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LAC: From Lost Cause to MBE (Inspirational Series)
By Mark Edwards. 2017
Life After Care follows Mark's journey with anxiety, panic attacks, and depression, and we learn about the enduring impact his…
childhood had on his mental health.His diary entries bring to life the thoughts and feelings of Mark, as a teenager, struggling to understand how he came to be placed in care, and how to deal with his adolescent feelings of loss and love.On the verge of breakdown, Mark tried to take his own life and he was sectioned under the mental health act. We follow his journey from local authority care to the wards of a crumbling Victorian psychiatric asylum, and beyond into life on the streets ...This is a heartfelt, true story, of how a troubled young man managed to turn his life around. From being imprisoned in the care system and mislabelled as a violent boy with no hope, we hear how Mark became a successful, happily married family man, and a prominent figure in his local community.OCD, Anxiety and Related Depression: The Definitive CBT Guide to Recovery
By Adam Shaw, Lauren Callaghan. 2016
"Being in control of your mental health and understanding your own mental health wellbeing just makes everything in life better…
– it’s that simple." From the heart and soul of Adam Shaw, who battled OCD for decades, and the expert insight of his psychologist, Lauren Callaghan, comes the definitive recovery guide for OCD, anxiety, and related depression. This unique self-help book brings you advice and recovery tools from the separate perspectives of a leading psychologist and her patient, and gives an insight into mental health recovery and CBT techniques that you can really relate to.This second edition contains a bonus chapter on how Adam has used this approach to maintain his recovery and wellness several years on.TRANS: Exploring Gender Identity and Gender Dysphoria
By Kevan Wylie, Az Hakeem, Fintan B Harte, Andrew Ives, Rosemary Anne Jones, Elizabeth Riley, Melissa Vick, Luka Griffin. 2017
What is gender dysphoria? How does it affect people? What do terms like intersex, cisgender, and transsexualism mean? This book,…
the first of its kind, presents an easy-to-read, jargon-free guide to help anyone understand the terminology and the day-to-day reality of gender dysphoria and related concepts.TRANS is a book for everyone – insightful enough for professionals, but accessible enough for all. Put simply, TRANS explains what gender dysphoria is, how it affects people, and what is available, medically and psychotherapeutically, to support people with gender dysphoria.The editor, Dr Az Hakeem, has assembled a group of contributors to give readers a truly accessible guide to the psychology and the everyday reality of gender dysphoria, transvestism, gender reassignment, and being trans. The book even addresses ‘the difficult questions’ like ‘What do we tell the children?’ and ‘What happens when you change your sex, then change your mind?’When Debbie Hampton took the mix of wine and drugs that nearly killed her, she didn’t ever want to wake…
up. After years of wrong turns, and facing the end of an acrimonious marriage, she was desperate for the disappointments of life to end. But Debbie did wake up. Strapped to a hospital bed, she was critically ill, but alive. Debbie had ingested over 90 pills, including ten different prescription drugs – causing massive, lasting damage to her brain and body. Debbie had to re-learn how to eat, how to speak, and how to fit back into society. Separated from her two young children, Debbie’s problems were only just beginning. Faced with a long and arduous custody battle, she had to discover a new way of living. In this book, Debbie tells the heartbreaking story of how life wore her down, but how, through her own resolve, courage and commitment, she forged a new life for herself. The lessons she has learned in life will be an inspiration to everyone.DDA: The Highs and Lows of Perfectionism (Inspirational Series)
By Fiona Thomas. 2018
Fiona was your average 80's baby. She grew up without an iPhone, used actual landlines to make calls, and didn't…
have the luxury (or perhaps the curse) of Facebook during her adolescent years. But though her childhood took place in an analogue world, she found herself suffering from the same problems many young people face today; the race for perfectionism, high levels of anxiety, a fear of success.After an unfulfilling university experience, a stressful beginning in a management career, and a severe case of impostor syndrome, Fiona suffered a nervous breakdown in her mid-twenties. Amongst therapy and medication, it was the online community which gave Fiona the comfort she needed to recover.In Depression in a Digital Age, Fiona traces her life dealing with anxiety and the subsequent depression, and how a digital life helped her find her community, find her voice, find herself.Today, Just Like Yesterday: Defying Dysthymia One Challenge at a Time (Inspirational Series)
By Richard Kirby. 2017
In 2004, Richard Kirby was diagnosed with depression. It was a label he hated. A decade later, however, he found out…
