More Light eBook
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Are you looking for up-to-date, science-based information from a trusted source guiding you in managing your health and improving your quality of life?
Then More Light is for you!
By reading More Light, you can
- Learn to leverage your body’s ability to change (e.g., neuroplasticity, epigenetics, and the microbiome).
- Learn to support your physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
- Read new research on topics such as diagnosis, sleep, diet, energy, environment, pain, and emotions.
- Learn strategies used by diverse experts (e.g., Colleen Carney and Rachel Manber on treating insomnia, Michael Moskowitz and Marla Golden on transforming pain, Byron Katie on finding acceptance, and many more).
- Access links and references to resources.
- Answer questions at the end of each chapter to help you implement the ideas.
ME, CFS, FM, ES and Long COVID are biomedical conditions with extensively researched biomedical abnormalities. Despite their best efforts, many people who are severely ill with these conditions experience limited lives with considerable suffering. There is an urgent need for effective therapeutic options. In the meantime, there is a lot that you, as individuals, can do.
In More Light, I share the clinical approaches I have found most useful for my own health and in my more than 20 years of medical practice with diverse patients. The emphasis is on affordable interventions that you can do yourself, with minimal guidance. More Light builds upon but does not repeat content from Let Your Light Shine Through. It expands on the information in my online course, Pathways to Improvement.Â
Here is the anticipated table of contents of More Light.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Self-Management (23 pages)
Chapter 2: Diagnosis (23 pages)
Chapter 3: Biology of Change (88 pages)
Chapter 4: Sleep (26 pages)
Chapter 5: Energy and Activity (31 pages)
Chapter 6: Diet (51 pages)
Chapter 7: Persistent Pain
Chapter 8: Environmental Exposures
Chapter 9: Emotions and Coping
Chapter 10: Putting Neuroplasticity into Action
Conclusions
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Chapter 1 - Self Management
- Understand how to implement self-management as an effective, evidence-based strategy for managing any chronic disease.
- Use a powerful self-awareness exercise The Diamond of Awareness to figure out what's going on with your health
- Use the detailed SMART goal guide to develop your own management plan as you read through the subsequent chapters.
Chapter 2 - Diagnosis
- Clarify (ideally with your health team) your diagnoses so you know what to focus on.
- Contains the diagnostic criteria and explanations for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), systemic exertional intolerance disease (SEID), fibromyalgia (FM), multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), and electrohypersensitivity (EHS).
Chapter 3 - Biology of Change
- This 88-page chapter explains the science of how self-management changes biology—that it is powerful and effective.
- Learn evidence-based tools you can use now to alter your neuroplasticity, epigenetics, and microbiome to improve your health and function.Â
Chapter 4 - Sleep
- Learn how sleep is essential to keep our bodies and brains healthy.
- Understand the pros and cons of pharmacological approaches.
- Implement the powerful, proven strategies of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi).
Chapter 5: Energy and Activity
- Learn what post-exertional malaise (PEM) is and create a pacing plan for yourself.
- Find a balance to stay within your energy envelope while avoiding de-conditioning and optimizing mobility.
- Understand the differences between “brain fog” and dementia and learn how to decrease your risk of developing dementia.
Chapter 6:Â Healing Through Diet
- Learn how quantity, type, quality and timing of food intake impact health.
- Have a better understanding of food sensitivities and how you might be able to decrease their impact.
- Identify whether you have symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO).
