Surviving Pain in Fall

My respite is over and I am happy to say, I feel renewed once again. The beauty of summer in the Rockies is unforgettable.

As we came down out of the mountains, I became acutely aware that the summer heat and humidity are still present, but I also know fall will arrive soon and the lazy days of summer will surrender to crisp chilly air. For some who live with chronic pain, that will be welcome, while others will see their pain increase as a nature of their illness. Regardless, it's time to prepare. With short-term memory loss, I need written prompts, a string tied to my little finger or a note pinned to my jacket isn’t enough. That's how the Broken Body, Wounded Spirit Balancing the See-Saw of Chronic Pain series came to be.

If you aren’t familiar with the series, you can learn more at my author profile.  There is also detailed information on my website at the following links if you want more information before you decide if this is a book for you. If you have the book, it's time to get it out and re-explore. I suspect you will see things from a different perspective, and you will learn something new to share.

• About ​Broken Body, Wounded Spirit: Balancing the SeeSaw ofChronic Pain, FALL DEVOTIONS
• Table of Contents
• Endorsements - Inside the Cover 

Fall is the season for reaping the rewards of summer and preparing for the winter. It is a time to reflect and look forward. I hope you enjoy Fall Devotions. We have been told it offers encouragement, practical advice, comfort, and aesthetic appeal.

Here’s to a colorful and hearty fall season.

Available:

Amazon in paperback 

Kindle version 

Amazon UK Kindle 

Amazon Canada Kindle 

Barnes and Nobel paperback 

Halloween News: For the Love of Poetry by Celeste Cooper

Those of you who have read any of my books know I enjoy writing poetry. It is my refuge, I get lost in it, and I rediscover myself.

May the goblins be good to you.

Happy Halloween!

Ghosts at Taylor Reservoir© by Celeste Cooper

Driving the Winding Taylor Canyon Road,

Late August teases of tales to be told.

Giant pines grace roads through this land.

Forest shadows retreat, a reservoir at hand.

Man made, Taylor reservoir feeds the crops,

But once, so much more on this mountain top.

Peering voyeurs of past remnants and such,

This land, bare bones, a boom that went bust.

Tailings at Tin Cup scream loud with their voice.

Tarry you will, but this land was our choice.

Ancient gravesites, ghost tales of lore,

Make great stories when done with the chores.

Sheer splendor tugs at my heartstring,

Cottonwood Pass, the tales you bring.

Time walks on these forest floors,

Taylor River, canoes, Ute Indians explored.

Ancestors relished this county as host,

To share pieces of forest, relics, and ghosts.

Excerpt from Winter Devotions. Learn more here. 

Feel Free to use this poem as a template for writing your own. Following is an excerpt from one of our books that will help you get started.

“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.”

~Plato, 429–347 BC

Love in Poetry (Day Nine)

Excerpt from Fall Devotions Learn more here. 

Some poetry can only be interpreted by the author, others, by the reader with his or her own ideas on what the poem says. There is no need to think you can’t write your own poem. Here are a few tips. 

• It doesn’t have to rhyme.

• Pick some favorite words from the dictionary, a book on flowers or birds, or even the telephone directory.

• Add shapes, sounds, texture, color, or smells.

• Put your own spin on it, and let your mind run wild.

• Remember your poetry can be on a real or imaginary experience.

• Title your poem before or after you write it, because there are no boundaries.

• There is no specific length. It can be one sentence.

 And more…

Free copy of Broken Body, Wounded Spirit: Balancing the SeeSaw of Chronic Pain, Fall Devotions EBook by Celeste Cooper, RN and Jeff Miller, PhD, Sunday, October 19th and Monday, October 20th.

On Sunday October 19, 2014, download a free Kindle Ebook copy of FALL DEVOTIONS (Revised 2014). It is one in the Broken Body, Wounded Spirit: Balancing the SeeSaw of Chronic Pain four book series. Ranked #1 in its genre during the initial launch.

It will be available:

Sunday, the 19th, at 12:00 AM (Pacific Time)

To Monday, the 20th, 11:59 PM (Pacific Time)

For our US readers (Pacific Time, here.

For our UK readers (Pacific Time), here.

For our Canadian readers (Pacific Time), here.

We sincerely appreciate the loyalty of our readers and we hope you will share this token of our appreciation with others. Let us know what you think of the revised edition by leaving a review on the same page where you downloaded the book. Just scroll down the page and click on the button

"Write a Review" 

If you don't have a Kindle, you can download an app for your device(s), here. 

Paperback version available on Amazon, here. 

and on Barnes and Nobel, here. 

Be sure to access other free information on Celeste’s website. http://TheseThree.com 

Other books in the series rated #1 during the launch:

Broken Body, Wounded Spirit: Balancing the SeeSaw of Chronic Pain, WINTER DEVOTIONS

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Find it at Barnes and Nobel, here. 

Broken Body, Wounded Spirit: Balancing the SeeSaw of Chronic Pain, SPRING DEVOTIONS

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Broken Body, Wounded Spirit: Balancing the SeeSaw of Chronic Pain, SUMMER DEVOTIONS with five star seal from Readers Favorite.

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Also written by Celeste and Jeff:

Integrative Therapies for Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Myofascial Pain: The Mind body Connection.

Find it at Amazon, here.

Find it at Barnes and Nobel, here.

Nook Book, here. 

Accepting Your Limitations, Exploring Your Talents by Celeste Cooper

Those of us who live with chronic pain and illness understand that we should respect our limitations. But, it is equally important to stay energetic. There are many ways to be energetic, full of life in thinking, present in our compassion for others, active in mindfulness, and more. Looking at things from this perspective helps us broaden the boundaries of not too much, yet enough. It allows us, gives us, permission to explore our hidden talents.

