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Why Can't I Meditate?

Why Can't I Meditate?

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Nigel Wellings

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There are now thousands of students completing Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and other mindfulness programmes around the world. However, on completion many will struggle to continue or will stop, with the intention of starting again in the future. Why Can’t I Meditate? addresses this problem. It combines accounts by new meditators of their struggles, and successes, with insights from a wide variety of the most accomplished teachers, representing every school of mindfulness teaching. It identifies, investigates and offers many practical solutions to get our mindfulness unstuck and firmly establish a regular practice. This is a book for anyone who has sat on their meditation seat or cushion and wondered whether they should go on.

Contributors include: Stephen Batchelor, Rebecca Crane, Christina Feldman, Geshe Tashi Tsering, Choji Lama Rabsang, Willem Kuyken, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Franklin Sills, Philippa Vick and Martin Wells.
Wherever You Go, There You Are

Wherever You Go, There You Are

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Jon Kabat-Zinn

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THE TIME-HONOURED INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, UPDATED AND WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION AND AFTERWORD, CELEBRATING THIRTY YEARS OF INFLUENCING THE WAY WE LIVE

For the past three decades, Wherever You Go, There You Are has helped catalyse the explosion of interest in mindfulness around the world. While mindfulness is considered the heart of Buddhist meditation, its essence is universal and of deep practical benefit, potentially to all.

In essence, mindfulness is about embodied wakefulness. Our minds are such that we are often more asleep than awake to the unique beauty and possibilities of each present moment. While it is in the nature of all our minds to default to autopilot and lose touch with the only time we actually have to live – to feel, to grow, to love, to learn, to give shape to things, to heal – our mind also holds the innate capacity to awaken to each moment.

This book gives you a variety of ways to experiment with not missing your moments and take maximal advantage of them by tending what most needs tending to now. Given the myriad mega-challenges humanity and planet Earth are facing at this time, Wherever You Go, There You Are can provide both a personal refuge for meaning – making, healing and transformation, as well as a locus for collaborating with others to heal the suffering of the world.
Overcoming Insomnia and Sleep Problems

Overcoming Insomnia and Sleep Problems

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Colin Espie

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All the help you need to conquer your sleep problems and start living life to the full

Poor sleep is one of the most common health problems and can leave you feeling exhausted, stressed and run-down. While prescribed medications and over-the-counter remedies rarely offer lasting benefits, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy can help enormously and is the treatment of choice for insomnia.

Develop good pre-bedtime routines.

The most effective relaxation techniques.

Establish a new sleeping and waking pattern.

Deal with a racing mind.

Use sleeping pills more effectively.

Handle jet lag and sleepwalking.
Your Pregnancy for the Father-to-Be

Your Pregnancy for the Father-to-Be

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Judith Schuler, Glade Curtis

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Pregnancy can be a thrilling adventure for a couple. Although most attention is directed toward the mom-to-be, the nine months of pregnancy are an exciting, moving, and, yes, occasionally stressful!,time for the expectant father as well. Written with the needs and concerns of the dad-to-be in mind, this book includes a comprehensive glossary of terms, a resource section, up-to-date medical information, and tips for supporting your partner during pregnancy and the birth of your new baby. It will also help you be the best father you can be by covering such topics as: The tests and procedures your partner may undergo The impact of pregnancy on your relationship and how to handle it Ways to evaluate the expenses of having a baby How to be a great labour coach
Healing the Vegan Way

Healing the Vegan Way

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Mark Reinfeld

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According to increasing evidence, plant-based diets are better for the health of both people and the planet, leading to a dietary revolution. But with all the conflicting nutritional theories out there, how do you decide which foods are truly best for you? With contributions from leading medical professionals like Dr. Michael Klaper, Dr. Michael Greger, and Dr. Joel Kahn, Healing the Vegan Way demonstrates a Clear and Simple path through the latest medical research on different approaches. With practical tips for plant-based living, 200 simple whole-food recipes, health-supportive cleanses, menu plans, and more, Healing the Vegan Way helps you maximize benefits for both body and mind.
Real Girl Real World

Real Girl Real World

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Heather Gray, Samantha Phillips

