Health & Wellbeing Books
Morgan James Publishing llc A Bipolar Life: 50 Years of Battling
Book SynopsisFor more than 45 years, Steve Millard has struggled with bi-polar disorder. At his lowest, he was on the absolute brink of suicide, looking down into the abyss. Through his own methods of dealing with this disease, arrived at by trial and error, and the generous help of friends, and the teachings of a wonderful support group called Recovery Inc., he not only survived, he prospered, founding one of the most successful and profitable businesses in the direct marketing industry. "A Bipolar Life" is the story of his struggle.Trade Review"Steve Millard worked for me at the time of his break from reality. It was a tragic time for him, for me, and for all the people who worked with him at the Reader’s Digest. Steve’s later recovery and success have made him my all-time poster boy." -Frank Ronnenberg, Former V-P, Reader’s Digest "I have known Steve Millard for over 30 years as a friend and a business associate. He is one of those individuals that only along once in ones lifetime. He is unique, with a larger than life personality. I have witnessed many of his struggles with bipolar disorder and can only imagine how difficult they are for him. I have also witnessed his high, his incredible zest for life and the ability to live life to its fullest. But equally important, I have witnessed his marketing skills and how he helped pioneer the catalog and direct marketing industry. Those skills were a major part of the dynamic growth of the Brookstone Company." -Doug Anderson, former President, Bookstone "Steve Millard was a good friend of L.L. Bean and a catalog marketing consultant instrumental to our success. He was upbeat and outgoing in his public life but quietly and courageously dealt with his emotional illness." -Leon Gorman, CEO L.L. Bean "During the many years of my personal and professional relationship with Steve Millard, I have never been witness to any indication of his personal struggles with bipolar disorder. Obviously, his life-long determination to confront the obstacles and challenges this has presented is commendable. His professional success, his contribution to his industry and his community is proof of the fact that even in the face of this illness, a person can lead a rewarding and fulfilling life. His willingness to share his story with others earns him my complete admiration." -Howard Lester, Chairman and CEO, Williams-SonomaTable of ContentsChapter 1 - In the Beginning Chapter 2- Looking for Answers Chapter 3 - After the First Episode Chapter 4 - Don't Look Back Chapter 5 - My Next Move Chapter 6 - Hired by Reader's Digest Chapter 7 - Dealing With My Illness Chapter 8 - Had Enough Chapter 9 - A Good Move Chapter 10 - Arriving in Pleasantville Chapter 11 - Life Was Going Well Chapter 12 - Hopeless, Helpless and Worthless Chapter 13 - Fighting the Disease Chapter 14 - Simply Doing Something Chapter 15 - Trip Back to Ross Pond Chapter 16 - Not My Last Job Chapter 17 - Things Are Moving Fast Chapter 18 - I Had Come Back Chapter 19 - Going Out On My Own Chapter 20 - Starting My Own Business Chapter 21 - Succeeding as an Entrepreneur Chapter 22 - Making the Business Grow Chapter 23 - Was it all worth it? Chapter 24 - Business is Succeeding Chapter 25 - Cognitive Therapy Chapter 26 - Diagnosed My Condition
£13.49
Columbia University Press Food Medicine and the Quest for Good Health
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction/Rethinking Food and Medicine Part One/Food as Medicine 1 Healing Foods and Longevity 2 Dietary Prescriptions Part Two/Medicine as Food 3 Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods 4 Genetically Modified Foods and Drugs Conclusion/Eating and Medicating Notes Bibliography Index
£25.50
Rowman & Littlefield Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor: More Rebellion And
Book SynopsisYou are a Survivor from Day One On the heels of the acclaimed Learning Channel documentary and best-selling survival guidebook Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips comes this survivor’s companion. In Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips Kris Carr and her posse of Cancer Babes shared their wealth of insights, tricks, how-tos, and hell yeahs for living life with cancer. Now Kris invites all the Cancer Cowgirls (and dudes) out there to chat back and record their own journeys, with this beautifully illustrated, full-color go-anywhere companion. Pairing Kris’s signature sass and smart, soulful, real advice with thoughtful exercises, new contributors, and ample space for writing and reflecting, Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor reaffirms that it is possible to live a real, fun, crazy, sexy life—with cancer. Kris shares her wit and wisdom on everything from food and exercise to make-up, meditation, spirituality, dreams, planning for today (and the future), and much, much more. The user-friendly trim size and flexible-cover format meanwhile ensure that this incomparable blend of informative pocket companion and journal can go anywhere—brightening up those hours in hospital waiting rooms, at home, or spent out in the big, wide, wonderful world putting into practice that most precious truth: healing is about truly living.Trade ReviewPraise for Kris Carr and her bestselling Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips "I read Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips cover to cover on a a flight from LA to NY. I laughed out loud, wept quietly, and most of all, marveled at the magic that is Kris Carr. If Deepak Chopra, What To Expect When You're Expecting, and Sex and the City had a love child, it would look just like Kris' Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips. It is sheer perfection for cancer 'cowgirls' and their loved ones—colorful, soulful, and intimate."