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Body/Health
Reviews of books dedicated to well being and health. The books deal with health and body issues including nutrition, exercise, fitness, and any other concerns.
Author
LeslieAnn Butler
Publisher
Nightengale Press
4 Review Copies Left
If Your Hair Falls Out, Keep Dancing
"This "how-to" book provides a much needed text on dealing with emotional and cosmetic aspects of hair loss, whether from alopecia areata or chemotherapy. It details where to find and how to use products for compensating with this loss. It is written in the same bold and bright style that characterizes LeslieAnn's illustrations." -Janet Roberts, M.D.......
Author
Kathleen E. Yancosek
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
4 Review Copies Left
Handwriting for Heroes: Learn to Write with Your Non-Dominant Hand in Six Weeks
By targeting adults, this book preserves the dignity of those who must "re-learn" the basics of handwriting by providing an alternative to children s workbooks. All tasks are oriented to the adult learner.......
Author
Sherry Mayo Jones
Publisher
Modern HIstory Press
3 Review Copies Left
Confessions of a Trauma Junkie: My Life As A Nurse Paramedic
Ride in the back of the ambulance with Sherry Jones Mayo
Share the innermost feelings of emergency services workers as they encounter trauma, tragedy, redemption, and even a little humor.......
Author
Alan E. Smith
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
3 Review Copies Left
UnBreak Your Health: The Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Therapies
You can enjoy better health right now without prescription drugs with this comprehensive health and wellness guide for mind, body, and spirit
Looking for a map to find your way in the world of complementary or alternative therapies? That's the reason for this exciting new book, UnBreak Your Health(TM)! This is the complete guide to different types of.......
Author
Deborah McCloskey
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
3 Review Copies Left
Addiction--What's Really Going On?: Inside a Heroin Treatment Program
Addiction: What's Really Going On? contains powerful true-life stories woven together to form a tapestry filled with pain, joy, defeat, and success. The entire book is molded around Deborah McCloskey's heartfelt desire for her clients to be free of drugs.......
Author
Laurie Zelinger Ph.D.
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
The "O, MY" in Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy: how to prepare your child for surgery, a parent's manual
This book helps parents understand and organize the necessary medical and emotional components that accompany their child’s surgery. In an easy to follow timeline for events prior to and following a tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy, the author provides reassuring and accurate guidance that eases the process for the patient and family.......
Author
Jill Osborne
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
3 Review Copies Left
Sam Feels Better Now! An Interactive Story for Children
Sam saw something awful and scary! Ms. Carol, a special therapist, will show Sam how to feel better. Children can help Sam feel better too by using drawings, play, and storytelling activities. They will be able to identify and manage their own feelings and difficulties in their lives following a traumatic event, crisis, or grief.......
Author
George W. Doherty
Publisher
Rocky Mountain DMH Institute Press
5 Review Copies Left
From Crisis To Recovery: Proceedings of the 6th Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Conference
Events around the world continue to present challenges for first responders and mental health professionals. Natural and man-made disasters continue. Evidence mounts concerning potential events such as global warming and the effects this may have worldwide.......
Author
George W. Doherty
Publisher
Rocky Mountain DMH Institute Press
5 Review Copies Left
Return To Equilibrium: The Proceedings of the 7th Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Conference
Much discussion follows disasters and critical incidents about returning to normal, but "normal" is never the same again. "Return to Equilibrium", involving integrating the event, its effects, meanings and recognition it's part of one's life can build a new balance and create a new enriched life. Good or bad, experience changes us.......
Author
Victor R. Volkman
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
4 Review Copies Left
Traumatic Incident Reduction: Research and Results
What Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) Does:
"When accessed with the specific cognitive imagery procedure of TIR, a primary traumatic incident can be stripped of its emotional charge permitting its embedded cognitive components to be revealed and restructured.......
Author
Paul Adcock
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
4 Review Copies Left
Jungle King Secrets: A Libido-Liberating Lifestyle For Superior Sexual Satisfaction
The Secrets of the "Jungle King" are solid sexual solutions, that allow one to proactively promote potency and prowess, enhance the experience of ecstasy, and banish bedroom boredom and blues.......
Author
Tami Brady
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
3 Review Copies Left
Strategies: A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Journey
It is estimated that 4-8 million people in the United States suffer with Fibromyalgia. Another one million also have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Some statistics state that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia may directly affect 5% of the world's population.
I am one of the individuals in this growing epidemic.......
Author
Catherine Jones
Publisher
Da Capo Lifelong Books
1 Review Copies Left
Eating for Pregnancy: The Essential Nutrition Guide and Cookbook for Today's Mothers-to-Be
Every pregnant woman understands that what she eats and drinks affects the baby developing within her. Yet as a mother-to-be, you’re likely juggling so much that you simply don’t have the time—or energy!—to ensure that you’re always eating right.......
Author
Gloria Arenson, MFT
Publisher
Energy Psychology Press
1 Review Copies Left
EFT for Procrastination
Break free from the guilt and shame of not doing what needs to be done! EFT can rapidly eliminate the fears that hold you back. In EFT for Procrastination, psychotherapist Gloria Arenson shows you the hidden programs that lie in your subconscious, sabotaging your best intentions.......
