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This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to reach your goals and overcome your challenges inside the gym and out. Excellence is one of those words we use too lightly. Almost nothing is perfect. We look at something we like (perhaps a great work of art), and call it excellence. A pitcher throws a perfect game if no one gets on base, but is that truly excellence? Is there such a thing as the perfect wine to go with a meal? Or a perfect pair of shoes to go with an outfit? To me, the answer is no to all of these.

In its simplest and most concise form, emotional intelligence (referred to as EI, or EQ for "emotional quotient") is the ability to identify, use, understand, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges, and defuse conflict. This ability also allows us to recognize and understand what other are experiencing emotionally. This recognition and understanding is, for the most part, a nonverbal process that informs thinking, and influences how well you connect with others.

As defined in psychoanalysis & psychotherapy, gaslighting is the act of trying "to cause another individual to doubt his/her own judgments and perceptions". The name is inspired by a famous Ingrid Bergman movie in which she is slowly driven insane by her husband. A common method of gaslighting is known as the "double-whammy", in which the gaslighter puts down the victim, waits for the victim's response, and then attacks the victim's judgment, perspective or questioning of the original attack.

The language surrounding what toxins are is purposely vague. Simply put, a toxin is harmful matter. The reason for this ambiguous language is due to the many types of toxins, all with different and potentially detrimental effects. For the purpose of clarity and consistency in our detox book, we break down toxins into three categories: internal toxins, external toxins, and toxic behaviors.

Mental illness is a psychological pattern that occurs in an individual and it causes distress and disability. This medical condition disturbs a person's thinking, daily doings, feeling, and ability to maintain with others. Serious mental illnesses include major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder. The most important thing is that it can be recovered. Medical illnesses can take many forms, just as physical illnesses do.

If you're an avid, or even sometime consumer of many of the personal growth and development resources available, you've probably come across the word "authenticity", but what does that really mean? What does it mean to "be authentic"? According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, authenticity means being real or genuine, not copied or false; being true and accurate. In other words, authenticity means not blindly following the crowd. It means not changing who you are just to fit in. It means really thinking for yourself.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to determine the difference between mental illness and dementia in the elderly. Dementia is a syndrome characterized by a progressive deterioration of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, and which results in impairment of normal daily functioning. Cognitive function includes memory, intellect, and orientation, thus a person suffering from dementia would have impairment in these various aspects of "cognition".

You're about to discover proven steps and strategies on how to significantly increase both your chances in curing your mental health problems and your defenses against developing or worsening mental illnesses. This audiobook highlights the significant role of nutrient deficiency in acquirement of a problematic mental health and the high possibility of winning your fights over such conditions through vitamin therapy, coupled with practice of a healthy diet and lifestyle.

Millions of Americans live with various types of mental illness and mental health problems. Mental illness refers to a wide range of mental health conditions - disorders that affect your mood; thinking, and behavior. Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders, and addictive behaviors.

All over the world the aging population increases on a regular basis. The elderly accounts for the populations in the age group from 60 years and above. In most countries, these age groups are either referred to as dependents, those within the retirement age or they are commonly referred to as the aged. Hence, mental health care for the elderly is a topic that needs to be taken seriously.

Suicidal thoughts can quickly lead to tragedies, and you need to know how to help yourself. In order to do something about your thoughts, you should learn how to cope with your hurt, grief, or pain, and overcome it.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to successfully and comfortably live with someone with a mental illness in your home. Mental illness is stated as any of the various disorders in which a person’s thoughts, emotions, or behavior are so abnormal as to cause suffering to himself, herself, or other people or any other of the various disorders or diseases characterized by abnormal patterns of thought and behavior. So just talk to the person. You must learn about the illness if the person you care for has been given a diagnosis. This is one of the ways that can help you understand how it affects them and can help you feel more confident caring for them.

You're about to discover some of the solutions of experts in the field of cognitive therapy about how to stop worrying. You will also find some of the most widely used, effective methods of controlling your worrying.

Mental illnesses in teens are medical conditions that disrupt thinking, feeling more, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning. Mental illnesses can affect persons of any age, race, religion, or income. Mental illnesses are not the result of personal weakness, lack of character, or poor upbringing. Mental illness is an illness, just like a physical illness. It is becoming more and more apparent that mental illness in teens is a real issue that requires immediate attention.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to recognize the symptoms in youth and understand when to seek treatment. Mental illness can only be diagnosed by a professional. However, this does not mean you cannot take notice of some warning signs. If the problem is discovered in time, you can treat and keep it under control with the right treatment. This is especially true for mental illness in youth. The sooner a doctor diagnoses the problem, the more chances there are for treating it.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to improve your short-term memory. Mental health matters (MHM) is a very important issue in human history. To make the subject clearer, we must start from the very beginning and origin of why and how mental health matters and is associated with the brain. Having mental stability or mental derailment is something that can determine whether an individual can really fit in to society.

We've all been there. You've been given 30 days to prepare for a term paper - yet you don't start on the paper until the day before it's due. This is called procrastination. A wise man described procrastination as the "dream killer" because it destroys productivity. Procrastination is described as the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time.

Pet therapy is a guided interaction between an individual and a trained animal. It also involves the animal's handler. The purpose of pet therapy is to help a patient recover from or cope with a health problem or a mental disorder. Pet therapy is also called animal-assisted therapy. Dogs and cats are the animals most commonly used in pet therapy. However, fish, guinea pigs, horses, and other animals that meet screening criteria can be used.

Dual diagnosis is a common phenomenon affecting the modern-day societies of the world. What is really responsible for it? There are a few reasons why many societies are witnessing the problem. But what is the meaning of dual diagnosis? How do we deal with the challenges associated with dual diagnosis? To start with, dual diagnosis can be referred to as a condition that brings about the simultaneous existence of two mental illnesses at the same time, a problem that assumes a dual nature.

This audiobook contains proven steps and strategies on how to achieve success on your terms. People believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing it. They also believe that talent alone creates success - without effort. They're wrong. Being successful and feeling successful are quite different things.