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Work deadlines, to-do lists, family commitments, pressure to perform… Our frantic lives demand so much from us that we can often feel locked into a cycle of frustration, anxiety and stress, unable to tackle the tasks before us or see a way out of our habitual ways of thinking and doing things. Yet there is a way out. The simple mindfulness techniques at the heart of this book can help us lead a more creative and productive life – one that is isn’t governed by the chaotic pace of life. They also dissolve anxiety, stress and depression while enhancing mental resilience. The four week programme takes just 10-20 minutes per day.

The easy-to-follow programme works by soothing and clearing your mind, allowing innovative ideas to take form and crystallise. This helps you to spontaneously ‘see’ the solution to a problem, to conjure up new ideas, or to create works that have true insight and flair. The programme helps build the courage necessary for you to follow your ideas wherever they should lead – and the resilience to cope with any setbacks. It will help your mind work more effectively so that you canlive more intuitively and have the inner confidence to drive your ideas forward.

The accompanying download link contains 6 meditations that you can use to build an ongoing practice, mixing and matching meditations to suit your circumstances

The world is getting harder for young people, and for the people who care about them: parents, teachers, school counsellors and concerned relatives. Generation Next is an organisation that gathers experts in several fields to provide information for professionals – now that expertise is gathered in this volume for everyone else. Each chapter contains easily accessible information, along with more detail and resources for those who wish to find out more.

In this comprehensive volume there will be the latest information on many topics, including:
Helping young people get help for mental health problems
Bullying
Anxiety
Depression
Understanding self-harm
Child sexual abuse
Alcohol and Drugs and how to communicate with young people about them
Teens, Parties and Alcohol: A practical guide to keeping them safe
Eating Disorders
Body Image
Resilience and Positive Psychology
Understanding the Teenage Brain
Online Time Management

How to Blow His Mind in Bed’ is written by ‘Men’s Health’ magazine’s resident sexpert, Siski Green. In her refreshingly honest new book, she will debunk the myth that a man only cares about his own orgasm, and give the inside knowledge on what they really want in the bedroom. Siski has had unrivalled access to the innermost thoughts of men through her work, and has a unique insight into their worries, desires and needs. But she has also dealt with many women’s queries from the ‘Men’s Health’ website, so she understands exactly what they really want to know about how men think. HOW TO BLOW HIS MIND IN BED will offer women inside knowledge on how to make a man excited, what his erogenous zones are, his feelings and concerns, and improving his orgasms and your techniques. It is a must-read for every woman who wants to improve and enhance what they already know, to have even better sex.

What is optimal health? As one of the nation’s foremost physicians in nutritional intervention, Dr. Wayne Scott Andersen has devoted his career to creating optimal health through a comprehensive approach that addresses and breaks through logistical and psychological barriers. Widely and affectionately known for his work in the field of health coaching as “Dr. A,” in Discover Your Optimal Health, he provides an inegrative approach that begins with developing (and maintaining) healthy habits each day. This crucial approach makes health the centrepiece of your life instead of something you do when you discover you have an illness or imbalance. Dr. A reveals how a little attention and discipline now can avoid health crises down the road. No matter what your current health status, you can be as healthy as possible. The habits you develop now make the difference between surviving and thriving, life or death. The steps toward reaching and maintaining your optimal health include: Integrating the Habits of Health into Your Life Discovering the Habits of Healthy Weight Loss Using the Habits of Healthy Eating Understanding the Habits of Healthy Motion Practicing the Habits of Healthy Sleep Employing the Habits of a Healthy Mind

Wouldn’t it be great if you could read a woman’s mind? You could find out whether she wants you, what she’d like you to do to her in bed, and how to be the best lover she’s ever had. Well, now you can. How to Blow Her Mind in Bed reveals what a woman is really thinking when you’re trying to chat her up, kiss her or get her naked. You’ll find out what she likes, what she doesn’t and the tricks and techniques she wishes you knew. With interviews from real women and scientific explanations of the whys and hows of women’s sexual desires, How to Blow Her Mind in Bed gives you the knowledge you need to get what you want.

