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Chronic Headache: A Comprehensive Guide to Evaluation and Management
by Mark W. Green Robert Cowan Frederick G. FreitagThis comprehensive, practical title invites all clinicians to take a fresh look at the evaluation and management of chronic daily headache (CDH). Developed by a distinguished international panel of experts, the book examines key social and economic issues around CDH and clarifies the diagnosis of CDH disorders, providing an understanding of the underlying biological substrates, offering guidance on the use of diagnostic testing and additional consultations, and outlining treatment strategies with the greatest potential to alleviate the burden of these patients and to provide the highest quality of care. The book fully examines the constellation of symptoms that constitute chronic daily headache, while also discussing the role of behavioral medicine and the important elements involved in taking a good history. The major forms and biology of chronic daily headache are covered, as is the role of diagnostic testing and treatment. The risk factors that lead patients to transform episodic primary headache disorders into the chronic form are examined. Invasive and neuromodulatory techniques are also discussed. A section on the classification of these disorders rounds out this important contribution to the literature. Chronic Headache – A Comprehensive Guide to Evaluation and Management will be of great interest to neurologists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, medical students, and other clinicians with an interest in chronic daily headache.
Chronic Headaches: Biology, Psychology, and Behavioral Treatment
by Jonathan M. BorkumThis is the first new book in many years to provide a comprehensive review of the latest theory, research, and treatment of chronic headaches from a biopsychological perspective. It is designed to make the tools of assessment and therapy widely accessible, while placing them in the context of how the disorders arise. The physiology and psychology o
Chronic Illness and Eating Disorders: Assessment, Clinical Skills, and Lived Experiences
by Tamie GangloffChronic Illness and Eating Disorders addresses the intersection of eating disorders and the importance of treatment of clients with eating disorders and chronic illness, specific interventions, and resilience in a body that continues to change.This book explores the intricacies of those with chronic illness, and how it can lead to disordered eating. Chapters cover lifelong and acquired illnesses and conditions, visible and invisible disabilities, sports injuries, chronic pain, grief, and more. The author examines how each of these conditions can affect appetite, body image, and overall perception of food and health. Treatments such as EMDR and CBT are discussed alongside mindful approaches such as body neutrality.Therapists, dietitians, and other medical professionals will gain a deep understanding of body image disturbance and how that is different than body image distortion.
Chronic Pain
by Gary W. JayProviding a general approach to the understanding and management of all forms of chronic pain, this book offers a clear and reader-friendly format that clarifies procedures in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of the most common chronic non-cancer pain entities. Describing various types of intractable non-cancer pain, including neuropathic
Chronic Pain Management: Guidelines for Multidisciplinary Program Development (Pain Management Ser. #Vol. 3)
by Michael E. Schatman Alexandra CampbellChronic Pain Management: Guidelines for Multidisciplinary Program Development is the most comprehensive textbook to date on the multidisciplinary approach to chronic pain management. Written by an illustrious group of contributors, this volume serves as a must-have armamentarium of guidelines for the development of a successful pain management prog
Chronic Pain Reset: 30 Days Of Activities, Practices, And Skills To Help You Thrive
by Afton L. HassettBuild a plan to reclaim your life with this easy-to-follow program designed by a leading pain expert. This indispensable guide explores the key role that your brain plays in processing pain and how small, simple actions can make profound changes in how you experience chronic pain. Chronic Pain Reset will help you evaluate your pain and its triggers, offering straightforward and often fun strategies to improve it. Using the principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy, you’ll try one new evidence-based strategy each day for 30 days, from paced breathing and healthy sleep hacks to mindful walking and acts of kindness. The accessible strategies require as little as 15 minutes a day and apply to all fitness levels. Step-by-step instructions guide you with humor and compassion to make learning and practicing the strategies more engaging. The ones that work best and that you like most will go into your Thriving Plan, a personalized pain-management tool kit that you design to help you lead a life with less pain, greater purpose, and more joy.
