Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor: More Rebellion And Fire For Your Healing Journey » (First)

Kris Carr—author, award-winning filmmaker, and motivational speaker—has written two previous skirt! books: the best-selling Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips (2007) and Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor (2008). She has led health and healing workshops at the Omega Institute, Kripalu, the Crossings, and the New York Open Center.

You are a Survivor from Day One

On the heels of the acclaimed Learning Channel documentary and best-selling survival guidebook Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips comes this survivor's companion. In Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips Kris Carr and her posse of Cancer Babes shared their wealth of insights, tricks, how-tos, and hell yeahs for living life with cancer. Now Kris invites all the Cancer Cowgirls (and dudes) out there to chat back and record their own journeys, with this beautifully illustrated, full-color go-anywhere companion.

Pairing Kris's signature sass and smart, soulful, real advice with thoughtful exercises, new contributors, and ample space for writing and reflecting, Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor reaffirms that it is possible to live a real, fun, crazy, sexy life-with cancer. Kris shares her wit and wisdom on everything from food and exercise to make-up, meditation, spirituality, dreams, planning for today (and the future), and much, much more.

The user-friendly trim size and flexible-cover format meanwhile ensure that this incomparable blend of informative pocket companion and journal can go anywhere-brightening up those hours in hospital waiting rooms, at home, or spent out in the big, wide, wonderful world putting into practice that most precious truth: healing is about truly living.

The book starts off with a note from Kris:
A survivor is a triumphant person who lives with, after, or in spite of a diagnosis or traumatic event. Survivors refuse to assume the identity of their adversity. They are not imprisoned by the constructs of a label. Instead, survivors use their brush with mortality as a catalyst for creating abetter self. We transform our experience in order to further evolve spiritually, emotionally, physically, and mentally. Our reality challenges us to go deeper.
Survivors cultivate an essence that will never be victim to a word.

Throughout Kris and her posse share stories, advice, and invitations to the reader to reflect and respond about their own process as they check in to their state of mind, body, and spirit.

Publishers Weekly

Carr spins off her original Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips in this uplifting guide. She begins with her own story-the discovery of inoperable Stage IV cancer in her liver and lungs-then covers four main topics: diagnosis, mind, body and spirit. Though she admits to having bad days, Carr follows her own advice to "shake off passive malaise." She gathers her support group or "posse" (many of whom supply guest entries), determined not to let cancer "poison" her entire world. Included are helpful sections on choosing the right doctor and learning to live in a self-nurturing manner. A vegan, the 30-something Carr also includes tips for fighting cancer "with your fork." The upbeat Carr makes it easy to forget she has cancer, yet she touches upon some grim statistics: by 2050 half of all women and one third of all men will have some form of the disease. Carr-who proves that living with cancer is truly an option-explains, "I always try to talk about my cancer in a bold and confidant way." While her hip, chatty style may particularly appeal to a youthful audience, her authenticity and sound advice will resonate with survivors of all stages and ages. (Sept.)

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Foreword by Marianne Williamson 1
Introduction 2

Part One: Diagnosis 101 10
Good Morning Sunshine, You are a Survivor 12
Give Fear Its Fifteen Minutes of Fame 14
Your New Company: Save My Ass, Inc. 22
University of Google 38
Help! I Need Somebody! Not Just Anybody! 44
Give Thanks to Your Support System 46
Coming Out of the Cancer Closet 52
Getting Blindsided 57
You Are Not Your Illness 61
Hellooo Boundaries 64

Part Two: MIND 68
If Wallowing Were a Sport, I'd Be Team Captain 70
Checkup from the Neck Up 75
Story Time at Manny's Carwash 80
WKDC Radio 85
Surfing & Guitars 90
Be a Crayon-Wielding Van Gogh 93
Smash the Cup 95
"The Secret" CanSer Cowgirl Style 96
Love List 99
Gratitude Journal 101
Prettiful 108
The Power of Yes 114
Act As If 117

Part Three: Body aka Lovin' the Temple 122
The Diet Conundrum 124
Shake Your Ass! 144
Follicle Follies and Other Stuff
About Your Bits and Pieces 147
Mirror, Mirror . . . 152
Lip Gloss for President & the Power
Of the Tweezer 158
Throw Out the Scale 166
Let's Get It On! 173

Part Four: Jesus, Buddha, Elvis, Etc. 176
Prayerpalooza 178
I Am So Pissed At You 180
The Power of Forgiveness 186
Create a Sacred Space 194
Meditation Boot Camp 202
Rise & Shine 206
Dream Catchers and Pajamas 226
A Break from It All 239
Heal vs. Cure 241
The Time to Start Taking Risks and Planning
For Your Future Is Now 244

About the Author 247