We know what it’s like to worry from time to time, but for some of us, our worrying can take over and have a serious impact on our lives. When our anxiety gets out of hand and starts to dominate our lives, affecting how we function and our general sense of wellbeing, it’s time to do something about it.

This accessible self-help guide provides the reader with a clear understanding of how problem anxiety develops, the kinds of problems it’s causing them and sets out ground-breaking Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) techniques to overcome their anxiety .

CFT was initially developed by Professor Paul Gilbert OBE, author of the bestselling The Compassionate Mind which set out his ground-breaking approach, to treat those with high levels of shame and self-criticism. It uses the proven, research-based techniques of CBT and other therapies with a special focus on the importance of developing inner compassion, in order to alleviate feelings of shame, develop a more balanced outlook and promote resilience. It incorporates elements of mindfulness and Tibetan Buddhism with recent research on human development and studies of the brain. It is increasingly used to treat a wide range of emotional and psychological problems including depression, overeating, shyness, trauma, anxiety and anger.

A guide to achieving optimum health, wellbeing and happiness. We all have healing abilities, whether we know about them or not. In this book by Britain’s most popular healer you will learn how to listen to the messages your body is giving you and awaken and nurture your own healing abilities to deal with them. Based on Matthew’s amazing experiences as a healer, his work with thousands of patients, and his understanding of how your emotions are linked to your health, Your Mind Can Heal Your Body is full of stories about real-life healing, as well as step-by-step exercises to take you through the healing process.
You will discover: How to get in touch with the wisdom of your own body; How certain physical conditions can be traced to mental states; What healing can do – and what it can’t; The importance of the mind, and the healing power of visualisation; How to heal low self-esteem, anger, guilt, fear, jealousy and anxiety; And much, much more.

In THE ULTIMATE HOLISTIC HEALTH BOOK Dr Deborah McManners draws on the best of integrative medicine and her twenty years’ experience to help you to achieve total and lasting health, overcome fatigue and illness, and delay the ageing process. You can feel the difference in only 3 weeks!

This accessible and inspiring text is based on integrative medicine and the Triangle of Good Health: nutritional, physical and emotional balance, and wellbeing. It combines nutritional medicine, homoeopathic approaches, relaxation and stress relief techniques with conventional medicine to give the best possible advice. The book includes: questionnaires to give you insights, understanding and practical advice; programmes for maintaining optimum health and delaying the ageing process – devised for your sex, age and fitness level; simple healthy eating guidelines to build reserves and treat specific conditions; as well as hard facts about how environmental factors could be affecting your health.

Emotions bring purpose, pleasure and meaning to our lives. However, for many people, they are synonymous with distress, pain and suffering. Anger and rage can wreck relationships and cause problems at work; anxiety can prevent us from socialising or engaging in things we would like to; sadness can feel overwhelming and never ending. These types of difficulties are often referred to as emotion regulation problems, and can prevent us from developing stable and happy relationships, communicating our needs, and flourishing.

This practical self-help book based on Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) will help you to take a new approach to managing difficult emotions. It outlines why we experience emotions, how they can be helpful but also how and why we can get in to struggles with them. It outlines the Compassionate Mind model, and guides you through a series of exercises that will help you to develop your compassion mind, and use this to develop more helpful emotion regulation strategies, and bring greater balance to your emotions.

Inspired by Goldie Hawn’s lifelong interest in mindfulness – and her belief in the value of self-reflection – this guided journal will help you gain a greater understanding of yourself and how the practice of mindfulness can enhance your daily life.

Whether you are new to mindfulness or have been meditating for many years, these prompts, questions and simple meditations will inspire you to focus on specific qualities – from gratitude or optimism to anger or fear – that can be enhanced or helped by a meditative practice. With practical exercises and guidance, thoughtful quotes and Goldie’s own reflections, this book demonstrates how we can begin to move towards a more connected, more present, happier life.

