The practice of mindfulness has received increasing attention and recognition in recent years as a simple, important, and effective means for maintaining physical and emotional health and well-being. Mindfulness involves focusing your attention on immediate present experiences with a compassionate, nonjudgmental attitude. This book presents a practical, step-by-step approach for establishing your own mindfulness practice. Brief introductory chapters explain the scientifically proven effects on health, as well as the philosophy behind this ancient practice. The remainder of the book consists of 25 experiential lessons that guide you through various meditative practices. You will learn to be mindful of your breath, sounds, sights, tastes, movements, physical sensations, thoughts, and feelings as you maintain a compassionate attitude toward yourself and others. With sustained attention, you will develop the ability to respond to life's experiences with calmness and acceptance, even the difficult experiences that we cannot control. Given the prevalence of anxiety, stress, depression, and other emotional turmoil in our fast-paced environment, mindfulness has become more important than ever. This book is essential reading for everyone who wants to begin or expand their own mindfulness practice

Calm Parents, Happy Kids is the UK version of Dr Laura Markham's hugely successful and ground-breaking book, Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids. Now adapted for UK audiences, this practical and inspiring book reveals a three step programme that will transform family life. Most parenting books focus on changing a child's behaviour, but the truth is that children only change when their relationship with their parents changes. In Calm Parents, Happy Kids, Dr Laura Markham introduces an approach to parenting that eliminates threats, power struggles and manipulation, in favour of setting limits with empathy and communication. Bringing together the latest research in brain development with a focus on emotional awareness (for both parents and children), it will appeal to all parents who don't want to force their children into compliance and lose their temper, but want to keep calm and help their children want to behave.

World Book Night 2018 In 2012, The Recovery Letters was launched to host a series of letters online written by people recovering from depression, addressed to those currently affected by a mental health condition. Addressed to 'Dear You', the inspirational and heartfelt letters provided hope and support to those experiencing depression and were testament that recovery was possible. Now for the first time, these letters have been compiled into an anthology for people living with depression and are interspersed with motivating quotes and additional resources as well as new material written specifically for the book. This powerful collection of personal letters from people with first-hand experiences of depression will serve as a comforting resource for anyone on the journey to recovery.

Vinny Guadagnino, star of "Jersey Shore," discusses his lifelong struggle to control the effects of social anxiety and stress, and teaches readers the tools and techniques he's used to stay calm and maintain his sanity in all types of crazy situations--both on and off the show.
For more than a decade Vinny has been keeping a secret from his family, his friends, his castmates, and his fans: the fact that he's not as carefree and stress-free as he appears. Vinny suffers from panic attacks that strike without warning. They plagued him throughout his teens, forced him to move home from college, and tormented him during the first season of "Jersey Shore." After fleeing the set during the filming of the fifth season of the show, Vinny realized he could no longer keep his problems to himself. It was time to speak out.
In this book, Vinny discusses how he's confronted his demons head on, and he gives readers the tools to do so themselves. For the millions of his fans who are also feeling overwhelmed with the world around them and by their own thoughts, Vinny offers a practical plan for taking control of your life, your body, and your mind.

People everywhere are burning out.

From CEOs to nurses, to doctors, teachers, entrepreneurs, journalists, social workers, academics, creatives... even yoga teachers are at it.

Technology was supposed to make life easier, free us up, take things off our plates and instead we are feeling more exhausted, more under pressure and more stressed out than ever before. People all over the world are lying awake at night wired from exhaustion and uncertainty, fearful of the looming to-do list that awaits them in the morning and wondering how the hell they are going to keep this up before they lose the plot altogether.

Life doesn't have to be this way.

This book is a no-nonsense, practical guide to thriving in a fast-paced modern world, for the burnt out, bone tired and brain frazzled. It's a toolkit that will help you learn what ingredients you need in order to thrive and how to weave those ingredients into your day-to-day, no matter how busy life gets.

Whether you are a classic overachiever, over giver or over thinker, be prepared to take back your boundaries, replenish your energy and design a life you love.

The six steps to take you from burnout to thriving

STEP 1: Commit to making your happiness and wellbeing a top priority in your life
STEP 2: Get to know your inner Shitty Committee and how it is driving you to burn out
STEP 3: Tune into your inner Wise Cheerleader and turn up the volume
STEP 4: Learn how to become a master at managing your own energy
STEP 5: Design your life so that you can thrive
STEP 6: Bring about big change when the people or environments around you are causing you to burn out

The search for relaxation is over! Stress Less Word Search will inspire you to find peace and relaxation in 100 all-new word puzzles. Finding, circling, or highlighting words in any of the 100 brand-new word search puzzles helps to quiet anxious minds in a creative, relaxing, and therapeutic way. Featuring themes such as: A Walk in the Woods Lazy Sunday The Life of Leisure Tea Time Breathe Deep Bedtime Reading Each stress-reducing page contains an all-new puzzle featuring an engaging theme, including the natural world, relaxing hobbies, and favorite literary characters. Soon, you'll be able to shift focus to a relaxing and fun activity as you concentrate on finding all the words to complete the puzzle. Whether you're new to word search puzzles or have been enjoying them for years, this book will help you find inner calm and creativity--one page at a time.

