Health Anxiety

Mindfulness offers a path to well-being and tools for coping with life's inevitable hurdles. And though mindfulness may sound exotic, you can cultivate it - and reap its proven benefits - without special training or lots of spare time. Trusted therapist and mindfulness expert Dr. Ronald Siegel shows exactly how in this inviting guide. You'll get effective strategies to use while driving to work, walking the dog, or washing the dishes, plus tips on creating a formal practice routine in as little as 20 minutes a day.

A positive, uplifting, empowering guide to self-discovery, Finding Serenity in the Age of Anxiety points the way toward the "peace that passes understanding." In a masterful synthesis of psychology, philosophy, and spirituality, Robert Gerzon presents a radical new understanding of anxiety as three distinct yet related experiences. Vivid examples and practical techniques show us how to master Toxic Anxiety, explore Natural Anxiety, and embrace Sacred Anxiety to reach true serenity.

In this 2025 update, A Christian's Mental Health Guide: For Missionaries, Pastors, and Other Christians, Too is my personal mental health guide. I developed it over years of learning to deal with my own mental health. Challenges that arose from abuse during my childhood years, then witnessing horrendous atrocities during a twenty-two-year missionary career in Africa, added to my PTSD struggles. A moderate brain injury and a recent diagnosis of FSHD—Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy makes mental health a constant challenge. In this book, I share how therapy, spirituality, family, ...

Small neuroscience tweaks that can completely change your relationship with your own thoughts. Time to find your anxiety cure instead of endlessly thinking about it. Anxiety is a funny thing. We can’t always define it, but we know it when we have or don’t have it. Well, forget defining it—just use scientific and psychological tips to get rid of it!

“ I can say “I have PTSD” as readily as I can say “I have asthma.” It is a good feeling to be breaking the stigma of what the picture of mental illness looks like.” Kirsten Marie Peterson, Author “ My challenges do not have to be a negative thing anymore. I can use my experiences to help others.” Domonique Jackson-Rodriguez, Author “ We need to be mindful of our own personal mental health so we can, in turn, support those we love and care for” Tracy Loken Weber, Author “ I want to live in a community when I no longer fear inaccurate perceptions. I want to prove that I ...

Most humans need about 8 hours sleep ~ which is about one third of our lives! Can we get better & more productive sleep by using our time before falling asleep more wisely? What is 'sleep hygiene' & how can we wind down faster after a hectic day or shift? This book enables you to gently fill your mind with appropriate thoughts that you can carry into sleep.

Loving Someone with Anxiety is one of the few books written specifically for the partners of people with anxiety disorders. You'll learn the importance of setting healthy boundaries, limiting codependent behaviors, and why taking over roles that make your partner anxious - such as answering the phone, driving, or doing the grocery shopping because your partner feels too anxious to be in public - can be extremely damaging for the both of you.

This is a guide to anxiety: why we feel it, how we experience it when it strikes, and what we can do when we come under its influence. Across a series of essays that look at the subject from a number of angles, the tone is helpful, compassionate, and in the best sense, practical.

We know that autoimmune disease—a condition when the body’s immune system attacks its own healthy tissue and cells—affects about one in ten Americans, or 24 million people, with prevalence increasing worldwide. But as New York Times bestselling author Dr. Sara Gottfried explains in this eye-opening new book, autoimmune disease may be even more pervasive than we realize—and its root cause may surprise you.

Let’s Take The Crap Out of Psychotherapy (Paperback – March 3, 2025) by Yildiz Sethi is a groundbreaking guide that challenges the current state of the mental health industry. Drawing on over 25 years of experience in psychotherapy, education, and counselling, Yildiz exposes the myths and misinformation that have kept people trapped in ineffective systems of care for decades. This powerful modern therapy book uncovers practical methods for healing, new Healing Methods the deep-rooted alliance between the mental health profession and the pharmaceutical industry—a partnership that often...

I want to be loved for my truths, but I worry that they might be too heavy, for anyone to bear. I long for the world to see me, but I’m afraid it might not like what it finds. I seek understanding, but fear the cost of being fully known.

