Mental Help

Following deaths, divorces, or the confusion of major relocation, many adults tell their children “don’t feel bad”. In fact, say the authors of the highly praised The Grief Recovery Handbook, feeling bad or sad is precisely the appropriate emotion attached to sad events. Encouraging a child to bypass grief without completion can cause unseen long-term damage.

We've all had the desire to travel through time and see what our lives will be like later in life. While we want the best possible future for ourselves, we often fail to make decisions that would truly make that a reality. Why are so many of us so disconnected from our future selves? Based on over a decade of groundbreaking research, Your Future Self explains that, in our minds, our future selves often look like strangers.

This book provides definitions and real-life examples of complex PTSD and complex secondary PTSD (seen in a rapidly rising number of spouses and children), and the problems that arise when untreated. Arsenal of Hope aims to help soldiers, first responders, their families, and civilians with trauma - including those dealing with COVID-19 chaos or death.

Transforming Overthinking Into Empowerment! You find yourself tossing and turning at night, your mind racing through endless lists of what-ifs, regrets, and future worries. Each thought pulls you deeper into a cycle of anxiety and self-doubt, leaving you feeling trapped and exhausted. But what if recognizing this overwhelming mental pattern could be your first step toward liberation? Introducing Dealing With Negative Thoughts, a compassionate guide packed with practical techniques that will help you calm your mind, nurture a resilient mindset, and reclaim your life. Inside Dealing With ...

Positive Parenting for Autism delivers practical guidance that will empower parents to implement the techniques used by professionals to help their child with autism build essential social and life skills in an encouraging, affirming way. Raising a child with autism is one of the most challenging responsibilities any parent can face. It can be difficult to manage the commitments of daily life and also feel as though you’re doing all you can to support the development of your special needs child.

In this practical guide, Jayne Hardy - founder and CEO of the Blurt Foundation - helps us reexamine how our boundaries are working for or against us, and she guides us to better protect our physical, emotional, and digital spaces. Packed with friendly advice and easy journaling exercises, Making Space reminds those of us on the edge of burnout to stop and ask: "Is this kind to me, too?"

Normal Is for Losers: The Un-Sugar-Coated Truth About Neurodivergence Are you done trying to fit into a world that wasn’t built for your brain? Normal Is for Losers by Tony Roberts is your no-BS guide to thriving as a neurodiverse superstar. Whether you’re navigating ADHD, autism, dyslexia, or other neurodiverse conditions, this book is a sarcastic, empowering kick in the pants to stop chasing “normal” and start living your truth. Packed with raw stories, dark humor, and practical strategies, it covers relationships, work, advocacy, self-care, community, and legacy—showing you how...

In Becoming Fluent, Richard Roberts and Roger Kreuz draw on insights from psychology and cognitive science to show that adults can master a foreign language if they bring to bear the skills and knowledge they have honed over a lifetime. Adults shouldn't try to learn as children do, they should learn like adults. Roberts and Kreuz report evidence that adults can learn new languages even more easily than children.

People with BPD are like people with third-degree burns over 90% of their bodies. Lacking emotional skin, they feel agony at the slightest touch or movement - Marsha Linehan Having Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is also like having a broken brain. Because people can’t see it from the outside, they expect you to be able to run the race of life with no extra help or effort. Because of this, you end up being misunderstood, judged, and alienated, leading to broken relationships, lost jobs, and feeling isolated and alone… No one seems to understand what you’re going through, not ...

Why can't he commit? Many women find themselves asking this question when in love with a man who won't get married, won't stop womanizing, or refuses to give up his sex addictions. Often this kind of man is bound by an unhealthy attachment to his mother. This phenomenon is called mother-son enmeshment. In When He's Married to Mom, clinical psychologist and renowned intimacy expert Dr. Kenneth M. Adams goes beyond the stereotypes of momma's boys and meddling mothers to explain how mother-son enmeshment affects everyone: the mother, the son, and the woman who loves him.