Chronic Pain Reset: 30 Days of Activities, Practices and Skills to Help You Thrive
by Afton L. Hassett'These effective, life-changing strategies have the potential to change your chronic pain experiencesinto something more hopeful...The essential information in this book can help you retrain your brain and reset the pain-brain connection' MARIAN T. HANNAN, DSc, MPH, professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, and professorof epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public HealthAn indispensable guide to the key role your brain plays in processing chronic pain, and the small, simple actions that can make profound changes in how you experience it.Using the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy, you'll try one new evidence-based strategy each day for 30 days, from paced breathing and healthy sleep hacks to mindful walking and acts of kindness. The ones that work best will go into your Thriving Plan, a personalized pain-management tool kit that you design to help you lead a life with less pain, greater purpose, and more joy.Chronic Pain Reset will help you evaluate your pain and its triggers, offering straightforward and often fun strategies to improve it.
Chronic Pain: Biomedical and Spiritual Approaches
by Harold G KoenigHelp your clients achieve victory over chronic pain and lead more fulfilling lives!This insightful and informative book will help you deliver better pain management services to the people you care for. Incorporating biomedical, surgical, psychological, social, and spiritual perspectives, it provides vital, up-to-date information about how to reduce physical pain and explores techniques for improving people&’s ability to cope with it. Helpful tables provide easy access to information on medications for pain and managing side effects.Chronic Pain: Biomedical and Spiritual Approaches is filled with resources for the person in pain and for the health or religious professionals working to help them. It gives you very specific suggestions on how to manage chronic pain, including detailed information about medications, alternative therapies, psychological treatments, and spiritual strategies for pain management. The book is completed by two thoughtful appendixes: one examining pain medications and ways to manage their side effects and the other providing scriptural passages that can comfort those in pain.In addition to his experiences treating patients with chronic pain, the author suffers from chronic pain and disability himself. In this very personal book, he explores ways to help people coping with: low back pain fibromyalgia rheumatologic pain headaches the pain of multiple sclerosis other types of chronic unrelenting painChronic Pain: Biomedical and Spiritual Approaches can help people in pain and their families by showing them how to lead satisfying, joy-filled lives--whether their pain goes away or not. It is an essential reference book for everyone who works with pain sufferers as well as patients and their families!
Chronic Sorrow
by Susan RoosGrief and loss are burgeoning concerns for professional disciplines such as nursing, social work, family therapy, psychology, psychiatry, law, religion and medicine. Although understanding has increased in virtually all other areas of grief and loss, chronic sorrow has received scant attention. Chronic sorrow is a natural grief reaction to losses that are not final, but continue to be present in the life of the griever. This book views chronic sorrow in a life-span perspective, and reveals the effect on the griever and the people close to them. This book fills a void in the literature; and attempts to develop a comprehensive analysis of chronic sorrow that will secure its position within the field of grief and loss.
Chronic Sorrow: A Living Loss (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement)
by Susan RoosChronic Sorrow explores natural grief reactions to losses that are not final and continue to be present in the life of the griever. This second edition updates terminology, pertinent research, and the roles the concept of chronic sorrow has come to play in the nursing, medical, social work, pastoral, and community counseling professions, among others. This text also extends the concept’s usefulness to other ongoing losses that are bases for non-ending grief responses, such as serious disabilities. Benefits and social supports are explored in depth, giving readers a practical guide for accessing available resources. Chapters also give guidance for professionals to assist individuals and families who struggle with living with irremovable loss, helping them plan for a future in which customary caregivers can no longer carry the load.
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Impact on Brains, Emotions, and Cognition (SpringerBriefs in Psychology)
by Charles J. Golden Matthew R. ZusmanThe term chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has recently gained a significant amount of media coverage. However, a large proportion of the information disseminated through the media pertaining to the etiology, neuropathology, and clinical manifestations of CTE are not corroborated by empirical research, and are disputed by prominent researchers who study sports related head injury. This book reviews the existing literature pertaining to these components of CTE and includes unique case studies of several retired NFL players that received a comprehensive neuropsychological battery from a board certified neuropsychologist, among other populations. It investigates the claim that CTE causes depression, violent behavior, and an increased risk for suicide by providing an in depth discussion using empirical data. Highlighting the importance of adhering to post concussion protocol and appreciating the long-term consequences of repeated head trauma, this unique review of the current research on CTE will be useful to students and professionals in psychology and neurology.
