{"product_id":"9780971050709","title":"Heal from the Heart: Odyssey Through Nature, Soul and Recovery from Multiple Sclerosis","description":"\u003ci\u003eHeal from the Heart Odyssey through Nature, Soul and Recovery from Multiple  Sclerosis\u003c\/i\u003e is one woman's adventurous discovery of life while recovering from  multiple sclerosis. Schell relentlessly searches for answers to her unease.  She breathes life into the meaning and power of her childhood joy and pain  on the family farm in Nebraska. She pursues understanding of life, her body,  relationships, spirit and the earth during pursuit of academic degrees in  nursing and counseling psychology. Her travels take her around the globe.  The threat of MS, together with the deep love for her sons, drives her  further exploration through depth psychology, Chinese medicine, the internal  arts of life force -- tai chi chuan and qigong -- and ways of the Lipan  Apache. \u003cp\u003e    Understandings come alive as Schell learns the deep language of her  existence and comes to terms with life on many levels. At once practical and  integrated, her approach to living leads to a paradigm shift, hope, wellness  and vitality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    With writing that is easy to understand, Norma Schell encourages those  suffering from disease to become knowledgeable with the many healing forces  that lead to integrated, healthy and joyous lives. \u003ci\u003eHeal From The Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is a  rare story of recovery from multiple sclerosis that inspires hope, wellness  and vitality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Norma is a health professional with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing  from the University of Colorado and a Master of Arts Degree in Counseling  Psychology from Lewis and Clark College. She is a Licensed Professional  Counselor in Oregon and Washington, a Nationally Certified Counselor and a  Nationally Registered Group Psychotherapist. Norma blends professional  knowledge and universal principles of recovery and health after many years  of work with professionals highly trained in Chinese medicine \u0026amp; exercise,  depth psychology and Apache healing ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Schell's adventurous international travels gave perspective to her  conventional approach to life. The beauty and philosophies of the countries,  as well as, the struggle and conflicting richness of their cultures fostered  a broadened understanding. However, Norma's childhood on the family farm  land in Nebraska, her continued study of tracking, wilderness survival and  ways of nature give her context for life. Schell's relationship with the  body, nature and the deep psyche teaches her awareness of the profound,  deeply meaningful spirit and integrated totality of all things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Norma narrates her recovery from multiple sclerosis. However, her life is  about the search for her inner voice, unfolding as a human being, her  desired -- but long forgotten -- relationship with the spirit of nature.  Multiple sclerosis was a gift from her body -- a wake up call, an ultimatum.  Her physical nature demanded to be heard or she would pay serious  consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   As she became ill, her conditioned response to life intensified. In her rush  to live and to achieve, she had become indifferent to the earth -- the  origin of her air, water, food and shelter. She no longer related to the lay  of the land or her relationship to it. She stubbornly ignored her aching  body, while focusing on other agendas until her inmost fibers screamed with  symptoms of illness. Norma became disconnected from her deep inner needs,  alienated from her deepest truths and longings. Then she became deadened  even to the demands of the outer world as her body turned numb. What she so  desperately searched for was always within her and in nature--the ineffable  element that resonates to the Creator. Discovery required her to leave her  known, ordinary and familiar life to walk an unknown path -- the path of the  heart.   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schell, Norma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47020570738928,"sku":"9780971050709","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780971050709_p0.jpg?v=1763875571","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780971050709","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}