Still reeling from a neighborhood tragedy, Sarah, a happily married devoted mother of three, innocently confides in an acquaintance who calls herself a “spirit guide.” That encounter brought terror and chaos into her life. In Saved, Sarah tells her story of being demonically indwelt for almost eight hours, a unique

Identity (Re)constructions After Brain Injury: Personal and Family Identity investigates how being diagnosed with acquired brain injury (ABI) impacts identity (re)construction in both adults with ABI and their close relatives. To show how being diagnosed with ABI impacts identity (re)construction, this book investigates key patterns of identity construction. Discourse analysis,

Chapter 7 Room #2 The Mummy Wrap Intercession is exciting but not necessarily comfortable all the time. I discovered this some years ago while praying alone in my bedroom one afternoon. I recall so vividly kneeling at my bedside to pray as I’d done in times past. As I began

On the surface these koan-like reflections appear to be amusing word games, but each one exposes and probes layers of human nature in pursuit of the examined life. A mind sensitive to its own foibles might recognize in these meditations a novel aid to introspection, inviting the reader’s focused participation,

This is the first book of its kind to include the personal accounts of people who have survived injury to the brain, along with professional therapists' reports of their progress through rehabilitation. The paintings and stories of survivors combine with experts' discussions of the theory and practice of brain injury