Sweet Medicine

Charleston, South Carolina, 1860. For nine long years, Clare Stratford has struggled to understand her mother's final choice. The truth comes at a devastating price. Clare's lifelong love, Dr. David Lazare, risks everything to heal her wounded body. But only the medicine of David's Cheyenne brother, Ésh, can mend Clare's shattered soul.

As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers.

In the quarter century that Victoria Sweet has been a doctor, "health care" has replaced medicine, "providers" (vastly outnumbered by administrators) look at their laptops more than at their patients, and the ruthless pursuit of efficiency has vanquished not only trust and intimacy but also, often, the effectiveness of treatment. Victoria Sweet knows that there is an alternative way, because she has lived and practiced it. In her new book, she reflects with compassion, wit, and profound insight.

San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the Hôtel-Dieu (God's hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians, professors and thieves - "anyone who had fallen, or, often, leapt, onto hard times" and needed extended medical care - ended up here. So did Victoria Sweet, who came for two months and stayed for 20 years. Laguna Honda, lower-tech but human-paced, gave Sweet the opportunity to practice a kind of attentive medicine that has almost vanished.

"A hard-hitting medical thriller with a heart." –Best Thrillers Lee W. Hickok, MD, is an alcoholic. Curiously, his presence is required for New Year's Eve in-hospital overnight call. After consuming sweet amber bourbon, the urologist emergently consults on a difficult case. While the surgery is a success, the reason for his presence becomes apparent; the patient is a powerful politician. At the university, Lee W. is a hero. However, tragedy follows the surgery. The absence of essential equipment is revealed, removal the meddling of the patient's chief of staff. A DWI begins Lee W. on a ...

Is love worth so much that you sacrifice everything in your life? Everything changes at the Hot Hug clinic when Dr. Jacob Parker, a young surgeon, is added to the team. With his overpowering sexual appeal, his charm, and intense charisma, Doctor Parker is a total woman magnet. He managed to make many women fall deep in love with him over the course of his life resulting in a few heartbreaks and disappointments until the day he met a remarkable woman that made him weak in the knees for her. As their relationship started, many people started showing their true colors and did not want them to ...

Is love worth so much that you sacrifice everything in your life? Everything changes at the Hot Hug clinic when Dr. Jacob Parker, a young surgeon, is added to the team. With his overpowering sexual appeal, his charm, and intense charisma, Doctor Parker is a total woman magnet. He managed to make many women fall deep in love with him over the course of his life resulting in a few heartbreaks and disappointments until the day he met a remarkable woman that made him weak in the knees for her. As their relationship started, many people started showing their true colors and did not want them to ...

Life may be difficult at times, but when we surrender our ego to the divine, all kinds of wonderful things can happen. This collection of guided meditations and visualizations was created by stress management expert and bestselling author, Brian Luke Seaward. They were inspired by the many people who attended his classes and workshops who repeatedly asked that they be recorded for use at home.

She is on her way to her dreams. Everything is going as she planned. As a young, beautiful professional with a passion for her work - she is unstoppable. But suddenly, comes across a sexy obstacle she can't resist. He is a smart, hot, and cocky doctor, and all the female staff adores him. But he keeps his distance. And her heart drops every time she sees him. She has to make up her mind quickly as her future is at stake. She has a choice to work for him or start over somewhere else. And she decides to take the challenge. But what will it take? Will she be able to handle the heat? It is not ...

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Mixing work and pleasure in the hospital—a hard lesson about endurance Bailey is focused on her five-year plan. She aims to be the best in her profession as a surgical technician as well as be a positive role model for her younger sister. Ever since their parents died, Bailey has taken on the extra duty of caring for her kid sister. Everything is all fine and dandy until she gets a new boss – a sexy and brilliant surgeon who seems to be the complete package…but she soon learns she is playing with fire. His devilish charms turn out to be more devilish than attractive. He’s is ...

She is on her way to her dreams. Everything is going as she planned. As a young, beautiful professional with a passion for her work - she is unstoppable. But suddenly, comes across a sexy obstacle she can't resist. He is a smart, hot, and cocky doctor, and all the female staff adores him. But he keeps his distance. And her heart drops every time she sees him. She has to make up her mind quickly as her future is at stake. She has a choice to work for him or start over somewhere else. And she decides to take the challenge. But what will it take? Will she be able to handle the heat? It is not ...

Don't fall in love with your big boss. Don't mix work and pleasure—a hard lesson about endurance. The doctor romance & Boss romance. She is focused on her five-year plan. Being the best in her profession as a Surgical Technician and buying her own house – a sweet home where she could live with her younger sister. They live together because they lost their parents in their youth. Eventually, she starts playing with fire. It all starts to fall apart when she gets involved with her hot and sexy boss, "the good doctor." In the beginning, it all looks like she hit the jackpot or what ...

She is on her way to her dreams. Everything is going as she planned. As a young, beautiful professional with a passion for her work - she is unstoppable. But suddenly, comes across a sexy obstacle she can't resist. He is a smart, hot, and cocky doctor, and all the female staff adores him. But he keeps his distance. And her heart drops every time she sees him. She has to make up her mind quickly as her future is at stake. She has a choice to work for him or start over somewhere else. And she decides to take the challenge. But what will it take? Will she be able to handle the heat? It is not ...

She is on her way to her dreams. Everything is going as she planned. As a young, beautiful professional with a passion for her work - she is unstoppable. But suddenly, comes across a sexy obstacle she can't resist. He is a smart, hot, and cocky doctor, and all the female staff adores him. But he keeps his distance. And her heart drops every time she sees him. She has to make up her mind quickly as her future is at stake. She has a choice to work for him or start over somewhere else. And she decides to take the challenge. But what will it take? Will she be able to handle the heat? It is not ...

Customer service is so much more than cucumber water and hot towels. The best customer service takes care of your clients and takes care of you. Without that balance, you cannot grow and thrive in your massage practice. Learn how to do customer service authentically, honoring your highest values.

After a long day of walking, climbing stairs, standing, talking loud, and constant movement, what could be better than to come home to relax? If you're looking to lighten your mood, uplift yourself spiritually, and feel better after the long day, Aromatherapy is an excellent idea. Run a warm bath, and throw in some great smelling therapeutic oils, and have a soak. You won't believe how much this will elevate your mood, relax your body and mind, and even sooth your nose with pleasant scents.

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