Showing results for "The Writer" in Health & Wellness

In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing examines the link between creativity and alcohol through the work and lives of six of America's finest writers: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever, and Raymond Carver. All six of these men were alcoholics, and the subject of drinking surfaces in some of their finest work, from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof to A Moveable Feast.

Brought to you by Penguin. In her final book, Nora Ephron reflects on life, growing older, and everything she will and won't miss. Filled with Nora's trademark wit, wisdom and warmth. * No one actually likes to admit they're old. The most they will cop to is that they're older. Or oldish. *...

So many of us are looking for practical changes we can make to nourish our body, be more active and find meaningful connection - ways to be stronger, happier and healthier, in a fast-paced world. Pete begins with what he knows best - food - and offers suggestions on how to eat and drink in ways...

The controversial father of psychiatry and psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud charted the human unconscious, brought us the talking cure, and wrote books that now rank among the classics of world literature. In On the Couch, the great analyst is analyzed by some of today's great writers and thinkers, who help us understand the man who has helped us understand ourselves as much, if not more, than anyone else, ever. The result is a fresh, multifaceted reassessment of Freud's continuing relevance and influence on ideas, literature, culture, science, and more.

There are places in the world where time seems to move differently. Places where the mind loosens a little. Where thoughts stop colliding quite so loudly. Where focus arrives quietly instead of being forced. This soundscape was NOT created for perfectly optimized productivity machines. It was created for minds that move differently. Sideways. In spirals. In sudden leaps. For people who think in layers, connections, fragments, colors, unfinished ideas, and unexpected brilliance.

Welcome to the topsy-turvy world of the anxious traveller, where panic strikes in the most serene situations, where each time you're convinced that the symptoms are in fact physical and your lungs or heart will stop working, and the only relief is a paramedic telling you that you won't die...

IMPROVE YOUR CRAFT AND BECOME A MORE SUCCESSFUL, MOTIVATED WRITER BY PROGRAMMING YOUR BRAINIn this transformational audio program, you will discover the inspiration and motivation to stop procrastinating and get to work now! Learn to build self-confidence in your ability to express yourself with...

IMPROVE YOUR CRAFT AND BECOME A MORE SUCCESSFUL, MOTIVATED WRITER BY PROGRAMMING YOUR BRAINIn this transformational audio program, you will discover the inspiration and skills to improve your writing with careful revisions. Learn to write for a unified tone and style, catch all incorrect usages...

IMPROVE YOUR CRAFT AND BECOME A MORE SUCCESSFUL, MOTIVATED WRITER BY PROGRAMMING YOUR BRAINIn this transformational audio program, you will discover the inspiration and skills to become a best-selling author. You will be directed to focus your energy on conceiving of your goal and then achieving...

Every journey has its stories. Beginning with Enid Blyton and childhood in the Isle of Purbeck, Peter Fiennes embarks on a unique exploration of Britain. He follows in the footsteps of some our greatest writers, tracing the paths recorded in their books, journals and diaries, and looks for the country they knew. How much has time changed us? And has it been for better, or worse? Are we trapped in the past?

Julie fully expected to be breathing at the end of the trip - but driving into Death Valley felt like giving up, surrendering. She'd spent years battling a mysterious illness so extreme that she often couldn't turn over in her bed. The top specialists in the world were powerless to help, and research on her disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, was at a near standstill. Having exhausted the plausible ideas, Julie turned to an implausible one. Going against both her instincts and her training, she followed the advice of strangers she'd met on the Internet.

IMPROVE YOUR CRAFT AND BECOME A MORE SUCCESSFUL, MOTIVATED POET BY PROGRAMMING YOUR BRAINIn this transformational audio program, you will discover the inspiration to write poetic expressions that will touch your readers. Learn to draw upon your awareness and deepest emotions, focus your energy...

IMPROVE YOUR CRAFT AND BECOME A MORE SUCCESSFUL, MOTIVATED WRITER BY PROGRAMMING YOUR BRAINIn this transformational audio program, you will discover the inspiration and skills to become a published author. Learn to believe in yourself and your book, and to be dedicated to your goal of finding...

With practical, proven, hands-on methods, you can learn how to pursue your writing career from the moment you put pen to paper through marketing and social media. Every chapter of this book will give you proven techniques, online resources to begin your own career, and personal examples of the best method to use when realizing your dream of becoming a published author.

Mastering the Art of Psychotherapy is a complete manual on the practice of psychotherapy, principally designed to help clinical professionals and graduate students improve their diagnostic skills, develop treatment strategies, broaden therapeutic techniques, and further their understanding of the workings of the human psyche. William Symes has provided a mechanics manual for the personality, demonstrating how we form our identities, how and why trauma manifests itself, and how to learn the nature and master the dynamics of psychological energy.

Do you suffer from physical pain relating to your writing life? Are you struggling with back pain, weight gain related to sedentary working, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, neck pain, eye strain, stress, loneliness, digestive issues, or repetitive strain injury? These are the most common issues reported by writers and if you struggle with any of them, you are not alone. Writing is not a physically healthy job, but if you want a long-term writing career, then you need to look after your body.

IMPROVE YOUR CRAFT AND BECOME A MORE SUCCESSFUL, MOTIVATED WRITER BY PROGRAMMING YOUR BRAINIn this transformational audio program, you will discover the inspiration and skills to write great fiction. Learn to write a novel that has a powerful theme, a consistent viewpoint, and a clear focus.Lie...

A tale of loving, living and surviving rock music. Michael Odell is a rock music writer who takes his responsibility as cultural gatekeeper seriously: he asks rock stars the forbidden questions to discover whether they're worthy of readers' admiration. But after interviewing Mick Jagger and Keith Richards - two of the 'Big Six' icons - Michael is depressed.

IMPROVE YOUR CRAFT AND BECOME A MORE SUCCESSFUL, MOTIVATED SONGWRITER BY PROGRAMMING YOUR BRAINIn this transformational audio program, you will discover the inspiration and skills to write songs that sell. Learn to write lyrics people will remember and identify with, and music that communicates...

IMPROVE YOUR CRAFT AND BECOME A MORE SUCCESSFUL, MOTIVATED WRITER BY PROGRAMMING YOUR BRAINIn this transformational audio program, you will discover the inspiration and skills to write effectively and efficiently. Learn to generate stimulating ideas and unique approaches-that is, to avoid...