Author's note -- Introduction -- Part 1: Managing your emotions. Learn emotion regulation skills -- Cultivate unconditional self-compassion, self-acceptance, and self-worth -- Practice radical acceptance -- Part 2: Balancing your thoughts. Change your relationship with your thoughts -- Engage the power of the present to get unstuck -- Live your values to enhance quality of life -- Harness empathy for post-traumatic growth -- Part 3: Caring for your body. Connect with your body -- Tolerate discomfort and acknowledge the complexity of your experience -- Give yourself permission to do things differently -- Afterword : perfectly imperfect

"A guide to developing coping skills and improving quality of life for disabled and chronically ill people"--