Be the Boss of Your Pain: Self-Care for Kids (Be The Boss Of Your Body®) - Softcover

Culbert M.D., Timothy; Kajander C.P.N.P. M.P.H., Rebecca

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1575422549 ISBN 13: 9781575422541

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

Be the Boss of Your Pain speaks to kids ages 8 and up with this message: Your body, mind, and spirit—working together—have amazing abilities to help you control how your body feels, even when you have pain. When you have pain, you often start feeling bad in other ways, too. You might have low energy, get poor sleep, or have no appetite. You might get in a lousy mood or be bored and worried. You might even feel disconnected or hopeless. When you start to have these problems, being the boss of your body can help. You can practice these body boss skills to take control of your pain:

·    Belly breathing
·    Positive thinking
·    Replacing negative thoughts with positive self-talk
·    Aromatherapy
·    Acupressure

Kids will be happier and healthier when they are the boss of their bodies and can take care of some of their pain on their own. The self-care skills in this book do not replace health care professionals, but they do help kids learn what they can do to take care of themselves. They will learn to deal with headaches, stomachaches, and other pain to make themselves feel better—without always going to the doctor or taking medicine.

About this title

About the Author:

Timothy Culbert, M.D., is a behavioral and developmental pediatrician with training in biofeedback, medical hypnosis, and holistic medicine. He is the medical director for the Integrative Medicine Program at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. Tim gives presentations nationally and internationally and publishes widely on mind-body skills training with children and teens. He has helped kids in clinical practice for 15 years, with special interests in teaching kids self-care skills.

Rebecca Kajander, C.P.N.P., M.P.H., is a nurse practitioner at the Alexander Center, Park Nicollet Health Services of Minnesota. She has treated children and adolescents for nearly 40 years, has helped hundreds of children take care of themselves using self-care skills, and helped many more understand and live with ADHD. In 2000, Rebecca was named “Pediatric Nurse Practitioner of the Year” by the Minnesota chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.

Review:

“Clear, practical...excellent series on self-care for kids. I recommend it highly.”
—Andrew Weil, M.D., Director, Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, and author of 8 Weeks to Optimum Health

“These books are fabulous and I can’t wait to use them with clients. You really did a great job of capturing the strategies for managing stress, sleep, and pain in a very kid-friendly way. Thanks for the great resource.”
—Gloria Guinee, MSW, LICSW Psychotherapist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1575422549
• ISBN 13: 9781575422541
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64