Finding joy and meaning through illness: a memoirIn a life-changing instant, Nin is thrown into chaos by the onset of sudden hearing loss and violent vertigo. As a project management executive specialising in planning and control, she grapples with the randomness of her condition and the uncertainty of recovery.Fuelled by love for her children, she fights to reclaim her life in a silent and still world, navigating grief, loss and medical trauma. Nin's abrup...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In a life-changing instant, Nin is thrown into chaos by the onset of sudden hearing loss and violent vertigo. As a project management executive specialising in planning and control, she grapples with the randomness of her condition and the uncertainty of recovery.Fuelled by love for her children, she fights to reclaim her life in a silent and still world, navigating grief, loss and medical trauma. Nin's abrupt transition from an ambitious ...

Packed with hard-won wisdoms and gentle truths, this is Miranda’s honest exploration of the lessons she has learned on her journey from illness to recovery'A bombshell, moving, inspirational. Hart passes on the tips that helped her emerge from psychological as much as physical doldrums. No comedian, female or male, has been so taken to the nation’s bosom since Victoria Wood' Independent'Irrepressible and jo...

In April 2011, Lucy Rocca woke up in a hospital bed with no memory of how she had ended up there. After accepting that her drinking had spiralled out of control, she made the decision there and then to never touch alcohol again. However, the early days were a challenge, and Lucy began recording her journey in a blog as a way of helping herself move forward to a happy and sober future.For someone who defined herself by her love of drinking for over twenty years, letting go of the bo...

"Remarkable, and very moving." – Oliver SacksWhile driving to work in 1984, Dr Tony Moore was hit by a 30-tonne truck, crushing him and his car and changing his life forever. A well-known surgeon and rehabilitation specialist, he now tells his story of recovery from a patient's point of view, but with a doctor's knowledge and experience. Temporarily disabled and emotionally devastated, Tony Moore records how, from the depths of despair and isolation, he emerged as ...

Do you worry you drink too much? Can't help yourself? Prefer being sober? Drinking alcohol is a normal part of life, isn't it? It is usual for thirty-somethings to collapse in the evening with a glass or two of something sophisticated to diffuse the stress of the day and calm their buzzing brains, whether they be professionals, mothers, wives or homemakers. Rachel was no different. She juggled her many roles and responsibilities well and rewarded herself with wine at the end of each day; a...

Wise, candid, brave and moving, this superbly written memoir by a New Zealand GP is reminiscent of the warm wisdom and humanity of the American physician and writer Atul Gawande.Over her long career Dr Lucy O'Hagan has developed deep insights into the profound but often complex relationship between patients and doctors. Reading about her own struggle with what it means to be a truly useful doctor is both fascinating and absorbing.From working with people living on the margi...

Scripts and Strategies in Hypnotherapy Volumes 1 and 2 have been combined to create the single most comprehensive source of scripts and strategies that can be used by hypnotherapists of all levels of experience to build a successful framework for any therapy session. It covers inductions, deepeners and actual scripts for a wide range of problems from nail-biting to insomnia, sports performance to past life recall, pain management to resolving sexual problems. There is a particularly compre...

From 'hippie biker chick' to EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) practitioner...Read highlights of Jan Carter's life journey as she shares the power of EFT to simply 'tap away our challenges'.Learn what EFT is, how Whoopi Goldberg used it, and how you can use it too.

One man's battle to overcome social anxietyYour face turns crimson. Your throat tightens. Your mind races. And suddenly a simple conversation — ordering a coffee, joining a meeting, speaking up in class, or talking to someone you like — feels like standing on a stage. If you live with chronic blushing, facial flushing, or the relentless fear of being seen, Red Face by Russell Norris is the book you've been searching for.Red Face: How I Learnt t...

**An irresistibly moving, funny and urgent memoir about the reality of caring for your parents, when you can barely care for yourself.'Moving and real, as well as splutter-your-tea funny' – Miranda Sawyer**It was the kind of phone call we all dread. Your elderly father has been admitted to hospital. Your mum is about to be left at home alone. The answer? Drop everything. Go. Help. The reality? Not so straightforward. Suddenly, you’re a kid again, stranded in the overheated ...

Stop forever – regret nothing!Can you afford to ignore your health and happiness any longer? No gimmicks, no hypnotherapy and no nicotine replacement fads - just a realistic approach to freeing yourself from nicotine addiction forever.Using a mixture of harsh reality, self-discipline and inspiration, author Andrew Thomas describes how he went 'cold turkey' on cigarettes. He describes the mental strategies he used to make his final attempt at quitting smokin...