We discuss all these things and more in Broken Body, Wounded Spirit: Balancing the See-Saw of Chronic Pain, Fall Devotions.

Follow Your Passion

It is easy to become passionate about people we admire or things we love.

Fall Devotions, Day Forty-eight

I love:

Having a positive role model.

Nature.

The grandeur of a mountain.

A good cup of herbal tea.

A stream that speaks.

Birds that sing.

Sharing information with people.

Having a network.

A path less traveled.

...

Start an "I love" list on one of the empty spots in this book, see where it takes you, you will be pleased. (See "Day Seventy-five,” and find more exercises throughout the Broken Body, Wounded Spirit… series.)

I love…

The   2014 Revised Fall Devotions is now available, here  and for Kindle, here.

Barnes and Nobel, here.

United Kingdom, here. 

Canada, here.

A promotional download for the Kindle version will be coming soon. 

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"Adversity is only an obstacle if we fail to see opportunity."  

Celeste Cooper, RN

Author—Patient—Health Central Chronic Pain Pro —Advocate

NEW Website: http://CelesteCooper.com

Learn more about what you can do to help your body function to its potential in the books you can find here on Celeste's  blog. 

All answers and blogs are based on the author's opinions and writing and are not meant to replace medical advice.  

Pain Awareness Month Draws to a Close - A Recap by Celeste Cooper

September is a busy month for me as advocate, author, educator, and as a person living with chronic pain and illness. It is the month to raise awareness for the other 100,000+ million Americans, and countless others around the globe. And to hopefully change attitudes of discrimination and judgment that threatens our self worth. A time to fight for proper treatments that result in improved outcome.

The Sun is located on the vernal equinox, daylight and dark are equal, and autumn begins. For me, fall marks a time not only to advocate, but to educate my comrades in pain through my blog and through Fall Devotions in our Broken Body, Wounded Spirit: Balancing the See-Saw of Chronic Pain seasonal book series. Personally, I celebrate fall with an annual weekend get together with my healthcare colleagues. We have done this for over thirty years and I have only missed once. To say I embrace our need for socialization, regardless of obstacles, is an understatement. And when I need reminders on how to care for myself, those who share this trek with me, many who are our readers, wrap me in their virtual loving arms.

“Come along, it is time to begin our journey as we walk through the beautiful falling leaves that fill our path with color and diversity. Be prepared to kick up new ideas that come from this season grabbing at those of personal interest, those that entice you to learn more. Decorate your life with vast opportunities that autumn offers. Feel the crisp clean air as it fills you up, and prepare for the bounty you will soon discover.”

Excerpt from the introduction to Fall Devotions.

This is a season of time and energy which threatens to drain me because of chronic migraine and spinal disease, which flare FM and CFS and the autoimmune comorbid disorders I endure. But fear not, it is also a season of vigorous collaboration. The rewards of being a catalyst, a change agent, cannot  be measured. The value is found in humankind giving reason to advocate and educate. Here are the blogs written by me this September.

• Part One - A Look Back and Look Up: Could history be a guidefor treating chronic pain?
• Part Two – Chronic Pain in the Present – The Question byCeleste Cooper
• Part Three – The Future for Treating Chronic Pain by CelesteCooper
• Is the prevalence of joint hypermobility purely acoincidence in CFS and FM? by Celeste Cooper

I am continually lifted up no matter how bleak one day may seem, because there is another in the past or the future that is sure to adjust my perspective.

“I cherish my friends because we stand together 

heading in the same direction.”

Go in strength my friends.

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Update as of April 2015

"Adversity is only an obstacle if we fail to see opportunity."  

Celeste Cooper, RN

Author—Patient—Health Central Chronic Pain Pro —Advocate

New Website

Celeste’s Website: http://CelesteCooper.com

Learn more about what you can do to help your body function to its potential in the books you can find here on Celeste's  blog. Subscribe to posts by using the information in the upper right hand corner or use the share buttons to share with others.

BOOK LAUNCH - Free offer - Broken Body, Wounded Spirit: Balancing the See Saw of Chronic Pain (Fall Devotions, revised) by Celeste Cooper and Jeff Miller

“Excellently produced, in short chapters, ideal for anyone suffering Chronic Pain to use. Uplifting quotations, thoughts. Well-formed and helpful diary-form record of pain and relief, ideal for presenting to Pain Management Personnel. Positively and emphatically written, with the sufferer in mind. Highly recommend.”  

Read more reviews on the Fall Devotions of the Broken Body, Wounded Spirit: Balancing the See-Saw of Chronic Pain Series on Amazon here. 

Being forced to look at life through a peep hole is petrifying, and that is exactly what chronic pain and illness does. It isolates, dominates and threatens the things all human beings hold dear. They are bullies with a ravenous appetite for creating mayhem in one’s life.
 

Anguishing physical and emotional pain is often overlooked. After all, “the person doesn’t look sick.” From the outside pain isn’t visible, but from the inside, it is an unwanted intruder to the person experienced it. It is a thief of goals and dreams, finances and social life. Finding balance and avoiding isolation when struggling with chronic pain is difficult. This book bursts from its’ bindings as a metaphoric tool to help the reader break free from pain’s shackles. The authors expose their readers to infinite possibilities of viewing life through a door open to a landscape of honor and hope, by using their expertise as RN, educator, and counseling psychologist, the authors guide their readers through the physical and mental chaos.
 

It is rare to find a book that offers encouragement, practical advice, comfort and aesthetic appeal all at the same time. Fall Devotions of Broken Body, Wounded Spirit, like the rest in the series, offers all this – and more. 

In healing,

Celeste Cooper, RN / Author, Freelancer, Advocate

Think adversity?-See opportunity!

http://www.CelesteCooper.com

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