BrOKen: Living with EDS and Other Chronic Conditions
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798649473170
- Series
- Broken
- Pages
- 141
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-05-29
- Authors
- Cassandra Campbell, Marcia Brock
Description
BrOKen is an autobiography depicting key elements of the author's experiences of living with chronic illnesses. Marcia Brock has lived with hEDS, Raynaud's Syndrome, Lupus and has survived cancer several times. Cassandra A Campbell has been living with hEDS and Fibromyalgia. Together they deliver workshops for Ehlers-Danlos.org Ten percent of net book sales proceeds will be donated to this cause.ABOUT THE AUTHORSBoth authors are passionate about raising awareness of invisible disability conditions and empowering others. They met following an introduction by a mutual friend (who wasn't aware that they both suffered from the same rarely diagnosed condition). The friend recommended Marcia's monthly networking event to Cassandra, who kept on missing the date due to not feeling well on the day. Marcia happened to post something on Facebook regarding EDS and this triggered Cassandra to message her directly. When they did eventually meet up there was an instant connection and they teamed up to create the YouTube channel EDS Unplugged and the rest, as they say, is history.Marcia loves IT and became a project director to help the community on a local and international level. She became the UK's youngest female Microsoft engineer and followed that with becoming the first Black woman to gain the Cisco Wireless Networking qualification. She's worked internationally with banks, hospitals, technology companies, SME's and community projects, which lead to her winning awards and becoming an IT and community specialist. During her career that spans 20+ years she's met Bill Gates, JayZ and The Smartest family in the UK 'The Imafidons'.Marcia founded SMART in early 2000 which is a project management consultancy. There are numerous projects that this encompasses including Smart World, SmartKid, Brown Talent. She's a co-founder of the WeRockTeam with movements called Unity in the Community, Black Unity England, AllGirlsRock and AllBoysRock and more. Find out more at smartkid.org.ukCassandra is an empowerment specialist, mentor and life coach with an online program that supports people living with chronic illnesses. Having experienced mental, emotional and physical trauma as a result of different types of abuse and medical conditions which affected her mobility and energy levels, Cassandra found herself living a life encumbered by limiting self-beliefs and negative self-talk. After many years of internal turmoil, Cassandra finally found the strength and courage to address the suffering and attended counselling.Cassandra spent several years reprogramming her thought processes and developing her mind set, in order to overcome the challenges that became barriers to happiness and self-worth. After addressing the distressing experiences head on & the challenges her conditions pose, she went on to study several practices of self-development and has arrived at a place of inner peace and worthiness. Studies in counselling and coaching, prayer and meditation were important components of her growth and the catalysts that facilitated her in discovering her purpose to support others in self-development. Find out more at CassandraACampbell.comHaving lived with their conditions from childhood they have developed their own coping strategies and learned to embrace life. In line with their vlogs, this book is delivered with sincerity and humour, as for them, laughter is one of the best medicines.
