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The causes of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grew up in houses that were not homes-in families that were as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous. If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated, and/or despised for a lengthy portion of your childhood, trauma may be deeply engrained in your mind, soul, and body. This book is a practical guide to recovering from lingering childhood trauma. It is copiously illustrated with examples of the author's and his clients' journeys of recovering.

This New York Times bestselling book by the author of I Will Teach You to Be Rich shows how to navigate finances while in a relationship. Personal finance juggernaut Ramit Sethi’s program addresses the most common money issues in relationships without using boring budgets or restricting plans...

Breath Perception is your companion to understanding the power of breath and using it as a tool to improve your physical and mental health. Partly because we take breath for granted and do not work with it, we are somewhat unaware of the potential it holds to reduce stress, change metabolism, and increase our supply of energy. Breath Perception presents 261 simple exercises - one for every Monday through Friday - for using breath to attain greater well-being.

A hilariously candid account of one woman's quest to bring her post-baby marriage back from the brink, featuring life-changing, real-world advice. “Preserve the greatest gift you will ever give your baby: a loving relationship between the baby's parents” —John Gottman, clinical...

Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress. As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear-and the ones that plague us now-are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage, such as heart disease and cancer.

Every emotion—even those we tend to avoid, like shame, anger, or anxiety—carries essential wisdom and vital information. These so-called “unwanted” feelings are not flaws to fix or weaknesses to hide; they are powerful sources of energy and insight. As researcher and educator Karla McLaren observes, “Too often, we either suppress our emotions or let them overwhelm us. What most of us were never taught are the foundational skills for truly honoring and understanding our deep, dynamic emotional lives.

Anxiety is a survival skill gone haywire. It happens when our brain is working so hard to protect us that it forgets to notice that the danger has passed. It feels like choking, stifling, smothering, tingling, panicking - our brains cut out and we start to make bad decisions - all normal anxiety reactions. Dr. Faith G. Harper, author of the best-selling This is Your Brain on Depression packs a ton of knowledge and help into this practical manual.

Life is busy, full of things competing for our time and attention, and it’s easy to believe that the best way to get things done is just to keep going—as fast as possible. But that just isn’t true. In fact, taking time to re-centre ourselves can have tremendous personal and professional benefits. In this concise programme, sports psychologist Dr Josephine Perry and yoga for sports specialist Lexie Williamson will guide you through tried-and-tested relaxation techniques designed especially for busy people—which, let’s face it, is all of us.

You’re 18–35, ambitious, and drowning in the tiny screen’s 24/7 tyranny. The hustle that once lit you up now triggers cynicism, 3 AM racing thoughts, and a hollow “why bother?” Burnout isn’t stress it’s chronic sympathetic activation, reduced efficacy, and a values-action gap that drains your soul. The Unburdened Self is your strategic withdrawal.

Sweaty, trembling hands. Churning stomach. Headaches, sleeplessness, rapid heartbeat. All are common symptoms of nervous illness, or the panic state. During her long and accomplished career, Dr. Claire Weekes helped countless people overcome anxiety, fear, and frustration and lead happy, healthy lives. Based on the best-selling book of the same name, this eight-part original audio series is like a personal consultation with Dr. Weekes. Learn to recognize your own symptoms, rise above them, and relax.

You're exhausted, but you can't sleep. You're dragging through mornings, yet wired when your head hits the pillow. You're doing everything "right"—and your body still feels like it's working against you. Here's what nobody tells you: the problem isn't your willpower. It's your cortisol rhythm. And it's been hijacked by modern life. This audiobook is for the woman who's tired of being tired. The one juggling work, family, hormonal shifts, and a nervous system that seems permanently stuck on high alert. The one who's Googled "adrenal fatigue" at midnight and wondered if she's broken.

Healing with Somatic Yoga is your step-by-step guide to reconnecting with your body’s innate wisdom—through breath, movement, sound, and sensation. In this transformative 6-week journey, yoga teacher and somatic coach Brett Larkin helps you unwind stored trauma, regulate your nervous system, and build a felt sense of safety from the inside out. Whether you’re seeking emotional release, trauma recovery, or nervous system repair after burnout or chronic stress, this book is your invitation to heal—gently, playfully, and powerfully.

Author Deborah Roth Ledley is a mother of two and a clinical psychologist who specializes in anxiety disorders and works with new mothers. In this book she introduces six simple strategies to handle the inevitable stress we all experience during the first year of motherhood.

If you are tired of being tired and your brain insists on running a late night talk show the moment your head hits the pillow, Boring Bedtime Stories To Put YOU To Sleep Fast: 18 Stories to Help You Quieten Your Mind and Fall Asleep is here to save your sleep and your sanity. This hilarious yet calming collection of extremely uneventful stories is written with one mission in mind. To relax your mind so completely that you drift off before you even remember what the story was about.

Anxiété, surmenage, burn-out... ce n'est pas que dans la tête ! L'épuisement est une réalité physiologique, et ce livre vous donne les clés pour lutter efficacement contre lui. Dans ce livre, Cathy Assenheim vous éclaire et vous aide à : Comprendre les causes nerveuses et hormonales des symptômes typiques.

D’où proviennent le stress et l’anxiété ? Comment affectent-ils votre vie? Qu’est-ce qui vous rend plus vulnérable? Vos réactions à ces émotions sont-elles normales? Découvrez comment mettre en place des stratégies préventives pour développer votre résistance.

A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the often-unrecognized toll on those working to make the world a better place. We may feel tired, cynical, numb, or like we can never do enough. These, and other symptoms, affect us individually and collectively, sapping the energy and effectiveness we so desperately need if we are to benefit humankind, other animals, and the planet itself. Through Trauma Stewardship, we are called to meet these challenges in an intentional way.

Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo - he's just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided to change his life by saying goodbye to everything he didn't absolutely need. The effects were remarkable: Sasaki gained true freedom, new focus, and a real sense of gratitude for everything around him.

A best-selling author and neuroscientist offers five proven steps to help you overcome the unhealthy thinking habits that contribute to anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts and replace them with positive thinking that leads to health, happiness, and success.

Psychotherapist and spiritual counselor Nancy Colier offers the key to breaking free from the repetitive and obsessive thinking that is causing your stress, anxiety, worry, and unhappiness: Change your relationship with your thoughts. Using a powerful blend of mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), you'll learn how to surrender your thinking mind, and end repetitive thinking, rumination, and self-criticism - freeing you up to discover a life of self-compassion, presence, peace, and joy.