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A revised and updated edition of a collection of personal essays that illuminate what life is like for those who live with mental illness, and how it impacts their family members. More than 4 million Canadians and 57 million Americans suffer from a diagnosable mental illness, and yet there...

In this book Bessel examines the ways that trauma can affect people and how they can recover from past dramatic events. When a person experiences trauma it will change the wiring in their brain and this will cause a change in the way that a person views their life and everyday situations. Trauma has...

This book discusses the significance of late twentieth century and early twenty first century American fiction written in response to the AIDS crisis and interrogates how sexual identity is depicted and constructed textually. Pearl develops Freudian psychoanalytic theory in a complex account of the...

This is a great place to start reading Paul Brunton's Notebooks—an uplifting, enlightening survey of virtually every aspect of spiritual awakening and stage of practice. Each of its 28 chapters samples one of the 28 “categories” into which Paul Brunton filed his writings. Topics included are: meditation,...

Travis shares the ups and downs of being Bi-Polar. He balances Bi-Polar with having Schizophrenia to live one of the most enjoyable lives a person with mental illness can lead. Travis shares what it is like to be depressed and low for days then all of a sudden have the switch flipped to being manic...

In this three-part article inspired by the Buddhist ideal of "right livelihood," D. Patrick Miller examines a variety of approaches to finding work you love to do, with expert help offered by Marsha Sinetar, Nancy Anderson, Sue Bender, Gregg Levoy, Carol Adrienne, and others.

Spirit possession is the interference by others (physical and non-physical) in the mental, emotional, spiritual, or physical well-being of a person. Exorcism is the process of removing such interference. This book tells about the different types of possession, how they occur, typical symptoms, and...

Anyone affected by anxiety attacks, stress or depression has had to deal with negative ruminations. It was vital to offer a new idea to help you calm down negative thoughts with natural techniques. You will find out  how to calm negative thoughts in a very practical way and  get big bonus 10 Techniques to Find Serenity Are you ready to get rid anxiety??  Grab this book now!  

English churchman and scholar Robert Burton (1577-1640) was a passionate student of medicine, history, literature, and science — the whole of human knowledge. This witty and eloquent genius devoted most of this life to writing The Anatomy of Melancholy, one of the richest, most inexhaustible books...

Lunacy, the legendary notion of minds unhinged by the moon, continues to captivate the popular imagination. Although it violates the assumptions of modern science and psychiatry, such belief remains common among mental health workers. Furthermore, several studies have found a small, unexplained correlation...

Soulager la douleur est une œuvre divine, a dit Hippocrate. Lorsque le père de la médecine exprimait cette idée, il parlait seulement de ces palliatifs insuffisants ou infidèles employés de son temps pour atténuer, dans le cours des maladies, les effets de la douleur. La découverte de l’éthérisation...

What is self esteem? How is it different from self confidence? How do you create a healthy sense of self esteem? This book will teach you the secrets of self esteem that nobody else shares with you. With practical tools and tasks you can create an unshakeable sense of self esteem that can take...

A moving, witty memoir chronicling the nearly 20 years since Carmen Ambrosio, a native of the Virgin Islands who moved to the frozen tundra of the Midwest to attend college, learned she had multiple sclerosis. In a format mimicking the unpredictable course of MS, the now middle-aged and married Ambrosio’s...