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    Alzheimer's: Living Between Body and Spirit
    Alzheimer's: Living Between Body and Spirit
    Alzheimer's: Living Between Body and Spirit
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    Alzheimer's: Living Between Body and Spirit

    By Barbara Erakko

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    When Barbara’s mother, Elsie, began her 13-year journey through Alzheimer’s, both mother and daughter expected a fearful descent into mindlessness.
    One day, Barbara saw her mother’s face was contorted in agony. Was she in pain? Should Barbara call 911? Panicked and grasping at any straw, Barbara remembered one person who could help—Kenna, a trained medical intuitive who used psychic abilities to communicate. She pushed aside doubt and called.
    That day, Elsie revealed a terror of dying. Barbara didn’t call 911, but she, along with her sister, decided to explore—in depth—the possibility of telepathic communication.
    Working with the medical intuitive, three psychics, and an internationally renown medium (and keeping verbatim transcripts), Barbara explored Elsie’s world. As her mother continued her journey into Alzheimer’s, it became more and more clear her soul remained intact, whole, and entirely undiseased.
    Over time, her mother explained that she now preferred the other side—visiting, exploring, experiencing. Caregiving jerked her back into this physical world.
    One day, Elsie expressed to the medical intuitive that she finally realized life held no more possibilities for her. Shortly after that, she let go—leaving behind a rich trail of clues, insights, wisdom, hope, laughter, and love.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarbara Erakko
    Release dateDec 9, 2015
    ISBN9781310182174
    Alzheimer's: Living Between Body and Spirit
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    Barbara Erakko

    Award-winning columnist for two newspapers and author, Barbara Erakko (also writing under Barbara Erakko Taylor) focuses on life-altering issues. She delves into the history of electric cars, explores the depths of silence in her personal life, and shares her unorthodox way of communicating with her mother in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's. Her writing has consistently garnered outstanding reviews in mainstream magazines, and excerpts have appeared in Utne, and Yoga Journal, among other publications. AVAILABLE FOR SALE: The Lost Cord: A Storyteller's History of the Electric Car (Greyden) Silence: Making the Journey to Inner Quiet (Innisfree Press) Silent Dwellers: Embracing the Solitary Life (Continuum) Elsie at Ebb Tide: Emerging from the Undertow of Alzheimer's (CreateSpace)

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