How do I avoid becoming a "hot mess?" What determines my thinking patterns? How are my thoughts related to my emotions? When is it too late to change my habits of thought and belief systems? How do I achieve a "higher self?" "From 'Hot Mess' to 'Higher Self': A Soulful Path to Emotional Mastery and Self-Discovery" provides a journey that promises not just insights but life-long transformation. In these pages, you will find a comprehensive guide to help you master your emotional self and fa...

Whether you are stuck in the distress of life, or appear like nothing’s wrong, you may have faced trauma or incredible stress or suffocating fear. Maybe you wonder whether those emotions, memories, and experiences are blocking you from being as fulfilled and happy as you could be. Maybe you’re stuck in patterns that simply no longer work for you.What if you could change it all? What if you could feel safe and solid and secure inside your own body? What if your life could be peacefu...

A safe space for helping professionals to work through compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.Research has shown that psychotherapists and other helping professionals, particularly those who assist people who have suffered traumatic incidents, face risks to their own mental and physical health. These risks include unmanageable countertransference, compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization, and burnout.The Help for the Helper Workbook is a compa...

Do you rule the realm of disorganization, clutter, and chaos? Are you constantly battling to get things done? Are you ready to give up and toss your day planner into the dungeon (otherwise known as your closet)? If so, you might just be The Queen of Distraction. And whether or not you’ve been formally diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you probably already know that something’s got to give.The Queen of Distraction presents practical sk...

From Insanity to Serenity - A Journey from Despair to Resilience is a collection of poetry that is a reflection of the authors journey through darkness, turmoil, and eventually into healing, acceptance, and peace. The poems in this book capture the various stages of my personal struggle with addiction and trauma, as well as the hard-earned growth that has emerged through perseverance and recovery.The author experienced the highs and lows, moments of despair, and the faint glimmers ...

Your guide for managing intense emotions, improving your relationships, and being the best version of you that you can be.If you’re a teen with borderline personality disorder (BPD), you may have intense emotions that get in the way of school, relationships, and reaching your goals. You may lash out at the people closest to you—your friends, family, or teachers—and feel crushing guilt about your b...

Powerful and evidence-based dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills to help you heal from traumas, balance emotions, and feel safe in the present moment.If you’ve experienced chronic, multiple, or ongoing instances of trauma, you may be experiencing complex post-traumatic stress disorder, or CPTSD—and one-size-fits-all treatment methods just aren’t enough. In this evidence-based workbook, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) expert Sheri Van Dijk combines ...

A brilliant portrayal of Cultural Diversity, by behaviorist Barbara Kennedy, who is also the author and narrator of "The Fox and the Hawk." This gentle illustrated story will make you laugh and cry. The simplicity and clever repartee show the reader what love looks like, pure and simple. The story takes place in a small fishing town, Pink Salmon Bay, Alaska. The reader will understand some of the challenges in a community; what fear looks like, and "mob mentality" in the village. Annika Sp...

"The Fox and the Hawk" Is Unusual Love Prose with Teaching Moments, Newest From Madison Avenue Publishers"The Fox and the Hawk," is a refreshingly original short story with teaching moments for readers 7-years-old and up. Written by Barbara Kennedy (MPH/MSW), the story develops as does the tenuous relationship between a (girl) Fox and a (boy) Hawk, who start off with seemingly nothing in common except that they're hanging from the same tree at the same time of year near a ranch in ...

In the 21st century, women in every corner of the world struggle with the ability to express their true voices, assert their wants and needs, and understand their inherent value. They face each day with unspoken feelings of chronic guilt, shame, fear, self-judgment, self-criticism, people-pleasing, perfectionism, poor body image, and a lack of self-confidence. Why do women experience these ongoing patterns of feeling inferior or not-good-enough? What is causing women to devalue themselves,...

**For readers of What Fresh Hell is This? and Next Level, a queer, gender-affirming guide to navigating menopause—find gender euphoria, learn how to advocate for your healthcare, and empower yourselfPrompts, tools, and expert wisdom for living well through menopause and beyond**The diverse menopause experiences of nonbinary, trans, and other queerbodied individuals have been overlooked—and actively invisibilized—for far too long. Genderqueer Menopause

Fast-acting “emotional rescue” tools grounded in proven-effective DBT to help you find quick relief from intense thoughts and feelings, as well as core emotion regulation skills to help you stay balanced.Do you have difficulty managing your emotions? If you’re like most people, the answer is most likely an emphatic, “Yes!” Dealing with emotions is challenging, and it’s easy to misunderstand those feelings—especially in the heat of the moment when ...