Great Health

“Doomed from birth” was how psychologist Harold Skeels described two girls at the Orphans’ Home in Davenport, Iowa, in 1934. Following prevailing eugenic beliefs, Skeels and his colleague Marie Skodak assumed that the girls had inherited their parents’ low intelligence and sent them to an institution. To their astonishment, under the women’s care, the children’s IQ scores became normal. Recasting Skeels and his team as intrepid heroes, Marilyn Brookwood weaves years of prodigious archival research to show how after decades of backlash, the Iowans finally prevailed.

In January 1918, as World War I raged on, a new and terrifying virus began to spread across the globe. In three successive waves, from 1918 to 1919, influenza killed more than 50 million people. German soldiers termed it Blitzkatarrh, British soldiers referred to it as Flanders Grippe, but worldwide, the pandemic gained the notorious title of “Spanish flu”. Nowhere on earth escaped: the United States recorded 550,000 deaths (five times its total military fatalities in the war) while European deaths totaled more than two million.

As crianças e os adolescentes estão em perigo. Desde o início dos anos 2010, as taxas de depressão, ansiedade e outros transtornos mentais têm crescido vertiginosamente nesses grupos. Em A geração ansiosa, o psicólogo social Jonathan Haidt explica as causas dessa epidemia e defende uma infância longe das telas.

La meditación es una técnica milenaria que ha sido utilizada durante generaciones con múltiples beneficios. Fuente de salud y bienestar, sus efectos positivos han sido científicamente comprobados: ayuda a mejorar la memoria e incluso desarrolla nuestro cociente intelectual. En este audiolibro Ramiro Calle, uno de los mayores expertos en yoga y técnicas de meditación, nos propone un detallado estudio de dichas enseñanzas y sus diversas vertientes.

The Raw Food Diet has taken the world by storm. The reasons are obvious. With so many fad diets out there, we need a better way to lose weight, feel great, and improve our health. Chronic disease and cancer rates are going through the roof. We need change. Instead of processed and genetically modified foods we need a natural way of eating. The Raw Food Diet promotes healthy, long lasting weight loss. It improves overall health, increases energy and enhances appearance. But how does it all work and how do you begin? Raw Food Diet For Beginners explains how the Raw Food Diet works in a clear ...

The concepts presented in this book can change lives by significantly improving health while also rapidly reducing excess body fat. TurboCharged® was first introduced over twelve years ago and became a best-seller after hundreds of news articles featured the program and a segment on The Today Show highlighted an enthusiastic follower who had lost 75 pounds in just six months following his orthopedic surgeon’s recommendation to try the program. Today, the 8 Simple Steps are just as effective and in fact maybe even more relevant based on current research. Now, in this TurboCharged Pocket ...

Do you want to enjoy the life you are living, even as you face significant life challenges? Are you grieving the loss of the life you planned? Is your body or mind failing you? Can you ever find joy, peace, or fulfillment in these challenging situations? The answer is a resounding yes. Cristy Maddox searched for answers that were not coming; for a diagnosis to explain her symptoms. For nearly 10 years Cristy and her husband Greg researched and learned about an illness they had never previously heard of, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome....

Los Gran Modelos Mentales: Conceptos Generales de Pensamiento es el primer audiolibro de la serie Los Gran Modelos Mentales diseñado para mejorar su pensamiento con las mejores, más útiles y potentes herramientas para que siempre tenga la correcta a mano. Este volumen detalla nueve de los modelos mentales más versátiles que puede usar de inmediato para mejorar su toma de decisiones, su productividad, y la claridad con que ve el mundo. Descubrirá qué fuerzas gobiernan el universo y cómo enfocar sus esfuerzos para poder aprovecharlas en su beneficio.

Picking up where How to Not Always Be Working left off, Getting to Center is an empathetic offering to those who are looking for a roadmap for finding their way back to equilibrium. This book meditates on endings, grief and joy, ease, hope, addiction, and beginnings, pairing Marlee's own experiences and wisdom with practical exercises and tools for creating balance and understanding within the natural changes of life.

Title: The Journey of a Tea Enthusiast: From Blending to Writing Introduction: Tea, an ancient beverage steeped in tradition, has captivated the hearts and palates of people around the world for centuries. As a tea blender, enthusiast, experienced gardener, and current book author on tea and fruit tree blends, I have had the privilege of embarking on a remarkable journey. This essay aims to provide an insight into my experiences and how they have shaped my understanding and appreciation for the art of tea. Abstract: Over the span of ten years, I have dedicated myself to the craft of tea ...

Debunk diet myths and make better food choices with this helpful guide that will transform the way you think about nutrition and health. In Dressing on the Side, Jaclyn London - the nutrition director of Good Housekeeping - debunks the diet myths and mental blocks that keep you from reaching your health and weight-loss goals. In this audiobook filled with accessible information, simple strategies, and practical application of scientific research, London breaks down what's at the heart of the issue and offers tools, shortcuts, and solutions that work within any scenario.

So-called government and health "authorities" never tire of reminding those of us who live in industrialized countries that heart disease is a major cause of death. They go even further when they tell us that heart disease is eminently preventable, all the while conceding that one's genetic background predetermines numerous factors with influence over each individual's risk of succumbing to heart attack. They tout that diet is a foremost factor among causes of heart disease and that modifying your diet provides a workable means of preventing heart attacks.

Yoga Business Mastery is a practical guide to the business side of teaching yoga. You’ll learn the mindset, positioning, sales, pricing, and packaging strategies needed to launch or expand your career. If you’re serious about turning your passion into a sustainable lifestyle, this book offers insider knowledge that will increase both your income and your impact.

Everything I Wish I Knew When I Was 18 is your guide to success and fulfillment, and now you can listen to it anytime, anywhere. This audiobook offers life-changing insights to help you develop a success mindset, overcome self-doubt, and build confidence. You'll also learn how to master your finances by investing wisely, building wealth, and securing your future.

Have you ever wondered why it is so hard to lose weight and have good health, even if you eat a healthy diet? There is hope for you, yet - 40 days to an existence free of sugar’s chains. When you use the 40-day sugar detox plan outlined in this book, you will learn how your life can change when you tell added sugar to hit the road.

Do you know Atkins diet is perfect for busy lifestyles? You can stick with Atkins at work, at home, on vacation, when you're eating out—wherever you are. Even if you failed every other diet you've been on in your life, this book will give you the motivation you need to keep going and achieve your weight loss goals!

Author MK Mueller's journey to her ideal weight was 40 years in the making with a trail of unsuccessful diets in her wake. Once she learned the truth about how simple it was to end sugar cravings, she created her own methodology based on an 8-step process Mike Dooley calls "inspired". With her encouragement and gentle guidance, you will let go of the burden of living life as a weight number and reclaim your energy, self-esteem, and personal power.

In Simply Freud, Professor Stephen Frosh offers an engaging and accessible introduction to Freud and his major ideas, including the unconscious, sexual repression, free association, and the interpretation of dreams. At the same time, he reminds us that Freud was also a person - ambitious, conflicted, amorous, irritable, blind about some things, prophetically insightful about others.

This overview discusses how important imagination is and the major effect it has on our lives, including the role it plays in hallucinations, moods, and creativity.

Other diets don't work because they wreak havoc on your hormones. But the Perfect 10 Diet is a real world diet that works the way your body was meant to work. Now you can finally melt away the pounds without going hungry, regain your health, and reverse aging on the only diet that creates the perfect balance between the ten key hormones that control health and weight.