The Last Best Cure, Donna Jackson Nakazawa
The Last Best Cure, Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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The Last Best Cure
My Quest to Awaken the Healing Parts of my Brain and Get Back My Body, My Joy, and My Life

Author: Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Narrator: Karen Saltus

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 02/21/2013

Synopsis

One day Donna Jackson Nakazawa found herself lying on the floor to recover from climbing the stairs. That’s when it hit her. She was managing the symptoms of the autoimmune disorders that had plagued her for a decade, but she had lost her joy. As a science journalist, she was curious to know what mind-body strategies might help her. As a wife and mother she was determined to get her life back.

Over the course of one year, Nakazawa researches and tests a variety of therapies including meditation, yoga, and acupuncture to find out what works. But the discovery of a little-known branch of research into Adverse Childhood Experiences causes her to have an epiphany about her illness that not only stuns her—it turns her life around.

Perfect for readers of Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project, Nakazawa shares her unexpected discoveries, amazing improvements, and shows listeners how they too can find their own last best cure.

About Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Donna Jackson Nakazawa is an award-winning science journalist and public speaker. She is the author of The Last Best Cure, in which she chronicled her yearlong journey to health, and The Autoimmune Epidemic, an investigation into the reasons behind today's rising rates of autoimmune diseases.

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Goodreads review by Stephanie on February 18, 2013

Donna Jackson Nakazawa was and is a sufferer of multiple chronic illnesses, at the worst of which she was paralysed. Trying to balance her illnesses and raising her family, she turned to the possibility of healing herself with her own mind and body. Especially notable is the fact that Nakazawa is a......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on February 22, 2013

Everyone should read this book! I was very lucky to receive an early copy of this incredible book, which will be released on 2.21.13. I had been waiting for Nakazawa's next book, because I had loved reading Autoimmune Epidemic and had learned so much from it. I read her last book really for my loved......more

Goodreads review by Anna on February 12, 2013

I too received an early copy of this book. I just fell in love with the authors story. What unfolded surprised me. She is an award winning science journalist but she writes about her efforts to find joy through the science in a memoir form and weaves the two together beautifully. The author finds out......more

Goodreads review by Gretchen on April 16, 2013

Who knew a book about neuroscience could be such a page-turner? “The Last Best Cure: My Quest to Awaken the Healing Parts of My Brain and Get Back My Body, My Joy and My Life” is that and more. You’ll weep and exalt with author Donna Jackson Nakazawa as she labors to find her health and her happines......more

Goodreads review by Mario on September 12, 2015

The book is filled with researches and studies that support the view of the author. In fact, if you look for in the Internet, there are studies available on all kinds of subjects that support all possible outcomes. The author tries to convince the reader through lots of those researches, but sometim......more

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