Coping with personal problems Books

'I've been to hell and I'm back. If you're in that same place, then I understand what you're going through.' John Kirwan was one of the most devastating wingers New Zealand, and world, rugby had ever seen. A prominent and revered figure at the dawn of the professional age of rugby, he seemed to ...

BRAIN PRESCRIPTIONS THAT REALLY WORK! In this breakthrough bestseller, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're born with. Do you ...

This guide to coping with and surviving panic syndrome is by someone who has done the same. Approximately five percent of the population faces the dread of panic attacks. With the aid of her cartoons, Bev Aisbett tells readers how panic disorders develop, and covers topics such as "Changing neg...

Mike King's Sunday night radio show on Radio Live - The Nutters' Club - is hugely popular because it's a forum where those with all manner of mental health issues can discuss their stories in a warm and accepting environment. Mike asks the questions and leads the guests through their story and h...

A powerful call for a paradigm shift in heart disease therapy. Based on the groundbreaking results of a twenty-year nutritional study by Dr. Esselstyn, a preeminent researcher and clinician, this book illustrates that a plant-based, oil-free diet can not only prevent and stop the progression of hear...

In Paris on July 25th, 1999, Lance Armstrong made world headlines with the most stunning comeback in the history of sport: winning the Tour de France in the fastest ever time after battling against life-threatening testicular cancer just 18 months earlier. A few months after his historic victory, he...

Many of us believe that happiness depends on outside circumstances. Richard Carlson shows that in fact it has nothing to do with forces beyond our control - and that our natural state is actually contentment. Carlson takes us through five principles such as Thought, Moods, Separate Realities, Feelin...

A courageous, irrepressible man who has become a worldwide phenomenon Imagine being born without arms. No arms to wrap around someone, no hands to experience touch, or to hold another hand with. Or what about being born without legs? Having no ability no — to dance, walk, run, or even st...

This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from l...

Adrenal fatigue is a deficiency in adrenal gland functioning that can result in debilitating symptoms ranging from lethargy to lowered sex drive to weight gain. James Wilson draws on 24 years of clinical experience and research to help readers determine if they have adrenal fatigue and learn how to...

Best-selling author Paul McKenna has improved the lives of millions by helping them to quit smoking, lose weight, be more confident and richer. His new book is aimed at helping people get a good night's sleep. An extraordinary 30 per cent of us have difficulty getting to sleep at night. Now Paul's f...

People can learn how to treat themselves using Dr Weekes' practical and compassionate advice. Covers all manner of nervous illness from simple muscular and emotional fatigue to recurring symptoms, guilt and depression, helping people to recognise signs on illness and to combat it.

Anthony Macris and his wife were, for an all too brief period, the happiest of parents when their son Alex was born. Until autism descended, in a swift and brutal wave, sweeping away the child they knew and leaving them to watch helplessly as his mind disintegrated. Their vibrant, healthy boy, who u...

"My husband died, my life collapsed." On a February morning in 2008, Joyce Carol Oates drove her ailing husband, Raymond Smith, to the emergency room of the Princeton Medical Center where he was diagnosed with pneumonia. Both Joyce and Ray expected him to be released in a day or two. But ...

This groundbreaking book from the UK's leading spokesman on nutrition looks at why millions of people have cravings for substances such as coffee, sugar and alcohol, as well to drugs such as sleeping pills, antidepressants, marijuana and cocaine. It uncovers how the brain becomes addicted and how it...

If you have ever experienced sleepless nights, sweaty palms, or clouds of butterflies in your stomach because you were just too afraid to do something, then "FearLess" might be the book for you. Wayne Foggatt knows what it's like to suffer anxiety, and his personal experience and professio...

Using ten steps from her popular workshops, author and counselor Aisbett provides practical, sound advice on how to recognise and tame anxiety, whether it affects you on an irregular or on a daily basis.

Younger Next Year is for men who want to turn back their biological clocks. It explains how men can become fuctionally younger every year for years to come, and continue to live with vitality and grace into their eighties and beyond. Harry's Seven Rules - Harry being Henry S. Lodge, M.D. - can help...

'Author BiographyDinah Bradley and Tania Clifton-Smith are physiotherapists who run BREATHING WORKS, the first breathing pattern disorders clinic in Australasia. Dinah is the author of HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME. Tania is the author of BREATHE TO SUCCEED and they co-authored BREATHING WORKS FOR ASTHM...

People with severe autism experience the sensory information they receive from the world completely differently to those not on the spectrum. They feel cut off, overwhelmed and and retreat into a world of their own. Their behaviour can become very distressed. This handbook shows how we can engage wi...

