Hunter presents a healing discipleship program for adults with life-altering conditions. It encourages a faith-filled embrace of abundant life, resulting in lasting freedom from death's influences. (Practical Life)

Childhood adversity that is severe enough to be harmful throughout life is one of the biggest public health issues of our time, yet health care systems struggle to even acknowledge the problem. In Damaged, Dr. Robert Maunder and Dr. Jonathan Hunter call for a radical change, arguing that the medical system needs to be not only more compassionate but more effective at recognizing that trauma impacts everybody's health, from patient to practitioner. Drawing on decades of experience providing psychiatric care, Maunder and Hunter offer an open and honest window into the private world of psychotherapy. At the heart of the book is the painful yet inspiring story of Maunder's career-long work with a patient named Isaac. In unfiltered accounts of their therapy sessions, we see the many ways in which childhood trauma harms Isaac's health for the rest of his life. We also see how deeply patients can affect the doctors who care for them, and how the caring collegiality between doctors can significantly improve the medicine they practice. Damaged makes it clear that human relationships are at the core of medicine, and that a revolution in health care must start with the development of safe, respectful, and caring relationships between doctors and patients. It serves as a strong reminder that the way we care for those who suffer most reveals who we are as a society.

Discover the power of More Life Based upon Embracing Life Ministries popular book, Breaking Free from the spirit of death by Jonathan Hunter, this new Guidebook Edition offers clear and practical leader s notes, interactive questions and prayers for group participation all in one book. More Life equips you to effectively identify and confront destructive influences in your life feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and worthlessness. Join with others and learn how to receive and respond to the Father s great love found in Christ through the gift His indwelling Holy Spirit. The result: you are liberated from dominating, detrimental influences and freed for the abundant life Jesus promises us in John 10:10. Jonathan Hunter is the founder and director of Embracing Life Ministries. Founded in 1985, Embracing Life programs have expanded over the years to address the needs of countless, physical and emotional life-altering conditions: cancer, lupus, HIV/AIDS, and depression, to name a few. Jonathan authored the fourteen-week Embracing Life Series guidebook, followed by Breaking Free...from the spirit of death and More Glory God s Healing Voice for Shame and Self-hatred, which he co-authored with Gwen Gibson. He has appeared in hundreds of features and interviews in both print and broadcast media and has been a guest teacher in universities, seminaries and churches, sharing Embracing Life s message of hope and healing throughout the world.

Do you often find yourself thinking there's got to be more to life... Although Breaking Free from the spirit of death deals with the concept of death and its influences, at core this is a book about hope and possibility. In its pages you will find the good news that we can all partake of the fullness of life that is our inheritance in Christ Jesus. In clear language, this powerful book teaches the reader about the influences of the spirit of death. But, the emphasis is on how to break free from its grip Through stories, scripture, and wonderful insight, this book empowers the reader to hope anew in the promise of abundant Life. The book concludes with a powerful prayer severing ties with the spirit of death and embracing Life Breaking Free from the spirit of death will enable readers to find the freedom that Jonathan and many he has ministered to have found.Jonathan HunterDirector, Embracing Life MinistriesJonathan Hunter is the founder and director of Embracing Life Ministries, formerly an outreach of Desert Stream Ministries where he served for 20 years. Founded in 1985 for those affected by HIV/AIDS, Embracing Life later expanded its programs to encompass other life-altering illnesses. Jonathan authored the fourteen-week Embracing Life Series guidebook, followed by Breaking Free...from the spirit of death and its accompanying study guide, More Life He has appeared in hundreds of features and interviews in both print and broadcast media and has been a guest teacher in universities, seminaries and churches, sharing Embracing Life's message of hope throughout the world.

Can the way in which we relate to others seriously affect our health? Can understanding those attachments help health care providers treat us better? In Love, Fear, and Health, psychiatrists Robert Maunder and Jonathan Hunter draw on evidence from neuroscience, stress physiology, social psychology, and evolutionary biology to explain how understanding attachment - the ways in which people seek security in their close relationships - can transform patient outcomes. Using attachment theory, Maunder and Hunter provide a practical, clinically focused introduction to the influence of attachment styles on an individual's risk of disease and the effectiveness of their interactions with health care providers. Drawing on more than fifty years of combined experience as health care providers, teachers, and researchers, they explain in clear language how health care workers in all disciplines can use this knowledge to meet their patients' needs better and to improve their health.