Mental Health Stress

Discover how mental health shapes every part of our lives in The Importance of Mental Health: A Guide to Emotional Well-being. This clear, compassionate guide offers practical tools, real-world insight, and hope for anyone looking to better understand and support mental wellness.

Challenges the notion that clients with PTSD must revisit, review, and process their memories to recover from trauma. Multiple therapeutic transcripts illuminate key points in trauma treatment, including stabilizing clients who dissociate, identifying and implementing hidden somatic resources, and utilizing good memories and somatic markers. With an authoritative yet personal voice, Rothschild's book is essential listening for anyone working with those who have experienced trauma.

As a therapist, Virginia Cruse was becoming frustrated with the rumors her clients heard about PTSD that kept them from getting better. Why did so many of them believe that PTSD had no cure? That they couldn't have PTSD, because they were not in direct combat? That they didn't "deserve" to have PTSD, or didn't "deserve" to get better? The answer hit a nerve with Cruse: no one had taken the time to explain PTSD to service members in a way that made sense.

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a clinically tested and proven technique that can improve an individual’s ability to manage mental or emotional disorders. The four simple principles DBT is based on include mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, distress tolerance, and regulation of emotions. This means you can effectively regulate intense emotions and reactions without compromising on the quality of life you wish to lead.

Did you know that the vagus nerve could be key to transforming physical and mental health? Physiotherapist and neurophysiology expert Jessica Maguire wants to help you understand the root cause of many of our health issues – our dysregulated nervous system. In The Nervous System Reset, Maguire explains why the vagus nerve is key to emotional, digestive and physical health, and how to engage it to help reset your nervous system.

In this captivating book, neuroscientist Shane O'Mara invites us to marvel at the benefits walking confers on our bodies and brains, and to appreciate the advantages of this uniquely human skill. From walking's evolutionary origins, traced back millions of years to life forms on the ocean floor, to new findings from cutting-edge research, he reveals how the brain and nervous system give us the ability to balance, weave through a crowded city, and run our "inner GPS" system.

Is anxiety disrupting your life? With proven CBT-based skills and mindfulness techniques, this book can be your guide out of the spiraling stress of anxiety and get you back on track to living a happy and healthy life.

Anxiety puts our bodies into "fight or flight" mode-and makes us more vulnerable to exhaustion, depression and illness. These guided mind-body techniques help listeners counteract anxiety through deep relaxation, enhanced problem-solving, and converting fear into positive energy.

What Can I Do About Me? is a compassionate, trauma-sensitive guide designed for individuals grappling with the pain of sexual betrayal.

The COVID-19 pandemic has left many of us haunted by feelings of anxiety, despair, and even anger. In this audiobook, pioneering therapist Pauline Boss identifies these vague feelings of distress as caused by ambiguous loss, losses that remain unclear and hard to pin down, and thus have no closure. Collectively the world is grieving as the pandemic continues to change our everyday lives.

Have an excellent idea for a start-up but are too hesitant to take action? This book will change your mindset. “Maybe someday.” “I’m too busy right now.” “I had a great idea, but I don't think it will go anywhere.” Does this sound familiar? You’re not alone. Most people don’t chase their dreams. Instead, filled with self-doubt, fear, or procrastination, they stay on their 9-to-5 hamster wheel and hope to retire with a nice 401(k). And have regret for what could have been. But that doesn't have to be you. There's no better time to kick-start your idea into a real money-...

I used to think the solution to every problem was to do more, try harder, hustle faster. When I was stressed about an exam, I'd play video games instead of studying (then feel worse the next day). When dating wasn't working out, I'd either obsess over every text message or give up entirely. When work got overwhelming, I'd either burn myself out or distract myself with endless scrolling. Sound familiar? Here's what I discovered: most of us are doing the wrong kind of "nothing." We think we're lazy or unmotivated, but actually, we're just using coping strategies that make everything harder. ...

Authoritative, beautifully written and much-loved by many, Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World has become a word-of-mouth best seller and global phenomenon. It reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that you can incorporate into daily life to break the cycle of anxiety, stress unhappiness and exhaustion. It promotes the kind of happiness that gets into your bones and allows you to meet the worst that life throws at you with new courage.

Unlock the secrets to nurturing confident, well-adjusted teens with "Balanced Teens," your comprehensive guide to understanding and supporting your teen in today's fast-paced world. Imagine a household where open conversations flow effortlessly, stress is managed with grace, and your teen thrives emotionally, mentally, and academically. This book offers you the tools and insights you need to create that environment. Dive into the world of teen stress and uncover what really causes upheaval in young lives. Learn to differentiate between healthy and unhealthy stress, equipping you with the ...

Modern life throws a variety of stressful situations at us. This book aims to show stress in a different light - as a natural bodily reaction to help us through certain situations. Although our bodies produce the "fight or flight" reaction when subjected to stress, it often seems inappropriate - our increased heart and lung rate and the chemicals injected into system by the brain can cause illnesses such as asthma and diabetes. This text invites us to improve our brain-body connections in an approach to healthy living based on science.

Do you find yourself constantly overwhelmed by daily tasks, unable to focus, or struggling with impulsive decisions because of ADHD? Are you frustrated by your inability to manage time and organize your space effectively? Have you tried countless strategies that left you feeling exhausted and defeated? Meet your guide to mastering executive functioning skills and transforming your ADHD into a strength.

Feel like you don't have enough time? Killing yourself trying to 'do it all' without much to show for it? Forget about time management, you need Time Magic. In this revolutionary book, you'll learn how to create the spacious, fulfilling life you've always imagined, but that until now has felt out of reach. Join bestselling author Melissa Ambrosini and Nick Broadhurst as they unpack the simple, actionable strategies that can completely transform your relationship with time.

Overhaul your approach to concentration and productivity using strategic, science-proven methods to save hours a day and achieve twice as much. Your current focus and productivity tactics might be "adequate." But they will never be great or reach their potential if you don't understand how your psychology and physiology work together to affect your focus. Short circuit your brain into instant focus. The Science of Powerful Focus looks at focus in a revolutionary new way, and sheds light on studies both new and old.

If your partner is a survivor of sexual trauma, they may experience anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, or feel triggered by intimate situations. And you may feel confused or unsure of how to support them. This gentle guide will give you the tools you need to help nurture intimacy and trust, and cultivate a secure relationship. In Loving Someone Who Has Sexual Trauma, marriage, family, and sex therapist Megan Lara Negendank offers self-compassion and attachment-based communication skills to support your partner.

It's never too late to chase your dreams: Before she discovered running, Nita Sweeney was 49-years-old, chronically depressed, occasionally manic, and unable to jog for more than 60 seconds at a time. Using exercise, Nita discovered an inner strength she didn't know she possessed, and with the help of her canine companion, she found herself on the way to completing her first marathon. In her memoir, Sweeney shares how she overcame emotional and physical challenges to finish the race and come back from the brink.