Comfort, understanding, and advice for those who are suffering--and those who care for them.<BR><BR>Chronic illness creates many challenges, from career crises and relationship issues to struggles with self-blame, personal identity, and isolation. Beloved author Toni Bernhard addresses these challenges and many more, using practical examples to illustrate how mindfulness, equanimity, and compassion can help readers make peace with a life turned upside down. <BR><BR> In her characteristic conversational style, Bernhard shows how to cope and make the most of life despite the challenges of chronic illness. Benefit from: <BR>• Mindfulness exercises to mitigate physical and emotional pain <BR>• Concrete advice for negotiating the everyday hurdles of medical appointments, household chores, and social obligations <BR>• Tools for navigating the strains illness can place on relationships<BR><BR> Several chapters are directed toward family and friends of the chronically ill, he