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In this comforting and supportive little book, best-selling authors Sarah Rayner and Kate Harrison, with Dr. Patrick Fitzgerald, draw on their own experiences of living with depression and share their life-changing coping techniques that have helped them manage low mood and depressive episodes. They explain that actively trying to fight your depression can actually prolong your suffering–instead, making peace with difficult emotions and compassionately accepting them can restore mental health and happiness.

If you’re struggling with the symptoms of menopause, simply want to take care of yourself well, or looking for support from a friend who knows exactly how you feel, Making Friends with the Menopause will be your guide. It will give you the understanding and confidence you need to navigate this profound change and fully embrace this new chapter of your life with open arms.

Does anxiety have a hold on you and your life? Do panic and worry tend to dominate every moment? You’re not alone—Making Friends with Anxiety is here to help. In this friendly and supportive little book, best-selling author Sarah Rayner draws on her own experience of living with an anxiety disorder and shares the life-changing coping techniques that have helped her manage her anxiety and panic at home, at work, and in all areas of life.

The 07.44 am train from Brighton to London: The carriages are packed with commuters. One woman occupies her time observing the people around her. Opposite, a girl applies her make-up. Across the aisle, a husband strokes his wife's hand. Further along, a woman flicks through a glossy magazine. Then, abruptly, everything changes: A man collapses, the train is stopped, an ambulance called. And for three passengers that particular morning, life will never be the same again.

Suzy Hope is adrift. She's divorced, living hand-to-mouth and hasn't been on a date in eons. Then, on the morning of her mother's funeral, a letter lands on her doormat. She recognizes the handwriting at once. It's from Johnny, her first love. Enclosed is a CD, a compilation from their time together in the '70s—'90s. Instantly Suzy longs to listen, but the hearse arrives. Now is not the moment for nostalgia. After the wake is over, Suzy is returning teacups to the village hall in pouring rain when BAM! she is knocked down by a car speeding down the country lane.

Rayner onthult de zeven meest voorkomende oorzaken van angst en geeft praktische tips en oefeningen om deze snel de baas te zijn, gebaseerd op bewezen technieken uit de cognitieve gedragstherapie Het zweet breekt je uit, je hartslag versnelt, je lichaam begint te trillen en paniekgedachten schieten door je hoofd – leven met angst kan heel zwaar zijn. Een op de vijf mensen worstelt met een vorm van angst, en toch kunnen zij vaak op weinig begrip rekenen. Want hoe goedbedoeld ook: diep ademhalen, aan iets leuks denken of 'even doorbijten' lost angst niet op.