people, she challenges the mental conditioning we need to overcome to redefine our narratives about cancer.
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