New Releases

With our partners at the Self-Management Resource Center, we offer the Chronic Disease Self-Management Tool Kit, Diabetes Self-Management Tool Kit, Chronic Pain Self-Management Tool Kit, and Thriving and Surviving with Cancer Self-Management Program for participants learning independently or at home.

Below are the details for each: 

The Diabetes Self-Management Tool Kit includes the following materials and is priced at $58.95 each. A Spanish Diabetes Tool Kit is also available.

The Chronic Pain Self-Management Tool Kit includes the following materials and is priced at $53.95 each:

Shipping 

You can reach participants online or at home with our Self-Management Digital Tool Kits. 

This is the Chronic Disease Self-Management Digital Tool Kit for participants learning online or at home.

A Digital Tool Kit comes with all the same materials as our regular tool kit, but all content is delivered electronically via a code.
 
Chronic Disease Self-Management Digital Tool Kit includes:
 
1. Book: Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, 5th Edition (PDF file)
2. Booklet: Self-Test, Tip Sheets & Exercise Booklet (PDF file)
3. Audio: Relaxation for Mind & Body (stream online or download)
4. Audio: Exercises for Chronic Conditions (stream online or download)

This Digital Tool Kit is priced at $64.95 each -- $51.96 after the 20% discount on our website. Up to 40% discount when ordered in bulk quantities.

We have several Digital Tool Kits available for purchase from the Tool Kit catalog page.
 
If you want the digital option, select the number of Digital Kits and add them to your cart. All content is delivered electronically via a code. 

Our Digital Tool Kits include: 

• - Chronic Disease Self-Management Program 
   
• - Chronic Disease Self-Management Program - Spanish
   
• - Chronic Pain Self-Management Program
   
• - Diabetes Self-Management Program
   
• - Diabetes Self-Management Program - Spanish
   
• - Thriving and Surviving with Cancer Self-Management Program

Frequently asked questions about Self-Management Tool Kits for the Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Pain, and Cancer

Q: What is a Tool Kit?

A: Tool kits can be used by individuals or in conjunction with Self-Management Resource Center programs that are supplemented with small groups (3-5 people) in six weekly phone calls. 

The mailed Chronic Disease Self-Management Tool Kit has been approved by the Administration of Community Living as an Evidence-Based Program. The other tool kits were created as a response to the pandemic and are currently under study.

If you are an organization wishing to use the Toolkits as part of a Self-Management Resource Center Program and have questions write SMRC@selfmanagementresource.com.

Q: What is in a Tool Kit? 

A: Learn more about the parts of the Self Management Tool Kits. 


Q: Are the Tool Kits available in different languages? 

A: The Chronic Disease Self-Management Tool Kit is available in Spanish.

The Diabetes Self-Management Tool Kit is also available in Spanish.


Q: Can you ship a kit to an individual participant? 

A: We can ship everything directly to you or your organization via FedEx Ground. 
 
Or, we can ship complete kits to individual participants. If this is what you require, email us a spreadsheet with names and address. We will send them via US media mail to be delivered in 7-10 business days. Please download our spreadsheet to ensure the names are in a format we can use. 

Unfortunately costs prohibit us shipping to individual participants in Canada.

Q: I already ordered books, can I order materials separately to create tool kits? 

A: If your organization has a supply of some materials, such as books or relaxation CDs, you can purchase the remaining products using this form - https://www.bullpub.com/cdsmp-tool-kit-order-form.html


Q: Are these Tool Kits appropriate for the Diabetes or Pain Self-Management course? 

A: The Tool Kit specifically designed for the Diabetes Self-Management course is now available.

The Tool Kit for the Pain Self-Management course is available.

The new Thriving and Surviving with Cancer Self-Management Program is available on February 14, 2023.

Q: Some participants don't have CD players? 

A: If you are interested in digital (MP3) options for books and CDs, please email emily@bullpub.com with your questions.

Developed with the Self-Management Resource Center 

About The Thriving and Surviving with Cancer Self-Management Program

Congratulations! You have taken a big step toward managing your life with cancer. We are here to help.

Managing life with cancer is not easy. Cancer survivors want to have the best quality of life possible before, during, and after treatment. Dealing with physical and emotional problems can be challenging, especially when you are living with the uncertainties brought on by cancer, but you can do it! You can thrive!

This Tool Kit does not provide cures or miracles. Instead, it offers you information and skills that are helping cancer survivors lead fuller lives.

We hope that this Tool Kit contains most of what you need. We will not tell you what to do. Rather, we will give you tips and encourage you to try new things and to make the best choices for you. As with anything that is new, it may feel a bit awkward at first, but take it slow and easy. Try the different tools, then make corrections if necessary, to find what works best for you. Then over time, you will have your own set of tools to become better at managing your life.

So, let’s get started! The Tool Kit includes:

1. - A booklet, which begins with a Self-Test that will help you decide where you want to focus. You might start by taking the Self-Test and then scoring it. Your scores will suggest places to start. It also contains Tip Sheets about specific topics that others have found key in managing their conditions, and illustrations to accompany the exercise audio program.
   
   
2. - The latest edition of Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions written by experts in the field. Even more important—all the authors have chronic conditions.
   