—Rory Freedman, coauthor of #1 NY Times best seller Skinny Bitch“Kris is the ray of light that is needed to raise awareness of what it means to give back. What more can one wish for? She is a true leader of courage and inspiration.”—Donna Karan “Kris Carr has done something extraordinary with this book: She has put cancer in its place. She has triumphed, and paved a path by which others can triumph too. She deserves our most heartfelt ‘Bravo.’"—Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love and Everyday Grace “Carr’s documentary, and her new book, Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips, may be the first girlfriend’s guide to living with cancer—a sign of the times really. More and more people are living with cancer, and Carr’s message is they can live full lives, they don’t have to be “defined” by the c-word.”—Kelly Wallace, CBS News Correspondent “Kris Carr’s book is an excellent resource filled with tips on how to not only survive but thrive. . . . [T]he abundant information about life and living contained in this book will coach you in a way that will make you an empowered star performer and winner in the face of adversity.” —Bernie Siegel, MD, author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and Help Me to Heal
£17.49
Advantage Media Group F.U. Money: Make As Much Money As You Want And
Book SynopsisAre you TIRED of the RAT RACE? Do you wish you had MORE TIME and MORE MONEY? Would you like to NEVER WORK AGAIN? If you answered “YES!”, then you need to look no further than Dan Lok’s new book F.U. MONEY. If you have ever thought to yourself: • How come I have to keep coming back over and over to this DEAD-END JOB? • How can I make enough money so that I can afford to STOP WORKING and START HAVING FUN?? • When will it be MY TURN to live the GOOD LIFE??? Imagine what your life would become if you knew what it really took to make more money than you have ever dreamed possible in your lifetime. For instance, can you imagine that... • All the money stress in your life suddenly vanishes? • You get to fire your boss and tell him where to shove it? • Take holidays whenever you want and for as long as you want? • You are living in the house of your dreams, driving the car of your dreams, and also have a boat and a cabin and even a plane if you want? • You can afford to give your children the perfect, healthy, and fun and fulfilling childhood that you always wanted to give them? In this no-nonsense, no-holds-barred guide, international entrepreneur and self-made multi-millionaire Dan Lok shows you how to live the lifestyle you really want without having to work or rely on anyone else for money.
£17.09
Entrepreneur Press No B.S. Guide to Powerful Presentations: The
Book SynopsisMillionaire maker Dan S. Kennedy has joined with speaking and presentation expert Dustin Matthews to help business owners, private practice professionals, and professional marketers start making dollars and cents of their speaking and online media presence. Kennedy and Matthews show readers how to harness the power of their personalities to sell their businesses in person, at events, and via online outlets like webinars, video, and online seminars.
£13.93
Celestial Arts Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide
Book SynopsisAn authoritative guide to natural childbirth and postpartum parenting options from an MD who home-birthed her own four children.Sarah Buckley might be called a third-wave natural birth advocate. A doctor and a mother, she approaches the question of how a woman and baby might have the most fulfilling birth experience with respect for the wisdom of both medical science and the human body. Using current medical and epidemiological research plus women's experiences (including her own), she demonstrates that what she calls 'undisturbed birth' is almost always healthier and safer than high-technology approaches to birth. Her wise counsel on issues like breastfeeding and sleeping during postpartum helps extend the gentle birth experience into a gentle parenting relationship.
£12.59
Random House USA Inc The Belly Book
Book SynopsisBefore you get to meet your baby, you spend a swell (so to speak) nine months getting acquainted with your growing belly. The first pregnancy journal devoted 100% to you and your belly, The Belly Book is organized by trimester and includes pages for “time-lapse” belly photos and ultrasound images, as well as prompts for writing about morning sickness, food cravings, maternity clothes you never want to see again, and much more.Her books radiate fun the way tulips radiate spring: they are elegant and spirit-lifting.- New York Times Book Review
£16.14
Random House USA Inc The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom
Book SynopsisSuze Orman has transformed the concept of personal finance for millions by teaching us how to gain control of our money -- so that money does not control us. She goes beyond the nuts and bolts of managing money to explore the psychological, even spiritual power money has in our lives. The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom is the first personal finance book that gives you not only the knowledge of how to handle money, but also the will to break through all the barriers that hold you back. Combining real-life recommendations with the motivation to overcome financial anxieties, Suze Orman offers the keys to providing for yourself and your family, including: * seeing how your past holds the key to your financial future * facing your fears and creating new truths * trusting yourself more than you trust others * being open to receiving all that you are meant to have * understanding the lessons of the money cycle The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom is useful advice and inspiration from the leading voice in personal finance. As Orman shows, managing money is far more than a matter of balancing your checkbook or picking the right investments. It's about redefining financial freedom -- and realizing that you are worth far more than your money.
