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Former ICU Nurse Shares Wisdom on Navigating Life’s Difficult Moments
As a nurse, Nicole Cromwell spent her career caring for others. She saw people in some of their most difficult moments, and was a calm and steadying presence as they navigated the complexities of their health journeys. Knowing that especially during
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Carrying the Tiger: Living with Cancer, Dying with Grace, Finding Joy While Grieving
When Tony Stewart’s wife, Lynn, receives a sudden and devastating diagnosis, their scramble begins to find effective treatment, navigate life-threatening setbacks, learn to live fully in the shadow of death, and, ultimately, share the intimate grace
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Redefining Caregiving: Jennifer Levin on Supporting Millennial and Gen Z Caregivers
In her early 30s, Jennifer Levin was building the life she’d dreamed about. Living in Los Angeles and working in television, her dedication was to her career and her social life. And then her family received a diagnosis that changed everything. Her f
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CaringBridge recently connected with Jordan and Anna Rathkopf to discuss their new book, HER2, which offers a deeply personal exploration of the Rathkopf family’s experience following Anna’s breast cancer diagnosis at age 37. Through Anna’s evocative
The unsparingly truthful journal of a wife & mother catapulted into a life of hope, wonder & devotion, while her husband lies comatose... After Jenna's husband Steve suffers a traumatic brain injury from a cycling accident, she emerges into a mystica
Bryan Joas was an active 45-year-old man with a wife and two children. He had been biking and racing since he was 16. On March 8, 2016, with predicted highs in the mid-60s, Bryan rode his bike to work with the intention of taking the long way home t
Three days before Christmas 2022, Bruce Klein found himself in an emergency room, listening to a doctor explain that he had a tennis ball-sized tumor in his stomach. He had just returned from a business trip to Southeast Asia, assuming his discomfort
In this “urgent and necessary book” (Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author), journalist Elissa Strauss explores the powerful role caring for others plays in our individual and communal lives, weaving together research and stories from p
When Cris Ross and Ed Marx were diagnosed with cancer, they thought they knew what to do next. They were, after all, executives at two of the premiere hospitals in the United States—Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic. But even decades of obsessing abou
A groundbreaking redefinition of what it means to be healthy that introduces the need for social health—the part of wellbeing that comes from feeling connected—to truly flourish. Exercise. Eat a balanced diet. Go to therapy. Most wellness advice is f
Trisha Kennedy has never liked roller coasters. She doesn’t like to feel out of control and is more of a kiddie ride type of person. But here she is, gasping for air while lunging side to side to the left and right, going up and down. A life-changing
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