that his underlying problem was actually dysthymia, a chronic but mild form of depression from which he had almost certainly – and unknowingly – suffered since junior school.As his 50th birthday loomed ever closer, Richard decided he wanted to do something meaningful with his experiences of depression and dysthymia. With this in mind, he set out over the next few years to undertake 100 mental, physical, and emotional challenges designed to raise awareness of the condition. Each challenge would require him to ask another person to help him – a reflection of the brave decision he made, at his lowest ebb, to seek help from a doctor.Today, Just Like Yesterday tells the breathtaking story of one man’s efforts to tackle stigma around mental illness – in the most challenging way possible.Geek Magnifique: Finding the Logic in my OCD (Inspirational Series)
By Melissa Boyle. 2018
At her lowest point, Melissa Boyle was starving herself out of fear of vomiting, avoiding leaving the house so that…
she wouldn’t become contaminated. Wracked with the debilitating symptoms of emetophobia and OCD, she saw nothing to live for and believed she was beyond repair.But over the last two years she has completely turned her life around. Through therapy and other means, she found a way to become much more mentally healthy. She found a career she loved and began building a future for herself – one that she is truly excited about.Geek Magnifique is the story of how Melissa came to understand the psychology behind her emetophobia and OCD and, most importantly, how she was able to recover from them.Another Peak: Everest is Not the Only Summit (Inspirational Series)
By Alex Staniforth. 2019
Reaching Everest was always the dream, but after an avalanche stopped Alex the first time and an earthquake the second,…
he had to take a step back. But even as he climbed down, he couldn't stop wondering 'What's next?'A restlessness in his bones, and a need to help make things better after the lives claimed in his two climbs, led Alex to his hardest mission yet: ClimbTheUK; to cycle to the highest points of the United Kingdom.But a history of anxiety, depression, and eating disorders rears its multiple heads once more, making this the hardest thing Alex has ever had to do. Finding himself alone too often, with only his thoughts for company, it becomes less of a fight of man and nature and more of man and mind.Growing up, Ruth was on track for an ideal life – she had the grades, friends, great sporting potential, and…
a strong bond with her sister. However, when she was 14, her perfect life began to crack. After suffering an injury, Ruth began seeking control in other areas of her life to combat growing feelings of depression. Having recovered physically, but not mentally, she eventually quit the game she loved so much.Having been let down repeatedly by the authorities – including during a stay in a mental health hospital – she sought support and understanding from authority figures and role models. And as she battled through the next few years, Ruth rediscovered football as a way to keep grounded during the most chaotic times in her life.Now an active campaigner for mental health awareness and training, especially in sport, Ruth is a proud ambassador and advisor for The Shaw Mind Foundation and Mental Health Football Association.Brighter Days: Learning to Manage my Bipolar Brain (Inspirational Series)
By Karen Manton. 2017
Growing up in a deprived area of North East England in the 1970’s, alcoholism and violence played a huge role…
in Karen’s everyday family life. But things were only to become more difficult when, at the age of seventeen, she began her battle with anxiety and depression, an illness nobody recognised. Her reality became a devastating, deteriorating state of existence, and no one seemed to understand what was happening to her.A number of harrowing, recurrent and often bizarre episodes – including a phantom pregnancy, a nightclub assault, and an unhealthy obsession with a celebrity – eventually lead to Karen being sectioned under the mental health act and taken into hospital. It then took years and many more dramatic relapses before doctors would finally give her the correct diagnosis of bipolar disorder.Resourcefulness at University: The Student Wellbeing Series (Student Wellbeing Series)
By Dominique Thompson. 2019
This illustrated pocket book offers advice and practical tips for students to help build their resourcefulness at university. It acknowledges…
the huge, emotional shift that occurs when a student goes to university, as well as offering advice and strategies to deal with situations that may be academically and/or personally challenging.The book outlines some of the reasons why it is particularly difficult for 18-24-year-olds to deal with the upheaval of starting university, but goes on to offer evidence-based approaches to help manage the transition. With insightful material from students who describe the unique pressures they experienced at university – and how they dealt with them – this is a very practical book in which readers will learn ways to develop life strategies and grow as a result of their experiences.This easy-to-read guide will ensure that readers have all the tools they need to build on their resourcefulness, equipping them for life at university and beyond.Anxiety at University (Student Wellbeing Series)
By Dominique Thompson. 2019
This illustrated pocket book offers advice, practical tips, and useful exercises for students to recognise and manage anxiety at university. Written…
