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The Last Best Cure: My Quest To Awaken The Healing Parts Of My Brain And Get Back My Body, My Joy, And My Life (2013)

by Donna Jackson Nakazawa(Favorite Author)

4.44 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

159463128X (ISBN13: 9781594631283)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Hudson Street Press

review 1: This book was a revelation. In fact, I would go so far as to say that it is one of the best books I have read in a long time. Riveting from start to finish, there was rarely a moment that felt tedious or laboured. I don't like long reviews, so in short I'll say that there was so much for me to absorb and use. Considering my own chronic illness issues, I was very excited to read about Donna's healing journey which was very much grounded in science. Forget all the fads and expensive remedies: in this book you have one person's experience with time-tested therapies that are accessible by most. It's time we ended the self-help guru game and had more writing like this.
review 2: As a woman struggling with her own autoimmune disease, I'm always looking for new ... more"cures" or reinforcement for research already done (and sometimes applied). Nakazawa's story touched my heart and my motivation button. She is a science/health journalist so she has access to doctors, scientists, and other health authorities. Also as a journalist, she is able to take science and make it quite readable. Her personal anecdotes add authenticity. Being nearly immobile and extremely fatigued, Nakazawa began looking into alternative and more holistic ways to help herself. This is her personal story through struggle to triumph. She gave herself one year to get joy back into her life by using meditation, yoga, psycho-therapy, acupuncture, mindfulness, and breathing exercises (not necessarily in that order). One fascinating thing about her journey is her descriptions of how much science is able to track the benefits of meditation and yoga on the fight or flight and pain centers in the brain. She found that we are all able to use these methods to control our own reactions to stress and pain and heal ourselves without adding toxic drugs to our already over whelmed bodies. I loved this book and highly recommend it to anyone living with an autoimmune disease, cancer or other severe health issues. less

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