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Bestselling author Nigel Latta's simple psychological toolkit for life's ups and downs. What do you do when you're told you only have months to live? If you're like Nigel Latta, first, you're going to eat a lot of ice cream. Then, you're going to assemble a mental toolbox to deal with every...

We've all seen the prettied-up image of mental illness. That movie-perfect, 'single artful tear', 'gazing wistfully out of the window' situation that conveniently disappears when you need to do the laundry. Well, life with a personality disorder isn't like that. At all. Katja Pavlovna and Kay...

Joan K. Peters’s story lays bare the inner workings of this complex treatment, which takes place behind closed doors, is rarely spoken about, and is largely unknown outside of professional circles. A polished, poetic, and often funny writer, Peters's willingness to expose her own demons brings psychoanalysis to life, from the intense strife to the fierce love that can develop between patient and analyst.

Homeless, running from a violent partner, and battling suicidal depression, she found herself sitting by a river holding a bottle of pills in one hand and a bottle of red wine to wash them down in the other. Out of the twilight sky a majestic blue heron circled and landed just a few feet away. Something in the heron's piercing eyes caused her to stop swallowing the pills. In that moment, she realized that there was just too much beauty and magic in the world to give up. Thus began a decades-long quest to understand how wondrous encounters can spark healing from trauma and grief.

No One Talks About This Stuff is a support group for almost-parents. A place to share their journeys of loss and limbo, to confront social pressure and to find courage in the darkness of tragedies which happen every day yet are brushed under the carpet. So, we hear from a stepmother who wrestles...

An urgent rethinking of the Western approach to mental health, which treats the symptoms rather than the exploitative systems causing our distress—by a Rhodes Scholar and Harvard Medical School physician-anthropologist—offering lessons from the rest of the world. What if the mainstay of...

Letters for My Father explores grieving and making sense of a relationship between a father and son while also being so much more. Written by the influential existential psychologist Louis Hoffman, who has worked extensively with grieving throughout his career as a psychotherapist, this is also a book of love, self-exploration, relational depth, and the world and realities that shaped his relationship with his father. As Hoffman journeys into grieving, he journeys into himself and into existence.

The journey of healing from painful experiences is truly an “inside job”, yet one that is absolutely worth it, and this how a seasoned, 30 year veteran in the field of Mental Health was able to do this for themselves. This memoir and skill building guide is an honest, real-life story of an empath and healer of embarking upon this very journey, and how they have led countless others through theirs’. A funny, poignant and enjoyable story and a well-constructed guide to skills and tools to help people recover from trauma.

John Bowlby is one of the most influential yet underappreciated figures in psychology, often overshadowed by the likes of Freud, Jung, and other giants. In Searching for Bowlby, author C.V. Wooster takes listeners on an immersive journey through the life, work, and legacy of the man who forever changed our understanding of human connection. This groundbreaking biography is the first to present Bowlby’s story as a richly detailed narrative, moving beyond the academic texts that have previously defined his work.

From an author with a psychology background, a candid memoir about the interior of her own psychotic episode. After the culture shock of moving from a small Wisconsin town to the tumult of Los Angeles in 1967, Linda’s family disintegrates: her parents decide to divorce, and she and her younger brother, Brian, suddenly must fend for themselves. While she finds a foothold in academic pursuits, Brian spirals downward into schizophrenia and, finally, commits an irrevocable act.

A revelatory exploration of how we can find meaning in the tumult of change, from a renowned cognitive scientist and host of the critically acclaimed podcast A Slight Change of Plans Life has a way of thwarting our best-laid plans. Out of nowhere, we’re confronting the end of a relationship...

Gennem hypnose og det, han kalder for positiv manipulation, fandt Hellesøe nøglen til at ændre sin egen virkelighed og skabe dybt personlige transformationer i livet. Tænk ikke på en lyserød elefant er en personlig fortælling om vejen fra genert dreng i Sønderborg til mental manipulator og hele Danmarks hjerne-hacker – men det er også en praktisk guide til dig, der vil lære, hvordan små mentale skift kan føre til store og varige forandringer i livet. Vi er alle hypnotiserbare. Spørgsmålet er bare: Hvem har fjernbetjeningen til din hjerne?

