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The Last Ordinary Hour
- Living Life Now That Nothing Will Ever Be the Same
- Narrated by: Ginny Welsh
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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Whether your world has been shattered by an untimely death, unfair diagnosis, or unexpected disaster, this inspirational true story will help you live wholeheartedly even after life breaks your heart.
On February 22, 2013, Kathy Izard’s world was shattered when her healthy husband, Charlie, suffered a catastrophic heart attack. Although he was miraculously still alive, there could be no return to normal living after doctors diagnosed the cause to be an incurable disease: spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD). Living with an exceedingly rare condition and facing the unfathomable prospect of life as a young widow, Kathy had to learn to accept the radical uncertainty that life often brings completely without warning.
Through heart-pounding and heartwarming storytelling, Kathy recounts how she and Charlie navigated numerous cardiac crises using wisdom gained from both science and faith. Combining practical medical advice and inspiring spiritual enlightenment with her endearing vulnerability and perceptive insight, Kathy shows you how to find, cling to, and even strengthen your faith in the midst of a crisis that has left you reeling.
The Last Ordinary Hour is not a book about dying. This is a story about living.
"This is a searing and ultimately beautiful story of Kathy Izard’s years-long pilgrimage on the knife edge of time and eternity. It speaks to all who want to find a path of faith, to a life worth living, and a love worth living with." (Leighton Ford, founding president, Leighton Ford Ministries, author of The Attentive Life, and The Power of Story and many other titles)
"The Last Ordinary Hour is a must-read for those who have suffered tragedy and loss, for those who seek to deepen spiritual life, and also for readers who simply long for a book you just can't put down." (Katherine Olivetti, M, MSSW, author of The Guided Dream Journal)
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A practical and inspiring guide to transformational personal storytelling, The Story You Need to Tell is the product of Sandra Marinella’s pioneering work with veterans and cancer patients, her years of teaching writing, and her research into its profound healing properties. Riveting true stories illustrate Marinella’s methods for understanding, telling, and editing personal stories in ways that foster resilience and renewal. She also shares her own experience of using journaling and expressive writing to navigate challenges including breast cancer and postpartum depression.
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- By Aileen Hadaway on 01-23-20
By: Sandra Marinella, and others
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Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them)
- A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying
- By: Sallie Tisdale
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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You get ready to die the way you get ready for a trip. Start by realizing you don't know the way. Listen to a few travel guides. Study the language, look at maps, gather equipment. Let yourself imagine what it will be like. Pack your bags. This book is one of those travel guides - a guide to preparing for your own death and the deaths of people close to you. The fact of death is hard to believe. Sallie Tisdale explores our fears and all the ways death and talking about death make us uncomfortable - but she also explores its intimacies and joys.
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I thought I had more time...
- By Alyssa on 09-09-19
By: Sallie Tisdale
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Nothing Was the Same
- A Memoir
- By: Kay Redfield Jamison
- Narrated by: Renée Raudman
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Perhaps no one but Kay Redfield Jamison---who combines the acute perceptions of a psychologist with writerly elegance and passion---could bring such a delicate touch to the subject of losing a spouse to cancer. In spare and at times strikingly lyrical prose, Jamison looks back at her relationship with her husband, Richard Wyatt, a renowned scientist who battled severe dyslexia to become one of the foremost experts on schizophrenia.
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Liked the story better than the narrator
- By Pamela Harvey on 07-22-11
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Laughing Through the Ugly Cry
- ...and Finding Unstoppable Joy
- By: Dawn Barton
- Narrated by: Dawn Barton
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In this collection of honest and sometimes raw stories, Dawn throws a loving, untoned arm around listeners as she brings them along on her journey through the loss of a child, divorce, cancer, rape, the death of her only sibling, her husband's substance abuse, and finding her way back to Jesus in the middle of it all. Dawn shares her personal story to show listeners how to find happiness and purpose even in the darkest of days. A beautiful gift book, Laughing Through the Ugly Cry is a great reminder to your girlfriends that you are with them every step of the way.
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A beautiful story of Hope!
