‘Lifting Your Spirits’ is a unique guide designed to help people coping with illness or disability. Drawing on the insights of those who have experienced the challenges of serious illness, it introduces seven simple tools to develop inner strength and enhance well-being on all levels. Each tool offers practical and inspiring ways of dealing with the physical and emotional upheaval and uncertainty which illness presents. Some focus on preparing for surgery and treatment, others on coping with pain, anxiety or depression. The guide can be used by individuals for their own sustenance, or introduced into patient support groups, treatment and therapy centres, hospices, day centres and other healthcare services. The beautifully illustrated booklet and two audio CDs provide guided relaxation and meditation, short daily practices and positive thoughts which will literally ‘lift your spirits’.
Author: Jan Alcoe
Jan Alcoe is a writer and facilitator in health and social care, and publishing adviser to the Janki Foundation for Global Health Care. During her recent treatment for cancer, she used the seven tools for her own sustenance and self-healing. She was inspired to write Lifting Your Spirits because of the benefits she experienced and the lack of any guide of this kind for people who have been diagnosed with serious illness. She draws on the insights of friends who shared their own stories of coping with illness, and of healthcare colleagues and practitioners who supported her on her journey.
Contents
- Booklet (52 pages)
- Two audio CDs with 19 tracks of guided relaxation, stories, poetry and song
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Topics
- Illness and change
- Illness and opportunity
- How to use this guide
- Tool 1. Meditation: discovering the power of peace
- Tool 2. Visualisation: picturing good health
- Tool 3. Appreciation: giving thanks
- Tool 4. Creativity: learning to express ourselves
- Tool 5. Listening: deepening our connection with others care and support
- Tool 6. Play: enjoying the benefits of fun and laughter
- Tool 7. Reflection: making time to meet ourselves
The Janki Foundation
The Janki Foundation for Global Health Care is a UK-based charity which encourages research and awareness in the field of health and spirituality. It is dedicated to positive human development and whole-person healthcare, an approach that considers the needs of patients and practitioners at the levels of body, mind and spirit.