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Dreading work? Tired of a 9 to 5 that's more like an 8 to 10? Feeling overwhelmed by your job? A Great Day at the Office offers practical solutions to the challenges of modern-day business life for a healthier, happier and more productive time at the office and away. For almost two decades, Dr John Briffa has worked with a wide range of organisations, both in the UK and abroad, to inspire literally thousands of people to live and work more healthily, effectively and sustainably.

A heartwarming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners' strike. Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the youngest age girls could do so at the time.

Dr. Robinson describes himself as having once being a chain-smoking, caffeine-drinking work junkie, dogged by self-doubt, with no close friends. His colleagues were breathing down his neck and didn’t really appreciate his hard work - at least that’s what he told himself. His memory got so bad, members of his family wondered if he was developing early onset Alzheimer's. He scoffed at the idea of work/life balance, yet he couldn't stop working. He joined Workaholics Anonymous, entered therapy, and stumbled into yoga and meditation.

On a cold December day in 2013 Catherine Simpson received the phone call she had feared for years. Her little sister Tricia had been found dead in the farmhouse where she, Catherine and their sister Elizabeth were born - and where their family had lived for generations. Tricia was 46 and had been stalked by depression all her life. Yet mental illness was a taboo subject within the family, and although love was never lacking, there was a silence at its heart. After Tricia died, Catherine found she had kept a lifetime of diaries.

This is the perfect introduction to meditation and covers the five main types of meditative practice, including a series of exercises that will improve and enhance your meditative skills. The ancient practice of meditation affects both mind and body, providing ways to let go of stress and anxiety. Some people meditate because it is part of their spiritual practice, while others simply want to reap the renowned health benefits.

Free yourself from the guilt trap, and move on with your life. Simple steps to free yourself from guilt. Guilt is a major underlying cause of emotional disorders such as low self-esteem, depression, OCD and other mental illnesses. This guide, written by one of the UK's most respected psychotherapists and now a best-selling author, Gael Lindenfield, explains how guilt damages our health, relationships and career prospects.

What is health? It is more than not being ill - good health is a state of physical and mental well-being. Our thoughts and feelings affect our physical health. NLP studies the way our thinking can influence our health. This audio book tells you how to: * Recognize and deal with worry and stress, become calmer, change your emotional state so you are more resistant to ilness, deal with insomnia, start to create the healthy future you want.

On Time by Catherine Blyth reveals why time sped up, why there never seems to be enough and how to make it yours again. We have more time than ever - so why do we feel time poor? The short answer is that our world is addicted to fast. And we have become its servant. Instead of grasping the liberating potential of technology, many of us are locked in to a doomed race to outpace hurry. The more we value time, the less we feel we have.

A Buddhist life is lived with peace, joy and contentment: each day can be a step along the path to true enlightenment. To live by these values every day takes patience, skill and knowledge, but it is hugely rewarding. This book can show you how to begin to do so in just one hour. 60 Minutes to Master Buddhism covers the history of the Buddha and the core ideas behind his teachings, from the importance of meditation to the value of life, to allow you to live through the teachings every day.

The Invictus Games change lives and save lives. Created and spearheaded by Prince Harry, for whom this is a very personal cause, the games are for current and former servicemen and women who have been wounded, injured or sick. Most races are about who gets to the finish line first. At the Invictus Games, even making the start line is an achievement beyond measure. Triple amputees, cancer survivors, multiple sclerosis patients, PTSD sufferers and many more all compete.

From internationally syndicated fitness columnist and author James Fell comes a no-nonsense guide on how to get in shape, fix your finances, alleviate depression and change your life for good. We’ve all been there. Wanting to change your life forever but doing it only in fits and starts. Feeling inspired to be disciplined one day, then falling back into old habits on the next. Or changing for a few weeks or even months, but then slipping back into familiar behaviours.

Calm in a Box is a recording that enables you to find time to yourself giving you more freedom to move around fearlessly and from a position of optimism and confidence.If you experience times when your heart feels it's going to burst through your chest, you feel dizzy, hot and sweaty and ready to do anything to get out of your current situation, or if you find yourself worrying constantly about negative situations and outcomes, then this recording is for you

Answers to the questions real mums and dads have during the first year. There isn't one perfect way of parenting: every single baby and family is unique. Feeling confident, authentic and positive about your role as a parent is key to building a loving relationship. This book helps you find your parenting style so you can be the parent you want to be. Written by Sarah Beeson MBE, who has over 40 years' hands-on experience of working as a health visitor, this book is full of the author's secrets and tried and tested strategies.

From the author of international bestsellers A Circle of Children and Lovey comes an inspiring true story of a gifted teacher's determination to understand the ‘rotten' city kid everyone has given up on. Sitting quiet and withdrawn at a battered school desk, Luke had the looks of a shy angel - and a past that special needs teacher Mary MacCracken could barely believe. Already Luke had been picked up 24 times by the police. He'd set over a dozen major fires, and had a staggering record of thefts.

A strong addition to the ‘Principles series' of introductory guides. This book explains what stress is, how it causes physical and mental problems and how to cope successfully with the increased pressures of modern day living. The book introduces the listener to the stress-prone personality types, what the potential stress triggers are, and suggests effective exercises to help you relax.

Healthy Pregnancy in a Box is a recording that acts as a guided relaxation audiobook and has been developed to help promote good health for you and your baby during pregnancy in order to prepare you both for the birthThis guided relaxation has been developed to help promote good health for you and your baby during pregnancy and to prepare you both for the birth.

Imagine what half an hour each day working with this guided relaxation will do for you! Current culture in many parts of the world encourages us to be 'on the go' 24/7, but we quite simply weren't designed to behave like this. Nor, contrary to general belief, do we perform better if we do. In fact studies have shown that short breaks of only a few minutes every hour result in improved efficiency and accuracy of up to 15%. So imagine what half an hour each day working with this guided relaxation will do for you!

The reason a lot of smokers find it difficult to become non-smokers is that they frame their intention in the negative – speaking about 'giving up' and focusing on lack. Fresh air in a box will help you take control of your smoking situation enabling you the deep inner strength to take each day at a time in order to give up forever. Note the use of positive language in this title. Focusing the brain on the benefits of becoming a non-smoker gives the intention much more power and gives you a more positive incentive. Self-hypnosis allows us to by-pass the critical sensor of the conscious mind and to access and change some of the subconscious negative belief patterns into more positive and helpful thoughts. Daily practice with this recording helps you become a permanent and lasting non-smoker, whilst maintaining a healthy weight.

Blissful Sleep in a Box is a self-help audiobook which will help you to relax and make you feel well rested.We all work and live in such a hectic 24 hour society that these recordings should help you to regain perspective and enable a better more regulated sleep pattern in order to work better during the day.Interrupted sleep patterns are one of the most common signs of undue stress. You wake up turning things over in your mind or find it difficult to sleep in the first place.

Better Health in a Box is an audiobook that acts as a guided relaxation recording helping your body to return to a more balanced, healthy state. One of the key symptoms of prolonged exposure to undue stress is high blood pressure which can lead to potentially fatal heart disease. Studies have shown that relaxation helps reduce the likelihood of heart attack and stroke or repeat of these.