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Teen girls receive mixed messages about who they should be,and what they should look like,from all facets of society. It’s no wonder they have difficulty finding out who they really are. This snappy, straight-talking guide,a veritable Our Bodies, Ourselves for teens,helps girls make up their own minds about what kind of people they want to be. Exploring a wide range of topics central to young women’s lives,including beauty and the media body image, ethnicity and self-esteem eating disorders and healthy nutrition sexual anatomy, safe sex and much more,the authors dispel myths, put issues in perspective, and give girls the power to choose for themselves.
Yoga Life

Yoga Life

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Brett Larkin

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“Brett translates the magic of ancient yoga for those who need it most.” – James Nestor, New York Times bestselling author of Breath

Overwhelmed? Overscheduled? Want to access the benefits of yoga, but can’t seem to make it to the mat? Beat stress with a yoga ritual that works for you in 20-minutes or less. Featuring adaptations for anxiety, weight loss, injury, and prenatal yoga, this “playful and real” (Elena Brower) guide is a must-read for beginners and seasoned yoga teachers alike.

We all know that yoga can calm your mind and heal your body, but let’s be real: It can be hard to cram one more thing into your messy, stressful, time-crunched life.
Good news! If you’re not making it to the mat, the problem isn’t you-it’s the yoga you’re practicing.

Award-winning instructor and Uplifted Yoga founder Brett Larkin is here to help you design an adaptable, personalized practice, and cut to the chase with quick yoga habits that soothe your soul. With the support of quizzes and thirty book-exclusive companion videos you’ll learn:

– A five-step method to design a personal practice that works for your schedule.
– How to adapt your practice to meet your physical, mental, and emotional needs.
– More than a dozen yoga habits that will help you calm your mind and body, even if you never manage to make it to the mat.

Grounded in the wisdom of yoga’s original texts, Brett reminds us that yoga was always meant to fit easily into our everyday lives. Whether you’re a beginner or a life-long practitioner, Yoga Life is your new go-to for a personal, transformative, joyful at-home practice to strengthen your mind, body, and spirit.
Jonny Bowden's Shape Up Workbook

Jonny Bowden's Shape Up Workbook

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Jonny Bowden

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Health and fitness experts agree that keeping track of our food intake and exercise habits are important to staying focused on diet and health goals. In Jonny Bowden’s Shape Up! readers discovered that noting the effects foods have on our moods, and setting goals based on what “shaping up” means to each of us, are essential to achieving genuine body and health transformation. Now comes Jonny Bowden’s Shape Up Workbook, a source of motivation and expert diet advice as well as a place to make and keep these important notes for the eight weeks of the Bowden program. Complete with food preparation tips, recipes, recommended exercises and the Shape Up! food lists, this workbook will be the most important day-to-day tool readers can have in their efforts to improve their health, weight, and state of mind.
The Power of Presence

The Power of Presence

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Joy Thomas Moore

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As the mother Wes Moore, whose memoir about overcoming the obstacles that face a fatherless young black man was a huge bestseller, Joy is often asked: How did you do it? How do you balance parenting, work and self-care when you don’t have a partner to pick up the slack? How do you connect with a child when you can’t always be there? Joy’s answer is “presence.” We can’t always be physically there for our children, but the power of presence can help us to be a voice in the back of their minds that guides them through difficult times.

In MY PRIDE, MY JOY, Moore explores seven pillars of presence–heart, faith, mind, courage, financial freedom, values, and connectedness–that all parents can use to be positively influence their children. Using compelling stories from women who have been there and practical advice on everything from savings accounts to mindfulness, this book is a compassionate look at what it takes to raise great kids.
Somatics

Somatics

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Thomas Hanna

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Building on the foundation laid by Moshe Feldenkrais, Thomas Hanna’s groundbreaking work completely redefines the body’s potential for withstanding decline. His gentle program for the mind and body proves once and for all that so many problems we accept as inevitable over time — chronic stiffness, bad back, chronic pain, fatigue, and, at times, even high blood pressure — need never occur if we maintain conscious control of nerve and muscle, replacing Sensory-Motor Amnesia with Sensory-Motor Awareness. The good news of Somatic Exercise is that most people simply do not have to become captives of age or injury. Once learned, this lifelong program can help almost anyone maintain the pleasures of a supple, healthy body indefinitely, with only a five-minute routine once a day.
Full Catastrophe Living, Revised Edition