Are you tired of having tension and worry consume you? Do you want to achieve peace of mind and take back control of your life? Your go-to resource for comprehending and conquering anxiety, stress, and panic attacks is The Ultimate Anxiety Management. This extensive book, which was written by professionals in the fields of mental health and well-being, provides evidence-based methods, useful tactics, and doable actions to assist you in properly managing your anxiety.

A los niños les encanta convertir su propia duda en confianza. Los niños relacionan con el delfín mientras las criaturas del mar le muestran cómo creer en sí mismo. Observe la autoestima de su hijo crecer a la vez que las criaturas de mar tejen una red de relatos positivos. Esta técnica de “sentirse bien” puede ser usada para reforzar la imagen de sí mismo, manejar el estrés, la ansiedad y alcanzar las metas. Esta historia alentadora le traerá una sonrisa a la cara y le dará una herramienta a su hijo que le durará toda la vida.

A los niños les encanta desenvolverse y relajarse con este ejercicio fácil y suave, conocido como relajación muscular progresiva. Esta técnica efectiva de control de estrés es ampliamente aceptada y usada por comunidades tanto tradicionales como holísticas. La técnica enfoca su interés en varios grupos musculares para crear un descanso completo de la mente y el cuerpo. La relajación muscular puede tener un impacto positivo en la salud y sistema inmunológico de su hijo. Puede disminuir los niveles de estrés y ansiedad. Puede ser utilizada para disminuir el dolor y el enojo. Esta ...

Los niños entre las edades de 4 y 7 años les encanta pretender que ellos son el Oso o el Niño mientras practican la respiración profunda. Esta efectiva técnica de control de estrés y enojo es ampliamente aceptada y usada por ambas comunidades tanto tradicional como holística. La técnica se enfoca en la respiración del vientre también conocida como respiración diafragmática. La respiración es tranquilizante y puede tener un impacto positivo en la salud y en el sistema inmunológico de su hijo(a). Puede disminuir los niveles de estrés y ansiedad. Puede ser usado para disminuir ...

A los niños les encantará el sentimiento de sus cuerpos cuando visualicen o imaginen los colores del arco iris. Los niños conectan con el niño y la tortuga, mientras que a través del mundo de la relajación. La visualización, también conocida como “creación imaginaria”, puede reducir los niveles de estrés y ansiedad. Puede tener un impacto positivo en la salud, creatividad y rendimiento de su hijo(a). Puede ser usado para disminuir dolor y enojo. La colorida imaginación de esta historia pone en blanco la mente y relaja el cuerpo, así su hijo (a) puede controlar el estrés y ...

Mainstream health care is overcrowded with gimmicks, "cures," fear-based messages, costly treatments, extreme diet and exercise regimens, and unreasonable claims of what perfect health should look like. Who can live like that long-term, and does this mindset bring about real change toward feeling better? The Art of Health is a fresh and revolutionary approach that will help you take charge of your own health first instead of focusing on what "everyone else" has to say about it. It highlights that you are the #1 authority on your health and that you can take care of yourself not as an ...

Are you brave enough to really want to wake up? There are great books on how-to meditate, great books on why we should meditate, BUT not so many on why we don’t meditate. Why is it so challenging to achieve a daily practice? Why don’t our practices bear fruit? Don’t Wake Up! It Will Ruin Everything offers a gentle alarm bell, penetrating our sleep and reminding us of the possibility and cost of awakening. Don’t Wake Up! offers a humorous, mildly ironic look at several attitudes that get in the way of practicing mindfulness. By taking advantage of the power of paradox; looking at why...

Durante años, luché contra una ansiedad implacable: pensamientos incesantes que no podía controlar, síntomas físicos sin explicación y un miedo abrumador a cometer errores. Probé de todo, desde la meditación hasta trucos de mentalidad, pero nada funcionaba por mucho tiempo. No fue hasta que descubrí cómo funciona realmente la ansiedad que logré liberarme. Este libro es el mapa que desearía haber tenido. La Fórmula para Reiniciar la Ansiedad es una guía práctica y paso a paso que reprograma la forma en que piensas, sientes y respondes al estrés.

18 stories of amazing emotional support animals and how they rescue the hearts and minds of people from all walks of life.