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In this easy-to-follow book, Wendy Green explains the psychological and lifestyle factors which can affect your confidence, offering practical advice and a holistic approach to help you build your confidence levels, including simple lifestyle changes and DIY complementary therapies. Find out 50 things you can do to boost your confidence today including:

– Find balance through aromatherapy and homeopathy
– Use positive affirmations
– Choose beneficial foods and supplements
– Find helpful organisations and products

Don’t let anxiety define who you are

In a world where we are constantly comparing our looks, our lifestyles, our jobs and our relationships with others, it can be easy to let worries get the better of us. The truth is, whether you’re sociable or solitary, extroverted or introverted, anxiety will affect us all at some point in our lives.

This pocket-sized guide will help you recognize and understand the way you feel, and offers practical advice for looking after your mental and physical well-being. From challenging the way you think to making positive lifestyle changes, this book is your starting point for a more carefree, content and confident you.

In this accessible and informative guide, Sally Lewis explains how age, sexual infections, diet, excess weight, stress and anxiety affect fertility and offers practical advice and a holistic approach to help you conceive, including simple dietary and lifestyle changes and DIY complementary therapies. Discover the best time for conception. Understand the link between body, mind and fertility. Manage stress and relax to prevent anxiety.

“Dr Kaye is the mate who’s always got your back, she knows her stuff and tells you exactly how it is” SARA COX

The complete one-stop guide to the perimenopause and menopause, by Dr Philippa Kaye, with a foreword by Vanessa Feltz

Menopause is the last taboo. But it does not have to mean the end of your libido, of sex, of work, or of feeling like who you used to be.

With modern treatments and evidence-based knowledge, no woman need suffer or “just about” manage. You are still who you are – let’s celebrate that. Let’s get informed and get empowered to make our own choices about our symptoms, our treatments, our minds and our bodies.

The M Word covers everything from understanding symptoms to managing relationships to which treatments really work. Discussing HRT as well as self-help and lifestyle tips, this fully updated edition of the bestselling book will be your companion through the years before, during and after the menopause.

Topics covered include:
– Hot flushes and other physical symptoms
– Psychological symptoms
– Sex, libido and contraception
– HRT and other treatments
– Lifestyle changes
– Health after the menopause
And much more!

Written in a positive, uplifting and light-hearted style, with plenty of quotes from real women, this book shows you how to not just survive, but thrive through the menopause, letting you remain you.

Do you have frequent feelings of worry, nervousness or unease?

Do you wish you could be more confident and self-assured?

In this book you will learn tips and techniques for positive thinking, the benefits of mindfulness and how to build your confidence, from the way you speak and breathe to the way you stand. With advice on healthy lifestyle habits and behaviour patterns, and how to manage your anxiety, How to Feel Less Anxious is your starting point for a happier, healthier you.

In this easy-to-follow book, Wendy Green explains how psychological, genetic and dietary factors can contribute to anxiety, and offers practical advice and a holistic approach

to help you deal with the symptoms. From simple dietary and lifestyle changes to DIY complementary therapies, find out 50 things you can do today, including:
– Replace negative thoughts and behaviour with positive ones
– Manage stress and relax to reduce symptoms
– Choose beneficial foods and supplements
– Find helpful organisations and products

Do you think you might be going through the menopause? Are you confused by conflicting advice about HRT and unsure which natural alternatives are effective?

Wendy Green explains common physical and psychological symptoms and offers a holistic approach to help you deal with them, including simple lifestyle and dietary changes and DIY natural therapies.

• Ease hot flushes and reduce the risks associated with menopause
• Learn the truth about HRT and make informed choices
• Discover how to beat middle-age spread and look younger
• Find helpful organisations and products

Seeing your child experience unhappiness is difficult for any parent

With so many possible reasons for low mood, it can be challenging to know how best to support them. This guide will help you to communicate with your child and equip them with the tools to express themselves. Offering ideas for simple lifestyle tweaks, it will help you to help your child foster a more positive outlook and to build their resilience and self-confidence for life.
– Identify the source of your child’s low mood
– Nurture a positive mindset
– Build self-confidence
– Learn mood-boosting activities
– Know when to seek support

I breathe in peace, I breathe out tension

Embrace the calm and happiness that comes once you’ve learned to let go.