Bogen fortæller en kritisk historie om transnational adoption og har været med til at ændre måden, vi tænker om adoption på i Danmark. Med vreden som omdrejningspunkt og en befriende, underspillet humor tegner Maja Lee Langvad et portræt af en adopteret – eller flere – og af et adoptionskritisk miljø i Sydkorea. Det er en dybt personlig og politisk bog om slægtskab, race, køn og global ulighed.

Der Autor lässt Erfahrungen sprechen, die er während seiner Arbeit als Alltagshelfer gesammelt hat. Dabei entstanden Geschichten, die nicht beschönigen und nicht urteilen, sondern in ihrer Ehrlichkeit berühren. Sie zeigen die Realität des Alters und die ungeschminkten Folgen von Krankheit, Verlust und Abhängigkeit. Doch zwischen all dem findet sich auch Wärme, Humor, Dankbarkeit und die Kraft kleiner Gesten. Jedes Kapitel offenbart einen Moment aus dem Leben eines Menschen, der gehört werden möchte.

Gary Young lebte ein außergewöhnliches Leben, das ihn nach einem schweren Schicksalsschlag den Weg zur Erschaffung der YOUNG LIVING-Essenzen einschlagen ließ. Ein Weg voller Abenteuer und faszinierender Erlebnisse und Begegnungen. Maria Schasteen, die große Expertin für Duftmedizin, beschreibt in dieser mit viel Empathie verfassten Biographie das Leben dieses besonderen Menschen, der die alternativen Heilweisen des 21. Jahrhunderts maßgeblich beeinflussen sollte.

Inhalt: 1. Legende und Wahrheit der Beatrice Cenci, 2. Irrfahrt und Ende Pierre Donchamps' - Die Tragödie Philippe Daudets, 3. Erinnerung an Theodor Herzl, 4. Unvergessliches Erlebnis. Ein Tag bei Albert Schweitzer, 5. Worte am Sarge Sigmund Freuds, 6. Jaurès, 7. Otto Weininger: Vorbeigehen an einem unauffälligen Menschen, 8.Walther Rathenau.

In 1957, at the age of eighty-one, C. G. Jung began a collaboration with his student and secretary Aniela Jaffé and the legendary publisher Kurt Wolff on a book about his life. Memories, Dreams, Reflections would become a bestseller, yet it draws from less than half of Jaffé's original interviews with Jung. Much of the material from these candid, wide-ranging conversations was left on the cutting-room floor. Jung's Life and Work presents these interviews in their entirety for the first time.

The Road I Never Meant to Take is a memoir like no other—a poignant and transformative collection of 52 letters that guide listeners through the descent into addiction and the soul-lifting climb toward recovery. Each letter is its own chapter—a standalone reflection that can be listened to daily, weekly, or at the listener's own pace.

Told through 52 heartfelt letters, The Road I Never Meant to Take is a brave and compassionate memoir about one woman’s unexpected descent into addiction—and the gritty, beautiful journey back. Through the voice of “L,” a fictionalized character based on lived experience, author and therapist Alanna Bell explores the emotional wreckage, the neurological science, and the spiritual reckoning behind substance use disorder.

Der weltbekannte Psychotherapeut und Bestsellerautor Irvin D. Yalom war 93, als er sich nach dem Verlust seiner langjährigen Ehefrau Marilyn Yalom, mitten in der Pandemie, mit einem zunehmenden Gedächtnisverlust konfrontiert sah. Die inneren wie äußeren Beschränkungen zwangen ihn dazu, die Form seiner Sitzungen mit seinen Klienten grundlegend zu überdenken und einen radikalen Ansatz zu wählen: Würden einstündige, einmalige Sitzungen ebenfalls einschneidende Veränderungen herbeiführen können und eine ebenso tragfähige Arzt-Patienten-Beziehung ermöglichen?