Five Canadian women suffering from fibromyalgia, CFS, MCS and other related conditions started a health book club called Health Pursuits Reading/Study Group in 1996 which now has over 60 members. Not only do they read books like “Wellness Against All Odds” by Sherry Rogers, but they experiment with the theories they read about on themselves and help each other to manage, cope, and heal from illness.
“We don’t just read the books – we live the books,” says Diane Dawber, one of the founding members. “We try all the strategies and then we discuss it and we put together our results.” Many of the members have had major improvements in their health, which they attribute to their participation in the study group. They’ve recently launched a website (healthpursuitsgroup.com) which shares some of the best tips they’ve gleaned over the years, as well as a recommended book list and other offerings…read more about this group
The group inspired a blog post in the thrive! Journal section of our site, where you can read about their hot air balloon metaphor for healing.
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Earthwalker is the username that PT founder Julie Genser created for her online interactions so many years ago when first creating Planet Thrive.
Julie's (Earthwalker's) life was derailed over twenty years ago when she had a very large organic mercury exposure after she naively used a mouth thermometer to measure the temperature of just-boiled milk while making her very first pizza at home. The mercury instantly expanded into a gas form and exploded out the back of the thermometer right into her face. Unaware that mercury was the third most neurotoxic element on Earth, Julie had no idea she had just received a very high dose of a poisonous substance.
A series of subsequent toxic exposures over the next few years -- to smoke from two fires (including 9/11), toxic mold, lyme disease, and chemical injuries -- caused catastrophic damage to her health. While figuring out how to survive day-to-day, and often minute-to-minute, she created Planet Thrive to help others avoid some of the misdiagnoses and struggles she had experienced.
She has clawed her way over many health mountains to get to where she is today. She is excited to bring the latest iteration of Planet Thrive to the chronic illness community.
In 2019, Julie published her very first cookbook e-book called Low Lectin Lunches (+ Dinners, Too!) after discovering how a low lectin, gluten free diet was helping manage her chronic fascia/muscle pain.
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if anyone has bought their little booklet, I’d love to hear how they found it.
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I love hearing positive results like this!
It fits right in with Debra Lynn Dadd’s suggestion to only join ‘support’ groups where the focus is on healing – not on being sick.