What if all of a sudden you had a terminal illness and you were given less than a month to live? Would you change anything? February 11, 2018 transformed the way author Ruben Narváez began to look at life. That day, he was diagnosed with stage 4 terminal cancer. The prognosis was grim. The doctor […]
Free: Walking On Water: Five Ingredients for Living Through Life’s Toughest Challenges
Free: The Opportunity In Cancer: How to Radically Transform Your Cancer Recovery Journey
The power cancer has on our society is astronomical. Even the word cancer insights fear. As science and treatments advance, more people are living longer with cancer. Yet, many challenges remain within cancer survival, including fatigue, overwhelm, and fear. Meeting these challenges, at every stage of cancer recovery, while facing the uncertainty of the future, […]
How Not to Be My Patient
COVID changed everything. Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Edward Creagan addresses critical changes in the healthcare delivery system and survivorship in this REVISED third edition of his award-winning book for empowered patients. “This book is for everyone who decides to take charge of their own health and their own destiny.” Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN The facts are […]
All of Us Warriors: Cancer Stories of Survival and Loss
In All of Us Warriors, Rebecca Whitehead Munn paints a realistic picture of the impact cancer has on an individual’s life, and she attempts to demystify the experience by sharing heartfelt stories from twenty survivors and the loved ones of those that passed. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: Roads to Meaning and Resilience with Cancer: Forty Stories of Coping, Finding Meaning, and Building Resilience While Living with Incurable Lung Cancer
Pursuing a more Purposeful Life? Assimilate stories from 39 patients with incurable Lung Cancer as they share their experiences, hopes, and strengths to find meaning in your life. Life is an unfinished project, and similarly, finding meaning is an uncompleted task. But how exactly do we find meaning? How do people find strength? The diagnosis […]
Free: Roads to Meaning and Resilience with Cancer: Forty Stories of Coping, Finding Meaning, and Building Resilience While Living with Incurable Lung Cancer
Pursuing a more Purposeful Life? Assimilate stories from 39 patients with incurable Lung Cancer as they share their experiences, hopes, and strengths to find meaning in your life. Life is an unfinished project, and similarly, finding meaning is an uncompleted task. But how exactly do we find meaning? How do people find strength? The diagnosis […]
Free: Roads to Meaning and Resilience with Cancer: Forty Stories of Coping, Finding Meaning, and Building Resilience While Living with Incurable Lung Cancer
This is a compelling book by an author who is wearing multiple hats — as a doctor, an academic, a lung cancer advocate, and ultimately, a patient himself. Dr. Alachkar’s knowledge-based, yet deeply personal and relatable book will give you a variety of viewpoints on questions like the meaning of life, finding hope in a […]
Free: Roads to Meaning and Resilience with Cancer: Forty Stories of Coping, Finding Meaning, and Building Resilience While Living with Incurable Lung Cancer
This book offers insights for all of us, healthy or not, who seek to better understand ourselves. “Impressively informative, exceptionally well written.” Midwest Book Review. “This is an intimate and challenging read, especially if you have personal experience with the pain of terminal cancer, but it is also essential. ” Self-Publishing Review “The author’s nonjudgmental […]
Nowhere Near Goodbye
A mother’s love vs. a doctor’s oath. Oncologist Emma Blake has dedicated her life to finding a cure for a rare brain cancer. Twenty-five years ago, Emma’s childhood friend Kate died of glioblastoma, and Emma vowed to annihilate the deadly disease. Now, Kate’s father, Ned, is pushing her to work harder to fulfill that promise. […]
Free: Roads to Meaning and Resilience with Cancer: Forty Stories of Coping, Finding Meaning, and Building Resilience While Living with Incurable Lung Cancer
The book tells the stories of 39 patients with incurable lung cancer. It aims to help patients, families, and healthcare providers understand the experience of living with cancer. It also invites reflections on the essential questions of meaning, resilience, and coping with adversity in life. The author is a family doctor, teacher, and researcher who […]
Free: Being Authentic
Our existence is fragile. I learned that in many intricate ways, so I do not take today for granted. I do not know what tomorrow will bring. I do not even know if tomorrow will come. On the eve of Thanksgiving 2016, I received the diagnosis of stage 4 lung cancer. Next to dying, I […]
First Survivor
First Survivor is the inspiring true story of how one family’s tireless search for answers saved their son and countless others from a rare form of pediatric cancer. With the help of some of the top doctors in the world and the advocacy of his parents, Louis Unger beat a zero chance of survival diagnosis […]
Fighting Back
A short read of a long story. This is about my battle with a stroke, a heart attack, and cancer. It is not a pat me on the back book. It is more a literary learning curve, possibly a work of prevention for some, or a confidence coach for you or a loved one recovering […]
Fine, Thanks
Mary Dunnewold was a yoga-practicing, organic-food-eating health geek. But six months after a clear mammogram, she was diagnosed with stage-three breast cancer. She had six tumors. The largest was the size of a summer plum. $0.99 on Kindle.
90 Days to Live
An award-winning, inspiring and unforgettable memoir of one couple’s push for survival in the face of insurmountable odds. Alternately heart-wrenching and heartwarming–and delivered in an engaging dual-author format – 90 Days to Live will speak to anyone struggling with an “incurable” disease, building a business under trying circumstances, or anyone who just loves a good […]
Free: Fine, Thanks
Mary Dunnewold was a yoga-practicing, organic-food-eating health geek. But six months after a clear mammogram, she was diagnosed with stage-three breast cancer. She had six tumors. The largest was the size of a summer plum. The author moves from needing a reason to explain her troubles to finding meaning despite the randomness that afflicts all. […]
Free: 90 Days to Live
When an out-of-the-blue cancer diagnosis quickly turned into a 90-days-to-live death sentence from his doctor, Rodney Stamps and his wife Paige defied the medical establishment and drew their line in the sand. With both a growing family and business–and given that their doctors promised only to briefly extend his life with chemotherapy–the Stamps gave a […]
90 Days to Live
After being told by his doctor he had 90 days to live, Rodney Stamps and his wife Paige embarked on a search for an alternative to chemo and radiation. This heart-wrenching and heartwarming book chronicles Rodney’s triumphant journey to full remission after following a little known but highly effective cancer treatment. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: Love Conquers Cancer
Ours is clearly not the only story out there. With the declaration of a single word, cancer, we joined the ranks of an army far larger than the world has seen. As Lenny and I walked the path of diagnosis and treatment, something became increasingly unclear. If so many millions are facing the same enemy, […]
It’s Not Your Journey
In her first published work, Rebecca Lombardo collects her internationally followed blog into the pages of It’s Not Your Journey. This memoir candidly details Rebecca’s two year long chronicle of her struggles with bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, self-injury, and recovery from a suicide attempt. Rebecca shares her real and raw feelings on these subjects, as […]