Danea Horn has had significant health challenges since birth, and has let illness become her teacher in profound ways. She wrote a book called Chronic Resilience to support others in being more self-compassionate during the stress of illness, and in a stunning act of love, recently received a kidney transplant from her husband on their 11th wedding anniversary.

In this episode of A Congruent Life, Danea shares profound insights from her life journey, including:

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• learning at an early age that her chronic illness was not a burden,
  
• changing her expectations about what her family would look like,
  
• learning to be willing to truly grieve the things that she needed to let go of,
  
• her direct experience with the power – and limitations – of positive thinking,
  
• embarking on a book project to share her journey and the stories of other inspiring women,
  
• receiving news of her kidney failure on the day of her book release,
  
• the amazing gift she received from her husband, and her reflections on that experience, and
  
• ultimately being compassionate about our own humanity.
  

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• Chronic Resilience website
  
• Charity Tillemann-Dick: Singing After a Double Lung Transplant – TED video
  
• Sacramento Kings Top Executive Gives Wife Gift of a Lifetime – Sierra Donor Services
  
• Chronic Resilience: 10 Sanity-Saving Strategies for Women Coping with the Stress of Illness on Amazon
  

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