This book was written for the person in the middle of it — confused, tired, searching, and still here. Across 11 honest, compassionate chapters, HELD walks you through what mental health actually means, where struggles come from, how healing happens, and why you are worthy of every ounce of effort it takes to get there.Covering depression, anxiety, trauma, faith, relationships, gender, crisis, and spiritual darkness — this is not a clinical textbook. It is an invitation to understan...

First, she taught you the value of your highly sensitive nature in her bestselling classic The Highly Sensitive Person. Now, Dr. Elaine Aron is back to teach you how to utilize your sensitivity to tackle a new challenge: Parenthood.Parenting is the most valuable and rewarding job in the world, and also one of the most challenging. This is especially true for highly sensitive people. Highly sensitive parents are unusually attuned to their children. They thi...

A powerful look at the importance of a mother’s presence in the first years of life**Featured in The Wall Street Journal, and seen on Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, and CBS New York**In this important and empowering book, veteran psychoanalyst Erica Komisar explains why a mother's emotional and physical presence in her child's life--especially during the first three years--gives the child a greater chance of growing up emotio...

As seen in the New York Times -- a practical guide that presents an alternative to shouting, shaming, and blaming--to give kids the skills they need to grow and thriveDiscipline is an essential part of raising happy and successful kids, but as more and more parents are discovering, conventional approaches often don't work, and can even lead to more frustration, resentment, power struggles, and shame.Enter Sarah Ockwell-Smith, a popular parenting ex...

A psychologist confronts our pervasive misunderstanding of anxiety and presents a powerful new framework for reimagining and reclaiming the confounding emotion as the advantage it evolved to be.We taught people that anxiety is dangerous and damaging, and that the solution to its pain is to eradicate it like we do any disease—prevent it, avoid it, and stamp it out at all costs. Yet cutting-edge therapies, hundreds of self-help books, and a panoply of medications hav...

Move beyond depression and embrace healingSeeing past depression can be difficult, but proven strategies like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can help you discover a path forward. Reclaim your happiness with this workbook's guided practices, prompts, and exercises that help you highlight mindfulness and reach acceptance.Understanding depression—Examine your relationship with depression and how it manifests in your life by lear...

Small neuroscience tweaks that can completely change your outlook on life. Time to find your happiness instead of waiting for it!Happiness is a funny thing. We can’t always define it, but we know it when we have or don’t have it. Well, forget defining it – just use scientific and psychological tips to get you to where you want to be.Learn to wake up excited and energized each day, not dreading your life.Neuro-Happiness is a simple guide to making your every waking mom...

A little book for big feelings.Informative and accessible, The Book of Knowing is a friendly, therapeutic guide for teens to understand and control their feelings. In 2015, clinical psychologist Gwendoline Smith began a Tumblr blog under the pseudonym Dr. Know. Her Gen Z-friendly approach to CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) resonated, and the idea for this book was born.With lively art, tangible advice, and immersive activities, ...

A pithy, go-to guide for understanding both what we know about the causes of depression and what to do about it. Depression now affects more than fifteen percent of the population, and it is striking people at younger and younger ages. Depression is all too familiar, yet it remains shrouded in mystery, confusion, and fear. What is depression, exactly? How is it different from sadness? It is said that depression is a "chemical imbalance" but what does that really mean? Whi...

Maybe you’re smarter than you think you are. Let’s find out!In this short guide, you will learn about the nine signs that show how intelligent you might be. You will gain more understand as you study the nerve cells of those who have them in bigger sizes and running around at faster paces. The difference between fluid and crystallized intelligence will be mentioned, as well as influences on intelligence, IQ tests, and personality traits related to being smart.You will proba...

Neuroscience made simple: practical methods to rewire your brain for happiness, fulfillment, and better decisions along the way.Much of the time, we are unhappy. We are not satisfied. We are sad or depressed. This all starts in the brain. So let's go there.Understand your brain; change it; shape it; master it.You don't have to be a scientist to make your brain work for you. Happy Brain, Happy Life is all about how to fine tune your br...

OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDERA GUIDE FOR EVERYONE ON UNDERSTANDING, TREATING & MANAGING ODD IN CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTSI can hear how much you want to help your child, sibling, or other loved one. Even though it's normal to wish to address each of their inappropriate behaviors, it will probably be more fruitful to pick one or two to concentrate on initially.You've had to cope with some extremely difficult behaviors. Any paren...