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This completely new presentation by the author of Modern Buddhism offers truly liberating insights and advice for the contemporary reader. It reveals the profound meaning of the very heart of Buddha’s teachings – the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. The author shows how all our problems and suffering come from our ignorance of the ultimate nature of things, and how we can abandon this ignorance and come to enjoy pure, lasting happiness by developing a special wisdom associated with compassion...
| Автор | Geshe Kelsang Gyatso |
Unlock the secrets of your telomeres for a longer, healthier life. They’re like the plastic tips of your shoelaces that keep them from fraying. But they’re at the ends of your DNA and they keep you from developing disease and dying too young.The discovery of telomeres is one of the great breakthroughs in contemporary medicine. Nobel-winning scientist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn and her research teams have opened a world of promise when it comes to living longer and healthier....
| Автор | Elaine Chin |
The world’s great philosophers and spiritual leaders teach us that happiness depends on how we look at life. In Higher, Charles Hanna explores why and how we can create the best possible outlook. By finding our Higher Perspective, Higher Power, and Higher Purpose, he demonstrates how we can challenge our demons and become our best selves. His experience of physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery and his applications will resonate powerfully with all readers.As a young man, Hanna...
| Автор | Charles Hanna |
The treatment of diabetes is ever-changing as technologies progress; as new medications are discovered, tested, and approved; and as researchers uncover breakthrough findings in the field of endocrinology.In Until There Is a Cure: The Latest and Greatest in Diabetes Self-Care, respected Certified Diabetes Educator and author Gary Scheiner delivers the most up-to-date information and analysis on groundbreaking developments in the world of diabetes. Scheiner’s commentary is founded not...
| Автор | Gary Scheiner |
Are your grocery shopping trips less than inspiring? Do you write the same list of items, week after week, and trudge through the store on autopilot? Have you been stocking the same ingredients in your pantry for decades? As you stare at the endless varieties of food on the shelves, do you know how to determine the options that are the most beneficial to your health?.Sounds like you could use a Grocery Makeover!.Let nutritionist Julie Feldman, RD, MPH, guide you through each isle of your local...
| Автор | Julie Feldman |
Written by former insomniac and longtime journalist, Janet Kinosian–who cured herself by using these methods–The Well-Rested Woman offers sixty inventive ways to help any woman get a good night's sleep. Change your sleep by changing your life!Attune your circadian rhythmsUncover your chronic sleep positionsWrite a sleep biographyCry at night if you want toMake friends with your nightmaresFeng Shui yourself to sleepFilled with inspiring quotes and lists of sleep-promoting herbs and vitamins,...
| Автор | Janet Kinosian |
2013 Mom's Choice Awards® WinnerMEN: Ever wonder about stay-at-home dads? What in the name of testosterone do they DO all day with those kids? I mean, are they really men at all, or are they some strange, invasive alien species, sent to Earth to defy and destroy all gender stereotypes?.WOMEN: Ever dream about stay-at-home dads? Do they really wash clothes, pick up after themselves, take great care of your kids, and have dinner waiting for you when you get home? There must be...
| Автор | Scott Benner |
2013 Mom's Choice Awards® WinnerHormones. Growth spurts. Mood swings. All combined with blood sugars..The teen years with diabetes on board are a challenging time for parents and anyone who cares about a child with diabetes. Raising Teens with Diabetes: A Survival Guide for Parents, by well-known diabetes mom, author, and advocate Moira McCarthy, is a no-nonsense, honest approach at not just surviving but thriving in those years, from a mom who has been there..Raising Teens with...
| Автор | Moira McCarthy |
If Hal Could Do It, So Can YouThe National Institute of Mental Health estimates that nearly 1.5% of the population of the United States suffers from agoraphobia at some point in their lifetime. That’s 4.5 million people.You are not alone. No matter how alone you may feel, you are not alone.Former journalist, social worker, and amateur actor Hal Mathew knows exactly what it’s like “to fear fear,” which is how he describes the dread feeling that kept him...
| Автор | Hal Mathew |
Are you suffering in silence? Have your headaches increased in severity and frequency? Are medications that previously provided relief suddenly less effective or not working at all? Are your headache symptoms causing you to miss family functions, social activities, and work? Has the pain that was once a nuisance now become completely frustrating and debilitating?Within the pages of Knock Out Headaches, author Gary E. Ruoff, MD, will educate you about what’s happening in your body and...
| Автор | Gary Ruoff |
Are you realizing that the first half of your life is over and you’ve been so busy concentrating on building a career or raising a family, or both, it has suddenly dawned on you that you may have lost yourself in the process and that the dreams you had when you were younger were set aside for more immediate concerns? Or are you frustrated that you have not had the time to truly give back? Mary Beth Sammons offers readers a chance to change all that in Second Acts That Change Lives. The...
| Автор | Mary Beth Sammons |
For years you've been asked to buy into all that health advice out there—to buy the books, the machines, the newsletters, the pills, the injections, and the surgeries. Now it's time to put all those things aside and empower yourself with the knowledge to sort through all the BS health advice (that's bogus science, of course!) to find a truly stronger, healthier you.Taking a common sense and often lighthearted approach to the research and myriad of health information out...
