Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor: More Rebellion and Fire for Your Healing Journey

by Kris Carr, Marianne Williamson (Foreword)

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 healing is about truly living.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Kris Carr is a multi-week New York Times best-selling author, speaker and wellness activist. Kris is the subject and director of the documentary, Crazy Sexy Cancer, which aired on TLC and The Oprah Winfrey Network, and the author of the award-winning Crazy Sexy Cancer book series. Her latest books, Crazy Sexy Diet and Crazy Sexy Kitchen, will change the way you live, love and eat! Kris regularly lectures at hospitals, wellness centers, corporations such as Whole Foods, and Harvard University, and is a Contributing Editor for Natural Health Magazine. Some media appearances include: The New York Times, Scientific American, Glamour, Vanity Fair, Good Morning America, Today, The Early Show, CBS Evening News, The Gayle King Show, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. As an irreverent foot soldier in the fight against disease, Kris inspires countless people to take charge of their health and happiness by adopting a plant-passionate diet, improving lifestyle practices, and learning to live and love like you really mean it. Her motto: Make juice not war!

Reviews

[babyhippoface · Rating 2 out of 5]

Make that "mostly read". I found the author's attitude and writing style irritating. I don't need a "Cancer Posse", for example. (Maybe it's just me.) When you add to that the fact that she's apparently never gone through chemotherapy or radiation, it's even more irritating that she's telling people with cancer how to handle their disease. That's not to diminish her own experience with cancer, because everyone's experience is different, but...maybe one should find his/her way through that dark, scary, exhausting tunnel before telling everyone else how to go through that tunnel. Just sayin'.

[Kate M · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disappointed in this book as well. Again, I appreciate that the author encourages women to feel feminine and beautiful despite their diagnosis and treatment, but taking advice on how to do that from someone who is perfectly healthy besides the tumors on her liver is hard to do. She simply doesn't know how it feels to go through it.

Much of the advice in this book seems to be taken word for word from her other book, and both are poorly written and both are disappointing.

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great information and uplifting in the face of terrible news! However, I was not crazy about the writing style. A little too much like reading a journal of a 14 year old girl. With that being said, I would still recommend the book to anyone facing the "big C".

[Xenia Tran · Rating 5 out of 5]

A generous and well constructed go-to book for people living with cancer. The author lives with an incurable form of cancer and here she shares what helps her to thrive, where she finds inspiration and support and much much more. There is ample space to make notes and reflect on your own experiences with doctors, the healthcare system, support groups, inspiration and meditations. Instead of quoting others who helped her, she offers the members of her support network their own space in this book, which I found very refreshing. The insights, suggestions and tips from these additional voices offer a wealth of resources to dip in and out of. And that's the other part of this book I love - there's no need to read it chronologically, you can read whichever chapter you feel drawn to the most on any given day.

[Sharon Gausch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well I did like this book more than Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips, but the author's over-the-top way of speaking remains grating, including her insistence on misspelling canSer ("to bring the oxygen back into the room." Really?!) I like that the book is divided into sections on diagnosis, mind, body, and spirit. A lot of the many exercises are thought-provoking and helpful. This book doesn't necessarily feel like a book about living with cancer, the focus is on living your best life right now. Many of Carr's ideas and suggestions are inspiring, and this book could be relevant to almost anyone, not just cancer survivors.

[maura lang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous!!!!

Another fabulous book by Kris. Just what I needed to hear at this point in my recovery. Just when I think I am too far down, she has the ability to kick my ass back into the real world of living. Love her!!!

[tinamarie- · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not just for cancer! I have lupus, and fibromyalgia and this book helped me so much! Actually all her books have been a huge help!

[Steven Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Saved My Ass When I Got My Diagnoses...Thankyou Kris!
Every Time I Pick Up This Title, I Getta Fire In My Belly!

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book. Very helpful when I was first diagnosed with Cancer. Practical suggestions with a light hearted flair. Some exercises to write and think on. 5 stars!

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much good stuff in this book! Empowering!

[Lia Hulit · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice compliment t her tips books with journal questions, spaces for reflection, etc. takes you beyond the logistics and tips and does the work of integrating it into your life.

[Melissa Mae Palmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked it but I can not relate to her. I'm a mother and we have different challenges!

[Bookfanatic · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not your typical cancer survivor book. It's funny, fun, irreverent, youthful and spirited. This is not a woe-is-me, pity party book. There are enough of those out there if that's what you're looking for. This book is about surviving or living with cancer while still living a full rich life. It's an original and inspirational book. When I say inspirational,I don't mean it in the religious, faith-based way, but rather the passion and love for life you'll come away with. This author has a lot of enthusiasm. The book is full of colorful photos, wonderful anecdotes, sections for journaling your thoughts, really helpful nutritional and dietary information, tips on maintaining one's appearance and humor through various cancer treatments.

