Showing results for "self help" in Physical Illness & Disease

Mark’s story is one of recovery and sobriety. It brilliantly articulates the societal pressures that can leave people feeling isolated and lost, and offers a path to finding your own sense of ‘good enough’. Perhaps Mark’s story can be the spark that ignites that journey for you, or at the very least a guide on how not to mess up your life. Either way, it’s definitely not a self-help book.

Pain can be a big, unwieldy box that we struggle to carry all day. But what if we could put down this box, unpack it, and tackle the contents one by one? Outsmart Your Pain is Dr. Christiane Wolf's radically clear, evidence-based guide to relieving chronic pain with mindfulness, complete with 20 easy guided meditations and self-compassion practices.

Poor sleep is one of the most common health problems and can leave you feeling exhausted, stressed and run-down. While prescribed medications and over-the-counter remedies rarely offer lasting benefits, cognitive behavioural therapy can help enormously and is the treatment of choice for insomnia.

More than one million people suffer from long COVID in the UK (with 400,000 people suffering symptoms for over a year) and many more globally. Yet there is no clear guidance available to the general public and lots of misinformation out there. This handbook cuts through the confusing advice. Written by the medical experts working with long COVID patients at one of the first specialist clinics set up, it is filled with helpful case studies and was written with the involvement of real long COVID sufferers.

This book written for the average listener, offers patients with very mild CKD to those who need to plan for dialysis or kidney transplant, scientifically proven ways to slow progression of CKD, and to treat the various medical issues associated with early to end stage kidney disease. It also presents Dr Rosansky's Smart Diet for all CKD patients which can not only slow CKD progression but can also help patients live longer and better. The book explains why very low protein diets, promoted by many kidney books, may be harmful.

Create instant pain relief and healing energy with this soothing program from the world-renowned Sleep Learning System, narrated by best-selling hypnotherapist, Rachael Meddows. Just turn on the tracks, relax, and let your subconscious mind do the work for you.

Your body has secrets. Most of them are still unknown to science. But as research and technology improve, new mind-blowing revelations occur – and anyone can take advantage of them. One of the latest secrets revealed in the last few years is the secret vagus nerve. Eighty to ninety percent of the fibers in the vagus nerve are responsible for sensations inside your body. If you could manipulate this nerve and optimize it, you could drastically change your life and relieve pain that feels like it's been there forever!

Discover the secrets to get your loved ones back their life worth living, and why the help of family and friends is critical in helping them adapt to a macular degeneration diagnosis in this practical guide and strategy for vision loss.

Do you suffer from painful and distressing irritable bowel syndrome, often referred to as IBS? Are you looking for a safe and natural way to relieve the symptoms of the condition? If so, you will surely be interested to hear that studies have shown how hypnotherapy can be effective as a treatment for IBS in many cases, with some hospitals in the UK using it to treat some of those referred for the condition.

Doing things you like is always the best way to enjoy life. Plus points if you’re paid afterward. That’s what you get when having a dream job. Start to manifest your dream job with positive affirmations from this audiobook. You will be guided by different methods. This audiobook contains a calming voice and relaxing background music that will help you get a step closer to achieving your dream job when you wake up after listening.

The vagus nerve is a large, branching nerve that begins in your brain and sends signals to your body’s major organs such as your heart, your lungs, and your digestive system. It’s responsible for your heart rate, your digestion, your reaction to stress, and many other things. That’s why a lot can go wrong in your body if the vagus nerve doesn’t function perfectly.

Since Dr. Stephen Porges has developed Polyvagal theory to explain how our autonomic nervous system controls our physical reactions as well as our emotional reactions, a lot of research and study has gone into this hypothesis to see how the working of our nervous system relates to our physical and mental health. The findings were mind-blowing, as the vagus nerve was actually found to hold the key to good physical and mental health to a degree that was never thought possible.

Are you a caregiver striving to navigate the emotional and physical challenges of caring for a loved one? Loving to Death is your compassionate companion, offering practical advice, heartfelt stories, and actionable strategies to guide you through one of life's most profound journeys. Written by Kim Perry, a seasoned Family Nurse Practitioner and hospice nurse, this book dives deep into the realities of caregiving, blending personal experiences with professional expertise.

Open the language center of your mind and use guided meditation help with your foreign language study with this special program from certified hypnotherapist, Joel Thielke. It's as easy as turning on the track and falling asleep! His guided mediation system gives you positive suggestions that will help you retain the Spanish language easier and help you focus on learning. Why not make learning a foreign language easier? Let your subconscious do the work for you while you sleep!

This audiobook provides the research results of professionals for ways to improve your overall health - thus helping you cope with the overall procedure - as well as various specific things you can do to help your body deal with some of the less serious, but still annoying and deleterious, side effects of chemotherapy. All of these research results are freely available on the internet. The trouble is: finding them. I've simplified this for you here.

You are about to discover how to treat your anxiety, depression, and other chronic illnesses by simply activating your vagus nerve - the longest and most complex of all the cranial nerves, which runs from your brain, through your thorax up to your abdomen. Why would it matter, you might wonder? Because, given that the nerve acts as some sort of superhighway, allowing flow of information between the organs within its network, any interruption within the network means information won’t flow, and different consequences follow.

Anyone confronted with the diagnosis of "leaky gut syndrome" will probably quickly realize during their own research that the subject is relatively complex. But why is it actually so? "Leaky gut syndrome" refers to a condition in which the mucous membrane of our intestines is permeable at the microscopic level, but unfortunately not only for nutrients and other molecules important for bodily functions, but also for substances that should actually have been excreted with bowel movements, including pathogens and toxins such as alcohol.

Do you suffer from painful acid reflux? Are the stresses and strains of everyday life making the problem worse? Are you looking for a natural and effective way to deal with your condition? If so, this self-help hypnotherapy session could well be the solution you are looking for and is perfect for both adults and teenagers alike. Using safe and natural techniques, expert hypnotherapist Lynda Hudson helps you to relax and release bodily tension, an important step in both addressing a potential cause of your discomfort and in reducing your perception of the pain itself.

No matter how much time you spend on your work, there's no escaping the fact that you have to put some effort into your personal life. Have you ever come home after a long day at work wishing you could do away with all of your stress and anxiety? This self-help guide can help you live happier and achieve more success.

Ever since the polyvagal theory was developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, this breakthrough has taken the world of clinical and therapeutic medicine by storm. This groundbreaking discovery is drawing back the curtain on how the autonomic nervous system controls our physical responses and emotional reactions, many of which are extremely primal and were developed as protective and defense mechanisms early in our evolution.