Rita Hancock - Radical Well-being: A Biblical Guide to Overcoming Pain, Illness, and Addictions

Finally, a holistic approach to healing from a qualified physician who has both the personal and professional experience to document it. In this book Dr. Rita Hancock integrates the study of the body, the soul, and the spirit, respecting the disciplines of each profession, yet finding the connection within each that offers healing.

KERRY SHOOK
COAUTHOR OF ONE MONTH TO LIVE: THIRTY DAYS TO
A NO-REGRETS LIFE AND LOVE AT LAST SIGHT: THIRTY
DAYS TO DEEPEN YOUR CLOSEST RELATIONSHIPS

As a professor and licensed mental health counselor I have seen students and clients struggle with emotional and spiritual issues. These issues can have severe physical consequences that can greatly accentuate the emotional and spiritual underpinnings. Dr. Rita Hancocks book offers the client a positive and long-lasting way out with the process of inner healing and solid Christian-based counseling. Having incorporated inner healing into my own work with traumatized clients, I see Dr. Hancocks book as a refreshing and positive reminder that with the power of God we can be fully healed.

BENJAMIN B. KEYES, PHD, EDD
PROFESSOR/PROGRAM DIRECTOR, MASTERS IN COUNSELING
REGENT UNIVERSITY

I am excited to see how Dr. Hancock is incorporating forgiveness and inner healing into her pain practice, exposing her clients to a complete body, soul, and spirit healing. I am thankful for her forerunning in joining these practices to give her patients the best help possible. I expect to hear of many more pain-free clients coming from this practice!

DAWNA DESILVA
FOUNDER AND COLEADER OF SOZO MINISTRY
BETHEL CHURCH
REDDING, CA

RADICAL

WELL-BEING

RITA HANCOCK, MD

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RADICAL WELL-BEING by Rita Hancock, MD
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Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, International Bible Society. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked AMP are from the Amplified Bible. Old Testament copyright 1965, 1987 by the Zondervan Corporation. The Amplified New Testament copyright 1954, 1958, 1987 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
An application to register this book for cataloging has been submitted to the Library of Congress.
International Standard Book Number: 978-1-61638-973-4
E-book ISBN: 978-1-62136-000-1

This book contains the opinions and ideas of its author. It is solely for informational and educational purposes and should not be regarded as a substitute for professional medical treatment. The nature of your bodys health condition is complex and unique. Therefore before implementation of any methods or information described in this book, seek evaluation and supervision/guidance by licensed medical and psychological/health professionals and pastoral advisers. Dr. Rita Hancock, Personalized Fitness Products, and the publisher assume no liability for your outcome should you choose to implement the information contained in this book, either with or without professional supervision.

People and names in this book are composites created by the author from her experiences as a medical doctor. Names and details of their stories have been changed, and any similarity between the names and stories of individuals described in this book to individuals known to readers is purely coincidental.

The statements in this book about consumable products or food have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The publisher is not responsible for your specific health or allergy needs that may require medical supervision. The publisher is not responsible for any adverse reactions to the consumption of food or products that have been suggested in this book.

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CONTENTS

PART ONE
YOURE NO GOOD
Bad Old Lies and What They Do to You

PART TWO
THE WHOLE YOU
Connecting Mind, Body, and Spirit

PART THREE
THE SPIRITUAL YOU
Seeing Through Gods Eyes

PART FOUR
TAKE CAPTIVE EVERY THOUGHT
How Right Thinking Leads to Right Actions

PART FIVE
HOPE IN YOUR FUTURE
Biblical Steps to Healing and Health

If it werent for God, who created me and all the people whose stories I melded into this book, I would have no life, no love, and, most certainly, no book. So first and foremost, thank You, God.

Second, thank you to my husband, Ed, the man who led me to Christ. When we were first married, Ed didnt push me toward God. He just remained cool and peaceful and made me want what he had.

Thank you to our children, Lindsey and Cory, who inspire me and whose existence showed me the nature of love. I delight in them, just as God delights in us.

Thank you to my physician-mentors for equipping me with the nuts and bolts of medicine.

Thank you to my patients, who showed me how to artfully put the nuts and bolts together.

Thank you to my manual medicine family: Dr. Ed Stiles, Micha, Holly, Steve, Kay, Margo, Dr. Ross Pope, and many, many others. Without you I wouldnt feel as good as I do personally or have the magnified skills to heal others through the mind, body, and spirit.

Thank you to my pastor, Craig Groeschel, and other pastors of LifeChurch.tv, who encourage people to find and develop their unique spiritual gifts and start new ministries.

Last, and certainly not least, thank you to my agent, Greg Johnson, and the editors and staff at Charisma House, including Debbie Marrie, Woodley Auguste, Althea Thompson, Atalie Anderson, Justin Evans, Adrienne Gaines, Leigh DeVore, and everyone else who helped make this book a reality. As the saying goes, It takes a village to raise a child. From what Ive seen, it also takes a village to write a book.