ChronicBabe 101: How to Craft an Incredible Life Beyond Illness - Paperback

by Jenni Grover (Author)

Are you struggling to reclaim your identity after getting sick? Frustrated with relationships that have gone sour, or a career that's stalled out? Ready to feel more savvy, sexy, and confident as you navigate your chronic illness journey?It's time to learn how to be a ChronicBabe! This course-in-a-book contains ten lessons in essential areas that women with chronic illness need to address in order to craft a life beyond chronic illness - to become more than professional patients. Through personal stories, expert interviews, encouraging exercises, and hundreds of resources, author Jenni Grover teaches sick chicks how to become total babes!Jenni was 25 when her world was turned upside down by fibromyalgia, anxiety, asthma, and a handful of other chronic conditions. She has used her experience to build an online community for women with chronic illness who want to be more than professional patients-who want to feel empowered despite serious illness. Since 2005, Jenni has taught thousands of women how to take charge of their lives through her website, videos, and speeches around the world. In ChronicBabe 101, she schools you on relationships, career, emotional well-being, sexuality, personal organization, and so much more.Lessons in the book include: - It All Starts with Learning to Practice Acceptance - Learn to Kick Those Bad Habits to the Curb - It's Time to Turn Around Negative Thinking- Establish Healthy Boundaries to Create Confidence- Learn to Love Your Body Again- Build Your "Team" to Maximize Support- Strengthen Personal Relationships to Weave a Safety Net- Adapt Your Education and Career to Boost Success- Become a Talented Communicator- Get Organized: Tips, Tricks, Tools, and SystemsExperts interviewed in ChronicBabe 101 include: - Toni Bernhard, author of How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers- Caryn Feldman, Ph.D., clinical psychologist at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab (formerly Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) Center for Pain Management- Kerri Morrone Sparling, award-winning chronic illness advocate in the diabetes community and creator of the SixUntilMe blog...and many more!

Author Biography

Jenni Grover is founder of ChronicBabe.com, where she draws on her experience with fibromyalgia and a handful of other conditions to teach women how to craft incredible lives beyond illness. Since 2005, Jenni has helped countless women through her website, magazine articles, videos, and speeches around the world. For more than twenty-five years, Jenni has consulted with hundreds of organizations worldwide, helping them craft and share their messages. She focuses on working with health care organizations-sharing stories of strength, wellness, and inspiration in the face of adversity. Jenni was raised in Texas, but she calls Chicago home. She lives there with her husband, Joe, along with an army of house plants. When she's not writing, she's in the garden, sewing a quilt, dancing to techno music in her living room, or watching sci-fi. She's never met a taco she didn't like.