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A calmer reading library for health, hope, grief, caregiving, and the deeper questions people carry.
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Discover strategies for finding the value and meaning in seemingly ordinary, everyday moments.
Steady your breath
A small collection for racing thoughts, tight shoulders, and the kind of pressure that makes it hard to be still.
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Make room for sorrow
Stories and practical guidance for naming grief honestly, honoring love, and carrying loss with care.
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Loosen the pace
Readings for emotional exhaustion, overextension, and the deeper work of recovering your sense of wholeness.
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Stay close to hope
Compassionate stories of recovery, resilience, and the kinds of care that help people endure long seasons well.
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Care for the carers
Gentle support for people holding families together, carrying more than others can see, and trying not to disappear in the process.
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Return to connection
A quieter reading path for friendship, belonging, faith, and the ways community can steady the inner life.
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Hold on to light
Testimonies and reflections for pain that feels prolonged, confusing, or difficult to explain to anyone else.
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Listen for meaning
Readings about identity, spiritual grounding, and the slower work of discovering purpose in everyday life.
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Steady your breath
When your body is moving faster than your spirit can follow, begin with one gentler breath.
People from all walks of life experience stress. While stress can be beneficial, helping people improve skills that they need to handle and adapt to situations that pose danger, the benefits are minute compared to the severity of the ailment. This is especially true when it clouds an individual’s ability to take care of themselves and their loved ones.
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Deep breathing, also known as belly breathing, is a simple, effective way to cope with stress. Learn how to breathe deeply and find calm.
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Learn to manage stress levels more effectively with exercise, breathing and mindfulness. The more you manage stress, the better your body will tolerate it.
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Grief changes shape from day to day. You do not need to force it into something tidy.
My mother is dying. She is 90. After a brutal illness left her defeated, she chose to take a path she says she want to follow because she is old, tired and her existence is no way to live...My siblings and I chose to honor her decision and make her final days comfortable and joyful. We were fortunate to have found support from the remarkable nurses and staff with Hospice of the Comforter.
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Ashley experienced more issues and immediately went to AdventHealth for Women, where nurses found small contractions. She was transferred to Labor and Delivery where she met a nurse named April.
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Death of a loved one cannot be avoided. The grief that results puts undue stress on you. AdventHealth gives you tips to cope with this number one stressor in life.
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Rest is not a reward for finishing everything. Sometimes it is the way healing begins.
Nearly half of U.S. physicians feel burned out, and the overwhelming majority cite professional stress as the primary contributor. In our latest Clinician’s View, AdventHealth Apopka Chief Medical Officer Omayra Mansfield, MD, talks about how health care organizations and leaders have too often oversimplified the solution to burnout and how to actually address it.
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For many of us, the pandemic changed the nature of our work environments overnight. We went from offices and in-person meetings to Zoom meetings in our living rooms. Some of us are still working from home as companies across the country open back up for business face-to-face.
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Assembled during the COVID-19 Delta surge, AdventHealth Central Florida Division physicians and clinicians came together to honor those lost during the pandemic through music. Through the first ever AdventHealth orchestra, they found healing in every rehearsal and performance.
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Healing is rarely linear. It often arrives through patience, people, and small signs of life returning.
Adorable, fun-loving dogs visit patients, instantly etching smiles on the faces of the ill and injured, young and old.
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April Von Moxey’s story is nothing short of extraordinary. April had a rare form of flesh-eating pneumonia that was attacking her lungs. She was given less than a 3% chance of survival. She credits AdventHealth for being there, especially the ECMO unit and team, when she and her family needed it the most.
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After being diagnosed with breast cancer, Simona came to AdventHealth for treatment and was determined to live a full life despite her diagnosis. Read how she overcame cancer through the help of AdventHealth physicians.
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Those who care for others also need somewhere to set down what they are carrying.
The selflessness it takes to care for a loved one, week after week, can take its toll. It can cause long-term resentment and make a serious impact on your own physical, mental and spiritual health. In fact, when caregivers set aside their own needs, they often wind up sick, stressed and unable to take care of their loved ones.
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Setting up a personal system to care for your health as a caregiver in 2019 will help you feel whole.
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Pam Sain’s resilience and advocacy for cancer awareness and prevention began with her family’s own journey with cancer. Their journey began in 2009, when Pam’s father was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. At that time, there was very little known about how to treat cancer in the esophagus. After a full esophagectomy, her father was hospitalized where he remained until he passed. “I was with him until the end,” shared Pam as she reflected on her father’s end of life experience.
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Connection does not always begin with a crowd. Sometimes it begins with one trusted presence.
Our friends pick us up, laugh with us and often share common goals. Find out how friends help your body, mind and spirit.
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Growing research indicates that faith — whether through an organized system of religion or personal spirituality — has numerous health benefits. Faith can positively impact our physical health, our mental health and our quality of life.
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Healthy relationships with others, whether friends, coworkers or a romantic partner, are important pillars in our lives.
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Hope does not deny suffering. It simply refuses to let suffering have the last word.
For many of those seeking treatment, help is out of reach due to lack of insurance coverage or government-provided mental health services. Florida, in fact, ranks almost last among the 50 states in funding for mental health services.
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Whether you need a prayer or someone to speak with, AdventHealth's Chaplains love nothing more than showing up and being a presence. Our spiritual care team believes in the healing power of faith and prayer - by giving people hope and guidance in whatever way they can, regardless of denomination or faith.
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Learn Megan's story of tragedy and the support she found from fellow team members.
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Purpose is often less about dramatic clarity and more about living the ordinary day with intention.
The benefits of spiritual well-being are numerous - from more compassion for others to clearer decision making - but how do we get there?
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We’re deeply wired to have purpose and to find meaning in what we do and how we live. Discovering purpose and meaning in our lives is a spiritual journey.
Read articleDiscover strategies for finding the value and meaning in seemingly ordinary, everyday moments.
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