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What do you do when multiple sclerosis knocks you on your ass, tells you your rap career is over, and dares you to stay down? You write a new story — and this one’s real as hell. Myelin My Shoes is the raw, unfiltered, punch-in-the-gut memoir from underground hip-hop artist Robert “B-Cide” Cardillo II, who turned pain into power and built something real in a world full of fake. From rocking shows with legends to dodging shady promoters, from touring the country to being forced into a wheelchair by multiple sclerosis — this is the story of a man who refused to tap out. No ghostwriters.

As I’m sure you know from media reporting over recent years…diagnosis rates for dementia are rising all over the world. And so, it would seem, is fear and misunderstanding around the disease. In this heartfelt book about her family’s journey with dementia, Lisa opens our mind to the possibility of reframing a diagnosis (from an ‘absolute’ negative to a ‘potential’ positive) as she recounts the life lessons her Dad’s dementia has taught her, including those about caring for others, courage, guilt, gratitude, living for today, regret, simple pleasures and a few others.

This book is, first, a memoir of and praise for my mother, Sharon Riff Ackerman, who was my best friend through both our lives until her untimely death. The book is a heartfelt and often heart-wrenching recollection of the beginnings of her Parkinson's disease symptoms to the inevitable end. This book, too, is primarily for relatives and caregivers of those with Parkinson's.

Crucible of the Incurable concerns how people face life with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Anthony Stavrianakis spent a year in clinics and with people living with the illness in the United States. He examines the multiple meanings of care in a context of a chronic, degenerative, one-hundred percent fatal, neuromuscular illness, whose most common duration is between two and five years. How do people diagnosed with ALS continue to "live as well as possible, for as long as possible" in accordance with the normative work at the heart of outpatient ALS care?

Your health care professional has diagnosed you with post-concussion syndrome, and now, everything feels like a roller coaster. Nothing in your life feels normal anymore. Bounce Back is for people who are searching for hope that it is possible to reclaim their lives after a concussion and unlock their potential for healing. Certified IIN(TM) health coach and author Vanessa Woodburn has successfully navigated the post-concussion experience

Your vagus nerve is the largest and most important nerve in your body. It carries messages to and from your brain, gut, heart, and other major muscles and organs. However, common issues like inflammation, stress, or physical trauma can interfere with the nerve’s ability to function. Luckily, there are tons of quick and easy ways to activate and exercise the nerve, strengthen its function, and restore your body to good health.

Have you heard about a very important nerve in your body called “vagus nerve”? Maybe yes, maybe not. Maybe, this doesn’t matter because we're talking about the most important nerve in your body. Yes, it’s all over your body! You might not have any idea how one single nerve can change your humor, health, daily routine, and life.

Dem Kaufzwang den Kampf ansagen. Wollen Sie verstehen, warum Leute zwanghaft Shoppen gehen? Kaufen Sie oftmals mehr als nötig und fragen sich im Nachhinein, weshalb Sie bestimmte Dinge überhaupt gekauft haben? "Einkaufen gehen ist für die meisten Menschen eine Alltäglichkeit, die entweder mit Spaß oder Stress verbunden ist und dem Erwerb von Waren und Produkten dient. Für gewöhnlich ist die Motivation hinter dem Erwerb einer bestimmten Ware meistens die Notwendigkeit sie zu benötigen...."

This quick-consult self-help book goes beyond describing which herbs, vitamins, and nutrients help specific ailments. In this book, you’ll find the best ways to take these products, as well as the correct dosages. You’ll also discover a host of other modalities like exercise, mindfulness, and meditation that alleviate the distress associated with anxiety and stress. This practical guide is formulated to give you the help you need in an easy-to-use format.

Our audiobook is different from others on the market because our information and recommendations are based on scientifically validated, peer-reviewed studies published in reputable journals by world-renowned researchers in the neuroscience field, including our authors. We separate fact from fiction to ensure that our recommendations are practical, useful, achievable, and measurable. Our authors are recognized experts in the field of aging, cognition, and brain health. Most of the competition is not.