Full Catastrophe Living, Revised Edition

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Jon Kabat-Zinn

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THE LANDMARK INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ON MINDFULNESS, MEDITATION AND HEALING

Stress. It can sap our energy, undermine our health and even shorten our lives. It makes us more vulnerable to anxiety and depression, disconnection and disease. Based on Jon Kabat-Zinn’s renowned mindfulness-based stress reduction programme, this classic, ground-breaking work which gave rise to a whole new field in medicine and psychology – shows you how to use medically proven mind-body approaches derived from meditation and yoga to counteract stress, establish greater balance of body and mind, and stimulate well-being and healing. By engaging in these mindfulness practices and integrating them into your life from moment to moment and from day to day, you can learn to manage chronic pain, promote optimal healing, reduce anxiety and feelings of panic, and improve the overall quality of your life, relationships, and social networks.

Full Catastrophe Living is a book for the young and the old, the well and the ill, and anyone trying to live a healthier and saner life in our fast-paced world.

‘To say that this wise, deep book is helpful to those who face the challenges of human crisis would be a vast understatement. It is essential, unique, and, above all, fundamentally healing.’ Donald M. Berwick, president emeritus and senior fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Heartfelt Parenting

Heartfelt Parenting

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Shelly Chauhan

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Drawing on current powerful neuroscience, this book equips you with a deep insight into how your interconnected brain, mind and body shapes your capacity for heartfelt connection, emotional regulation and compassion, and the compelling influence this has on your child’s developing mind.

We know, based on established brain science, that children develop well in the care of parents who can regulate and express their own emotions effectively, who are present and attentive rather than in ‘autopilot’ mode, and who show warmth, empathy and compassion along with the requisite level of authority towards them.

But in this day and age of relentless mental overload, busy schedules and constant stimulation, many parents know how difficult it can be to exude the sense of openness, warmth and connection that children need to develop well. The last thing parents need is yet more prescriptive advice about what you should and shouldn’t think, do or say as a parent, so this this book helps you understand, in a tangible way, how to feel relaxed, open and compassionate when you are around your children. This is a vital ingredient in parenting, because this feeling state, involving your brain, nervous system, heart, facial expressions and voice, deeply calms your children, enables them to listen to you and respect your rules, and nourishes their brains for life-long resilience, empathy, self-acceptance and authenticity.

Shelly Chauhan’s approach removes some of the stress and complexity that parenting seems to involve these days and turns it into the intuitive, natural and enjoyable process it is able to be.
The Anger Workbook

The Anger Workbook

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Russell Kolts

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Anger is one of the most difficult emotions for human beings to cope with. If our anger is unmanaged, we can end up behaving in destructive ways towards both ourselves and other people, and can face relationship difficulties and negative health consequences.

Far from ‘letting ourselves off the hook’, recent research has shown that by developing compassion towards ourselves and others and compassionately understanding our anger and the factors that fuel it, we can connect with the courage and skills needed to change our behaviour. This fascinating and practical self-help guide will give you a number of powerful techniques for tackling your anger head on and taking control of it, rather than letting it control you.

USING THIS WORKBOOK, READERS WILL LEARN ABOUT:
– The factors that trigger and fuel our anger, how it works and how to change the anger response
– Specific skills to manage anger and improve relationships

Filled with interactive exercises and practical skills, The Anger Workbook will guide you in your journey to transform your anger into inner strength.

THE COMPASSIONATE MIND APPROACH

The self-help books in this series are based on compassion focused therapy (CFT, developed by series editor Paul Gilbert). This brings together an understanding of how our mind can cause us difficulties but also provides us with a powerful solution in the shape of mindfulness and compassion. It teaches ways to stimulate the part of the brain connected with kindness, warmth, compassion and safeness, and to calm the part that makes us feel, anxious, angry, sad or depressed.
Brain Power

Brain Power

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Marilyn vos Savant, Leonore Fleischer

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Here is a book which could change your life. Marilyn Vos Savant and Leonore Fleischer demonstrate how the power and capacity of your brain and intelligence can be exercised and strengthened like any muscle in the body. If you take the time to exercise and build your brain power you will be able to increase your abilities and realise your full potential.
BRAIN POWER contains a 12-week mental training programme consisting of practical exercises to stretch your mind and build the power and capacity of your brain and intelligence. Learn how to view the world more clearly, accept challenges, make decisions, attack problems, explore the unknown, remember things more accurately and open your mind to new ideas and live life to the full. The result will be an improvement in quality of life, career success and personal achievement.

