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Book Nook: But I'm Not Sick!

Motherhood Moments

For doctorally prepared pediatric nurse practitioner Andrena Zeigler, helping children overcome their fears has been just as integral to her job as practicing medicine, prompting her to write her children’s book, But I’m Not Sick! the 2022 Gold Medal in the Health Issues category. But I’m Not Sick! But I’m Not Sick!

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Book Nook - Breath for the Soul: Self-Care Steps to Wellness

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She teamed up with award-winning author Phyllis Clark Nichols (who has been the caregiver to her husband through three battles with cancer) to share practical self-care strategies in the new book, Breath for the Soul: Self-Care Steps to Wellness. Put yourself on the path to health, wellness and wholeness.” About the Authors Dr. Jan E.

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Book Nook: The Zen of Learning to Ride a Motorcycle

Motherhood Moments

Panic attacks soon followed, and Reyes ultimately realized that her mother’s struggles with mental health had distracted her parents from teaching her the tools she needed to survive. She has seen mental illness up close, first as the daughter of a schizophrenic mother and later through her own personal mental health struggles.

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Health Habits: Autonomy - Taking Control of Your Healthcare in a Broken System

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America’s health care system can be described as one of the most complicated in the world. I had a chance to interview Joseph Radich, Founder and CEO of R3 Health and Medhouse and author of Autonomy: Taking Control of Your Healthcare in A Broken System. Can you share a little about your book? What led you to write it?

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Book Nook - The Mother LoadSurviving the Daily Grind Without Losing Your Ever Loving Mind.

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Author and blogger Meredith Ethington shares her experiences, heart, and wisdom for mothers everywhere in her newest book, The Mother Load : Surviving the Daily Grind Without Losing Your Ever Loving Mind. I had a chance to review a copy of the book. The pressure on moms today is unrelenting,” says Ethington. “We

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Amazing Apps: Health-Seekers Level Up Self-Care with Gamification Apps

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Also driving gamification in the enterprise and corporate wellness space, the company has formally created competitive, cash-fueled diet gamification programs for more than 90 Fortune 500 and other companies, hospitals, health systems, insurers, school systems, municipal governments and other organizations throughout the U.S.,

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Book Nook: Chimera

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Chimera , Buchanan’s fourth book of poems, tells in lyrically oblique confessions and hallucinatory vignettes the difficult but nevertheless wonderful history and aftermath of the author’s 2016 stem cell transplant. He is married to author Kate Washington, and they have two daughters: Nora (17) and Lucy (13).