Don’t we all want to live a life full of positivity and joy, unshackled by anxiety? Well, the secret is in letting go of our fears, stress and worries, and this accessible and beautifully designed book will show you how – with practical techniques for dealing with anxiety, simple lifestyle changes and therapies you can try at home. Offering words of wisdom, positive affirmations and the low-down on the most effective treatments to explore, this is the book you need to take control of your life.

One in four children will suffer from anxiety at some point in their young lives.

As a parent it can often be difficult to know how best to support your child when they become fearful and worried, and whether their worries are something they can deal with themselves or a symptom of something more serious.

This guide offers ways to help you to help your child articulate how they are feeling and offers effective coping strategies and simple lifestyle tweaks to manage anxiety by building their resilience and self-confidence for life.
– Identify the source of your child’s anxiety
– Instil good sleeping and eating habits
– Help your child create a list of calming actions for when they feel anxious
– Simple relaxation exercises
– Know when to seek support

Do you think you might be going through the menopause? Are you confused by conflicting advice about HRT? Or are you unsure which natural alternatives are effective? In this easy-to-follow book, Wendy Green explains common physical and psychological symptoms and offers a holistic approach to help you deal with them, including simple dietary and lifestyle changes and DIY complementary therapies. Find out 50 things you can do today to help you cope with the menopause, including:
Ease hot flushes and reduce the risks associated with menopause Learn the truth about HRT and make informed choices Discover how to beat middle-age spread and look younger Find helpful organisations and products

Did you know that up to one in five people in the UK suffer from hay fever?

Are you one of them?

In this easy-to-follow book, Wendy Green explains how genetic, dietary, psychological and environmental factors can contribute to hay fever and offers practical advice and a holistic approach to help you deal with your symptoms, including simple dietary and lifestyle changes and DIY complementary therapies.

Find out 50 things you can do today to help you cope with hay fever including:

• Identify your allergens
• Adopt preventative strategies
• Choose beneficial foods and supplements
• Manage stress and relax to reduce the number and severity of attacks
• Find helpful organisations and products

Did you know that up to one in five people in the UK suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)?

Are you one of them?

In this easy-to-follow book, Wendy Green explains how diet, food intolerances, gut infections and bacterial imbalance, stress and hormones can contribute to IBS and offers practical advice and a holistic approach to help you deal with the symptoms, including simple dietary and lifestyle changes and DIY complementary therapies.

Find out 50 things you can do today to help you cope with IBS including:

• Identify your IBS triggers and learn how to manage them
• Choose beneficial foods and supplements
• Manage stress and relax to reduce flare-ups
• Learn which types of exercise can help to relieve symptoms
• Find helpful organisations and products

A gentle, practical guide for parents and carers of anxious children who are finding it difficult to navigate their child’s worries

Children are often reluctant to speak about their worries or don’t have the language to articulate them. This makes it difficult to know how serious their concerns are and how you can support them. A child’s worries can also be projected onto the caregiver, which can create a cycle of anxiety in the relationship.

This guide offers quick-to-action parenting solutions, effective coping strategies and simple lifestyle changes to help you help your child. With these tools, your child will be able to express their feelings and manage their anxiety by building resilience and self-confidence for life.

Inside this book, you will learn how to:
· Identify the source of your child’s anxiety
· Help your child practise calming techniques when they feel anxious
· Teach your child simple relaxation exercises
· Instil good habits in your child’s routine, including better sleep and diet
· Know when to seek support

Worry less, live more

Worrying is a normal part of the human experience, and it can affect anyone, anywhere, at any stage of life. However, when worry starts to impact our mental and physical well-being, it’s time to do something about it.

In this book you will learn the benefits of mindfulness and meditation, how you can harness the power of positive thinking, and tips and techniques for managing daily stress.
Find out how to:
– Reframe your thoughts and approach stressful situations with greater ease
– Fine-tune your diet to increase your resilience
– Increase your happiness and self-confidence through exercise
– Release stress using relaxation techniques
– Build your own “worry toolkit” of effective coping strategies
– Make sustainable and lasting changes to your habits and behaviours

Manage your worry in all its guises with this comforting guide for a happier, healthier you. Ideal for anyone looking to cope with worry, develop stress-management techniques and form positive lifestyle habits.

