Crushing Cancer: A Patient’s Complete Guide to Managing a Cancer Diagnosis by Dr. Kerry A. Forrestal, MD Book Review

 

 

 

In Crushing Cancer, Dr. Kerry A. Forrestal has written a book walking readers through the process of what to do when first diagnosed with cancer. He is an emergency medical doctor and has firsthand experience in helping to treat patients. As of the writing of this book in 2019, there is an estimated 1,762,450 of Americans who will be diagnosed with cancer. 14,483,830 people are living with cancer. 15 million are currently in remission or cured. In the book, he shared a heartbreaking story about his grandfather and how he was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic disease. Kerry was seven years old at the time and he recalls a phone conversation with him explaining to him that he was just hit in the head with a brick and that he would be okay. His grandfather served in the war but he couldn’t stand to be honest with him and explain the truth that he really had cancer. In the book, he first begins by exploring what causes cancer and how each cell varies and can become damaged. He clarified how the doctors classify the TNM system of staging cancers. The book will explore how to manage the budget, what to expect when doing the tests, hospice, funeral arrangements, how to manage our emotions, just to name a few. 

 

 

One of the impactful chapters discussed who to tell and who not to tell. He shared how if you are up for a promotion or a new position at work, we can choose to be careful about what we choose to tell. He shared how we may to take into consideration what stage we are in and how long recovery is expected to take. There are times where it would be wise to reveal it at work and not wise. He included helpful tips on helping you to decide who to tell and who not to. He also went into detail about the ADA act and if the cancer would be classified as a protected disability. This was shocking to read about how some cancers are and some aren’t. He also included helpful advice in how to tell kids and other loved ones about our cancer diagnosis. 

 

 

 

 

 

I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who is battling cancer or they have a loved one that currently is. I lost my grandmother a few years ago to cancer and had a few other family members who had gone through cancer. I wish I would have had this impactful book years ago. I thought the author was very knowledge in the medical field and he tries to assist readers through their cancer battle. It covered a vast field of information and tons of research. The book also enclosed a deep dive section, storyteller, soapbox, pro tip, lingo alert, and special QR codes filled with more info and some are videos. There is a helpful checklist before you began the fight against cancer. I liked how he also included financial spreadsheets and will help readers to budget. I also thought the healthcare section was very beneficial and it covered a power of attorney and the different types, DNI, living will, and medical history. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Is Jesus the Way? By Mack Cordell Moore Book Review

Is Jesus the Way, Mack Cordell Moore revealed the Jesus is the true way to eternal life. Jesus is the true Son of God and He has come to provide us a way to everlasting life. They are both equals and they both share the same nature. The book discussed marriage and the roles of wives and husbands and how Christ loves the church. He also explored the different miracles of Christ such as the sick man at the pool, Bethesda who was waiting for his chance for healing. The book explained how Jesus is also God. He also spent the last section of the book revealing that Jesus died for our sins and how we can all have everlasting life. 

 

 

This book enclosed one of my favorite Biblical stories: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. The king, Nebuchadnezzar commanded everyone to fall down and worship the golden image or they would be thrown into the fiery furnace. They shared how God will deliver them from the fiery furnace and they wouldn’t have any harm come to them. They wouldn’t serve any other gods and this angered him. He decided to turn the furnace up 7 times. They were placed in the fiery furnace and while they were in there, they witnessed how there was four men in the furnace. The fourth man was Jesus. When they were removed there was again only three and none of them was burnt or smelled like smoke. The king eventually saw the light and gave a new order that Israel was allowed to worship God. Mack explained how we can see this important message in this. The message is that God will bless us if we are faithful to Him and He can do it in front of our enemies and by using the power of our enemies to do so. He also shared how the king ate grass like a cow for 7 years and he became a believer of Christ. 

 

 

I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who is ready to learn more about Jesus and His way and who He is. This book enclosed tons of references to scriptures and was very Biblical based. I liked how he covered some of Jesus’s miracles, explained how Jesus is the Son of God, and how He died for our sins. It was a nice overview on some of the stories of the Bible. I believe this book will provide readers with an inquisitive to seek more of who Christ is by reading His word and growing in our relationship with Him. 

 

 

 

 

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The Undeniable Power of Movement: The Irrefutable Power Habits Of Elite Athletes, Leaders, & High Performers To Achieve Any Goal by Nicole Mott Book Review

 

 

In The Undeniable Power of Movement, Nicole Mott explored the ways in which elite leader and performers are able to catch after their goals. Movement is the secret compound to how they complete their tasks and reach their goals. She created a mentality movement company. This book will try and assist people with self-development, purpose, health, discipline, reducing distractions, mindset, and much more. 

 

 

She shared how on November 26, 2006 that her son, Caleb became very sick and developed tics. He was eventually diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome. He would make motor and verbal tics. He loved to play soccer but he had to learn to dealt with external distractions. He was taught different behavioral therapy to manage it. He would openly speak about it to people around him, where people would understand what he faced. He chose to try out for a major league soccer development academy team and he was selected for the team. The club made him change his role to defensive and he struggled with this new challenge. Tourette’s caused him to overthink everything and he would often ask for feedback when he made a mistake. She used her son’s example to explain the power of movement. The two most important things we need to remember is how we must focus and be discipline. Both of these will help you to reach your goals. 