Author
Dawson Church, Ph.D.
Publisher
Elite Books
4 Review Copies Left
The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention
Voted Best Health Book, USA Booknews National Awards.
Your genes don't control your health or happiness outcomes; in fact many of the choices you make turn genes on or off. Author Dawson Church applies the insights of the new field of Epigenetics (epi=above, i.e. control above the level of the gene) to healing.......
Author
Dorothea Hover-Kramer
Publisher
Energy Psychology Press
4 Review Copies Left
Second Chance at Your Dream: Engaging Your Body's Energy Resources for Optimal Aging, Creativity and Health
This book provides a new template for the second half of life, one that it is bursting with energy, health, power, creativity and new beginnings. Rather than settling for less than our dreams, it fills us with the expectation that this period is our second chance to do, and to be, all the things we've ever dreamed of-and more!This is the first book to apply the breakthroug.......
Author
Norm Shealy, MD, PhD, Dawson Church, PhD
Publisher
Energy Psychology Press
2 Review Copies Left
Soul Medicine: Awakening Your Inner Blueprint for Abundant Health and Energy
The cutting edge of medicine today is not to be found in invasive therapies like drugs and surgeries. It is in the disciplines that used to be regarded as 'soft' medicine: prayer, intention, energy healing, acupressure, and similar therapies.......
Author
Stephanie Marohn
Publisher
Elite Books
4 Review Copies Left
Audacious Aging: Eldership As a Revolutionary Endeavor
A new generation is evolving together through the passage of eldership. In Audacious Aging, we collect their voices, full of wisdom, fierceness, compassion and gentleness. They are the graceful and eloquent transformative agents our communities and our planet are now seeking.......
Author
Dirk Chase Eldredge
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
You've Gotta Fight Back!: Winning with Serious Illness, Injury or Disability
The heart of this book consists of thirteen, riveting, in-depth stories of people who fought back with courage, humor, and a positive attitude. In doing so, they have provided valuable guidance for you, the readers of this inspiring work.......
Author
Niall McLaren M.D.
Publisher
Future Psychiatry Press
3 Review Copies Left
Humanizing Madness: Psychiatry and the Cognitive Neurosciences
An application of the philosophy of science to psychiatry
Although it's been 140 years since Maudley's groundbreaking treatise, modern psychiatry is in a state of intellectual collapse.......
Author
Patt Lind-Kyle
Publisher
Energy Psychology Press
5 Review Copies Left
Heal Your Mind, Rewire Your Brain: Applying the Exciting New Science of Brain Synchrony for Creativity, Peace and Presence
Yes, you can teach your old brain new tricks!
Breakthroughs in the scientific understanding of how the brain works have shown us that our brains are constantly rewiring themselves in response to events in our lives.......
Author
Marian K. Volkman (Ed.)
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
4 Review Copies Left
Children and Traumatic Incident Reduction: Creative and Cognitive Approaches (TIR Applications Series)
What if we could resolve childhood trauma early, rather than late?
We are understanding more and more about how early traumatic experiences affect long-term mental and physical health:
- Physical impacts are stored in muscles and posture
- Threats of harm are stored as tension
- Overwhelming emotion is held inside.......
Author
Oleg I. Reznik
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
5 Review Copies Left
The Secrets of Medical Decision Making: How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of the Health Care Machine
We are all patients at some time. Is the medical industry giving us the best treatment possible, at the best price? We all know that it isn’t. My book, The Secrets of Medical Decision Making: How to avoid becoming a victim of the Health Care Machine, shows what goes on behind the scenes of the current medical care and how it impacts the patient.......
Author
Rick Ritter
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
4 Review Copies Left
Coping with Physical Loss and Disability: A Workbook (New Horizons in Therapy)
This workbook provides more than 50 questions and exercises designed to empower those with physical loss and disability to better understand and accept their ongoing processes of loss and recovery. The exercises in Coping with Physical Loss and Disability were distilled from ten years of clinical social work experience with clients suffering from quadriplegia, parap.......
Author
Victor R. Volkman (Ed.)
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
4 Review Copies Left
Traumatic Incident Reduction and Critical Incident Stress Management: A Synergistic Approach (TIR Applications)
From the Foreword:
TIR offers an opportunity for the members of a CISM team to deal with any accumulated emotional baggage that their involvement in crisis-intervention has created. Training in TIR adds another tool to the toolkit of crisis-intervention techniques and enables peer-support to ad-dress an extended range of crisis-reactions, even those that might.......
Author
Martine Ehrenclou, MA
Publisher
Lemon Grove Press LLC
4 Review Copies Left
Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital Guide to Get Your Loved One Out Alive
What are the chances you'll never have to be there for someone in the hospital? Zero. Given the frightening number of preventable hospital deaths caused by medical errors, you must be a proactive advocate to oversee medical care for your hospitalized loved one.......
Author
William E. Krill
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
4 Review Copies Left
Gentling: A Practical Guide to Treating PTSD in Abused Children
Breakthrough Treatment Offers New Hope for Recovery
Gentling represents a new paradigm in the therapeutic approach to children who have experienced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and have acquired Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result.......