£15.30
Sentient Publications They Can't Find Anything Wrong!: 7 Keys to
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Sentient Publications Safe Baby: A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Home Safety
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Basic Health Publications The Amazing Way to Reverse Heart Disease: Beyond
Book SynopsisIts hard to believe you're dying when you feel fit and fine... but millions of people worldwide are harbouring unaware a condition that can rob them or kill them outright - hypertension also known as high blood pressure the most common form of heart disease. Even when hypertension is diagnosed treatment is usually based on drugs most with dismal side effects expensive and of limited usefulness. Really effective treatment of hypertension calls for getting at the cause - which the author has found often relates to poor diet elevated cholesterol excess weight stress and biochemical imbalances. With Dr. Braverman's 30 to 90 day programme patients have lowered their blood pressure and in some cases even reversed the course of existing heart disease! Based on extensive research and long clinical experience Dr. Braverman's programme can open the way to the longer and healthier life that high blood pressure and heart disease are silently waiting to steal from us.
£10.44
Basic Health Publications Vitamin Cure for Eye Disease: How to Prevent and
Book SynopsisEven though vision is one of our most-valued senses, we often take our eyesight for granted until problems begin to develop. Many serious eye-related illnesses, ranging from glaucoma to retinitis pigmentosa, are degenerative diseases that progress slowly throughout our lifetime and only reveal themselves later in life. These age-related eye diseases and many other eye conditions can be prevented or improved with proper nutrition and vitamin supplementation. Many of us exercise, try to eat well and we may even take supplements and drugs to avoid illnesses such as heart disease, but are we doing what we can to keep our eyes healthy? Robert Smith has written a comprehensive guidebook for anyone interested in understanding the function of the eye and maintaining or regaining good eye health. THE VITAMIN CURE FOR EYE DISEASE clearly introduces the complex workings of the eye and the illnesses, whether serious or common, that can occur through oxidative stress and poor nutrition. As an experienced researcher Dr. Smith guides us through the current research, explaining how correct vitamin supplementation and good nutrition can stave off or improve our visual health. This book will be an indispensable tool for people seeking therapeutic, natural help for specific eye diseases as well as those wanting to maintain their healthy eyes later in life.
£12.34
Basic Health Publications Yoga Therapy and Integrative Medicine: Where
Book SynopsisIn YOGA THERAPY & INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, the practice of yoga is applied toward relieving and healing specific health conditions. With its remarkable results, this revolutionary approach to an ancient practice is rapidly gaining tremendous respect among medical doctors and health practitioners. YOGA THERAPY & INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE is a user-friendly reference guide that brings together the most credible collective of yoga-oriented health professionals and therapists ever assembled in one place. Hand-picked for their professionalism and knowledge, this book's esteemed group of more than thirty-five contributing authors represent numerous highly acclaimed universities and leading Yoga Therapy institutions around the globe. Detailing a wide range of approaches, the book is designed to educate medical professionals, students, yoga teachers, academia and the general public on alternative treatment methods and the game-changing therapeutic framework for Yoga Therapy's application as a complementary treatment approach.
£21.84
Sounds True Inc Finding God Through Sex
Book SynopsisWhen it comes to sex, most of us want more. The question is: more of what? According to David Deida, when the depth of intimacy you've been experiencing is no longer fulfilling to your heart and body—when you sense that sexuality should go far beyond an embrace of brief satisfaction—the time has come to explore your unique sexual path to the divine. In Finding God Through Sex, this brilliant writer and internationally renowned expert on spiritual sexuality presents a revolutionary new way to love—one in which sex literally becomes an erotic act of devotional surrender, "making love, magnifying love, from the boundless depth of your heart through every inch of your body and in merger with your lover." Through provocative vignettes that illuminate the many moods that color lovemaking, and direct instruction that speaks honestly to the masculine and feminine desires within each of us, Deida brings wisdom gained from 30 years' work with thousands of couples to illustrate the distinct yet complementary avenues men and women can skillfully travel toward untamed passion and sacred unity. What unfolds is an unparalleled road map to the place where we "love as the cosmos loves: One loving itself as an other, yet remembering itself as One."