Chronicle of Separation: On Deconstruction’s Disillusioned Love (Idiom: Inventing Writing Theory)
by Michal Ben-NaftaliA unique feminist approach to the legacy of Jacques Derrida, Chronicle of Separation is a disparate yet beautifully interwoven series of distinct readings, genres, and themes, offering a powerful reflection of love in—and as—deconstruction. Looking especially at relationships between women, Ben-Naftali provides a wide-ranging investigation of interpersonal relationships: the love of a teacher, the anxiety-ridden bond between a mother and daughter as manifested in anorexia, passion between two women, love after separation and in mourning, the tension between one’s self and the internalized other. Traversing each of these investigations, Chronicle of Separation takes up Derrida’s Memoires for Paul de Man and The Post Card, Lillian Hellman’s famed friendship with a woman named Julia, and adaptations of the biblical Book of Ruth. Above all, it is a treatise on the love of theory in the name of poetry, a passionate book on love and friendship.
Chronische Erschöpfung - nur müde oder wirklich krank?: Ein Wegweiser zu Vitalität und Lebensfreude nach der Pandemie
by Carolina KattanStändig müde und erschöpft? Nicht erst seit dem Beginn der Corona-Pandemie klagen viele Menschen über Erschöpfungszustände oder anhaltende Müdigkeit und Abgeschlagenheit im Alltag! Dieser Ratgeber zeigt Ihnen, woran dies liegen kann und was Sie tun können. Denn die Gründe können vielfältig sein – von der ernsthaften medizinischen Ursache über falsche Verhaltens- oder Schlafgewohnheiten bis hin zu Überlastungen im Alltag. Seit der Corona-Pandemie sind viele Belastungsfaktoren hinzugekommen: Durch Kontaktbeschränkungen und Homeoffice ist die körperliche Aktivität reduziert, werden Zukunftsängste geschürt und die Stimmung negativ beeinflusst. Die Differentialdiagnose einer anhaltenden Erschöpfung durch Long-COVID gewinnt an Bedeutung. Carolina Kattan bietet einen klaren Leitfaden für eine stufenweise Abklärung medizinischer und psychologischer Faktoren. Neben Aufklärung über den Einfluss von Schlafgewohnheiten, falscher Ernährung, ungünstigen Lebensgewohnheiten, Begleiterkrankungen und Umweltfaktoren gibt die Autorin zahlreiche Tipps und Hilfsangebote. – Konnte eine körperliche Ursache ausgeschlossen werden, so helfen konkrete Übungen dabei, die Müdigkeit zu reduzieren und mit den körperlichen und psychischen Einschränkungen besser umgehen zu lernen. Das verständlich geschriebene Buch beleuchtet damit sämtliche Aspekte, die in Zusammenhang mit einem Müdigkeitssyndrom relevant sind und bietet eine konkrete Anleitung, wie Müdigkeitssymptome strukturiert beim Hausarzt abgeklärt werden können.
Chronische Schlafstörungen bewältigen: Ein kompaktes Trainingsprogramm für Betroffene
by Clemens Speth Jana SpethSchlafstörungen können mein Leben schon nach kurzer Zeit ganz schön durcheinanderbringen. Tagesmüdigkeit, Konzentrationsprobleme, Stimmungstiefs, Selbstwertprobleme und Sorgen um meine Leistungsfähigkeit beeinträchtigen meinen Alltag womöglich über Jahre hinweg. Zudem mehren sich in der Forschung Hinweise darauf, dass Schlafstörungen nicht nur Symptom, sondern Ursache affektiver Störungen (wie Depressionen), Angst- und Abhängigkeitserkrankungen sein können. Chronische Schlafstörungen erhöhen außerdem die Anfälligkeit für Magen-Darm-Probleme und Stoffwechselstörungen wie Diabetes, für Übergewicht, Bluthochdruck und Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen.In lebensnahen und alltagstauglichen Schritten möchte dieses Buch helfen. Es vereint kognitiv-verhaltenstherapeutische und achtsamkeitsbasierte Methoden, die sich in mehrjähriger klinischer Forschung und Praxis bewährt haben. Kompakt und übersichtlich: Einschlafen mithilfe des Buches, nicht über dem Buch!Minimalistisch: Nur zielführende Informationen, kein unnötiger Ballast.Wenig Text, viele praktische Übungen und Checklisten.Sofort loslegen und ausprobieren.Mit Übungsmaterial im Buch und zum Download.