In this book, Goldie Hawn shows how a passion for mindfulness can take root in practical action. She gives you a chance to bring to mind and reflect on how simple acts of gratitude and kindness can be a form of quiet heroism, helping you to deal more wisely with your own pain, anger and sorrow, and to be more available for others. Follow her wise guidance, and you may find that everyday living becomes an exciting path of discovery, benefiting yourself and those with whom you share your life. – Mark Williams, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford and co-author of the bestselling Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world

The extraordinary life of a brilliant woman whose contributions to science have been lied about and misused-the Henrietta Lacks of psychoanalysis-and whose mental health struggles look different in light of newly emerging research.

In 1880, young Bertha Pappenheim got sick-she lost her ability to control her voice and her body. She was treated by Sigmund Freud’s mentor, Josef Breuer, who diagnosed her with “hysteria.” Together, Pappenheim and Breuer developed what she called “the talking cure”-talking out memories so that symptoms go away-and this, Freud acknowledged, became the basis for what would become the theory of psychoanalysis.

In Freud’s mythology Pappenheim was renamed “Anna O,” and as he got older his stories about her became more extreme. For over a century, scholars have wondered: Was she really sick? Was talking cure really a cure? Amid all this argument a persistent absence has remained: the actual woman, Bertha Pappenheim. Brownstein’s book fills this void, and more.

Brownstein gives us the real Pappenheim–a brilliant feminist thinker, a crusader against human trafficking, and a pioneer in her own right–in the hustling and heady world of 19th century Vienna. At the same time, he tells a parallel story that is playing out in leading medical centers today, about patients who suffer symptoms very much like Pappenheim’s, and about the doctors who are trying to cure them-the story of the neuroscience of a condition now called FND.

This is a book about science and history and psychology, about the relations of men and women, of body and mind, but perhaps most of all it’s about the medical art of listening, attending to patients long enough to acknowledge the reality of their pain.

We can all get angry from time to time but when it gets out of hand it can have a serious impact on many aspects of our lives. As well as having an impact on our physical and mental health and our ability to engage in healthy relationships, it can also potentially have an enormous impact on society. The media is rife with stories of domestic violence, tragic stories of shaken babies, road-rage incidents and bullying.

Mounting evidence suggests that all this anger can be harmful to us in a number of different ways. As well as the enormously damaging impact chronic anger can have on our relationships with other people, it is being linked to health problems such as cardiovascular disease and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and mental illnesses such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

This invaluable self-help guide will enable the reader to recognise their personal anger problems, gain an understanding of what lies behind their anger, and use techniques based on Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) to deal with their anger more effectively.

CFT was initially developed by Professor Paul Gilbert, author of The Compassionate Mind, to treat those with high levels of self-criticism. It uses the proven, research-based techniques of CBT and other therapies with a special focus on the importance of developing inner compassion, in order to alleviate feelings of shame, develop a more balanced outlook and promote resilience. It incorporates elements of mindfulness and Tibetan Buddhism with recent research on human development and studies of the brain. It is increasingly used to treat a wide range of emotional and psychological problems including depression, overeating, shyness, trauma, anxiety and anger.

Stress is an unavoidable part of life that we will all encounter at various times in our lives, be it due to a one-off event such as losing a job or the break-up of a relationship, or from facing long-term difficulties such as working in a stressful environment or caring for someone who is ill. How well we deal with stress will influence the extent to which it affects our lives.

In this ground-breaking book, Maureen Cooper explains why we are designed to respond to stress in a certain way and why this can even be helpful at times. She goes on to explain, using practical examples and techniques, what we can do to change our stress response if it becomes overstimulated, thereby improving our sense of control and wellbeing.

This self-help book is based on the Compassionate Mind Approach, which has been developed by Professor Paul Gilbert, a clinical psychologist who is internationally renowned for his research and clinical work on depression. The Compassionate Mind Approach combines proven, research-based Western therapy techniques such as CBT with Mindfulness, Tibetan Buddhist practices and recent research on human development and studies of the brain.

