Search Results for: Health Self-Help and Well-Being

Coronary heart disease is now the leading cause of death worldwide.*

The effects of coronary heart disease include angina, heart failure, abnormal heart rhythms, and most importantly, heart attacks. Heart disease has a serious effect on the lives of not only its sufferers, but also those who care for them, their family and friends.

This book gives the basic information needed to understand coronary artery disease and, most essentially, how to deal with it, including details on:
How the heart works Problems caused by coronary heart disease Recovering from a heart attack and dealing with angina or heart failure Lifestyle changes you can make to improve your health.
*Source: World Health Organization

See your self-belief soar.
Feeling confident to the core isn’t rocket science. It’s what happens when powerful thoughts and positive action ignite one another, helping you grow as a person, reach your goals and enjoy life more.
Boost is your handy guidebook of simple steps, wise words and creative ideas to give you that added gusto. Whether you want to dip in for inspiration on the go, or take some time each day to invigorate your outlook, you’ll find plenty here to uplift you.

It’s time to experience the joys of simple living

Whether you want to make small changes to your life or you’re looking to transform it, The Art of Simple Living will show you the way to a more wholesome existence. With help on how to declutter your home, practise mindfulness and make your mealtimes, free time and relationships more fulfilling, the advice and tips in this book will guide you towards a simpler life filled with joy, laughter and love.

Hop into this uplifting little book, filled with positive affirmations on self-love and empowerment, as told by the internet’s beloved mushroom frog

“Don’t forget about the subtle magic that is happening all around you every day”

Meet the little frog! With its mushroom cap and endless collection of fabulous footwear, this adorable amphibian is here to be your new best friend. Whether you need an emotional boost, some friendly encouragement or an honest view on the world, the little frog will be your guide.

Created by the California-based artist Maybell Eequay, this book is a perfect compassionate gift for yourself or others. Inside you will find:
– Over 40 hand-drawn illustrations of the little frog
– Beautiful life lessons and empowering reminders that it’s okay to be gentle with yourself and to feel your feelings
– A humorous, no-nonsense approach to positivity

These illustrations will fill your heart with love for yourself and others, and remind you that it’s brave and wonderful of you to exist!

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.

‘Here again, Mr Cossey?’ asked the young Spanish embryologist, shooting me a welcoming smile as I followed him down the corridor. He had recognised me by sight and that wasn’t good. I was now the one thing you don’t want to be in a fertility clinic.

A regular.

Martha wanted a baby. Mark wanted a baby. What’s the worst that could happen?

In four years of baby-making boot camp, Mark and Martha face The Calendar, the joy of sober, scheduled sex, hostile cervical mucus, IUI and IVF. Through a combination of ignorance and outrage, Mark survives ejaculating into a small jar, stabbing his wife, having his sperm turned pink and group sex with whales.

Written with genuine laugh-out-loud humour and complete honesty, Trying is a noholds-barred welcome to the world of the infertile written by a man who has lived through it all and come through with his ultimate dream realised – his own family.

It says a lot when you can call two years of sleepless nights a happy ending.

It is estimated that there are up to 30 strokes every minute throughout the world.*

A stroke can be fatal or disabling, while others are purely temporary with a recovery time of less than 24 hours. Whatever the case, a stroke is always serious and as well as having physical and mental consequences for the sufferer, it can also have a significant effect on other family members.

This book gives the basic information needed to understand what a stroke is, how to spot the risk factors that may contribute to a stroke, and how to take steps to deal with the repercussions, including details on:

• What happens in a stroke
• The different types of stroke
• Stroke recovery and rehabilitation
• Medication and aids and equipment for independent living

*Source: World Stroke Campaign

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

Embrace your inner confidence and unleash your full potential with this simple guide to boosting your self-esteem.

Confidence isn’t something we are born with, but instead is a skill that can be learned and developed over time. Filled with inspiring statements and practical activities, The Confidence Fix is a gentle and encouraging guide on how to grow your self-assurance.