   
3. - A relaxation audio program with four different relaxation exercises. The first is only five minutes, for a quick start, and the others are about 15 minutes each.
   
   
4. - An exercise audio program with three different levels of exercises, all of which can be done at home.
   
   We suggest that you spend a couple of hours a week learning and practicing the new skills. There is no right or wrong, so explore to find what works for you to manage better.

You can order Thriving and Surviving with Cancer Self-Management Program directly from us. We offer discounts of up to 40% on bulk orders. 

We are thrilled to receive a starred review for The Last Things We Talk About: Your Guide to End of Life Transitions by Elizabeth Boatwright from Library Journal. 

An excerpt: "VERDICT Excellent in every way; recommended for all libraries, and readers facing end-of-life challenges."

The full review is now available on the Library Journal website. 

Thank you to the School Library Journal for including WORKING WITH WORRY in their recent feature.

12 Books to Get Parents Through COVID-19 and Beyond

They describe WORKING WITH WORRY as a, "hands-on workbook on coping with anxiety, chock-full of ideas that are easy to understand and implement."

The new edition of Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain, 2nd Edition will be ready to ship on June 11, 2021. 

In this new second edition, the authors have carefully developed and improved every chapter.

Packed with useful advice, tips, strategies, and positive reinforcement, the book empowers readers to become their own informed pain self-managers. 

Highlights of the changes to this edition: 

If you have questions about the new edition, sign up for a newsletter for updates or email Emily (emily@bullpub.com) for more information.

The Jewish News of Northern California interviewed our author Kate Lorig: 

Q&A: She teaches people with serious diseases how to help themselves

• Excerpt: 
  
  J: It seems as if the self-management programs have grown organically from the first one you created at Stanford. What is the key to their success?
  
  Kate Lorig: People that attend like it and feel that they benefit, and we have pretty solid scientific evidence that these programs actually help people … and reduce health care costs. The programs can be given where people work and play in the community — from senior centers to park and recreation facilities.

Lorig and her co-authors have just published the new edition of Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions. Learn about the changes to the new edition. 

The new edition of Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions is now ready to ship.

Changes in brief:

• - Every chapter has been completely revised, updated, and carefully edited, often with the help of content specialists when required.
  
  
• - Canadian content is now integrated throughout the book, eliminating the need for separate books. A change in format indicates content that is of particular interest to the Canadian audience.
  
  
• - The book is accompanied by an all-new, topically-organized collection of further readings, useful websites, and other helpful resources organized by topic. The resources list is online at www.bullpub.com/resources.

Highlights of the changes to this edition: 

Chapter 1: Self-Management: What Is It and How Can You Do It?

• - New Chronic Conditions Self-Test at the end of Chapter 1 helps readers identify their personal concerns and understand how best to apply the concepts in the book to their own lives.

Chapter 3: Finding Resources

• - Updated content on using online resources to find the most reliable information.

Chapter 4: Understanding and Managing Common Conditions

• - All-new Chapter 4 provides essential information about living with and managing the most common chronic illnesses such as lung disease, heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and arthritis because across chronic conditions, self-management skills are more common than different. (In previous editions, these discussions were in separate chapters near the end of the book.)

Chapter 5: Understanding and Managing Common Symptoms and Emotions

• - A new discussion at the end of Chapter 5 on the use and misuse of opioids by Beth Darnall, PhD, includes information about reducing use and tapering opioid medications.

Chapter 9: Freedom and Safety

• - This new chapter on adaptive devices and creating a safe environment includes practical information about good body mechanics, exercises to reduce injury risks, modifying your home and surroundings, and using assistive technology to make activities easier and safer.

Chapter 10: Healthy Eating

• - Completely revised and updated, this chapter now includes two helpful appendixes: Healthy Eating Plans for 1,600 and 2,000 Calories, and Food Groups for Meal Planning.

Chapter 13: Managing Your Treatment Decisions and Medications

• - Now combines two topics that were addressed in separate chapters in past editions: treatment decisions and medications.

Chapter 14: Managing Diabetes

• - Completely updated by expert contributors from both the US and Canada to reflect current information on monitoring blood glucose, healthy eating, and resources for people with diabetes.

Chapter 15: Working and Living with Chronic Conditions

• - This new chapters covers work / life balance and managing work, as well as work issues relating to communication, physical activity, and eating well.

Other important things to note: 

• - You will have an entire year to use the 4th edition books you may already have. Don’t worry about needing to upgrade immediately.
• - If you have questions about the new edition, sign up for a newsletter for updates or email Emily (emily@bullpub.com) for more information.

The new edition of Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions is coming in January 2020.

Every chapter in the new edition is completely revised and updated, many with the help of content specialists. There is also a new self-test for readers to help them understand how to best apply the concepts in the book to their own lives.

Important things to note about the new edition: 

• - You will have an entire year to use the 4th edition books you may already have. Don’t worry about needing to upgrade immediately.
• - The Canadian and U.S. editions will be combined into one book. This was done in consultation with experts from both countries. There will no longer be a need to order separate versions.
• - If you would like to pre-order, please contact Emily (emily@bullpub.com) for information.