Chronische Schmerzen: Selbsthilfe und Therapiebegleitung, Orientierung für Angehörige und konkrete Tipps und Fallbeispiele
by Martin Von WachterSelbsthilfe für Menschen mit chronischen Schmerzen - und deren Angehörige: - 8 Millionen Menschen in Deutschland sind von chronischen Schmerzen betroffen. Schmerzkranke haben oft eine lange Vorgeschichte mit den verschiedensten medizinischen und chirurgischen Maßnahmen sowie erfolglosen Therapieversuchen. - Betroffene erleben sich ihren Schmerzen hilflos ausgeliefert. Und Partner, Familie, Freunde leiden mit. Neue medizinische Erkenntnisse: Darstellung der unterschiedlichen Schmerzerkrankungen und deren Behandlung: Dieses Therapiebuch begleitet Sie bei der Behandlung Ihrer Schmerzerkrankung. Mit dieser Hilfe werden Sie zum Experten Ihrer eigenen Krankheit. Sie erfahren alles Wissenswerte über die verschiedenen Erkrankungsbilder, Symptome, ihre Ursachen und Behandlungsmöglichkeiten. Sie finden Unterstützung, dass die Symptome nicht eingebildet sind oder auf persönlicher Schwäche beruhen. Praxisorientiert: durch zahlreiche Hinweise, Übungen und Arbeitsblätter: - Teil I: Die komplexen Zusammenhänge zwischen seelischen, körperlichen und sozialen Faktoren bei der chronischen Schmerzkrankheit - Teil II: Die einzelnen Schmerzerkrankungen und ihre unterschiedliche Behandlung - Teil III: Einzelne Therapiemodule, konkrete Behandlungsmöglichkeiten und Strategien, wie Sie mit den Schmerzen besser umgehen können - mit Fallbeispielen, Kontaktadressen und konkreten Tipps - Online-Material: Kostenloser Download von Arbeitsblättern und Audio-Übungen im Web. Auch als Vorbereitung oder Begleitbuch für eine Psychotherapie sehr gut geeignet.
Chronische Schmerzen: Selbsthilfe, Tipps und Fallbeispiele für Betroffene
by Martin von WachterEin Selbsthilfebuch für Menschen mit chronischen Schmerzen – und deren Angehörige: Millionen von Menschen in Deutschland sind von chronischen Schmerzen betroffen. Schmerzkranke haben oft eine lange Vorgeschichte mit den verschiedensten medizinischen und chirurgischen Maßnahmen sowie erfolglosen Therapieversuchen. Betroffene erleben sich ihren Schmerzen hilflos ausgeliefert. Und Partner, Familie, Freunde leiden mit. Aus dem Inhalt: Dieses Therapiebuch begleitet Sie bei der Behandlung Ihrer Schmerzerkrankung. Mit dieser Hilfe werden Sie zum Experten Ihrer eigenen Krankheit. Sie erfahren alles Wissenswerte über die verschiedenen Erkrankungsbilder, Symptome, ihre Ursachen und Behandlungsmöglichkeiten. Sie finden Unterstützung, dass die Symptome nicht eingebildet sind oder auf persönlicher Schwäche beruhen. Sie lernen auf Ihre Beschwerden Einfluss zu nehmen und die Schmerzen zu lindern. Über den Autor: Dr. med. Martin von Wachter ist Facharzt für psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie mit Zusatzausbildung in psychosomatischer Schmerztherapie und Traumatherapie.
Chronische Schmerzen: Selbsthilfe, Tipps und Fallbeispiele für Betroffene
by Martin von WachterEin Selbsthilfebuch für Menschen mit chronischen Schmerzen – und deren Angehörige: Millionen von Menschen in Deutschland sind von chronischen Schmerzen betroffen. Schmerzkranke haben oft eine lange Vorgeschichte mit den verschiedensten medizinischen und chirurgischen Maßnahmen sowie erfolglosen Therapieversuchen. Betroffene erleben sich ihren Schmerzen hilflos ausgeliefert. Und Partner, Familie, Freunde leiden mit. Aus dem Inhalt: Dieses Therapiebuch begleitet Sie bei der Behandlung Ihrer Schmerzerkrankung. Mit dieser Hilfe werden Sie zum Experten Ihrer eigenen Krankheit. Sie erfahren alles Wissenswerte über die verschiedenen Erkrankungsbilder, Symptome, ihre Ursachen und Behandlungsmöglichkeiten. Sie finden Unterstützung, dass die Symptome nicht eingebildet sind oder auf persönlicher Schwäche beruhen. Sie lernen, auf Ihre Beschwerden Einfluss zu nehmen und die Schmerzen zu lindern. Plus MoreMedia: Arbeitsblätter im Buch und zum Download. Über den Autor: Dr. med. Martin von Wachter ist Facharzt für psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie mit Zusatzausbildung in psychosomatischer Schmerztherapie und Traumatherapie.
