How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness: A Mindful Guide

Amazing I was laughing out loud not because it’s funny but because so many things she said were, yes yes; yes that happened to me, yes I do that, yes I think that, yes I feel that. I actually found myself raising my hand when she was telling stories about things that happened to her friends because it was my exact story. I don’t remember her interviewing me.There are so many difficulties that the chronically ill face from being misunderstood and dismissed by society to physical suffering to losing your identity and all that you were to isolation to dealing with the medical industry. This book

As far as I'm concerned, Toni Bernhard authors the BEST books for those of us who live with chronic pain/illness. Rather than wallowing in our misery and suffering every day, Toni offers wonderful suggestions and insights on how we can LIVE better....rather than just EXIST.I run a Facebook group called "Attitude of Gratitude with Chronic Pain" and Toni publishes all of her articles in the group as well as being a guest on my live broadcast. I ALWAYS suggest to my members that they buy and read this book (as well as "How to Be Sick") if they'd like to change the narrative of their life and come

This was a terrific source of information for those suffering from chronic pain and illness and it is written by a woman who suffers from pain and illness so severe she is mostly bedridden. She talks about the feelings the chronically ill have including being a burden to others, not being able to do the things you used to do and how to advocate for yourself and talk to those who you live with. I appreciated this very personal approach which is different than the usual scientific studies we find in books about pain. The author gives good advice based on what things have worked for her and I wil

This was actually recommended to me and I just went on a whim and bought it. I’m so happy that I did because it really is helpful. It tells you how to not only help yourself, but to communicate with others. It’s actually a page turner. I couldn’t stop reading it.

This is such a great book. I am journaling along with it, so using it more like a workbook. It’s fantastic and really got me thinking about aspects of my life that I need to change. Change isn’t easy, though. Definitely buy a notebook or a journal and some good writing utensils, too!

Bernhard is a wise woman who's undergone 15 years of a difficult chronic illness, and used her deep engagement with Buddhism to stay sane and functional in the face of unimaginable loss. This, her third book, is eloquent and moving. It's useful not only to the chronically ill but to everyone who deals with the ill and the elderly, and to everybody else, since life is almost by definition a circumstance of constant loss. She's funny and sensible and leaves you full of hope.

The friend is suffering from chronic pain and said she didn't like the book.

My wife loved the book