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Living Well with chronic pain and illness
Living Well with Pain and Illness: The Mindful Way to Free Yourself from SufferingLiving Well with Pain and Illness: The Mindful Way to Free Yourself from Suffering by Vidyamala Burch
Buy new: £10.09 / Used from: £8.93
Fantastic. The key book for living mindfully with pain and illness
Body Scan: Managing Pain, Illness and Stress with Guided Mindfulness MeditationBody Scan: Managing Pain, Illness and Stress with Guided Mindfulness Meditation by Vidyamala Burch
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £25.92
Feeling calm in a painful body.
Mindfulness of Breathing: Managing Pain, Illness and Stress with Guided Mindfulness MeditationMindfulness of Breathing: Managing Pain, Illness and Stress with Guided Mindfulness Meditation by Vidyamala Burch
Buy new: £9.99
Excellent guided meditation helping to develop awareness.
Kindly Awareness: Managing Pain, Illness and Stress with Guided Mindfulness MeditationKindly Awareness: Managing Pain, Illness and Stress with Guided Mindfulness Meditation by Vidyamala Burch
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Connecting with others through difficulty.
Living Beyond Your Pain: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Ease Chronic PainLiving Beyond Your Pain: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Ease Chronic Pain by Tobias Lundgren
Buy new: £10.47 / Used from: £8.50
Kind and challenging.
Full Catastrophe Living: How to Cope with Stress, Pain and Illness Using Mindfulness MeditationFull Catastrophe Living: How to Cope with Stress, Pain and Illness Using Mindfulness Meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Buy new: £12.48 / Used from: £11.00
The classic book on mindfulness based pain management.
Overcoming Chronic Pain: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral TechniquesOvercoming Chronic Pain: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques by Frances Cole
Buy new: £6.58 / Used from: £4.05
Practical advice with a good section on Cognitive Behavioural Techniques
Painful Yarns: Metaphors and Stories to Help Understand the Biology of PainPainful Yarns: Metaphors and Stories to Help Understand the Biology of Pain by G. Lorimer Moseley
Buy new: £15.95
Possibly the only really funny pain book? Explains the latest findings about chronic pain. A hilarious companion to the longer Explain Pain.
Explain PainExplain Pain by David S. Butler
Buy new: £60.00
Comprehensively explains the latest research on the mystery that is chronic pain. Very accessible with excellent diagrams.
The Breathing Book: Vitality and Good Health Through Essential Breath WorkThe Breathing Book: Vitality and Good Health Through Essential Breath Work by Donna Farhi
Buy new: £8.36 / Used from: £5.40
Lots of exercises to breathe more easily.
Peaceful Sleep: A Guide to Stress-free Days and Tranquil NightsPeaceful Sleep: A Guide to Stress-free Days and Tranquil Nights by Jan Sadler
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Helpful strategies to improve sleep
How Meditation Heals: Scientific Evidence and Practical ApplicationHow Meditation Heals: Scientific Evidence and Practical Application by Eric Harrison
Buy used from: £2.27
Excellent guide to meditation for health (no relation!)
Wildmind: A Step-by-step Guide to MeditationWildmind: A Step-by-step Guide to Meditation by Bodhipaksa
Buy used from: £27.50
Very helpful and clear book for supporting meditation with a companion website
The Challenge of Pain (Penguin Science)The Challenge of Pain (Penguin Science) by Patrick Wall
Buy new: £9.10 / Used from: £6.00
An update on research on pain theory by Wall and Melzack
Pain: The Science of Suffering (Maps of the Mind)Pain: The Science of Suffering (Maps of the Mind) by Patrick Wall
Buy used from: £5.99
Highly respected inventor of the TENS machine and gate theory