{"product_id":"chronic-wisdom-paperback","title":"Chronic Wisdom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Humphries\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren's story is uniquely hers, but within its pages, you may recognise parts of your own-and perhaps discover that even when life changes beyond recognition, your story is still unfolding.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly three decades, Karen Humphries has lived with chronic illness, disability, profound grief, life as an ostomate and the ongoing uncertainty of stage 4 cancer. Again and again, her body changed the rules. Dreams disappeared. Plans unravelled. And the person she once knew herself to be became harder to recognise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChronic Wisdom: One Woman's Story of Survival, Strength and Self-Discovery is Karen's raw, deeply personal account of learning to live when life refuses to follow the expected path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith honesty, vulnerability and surprising warmth, Karen shares the parts of illness that are rarely spoken about-the fear behind a brave face, the exhaustion of inhabiting an unpredictable body, the grief for a future that may never arrive and the loneliness of feeling that the rest of the world has moved on without you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is not simply a story about cancer or chronic illness. It is a story about identity, hope and what becomes possible when you begin meeting yourself exactly where you are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough waiting rooms, surgeries, setbacks, quiet realisations and moments of unexpected joy, Karen discovered the Seven Wisdoms: deeply human lessons that helped her reconnect with herself, rebuild her wellbeing and find meaning and purpose within a life she never would have chosen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are no promises of miraculous recovery or perfectly tied endings within these pages. Instead, Karen offers something more honest: the reassurance that even when you cannot control what is happening around you, you can still find strength, clarity and moments of genuine possibility within yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChronic Wisdom is for anyone who has faced a diagnosis, experienced a devastating loss or found themselves living a life they did not plan. It is for those carrying grief that others cannot see, those who have survived more than they speak about and those quietly wondering, Who am I now?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSometimes, the life you never planned becomes the place where you finally meet yourself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45942586933383,"sku":"9781923630130","price":24.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/fuUdN-Dn6e9781923630130.webp?v=1790380240","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/chronic-wisdom-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}