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How to Do Life with a Chronic Illness
- Author
- Pippa Stacey
- Narrator
- Pippa Stacey
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Publish Date
- 18 April 2024
- Run Time
- 5 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Chronic diseases and conditions, Coping with / advice about chronic or long-term illness or conditions, Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability, Lifestyle and personal style guides, Social discrimination and social justice, Relationships: friends / friendship and peer groups: advice, topics and issues
- Rating
- 4.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Chronic illness affects everybody differently, but we all share the goal of living meaningfully and making the most of what we have. This book exists to help you take accessible steps towards that goal and build a life that truly feels like yours.
Instead of focusing on the medical side of long-term conditions, this book dives into the important parts of everyday living that often go unspoken about - from practical advice on friendships, dating and independent living, to more reflective guidance on rediscovering your identity and learning to self-advocate.
Between these pages, you'll find bespoke information and resources curated through 10+ years of lived experience, alongside words of wisdom from diverse contributors and subject experts. This book also contains journal prompts, resource lists, and (perhaps most importantly) words of comfort and validation that people with life-altering conditions simply do not hear enough.
Critics Review
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This book is a true gift for anyone living with chronic illness. Pippa has written an invaluable guide to help you rediscover yourself, even when life looks different from how it did before. Stuffed to the brim with genuinely helpful, tangible tips, fresh perspectives on how to adapt everyday tasks, along with journal prompts and exercises to guide you in figuring out what "doing life" means to you-this is a book that I would have cherished reading when I was first diagnosed with a chronic illness many years ago (and saved me years of trying to figure it out on my own).
Natasha Lipman - Journalist & Host of The Rest Room Podcast
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Like a cosy chat with a best mate, Pippa Stacey shares her years of wisdom to provide a groundbreaking, highly accessible guide to living well with chronic illness. This book should be prescribed on the NHS.
Frances Ryan, Guardian columnist and author of Crippled
User Reviews
Book 4.0
Narration 4.0
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4.0 4.0
This book is a great one for those new to chronic illness or newly diagnosed illnesses
longingforliterature 2026-03-21
Details
- Author
- Pippa Stacey
- Narrator
- Pippa Stacey
- Duration
- 5 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 April 2024
- ISBN
- 9781399816335
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Genre
- Chronic diseases and conditions, Coping with / advice about chronic or long-term illness or conditions, Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability, Lifestyle and personal style guides, Social discrimination and social justice, Relationships: friends / friendship and peer groups: advice, topics and issues
- Rating
- 4.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 4.0(1 review)
Synopsis
'I know that living with a chronic illness in this inaccessible world is tough. Trust me, I know. But you deserve to find peace and contentment just as much as anybody else. So welcome to your one-stop guide on how to make the most of life alongside your condition, in a way that truly works for you'. Chronic illness affects everybody differently, but we all share the goal of living meaningfully and making the most of what we have. This book exists to help you take accessible steps towards that goal and build a life that truly feels like yours. Instead of focusing on the medical side of long-term conditions, this book dives into the important parts of everyday living that often go unspoken about - from practical advice on friendships, dating and independent living, to more reflective guidance on rediscovering your identity and learning to self-advocate. Between these pages, you'll find bespoke information and resources curated through 10+ years of lived experience, alongside words of wisdom from diverse contributors and subject experts. This book also contains journal prompts, resource lists, and (perhaps most importantly) words of comfort and validation that people with life-altering conditions simply do not hear enough.
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