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Our Healing & Wellness titles (which are also non-fiction) alphabetically:
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After the Truck Hit: Jennifer Kuchinka's True Story. By Jennifer Kuchinka
Description: Jennifer Kuchinka was a new mother in Estevan, Saskatchewan, struggling with postpartum depression when she ran out of the hospital, onto the highway, and was hit by a tractor-trailer truck. Jennifer survived that harrowing experience and now shares her story of the accident that left her with a permanent brain injury. She tells how she recovered and created a new life as a single parent, and how she is committed to raising awareness of postpartum depression and acquired brain injury.
Awards/Honours: Honourable Mention, Wild Card, 2014 Great Midwest Book Festival; Honourable Mention, Wild Card, 2015 Hollywood Book Festival ISBN: 978-1-927570-16-6; 6"w x 9"h; 224 pages; 25 photos. © 2014; Ages 15 to Adult; Non-fiction; Memoir; Health; Acquired brain injury; Postpartum depression; Medicine; Psychology; Psychiatry; Mental health; Journal entries; Parenting; Inspiring; True story; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. Also available as an e-book. Order from your favourite e-book vendor.
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And It Was Very Good: Everyday Moments of Awe. By Ed Olfert
Description: Glimpses of the Holy surround us every day, every moment. To capture those glimpses, and bring hope to others, Ed Olfert began writing short stories – his own version of “Chicken Soup For The Soul” – which have been published in the Prince Albert Daily Herald. He writes about the generations that precede him and the generations that come after. The stories are about neighbours and friends, and include lives that we might not naturally connect to God, to awe and mystery. While in this constant search for Holy glimpses, life for Ed has become very good!
Awards/Honours: Honorable Mention, Spiritual, 2016 Hollywood Book Festival; Runner-Up, Spiritual, 2016 Great Midwest Book Festival ISBN: 978-1-927570-22-7; 6"w x 9"h; 256 pages. © 2015; Ages 15 to Adult; Non-fiction; Spiritual; Religious life; Inspirational; Healthy living; Christianity; God; Inspiring; Worship; Worship resources; Newspaper columns; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. |
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Boundaries and Bucket-Filling: How To Say No to Others and Yes to You. By Lisa Driver
Description: Spiritual guidebook #3. Award-winning author Lisa Driver teaches the importance of taking time for yourself and filling your schedule with more commitments that bring you joy and contentment instead of those that wear you down. As a spiritual coach, Lisa has worked with countless clients who have put their own needs, wishes, dreams, and desires on the back burner. Boundaries and Bucket-Filling is brimming with simple exercises and guided meditations created by Lisa to help you prioritize, find balance, and feel confident enough to say “no” when needed. This book - a companion guidebook to Lisa's first two award-winning angel reader books Opening Up & Leap - will give you the courage and permission to be happy and to follow your heart, knowing that those who love you will support your decision to say “yes” to you.
ISBN 978-1-927570-40-1; 5.5"w x 8.5"h; 96 pages. © 2017; Ages 15 to Adult; Spiritual wellness; Spiritual life; Personal development; Non-fiction; Healing; Lifestyle; Angels; Health; Faith; Memoir; New age; Self-help; Alberta author; Canadian. 
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Interrupted with Bipolar. By Shae Therrien
Description: After eight hospitalizations for bipolar depression since his first admission in 1998, and a total of more than 150 electroconvulsive therapy treatments, Shae Therrien knows a thing or two about maintaining good mental health. It’s not exactly a walk in the park – or in Shae’s case, a naked walk in his neighbourhood. Through diary entries and reflections from two of the most trying periods of his life, Shae shares anecdotes and details of his illness – including tips that he hopes will help others understand and care for those who have mental ‘dis-ease’. "Sometimes I think the book chose me to write it as opposed to my intentions to ever write a book," he says. "When I started to journal, I was doing it to survive the moment. As the moments kept stacking up, I had more than a couple paragraphs written on paper. After my second back surgery, I decided I could use some of the time I had, while recovering, to tell my story about my bipolar adventures. I'm glad I had some help to type the book. The whole purpose of this book is to help other people understand some trials of mental health. It's something you can't pick up and touch, so I hope this book can be a tangible resource leading to some success."
Available as an e-book only. Order from: Kobo, Amazon Kindle, Apple, iBooks, Nook, Baker & Taylor, and more. ISBN 978-1-927570-06-7; © 2013; Ages 15 to Adult; Non-fiction; Journal entries; Biography; Mental Illness; Health; Bipolar; Manic depression; Inspiring non-fiction; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. |
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Leap! How to Overcome Doubt, Fear, And Grief & Choose The Path of Joy.
By Lisa Driver
By Lisa Driver
Description: Spiritual guidebook #2. In this follow-up to her award-winning first book, Opening Up: How To Develop Your Intuition And Work With Your Angels, Lisa Driver shares the next phase of her personal journey and important insights that can help you step through your fears, take a leap of faith, and create the life of your dreams. Leap chronicles the many challenges Lisa faced as she transformed her life by pursuing her passion to become a successful spiritual healer and medium, while overcoming tragic personal loss during what should have been the happiest time of her life. Filled with practical strategies, simple exercises, and guided meditations, Leap will help you build momentum and overcome fear, grief, and paralyzing self-doubt. Give yourself permission to be happy, permission to live your dreams, and to not let anything stall your search for the joy that awaits you.
