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Living Well with Chronic Illness: Write your own roadmap to healing in tough times
The definitive guide to finding your own way of living a vibrant, fulfilling life alongside chronic illness.
'There is great power in Grace's writing and in her' Cathy Rentzenbrink, bestselling author of The Last Act of Love
Writer and psychotherapeutic counsellor Grace Quantock uses her personal experience of living with chronic illness for over two decades, and from thousands of hours working with disabled and chronically ill clients, to help you create a Healing Roadmap that truly fits you, your body and your life. Grace will equip you with all the information and resources you need on your journey of finding a good life with chronic illness.
From getting a diagnosis, to navigating struggling health and care systems, this guide can be used at any stage of your journey with chronic illness. Full of journaling prompts and tips, Living Well With Chronic Illness will help you discover what it means for you to live with chronic illness and how to best understand your body, as well as access support and advocate for yourself in tough times. This vital resource will help anyone struggling with chronic illness - as well as their friends and family members - to discover the psychological tools needed to live life to its fullest.
'There is great power in Grace's writing and in her' Cathy Rentzenbrink, bestselling author of The Last Act of Love
Writer and psychotherapeutic counsellor Grace Quantock uses her personal experience of living with chronic illness for over two decades, and from thousands of hours working with disabled and chronically ill clients, to help you create a Healing Roadmap that truly fits you, your body and your life. Grace will equip you with all the information and resources you need on your journey of finding a good life with chronic illness.
From getting a diagnosis, to navigating struggling health and care systems, this guide can be used at any stage of your journey with chronic illness. Full of journaling prompts and tips, Living Well With Chronic Illness will help you discover what it means for you to live with chronic illness and how to best understand your body, as well as access support and advocate for yourself in tough times. This vital resource will help anyone struggling with chronic illness - as well as their friends and family members - to discover the psychological tools needed to live life to its fullest.
- GenresNonfiction
288 pages, Hardcover
Published September 12, 2024
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About the author
Grace Quantock
2 books1 followerGrace Quantock is a UKCP-accredited anti-oppressive psychotherapeutic counsellor, writer, and advocate who empowers marginalised folks to navigate life with pain, illness, and trauma. Her groundbreaking approach eschews disembodiment, burnout, and blame, instead focusing on helping people with complex bodies and lives thrive in the present moment.
As the author of Living Well with Chronic Illness: Write Your Own Roadmap to Healing in Tough Times (Orion Spring, September 2024), Grace offers a compassionate, realistic perspective on wellness that doesn't rely on miracle cures or aspirational makeovers. Her mission is to support people living with chronic conditions, as she is, in creating fulfilling lives on their own terms.
Grace's writing has appeared in The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Western Mail and many more. Her work is also featured in the anthologies An Open Door (Parthian, 2022) and Woman's Wales (Parthian, 2024). Grace was shortlisted for the Nan Shepherd Prize and the Writers' & Artists' Working-Class Writers' Prize. She is also a winner of A Writing Chance and the Curtis Brown Breakthrough Award. In 2024, Grace was selected as one of Literature Wales's Representing Wales writers.
Grace's work continues to challenge conventional narratives about chronic illness and pain, offering compassion, tips and practical guidance to people who want to live well, on their own terms. Her unique blend of professional expertise and personal experience informs her writing and advocacy. For more on Grace's transformative approach to living well with chronic illness, visit http://gracequantock.com or connect with her on your favourite social media platform @Grace_Quantock, where she shares insights, encouragement, and community for those navigating similar journeys.
As the author of Living Well with Chronic Illness: Write Your Own Roadmap to Healing in Tough Times (Orion Spring, September 2024), Grace offers a compassionate, realistic perspective on wellness that doesn't rely on miracle cures or aspirational makeovers. Her mission is to support people living with chronic conditions, as she is, in creating fulfilling lives on their own terms.
Grace's writing has appeared in The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Western Mail and many more. Her work is also featured in the anthologies An Open Door (Parthian, 2022) and Woman's Wales (Parthian, 2024). Grace was shortlisted for the Nan Shepherd Prize and the Writers' & Artists' Working-Class Writers' Prize. She is also a winner of A Writing Chance and the Curtis Brown Breakthrough Award. In 2024, Grace was selected as one of Literature Wales's Representing Wales writers.
Grace's work continues to challenge conventional narratives about chronic illness and pain, offering compassion, tips and practical guidance to people who want to live well, on their own terms. Her unique blend of professional expertise and personal experience informs her writing and advocacy. For more on Grace's transformative approach to living well with chronic illness, visit http://gracequantock.com or connect with her on your favourite social media platform @Grace_Quantock, where she shares insights, encouragement, and community for those navigating similar journeys.
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August 5, 2025
Lots of things to think about in this book how to deal with chronic illness, so that you get the best out of life
September 10, 2024
I can only speak for my experience of caring for a chronically ill person I love, rather than experiencing chronic illness myself. I am reading it to because as a subscriber to Grace’s newsletter, I have found her wisdom immensely helpful for finding ways through difficult times, as well as helping me feel more confident in supporting someone else better.
As well as being a thorough guide to navigating diagnosis, healthcare and support, and the associated emotions, this book is beautifully written. I particularly enjoyed the section on ‘The Forest of Feelings’, which felt like a wonderfully articulated way to express the muddle of grief, isolation and anger that seems to come with the change that chronic illness brings. Ideas about living in the now, rather than planning for when things might be ‘better’, have enabled me to move on from unhelpful comments, and made it easier to provide what is actually needed. The validation of the acknowledgement that healthcare services do not (for a variety of reasons) necessarily provide the help and support that they might and the advice of navigating those, was appreciated. I am glad that other people might read this and then may not have to figure out the strategies Grace suggests, because we found it exhausting and frustrating.
Overall, I know I will come back to this book again and again, and find different things in it depending on where we are on our journey.
As well as being a thorough guide to navigating diagnosis, healthcare and support, and the associated emotions, this book is beautifully written. I particularly enjoyed the section on ‘The Forest of Feelings’, which felt like a wonderfully articulated way to express the muddle of grief, isolation and anger that seems to come with the change that chronic illness brings. Ideas about living in the now, rather than planning for when things might be ‘better’, have enabled me to move on from unhelpful comments, and made it easier to provide what is actually needed. The validation of the acknowledgement that healthcare services do not (for a variety of reasons) necessarily provide the help and support that they might and the advice of navigating those, was appreciated. I am glad that other people might read this and then may not have to figure out the strategies Grace suggests, because we found it exhausting and frustrating.
Overall, I know I will come back to this book again and again, and find different things in it depending on where we are on our journey.
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