Your Story is Your Medicine
by Shelli Stanger Nelson, RN, BS
Reading about someone’s ailments is not always pleasant; add the growth and philosophy from painful experiences and it changes the course of the book to an inspiring read. The honest but painful truth can lead us to a greater understanding of who we really are down to our core.
In her book Your Story is Your Medicine Shelli Stanger Nelson shows how she uses her struggle for survival as steps to her awakening. It all began when she was diagnosed with diabetes early on. From there it winds through her life with other ailments and tragedies and how she used her own insights to inspire herself to survive. Her philosophical approach is her mainstay to finding her life’s path of the deepest meaning. Reading this book will open anyone’s eyes to new ways of dealing with their struggle.
Her insights for dealing with life are followed by intriguing quotes by some of the world’s great philosophers. Every chapter offers an opportunity to learn about one’s self and how to deal with life’s woes.
Review by Vincent De Rosa