Awards/Honours: Runner-up, Spiritual, 2017 Great Northwest Book Festival ISBN 978-1-927570-33-3; 5.5"w x 8.5"h; 96 pages. © 2016; Ages 15 to Adult; Spiritual wellness; Non-fiction; Spiritual life; Healing; Lifestyle; Angels; Health; Faith; Memoir; New age; Self-help; Joy; Doubt; Fear; Grief; Alberta; Canadian author. Buy all 3 of Lisa's spiritual guidebooks & save:
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Moving Forward: The Journey of Paralympian Colette Bourgonje. By Mary Harelkin Bishop
Description: In April 1980, with her high school graduation just around the corner, Colette Bourgonje was a small-town girl with big dreams. Her family’s home in Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan was already filled with her medals, trophies, and records of success in track and field, basketball, volleyball, and badminton. She had attracted attention from university coaches and was on the road to becoming a world-class athlete. Then a car accident changed her life – forever.
Before long, Colette had come to terms with her new reality as a paraplegic and had set her sights on new dreams. In 1984, she became the first disabled student to graduate from the College of Physical Education at the University of Saskatchewan and the first female in a wheelchair to graduate in Physical Education from a Canadian university. At age 30, she competed in France at her first Paralympic Games. During the next two decades, she travelled the world and became one of Canada’s most successful disabled athletes – a 10-time Paralympian, mentor, teacher, and role model in sport and in life. ISBN ePub 978-1-927570-777; 28 photos; © 2010. Updated 2022; Ages 9 and up; Non-fiction; Canadian Paralympian; Sport; Health care; Cross-country sit skiing; Sociology; Education; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. Available only as an e-book from Kobo, Apple, Amazon, and Overdrive. Search e-book vendor site by book title or author name. |
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Never Leave Your Wingman: Dionne and Graham Warner's Story of Hope.
By Deana J. Driver
By Deana J. Driver
Description: "The Lord is not ready for me yet!" laughs seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner as she dances around in costume inside the Allan Blair Cancer Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. Dionne and her fun-loving husband Graham have battled cancer head-on with laughter, joy, courage and hope since Dionne's December 2009 diagnosis of Stage IV cancer of the liver, lung and bone. They've made their way into chemo dressed as pirates (The Last Saskatchewan Pirates), cowboy and cowgirl (Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy), disco dancers (Disco Inferno), rock stars (Thunderstruck) and more! Along with conventional chemotherapy, Dionne has taken complementary treatments in Mexico, seen a natural medicine doctor and is on a special diet with supplements to help her fight the cancers. Dionne has shared her story with patients and cancer organizations including Relay For Life and CIBC Run for the Cure, and raised more than $50,000 for cancer research by selling cancer awareness merchandise through her 'Little Shop of Hope'. When Dionne was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2001 she told Graham, who was her fiancé at that point, that he did not have to marry her - she would return to her home in Toronto, Ontario. An experienced pilot, Graham quickly said: "You never leave your wingman." This is an unforgettable, inspiring true story and a lesson in love.
$1 from every Never Leave Your Wingman book sold will be donated to various cancer programs. Awards/Honours: Honourable Mention, Biography, 2013 Great Midwest Book Festival ISBN 978-0-9810394-9-7; 6"w x 9"h; 272 pages; 263 colour photos. © 2011. Second printing 2012. Ages 13 to Adult; Non-fiction; Cancer; Health; Biography; Motivational; Inspirational; Canada; Saskatchewan; Humour; Romance; Hope; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. Also available as an e-book. Order from: Kobo, Amazon Kindle, Apple, iBooks, Nook, Baker & Taylor, and more.
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Opening Up: How to Develop Your Intuition and Work With Your Angels.
By Lisa Driver
By Lisa Driver
Description: Spiritual guidebook #1. Lisa Driver, a spiritual healer, angel reader and card reader, offers tools you can use to develop your intuition and work with your angels to live a happier, healthier life. Based on her work with clients and her own experiences, Lisa shares insights and details about her own journey from skeptic to believer to mentor for others, and provides exercises to help you shift your perception of the world around you and create more joy, peace and love in your daily life.
Awards/Honours: Winner, Spiritual, 2014 Great Midwest Book Festival ISBN 978-1-927570-13-5; 5.5"w x 8.5"h; 96 pages. © 2014; Ages 15 to Adult; Spiritual wellness; Non-fiction; Healing; Angels; Faith; Health; Biography; Alberta author; Canadian. Also available as a PDF e-book by emailing the author.
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Rebuilding a Brick Wall. By Susanne Gauthier with Evan Wall
Description: Evan Wall is a bright, mischievous, small-town “tough guy” from Shellbrook, Saskatchewan whose life changes irrevocably after a car accident leaves him with a traumatic brain injury. Having to relearn how to talk, eat, walk, and all other “normal” bodily functions, Evan no longer feels like the strong “Brick Wall” of his high school football days. With his coordination and speech permanently damaged, he must also deal with the new phenomenon of ableism and living in a world designed for able-bodied persons. Refusing to give up, Evan's wit and sense of humour hold strong as he reinvents himself and sets new goals for his future, inspiring and teaching others along the way.
978-1-927570-65-4, 5.5"w x 8.5"w; 128 pages, 47 photos. © 2021; Ages 15 to Adult; Non-fiction; Memoir; Health; Traumatic brain injury; Medicine; Psychology; Psychiatry; Mental health; Inspiring; True story; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. $17.95 Curbside pickup available for this title in Saskatoon and Regina. Email DriverWorks Ink to make arrangements.
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