{"product_id":"beating-cancer-one-truth-at-a-time-what-you-believe-determines-your-journey-paperback","title":"Beating Cancer One Truth at a Time: What You Believe Determines Your Journey - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarianne C. McDonough\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeating Cancer One Truth at a Time \u003c\/em\u003eis a how-to book combining positive, practical tips with insights based on both research and survivors' testimonies. It follows the author's award-winning \u003cem\u003e8 Steps to Getting Real with Cancer, Empowering Newly Diagnosed Patients and Those Who Love Them, \u003c\/em\u003epublished in 2016. Although similar in focus, the second book differs in text and offers additional research, information, and interactive questions that stimulate self-reflection and\/or group discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs in her debut book, survivor Marianne McDonough continues to describe the needs, complexities, and struggles of newly diagnosed patients. She likens the first moments of dealing with diagnosis to \"stepping into the cockpit of a commercial airbus, sitting at the controls, and wondering what all those strange buttons do. At first you don't even know the destination much less the timing. You have no idea how to fly the plane, but there you are, a pilot learning how to something you never wanted to learn. Moreover, you feel as though you have already crashed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClearly McDonough understands her readers. With a prevailing tone of compassion and respect, she is frank, honest, and direct, but meticulously non-judgmental as she urges readers to deal with cancer's harsh issues proactively. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo facilitate this goal, the author presents myths that patients often encounter such as cancer is always fatal, too complicated to understand, or will define you for the rest of your life. Methodically, one truth at a time, McDonough helps readers reconstruct and articulate their own beliefs based on what makes the most sense to them after self-reflection and careful consideration of input from respected sources. The author often reiterates her main premise that what you believe truly determines your journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribing \u003cem\u003eBeating Cancer One Truth at a Time \u003c\/em\u003eas a \"simple path for a complicated journey,\" McDonough doesn't shy away from tough subjects such as residual effects from treatment and fear of relapse. But throughout the book she fosters hope, positive mindsets, and proactive actions that will help readers, as she says in her introduction, \"attack cancer with a dedicated vengeance and more determination and courage\" than they ever thought possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 126\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42128762896519,"sku":"9780996697736","price":10.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/97dadb052b0dd1f9dc74d87916d4431d.webp?v=1732597978","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/beating-cancer-one-truth-at-a-time-what-you-believe-determines-your-journey-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}