Chronischer Beckenbodenschmerz: Ein Update nach 20 Jahren klinischer Erfahrung (essentials)
by Walter MerkleChronischer Beckenbodenschmerz (CPPS) ist ein vorwiegend in der Urologie beheimatetes Krankheitsbild, das aber häufig auch interdisziplinär auftreten kann und dann fachübergreifend diagnostiziert und behandelt werden muss. Walter Merkle betrachtet in diesem Überblick vor allem die urologischen Erscheinungsformen, arbeitet jedoch die interdisziplinären Zusammenhänge ein. Er plädiert an die Ärzteschaft, das Krankheitsbild des CPPS verstärkt zu beachten, da dieses oft unzureichend diagnostiziert und behandelt wird. Essentiell ist dabei, sich von der alleinigen Sichtweise aus dem Fachgebiet der Urologie zu lösen und sich unbedingt interdisziplinär auf Empathie, Psychosomatik und Osteopathie sowie Biofeedbacktherapie einzulassen, um erfolgreich diagnostizieren und behandeln zu können.Der Autor: Dr. Walter Merkle war im Fachbereich Urologie der Deutschen Klinik für Diagnostik GmbH in Wiesbaden tätig.
Chronischer Schmerz: Schulmedizinische, komplementärmedizinische und psychotherapeutische Aspekte
by Alice Sendera Martina SenderaEin Leben ohne Schmerzen - der Wunschtraum vieler leidgeplagter Schmerzpatienten, für die Schmerz zum Alltag gehört und sich in den Mittelpunkt des Lebens drängt. Der erste Abschnitt des Buches vermittelt theoretisches Wissen zum Thema Schmerz und Somatoforme Störungen inkl. DSM-V Klassifikation und beschreibt die wichtigsten Krankheitsbilder. Im zweiten Abschnitt des Buches schildern die Autorinnen sowohl die schul-als auch komplementärmedizinische Schmerztherapie und psychotherapeutische Möglichkeiten in ihrer Vielfältigkeit, aber auch Gemeinsamkeit. Interdisziplinär und multimodal sollen nicht Schlagwörter bleiben, sondern ein Konzept darstellen, das mit Menschlichkeit, Fachkompetenz und bewertungsfreier Zusammenarbeit aller Beteiligten, Patienten individuell hilft, ein erfülltes Leben zu führen. Patienten, für die es keine Möglichkeit der Besserung oder Heilung gibt, haben in diesem Konzept ein Recht auf Würde, menschliche Begleitung und ausreichende Schmerzbehandlung mit Hilfe aller zur Verfügung stehenden Methoden.
Chronobiology: the Biology of Time
by Juan Moises de la Serna Luiz H. Medeiros de C. CezarIt would be great if we could govern ourselves, according to our own time, which displays the optimum rhythm for any performance; therefore, as we will see throughout the book, to follow it will provide health. Each of us is a unique being, so it would be convenient if we could learn to listen to our own organism’s clock, in order to live in attunement with its functioning. Thereby, by adjusting to it, we will be able to perform any task with ability and calmness. To perform daily activities more quickly than this time, will only bring stress and diseases associated with it. Similarly, performing them slower than the optimum time will cause despair and boredom. This present book addresses a theme of great relevance for personal self-discovery and for social relations, as it will enable us to approach others under a new enriching perspective. It would be great if we could govern ourselves, according to our own time, which displays the optimum rhythm for any performance; therefore, as we will see throughout the book, to follow it will provide health. Each of us is a unique being, so it would be convenient if we could learn to listen to our own organism’s clock, in order to live in attunement with its functioning. Thereby, by adjusting to it, we will be able to perform any task with ability and calmness. To perform daily activities more quickly than this time, will only bring stress and diseases associated with it. Similarly, performing them slower than the optimum time will cause despair and boredom. This present book addresses a theme of great relevance for personal self-discovery and for social relations, as it will enable us to approach others under a new enriching perspective.