You don’t have to know mathematics to have a mathematical mind, and you don’t need a degree to improve your brain power. You just need determination and this book.
The Back Pain Helpbook

The Back Pain Helpbook

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James Moore, Diana Laurent, Kate Lorig, Michael Von Korff, Virginia Gonzalez

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An estimated 8 million Americans require medical care or time off from work because of back pain each year. Despite advances in modern medicine, there is no cure for back pain and the most commonly prescribed remedy for this painful and debilitating condition is long-term self-management.A self-care program for better living, The Back Pain Helpbook includes mind-body methods for relaxation such as breathing and meditation techniques, strategies for combating the depression and fear that often accompany chronic pain, a comprehensive program for fitness including strengthening and stretching exercises, recommendations for prescription and over-the-counter drugs to ease back pain, advice for when to see your doctor and how to get the most out of those visits, tips for engaging in daily activities from sleeping to working to sex, and guidelines for avoiding flare-ups or managing them when they occur.
Fake Medicine

Fake Medicine

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Bradley McKay

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We all want to live healthier, happier and longer lives, but too many of us are charmed by charlatans, misled by marketing or scammed by sciencey-sounding salespeople.

Dr Brad McKay, Australian GP and science communicator, has seen the rise of misinformation permeate our lives and watched as many of us have turned away from health experts. Too often, we place our trust in online influencers, celebrities and Dr Google when it comes to making important health decisions.

Fake Medicine explores the potential dangers of wellness warriors, anti-vaxxers, fad diets, dodgy supplements, alternative practitioners and conspiracy theories.

This book is an essential tool for debunking pseudoscience and protecting you and your loved ones from the health scams that surround us. Protect your mind, body and wallet by fighting fake medicine.
Cosmetic Breast Surgery

Cosmetic Breast Surgery

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Alexander Van Dyne, Robert Freund

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Though cosmetic breast surgery is most commonly an elective procedure, it is an important, irreversible decision that demands careful consideration. In Cosmetic Breast Surgery, distinguished plastic surgeon Robert M. Freund,who has worked on the breasts of thousands of women in his private and public New York City practices,offers clear explanations and sensitive advice for women curious about having their breasts enlarged, reduced, or lifted. In a factual, conversational tone, Dr. Freund,recently named one of New York’s leading plastic surgeons by New York magazine,candidly discusses all of the risks and rewards involved, different operating procedures and options, the right and wrong reasons to have surgery, choosing the right surgeon, pre- and postoperative care, and what to do if a procedure goes wrong. Written with a woman’s best interest in mind, Cosmetic Breast Surgery provides photographs throughout and is essential reading for all women considering breast surgery.
Living Well

Living Well

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James Fries

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Advances in medical care allow us to live longer, but to enjoy life we need to stay healthy. Completely revised and updated, Living Well presents a thorough but manageable program for keeping in good mental and physical shape as we grow older. In Part I, Dr. James Fries includes the most up-to-date medical information about how many diseases associated with aging-such as osteoarthritis, diabetes, and atherosclerosis-can be avoided or put off with the latest medication and alternative treatment options. Part II addresses many other challenges that people in their middle and later years face-from planning for retirement, to keeping your mind active, to maintaining a healthy sex life, to writing a will. Finally, Part III provides easy-to-use decision charts- on everything from hip pain to incontinence to diet and exercise-that quickly help determine whether professional intervention is necessary or whether home treatment will suffice. Comprehensive and accessible, Living Well is the essential reference for promoting a long, happy, and healthy life.
The One Minute Meditator