Author
Shiho Torii
Publisher
One Peace Books
4 Review Copies Left
So I Need to Lose 15 Pounds
Who hasn’t worried about his or her weight at one time or another? So I Need to Lose 15 pounds tackles the all-too-serious subject of weight loss with a lighthearted twist. So I Need to Lose 15 Pounds provides an inside look at twenty-seven dieting techniques.......
Author
Michelle May, M.D.
Publisher
Greenleaf Book Group Press
4 Review Copies Left
Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: How to Break Your Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle
Called "the antidote to ineffective dieting," Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat is a rare prescription for optimal health of the body, mind, heart, and spirit. After twenty years of yo-yo dieting, physician Michelle May discovered a peaceful, joyful relationship with food. Now Dr.......
Author
Rue Hass
Publisher
Energy Psychology Press
2 Review Copies Left
EFT for the Highly Sensitive Temperament (EFT: Emotional Freedom Techniques)
Are you very sensitive to your own feelings and the feelings of those around you? Do you get overwhelmed by external stimuli, such as crowds, loud sounds and hectic environments? Are you deeply affected by the beauty of art, literature, music and nature? Do you get stressed easily? Do you suffer from feelings of inadequacy and sadness? Do you always seek deep and meaningfu.......
Author
Joseph Valdez
Publisher
Greenleaf Book Group Press
4 Review Copies Left
Healing Back and Joint Injuries: A Proven Approach to Ending Chronic Pain and Avoiding Unnecessary Surgery
Praise for Healing Back and Joint Injuries:
''This book is an outstanding educational resource regarding therapeutic options available for patients afflicted with chronic pain associated with some type of soft tissue injury.......
Author
Amy Barth
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
4 Review Copies Left
101 Tips For Recovering From Eating Disorders: A Pocket Book of Wisdom
If you're recovering from an Eating Disorder (E.D.) it's important to take one day at a time. Let 101 Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders be your companion in healing and you'll be reminded of the strength and wisdom that's already inside you. This book will help you celebrate the good days and develop solid coping strategies for the bad times.......
Author
Niall McLaren M.D.
Publisher
Future Psychiatry Press
5 Review Copies Left
Humanizing Psychiatry: The Biocognitive Model
Does psychiatry have a future?
Assailed from many directions, under constant attack for its reliance on "a drug for all problems" and increasingly unable to attract bright new trainees, the specialty is showing every sign of terminal decline.......
Author
Jay Tucker
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
2 Review Copies Left
Ferdinand Uses the Potty: An Empowering Toilet Training Tale
Ferdinand the Frog awakens one night to a very damp realization. Something doesn't feel right in his bed at all! What can the little guy do to fix the situation?
Luckily for Ferdinand, he has a friend who has experienced the same thing. Ferdinand learns that potty training is all about confidence. There seems to be one huge obstacle, however.......
Author
James A. Feinstein
Publisher
iUniverse Star, Inc.
5 Review Copies Left
Short White Coat: Lessons from Patients on Becoming a Doctor
Most people will, at some point or another, either find themselves dressed in a tiny hospital gown or staring at someone else dressed in a tiny hospital gown. Whether from the perspective of a patient, a family member, or a medical professional, we all have a significant stake in the process of medical education.......
Author
Nikolai Shevchuk
Publisher
self-published
5 Review Copies Left
How to Become Smarter
This book describes techniques for improving mental abilities such as general intelligence, attention control and impulse control, speed of thinking, reading and writing performance as well as understanding and getting along with other people. Regulation of mood is also covered.......
Author
Kathy Reed
Publisher
Outskirts Press
5 Review Copies Left
Multiple Sclerosis: The Many Faces of the Disease
Multiple Sclerosis: The Many Faces of the Disease, is a non-fiction autoimmune disease story revolving around Suzanne McCuiston Bradley, my aunt and a woman plagued with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) for most of her life.
In the beginning, the focus is on symptoms and early indicators of the disease.......
Author
Garry Prowe
Publisher
Brain Injury Success Books
5 Review Copies Left
Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guidebook, From the Emergency Room to Selecting a Rehabilitation Facility
Someone you love has suffered a brain injury. The doctors can not yet make a prognosis. Every brain injury is unique and unpredictable, they say. You have been told to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.......
Author
Stuart Brown
Publisher
Revitaliser Publishing
5 Review Copies Left
Cholesterol Revitaliser: Insider Secrets to Revitalising Your Health and Lowering Your Cholesterol Naturally!
One in every three people in the US, Europe and the UK have elevated cholesterol. So there is a very good chance that you have raised cholesterol and may not even know it.
It is a silent killer, and you need to find out NOW how to combat it and achieve lower cholesterol.......
Author
Lyzz Yamazaki
Publisher
One Peace Books
4 Review Copies Left
My Life: A Workbook
Written by Lyzz Yamazaki, a therapist and self-improvement expert, My Life is a revolutionary new book that turns the traditional concept of self-help on its head. While so many self help books on the market endeavor to provide answers, My Life provides something much more valuable: questions.......