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SIMPLE, POWERFUL FUNCTIONAL & EFFECTIVE STRAGEGIES TO MANAGE STRESS-ON THE GO. Stress is a part of everybody's life. Stress Management on the Go guides you through proven techniques that work anytime & anywhere and can be used by nearly everybody. Some of the techniques presented are: / NEUTRALIZE STRESS WITH YOUR THOUGHTS / LEARN HOW TO CHANGE YOUR NEGATIVE THINKING PATTERNS / MEDITATION, SELF HYPNOSIS & VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES / BREATHING AWAY THE STRESS

Becoming aware of . . . one great emotion permeates your being. You live with a perpetual feeling of reverence. The knowledge that your creator is the very self of yourself and never would have made you had he not loved you must fill your heart with devotion, yes, with adoration. One knowing glimpse of the world about you at any single instant of time is sufficient to fill you with profound awe and a feeling of worship. It is when your feeling of reverence is most intense that you are closest to God, and when you are closest to God your life is richest. -Neville Goddard

Mindful Resilience is one woman's journey through a series of life transitions. Facing a move, the death of her father, and her mother's diagnosis of ALS gave Pamela Cotton the opportunity to expand her own capacity for resilience. Reflecting on her experience provided insights into how mindfulness can foster resilience and pointed the way for integrating the two concepts. This book will help you learn to transform in response to challenge, finding new perspective even in life's most painful moments. The Mindful Resilience process guides you to open your heart and become a more resilient version of yourself.

Does DEATH seem to stalk you?For the millions who suffer withAdrena1 Fatigue, Chronic Fatigue, orFibromyalgia it can feel that way. These syndromes are thought ofby many as phantom illnesses or polite euphemisms forpsychological problems, but they are physical and very real. JenniferBusch has experienced Adrenal Fatigue and now exposes the truththrough her own journey of pain and triumph over this devastatingsyndrome.The search for solutions can be long and lonely when met with theskepticism of traditional medicine and the raised brows of doubters, but Jennifer encourages patients to preserve and take back theirlives from these haunting and elusive ailments.Within these pages she shares: The challenge of finding a diagnosis.How patient empowerment is the key to findingsolutions and overcoming the symptoms.How your metabolic threshold affects your well-being.How to deal with the frustration of finding treatment.Techniques that you can employ to work with your body, not against it.

"An accessible, concise, systematic, and comprehensive primer on wellness and healing."-Dr. Gabor Mate, MD, author of When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress Do you regularly experience chronic pain, anxiety, fatigue, gut issues, or other symptoms of chronic stress? The Mind-Body Cure will teach you how to manage your stress hormones and eliminate chronic stress in 7 simple steps. In The Mind-Body Cure, Bal Pawa, MD shares her own story of chronic pain following a tragic car accident. Only when she recognized how stress hormones were disrupting every system in her body, from digestion to immunity to sleep, was she able to reclaim her health. Having healed herself-and many patients since-Dr. Pawa now shares the secrets to long-lasting health and wellness in The Mind-Body Cure. Most people today are familiar with chronic stress-whether it's family or work pressures, the anxiety we experience each day never seems to end. It may even feel like we're always in fight-or-flight mode. As Dr. Pawa explains, the continuous and excessive release of stress hormones in our bodies are behind 75 percent of visits to a doctor's office. What if we could manage our stress and its harmful side effects with easy and affordable tools? The Mind-Body Cure teaches you to do just that. Dr. Pawa's original REFRAME Toolkit offers 7 simple ways to reduce chronic stress, including making specific changes to your diet, sleep, exercise habits, and more tools including meditation and mindfulness techniques. Interweaving evidence-based science with practical advice to calm your mind, The Mind-Body Cure helps you move from primitive fight-or-flight mode to send healing hormones into your body instead. Praise for The Mind-Body Cure "What a wonderful combination of medical smarts with heartfelt practical wisdom! Comprehensive, full of examples, and always so useful, The Mind-Body Cure is an excellent book." -Rick Hanson, Ph.D., New York Times-bestselling author of Budda's Brain, NeuroDharma, Just One Thing "Dr. Pawa moves mind-body medicine from the margins to the mainstream. Written with compassion, dedication, and rigorous science, this book is the definitive guide to holistic health-both for those who know the mind's power to help heal the body and for those who have yet to discover it." -Shimi Kang, MD, psychiatrist, and bestselling author of The Dolphin Parent and The Tech Solution "Dr. Bal Pawa is a compassionate physician who successfully integrates recommendations for the mind and body. She helps us realize that our thoughts can be our reality, especially when it comes to our health. And she explains how hormones affect our sleep, immune system, and emotions and how we can support them for optimal health." -Lorna R. Vanderhaeghe, author of A Smart Woman's Guide to Hormones

Millennial Moms. You've Survived Pregnancy and Now You Have a Newborn Baby. What's next? Deep Breaths: The New Mom's Handbook to Your Baby's First Year is Michelle Pearson's debut book. In her newborn baby book, this YouTube mom of 5 details: What to expect during pregnancy What to expect during the first year The importance of finding your mother tribe How to embrace motherhood with all of its ups and downs How to continue managing your career How to continue your social life Millennial moms: This isn't your grandma's parenting book. YouTube parenting vlogger, Michelle Pearson, brings her inspiring and motivating parenting stories, tips and tricks for the modern millennial mom. From what to expect as the pregnancy develops to the milestones within the first 12 months, Michelle knows that the journey will have highs, lows and the occasional unexpected surprise. Starting a family and caring for your new baby: "Reading Michelle's journey as both a mom and a millennial woman, with hopes and admirations of her own, I couldn't help but feel like I was sitting down to coffee with a close friend, sharing some of our hardest and most beautiful struggles. Michelle's depiction of both the blessings and the challenges that every millennial mom faces is raw, refreshing, and shows truly how unique the millennial generation is. Sharing her high moments, as well as the low, you get an intimate look into her life as both a young woman and also a mom who is passionate about everything she does. Millennials have both the advantage and the curse of social media, and Michelle so candidly speaks life and hope into a generation of moms who just want someone to tell them they're doing it "right". Jaimie Kight, YouTube Vlogger. If you liked reading books like The Sh!t No One Tells You or What to Expect the First Year, you will love Michelle Pearson's Deep Breaths.