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Listening to Ayahuasca: New Hope for Depression, Addiction, Ptsd, and Anxiety

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Report copyright infringementby Rachel Harris (Author)Used for thousands of years by indigenous tribes of the Amazon rain forest, the mystical brew ayahuasca is now becoming increasingly popular in the West. Psychologist Rachel Harris here shares her own healing experiences and draws on her original research (the largest study of ayahuasca use in North America) into the powerful medicine's effects on depression, addiction, PTSD, and anxiety. In this wide-ranging and personal exploration, Harr...

Mastering the Addicted Brain: Building a Sane and Meaningful Life to Stay Clean

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Report copyright infringementby Walter Ling (Author), Alan I. Leshner (Foreword by)For anyone trying to overcome an addiction, living with someone with an addiction, or helping someone with an addictionAs most drug and alcohol addicts eventually realize, good intentions alone aren't enough to break destructive habits. However, addiction can be managed once its true nature is understood. This simple yet profound guidebook takes you step-by-step through the process of building a life after addi...

Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time

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Report copyright infringementby Rick Hanson (Author)You've heard the expression, "It's the little things that count." It's more than a simple platitude. Research has shown that integrating little daily practices into your life can actually change the way your brain works.This guide offers simple things you can do routinely, mainly inside your mind, that will support and increase your sense of security and worth, resilience, effectiveness, well-being, insight, and inner peace. For example, the...

The Life-Changing Power of Sophrology: Breathe and Connect with the Calm and Happy You

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Report copyright infringementby Dominique Antiglio (Author)In a world that can sometimes feel overwhelming, this comprehensive guide to the practice of Sophrology will help you cultivate resilience, confidence, and serenity in your daily life. Sophrology is a dynamic relaxation, stress-management, and personal-development system already popular in Europe, growing worldwide, and used successfully by people from all walks of life. The method combines Western science and Eastern wisdom using rel...

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Report copyright infringementby Tony Broadbent (Author)If you live with a cat, you live with a teacher, one that watches your every move. When author Tony Broadbent began observing his cat Zuzu in all her daily wanderings, he found she led him to new pathways of thought, new insights, and an unexpected trove of wisdom. In tribute to the beloved little Bombay pussycat he took as his teacher, Tony has collected some of the teachings of Guru Zuzu into this enchanting little book. He has couple...

Signs from the Other Side: Opening to the Spirit World

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Report copyright infringementby Bill Philipps (Author)LOVE NEVER DIES Finding comfort through communication With stories and insightful suggestions, beloved psychic medium Bill Philipps demonstrates that our loved ones on the other side are available to us. He promises that, with an open heart and mind ready to receive, anyone can recognize the signs that spirits of the departed may be trying to send. Signs from the Other Side offers an in-depth explanation of how Bill does what he does, as...

The Bipolar II Disorder Workbook: Managing Recurring Depression, Hypomania, and Anxiety

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Report copyright infringementby Stephanie McMurrich Roberts (Author), Louisa Grandin Sylvia (Author), Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington (Author)Most people have heard of bipolar disorder, a mental health condition that is marked by manic episodes and periods of intense depression. Bipolar II disorder differs from bipolar I in that sufferers may never experience a full manic episode, although they may experience periods of high energy and impulsiveness (hypomania), as well as depression and anxiety....

Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-Being

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Report copyright infringementby Linda Graham (Author), Rick Hanson (Foreword by)Winner of the 2013 Books for a Better Life Acorda Wellness Award and the 2014 Silver Nautilus Book Award Resilience is the ability to face and handle life's challenges, whether everyday disappointments or extraordinary disasters. While resilience is innate in the brain, over time we learn unhelpful patterns, which then become fixed in our neural circuitry. But science is now revealing that what previously seemed h...

The Interpersonal Problems Workbook: ACT to End Painful Relationship Patterns

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Report copyright infringementby Matthew McKay (Author), Patrick Fanning (Author), Avigail Lev (Author)Do you often lash out at people? Do you let your emotions rule your interactions with others? Do you find it difficult to see things from others' point of view? You are not alone. Despite the fact that we all have to deal with other people our daily lives, many of us have difficulties with interpersonal relationships. Written by psychologist and bestselling author Matthew McKay, The Interper...

Fully Engaged: Using the Practicing Mind in Daily Life

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas M. Sterner (Author)Better Results and Less Stress through Proven Techniques To be fully engaged in life means that we have clear goals as well as the focus and skills to accomplish those goals with ease and a sense of calm awareness. In his first book, The Practicing Mind, which remains a bestseller in its category, Thomas Sterner set out clear guidelines for developing focus and discipline to achieve any life goal. As Tom traveled and spoke about the bo...

Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love

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Report copyright infringementby Kent Nerburn (Author), Richard Carlson (Foreword by)Essential Wisdom for a Life Well Lived -- with Three New Chapters Included At once spiritual and practical, Letters to My Son has been beloved by readers from all walks of life, including single mothers seeking guidance in raising a son, fathers looking to share a voice of clarity about life's most important issues, and young men wanting an intelligent, sensitive, and streetwise companion on the journey toward...

Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential

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Report copyright infringementby Barbara Marx Hubbard (Author), Terry Patten (Foreword by), Neale Donald Walsch (Foreword by)A Seminal Work of Visionary Hope, Updated for the 21st Century In this era of government gridlock, economic and ecological devastation, and seemingly intractable global violence, our future is ever more ripe for -- and in need of -- fresh, creative reimagining. With her clear-eyed, inspiring, and sweeping vision of a possible global renaissance in the new millennium, Bar...

The Green Burial Guidebook: Everything You Need to Plan an Affordable, Environmentally Friendly Burial

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth Fournier (Author)Funeral expenses in the United States average more than $10,000. And every year conventional funerals bury millions of tons of wood, concrete, and metals, as well as millions of gallons of carcinogenic embalming fluid. There is a better way, and Elizabeth Fournier, affectionately dubbed the "Green Reaper," walks you through it, step-by-step. She provides comprehensive and compassionate guidance, covering everything from green burial p...

Simple Truths: Clear & Gentle Guidance on the Big Issues in Life

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Report copyright infringementby Kent Nerburn (Author)Seldom does a book come along that speaks to the core issues of life with such clarity and wisdom. This profound book is deeply informed by the spiritual traditions of the West, the Far East, and the Native Americans, with whom the author has worked. It is a small treasure of wisdom about life's deepest issues. From the Book . . . ON EDUCATION & LEARNING The true measure of your education is not what you know, but how you share what y...

Dreaming the Soul Back Home: Shamanic Dreaming for Healing and Becoming Whole

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Moss (Author)In this extraordinary book, shamanic dream teacher Robert Moss shows us how to become shamans of our own souls and healers of our own lives. The greatest contribution of the ancient shamans to modern healing is the understanding that in the course of any life we are liable to suffer soul loss -- the loss of parts of our vital energy and identity -- and that to be whole and well, we must find the means of soul recovery. Moss teaches that our ...

I Wanted Fries with That: How to Ask for What You Want and Get What You Need

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Report copyright infringementby Amy Fish (Author)SPEAK UP AND PERSUADE At some point in our lives, we've all experienced an injustice, large or small -- a restaurant botching our lunch order or a boss who isn't following the guidelines for workplace etiquette -- and suffered in silence for fear of offending anyone. When we fail to speak up, however, we shortchange ourselves. Amy Fish encourages standing up for yourself (and others) by complaining effectively. Her suggestions will appeal to a...

The Author's Checklist: An Agent's Guide to Developing and Editing Your Manuscript

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth K. Kracht (Author)An Indispensable Guide for All Writers in All Genres The bad news: even really good manuscripts have weak spots that are enough to garner rejections from agents and publishers. The good news: most of these problems are easy to fix -- once the writer sees and understands them. After several years of evaluating manuscripts, literary agent Elizabeth Kracht noticed that many submissions had similar problems, so she began to make a list ...

A Book of Miracles: Inspiring True Stories of Healing, Gratitude, and Love

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Report copyright infringementby Bernie S. Siegel (Author), Deepak Chopra (Foreword by)Heartwarming and Heart-Opening Stories Gathered from Decades of Medical Practice Bernie Siegel first wrote about miracles when he was a practicing surgeon and founded Exceptional Cancer Patients, a groundbreaking synthesis of group, individual, dream, and art therapy that provided patients with a "carefrontation." Compiled during his more than thirty years of practice, speaking, and teaching, the stories in ...

Opening to Meditation: A Gentle, Guided Approach

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Report copyright infringementby Diana Lang (Author)Breathe, Be Still, and Listen Diana Lang's books, audio programs, webinars, and workshops have allowed thousands to access the physical, psychological, and spiritual benefits of meditation. Drawing on her wide experience in studying spiritual teachings from around the world, Lang has put together a gentle, guided approach to meditation that is very easy to implement. In Opening to Meditation, she demonstrates that meditating is as simple as ...

The Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life

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Report copyright infringementby Robin Zasio (Author)From the hit A&E show Hoarders, psychologist Dr. Robin Zasio shows readers how to take control of their stuff and de-clutter their lives. Recently, the once little-known condition of hoarding has become a household phrase-in part due to the popularity of the Emmy Award-winning television show Hoarders, which has captivated audiences with its stark and heartbreaking look at the people who suffer from this paralyzing condition. Contributin...

Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder: Relieve Your Suffering Using the Core Skill of Dialectical Behavior Therapy

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Report copyright infringementby Blaise Aguirre (Author), Gillian Galen (Author)If you are like many others living with borderline personality disorder (BPD), you know what it's like to be overwhelmed by intense and fluctuating emotions; to have difficulty with relationships; and to constantly struggle with troubling thoughts and behaviors. BPD can be especially difficult to treat, though there are ways to gain control over your symptoms and live a happier, healthier life.Expanding on the core...

