Live a Beautiful Life with Lupus: Habits and Rituals for Thriving with an Autoimmune Disease--Body, Mind, and Spirit Paperback – October 18, 2015

Great book!! The Lupus Life is not an easy one. Olivia lays out wonderful habits to begin practicing to help those of us who battle this horrible disease and pairs it with a comprehensive diary. If you are battling Lupus or any other chronic/autoimmune disease you need this in your life!! Thank you, Ms. Davenport!!

Very informative book for newly diagnosed Lupus patient.

I highly recommend this book. A friend gave this book to me and I found myself wishing that I could have had it when I was diagnosed. So many emotions overwhelmed me, what is lupus? How badly will I be affected? What will my life be like now? Finally, and most frightening of all, how long will that life be? What I wanted was a short, informative volume that would let me “hit the ground running” as I learned to accept my diagnosis. What I found were books with hundreds of pages and lots of symptoms and terminology but not much of a human touch.This book provided a wealth of information in a small concise volume. For those of you who are just beginning your Lupus journey, there are myriads of books out there but few that educate, uplift and provide a plan of action like this one. Ms. Davenport’s book concentrates on Systemic Lupus but much of her advice and coping strategies could be applied to anyone living with any autoimmune disease. Live a Beautiful Life with Lupus is divided into 3 sections: Part I, which defines the author’s concept of living a beautiful life, Part 2 how Lupus affects your body, and Part 3, living a beautiful life with Lupus. So much of coping with life’s vagaries depends upon one’s attitude and Ms. Davenport’s book is built around maintaining the best outlook possible regardless of what the disease throws at you. The last part of the book lists resources (both physical and spiritual, though the book is nondenominational) that will help the reader gather more information about how to live with your new reality.If you are the friend/loved one of someone who has Lupus this is also an excellent book for you to read. It’s short enough so that you won’t lose interest and will help you help your “Lupie” as some people with Lupus refer to themselves, stay positive. If you never read another book on Lupus or if you go on to collect dozens, this book would be a valuable addition to your library that you’ll find yourself consulting again and again.

Not exactly helpful unless you are brand new in recieving your diagnosis of Lupus.

this was very helpful