Rise : a first-aid kit for getting through tough times / Sian Williams

Includes index.

Cancer? Really? Now? -- Morphine musings -- Control -- Going home -- Reflection -- Finding our voice -- Finding our identity -- Finding compassion -- Finding the words -- Finding strategies -- Finding growth -- Breathe -- Be happy -- Laugh, write, talk -- Sleep, eat -- Move -- Live

COPING WITH ILLNESS & SPECIFIC CONDITIONS. 'A week after my 50th birthday and just as our family was about to move home, something happened that changed the way I looked at life. I spoke to others about how they rebuilt their shattered worlds after very different personal traumas, emerging stronger than before. I hope our experiences, together with the latest science on resilience, will help guide all those going through tough times. This book says that it's possible not just to survive them, but to thrive. To rise.' Renowned as a much-loved and highly respected journalist and broadcaster with thirty years' experience, Sian Williams has studied the impact of acute stress for many years and is also a trained trauma assessor. In RISE, she explores the science of resilience and growth after trauma, offers advice from the experts, and learns from those who have emerged from horrific experiences, feeling changed yet stronger, with a new perspective on their life, their relationships and their work.