by the award-winning student mental health specialist, Dr Dominique Thompson, this easy-to-read guide will help readers understand where their anxiety comes from, and why it exists. Whatever the source of individuals’ worries or phobias, this book will help readers understand their anxiety and help them develop the tools they need to handle it.With lots of real-life examples, Dominique shows how anxiety affects people differently – helping readers develop strategies that will be truly meaningful for their individual experience. Just as importantly, readers will learn about the kinds of unhelpful things that people try to do to deal with anxiety, which actually cause more harm than good. Above all, this book will help students navigate their life at university, without feeling like their anxieties are in charge of them.Being a single woman in our society is tough. We live in a world that regards "happily ever after" as…
being in a couple, and encourages single women to work hard to "improve" themselves, or "settle" if Mr Right doesn't show up. Women are bombarded with books and advice on how to meet the perfect man, how to understand him better; and even how to change themselves, in the hopes that they can overcome their sorry single status ... This book is different. Doing Single Well acknowledges and supports the lived experience of single women today, and encourages you to stay true to yourself. It addresses the feelings of loneliness, rejection, depression, and anxiety that are often associated with being single, and provides practical exercises and advice to help you feel happier and more self-confident, without the need to change who you are.Doing Single Well will help you find fulfilment in your single life, and if you want a partner, to wait for one who is right for you. Wherever you are on your journey, this book will help you join the growing ranks of satisfied single women who, if they choose to date, delight in doing so.WAM: Tales of a Wandering Loon (Inspirational Series)
By Chris Young. 2017
As a kind, chatty, and good-humoured man with a zest for life and a passion for helping people, Chris Young…
adored his job as a social worker. But things fell apart when, in 2008, he was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. His illness brought about the end of his calling and he found himself in need of a new project and purpose.And so it came to be that in 2011, Chris began a campaign called Walk a Mile In my Shoes. He walks around the edge of the UK – the edge of society being where many people with mental health problems feel they are – without spending any money and relying on the kindness of strangers.In 2015, he joined forces with See Me Scotland to distil the success of the coastal walk into a series of events, inviting other people to join him and discuss mental health. He encouraged them to literally walk a mile in each other's shoes. Walk a Mile: Tales of a Wandering Loon is the story of how a normal, nurturing childhood turned into one of neglect and abuse and how this, combined with a little faulty brain wiring, led to a severe and enduring mental illness.All the F*cking Mistakes: A Guide to Sex, Love, and Life
By Gigi Engle. 2019
Come As You Are meets How to Date Men When You Hate Men in this sex handbook for the millennial…
feminist on how to own your body and sexuality, and use that confidence to take charge of your life"This bold, sex-positive book delivers on its promise.” —Publishers Weekly Stop Apologizing for Your Sexuality and Take Charge of Your LifeIf you've ever wished you had a big sister or older cousin who could show you all the ropes of womanhood, look no further: Gigi Engle has done it all and is here to tell you all about it in All the F*cking Mistakes, a practical handbook for all the slutty and wanna-be-slutty women out there. It is the ultimate sex-talk book, demystifying female sexuality without any of the awkwardness of "the talk." From learning how to take back your confidence in a world full of slut shaming, to discovering and owning your sexual empowerment through masturbation, to demanding the love you really deserve, this book is an ode to the women of the world who deserve to be empowered, sexually and otherwise, without guilt.Offering bite-sized lessons that incorporate Gigi's own special brand of no-nonsense advice to provide clarity and guidance on all things slutty, sexually normative and non-normative, and everything that falls between the cracks of these brackets, this book is your how-to guide to living your sexy AF, fabulous life.Our Better Angels: Seven Simple Virtues That Will Change Your Life and the World
By Jonathan Reckford. 2019
Inspiring and insightful, Our Better Angels: Seven Simple Virtues That Will Change Your Life and the World celebrates the shared…
principles that unite and enable us to overcome life’s challenges together.“When the waters rise, so do our better angels.”—President Jimmy CarterJonathan Reckford, the CEO of Habitat for Humanity, has seen time and again the powerful benefits that arise when people from all walks of life work together to help one another. In this uplifting book, he shares true stories of people involved with Habitat as volunteers and future homeowners who embody seven timeless virtues—kindness, community, empowerment, joy, respect, generosity, and service—and shows how we can all practice these to improve the quality of our own lives as well as those around us.A Vietnam veteran finds peace where he was once engaged in war. An impoverished single mother offers her family’s time and energy to enrich their neighbors’ lives. A Zambian family of nine living in a makeshift tent makes room to shelter even more. A teenager grieving for his mother honors her love and memory by ensuring other people have a place to call home. A former president of the United States leads by example with a determined work ethic that motivates everyone around him to be the best version of themselves.These stories, and many others, illustrate how virtues become values, how cooperation becomes connection, and how even the smallest act of compassion can encourage actions that transform the world around us. Here are tales that will make readers laugh and cry and embrace with passion the calling of our better angels to change the way we take care of ourselves, our families, our communities, and the world.La pequeña filosofía de los pájaros