- By Cynthia K. Hutman on 07-01-24
By: Dawn Barton
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The Anatomy of a Calling
- A Doctor's Journey from the Head to the Heart and a Prescription for Finding Your Life's Purpose
- By: Lissa Rankin
- Narrated by: Erin Moon
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Anatomy of a Calling, Lissa Rankin, MD, makes a simple yet revolutionary claim: We are all, every single one of us, heroes. We are all on what Joseph Campbell calls "a hero's journey"; we are all on a mission to step into our true nature and fulfill the assignment our souls were sent to Earth to fulfill. Navigating the hero's journey, Dr. Rankin argues, is one of the cornerstones of living a meaningful, authentic, healthy life.
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I have one word for Lissa Rankin: YES
- By Alexander Blau on 01-18-16
By: Lissa Rankin
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Chasing Daylight
- How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life
- By: Gene O'Kelly
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In May 2005, Eugene O'Kelly was diagnosed with late-stage brain cancer and given three to six months to live. Just like that. Now a growing darkness was absorbing the bright future he had seen for himself. He would have to change his plans, quickly, and capture what he could of his last diminishing days. Chasing Daylight is the account of his final journey. Starting from the time of his diagnosis and concluded upon his death less than four months later, this book is his unforgettable story.
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A Good Message That Took Way Too Long
- By Mark Williams on 09-18-24
By: Gene O'Kelly
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Real Life, Real Miracles
- True Stories That Will Help You Believe
- By: James L. Garlow, Keith Wall
- Narrated by: Jon Gauger
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Is God still doing miracles today? Absolutely! These real-life, credible stories of miraculous experiences, gathered by the authors of Miracles Are for Real, reveal that God is still very active in the world. Each gripping story is sure to encourage and inspire, offering hope and a sense of wonder. When Steve rolled his car, he should have been killed. Why didn’t he die that day? Caleb and Penny moved to a poor part of town to serve their community. But when one group of neighbors makes and sells drugs, will God’s angels protect them?
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that miracles happen everyday.
- By Amazon Customer on 03-31-24
By: James L. Garlow, and others
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive
- 101 Inspirational Stories about Counting Your Blessings and Having a Positive Attitude
- By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark, and others
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby, Jim Bond
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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101 True Stories about how Positive Thinking can change your life! Everyone needs a little attitude adjustment once in a while, and these amazing true life stories reveal how real people used positive thinking to improve their lives and overcome challenges. You’ll read stories about how you can make every day a special day, incorporate gratitude and joy into your daily life, count your blessings and change your outlook, use a few well-chosen words to reorient your life, manage cancer and other health challenges through a positive attitude, simplify and have a more meaningful life and more!
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Good overall.
- By Sergey Makeev on 02-21-24
By: Jack Canfield, and others
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Living Life as a Thank You
- The Transformative Power of Daily Gratitude
- By: Nina Lesowitz, Mary Beth Sammons
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Living as if each day is a thank you can help transform fear into courage, anger into forgiveness, and isolation into belonging. Authors Nina Lesowitz and Mary Beth Sammons present a simple yet comprehensive approach for incorporating gratitude into one's life and reaping its many benefits. The book is divided into ten chapters, including "Ways to Stay Thankful in Difficult Times,” "Gratitude as a Spiritual Practice,” and "Putting Gratitude into Action."
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I can’t take robotic narrator
- By Caryn on 03-25-21
By: Nina Lesowitz, and others
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Aging as a Spiritual Practice
- A Contemplative Guide to Growing Older and Wiser
- By: Lewis Richmond
- Narrated by: Fred Sullivan
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Everything changes. For Buddhist priest and meditation teacher Lewis Richmond, this fundamental Buddhist tenet is the basis for a new inner road map that emerges in the later years, charting an understanding that can bring new possibilities, fresh beginnings, and a wealth of appreciation and gratitude for the life journey itself.
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Aging as a Spiritual Practice ensures a life fulfilled.
- By Rizalina C. Galicinao on 06-18-17
By: Lewis Richmond
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Changing the Way We Die
- Compassionate End-of-Life Care and the Hospice Movement
- By: Sheila Himmel, Fran Smith
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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There’s a quiet revolution happening in the way we die. More than 1.5 million Americans a year die in hospice care - nearly 44 percent of all deaths - and a vast industry has sprung up to meet the growing demand. Once viewed as a New Age indulgence, hospice is now a $14 billion business and one of the most successful segments in health care. Changing the Way We Die, by award-winning journalists Fran Smith and Sheila Himmel, is the first book to take a broad, penetrating look at the hospice landscape.