WE ALL NEED MAINTENANCE: WOMEN'S MAINTENANCE MANUAL IN THIS FAST-PACED LIFE, WE RARELY PUMP THE BRAKES TO FOCUS ON OUR MENTAL STATE. WE CARRY ON DAY-TO-DAY AS IF WE MUST GRIN AND BEAR THE INTENSE STRESSES LIFE BESTOWS UPON US. LET’S FACE IT, RAISING KIDS, ISSUES WITH A PARTNER, HEAVY WORKLOADS, PRESSURES FROM SOCIETY, AND PAST TRAUMAS CAN ALL CARRY EXTREME BURDENS. THIS IS WHY WE CAN ALL USE A BIT OF MENTAL MAINTENANCE. CONSTANT WEAR AND TEAR ON YOUR BODY AND MIND MAY LEAVE YOU FEELING EXHAUSTED AND MENTALLY DRAINED. YOU CAN LITERALLY GRIND YOUR GEARS ALL THE WAY DOWN LEAVING NOTHING BUT ...

Trauma and its effects can feel like a never-ending storm, and there's no safe harbor in sight from the thoughts and emotions that toss and turn so violently and unpredictably in your head. But healing is possible. Your brain can actually rewire these thoughts and emotions. And you can direct that powerful healing process through journaling.

Stress, anxiety, and exhaustion are all-too-common features of our crazy-paced, curveball-throwing contemporary existence, and it's sometimes hard to see how we can make it from one week to the next intact. But there's a solution to the struggle: resilience! In Resilience for Dummies, Dr. Eva Selhub outlines the proven steps we can all take toward optimal resilience to build healthier, more purposeful, and increasingly joyful lives.

In conversations with the Dalai Lama over the past several years, Howard Cutler has asked the questions we all want answered about how to find happiness in the place we spend most of our time - work. This guide is an invaluable source of strength and peace for anyone who earns a living.

Are you living the life you thought you always wanted but feel that something is still missing? Do you think you should be happier than you are, considering all that you have? Have you achieved your professional or personal goals but still feel racked with insecurities, anxiety, or depression...and can't figure out why? Psychiatrist Anna Yusim knows just how you feel. Not only has she struggled with these feelings herself, but she has also worked with patients who have expressed the same bewildering concern.

A practical companion to the New York Times and international bestseller Dopamine Nation, The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook is for individuals, families, counselors, teachers, and anyone who wants to go beyond the narrative and engage in practices that will reset reward pathways for a more flourishing life.

How bi-polar disorder looks in the form of poetry. A hilarious account of living with a mental illness while parenting, and trying to maintain, mania, depression, all the highs and lows to match. If you suffer or have ever suffered with a mental illness this book will resonate, and in a very playful way.

Our actions are a direct result of our thoughts. If we listen to the confusion in our brains, we are likely to have a life filled with struggle, insecurity, uncertainty, and frustration. However, if we trust in the Lord and the power of His Word, we can transform our minds and become champions over the darkness! Worry, procrastination, confusion, anxiety, anger, and feelings of unworthiness - all these are attacks on the mind. Cage Fight is an anthology about how you can step into the ring, do battle against these attacks, and remain victorious in the fight! You will be inspired by the ...

When the inner ear's ability to sense sound and movement breaks down during early life, there can be wide-ranging developmental consequences. Sound Advice integrates the personal stories of a pediatric occupational therapist with current science on why some children struggle to learn and adapt.

Are you successful, but can't seem to slow down? Do you have a sense of urgency towards everything? We are designed to get from point A to point B as fast as possible.However, as a result, we can’t slow down and there is a sense of urgency towards everything. We are bombarded by the urgent, tugged by the future, distracted by the unimportant, and discouraged by the past. Time is our most precious resource. It's what we want the most, but it's what we use the worst. I Can’t Wait To Be Patient is a practical guide to overcome our challenges, stress, and expectations, through the power of ...