The author of the bestselling Minding the Body, Mending the Mind, offers a compassionate, healing guide for overcoming the devastating effects of guilt.

In Self Healing, Louis Proto shows you how to use the power of your mind to heal your body, improve the quality of your life and enjoy a greater sense of wellbeing. This fascinating and helpful book explains how you can: Develop a positive mental attitude to help you fight illness; Reduce your stress levels and strengthen your immune system; Release any negative feelings; Detoxify your body and boost your energy; Use visualisation and affirmation to improve your health

Do you know the ten habits that could help you thrive – not just survive – in the 21st century? In order to discover what those secrets are, Patrick Holford and his team have carried out Britain’s biggest-ever health and diet survey, the 100% health survey, which has now been completed by over 55,000 people. This book is a distillation of the fascinating insights provided by the survey’s top scorers and the author’s 30 years of experience studying good health and how to achieve it.
It shows readers how to discover where they are on the scale of 100% health and provides a new system of good health that is easy to follow and easily measurable – one that will enable people to transform their health and wellbeing, whether they are relatively fit and healthy or struggling with various health issues.
This highly informative and practical book covers ten areas crucial to a healthy – and happy – life, including the key to gaining energy and losing weight, how to slow down the ageing process, keeping your body and mind well oiled, sharpening your mind and improving your mood, keeping fit and supple, and finding your purpose in life.

Mindfulness is a way of paying attention that originates in Eastern meditation traditions but is increasingly discussed and practised in Western culture. It is usually defined as focusing one’s complete attention on present-moment experiences in a non-judgemental and accepting way. Buddhist traditions suggest that the cultivation of mindfulness through the practice of meditation reduces suffering and cultivates positive qualities, such as insight, wisdom, compassion and equanimity.

In recent years, the Western mental health community has adapted mindfulness meditation practices for use in medical and mental health settings, and several interventions based on mindfulness training are now widely available. Those with the best scientific support include mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). These treatments can be applied to a wide range of problems, disorders and populations and the evidence increasingly supports their efficacy.

Practising Happiness is the first self-help book to integrate the wisdom, skills and practices available from the four leading evidence-based mindfulness treatments (MBSR, MBCT, DBT and ACT).

FREE audio content and guided meditations are available at http://www.practising-happiness.co.uk

Everyday Blessings is a practical and inspiring book which offers a clear outline for people who want to understand and embrace mindful parenting. It is one of the few books on parenting that embraces the emotional, intuitive and deeply personal experience of being a parent and shows you how to apply the practice of mindfulness meditation to parenting children of all ages.

In the rush, rush, rush of too-much-to-do-and-no-time-to-do-it , the important, nurturing aspects of parenthood can easily disappear. Even the smallest degree of mindfulness can have profound effects on children, no matter how old they are, and on the quality of parent-child relationships. Jon Kabat-Zinn, a mindfulness pioneer, and his wife Myla share their experiences of using mindfulness within their own family. By encouraging moment-to-moment awareness and acceptance, this thoughtful and practical book will help you to slow down, grow in compassion, enrich your life as a parent and nourish the internal life of your children.

Donna Eden is a pioneer in the field of energy medicine. In this important book she shows you how to work with you body’s energy to create physical, psychological and spiritual health and wellbeing. Discover how to:

* Bring more energy and vitality into your everyday life
* Use simple techniques to overcome tiredness and lethargy
* Cure common complaints and prevent disease
* Work with the eight major energy systems of the body for health and healing
* Heal your mind, body and soul

Energy medicine is a beautifully written, step-by-step approach for everyone who wants to achieve a healthier body, a sharper mind and a more joyful spirit.

