Pages of Healing Book Club

We will be reading books that help us understand ourselves better, be kind to ourselves, motivate us, and give us the courage to heal in ways we may never have considered before. There is no one way to heal and no one does it the same way. The books selected will challenge us, make us revisit the things that hold us back, and help us flourish.

The first 12 people who register to participate will receive a copy of the chosen title via USPS. Those who qualify for the books will be contacted by email.

After reading the selected title (four weeks or so), we’ll meet-up virtually on a Zoom for an hour-long discussion on our thoughts and feelings about the book and how it impacted us.

Pages of Healing Book Club is open to members of the Camp I Am Me community including burn survivors, family members, first-responders, and medical professionals.

To receive this session’s book and participate in the discussion, Register Here.

Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics by Dan Harris
Zoom Session is Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 7:00pm

Too busy to meditate? Can’t turn off your brain? Curious about mindfulness but more comfortable in the gym? This book is for you.

ABC News anchor Dan Harris used to think that meditation was for people who collect crystals, play Ultimate Frisbee, and use the word “namaste” without irony. After he had a panic attack on live television, he went on a strange and circuitous journey that ultimately led him to become one of meditation’s most vocal public proponents.

Harris found that meditation made him more focused and less yanked around by his emotions. According to his wife, it also made him less annoying. Science suggests that the practice can lower your blood pressure, mitigate depression and anxiety, and literally rewire key parts of the brain. So what’s holding you back?

In Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics, Harris and Jeff Warren, a masterful teacher and “Meditation MacGyver,” embark on a gonzo cross-country quest to tackle the myths, misconceptions, and self-deceptions that keep people from meditating. It is filled with game-changing and deeply practical meditation instructions.

“The ABC News anchor, a ‘defender of worrying’ who once had an anxiety attack on air, offers a hilarious and stirring account of his two-steps-forward-one-step-back campaign to sort ‘useless rumination’ from ‘constructive anguish’ via mindfulness, along with invaluable suggestions for following in his footsteps.”— O: The Oprah Magazine