Energy Speaks: Messages from Spirit on Living, Loving, and Awakening

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Report copyright infringementby Lee Harris (Author), Regina Meredith (Foreword by)A powerful new voice providing clear and direct guidance for personal transformation Energy Speaks gives us a clear blueprint for growth and change. It provides practical guidance and inspiration on the things that matter most to us -- including love, sex, money, personal power, self-expression and purpose, emotional healing and well-being, and how to have peace with our families -- as well as more esoteric top...

The Parents' Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 Ways to Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night's Sleep

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Democker (Author), Bill McKibben (Foreword by)"Relax," writes author Mary DeMocker, "this isn't another light bulb list. It's not another overwhelming pile of parental 'to dos' designed to shrink your family's carbon footprint through eco-superheroism." Instead, DeMocker lays out a lively, empowering, and doable blueprint for engaging families in the urgent endeavor of climate revolution. In this book's brief, action-packed chapters, you'll learn hundreds ...

Goodnight Mind: Turn Off Your Noisy Thoughts and Get a Good Night's Sleep

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Report copyright infringementby Colleen E. Carney (Author), Rachel Manber (Author) Do you find yourself lying awake at night, ruminating about the events of the day? Do you toss and turn, worrying about what you have to do in the morning or what you did earlier in the day? If so, you are not alone. In fact, insomnia is the most common sleep disorder faced by the general population today. The most common complaint in those who have trouble sleeping is having a "noisy mind." Sometimes, no matte...

Mindfulness on the Go: Simple Meditation Practices You Can Do Anywhere

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Report copyright infringementby Jan Chozen Bays (Author)A pocket-sized collection of 25 easy mindfulness practices you can do anytime, anywhere--from the author of Mindful Eating Mindfulness can reduce stress, improve physical health and quality of life, and give you deep insight. Meditation practice is one way to do it, but not the only way. In fact, there are easy ways to fit it into your everyday life. Jan Chozen Bays provides here 25 practices that can be used on the go to cultivate mindf...

Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life That Matters

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Report copyright infringementby Bernie Glassman (Author), Rick Fields (Author)Zen is not just about what we do in the meditation hall, but what we do in the home, the workplace, and the community. That's the premise of this book: how to cook what Zen Buddhists call "the supreme meal"--life. It has to be nourishing, and it has to be shared. And we can use only the ingredients at hand. Inspired by the thirteenth-century manual of the same name by Dogen, the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen trad...

Repacking Your Bags: Lighten Your Load for the Good Life

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Report copyright infringementby Richard J. Leider (Author), David A. Shapiro (Author)Revised and updated: The classic guide to "unpacking" your physical, emotional, and intellectual baggage and "repacking" for the journey ahead. Richard Leider and David Shapiro define the good life as "living in the place you belong, with the people you love, doing the right work, on purpose." But with longer lifespans, technological advancements, and economic shifts, the particulars of this definition are bo...

The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease

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Report copyright infringementby Marc Lewis (Author)A renowned neuroscientist provides an "unorthodox but enlightening" (Wall Street Journal) narrative of how addiction happens in the brain, and what we can do to overcome it Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist--and former addict himself--explains why the disease model of addiction is wrong and how it obstructs the path to recovery. Combining intimate human examples...

The Zen of You and Me: A Guide to Getting Along with Just about Anyone

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Report copyright infringementby Diane Musho Hamilton (Author)This approachable guide conflict resolution offers practical advice on how to manage difficult conversations and foster healthier relationships--the Zen way The people who get under your skin the most can in fact be your greatest teachers. It's not a matter of overlooking differences, as is often taught, but of regarding those difficult aspects of the relationship with curiosity and compassion--for those very differences offer a pa...

The Gift of the Violet Flame: An Easy Way to Teach Spirituality to Your Family

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth Clare Prophet (Author)Share the Joy of Teaching Spiritual Truths to Your Children Parents care about their children's well-being. We yearn to help our children develop full and meaningful lives, and we seek to create a family life that nourishes the heart and soul of each one. But how can we do this? How can we develop and maintain that spark of love and joy that enriches relationships and deepens each one's spirituality? This inspirational book helps...

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Report copyright infringementby Pema Chodron (Author)A collection of short inspirational readings by "one of the world's wisest women"--O, the Oprah Magazine. Pema Chödrön, beloved Buddhist nun and best-selling author, offers this treasury of 108 short selections from her more than four decades of study and writings. Here she presents teachings on breaking free of destructive patterns; developing patience, kindness, and joy amid our everyday struggles; becoming fearless; and unlocking our nat...

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

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Report copyright infringementby Pema Chodron (Author)Pema Chödrön's perennially best-selling classic on overcoming life's difficulties cuts to the heart of spirituality and personal growth--now in a newly designed 20th-anniversary edition with a new afterword by Pema--makes for a perfect gift and addition to one's spiritual library. How can we live our lives when everything seems to fall apart--when we are continually overcome by fear, anxiety, and pain? The answer, Pema Chödrön suggests, mig...