Rainbow Remedies for Life's Stormy Times [Paperback]

Joanne K. Hill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0970703201 | ISBN-13: 978-0970703200

In this amazing account of how one woman survived years of deep personal anguish, hurting hearts will find a valuable guidebook on how to weather life's crises and losses. Seven remedies for surviving crisis and living the rainbow life bring out valuable life-saving, healing insights. A potent formula to heal loss and painful relationships nurtures peace and understanding. Through story and illustrated techniques, discover how to help others without draining yourself. Every chapter contains valuable healing insights and useful crisis preventive formulas, such as eighteen questions that empower the choices you make.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Every chapter contains valuable insights and useful suggestions about how to survive and surmount personal crises. -- Al Siebert, Ph.D., author of The Survivor Personality

Joanne Hill teaches us to find more of life's rainbows to help us weather life's stormy times. -- W Mitchell, CPAE author of It's Not What Happens to You, It's What You Do About It.

About the Author

Joanne Hill's mission in life is to help others help themselves. She led her community in the organization of crisis intervention services, earning her the title of "Crisis Intervention Specialist" and recognition from WGN Radio, Chicago. She organized neighborhood action groups to preserve wetlands and prevent air and water pollution. Joanne has written numerous problem solving, motivation and business articles, and human-interest stories. Joanne shares her seven remedies for surviving crises and finding the joy in living in workshops and retreats.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Moorhill Communications (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970703201
• ISBN-13: 978-0970703200
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,163,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, solid advice from someone who has been there, November 11, 2002

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Harold McFarland (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rainbow Remedies for Life's Stormy Times (Paperback)

"Rainbow Remedies for Life's Stormy Times" contains the wisdom that Joanne Hill has acquired as she worked through some of the stormy times of her life. And what stormy times she has had! Among other things she lost twelve members of her family over a four year time period.

Throughout the book she shows the reader how to see the rainbows in the face of stormy times. She presents seven "remedies" (coping processes) that are useful in dealing with difficult times. These seven remedies are 1) Stop, Look, Listen and Learn, 2) Praise and Thanksgiving, 3) Accentuate the Positive, 4) Power of Choice, 5) Forgiveness, 6) Helping others Help Themselves, and 7) Support. Each of these has it's own chapter in which she distills the basic facets of the remedy and follows up with the ingredients or steps needed to use the remedy. Deeply moving at times, it is a highly recommended book for anyone hurting or trying to move on past a hurt.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insights for dealing with grief, June 24, 2003

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Sue Smith - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rainbow Remedies for Life's Stormy Times (Paperback)

Joanne Hill used her years of emotional devastation and, subsequently, searching for rainbows (literally and figuratively) to produce a narrative of healing, encouragement, and inspiration. We meet the fascinating people who populated her life, some who remain, and many who were snatched away by death. She describes "stories of strange and mysterious happenings, miraculous coincidences and wondrous people who came to us out of chaos, troubles and sorrow." Woven throughout the chapters are the seven remedies Hill developed for surviving crises of death, illness, loss of relationships, and loss of personal possessions, and for finding joy in living. Hill's book offers food for reflection and - perhaps - a glimmer of the rainbow that reminds us that life does, indeed, move on, and we are often the stronger and happier for it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Top Notch Self Help Book, May 29, 2002

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Marilyn Waumans (South Bend, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rainbow Remedies for Life's Stormy Times (Paperback)

Have you ever wondered where an author found their ideas? Well, many, many times I have. In Rainbow Remedies for Life's Stormy Times, the author provides an extensive reading list of writers that have guided her on her path. Her painstaking work provides an opportunity for the reader to do further exploration on their own. Though the author writes extensively about how she dealt with the many deaths in her family, the book is much, much more than that. Grief occurs with the loss of anything. I consider this a must read book for anyone who wants to help themselves to a happier, more successful life.