Have you ever wondered why some people seem to have everything they could ever want or need in life, all while others are left with merely the dreams of achieving those same things?Have you ever wondered that if someone else could live the life of their dreams - then why couldn't you live the life of your dreams?Do successful individuals have something you don't? No.Do successful individuals know something you don't? Absolutely!...

A few years ago, my life stopped.What began as an illness turned into eleven months across four hospitals. Seven of those months were spent on life support. I was placed on a ventilator twice. Eventually, I underwent a double lung transplant. What followed was another eight months of learning how to walk, speak, and live again.Before all of that, I had spent twenty-five years in enterprise technology sales. I understood pressure, performance, and what it meant to push throu...

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive will inspire and uplift readers with its stories of optimism, faith, and strength. In bad times, and good, readers will be heartened to keep a positive attitude. A great start to the New Year.Every cloud has a silver lining. And the stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive will encourage readers to stay positive, because there is always a bright side. This book continues Chicken Soup for the So...

The team of nurses that Tilda Shalof found herself working with in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a big-city hospital was known as “Laura’s Line.” They were a bit wild: smart, funny, disrespectful of authority, but also caring and incredibly committed to their jobs. Laura set the tone with her quick remarks. Frances, from Newfoundland, was famous for her improvised recipes. Justine, the union rep, wore t-shirts emblazoned with defiant slogans, like “Nurses Care But It’s Not in the Budget...

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An inspiring, surprising, sometimes shocking, and ultimately deeply informative memoir of the high-stakes, high-pressured life of a female heart surgeonDr. Kathy Magliato is one of the few female heart surgeons practicing in the world today. She is also a member of an even more exclusive group—those surgeons specially trained to perform heart transplants. Heart Matters is the story of the making of a surgeon who is also a wife and mother. In this powerful and moving memoir...

We’re all stronger than we think, and we often discover our inner strength and resilience when a problem arises. The 101 empowering stories in this collection will inspire and encourage you to overcome your own challenges.There’s nothing like real stories from real people to inspire you. These empowering and uplifting stories by people who have overcome challenges, solved problems, or changed their lives will help you find your own inner strength, resilience, and r...

A world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon shares the lessons of courage, compassion, and resilience that he's learned from his exceptional young patients.If I Get to Five is a one-of-a-kind book by a one-of-a-kind human being. The medical world knows him as Fred Epstein, M.D., the neurosurgeon who pioneered life-saving procedures for previously inoperable tumors in children. His patients and their families know him simply as Dr. Fred, the "miracle man" who h...

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Say Goodbye to Back Pain! is full of inspirational stories and practical medical information and advice. This new book with Harvard Medical School will help readers with back pain, whether it is occasional or chronic.Almost everyone experiences back pain at some point in their lives. Many people suffer far more than they need to and are looking for help. This book offers that help, combining inspiring and comforting Chicken Soup ...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLERIn this “essential work that provides lasting insights and lessons for the individual and society” (Jerome Groopman, MD, New York Times bestselling author), a young pediatric surgeon and mother reveals her dramatic, cathartic diary, written as she worked on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic at one of New York City’s busiest hospitals.For many of us, the experience of the peak pandemic was eerily incongru...

Defy the Odds. Discover Your Purpose. Transform Your Life.In Show Them: Stepping Into the Unknown to Find the Answers, Dr. Glen Robison opens his heart to share a breathtaking account of resilience, discovery, and the pursuit of purpose. Once told he would never succeed, he courageously stepped into the unknown and rose stronger to fulfill his calling as a surgeon and humanitarian. His story proves that the answers we seek, and the life we dream of, often ...

Surgeon on the Edge is a literary memoir about the cost of becoming a surgeon and the even greater cost of leaving.Frances Mei Hardin, MD-a former ENT surgeon turned writer and entrepreneur-invites readers into the interior life of modern medical training: the devotion, the brutality, the prestige, and the quiet unraveling that happens when a person learns to outrun their own limits for too long.Rather than follow a traditional hero's journey, the memoir unfolds as a kataba...