Self Help Stress

In 10% Happier, Dan Harris takes listeners on his journey to adopt meditation and practice mindfulness. The story begins with Harris chronicling a personal panic attack on national television while he was filling in as a News Reader for a colleague. According to the Nielsen ratings data, over five million saw his panic attack, which was the result of an extended period of what Harris calls "mindlessness", where he was focused on professional advancement and adventure.

The Speakmans have helped countless clients ditch the self-doubt and move on from their social anxieties and self-esteem issues. In Everyday Confidence, the best-selling authors tackle common confidence saboteurs from old behavioural patterns to negative people and toxic situations. In every case, they remind you that you have more power than you think: confidence is an inside job.

Depression is as much a disease as smallpox or the plague once were, and it is as prevalent in today's world as those diseases were hundreds of years ago. The only difference is that, physically, a person can look quite normal. You can, of course, be diagnosed and be given a prescription. Tablets may work, but you can't, or maybe don't want to, take them forever.