Journey

After a disability begins, the medical community tends to focus on physical well-being, leaving people unsure where to find support for the emotional effects. This activity-based workbook offers tools for coping with the emotional, mental and spiritual impact of a physical disability, chronic illness or chronic pain. Personal reflection questions help readers think through their own experience, and discussion questions encourage participation in a group setting. The topics are reflecting on your story, naming your losses, navigating the journey of grief, experiencing change and transition, living in paradox, coping with stress and trauma, refilling your emotional, mental, physical and spiritual resources, and finding meaning and purpose in life. The workbook includes an eight-week schedule that gives structure to support groups and their facilitators. It describes disability as a foreign land and invites readers to travel the paths of emotional and spiritual health together.