Dr. Tami Brady

• Strategies
• Regaining Control
• From Lost to Found
• Blame and Judgment
• The Complete Being

Strategies: A Chronic Fatigue Syndrom eand Fibromyalgia Journey

It is estimated that 4-8 million people in the United States suffer with Fibromyalgia. Another one million also have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Some statistics state that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia may directly affect 5% of the world's population.

I am one of the individuals in this growing epidemic. In 1997, after a chaotic year of intense medical and psychological testing, I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. I spent much of the last ten years in deep denial feeling alone, confused, frustrated, and angry. It has taken me a great deal of soul searching, but I believe that today I am a better, more centered person because of my experiences.

I've never been someone who dictates advice, so my book provides worksheets you can develop to tailor your personal responses to symptoms and crises. It is the good, the bad, and the ugly of my personal journey that I share with you, my fellow Fibromites. My hope is simple, that you will find solace and renewed hope in my words.

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Regaining Control: When Love Becomes a Prison

• Only 1% of the world's assets are held in the name of women.
• 70% of people in abject poverty, living on less than $1 per day, are women.
• Over half the women of this generation do not themselves receive, from either employment or the state, enough to 'get by'.

These shocking statistics call to our attention the importance of financial independence among women. Financial dependence, though, is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Dependence can also be noted in Validation and Self Esteem; Mobility and Daily Care; and Emotional Support and A Shield from the World.

Loving, caring, and well meaning spouses, families, and caregivers can unwittingly gnaw away at self confidence and self esteem until a person is trapped in an unhealthy situation.

Are you at risk?

• Would you be financially secure without your spouse's income?
• Do you find it hard to say "No"?
• Do you feel unlovable or ugly?
• Have you given up on your dreams?
• Are you unhappy with your life?

If so, there is hope! It is possible to regain your self esteem, rebuild your self confidence, and become independent once more.

Independence is a skill, an attitude, and a lifestyle that anyone can achieve.

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From Lost to Found

There are probably as many reasons to write poetry as there are people who engage in this art. Some poets are artists who bring scenes alive through their words. Others are academics who study structure and refinement. Still others create poems as an emotional release. I count myself amongst the later group. For me, the creation of a poem allows me to work through my issues while giving me a great avenue for insight into where the real problem lies and how I can learn from this experience.

From Lost to Found is a compilation of my works throughout an intensive learning process in my life. I had spent many years fighting to achieve my dreams and to the outside world I looked quite successful. But as they say “looks can be deceiving” and that was definitely the case for me. Not only did I not feel valuable as a person but I kept setting the bar of success higher and higher, testing and torturing myself until my body started to collapse. Poetry made me realize what was really missing.

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Blame and Judgment

There are probably as many reasons to write poetry as there are people who engage in this art. Some poets are artists who bring scenes alive through their words. Others are academics who study structure and refinement. Still others create poems as an emotional release. I count myself amongst the later group. For me, the creation of a poem allows me to work through my issues while giving me a great avenue for insight into where the real problem lies and how I can learn from this experience.

Blame and Judgment is a compilation of my works throughout a self serving period of my life when I was sure that my sadness, anger, and lack of success had everything to do with those around me. I constantly found myself playing the blame game and I took no responsibility for my own part in my circumstances. However, while writing down my feelings in poetry form, I gradually started to let go of my resentment and began to realize that what I said about other people had far more to do with me than them.

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The Complete Being: Finding and Loving the Real You

Like many people, I used to spend a good deal of my time fantasizing about the life I wish I had. Caught in the mindset of I could never do that, why can't I be more like so and so, and nothing is ever going to change, I felt my dreams slipping away. But one simple question, why not?, changed my life forever. This phrase challenged to take control of my life and start driving towards the me I always hoped I could be.

The Complete Being: Finding and Loving the Real You will help you realize your own hopes and dreams. This book contains the wealth of my own personal journey to contentment in easy to adapt exercises that you can use to identify and strive towards your own life ambitions. You will regain control of your own destiny by applying these simple yet thought-provoking exercises in the mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical aspects of your life.

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