Delve into this inspiring introduction to the ancient practice of yoga and learn all you need to know to energize your body, mind and spirit every day

There are plenty of reasons to try yoga – it can strengthen your body, soothe your soul, reduce stress and much more! This easy-to-digest guide has plenty of simple tips and helpful advice to get you started on your yoga journey.

Whether you’re a total beginner or an experienced yogi, the teachings in these pages are suited to a range of abilities and offer the benefits of yoga to everyone. Packed with a variety of poses broken down into step-by-step instructions, this little book contains all the information you need to live with more peace, balance and freedom.

This book includes:

– Simple breathing exercises to increase energy, focus and mindfulness
– Step-by-step guidance on a variety of yoga sequences including sun salutations, standing and seated poses
– Uplifting quotations to inspire positive thinking
Be inspired to enjoy all that’s best about an AWESOME YOGA LIFESTYLE.

Break away from bad habits and build healthy ones with this step-by-step workbook, which will help you make positive changes in your life

Habits are the building blocks of our days, and they have a huge impact on how we live – they affect what we do, how we feel and the paths in life that we choose to take.

The Good Habit Workbook contains practical advice, effective tips and guided exercises based on trusted cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques. It will help you to break free from negative cycles that aren’t serving you and replace them with positive, productive habits for long-term health and happiness.

Use the workbook either on its own or alongside therapy to help you develop positive habits.

Inside the book, you will find:

– Clear, actionable advice on making positive lifestyle changes to support and improve your mental well-being
– A calm, supportive approach which invites you to work through the book at your own pace
– A hands-on attitude to breaking away from negative habits Exercises grounded in research-supported CBT techniques

Whether you’re looking for a one-stop shop to track and improve your general well-being, or you want to focus on a specific area of your health, this journal is the perfect place to start.

Divided into monthly chapters to help you stay on track 365 days of the year, My Fitness Tracker includes tips and advice on how to adopt a healthier lifestyle, along with lots of inspiration to keep you motivated. You’ll also find a variety of interactive pages where you can record your fitness journey, including:
– Your exercise goals and achievements
– How well you hydrate
– What you’re eating and where you can improve your diet
– How exercise and healthy eating affect your mood and sleeping habits
– Your alcohol intake and how you can reduce it

Simply spend five minutes a day recording your eating and exercise habits and enjoy looking back on the progress you’re making. There’s no better time to get your life on track and form a healthier relationship with fitness and food. You’ve got this!

Take control of your anxiety with this step-by-step workbook to help you identify and overcome your worries

Life has plenty of challenges, and it’s normal to feel anxious from time to time. But when worry starts to affect your health and happiness, it’s time to take action. The Anxiety Workbook contains practical advice, effective tips and guided exercises to enable you to recognize and process your anxiety. Based on trusted techniques and mindfulness exercises, this guide will allow you to better understand your anxiety and provide the tools you need to work through it.

Either use the workbook on its own or alongside therapy to help you break away from negative thought patterns and achieve long-term calm and peace of mind.

Inside the book, you will find:

– A relaxed and supportive approach, which allows you to calmly complete the exercises at your own pace
– A hands-on attitude to relieving anxiety, offering a wealth of tips and advice for working through your worries
– Clear and actionable advice on making lifestyle changes to support and improve your mental well-being
– Exercises grounded in research-supported CBT techniques

Understand and overcome your health anxiety with this practical, supportive and easy-to-read guide

Everyone worries about their health sometimes, but if you find yourself constantly overwhelmed, How to Understand and Deal with Health Anxiety is here to help. This friendly, accessible guide has all the information and advice you need to identify the source of your struggles. By learning the science behind health anxiety and understanding how it affects your mind and body, you’ll start to gain control of it. With helpful tips, practical steps and actionable advice, this book will help you work out the best ways to spend less time worrying about your health, and more time living in the present moment.

By the end of this book, you will:
– Have a better understanding of what health anxiety is, how it manifests, what causes it, and how to identify symptoms and triggers
– Be armed with physical and practical steps you can take to alleviate health anxiety, from breathing exercises and coping mechanisms to healthy lifestyle choices
– Know about the medical treatments and therapies available, and how and when to seek professional help or support

With the right knowledge and guidance, you can learn to understand and manage your health anxiety so that you can get back to feeling like you again.

A practical, supportive and easy-to-read guide to help you understand and overcome anxiety, filled with helpful tips and actionable advice

Feeling overwhelmed? This little book is here to help.