The author knows what she is talking about. She was diagnosed in her 20s with a rare incurable cancer that has no treatment and very little funding. She's had that particular cancer for several years. It's slow growing, but could change at any moment. She refuses to let the fact she has an incurable cancer stop her from having a spirited life.

I found her book helpful and entertaining. How often can you say a book about surviving cancer is entertaining? You can use that term for this book and not feel bad about it. Her "rah, rah..you go girl" cheerful attitude can be a bit much for some people, but she does it in a way that makes you realize you are the most important person in your recovery from cancer and that really all of us have a terminal condition. Life is a terminal condition. None of us are immortal. It's what we do with the time we have here on earth that's important.

[Brenda Humphreys · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book for anyone who was just diagnosed with cancer or has a family member who was. Kris Carr was diagnosed with in inoperable and incurable cancer and has been living with it since 2003. She has been through and describes in the book how to deal with all the emotions and how to deal with different kinds of people. There are people who will want to make it about them Others will be afraid of you thinking that cancer is contagious. It is best to be prepared ahead of time and have scripts ready.

There are many other tips Kris shares in the book. She knows a lot about this subject not just because she has been through it herself but she has other cancer survivors give some of their tips too. Furthermore she speaks publicly at events to elk her story and to help other people going through the same thing.

[Myriam · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must to give to anyone going through cancer treatment; the author emphasizes positive approaches to self-care from diagnosis to pre-op preparation (including filling out living will and medical decision paperwork) to post-op strategies for surviving with as much grace as possible. The book is all the more wonderful for its colorful and soothing design, including spaces for the reader to insert their own thoughts that are not overwhelming (the spaces -- not the thoughts; this is not a workbook). It can also be helpful for someone supporting recovery from cancer. The author is the survivor of what was first diagnosed as an inoperable cancer that had already spread to vital organs so she is entirely believable and inspirational.

[Rebecca Waring-Crane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok, this could easily be a 5-star rating, but since I'm not in the target audience, and happily so, I don't think my review holds as much credibility. After reading Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips I knew I liked Kris Carr and her kick-ass writing style. Now I flat-out love her. She writes with a smart, authentic, humble voice and puts all her cars on the table -- spiritual, emotional, health/exercise/diet, relational -- as she lives in the center of her mission: inspiring others to make life (with our without cancer) the best it can be.

[Angi M · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't have (and haven't had) cancer. I read this for the health & wellness tips. As the author points out the insight and ideas are good tools for whatever your 'big C' is- Cancer, Crisis, Catastrophe... any rough patch you're going through where you might need to give yourself some tlc. I read this because I wanted more perspective on how emotional energy affects our health after I read Anatomy of the Spirit. I'm on a medicine and wellness kick right now! This book did not disappoint. Lots of good attitude, ideas, facts, & recommendations for living the good life.

[L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started to read this while I was on vacation in Mexico and immediately got hooked. Although, I can't handle a Vegan diet, I do believe in eating foods that have gone through less processes and foods with less hormones. I do think that in some cases changing eating habits can improve health and or diagnosis. I am hooked on reading books involving the foods we eat, and how the food industry plays a role in marketing foods to us falsely. Great read for me, and I loved her wit and sarcasm.

[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kris Carr returns with another great read for Cancer patients. This book is geared more toward helping you (the Cancer patient/survivor) set up your own life as she did hers along with how to organize your own "Cancer posse", i.e., positive group of other Cancer patient/survivors with whom you can identify and discuss things. Blank pages for the reader to make notes and organize your thoughts. This woman is amazing!! I recommend heartily!

[Elena · Rating 5 out of 5]

NO, i don't have cancer--so no worries for those of you who just had a few! however, this BRILLIANT book is essential for anyone who wants to lead a better life. kris carr is a goddess of healing for all of us.

[Lily · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great follow up book to Kris' first book. I does double up on some of the same things covered in book #1 but I really love the sections to you to fill in the blanks or create lists. It is a great healing book and not a boring dull serious cancer book. It's full of positive good stuff!

[Di · Rating 5 out of 5]

a good funny overview and perspective on dealing with cancer during treatment and after. A lot of emphasis on raw foods diet which I don't entirely agree with. She's also got a great website filled with online support groups.

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice book to take my mind of of things... More of a journal/journal activities than an actual text book. I didn't agree with/enjoy all aspects of the book, but found some useful. Might be nice to do in a group as well.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fabulous quick read for survivors and non surivors alike - great messages for anyone looking at themselves.....

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a workbook style format for cancer folks. I'm sending it to someone I know who was just diagnosed. Kris Carr is very inspirational.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Her spirit is infectious through every page. Yay for Kris!

[B Markland · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kris Carr has never undergone treatment for cancer but tells you what you should do.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love her writing - this book isn't just for cancer survivors, but anyone who wants to improve their lives through nutrition and spiritual healing.

[Dana Johnson Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love Kris Carr!

[Eileen Morey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another winner from Kris Carr. Highly recommended to anyone wanting to be healthy, whether or not you have cancer now. Lots of great "tips and tricks" for your life journey.