Practical Health

This guidebook offers an innovative approach to health by tackling physical, mental, and emotional wellness all in one place. Packed with inspiring evidence for a holistic lifestyle, it provides the tools you need to bring lasting transformation into your everyday life.

Whether you want practical guidance for an unassisted birth or simply want to deepen your understanding of natural birth in general, this book is the how-to manual you've been waiting for. Introducing the idea of a Brave New Birth—any birth where the mother and baby are free to birth by instinct and are given the privacy and safety necessary for the body and baby to birth themselves, without interference, intervention, or being watched/measured/observed.

Looking to cultivate more than just plants? Look no further than "Cultivating Community," the guidebook for anyone wishing to start, sustain, or improve a community garden. With 20 comprehensive chapters covering everything from garden design to community outreach, this eBook provides the ultimate resource for creating a garden that grows more than just greens. Chapter 1 lays the foundation for your community garden, helping you understand the basics of gardening and organizing a group. This leads naturally into Chapter 2, which focuses on how to cultivate a strong team to bring your garden...

Unlock the power of Emotional Intelligence to lead with empathy, strengthen your relationships, and achieve success—even if you've spent years relying solely on intellectual abilities Are you a driven professional struggling to manage the relentless stress of demanding careers? Do you often find yourself falling short in fostering meaningful relationships or seeking a more effective leadership presence? Are concerns about balancing personal and professional life creating an emotional hurdle that’s holding you back from achieving your goals? If you answered “yes” to any of these ...

Music Educators are burning out of the career faster than ever before. From frustrations with school administration, to a lack of general health and wellness, to financial and emotional needs we just can’t seem to manage…we all know the demands of being a school music teacher can leave us feeling stripped of vitality and looking for change. This book proposes a different scenario: one that music educators can create for themselves with the right tools in their toolbox. You’ll be taught how to craft a life filled with financial, social, emotional, and vocational wellness using ...

In this moment of your busy day, you're invited to experience deep rest and relaxation. Yoga Nidra, or "yoga of sleep", bridges the conscious and unconscious, allowing you to reconnect to your true inner self. The 10-step course in Practical Yoga Nidra teaches everything you need to know to start experiencing the proven benefits of Yoga Nidra meditation: clearer focus, better sleep, decreased anxiety, and more.

The art of meditation is as old as time itself, stretching far back into human history, and as such there are so many fascinating topics to explore, from Ancient Buddhist mudras to the powers of the seven Chakras. In this audiobook, you will be able to explore the history and many techniques used in a number of cultures so you may be inspired to find the perfect combination of techniques and tools to start your meditation practice.

Are you a teenage boy ready to thrive in today’s rapidly changing world? Life Skills for Teenage Boys by A.E. Nicholls is your ultimate guide to mastering essential skills for success in every area of life. Whether you’re looking to excel in academics, build strong relationships, or prepare for a successful future, this comprehensive book offers practical, relatable advice tailored to your needs.

Is your child a picky eater? Do they insist on having the same foods served over and over again? For many kids, picky eating is a sensory issue—whether it's the smell, taste, texture, or appearance of food. So, how can you help your child overcome these sensory sensitivities and ensure that they get the nourishment they need? Written by a pediatric occupational therapist with a specialty certification in feeding, eating, and swallowing, Raising Adventurous Eaters offers eight evidence-based sensory strategies to help kids foster a healthy relationship with food.

Pain, suffering, and stress can be intolerable - but it doesn't have to be this way. Mindfulness for Health reveals a set of simple practices that you can incorporate into daily life to relieve chronic pain, suffering and stress. Clinical trials show that mindfulness meditation is at least as effective as the most commonly prescribed painkillers and can be more powerful than morphine. Mindfulness can also significantly reduce the anxiety, depression, irritability, exhaustion and insomnia that can arise from chronic pain and illness.

"In this book you’ll find a valuable diet and exercise plan, but you’ll also learn how things like keeping the right mindset and connecting deeply with others foster wellness at a whole differ- ent level." JJ Virgin, New York Times Best-Selling Author, The Virgin Diet Sugar Impact Diet A guided journey where the destination is a restored life filled with more energy, strength, focus and peace… a life you used to know and enjoy when you were younger. You may have thought those days were gone and your youthful vitality has been replaced with aches, pains, sickness and fatigue. The good ...

This book will help people caring for those going through the difficult dementia journey find a way, through the tumultuous waves, to remain awake and open to the blessing of a journey that opens the heart, nurtures compassion, and ultimately enables each of us to be better human beings. It is also for those brave individuals living with memory loss illnesses, so that they be supported and allowed to live their experience fully in their own unique way, to express themselves, to love and be loved, and to be sheltered from harm.

What if you can manage and eliminate your panic attacks by changing your mind? Stop suffering? It's time to act now. Turn anxiety into your most powerful weapon to improve yourself. This audiobook will provide an insight into what anxiety and panic are, the causes and symptoms, at what stage they become disorders, how to prevent them and how to overcome them. The audiobook tells us of survivors, not for entertainment purposes but as a way to assure us that just like everything else in life, this phase will surely pass, but there are things we must do if we must survive them.

With considerations of historical, cultural, and developmental contexts; explorations of relationship diversity as it manifests in queerness, the ace and aro spectrum, non-monogamy and neurodivergence; and a look towards deeper, compassionate, interdependent ways to relate - this book will help people of all ages, backgrounds and identities explore their relational world.

Based on more than thirty years of research gleaned from Tibetan, Indian, and other cultures, The Healing Power of the Mind provides both spiritual insight and practical advice concerning the true nature of healing, showing how imagination, desire, the power of suggestion, psychic influence and the removal of limitations are valuable tools for maximizing our innate capacity for self-healing. In the spirit of Bernie Siegel's Love, Medicine and Miracles, Dr. Alexander's book explores the body/mind connection and its enormous relevance to health.

Fully comprehensive, The Scientific Herbal Companion will help you gain confidence in herbal remedies, reap their natural health benefits, and develop a deeper bond with nature. Whether you’re a health enthusiast, an aspiring herbalist, or simply curious about natural remedies, this book is your trusted resource for exploring the science of herbs and their transformative effects on your health.

Training exercises that work. Practical Mindfulness approaches mindfulness and meditation from a hands-on, how-to, irreverent perspective - appealing directly to smart listeners curious about meditation. By applying Dr. Sazima's training routines, learn to spend more time in real engagement with the world.

Teenagers are flooded with too much information from the internet, and it can be difficult to navigate what is helpful or hurtful to learn from. Even as adults, it can be challenging to have a grasp on life skills without an early start.

Packed with easy-to-follow tips and real-life advice, this book breaks down the challenges of ADHD into manageable steps. You'll find practical strategies for setting up routines, handling tricky behaviors, and working with schools—all delivered in a friendly, down-to-earth style. Whether you’re just starting out or looking for fresh ideas, this handbook is like having a chat with a knowledgeable friend who’s been there. Perfect for any parent wanting to make a positive impact on their child’s journey with ADHD.

Learn practical applications for mental health/behavioral and medical and dental clients and patients using the theories and techniques taught by Dave Elman to thousands of medical and dental practitioners. This concise book is the capstone of the series based upon Elman’s work. This includes using a variety of techniques that take three or less minutes to perform.