How to Understand and Deal with Anxiety is a friendly, accessible guide with all the information and advice you need to identify the source of your struggles, and to take practical steps to reduce or manage the burden. By learning the science behind anxiety and understanding how it affects your mind and body, you’ll start to dismantle its hold on you. And with practical ways to manage the condition – including physical, medical and therapeutic perspectives – this book will help you work out the best ways you can support your mental health and improve your overall well-being.

By the end of this book, you will:
– Understand the science behind anxiety, how it manifests, what causes it, and how to identify symptoms and triggers
– Be armed with physical and practical steps you can take to alleviate anxiety, from breathing exercises and healthy lifestyle choices to problem-solving techniques and coping mechanisms
– Have a host of holistic remedies up your sleeve for when anxiety strikes, such as mindfulness, visualization and breathwork
– Know about the medical treatments and therapies available, and know how and when to seek professional help or support

With the right knowledge and guidance, you can learn to understand and manage anxiety so that you can get back to feeling like you again.

A practical, supportive and easy-to-read guide to help you understand and overcome stress, filled with helpful tips and actionable advice

Feeling overwhelmed? This little book is here to help.

How to Understand and Deal with Stress is a friendly, accessible guide with all the information and advice you need to identify the source of your struggles, and to take practical steps to reduce or manage the burden. By learning the science behind stress and understanding how it affects your mind and body, you’ll start to dismantle its hold on you. And with practical ways to manage the condition – including physical, medical and therapeutic perspectives – this book will help you work out the best ways you can support your mental health and improve your overall well-being.

By the end of this book, you will:
– Understand the science behind stress, how it manifests, what causes it, and how to identify symptoms and triggers
– Be armed with physical and practical steps you can take to alleviate stress, from breathing exercises and healthy lifestyle choices to problem-solving techniques and coping mechanisms
– Have a host of holistic remedies up your sleeve for when stress strikes, such as mindfulness, visualization and breathwork
– Know about the medical treatments and therapies available, and know how and when to seek professional help or support

With the right knowledge and guidance, you can learn to understand and manage stress so that you can get back to feeling like you again.

A practical, supportive and easy-to-read guide to help you understand and overcome depression, filled with helpful tips and actionable advice

Feeling overwhelmed? This little book is here to help.

How to Understand and Deal with Depression is a friendly, accessible guide with all the information and advice you need to identify the source of your struggles, and to take practical steps to reduce or manage the burden. By learning the science behind depression and understanding how it affects your mind and body, you’ll start to dismantle its hold on you. And with practical ways to manage the condition – including physical, medical and therapeutic perspectives – this book will help you work out the best ways you can support your mental health and improve your overall well-being.

By the end of this book, you will:
– Understand the science behind depression, how it manifests, what causes it, and how to identify symptoms and triggers
– Be armed with physical and practical steps you can take to alleviate the symptoms of depression, from breathing exercises and healthy lifestyle choices to problem-solving techniques and coping mechanisms
– Have a host of holistic remedies up your sleeve for when depression strikes, such as mindfulness, visualization and breathwork
– Know about the medical treatments and therapies available, and know how and when to seek professional help or support

With the right knowledge and guidance, you can learn to understand and manage depression so that you can get back to feeling like you again.

Take control of your social anxiety with this step-by-step workbook to help you identify and overcome your worries

Life has plenty of challenges, and it’s normal to feel anxious from time to time. But when social anxiety starts to affect your day-to-day life, it’s time to take action. The Social Anxiety Workbook contains practical advice and guided exercises to enable you to identify the source of your struggles and understand the effect social anxiety has on your mind and body.

Based on trusted techniques and mindfulness exercises, this friendly guide will provide you with the tools you need to approach every social situation with confidence and help you take the steps towards managing your social anxiety.

Inside this book, you will find:
– A relaxed and supportive approach, which allows you to calmly complete the exercises at your own pace
– A hands-on attitude to relieving feelings of social anxiety, offering a wealth of tips and advice for working through your worries
– Clear and actionable advice on making lifestyle changes to support and improve your mental well-being
– Exercises grounded in research-supported CBT techniques

Either use the workbook on its own or alongside therapy to help you break away from negative thought patterns and achieve long-term calm and peace of mind.