Kicking Sick: Your Go-To Guide for Thriving with Chronic Health Conditions - Couverture souple

Kurtz, Amy

 
9781622036653: Kicking Sick: Your Go-To Guide for Thriving with Chronic Health Conditions

Synopsis

More than half of us in the US are struggling with a chronic medical issue and too many are young women who should be enjoying their best years.

Amy Kurtz gets it.Starting in her mid-teens, she endured two perfect storms of illness that progressed into her twenties. It earned her the label the sick chick . . . and the shame, fear, isolation, and frustration that came with it.

She s radically improved her health, and today she s helping women of all ages live well regardless of their health situation .With honesty, humor, and empathy, Kicking Sick shows us how to jettison despair and become a glow warrior someone who tunes in to her body and inner wisdom, takes charge, and builds a support circle of medical experts, friends, and family.

Kicking Sick also brings in Amy s own A-team of experts crucial to her own turnaround: her personal physician Mark Hyman, gastroenterologist Gerald Mullin, endocrinologist Philip Felig, inspiring Crazy Sexy Cancer author Kris Carr, new thought leader Gabby Bernstein, and renowned yogi Elena Brower, as well as many real-life glow warriors to inspire us.

Self-empowerment, knowledge, and emotional support the essential and often ignored first steps to wellness

For women ages 16 and up facing chronic fatigue syndrome, unresolved pain, IBS and other GI issues, migraine, fibromyalgia, thyroid disorder, depression, and autoimmune disorders

Foreword by Mark Hyman, MD, with promotional support from Kris Carr and Elena Brower"

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À propos des auteurs

AMY KURTZ is a wellness expert, an AADP-certified Holistic Health Coach, speaker, and a regular contributor on popular wellness websites such as mindbodygreen and Yoganonymous. She lives in New York City. For more information, visit amykurtz.com.

Mark Hyman, MD, is a practicing family physician, a nine-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, and an internationally recognized leader, speaker, educator, and advocate in his field. He is the Director the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. He is also the founder and medical director of The UltraWellness Center, chairman of the board of the Institute for Functional Medicine, a medical editor for The Huffington Post, and was a regular medical contributor on many television shows and channels including CBS This Morning, the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, The View, Katie, and The Dr. Oz Show.

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