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20 Tips for Living Well with Chronic Pain and Illness
By Toni Bernhard — 2015
To celebrate the release of my new book, How To Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness: A Mindful Guide, I’ve made a list of 20 tips to help with the health challenges all us face at one time or another in life.
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