Who Said So?: A Woman's Fascinating Journey of Self Discovery and Triumph over Multiple Sclerosis

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Summary: helpful book
Review: I read this several years ago even though I do not suffer from MS or any similar physical health condition. I enjoyed it as a story of self-improvement and recovery. The story chronicles Rachelle Breslow's diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis and her progression towards health. At first negatively impacted by the media and medical community's hopelessly pessimistic predictions for people with MS, Rachelle soon decided to question the inevitability of a future of severe painful physical deterioration and implements in her life many positive changes and healing practices. At first focused mostly on physical recovery, Rachelle soon finds that her physical state is influenced by many factors, including mental, emotional and spiritual. As she improve these, implementing whatever healing practices and positive changes she can make and letting go of things that have been dragging her down, including a deprecating marraige partner and years of negative self-talk, her condition slowly improves. Included in the book are examples of some of the positive visualizations Rachelle uses to heal her mental and emotional states, along with her vegetarian recovery diet, exercise routine, and experience with a pilgrimage to a US ashram in which, through meditation and guidance, she comes in touch with self-acceptance and self-love again. The book has information to help readers build their own self-care routine. The story is particularly remarkable because Breslow questioned and triumphed despite what authority figures know about the disease, which isn't much other than it's symptoms and that it is incurable. A well-written and engaging inspirational story.