Awake at the Bedside

Awake at the Bedside
Author: Koshin Paley Ellison
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2016-05-24
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1614291195

"In Awake at the Bedside, pioneers of palliative and end-of-life care as well as doctors, chaplains, caregivers and even poets offer wisdom that will challenge, uplift, comfort--and change the way we think about death. Equal parts instruction manual and spiritual testimony, it includes specific instructions and personal accounts to inspire, counsel, and teach."--Amazon.com.

A Bedside Book of Saints

A Bedside Book of Saints
Author: Aloysius Roche
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2006-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1933184086

Discusses the lives of Christian saints, and includes Saint Agatha, Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint Luppus, Peter the Hermit, Saint Vitus, and many others.

Minding the Bedside

Minding the Bedside
Author: Jerome Stone
Publisher: Langdon st Press
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2011
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781936782468

The guided path to more focused and compassionate caregiving!

Wholehearted

Wholehearted
Author: Koshin Paley Ellison
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-06-18
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1614295492

An inspiring book that will help readers rediscover their values and discover a way to truly live life to the fullest. Each of us has an enormous capacity for love—a deep well of attention and care that we can offer to ourselves and others. With guidance that is both simple and wholly transformative, Koshin Paley Ellison, Zen teacher and psychotherapist, shows us how to uncover it: pay attention, be of service, and be with others. With this inspiring and down-to-earth book, drawn from the Zen precepts and illustrated with anecdotes from Koshin’s own life and practice, you’ll learn how to explore and investigate with your own core values, identify the mental habits that could be unconsciously hurting yourself and others, and overcome isolation. Each chapter closes with a contemplation to help integrate the teachings into your life. This book is about getting back in touch with your values, so you can live energetically, authentically, and lovingly. This an invitation to close the gaps we create between ourselves and others—to wake up to ourselves and the world around us. It’s time to live wholeheartedly.

Dying Well

Dying Well
Author: Ira Byock
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 321
Release: 1998-03-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 110150028X

From Ira Byock, prominent palliative care physician and expert in end of life decisions, a lesson in Dying Well. Nobody should have to die in pain. Nobody should have to die alone. This is Ira Byock's dream, and he is dedicating his life to making it come true. Dying Well brings us to the homes and bedsides of families with whom Dr. Byock has worked, telling stories of love and reconciliation in the face of tragedy, pain, medical drama, and conflict. Through the true stories of patients, he shows us that a lot of important emotional work can be accomplished in the final months, weeks, and even days of life. It is a companion for families, showing them how to deal with doctors, how to talk to loved ones—and how to make the end of life as meaningful and enriching as the beginning. Ira Byock is also the author of The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life.

Jake Stays Awake

Jake Stays Awake
Author: Michael Wright
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2007-10-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780312367978

When Jake can't sleep his parents allow him to climb into bed with them. Now they can't sleep. Something must be done.

Why We Sleep

Why We Sleep
Author: Matthew Walker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1501144316

"Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity ... An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now ... neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming"--Amazon.com.

Zen Meditation in Plain English

Zen Meditation in Plain English
Author: John Daishin Buksbazen
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1458784177

An excellent, practical introduction to Zen meditation. Written in a warm and easily accessible style, the book appeals to anyone with an interest in meditation, Zen, or, as is often the case today, a combination of the two. The book emphasizes the importance of receiving good instruction and of finding groups to practice with, yet it lays out the necessary steps to practice Zen meditation on your own. The book includes easily followed exercises to help the reader along. For anyone looking to uncover a clear and insightful path into the philosophy and practice of Zen meditation, this book represents the culmination of that search

The Arts of Contemplative Care

The Arts of Contemplative Care
Author: Cheryl A Giles
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2012-11-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1614290377

Powerful and life-affirming, this watershed volume brings together the voices of pioneers in the field of contemplative care--from hospice and hospitals to colleges, prisons, and the military. Illustrating the day-to-day words and actions of pastoral workers, each first-person essay in this collection offers a distillation of the wisdom gained over years of compassionate experience. The stories told here are sure to inspire--whether you are a professional caregiver or simply feel inclined toward guiding, healing, and comforting roles. If you are inspired to read this book, or even one touching story in it, you just might find yourself inspired to change a life.

Listening to Your Life

Listening to Your Life
Author: Frederick Buechner
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0061842818

Daily meditations taken from the works of an acclaimed novelist, essayist, and preacher who has articulated what he sees with a freshness and clarity and energy that hails our stultified imaginations.