£13.29
Penguin Books Ltd The Effortless Experience
Book SynopsisA new breakthrough idea about how to win customer loyalty from Matthew Dixon, the bestselling author of The Challenger SaleEveryone knows that the best way to create customer loyalty is with service so good, so over the top, that it surprises and delights. But what if everyone is wrong?In their acclaimed bestseller The Challenger Sale, Matthew Dixon and his colleagues at CEB busted longstanding myths about sales. Now they''ve turned to a new vital business subject - customer loyalty - with a book that turns conventional wisdom on its head.Companies devote untold time and resources trying to dazzle customers. Yet CEB''s careful research proves that is wildly overrated: loyalty has a lot more to do with how well companies deliver on their basic promises than on how dazzling the service experience might be. Forget bells and whistles and just solve your customer''s problems. The Effortless Experience lays out the four pi
£15.29
Rowman & Littlefield The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy: Advice from
Book SynopsisIn this new, updated version of the groundbreaking book, gynecologist and leading women’s health expert Dr. Lauren Streicher—who in a direct, clear, and often humorous way—reveals the following: What your doctor isn’t telling you; robotic hysterectomy and why it is becoming so popular; new nonsurgical ways to control heavy bleeding; the latest on hormone therapy, including bioidentical hormones; how to decrease your risk of uterine or ovarian cancer without removing your uterus or ovaries; new methods for treating fibroids; and a comprehensive guide to websites and resources.Trade ReviewAs hundreds of thousands of women begin the ‘HysterSisters’ journey each year, they need and deserve the most current information about hysterectomy and menopause. Dr. Streicher is the voice of a compassionate medical expert who can guide women through their pre- and post-hysterectomy experiences. -- Kathy Kelley, founder and CEO of HysterSisters.comThe Essential Guide to Hysterectomy is just that: an up-to-date, comprehensive, essential resource for the over half a million women in the United States who undergo this procedure every year. Dr. Streicher’s latest book not only demystifies the hysterectomy procedure but provides in-depth descriptions of the various techniques utilized by physicians, such as robot-assisted hysterectomy, that are currently in vogue. In addition, Dr. Streicher outlines alternative therapy, both medical and surgical. I will certainly recommend The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy to all of my patients. -- Dr. Charles E. Miller, president of The International Society for Gynecologic EndoscopyTable of ContentsPreface Part I. Hysterectomy Past and Present Chapter 1: The History and Politics of Hysterectomy Chapter 2: Anatomy 101 Chapter 3: Who Gets a Hysterectomy? Who Absolutely Needs One? Part II. Uterine Disorders and Alternatives to Hysterectomy Chapter 4: Fibroids—What, Where, and How Chapter 5: Nonsurgical Treatment of Fibroids Chapter 6: Removing Fibroids Chapter 7: Uterine Prolapse Chapter 8: Pain and Abnormal Bleeding Chapter 9: Precancerous Conditions and Cancer Part III. Surgery and Recovery Chapter 10: Abdominal Hysterectomy Chapter 11: Vaginal Hysterectomy and Treatment of Urinary Incontinence Chapter 12: Laparoscopic and Robotic-Assisted Hysterectomy Chapter 13: Choosing a Surgeon Chapter 14: Anesthetic Issues Chapter 15: Preparing for Surgery Chapter 16: The Day of Surgery Chapter 17: Recovering From Surgery Chapter 18: Complications and How to Reduce Your Risk Part IV. Decisions Regarding Surgery Chapter 19: The Cervix Decision Chapter 20: The Ovary Decision Chapter 21: Women at Genetic Risk for Gynecologic Cancers Chapter 22: Time for That Tummy Tuck? Plastic and Associated Procedures Part V. Life after Hysterectomy Chapter 23: Exercise and other Acitivites Chapter 24: A Word (or Two) about Hormones Chapter 25: Alternatives to Estrogen Therapy Chapter 26: Sex after Hysterectomy Chapter 27: Pregnancy after Hysterectomy Chapter 28: What I Have Learned from My Patients (and Their Husbands) Chapter 29: Resources Index About the Author
£16.19
Basic Health Publications User'S Guide to Eye Health Supplements
Book SynopsisCataracts and age-related muscular degeneration are the most common vision-threatening eye diseases. Both interfere with vision and many lead to blindness. Yet many natural supplements such as lutein and zeaxanthin, play normal roles in protecting the eyes. This User's Guide to Eye Health Supplements explains how these and other nutrients can reduce your risk of eye disease.
£6.37
