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Brought to you by Penguin. It could happen to anyone. One fine April day, Mary Ann Kenny’s husband died suddenly while jogging near their family home. In the months that followed, Mary Ann – who had no history of mental illness – began suffering from depression, and then from a terrifying...

We upgrade our technology all the time, but what about ourselves? If you feel held back and frustrated, if you feel like you need to change but you don't know how—then Nik and Eva Speakman want you to upgrade your life. Using the techniques and exercises that they have used to transform the lives of countless clients, Nik and Eva give you the skills and confidence to change the voice in your head from one that says 'I can't' to one that says 'I can'.

Today, you might be in the darkest place you can imagine. You are struggling to make it through the day, let alone be happy. It’s not that you don’t have the ability to turn your life around. It’s that you are missing the practical knowledge to do so. And here it is, at your fingertips!

The principle of this extraordinary book is to help you uncover and neutralize the programming of your past by conquering the negative emotions in the present. The present holds the key to the past and the future, and that to continue reacting to cruel authority in an infantile way keeps alive what was implanted in you as a child. Somewhere in your distant past, there was an original upset or trauma - perhaps many of them. Someone or something that you deeply resented changed the course of your whole life.

At twenty-two, Julie Barton collapsed on her kitchen floor in Manhattan. She was one year out of college and severely depressed. Summoned by Julie's incoherent phone call, her mother raced from Ohio to New York and took her home. Psychiatrists, therapists and family tried to intervene, but...

"Few books combine theological precision with practical wisdom as skillfully as Lies My Therapist Told Me." — Jonny Ardavanis "Dr. Gifford is an incredible resource." — Allie Beth Stuckey From beloved Christian counselor, professor, and podcaster Greg Gifford comes a bold and balanced...

When a small vial arrives in her mailbox from "Lewis Carroll", Ayelet Waldman is at a low point. Her mood storms have become intolerably severe; she has tried nearly every medication possible; her husband and children are suffering with her. So she opens the vial, places two drops on her tongue, and joins the ranks of an underground but increasingly vocal group of scientists and civilians successfully using therapeutic microdoses of LSD.

A four-step programme to help develop self-esteem, create time to do the things that nourish and fulfil you, discover a deep sense of calm, and achieve healthy control over your life, home and work, co-written by psychotherapist and relationship expert Jennie Miller and award-winning journalist...

Even before the pandemic brought on a crushing wave of stress, anxiety, isolation and financial struggle, there was a growing mental health crisis - exacerbated by a digital-first culture that is putting untold pressure on a generation of young people. Poppy Jamie has made it her life's mission to do something about this and share the actionable, science-backed solutions we can all use to rewire our daily thoughts and break damaging patterns for good - those same ones that she used to piece herself back together after suffering from chronic anxiety and burnout.

What if anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction aren’t disorders — but misunderstood signals? What if your suffering isn’t proof of damage — but proof you’ve been looking in the wrong direction? If you’re tired of managing symptoms, chasing diagnoses, or needing support just to feel okay, this book will hit like cold water and a clean slate. You don’t need more insight, another toolkit, or a perfect version of yourself. You need one thing: To see through the illusion that you’re broken — and walk away from it. No labels. No steps. No guru. Just clarity. Sharp, fast, irreversible.

Every man has a deep bed of emotions. Emotions and feelings shouldn't be ignored. To get the great and healthy relationships you desire, you need to change the way that you manage your emotions. David Kundtz has created this full guide to steer you towards emotional healing. This motivational book is dedicated to teenage boys, young men, fathers, and grandfathers. Build your emotional confidence and your communication skills. The language, tools, and the exercises inside of this book are designed to help you express the deep, vibrant, and ever-present emotions that you hold inside.

From integrative therapist Abby Rawlinson (@therapywithabby) comes a real-world companion to improving your mental health. Looking at the most common ways we self-sabotage both at home and at work, Abby guides us on a journey to reconnect with what we need and want, showing us how to break unhealthy and unhelpful behaviour patterns. With a specialist focus on how our minds and bodies are interconnected, Abby demonstrates how looking at our whole selves is key to making a lasting positive change.

The Noonday Demon is Andrew Solomon’s National Book Award-winning, bestselling, and transformative masterpiece on depression—“the book for a generation, elegantly written, meticulously researched, empathetic, and enlightening” (Time)—now with a chapter covering recently introduced and...

Overworked? Exhausted? Powering between career, family and friends and frazzled and libido-less as a result? No wonder you’re moody! But as New York psychiatrist Julie Holland explains in her radical and eye-opening new book, the first step to overcoming the lows is to accept that being testy...

We all know that good habits can help us turn our lives around. But if you’ve tried to get that daily exercise routine going, or have attempted a healthier diet or even tried to journal every day, you know it is not as simple as it sounds. Fear not—The Habit Coach™, Ashdin Doctor, is here to help. With his simple yet assured approach and his easy-breezy style, Ashdin not only picks the best habits for a positive outlook but also tells you how to go about making them a part of your life.

We tend to assume we’re okay - until we’re not. Getting healthy is an ongoing process that requires you to stop, dig deep, and ask yourself the hard questions. In Are You Really OK?, author and licensed counselor Debra Fileta challenges you to get real with who you are and how you’re doing spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically, so you can recognize where you need growth and healing.

Drawing on psychology, lived experience, and the environments that shaped his own recovery, a clinical psychologist introduces a way of understanding the mind as an ecosystem—one that must be supported, stabilized, and nourished before it can truly change.

Being the parent of a smart child is great - until your son or daughter starts asking whether global warming is real, if you are going to die, and what will happen if they don't get into college. Kids who are advanced intellectually often let their imaginations run wild and experience fears beyond their years. So what can you do to help? In Why Smart Kids Worry, Allison Edwards guides you through the mental and emotional process of where your child's fears come from and why they are so hard to move past. Edwards focuses on how to parent a child who is both smart and anxious.

How to Come Alive Again is a funny, honest, broken audiobook written by an author who could be described as the same. It is a combination of self-help audiobook, memoir and polemical lifestyle guide. It lays out the basics for mending your life, accepting yourself, changing what doesn’t work, killing the worst of it and learning to live through depression. It’s an audiobook about what to do when you’re an anxious, depressed, spaghetti-brained mess in a society that still prefers us to act normal and never talk about our mental health.

When you have difficulties managing your emotions, it can feel like you're losing control of your whole life. Anger, hurt, grief, worry, and other intense feelings can be overwhelming, and how you react to these emotions can impact your ability to maintain relationships, succeed at work, or even think straight! If you find it difficult to understand, express, and process intense emotions - and most of us do - this book is for you.