Healing Walks for Hard Times
Quiet Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body & Get Your Life Back
An 8-Week Program
“I found Healing Walks this fall. I bought it because I haven't been able to walk like I used to love to do since my Dad died two years ago. We had been very close for his last seven years, and he had usually been with me on my walks, even if seated on a bench near by. Following your weekly program, I am walking again and finding the greatest peace and joy and energy! Each day I give thanks for you and this book and Spirit, which led me to it! Mindfulness makes all the difference! —Mary Kocourek Davidson
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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When illness, grief, depression, or trauma jolt a life, we are thrown off balance—stopped by events beyond our control. Healing Walks for Hard Times finds a key to restored balance and momentum in the simple steps of a walk.
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Introduction
Starting Out:
When you Walk Through a Storm,
Keep your Feet on the Ground
Side Steps: Walking and Healing
Week One: A Healthy Step
Side Steps: Walking and Immune System
Week Two: A Healthy Spirit
Side Steps: Walking and Energy
Week Three: A Healthy Mind
Side Steps: Walking and Mood
Side Steps: Fifteen-Minute Mood Mender
Week Four: A Healthy Self-Image
Side Steps: Walking and Muscles
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Week Five: A Healthy Rhythm
Side Steps: Walking and Joints
Week Six: A Healthy Attitude
Side Steps: Walking and Brains
Week Seven: A Healthy Heart
Side Steps: Walking and Heart Health
Side Steps: Pedometer Basics
Week Eight: A Healthy Habit
Side Steps: Walking and Feet
Moving On: Facing the Future,
One Step at a Time
Side Steps: Walking and Aging
Appendix:
Weekly Walking Logs
Index
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“Reading Healing Walks for Hard Times is like traveling with a wise mother who understands the depths of anguish that can visit a life, but also has a literal and metaphoric road to healing that’s available to all of us. Carolyn’s advice is practical, lucid, and speaks to every aspect of our lives.” —Dan Shapiro, PhD, author of Mom’s Marijuana, professor and chair of the Humanities Department at Penn State College of Medicine
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Introduction:
When the alarm went off at 5 a.m., I was waiting for it. Fear had roused me already. I rolled to my side and reached out to silence the buzzer on my bedside table. Slowly, I pulled up into a reluctant hunch at the edge of the bed. The countdown had begun. Read Introduction Excerpt
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Week Three: A Healthy Mind
Without the dog, Terry Gray might not have walked the healing path on the hill above the cemetery. Without the dog, he might not have felt the solid footing of the old wagon trail down to the church. Without the dog, he might have withdrawn from the world, might have wrapped himself in grief and rage at the death of his son, Kit.
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copyright© 2010-2011 Carolyn Scott Kortge. All rights reserved.
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