Chronotherapeutics for Affective Disorders: A Clinician's Manual for Light and Wake Therapy 2nd, revised edition
by Michael Terman Anna Wirz-Justice Francesco Benedetti'Light therapy' is established worldwide as the treatment of choice for seasonal affective disorder. It is also successfuly used in nonseasonal depression, as well as for many other psychiatric and neurologic illnesses, and in sleep medicine. 'Wake therapy' is the fastest antidepressant known. Imaging studies show that both methods share neurobiological substrates with antidepressants, but act much faster. 'Chronotherapeutics' - the combination of light and wake therapy - achieves rapid results and, by reducing residual symptoms, also minimises relapse. Written by three prominent clinical and research experts in biological rhythms, this manual aims to broaden knowledge and practical application of these non-pharmacologic interventions for bipolar and unipolar disorders. Clinical understanding is deepened by an explanation of the circadian timing system and sleep regulatory mechanisms which underlie the novel treatment strategy. The step-by-step guide and description of the interventions in centers throughout the world provides clear hands-on instructions, supported by a solid body of clinical research. The first edition of 'Chronotherapeutics for Affective Disorders' has kindled a network of psychiatrists and psychologists who are actively introducing these treatments for their inpatients and outpatients. This manual is also essential reading for primary care physicians, sleep medicine specialists and health care administrators.
Chumps To Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty
by Bill PenningtonThe untold story of the years when the Yankees were a laughingstock—and how out of that abyss emerged the modern Yankees dynasty, one of the greatest in all of sports The New York Yankees have won 27 world championships and 40 American League pennants, both world records. They have 26 members in the Hall of Fame. Their pinstripe swag is a symbol of &“making it&” worn across the globe. Yet some 25 years ago, from 1989 to 1992, the Yankees were a pitiful team at the bottom of the standings, sitting on a 14-year World Series drought and a 35 percent drop in attendance. To make the statistics worse, their mercurial, bombastic owner was banned from baseball. But out of these ashes emerged a modern Yankees dynasty, a juggernaut built on the sly, a brilliant mix of personalities, talent, and ambition. In Chumps to Champs, Bill Pennington reveals a grand tale of revival. Readers encounter larger-than-life characters like George Steinbrenner and unexplored figures like Buck Showalter (three-time manager of the year), Don Mattingly, and the crafty architect of it all, general manager Gene Michael, who assembled the team&’s future stars—Rivera, Jeter, Williams, O&’Neill, and Pettitte. Drawing on unique access, Pennington tells a wild and raucous tale.
Church Conflict: The Hidden Systems Behind The Fights
by Charles Cosgrove Dennis HatfieldIf church is like a family, it fights like one too! As in any family, conflict in the church family is natural and inevitable. But the way the church family handles its fights can make or break ministry. By using stories and examples of real problems at actual churches, Cosgrove and Hatfield have applied family-systems theory to help us identify the hidden structural boundaries in any group relationship. They show how the dynamics and 'family rules' operating in the informal family-like church system powerfully influence how church members relate to each other.
Church of Lies
by Flora Jessop Paul T. BrownThe author details her escape from a life of sexual abuse and slavery, her subsequent battles with drug addiction and ultimately her role as an outspoken advocate for women's rights and a harsh critic of the FLDS. Written for general readers who won't flinch at the graphic details of the author's abuse, this book also makes a distinction between the fundamentalists and the mainstream LDS, calling the former group a "renegade and abusive cult." Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Churchill-Canfield's Law: What Can Go Right Will Go Right
by Cheryl Canfield and Randal ChurchillChurchill-Canfield's Law is an empowering and inspiring look at the incredible potential of our own minds to create lives of meaning and purpose. It contains many insights on the psychological Laws of Mind: what we focus on we tend to manifest. Therefore, as Murphy s Law professes, when our attitude and focus is negative we tend to manifest the negative. The converse is a powerful demonstration of the power of the mind: when our attitude and focus is positive we tend to manifest the positive. When transformational practices like visualization, meditation and self-hypnosis are employed, outcomes can break through limitation to boundless possibilities. This book is built around several themes. First, a recognition of our inherent potential to tap into a greater awareness, giving unlimited access to intellectual and creative aspects of the mind. Second, glimpses into historical and biographical stories that serve as a foundation upon which to enrich and transform the quality of life. Third, simple examples and exercises that begin to open a vision for personal direction, focus and purpose not just for one s self, but as a meaningful part of the whole.