As interest in yoga continues to grow ever more broadly in the U.S., more and more Americans are trying out yoga and discovering its benefits. At the same time, millions of people who already practice yoga are finding that it can play many different roles in their life,from physical release to spiritual growth,and wonder how to unlock that potential fully. The Yoga Mind offers a bridge between yoga as a physical practice and yoga as a spiritual inquiry. A wide-ranging, considered investigation of the deep mind-body connection yoga promotes, it includes the best work of great yoga teachers and philosophers, as well as contemporary yoga teachers and practitioners who draw wisdom and insight from their practice. Selections include writings by Patanjali, B. K. S. Iyenger, Judith Lasater, Margot Anand, Stephen Cope, Geeta Iyengar, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Erich Schiffman, and many others. The Yoga Mind is for people who want to explore yoga’s deepest potential to change and enhance their lives on the physical, emotional, and spiritual planes.

Three is the magic number!

Change your life for ever with Faya Nilsson’s Scandi-inspired, three-week food, fitness and mindfulness plan. With 60 delicious, healthy recipes.

‘During my career as a personal trainer, I’ve helped hundreds of clients arm themselves with the knowledge to achieve a happy, healthy and balanced life – with minimum sacrifice. FIT IN 3 will empower you to do the same.’

Inspired by her childhood in rural Sweden – where fresh ingredients, fresh air and freshly baked cakes were a fundamental part of everyday life – personal trainer and award-winning blogger Faya Nilsson has created FIT IN 3. In this essential guide, the three key elements of a healthy life – food, fitness and mindfulness – work in harmony in a way that will change how you think about your mind and body for ever.

With 60 easy-to-make, healthy recipes that don’t skimp on fun or flavour (including some Scandi favourites!), calming mindfulness and yoga routines to help ease even the most over-stressed minds and highly effective, time-efficient workouts that don’t require a gym membership, FIT IN 3 provides you with a simple formula for an enjoyable, healthy life. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!

To get you started on your journey, FIT IN 3 includes a three-week plan with daily menus, step-by-step HIIT and bodyweight-resistance workouts – suitable for beginners – and mindfulness exercises. It’s everything you need to kick-start a new and sustainable way of life.

‘You don’t need to be fit already, you don’t need to spend a fortune, you needn’t be twenty-something years old and (crucially) you don’t need to give up chocolate! Anyone can participate, and this book with provide you with the fundamental knowledge to understand how to do it forever. Let’s get started!‘

Faya x

A celebration of healing ways of women offers a philosophical and practical approach to wellness that integrates body, mind, and spirit and uses stories, myths, and parables to teach women to connect with the inherent strength and knowledge of their bodies.

Many of us have a tendency to measure our self-worth by comparing ourselves to others. But when we fail to reach our own, families, communities or societies ‘ideals’ this often results in feelings of inadequacy, anxiety and low mood. We may become self-critical, experience shame and a sense of being different from others.

Although an improvement in ‘self-esteem’ is what we may feel we want this is not necessarily what we need. This is because self-esteem is often associated with times when things are going well but can fail us when things do not go to plan. In contrast self-confidence, built from self-compassion, can help us when things are going well and make us more resilient when things are difficult.

This book uses the ideas and practices of Compassion Focused Therapy to help build self-confidence. Attention is also paid to difficulties that often come hand in hand with lack of self-confidence such as anxiety, depression, substance use and anger.

SpaRitual founder Shel Pink’s Slow Beauty is all about carving a few small moments out of each day to practice the kind of mindful self-care and wellness that makes us glow. When practiced over time, these little moments add up to big results–not only in feeling healthier and more joyful, but in achieving true beauty and timeless aging. Slow Beauty will:

* Teach readers to understand and embrace what brings them joy.
* Provide a series of mindful and meditative daily and seasonal practices to enhance happiness, wholeness, and by extension, beauty.
* Deliver recipes for everything from nurturing soups and smoothies to natural DIY body scrubs and lotions.
* Walk readers through its unique “mapping” program to create a beauty and self-care regime.

Filled with inspirational images and a message that’s sustainable for a lifetime, Slow Beauty will harness the power within every woman to physically, mentally, and spiritually nourish their bodies from the inside out.