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Sadly, not very engaging.
- By Debra S. Long on 06-16-18
By: Sheila Himmel, and others
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Peace, Love & Healing
- Bodymind Communication & the Path to Self-Healing: An Exploration
- By: Bernie S. Siegel
- Narrated by: Bernie S. Siegel
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A classic of patient empowerment, Peace, Love & Healing offered the revolutionary message that we have an innate ability to heal ourselves. Now proven by numerous scientific studies, the connection between our minds and our bodies has been increasingly accepted as fact throughout the mainstream medical community. In a new introduction, Dr. Bernie Siegel highlights current research on the relationships among consciousness, psychosocial factors, attitude, and immune function.
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horrible horrible
- By Honestly on 02-09-15
By: Bernie S. Siegel
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Forever Ours
- Real Stories of Immortality and Living from a Forensic Pathologist
- By: Janis Amatuzio
- Narrated by: Janis Amatuzio
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
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Forensic pathologist Janis Amatuzio first began recording the stories told to her by patients, police officers, and other doctors because she felt that no one spoke for the dead. She believed the real experience of death, namely the spiritual and otherworldly experiences of those near death and their loved ones, was ignored by the medical professionals, who thought of death as simply the cessation of breath. She knew there was more.
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Forever Ours
- By Londa on 01-04-06
By: Janis Amatuzio
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- Kathleen Jones
- 09-02-21
A Faith Journey to Being
Kathy Izard shares her journey of becoming a being of faith through trusting her Spiritual Beingness.
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- Robin Benson
- 05-22-21
Compelling, Thought-Provoking and Inspiring
Kathy Izard bares her heart and shares her story in a beautiful and meaningful way that will leave readers captivated and wanting to hear more. An excellent piece of work!
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- Anne-Marie F. McLeod
- 05-19-21
Restorative -- for mind, body and soul
I have listened to more than 300 audiobooks and typically fiction over non-fiction, but this latest miracle journey that Kathy Izard takes us on has fortified me more than the "escape" I usually seek in novels. I was overwhelmed by this illuminating story of finding and keeping faith and of seeking JOY -- insisting on it! -- in life despite seemingly insurmountable odds.
This is a story of rare health setbacks, but it is universal through Kathy’s message of hope and gentle guidance through whatever labyrinth we face. It is more amazing to me when I understand the timeline of this trial and how it connects to her work shared in The Hundred Story Home. I am so glad Ginny Welsh narrated this one as well. It's the voice I've come to think of as Kathy's, despite having met her in person. I hear Ginny and see Kathy. That's the ultimate in audiobook narration for me.
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- cortney mae carlson
- 05-20-21
Such an impactful book
This.book.
As a person who has lived through a share of traumas I had reservations about reading a book that may trigger me to go down the proverbial rabbit hole of all the “what ifs.” I devoured this book. Kathy’s writing was so moving I felt as if I was living right along side her as she worked through the pain on her path to peace.
I am so thankful for the message and lessons Kathy has shared and pray I can remember to find the joy in every day and spend time living instead of worrying about dying.
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- DB
- 06-03-21
Amazing story, brilliant writer
Kathy‘s writings bring you into her world. Her story is an amazing journey of triumph. She paints a living picture that gives a feeling that you are on the journey with her. Her first book was so much more than I expected. As soon as I found out about this book I bought it and started listening.
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- Amy
- 05-27-21
Life changing book!
This book was recommended to me by my good friend Meg, who is also a life coach. Although Meg recommended it, I think God designed for me to read it. I have been living my life in fear of what I perceived might be my future, which like the author included being without my life partner way too soon. This book has encouraged me to let go of my fear and pursue an understanding of life‘s true meaning and purpose, which is not the day-to-day Kronos time that I currently live. My goal after “reading” this book is to pursue meditation and to really focus on enjoying the here and now and being appreciative of all the blessings in my life.
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