Health Within
How to live well with chronic illness
manage fear, raise self-worth,
cultivate self-compassion

Health Within is authored by Katherine Owen,
the author of this website.

This page is for participants of Helen Machen-Pearce's Befriending Me  group.

Hi there! 

Contents of this page

  • About the book Health Within: the blurb
  • Link to buy the book Health Within
  • Offer/Request to read a pdf chapter of Health Within
  • Chapter Headings for the book Health Within
Health Within

About the book Health Within: the blurb

In a time of illness, do you sometimes need someone to sit with you and give you permission to feel how you feel? This is a book full of permissions. Powerful self-talk programs guide you to accept yourself where you are. Fear of a symptom, loneliness, a loss of identity: all are welcomed, explored and moved through.

   Katherine Owen has lived for many years with the chronic illness, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.). She shares her journey to know the health of her own friendship, the health of creativity, and the health of being increasingly at ease with her thoughts and feelings.

   This book is accessible to those with lower levels of concentration. Read it from start to finish, or open it at any page to find encouragement.

   Receive validation and inspiration. Cultivate self-compassion. Let Katherine reassure you: even within a time of illness, you are finding health. 


Link to buy the book Health Within

At the current time the book is only available to buy through the link below. And this link may only be valid for a short time. 

The book is not yet launched on Amazon or elsewhere than on the publisher's website.

There are currently dates and spiritual quotes in the book and these will not appear in the final copy. 

The quotes feed my own spiritual journey so they have stayed for now. But this book is not about spirituality so they will be deleted at some point.

If you wish to buy the book without the spiritual quotes, let me know and I can upload a new copy. 

But please note the offer below - to read a chapter for free.

Buy Health Within here.

Offer/Request to read a pdf chapter of Health Within

If you would like a pdf of a chapter from Health Within in exchange for a sentence or two of feedback,
please get in touch via Katherine's contact page

Warning: If it's good feedback I might ask you for a review! 

Please choose a chapter from below.

Chapter Headings for the book Health Within

Chapter One: IT’S OK TO FEAR FEELING WORSE.  IT’S OK TO FEEL WORSE.

Chapter Two: FEEL YOUR FEELINGS.  SELF-THERAPY– TO DO OR NOT TO DO?

Chapter Three: IT’S OK TO FEEL A FAILURE

Chapter Four: IT’S OK TO RECEIVE AND ENJOY PRAISE

Chapter Five: YOU ARE OF VALUE

Chapter Six: ALLOW YOURSELF TO FEEL ILL

Chapter Seven: IT’S OK TO EXPERIENCE LONELINESS

Chapter Eight: REDUCE STRESS WHEN POSSIBLE TO ALLOW YOUR BODY TO FUNCTION AT ITS BEST

Chapter Nine: IT’S OK TO FEEL FEAR OF A SYMPTOM

Chapter Ten: IT’S OK TO HAVE A MALADAPTIVE STRESS RESPONSE

Chapter Eleven: IT’S OK TO FEAR DEATH

Chapter Twelve: LET GO OF CONTROL, TAKE CHARGE.

Chapter Thirteen: THE VALUE OF JOURNALING AND CREATIVITY

Chapter Fourteen: PASTIMES, PURPOSE AND PLEASURE

Chapter Fifteen: POSSIBLE GIFTS IN ILLNESS

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Disclaimer: I am not a medical practitioner. The articles on this website are not to be taken as medical advice. Please consult a medical practitioner as necessary.

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