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Hope, Healing, and Empowerment: A Guide for Chronic Illness Warriors and Their Caregivers
Diagnosed with systemic and discoid lupus nearly 40 years ago, Karen was given a prognosis of just five to seven years to live. Today, she has been lupus-free for over 25 years. Starving the Wolf shares the extraordinary journey that led her there—one of relentless research, deep healing, and unwavering self-advocacy.
This book is a powerful guide to reclaim your health, supporting you in finding strength, embracing hope, and nurturing your well-being every step of the way.
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In Starving the Wolf: A Victory Over Lupus, Karen shares her extraordinary journey of reclaiming her health in the face of a chronic and life-threatening illness. Her healing was a multifaceted, holistic journey of mind, body, and spirit—it unfolded over a decade of persistence, faith, relentless research, trial and error, and listening deeply to what her body and spirit needed. Over 25 years later, she remains lupus-free.
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This self-help memoir is a testament to the possibility of healing. Through candid personal narratives, readers witness the resilience, courage, and self-advocacy required to navigate the complexities of chronic illness.
Karen offers insights into practical strategies, holistic approaches, and lifestyle adjustments that supported her transformation, including ways to manage emotional well-being, cultivate self-compassion, and create an environment conducive to health.
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Starving the Wolf goes beyond traditional treatments, inviting readers to engage in research, embrace a proactive approach to their health, and explore the intricate, often-overlooked ways in which mind, body, and spirit influence the course of illness. Each chapter illuminates the healing process—from becoming your own “Body Detective” to practicing visualization, journaling, and mindful techniques that encourage active participation in your recovery.
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The essence of Karen’s message is this: even in the midst of uncertainty, life has a way of revealing possibilities we could never have imagined. Starving the Wolf serves as a guide for anyone navigating chronic illness, offering insight, encouragement, and practical tools to support the healing journey. It is a companion, showing that even in the darkest moments, restoration, transformation, and unexpected breakthroughs can emerge. This book invites you to learn from the journey—not as a prescription, but as proof that perseverance, self-awareness, and faith can guide you toward profound change in body, mind, and spirit.
Karen Quiros is a dedicated holistic wellness practitioner and the visionary behind Balanced Wellness Consulting. Her life's work is deeply rooted in the pursuit of holistic health and personal transformation. Her unwavering dedication to healing, personal development, and enhancing the well-being of others inspires and leads many on their journey toward wellness.
Nearly four decades ago, Karen embarked on her holistic wellness journey, driven by the need for alternative treatments to conventional methods for lupus and endometriosis. This quest led her to master health coaching, nutrition, positive psychology, energy and sound healing, quantum biofeedback, and herbal medicine. Recognizing the vital role of movement, mindfulness, and spiritual growth in healing, Karen obtained meditation, yoga, and personal training certifications. Her holistic approach is further enriched by her participation in transformative programs like Chakradance® and SoulCollage®.
A native of Long Island, Karen's personal life is as rich and fulfilling as her professional endeavors. She celebrates a 30+ year marriage and is the proud mother of two extraordinary sons. Embracing a homesteader lifestyle, she is deeply connected to nature, engaging in gardening, beekeeping, and caring for chickens. Her hobbies, including travel, baking, knitting, yoga, cycling, and hiking, reflect her commitment to a well-balanced and holistic lifestyle.
Editorial Review
Nearly four decades ago, Karen was diagnosed with lupus and given a prognosis of "at best" five to seven years to live.
Refusing to accept this fate, she embarked on a relentless quest for healing, dedicating over a decade to research and uncovering the strategies that would allow her to conquer this disease. Today, she celebrates over 25 years of living 100% lupus-free.
Starving the Wolf: A Victory Over Lupus embodies her transformative journey, establishing itself as a must-have among self-healing books for women. As an essential lupus book, it delves into lifestyle, nutrition, mindset, spirituality, relationships, and healing your emotional self, offering a comprehensive suite of wellness strategies.
By sharing her journey and healing strategies, Karen seeks to ease the suffering and simplify the path to recovery for others, offering support to those confronting the challenges of lupus or other chronic illnesses.
• Reclaim Vitality: Seize control, redefine your health narrative, and break free from chronic illness.
• Master Emotional Resilience: Learn to navigate and heal your emotional landscape, fortifying your mental well-being.
• Embrace Self-Care: Discover the life-changing impact of prioritizing your wellness through tailored self-care practices.
• Nutritional Empowerment: Harness the healing potential of nutrition to fuel your body's fight against chronic illness.
• Lifestyle Revolution: Implement transformative lifestyle adjustments that foster vitality and long-term health.
• Spiritual Awakening: Connect with your inner strength and spirituality to support your journey to wellness.
Review:
An inspiring memoir, Starving the Wolf is a story of triumph over the debilitating effects of chronic illness. After being diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus and discoid lupus, author Quiros was told by doctors she is not likely to live another seven years. Drawing on inner strength, spiritual guidance, and determination, Quiros begins a healing journey from the inside out, ultimately beating her diagnosis and becoming illness free. With words of encouragement for others facing similar challenges, and insightful personal notes from her journey to recovery, Quiros shares her story with one resounding message: “A death sentence is a call to action, not a time for retreat.”
Through research, alternative methods, and a strong, informed medical support system, Quiros took control of her diagnosis and her path to healing. Quiros explains that once she learned how to "tame inflammation,” she understood how to manage the triggers of her lupus flare ups. After a near-fatal car accident, Quiros felt led by a higher purpose and taps into a more spiritual lifestyle to grapple with her struggle with her illness. “I could not and would not live in misery and accept that I would die in my thirties," Quiros recalls, and her book encourages readers to take their life and whatever they may need to heal into their own hands through focusing on inner wisdom, trusting their own intuition in knowing what is right for the individual, and connecting with a spiritual source. Quiros provides physical exercises such as yoga, mindfulness exercises such as sound frequency, and nutritional dietary changes to fortify the mind and body as a whole.
With actionable steps such as journaling, exercises, and affirmations, Starving the Wolf blends memoir with self-help, crafted as a beacon rather than a blueprint for others. With clear, engaging prose and lots of heart, Quiros makes the case for “listening to your inner wisdom and mind and body, honoring its rhythms and nurturing its whispers with self-compassion and steadfast belief.” Quiros' inspiring words will resonate with readers facing journeys to healing.
Takeaway: Encouraging self-help memoir about reclaiming one's life from disease.
Comparable Titles: Glady McGarey's The Well-Lived Life, Manisha Rayavarapu's Butterflies, Boards, and Blessings.
Production grades
Cover: B
Design and typography: A
Illustrations: N/A
Editing: A
Marketing copy: A
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Awards & Press Releases
Best of Best Review
International Impact Book Award
Digital Journal Press Release
What Readers Say
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