Life After Cancer I immediately wanted to recommAnd this book to my patients. [It] will serve as a roadmap to help cancer patients anticipate feelings and stages of the coping process. It will help demystify the complex and often baffling set of experiences on the uncertain path of cancer survivorsh...

The definitive guide to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - fully revised and updated for a new generation of parents. The bestselling author of Toddler Taming and Beyond Toddlerdom, Dr Christopher Green, with Dr Kit Chee, demystifies ADHD, the elusive and distressing condition that affects l...

It is commonly estimated that one in six couples are unable to conceive, one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage, and 600 babies are stillborn or die soon after birth each year. The experience can be the most traumatic thing that couples ever go through. It is also very lonely and isolating. Man...

Stress is a growing problem in modern life, with three out of five visits to the doctor attributed to stress-related problems. But what is it? Who does it affect? And what can be done about it? This lucid and helpful book guides us through the symptoms and causes of stress, emphasizing that being st...

Celebrity psychotherapist and hypnotherapist Susan Hepburn has worked with thousands of men and women struggling with addiction. Using a simple yet highly effective self-hypnosis technique, she can help you to 'quit' your particular addiction for good. Written in an easy-to read style with plenty of...

Would you like to be able to relax and keep your edge? Would you like to feel in control of your life? Would you like to take the pressure off and feel good? Then this amazing new book and hypnosis CD is for you! Based on over twenty years of research, this book contains cutting edge psychol...

So you’re getting older - aren’t we all? And you're far too busy to worry about planning for things that might never happen. Wrong. A little preparation now could save you from the legal and financial minefields of old age, after all, having your legal and financial affairs sorted means ...

'I want to die at a hundred years old with an American flag on my back and the star of Texas on my helmet, after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at seventy-five miles per hour. I want to cross one last finish line as my wife and ten children applaud, and then I want to lie down in a fi...

Is someone else's problem your problem? If, like so many others, you've lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to someone else's, you may be codependent-and you may find yourself in this book. The healing touchstone of millions, this modern classic by one of America's best-loved an...

This is a popular guide - over 80,000 copies sold of the first edition. It is now revised and enhanced with an audio CD of guided meditations. According to "Time" magazine, over 15 million Americans now practice meditation regularly. It is a great way to reduce stress, increase energy, and...

Is your workload overwhelming? Does it just keep mounting up while your stress levels reach fever pitch? In "Getting Things Done" David Allen teaches you how to keep a clear head, relax and organise your thoughts while implementing the methods that he has introduced at organisations like Microsoft, ...

Damon Courtenay died on the morning of April Fool's Day. In this tribute to his son, Bryce Courtenay lays bare the suffering behind this young man's life. Damon's story is one of lifelong struggle, his love for Celeste, the compassion of family, and a fight to the end for integrity. A testimony to t...

I heard a horrible screaming sound, like an animal being slaughtered ...then I realised it was me.' When Katie Piper was 24, her life was near perfect. Young and beautiful, she was well on her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a model. But then she met Daniel Lynch on Facebook and her world qu...

All of us have cancer cells in our bodies. But not all of us will develop cancer. This international bestseller, now revised with the latest research, examines what we can do every day to lower our chances of ever developing the illness, and also explains what to do to increase the chances of recove...

When Dr Steve Ilardi set out to find, once and for all, a cure for depression, he first identified the remedies already proven most effective for treating the condition. From his extensive research he created a 6-step programme, presented here for the first time in book form. While each individual t...

Best-selling author and international mediation expert David Bogan presents a step-by-step guide to resolving conflict - and getting a good night's sleep! Is there a problem that's keeping you awake at night? Are you at war with the neighbours? Is your boss being unreasonable? Are you being threaten...

A research-based approach to treating the devastating neurological condition multiple sclerosis, based on a combination of drug treatment and lifestyle modifications. 'As a physician and the spouse of someone with multiple sclerosis I feel that this book contains much wisdom and guidance for achiev...

The extraordinary -- and true -- story of a cat with a remarkable giftIn the summer of 2007 Oscar the cat made headlines around the world. Why? Because he knows when the patients in the Rhode Island hospice where he lives are going to die. Oscar curls up on their beds, keeps them company and enables...

It's All in the Mind is a practical self-help guide for anyone who has suffered a stroke and is seeking information to speed their return to health. It is the author's personal story of having a stroke whilst cycling in the Himalayas, being treated in a military hospital in Tibet, evacuated to Hong ...

Deaf people in New Zealand are often little known outside their own culture. People of the Eye brings their world to life in personal histories translated into English with a series of photographs of the deaf community. The storytellers are both old and young, and they reflect both the diversity and...