The One Minute Meditator

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Bill Birchard, David Nichol

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On an average day, in an average minute, we can process over 240 billion bits of information per second. Such incredibly rapid brain activity can lead to confusion, fear, tension, stress, and anxiety. To stave off these pressures, our minds instinctively look for “one-minute escapes”: exercise, drinking and drugs, smoking, sex, and entertainment. All efficient short-term distractions, none is a permanent salve.The One-Minute Meditator shows readers how to harness the innate drive for quick mental escapes and use that urge to quiet our thoughts from within. Proving that meditation is both physically and emotionally healthful, Nichol and Birchard show readers how to meditate whenever they have a solitary minute or more: on the walk from the parking lot to the office, while waiting in line, while on hold on the phone, or while trying to fall asleep. Both inspiring and instructive, The One-Minute Meditator gives readers the tools to incorporate the power of meditation into otherwise busy, harried lives.
Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life

Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life

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Claudia Welch

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An accessible, thorough guide to hormones, how and why they become unbalanced, and the steps to restore hormonal health from holistic medicine expert Dr. Claudia Welch.

Internationally renowned Doctor of Oriental Medicine Claudia Welch breaks through the secrets behind hormonal health using the principles of Ayurveda and the holistic sensibility of Dr. Christiane Northrup. Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life gives women the essential tools to achieve the perfect balance between their yin (sex hormones) and yang (stress hormones), and between the body and the mind.

You’ll find the information you need to restore your body’s natural harmony, including:

– Tips to help heal your most pressing concerns, from menstrual pain, infertility, and menopause to breast and heart health

– The best foods to eat for optimal health and wellness

– Natural sleep secrets

– What to do when you are just feeling crummy

– How stress sabotages hormonal balance

– Practical, easy-to-adopt stress-management techniques
Conscious Medicine

Conscious Medicine

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Gill Edwards

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Radical changes are afoot in medicine as we build stronger bridges between science and spirituality. In CONSCIOUS MEDICINE Gill Edwards explains that mind and body are inseparable and that emotions are crucial in health and disease. Her new approach to healthcare is based on the latest research into the transformative power of consciousness, energy and the bodymind. She explains how, when you break your old habits of thought, you can not only reverse disease processes and heal injuries but also attract more positive events and circumstances into your life.

Chapters cover ‘miracles’ in health and why our current medical model is limiting, how negative thoughts activate the stress response in the body which eventually makes us ill, how the body speaks to us symbolically through symptoms and illness, how to break free from limiting patterns and create a new health-full future. Always thought-provoking and inspiring, this is an accessible, practical and joyous book.
Smart Bites for Baby

Smart Bites for Baby

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Mika Shino

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Even though we know that babies and children learn primarily through their senses, American babies are still eating mushy food from a jar- at a time when their brains are growing exponentially and they are most open to trying new things. Smart Bites for Baby offers a better approach to cooking for babies and toddlers. Drawing on world cuisine, this cookbook includes 300 easy recipes made with nutrient-rich ingredients, such as fish, berries, and sesame. The meals emphasize colour, texture, and flavor, and are proven to engage and stimulate the growing brain. Parents will also find more nutritious versions of the foods toddlers love, from mac n’ cheese to popsicles. Shino’s smart bites nourish the minds and bodies of our children.
Ask Me About My Divorce

Ask Me About My Divorce

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Candace Walsh, Candace Walsh

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It’s time to get past the idea that divorce equals failure. Sure, it may not be what you had in mind when you walked down the aisle, but if it’s the escape hatch into a better life, it should be filled with more promise. It can be celebrated. Ask Me About My Divorce is a spicy, fun, riveting collection of essays by women from all walks of life. With the unifying thread “I got divorced, and the world came into view,” the words within will make readers laugh, cry, nod their heads, and feel inspired to do what they need to for themselves. These aren’t stories from women tiptoeing around a difficult subject , they’re about the ways divorce can be, in fact, a new lease on life.
Energy Medicine For Women

Energy Medicine For Women

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Donna Eden, David Feinstein

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For more than three decades, Donna Eden has been teaching people to understand the body as an energy system, to recognize their aches and pains as signals of energy imbalance, and to reclaim their natural healing capabilities. In her long-awaited new book, Donna speaks directly to women, showing them how they can work with energy to tackle the specific health challenges they face. She reveals that a woman can manage her hormones by managing her energies and also use energy medicine to treat a host of health issues. From PMS to menopause, from high blood pressure to depression, the book offers easy-to-follow solutions to women’s health issues that traditional medicine often fails to provide. Blending a compassionate voice with a profound grasp of how the female body functions as an energy system, Eden presents what is sure to become a classic book on the subject of women’s health.
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