 

 

One of my favorite chapters was about focus and giving our all to the task currently at hand. Multitasking is really harming us and we are wasting time. There is also more of a chance that an error can occur. She explained how this needs to be looked at as a red flag hiring issue. Multitasking often makes us have to reread meeting notes because we missed things for a failure to actively listen. She shared how studies have found that it can also cause a decrease in cognitive performance and affect the gray matter in our brains. She also explored the impact we can have when we choose to use the word no. We can explain that we don’t have the time because we already have a priority. 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is ready to continue their movement and to propel into their future. I loved how inspirational this book was and how she taught readers how reduce distractions and to focus more on their goals. It will assist readers in sticking with their goals and planning out their calendar. I thought it was very beneficial in reading about multitasking and I hope businesses and managers would follow this and begin to discourage this practice and help their workers to focus on one task at a time. I also liked how she enclosed questions at the end of each chapter to go deeper into the chapters. 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Pathway to Success: Letting God Lead You to a Life of Meaning and Purpose by Joyce Meyer Book Review

In The Pathway to Success, Joyce Meyer explored the real meaning of being successful and understanding what God considers success. The world thinks we are successful if we have a good career, become famous, being wealthy, and receiving recognition. Scriptures explain that we are to be in the world but not of the world. A number of people we view as successful really are struggling with addictions behind the scenes and have poor relationships. Joyce teaches readers that our identity isn’t found in what we do. It is instead found in whose we are. Our true value is in our relationship with Christ. She walks readers through how we must first discover what’s in our hearts and what our purpose is. In the book, she opened up about her journey to her ministry. She included her story about her abuse, first marriage, divorce, marrying Dave, and growing her ministry through the different stages. 

 

 

 

 

 

My favorite chapter was about words and how our thought affect our success. It first begins in our thoughts and then they will produce the words that will come out of our mouths. It has been estimated that the average person has 6,000 thoughts a day and often it is mixed with both positive and negative thoughts. We get to choose which we think about on a daily basis. She explained how critical it is to be extremely careful in how we talk about things and the danger in not allowing them to match up in our prayer life. We must pray and believe that good things will happen. We can see ourselves as successful and believe it. She teaches readers on how to rely on our faith and to speak words that will exercise faith and not allowing fear to control us. I also liked how she enclosed a special section about people who have succeeded and tips on how others have been able to do so. One of the ways is turning failure into a fresh start. 

 

 

 

 

I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who ready to get on the path to success. In immensely loved the core message of this book and how God sees our success and what He views as being successful. I loved how she explained the importance of putting God first in our lives and how this will impact and change our entire lives. Another impactful lesson is the section on ten things God’s word says about us. These are very powerful scriptures to let get down into our spirit and let it change us. This book contains a vast knowledge of what is means to be successful. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Niching Up: The Narrower the Market, the Bigger the Prize by Chris Dreyer Book Review

In Niching Up, Chris Dreyer explored how we can discover our niche, attract more clients, how to eliminate waste, raise your fees, and handing referrals. He begins the book by explaining how he was working as a full-time basketball coach and detention supervisor. In 2006, he started doing a side job of affiliate marketing. The first website he created was lose your double chin. He made it sort of as a job and it actually made money and was a top-rated site for double chins. He ended up making over 80 different sites and made some money off of them. He started his digital marketing agency and he had a dream of working in the legal industry. He became his own SEO agency. He discovered his niche and was to step into his dream. He also shared the fear of niching and how people have a fear of saying yes to one thing can lead to us missing out on something better. 

 

 

He begins the book by discussing the Attack of the Clones, which is Star Wars movie. The movie features tons of lightsaber action scenes and battles occurring. There was one fight that happened that shifted everything. In the distance, there was a random purple lightsaber of Mace Windu. Samuel L. Jackson plays the part in the movie and he was the one who had the niche to ask for a purple lightsaber because he wanted to be different and to stand out. He wanted to easily recognized. He used this exampled to explain how when we are niching and we are doing something that hasn’t been done before we are causing us to stand out from others. 

 

 

Another impactful chapter discussed premium pricing and walks readers through how they we can move through different price points. When we become an expert in our field, we can eventually move to charging more for our services. One of these reasons is because our customer will pay for more based on our experience and expertise. He explained how we can collect data on the industry and to see how compare to us. We can also test the market to see what they will support with our higher rates. He teaches readers how important it is to increase the value of what we are offering. 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is ready to found out their niche and to grow their business. I like how he uses a lot of guy type shows and movies throughout the book to compare some of these included Star Wars and Justified. I immensely love how he taught readers how to increase their premium pricing and the stages they can use to figure out how to effectively charge based on our expertise. I liked how he described referrals and how we can create and develop relationships that encourage referrals. The conclusion of the book was very beneficial because he broke down everything and how he related personally with each chapter. It was a nice quick overview of the entire message of the book. 

 

 

 

 

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Purpose: Design a Community & Change Your Life---A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Your Purpose and Making It Matter by Gina Bianchini Book Review

In Purpose, Gina Bianchini explored how to take your purpose and use it for the community benefit and have an everlasting impact on the people around you. She shared how Martinus Evans was called fat by his doctor and he instead changed his life around and is not a marathon runner. Nick Jonas, Sarah Lucas, Juliet be Baubigny has used their struggled with type 1 diabetes and they have built a community helping others. She included key examples on how others found their purpose. In the book, she shared how she helped launch social media network, Ning. This means peace in Chinese. This allowed users to create their own entire social media network not just a profile. She is also the founder of Mighty, and her company helps others to discover their purpose and to how we can touch our community. 

 

 

 

One of my favorite chapters discussed digital communities and how important focus and clarity is when designing a community. She explained the three key features to create a digital community. You must first have an idea to bring people together in a sense of community and purpose. The next step is inviting people to join the community. The next challenge is introducing them to one another and having an atmosphere where they can all interaction. 

 

 

I would recommend this helpful book to anyone who is wanting to discover their purpose and in turn also to use their purpose for the greater of their community. I thought this book was a little different in the way it approached the topic of purpose. She chose to help reader understand how to create and design a community and use your greater purpose to help and connect with others. I also enjoyed the chapter on quests and having activities to connect members together and explore different activities. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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