Chicken Soup for the Sleepless Soul

echo · Post by **echo** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:51 am

Right, now who is going to help me publish a new Chicken Soup book based on inspirational stories (sad, funny, exciting) about sleep problems, stories about overcoming OSA, other stories about loved family and friends who passed away from it but inspired others to act, funny bedroom? xPAP stories, other sleep related stories......?

Do you think there's a market for this? I do!

http://www.chickensoup.com/FAQ/FAQ_TitleSub.HTM

Proposed chapter headings (from the Chicken Soup people) are:

1) On Love: This chapter contains stories that describe acts of love and kindness; the healing power of love; acts of tenderness and compassion; acts of generosity; and events that transcend racism, sexism, ageism and nationalism.

2) On Parenting: This chapter contains stories that demonstrate love and caring in the act of parenting and grand parenting.

3) On Teaching and Learning: This chapter contains stories that demonstrate caring, compassion and creativity in the art of teaching—both in the classroom and outside the classroom.

4) Overcoming Obstacles: This chapter contains stories that demonstrate how we have triumphed over our own personal obstacles or supported one over theirs, and how individually each should be celebrated.

5) A Matter of Perspective: This chapter contains stories that demonstrate how our experience of all events is effected by our point of view, that there is more than one way to see and interpret the same event, and that as we change our point of view, we actually change our experience. These stories may be humorous.

6) A Matter of Attitude: This chapter, like the previous one, will contain stories that demonstrate how our attitudes and beliefs control our perception of reality and our behavior.

7) On Death and Dying: This chapter will contain stories about the power of the human spirit to confront the loss of loved ones through spiritual understanding, healing acts of love and kindness, and through humor.

On Aging: This chapter will contain stories about people over 60 years old who are making remarkable contributions to society, who are challenging the stereotypes of aging, and who are living without limitations.

9) On Living Your Dream: This chapter will contain stories that demonstrate the power of believing in your dream, the power of goal setting, the wisdom of trusting and following your heart, the power of giving encouragement and the importance of asking for and being open to receiving assistance from both other people and God.

10) Eclectic Wisdom: This chapter contains stories that don’t fit into any other chapters. The stories are what about any aspect of life that is emotionally moving, touching, inspiring and insightful.

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drummergirl410 · Post by **drummergirl410** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:03 pm

I think it's a great idea!

goose · Post by **goose** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 7:12 pm

Hey Echo,
Sounds like a great idea!!!!
As for the market - you may want to track down Mike Moran (I don't recall his forum name -- someone else may be able to help out with that).....
Mike has published a book called, "This Book Blows -- A CPAP Bedside Companion"......

Hilarious!!!!
It is a welcome addition when I'm having issues with my treatment. I just pull out the book and read a few pages and all is well in the world again....

good luck!!!
cheers
goose

echo · Post by **echo** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:00 am

bumpity bump bump...

calling mikemoran, i know you're there, i've seen your latest post

BTW I must admit that like Goose when I'm in a bad mood about the CPAP I just go the Yellow Lightbulb, fire up a couple of pages of Mike Moran humor, and then I'm laughing too hard to be mad anymore thanks!

amandalee · Post by **amandalee** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:21 pm

Oooh, I'll help!

For the "ecclectic wisdom" section, how about a humor chapter called "There are worse things in life than CPAP"? Obviously, it sucks having to wear a mask, but really, life could be alot worse.
For example, when I start feeling down about how tired I still am and whatnot, I either call my best friend or think about some of the entertaining conversations I've had with her.
She's a 911 operator in our hometown, so she has lots of funny stories about people calling for really idiotic, non-emergency reasons. So even if I feel like having OSA has knocked points off my IQ, at least I can remind myself that I'm not as stupid as some of my friend's callers.
She can also look at people's police records, and ran across the rap sheet for a boy I went out with in high school. Turns out he's been arrested 4 times on drug charges since I last saw him. So even though I can sleep all day, at least I'm not a drug addict.
Hmm, I feel better about my life already...

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