Health and Wellbeing

We live in a time of extremes. The good news is that nature gives us the key to turn the frightening Tipping Points of such extremes into life-affirming Turning Points of transformation.

Dr Lissa Rankin realized that fear is not just a nuisance emotion that makes us unhappy; it's a serious risk factor for disease that threatens our longevity. The body's physiological response to fear raises patients' risk for conditions from heart disease to diabetes to cancer - and even when patients know what they need to do in order to heal, fear often holds them back.

Do you worry that you drink too much? Or perhaps you fear that your dependence on drugs, food, sex, or some other vice is spiralling out of control, and taking your quality of life with it?

Most of us deal with addiction in some form. While you may not be a fall-down drunk, anorexic or a gambling addict, you likely struggle with addiction in other ways.

When author was told that her 20-month-old son had autism, she was devastated. In this book, she shares her personal experiences as she tried one treatment after another in search of a way to help her son. It calls for a paradigm shift surrounding our beliefs about the possibilities for those with autism.

Are you ready to make changes in your life - but feel something is holding you back? Is your soul asking you to take a leap - but you're too afraid to take it? Are you ready for something new - but aren't sure where to start?

Slim and calm. Those short words are two of the most sought-after results many people - especially women - hope for from a new health regime. Yet in reality what they often get is irritability and weight that refuses to stay off.

Where are we going? How will we get there? In a world of uncertainty, most of us don't really know. Our challenge is to sail into uncharted waters - away from the familiar ways that don't work anymore - to discover ourselves and the infinite potential for our lives.

Eating healthily doesn't have to be complicated or confusing. But somewhere along the way, even the most health-conscious of us can become overwhelmed by the endless information and advice available and feel tempted to give up. In this book, a yoga teacher and a health coach takes things back to basics.

Thank & Grow Rich is for anyone interested in hooking up with the magnanimous energy field of the cosmos. Author Pam Grout, who likes to call herself the Warren Buffet of Happiness, says it all starts with getting on the frequency of joy and gratitude. Thanking (rather than thinking) puts us on an energetic frequency—a vibration—that calls in miracles.

Filled with real-life stories, this title includes a 10-step plan that helps us to: get real about the money issues we face every day; examine the excuses we use to avoid creating the life we really want; be willing to see ourselves as worthy of abundance in all its forms; take back our financial power; and watch amazing things start to happen.

It is clear that standard diet and exercise methods are not working to resolve our modern struggles with weight and food. In Mindful Eating, Mindful Life, world-renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and Harvard nutritionist Lilian Cheung PhD share with you a new sustainable means of healthy eating and weight loss: mindfulness.

The Secret Pleasures of Menopause is a groundbreaking book that is long overdue! Dr. Northrup believes that it's about time menopausal women came out of the closet and learned to enjoy the best years of their lives!