This book offers hope and practical guidance for people with life-threatening diseases such as AIDS and cancer. Maintaining a positive and calm attitude is as important to the sufferers' chances of survival as the drugs he or she takes. The book covers topics such as creating the right environment for healing, stress and relaxation, creative visualization, nutrition, how to run a support group, care for the carer. The author has worked in health care for 19 years and has herself overcome leukaemia.