Being Well: A Guide to Finding Joy and Resilience with Chronic Illness

Being Well with Chronic Illness is an authoritative self-help guide for those with chronic illnesses seeking a better path to wellness.

Being Well with Chronic Illness offers practical strategies and insights to help individuals live full lives characterized by joy, resilience, and wellness.

More than 40% of the US population is affected by chronic diseases. Being Well with Chronic Illness is a guidebook for every person suffering from chronic illness, providing the tools needed to navigate life’s challenges and reclaim wellness.

Being Well with Chronic Illness introduces the simple but powerful concept of the Wellness Spiral, an actionable pathway anyone can follow to turn adverse life events into opportunities for growth and wellness. The intricacies of the Wellness Spiral lay out a roadmap for how we respond to life’s harshest challenges—and how we can rise above them.

• Authoritative Guide: Provides practical strategies and insights for managing chronic illness.

• Wellness Spiral Concept: Introduces an actionable pathway for turning adversity into growth.

• Emotional Support: Addresses the emotional challenges of chronic illness, including anxiety, depression, and uncertainty.

• Resilience Building: Offers tools to build resilience and reclaim wellness through intention and self-discovery.

• Comprehensive Roadmap: Lays out a clear roadmap for navigating life’s challenges and achieving wellness.

Receiving a diagnosis of a chronic illness is a turning point in a person’s life, where everything they’ve ever known is suddenly turned on its head. Negative emotions like anxiety, depression, anger, and uncertainty are ever-present, while the path back to health and wellness seems full of twists and turns. This is because the journey to wellness—and away from it—is a spiral.

You can reclaim wellness through intention and self-discovery. Being Well with Chronic Illness charts the course for a journey that supports finding hope and wholeness after an unexpected diagnosis. This book is for anyone at a crossroads, looking to build resilience and find a better path to wellness.

Kat Hill has a degree in Public Health, Nursing and Midwifery. She has worked as an educator and nurse, but after her diagnosis of young onset Parkinson's Disease, she has devoted her time as an advocate for persons with chronic illnesses. She is currently an Ambassador for the Davis Phinney Foundation and sits on the patient advisory committee for the World Parkinson Coalition. She spoke at the World Parkinson's Congress in Kyoto, Japan in 2019. She has a podcast, PD Lemonade, that focuses on wellness and resilience. She lives in Portland, OR with her husband.

Nancy Peate writes and speaks about wellness and how to live one’s best life despite chronic illness. A research librarian by profession, research topics of most interest include resilience and chronic illness, particularly Parkinson’s disease. She has participated and volunteered for the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon, the Davis Phinney Foundation, and the World Parkinson Coalition. She spoke at the World Parkinson's Congress in Kyoto, Japan in 2019 and hosts a monthly Parkinson's support group. She lives in Portland, OR with her husband.