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Healing Wisdom: Wit, Insight and Inspiration for Anyone Facing Illness
A nine-year survivor of what was diagnosed as a thirty-day terminal cancer presents a collection of heartwarming quotes from the writings and speeches of Voltaire, Malcolm X, Mother Theresa, Erma Bombeck, and many others. 35,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.
144 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 1994
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Greg Anderson
78 books31 followers“A man on a mission…”
Greg Anderson is the founder of Cancer Recovery Foundation International, a global affiliation of national organizations whose mission is to help all people prevent and survive cancer.
Cancer Recovery Foundation focuses on the human services side of cancer. It does not fund clinical research or medical treatments. The Foundation provides adults with training and support for implementing whole-person cancer prevention and survival strategies. Children with cancer and their families are served through the Children’s Project. The Foundation has established affiliates in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and France.
Greg Anderson was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer in 1984. He was given 30 days to live. Refusing to accept the hopelessness of this prognosis, he went searching for people who had lived even though their doctors had told them they were “terminal.” His findings from interviews with over 16,000 cancer survivors form the strategies and action points for what has become an international cancer survival movement.
Anderson is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading wellness authorities. He is the author of eight books which have been translated into 29 languages.
Greg Anderson is the founder of Cancer Recovery Foundation International, a global affiliation of national organizations whose mission is to help all people prevent and survive cancer.
Cancer Recovery Foundation focuses on the human services side of cancer. It does not fund clinical research or medical treatments. The Foundation provides adults with training and support for implementing whole-person cancer prevention and survival strategies. Children with cancer and their families are served through the Children’s Project. The Foundation has established affiliates in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and France.
Greg Anderson was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer in 1984. He was given 30 days to live. Refusing to accept the hopelessness of this prognosis, he went searching for people who had lived even though their doctors had told them they were “terminal.” His findings from interviews with over 16,000 cancer survivors form the strategies and action points for what has become an international cancer survival movement.
Anderson is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading wellness authorities. He is the author of eight books which have been translated into 29 languages.
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September 27, 2013
This book provides a selection (over 400) of uplifting and inspiring quotes from many notable people throughout history: Mother Teresa, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Shakespeare, Helen Keller, Buddha and even Mel Brooks. The book is laid out in 11 sections with the quotes in each section dealing with one general aspect life and the healing process.
For those that might be skeptical of the power contained in these words, consider that this book was written by an author who, just 10 years prior, was given 30 days to live in and through the inspiring words of others he was able to overcome his rendezvous with death.
If you are, or somebody you know is, dealing with a life threatening illness, this book might be the one catalyst you need to get back onto the road of wellness. It worked for the author so there is good reason to expect that it might work for somebody else in a similar situation.
For those that might be skeptical of the power contained in these words, consider that this book was written by an author who, just 10 years prior, was given 30 days to live in and through the inspiring words of others he was able to overcome his rendezvous with death.
If you are, or somebody you know is, dealing with a life threatening illness, this book might be the one catalyst you need to get back onto the road of wellness. It worked for the author so there is good reason to expect that it might work for somebody else in a similar situation.
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