| Автор | Mark A. Moyad |
Every mom wants to succeed. Every child also wants to succeed. In Easy Does It Mom, Barbara Joy provides moms with positive encouragement, knowledge, and tools they can begin using immediately as they continue their recovery and move toward being the best moms they can be. Joy relies on experts with degrees and experts with “mom” behind their name. For more than ten years, Barbara Joy has worked with moms in recovery from alcoholism and other addictions. She knows what works....
| Автор | Barbara Joy |
The most complete and accurate analysis of prostate cancer treatment, prevention, research, and technology available. Internationally renowned prostate cancer experts offer cutting-edge commentary on the questions that all modern men (and their loved ones and caretakers) need to have answered.The past decade of breakthroughs in clinical research and unprecedented technological advancements has affected few medical conditions more than prostate cancer. Even the most up-to-date advice can vary...
| Автор | Steven Lamm |
Bo Schembechler was a competitor. His life defined the word as appropriately as any other. He played football at Miami University (Ohio) under the legendary Woody Hayes and was eventually hired by Hayes at Ohio State. Perhaps it was there, working under Hayes, that Bo Schembechler learned the traits of integrity and hard work that would serve him so well as the head coach at Michigan and in his 37-year battle with heart disease. The fiercely competitive Schembechler defeated his mentor in his...
| Автор | Bo Schembechler |
Being a mom is one of the hardest and most important jobs a woman can have. Being a mom in recovery is even more challenging. In Moms to Moms, counselor Barbara Joy shares the stories, advice, and inspiration from more than 60 mothers in recovery from across the United States who have struggled with addiction. These are women of all ages, races, and religious affiliations who candidly share their experiences: the challenges of being a mom in recovery, the values they want to teach their...
| Автор | Barbara Joy |
Mayor bienestar para los pacientes con cancer prostatico is a unique educational book for individuals dealing with the many aspects of prostate cancer—from prevention to treatment and managing the common (and not so common) side effects of conventional therapy. The book covers lifestyle and diet changes to improve heart health and prostate health. Three chapters contain prostate-specific information from diagnosis to grading and staging of tumors to treatments for prostate cancer. The...
| Автор | Mark A. Moyad |
Too many guys of all ages have only about half the information they need to live successful professional and personal lives. Most men are terrific with their thinking half–the part that deals with facts, figures, and information. Nothing's Wrong helps men find the half that's missing–the emotional half.Men have long been conditioned to conceal a full range of emotions, including sadness, anxiety, and worry. Author David Kundtz shows men how to identify and express whatever they're...
| Автор | David Kundtz |
Don't let fear rule your life. Throughout time, we have sought peace and safety by trying to out-guess the unknown. We have tried to prepare for the unexpected and the apparitions of our minds. In an age of 24-hour cable news, when we can stay glued to the latest terrorist attack or natural disaster, the next epidemic, and what the pundits tell us we should be afraid of, our efforts to control the unknown and keep ourselves safe have led to a collective as well as a personal sensation of...
| Автор | Joseph Bailey |
This book brings together two seemingly disparate worlds—the world of hard, evidence-based science and the world of experientially-based healing to provide a multi-pronged approach to treating common ailments. The A-to-Z format makes reference easy. For each of over 100 heath issues, you’ll find seven healing options that can help readers activate their inner healing resources ranging from food and dietary strategies to powerful meditation techniques and from time-tested...
| Автор | Deanna M. Minich |
You Can be Happy No Matter Your Challenges From MJ Ryan, New York Times bestselling author and international expert on change and personal fulfilment, comes 365 Health & Happiness Boosters to help you be happier no matter who you are or what your challenges. Happiness begets happiness. When a person is happy, the feeling ripples out to others nearby. Research has shown that happiness also leads to better health. One third of the population knows the...
| Автор | M. J. Ryan |
Dieting is dead. Let’s focus on health instead.Short-term, restrictive diets just don’t work as long-term weight loss solutions. As soon as your diet proves unsustainable within your everyday life, you regain the weight you’ve lost while dieting, negatively impacting your biological and psychological systems as well. Sound familiar?In Fighting Fat: Breaking the Dieting Cycle and Getting Healthy for Life, wellness expert and best-selling author Dr. Steven Lamm...
| Автор | Steven Lamm |
What exactly is cancer? And where is God and what is love amidst the complex evolutionary development of all cancers? In Chance, Necessity, Love: An Evolutionary Theology of Cancer, Hummel and Woloschak address these questions that arise for many people with cancer and in all who grapple with making meaning of science about cancers. In order to do so, the authors first clarify new scientific findings about cancer and then offer faithful and wise theological perspectives on these discoveries. In...
| Автор | Leonard M. Hummel |
A decade ago Brian Cahill became the victim of the greatest tragedy any parent can endure with the loss of his firstborn son, a veteran police officer in the aftermath of a painful divorce, to suicide. Far from the carefree retirement he had envisioned, the devastated father faced a journey back from the brink of utter despair. As the author of numerous opinion pieces and essays on religion, the lifelong Catholic was familiar with the concept that the cross is followed by the resurrection, and...
| Автор | Brian Cahill |