By Élise Rousseau, Philippe J. Dubois. 2019
22 lecciones de serenidad inspiradas en los pájaros. A menudo aprendemos de aquello que menos esperamos. Precisamente, este es el…
secreto que nos confía este libro. En un momento como el actual, en el que vivimos continuamente conectados al reloj o a una pantalla, estas 22 lecciones breves e inspiradoras nos enseñan a observar lo que nos rodea, pero también a reconectar con la naturaleza que sigue allí, esperándonos. ¿Y qué mejor que detener por un instante el ritmo infernal de nuestras vidas para captar lo que nos dicen los pájaros? Observando cómo estos pequeños (aunque grandes) maestros viven y están en el mundo, nosotros podemos enfocar la vida de otra manera para detenernos y reencontrarnos con nuestra verdadera esencia. Nunca es tarde, solo hace falta escuchar.Piedras en los bolsillos: La madre que escribió un nuevo destino para su hijo
By Marta Brule. 2019
Premio Malamadre Nacida para Luchar 2019RECOMENDADO POR LAURA BAENA, MALAS MADRES ¿Pueden el amor y la fuerza de una madre…
cambiar el destino de su hijo? Esta es la historia de Marta, una aventura de superación y amor de una madre que ha de enfrentarse a la enfermedad de su hijo, al que diagnostican un cáncer y le auguran el peor de los finales posibles. En el libro ella misma nos cuenta su particular batalla contra la enfermedad y cómo, con fuerza y tenacidad, logró vencer el miedo y transformarlo en coraje para afrontar el dolor. Emocionante y necesario, su testimonio es la prueba de que, con un espíritu positivo y el apoyo y la solidaridad de los demás, podemos intentar que la historia de nuestras vidas y de la de aquellos a los que amamos tengan un final feliz. «Cuando me preguntan si creo en los milagros, siempre contesto que sí, que tengo uno en casa». «Durante todo el proceso de la enfermedad de Guille sentía y repetía que el amor es la energía que movía y mueve el universo. Y que si cada persona conocida o desconocida tenía al día un pensamiento positivo sobre Guille, lo íbamos a conseguir». Reseñas:«Este libro está escrito con el amor de una madre que ha nacido para luchar y que es capaz de todo. Marta y Guille ya son parte de mi vida desde aquel día. También lo serán de la tuya desde hoy».Laura Baena, Malas Madres «Leed su libro con atención, porque detrás de sus palabras hay una experiencia dolorosa, pero también una increíble aventura de superación y, sin duda, de felicidad».Paco Arango, presidente de la Fundación AladinaProductividad personal: Aprende a liberarte del estrés con GTD
By José Miguel Bolivar. 2015
Un sistema práctico de organización del trabajo que nos permite reducir el estrés, conseguir los resultados que deseamos, y que…
nos hace más eficaces en todos los aspectos de la vida. Productividad personal plantea como punto de partida el hecho de que la naturaleza del trabajo ha cambiado profundamente en la era de la información. Nuestras tareas ya no resultan evidentes y no sabemos bien cuándo están finalizadas; tampoco son estables ni predecibles, y lo que es más importante, no son proporcionales al tiempo que disponemos para hacerlas. Todo es nuevo más a menudo. Estos cambios han generado una situación de estrés creciente y general entre todos nosotros. Con demasiada frecuencia tenemos el sentimiento de que algo no va bien y que nos causará problemas, pero no sabemos ni de qué se trata, ni cuándo puede estallar y menos aún qué consecuencias puede tener. La metología GTD (creada por David Allen) parte del principio de que una parte importante de este estrés procede de los «compromisos mal gestionados». José Miguel Bolívar propone el uso de este método muy práctico para evitar que nuestra gestión dependa de la memoria, que es muy poco fiable, y nos introduce de forma muy sencilla y asequible en la fórmula GTD para la productividad personal, basada en herramientas para mantener el control de nuestras tareas y la perspectiva necesaria para tener claras las consecuencias a corto, medio y largo plazo de las decisiones que tomas.Mindfulness funciona: Cómo desconectar y reducir el estrés
By Beatriz Muñoz Álvarez. 2015
Una introducción a la práctica del mindfulness y su aplicación en el día a día, con el objetivo de aprender…
a desconectar del ruido y la presión exteriores, conectar con uno mismo y controlar su estrés. Beatriz Muñoz, con su extensa experiencia en la formación de mindfulness, introduce una serie de ejercicios que permitirán al lector aplicar estos planteamientos de forma práctica, con propuestas como la meditación de la espinaca, la de la impresora o la de la ducha. Asimismo, plantea soluciones para situaciones en las que nos enfrentamos a emociones difíciles, como el miedo, la tristeza o la rabia, y propone un plan de entrenamiento de ocho semanas en el que, de forma gradual, iremos incorporando los beneficios del mindfulness en nuestra vida cotidiana. En una sociedad en la que el estrés y la sensación de ansiedad se han extendido hasta convertirse en una auténtica epidemia, Mindfulness funciona proporciona una solución práctica a estos problemas que el lector podrá aplicar desde la primera página, y que le proporcionará resultados visibles en su vida diaria.