Called a "groundbreaking masterpiece" by Dr. Gregory O'Shanick, medical director emeritus of the Brain Injury Association of America, this is the gold edition of the unabridged audiobook of the critically acclaimed memoir The Day My Brain Exploded, which tells the story of Ashok Rajamani, a first-generation Indian American who had to relearn everything about life after a full-throttle brain hemorrhage at 25. With humor and insight, he describes the events of that day (his brain exploded just before his brother's wedding!) as well as the long, difficult recovery period. In the process he introduces listeners to his family - his principal support group as well as a constant source of frustration and amazement. Irreverent, coruscating, angry, at times shocking, but always revelatory, his memoir takes the listener into unfamiliar territory, much like the experience Alice had when she fell down the rabbit hole. That he lived to tell the story is miraculous; that he tells it with such aplomb is simply remarkable.

Pro football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly and his wife, Jill, were catapulted from a seemingly fairy-tale life of celebrity into a world of private struggle and medical uncertainty. What the public didn’t know, however, was that behind the scenes lurked more than a family’s pain at the dire prognosis of their only son. Hunter’s illness exposed the troubled depths of a marriage that had long been shadowed by uncertainties of its own.

Ronald Reagan’s daughter writes with a moving openness about losing her father to Alzheimer’s disease. The simplicity with which she reveals the intensity, the rush, the flow of her feelings encompasses all the surprises and complexities that ambush us when death gradually, unstoppably...

Kevin’s life was forever changed on a random Wednesday when he was just 20 years old. An aspiring musician at the time, he was planning to attend music school and pursue his dream of becoming a composer. A stroke dismantled every plan and everything in his life. In Taken By Surprise, Kevin chronicles his battles with the stroke. After a risky brain surgery, he was in a coma for nearly a month and spent six weeks in an acute rehab facility to learn how to walk and talk all over again.

Miracles and Mayhem is the story of one man’s work in the face of Big Pharma and Big Academia to nurture a medical revolution that will help people recover from illness and injury for generations to come. What’s evident in the perils and triumphs thrown at him throughout his career is that the path has not been easy. Still, he wouldn’t have it any other way. Pushed to become a doctor, he instead became a fire paramedic turned biologics renegade who defied his family's expectations, broke every rule in the medical playbook, and pioneered a global stem cell and biologics movement.

إننا نقضي حياتنا في حالة انشغال" وعمل لفترات طويلة، وفي المقابل نمنح أنفسنا أوقاتًا قليلة، ما يؤثر بالسلب على عافيتنا. ونخصص أوقاتًا أقل للآخرين، ومن ثم تذبل العلاقات. ربما نشعر بالتعب أو نجد صعوبة في التركيز، فنستجيب لذلك بأداء المزيد مما نقوم به فعليًّا: العمل بجهد أكثر، وكأن هذا هو الحل الوحيد أمامنا!

In una società frenetica come quella in cui viviamo, possiamo continuare a considerare il corpo come se fosse una macchina? Se invece provassimo a guardarlo dall'interno, ad ascoltarlo davvero, forse capiremmo che si tratta di un sistema che ogni giorno si trasforma, affronta sfide e ci offre soluzioni ai problemi più disparati. Ma nel concreto, cosa possiamo imparare dall'organismo? Cosa può insegnarci su noi stessi e sulla nostra vita?

Are you an autistic adult navigating the challenges of daily life, relationships, or the workplace? Thrive with Autism is the practical, empowering guide you've been waiting for. Written specifically for autistic adults, this book offers step-by-step tools to gain independence, build lasting social skills, and achieve long-term career success—even if you've struggled before. Whether you're just starting out, looking to gain confidence, or seeking to redefine your path, this guide helps you build a life that works with your brain, not against it.

The bestselling author of Grain Brain uncovers the powerful role of gut bacteria in determining your brain's destiny. Debilitating brain disorders are on the rise-from children diagnosed with autism and ADHD to adults developing dementia at younger ages than ever before. But a medical revolution...

Powered by the Pivot: Secrets Revealed in My Journey to Manifest Peace, Love & Gratitude is Cheri Warcholak Lohrey's raw, riveting, and heartfelt account of love, family, crushing challenges, and unbreakable courage. In it, Cheri Pauses to both mourn and celebrate her roots. She takes you on a heartbreaking ride from college student to hospital patient after being struck, along with her mom and sister, by a "metal beast" of an automobile at age eighteen. Decades later, she chooses to Breathe after nearly drowning in the dark days following her multiple sclerosis diagnosis.