Paradigms Lost challenges key paradigms currently held about the prevention or reduction of stigma attached to mental illness using evidence and the experience the authors gathered during the many years of their work in this field. Each chapter examines one currently held paradigm and presents reasons why it should be replaced with a new perspective. The book argues for enlightened opportunism (using every opportunity to fight stigma), rather than more time consuming planning, and...

In 2012, Paradigms Lost critically examined the key paradigms used in programs aiming to prevent or reduce the stigma attached to mental illness. Today, many programs addressing stigma have been successfully developed or improved using the notions and recommendations presented in that volume. Paradigms Lost, Paradigms Found builds on the lessons of the first edition and adds new approaches to reducing the stigma related to mental illness. It brings together the latest the...

A romance author. A Highland sailor. A leap through time.Everything seems to be going hilariously wrong for bestselling author Amelia "Mills" Sutherland on her first trip to Scotland. When she's about to give up, she stumbles on Aven Valley's last cottage on the cove and meets the irresistibly charming sailor, Callum MacDowell.Just as things start spicing up, a mystical portal in Loch Ness zaps Mills and Cal back to Aven Valley, 1645! Soon, they're...

They thought the portal was their biggest threat. But the curse—real or imagined—might tear their family apart.MILLS: I never imagined raising a baby in 1646. But here we are: surrounded by clan allies and enemies, protective charms, and a brooch that glows when danger's near. Just when I start to believe we've carved out a life here, a dangerous rival threatens the fragile peace we've built.Now we're racing across the Highlands with hounds, swords, and kick-ars boots, tryi...

From bestselling author Heather Grace Stewart comes a sweeping, slow‑burn time‑travel romance about legacy, longing, and love that refuses to let go.Loch MacDowell has spent his life running from fame, expectations, and the shadow of the Portal that changed everything for his family. But when a mysterious voice calls him "Stray" and the rebuilt Gateway at Loch Ness erupts in light, Loch is pulled through time—and into 1647 Scotland...

When Meagan was five years old, her mother was viciously attacked and murdered. Now an adult, she herself is the victim of an abusive relationship. She’s desperate to escape but doesn’t have the courage to leave. So when Meagan meets Oliver, a decent guy who is on the rebound after a failed relationship, the two strike up a connection. But when Meagan confesses that her husband is abusive, it leads Oliver down a dark and dangerous path. Just how far would you go to protect someone? Oliver ...

A Time-Travel Romance with Heart, Heat, and Highland FirePerfect for fans of Outlander, The Seven-Year Slip, Bridget Jones’s Diary, and About Time.He swears. She schemes. Together, they'll defy centuries.CAL: I cannae believe any of this is happening. The Portal hums beneath my boots at the edge of Loch Ness, prepared to spit me out into the present . . . ...

THESE SCARS SPELL ANTHEIA is a profound poetic memoir by Heather Stewart, tracing one individual's emotional journey from institutional disappointment toward hard-won inner peace. Stewart bravely explores the lasting marks-or SCARS-left where wounds have not completely healed, chronicling her navigation of disillusionment and a crisis of place. The narrative examines the complexities of her time serving in the United States Navy, reflectin...

A brave girl must defy an empire to save her homeland in a sweeping fantasy that combines breathless action with richly-imagined characters.An epic, highly acclaimed fantasy that has just been optioned as a feature film by Fox 2000!The Icemark is a kingdom in grave danger. Its king has been killed in battle, its enemy lies in wait, and its fate rests on the shoulders of one girl. Thirrin Freer Strong-in-the-Arm Lindenshield, a beautiful princess and an intrepid warrior, must find a...

Stigma is one of the major barriers to care for people with mental health and related disorders. Stigma includes negative beliefs about and hostile perceptions towards others, shame and self-stigma, discriminatory practices in hiring, promotion and recognition of people who suffer from mental health challenges, and structural and organizational policies and processes that result in inequalities for people who have mental health challenges. Stigma has been recognized as a significant factor...

They say you always want what you can't have...And in my tiny, upper-class town, everyone wants the Savage Six. Whether it’s to be them, beat them, or f*ck them depends on who you ask.But for me… it’s Cole Callahan that I want.The Savage Society’s unofficial leader—and my dad’s best friend.He pretends I don’t exist… at least until my eighteenth birthday.That’s when everything changes, and this dangerous, ruthless man decides that I’m...

In her debut collection of poems, Heather Stewart relates the exhilaration and the heartache that can be a career with the US Navy, particularly in the period that spans just before 9/11 to the onset of COVID-19. From hospital ships to submarines, these poems follow her unusual career through the perils and successes we all experience.