By working through the prompts and exercises in this workbook, you will be able to find your inner strength, develop your resilience and build your self-belief. With inspirational quotes and space for personal reflections, this beautiful and powerful workbook is here to encourage daily self-care and personal growth.

With the help of this book, you will learn to:
– Advocate for yourself, both in the workplace and at home
– Love yourself and what makes you unique
– Manage your worries and stresses
– Celebrate all your achievements

Whether you’re struggling with imposter syndrome, have a fear of failure or simply lack the confidence to pursue your goals, this book will guide you to overcome these challenges and have the courage to achieve your dreams.

This super-fun workbook is for children aged 7-11

Grow your confidence with these creative and easy-to-follow activities and top tips

Everyone feels nervous sometimes – it might be because we’re trying something new that we’re not sure about, or perhaps it’s because we worry we’re not good enough.

The Confidence Workbook is here to help by showing you how to build your confidence, offering creative ways to focus on and develop your strengths, such as speaking up and believing in yourself when you need to say “I can!”

This activity book will help you:
– Find your inner spark to feel more confident every day
– Collect compliments and make a beautiful butterfly garland with them
– Discover what kind of superhero you are
– Focus on all the good things in your life with a gallery of favourite things
– See how being in nature can boost your mood

Parents, this is for you: This book has been peer-reviewed by a child psychologist, and there are explainers throughout just in case your child has questions about the activities.

A beautifully illustrated personal development picture book, all about being mindful, for kids aged 4+

Contains: slime-donuts, monster-yoga and a big calming dose of “Ahhh”

Pickle the little monster is moving house and starting a new school, and it’s giving them a yucky feeling in their tummy. Pickle has tried all sorts of things to feel better, but nothing seems to work until they try mindfulness.

Follow along on a fun adventure as Pickle learns all sorts of ways to be mindful, from monster hugs and meditation to cloud watching and making a jar of memories. Discover how thinking about how you feel from head to toe and focusing on being present can make you go “Ahhh”.

Are you ready to be in the moment too?

This book will help your child to:
– Understand what mindfulness is
– Learn some simple mindfulness techniques
– Recognize their emotions and focus their attention on what they’re feeling and doing in the present moment
– Ease feelings of stress and anxiety

These approaches can become powerful tools that will encourage your child to manage and ease feelings of worry in order to feel calmer, resilient and more confident.

In this easy-to-follow book, Professor Cary Cooper and Dr Howard Kahn guide you through the steps you can take to manage and control stress in the workplace. This book helps you to understand what stress is and identify how and why it occurs at work, and offers practical advice to help you make positive changes.

Find out 50 things you can do to manage stress at work today including:

• Identify the causes of stress and learn how to recognise them
• Develop skills to manage your time more efficiently
• Increase your resilience at work
• Learn techniques to cope with office politics
• Find out how you can increase motivation in yourself and your colleagues

Get stronger, feel fitter and be more active with this easy-to-use deck of exercise cards and booklet

Do you want to get fitter but don’t know where to start? Is your gym routine starting to feel a little boring? Or maybe you struggle with finding time to work out? Whatever it is that’s stopping you from achieving your fitness goals, The Personal Trainer Card Deck can help!

This deck guides you through 70 full body, upper body, lower body, core and cardiovascular exercises, plus a collection of fun fitness challenges that will help you create unique, effective and invigorating workout routines. You’ll also practise staple strength-building movements, use your bodyweight or makeshift free weights, and follow helpful how-to guidance in your own time.

Featuring clear diagrams and step-by-step instructions, and millions of different combinations, your workouts will never be dull, repetitive or stressful again. Simply shuffle the deck, select five cards and complete your workout!

Free Your Back will change the way you stand, walk and sit. The advice will help you to ease those painful stiff necks and backaches and allow you freer movement and better balance throughout your body, for a healthier life free of back pain.

In this practical, easy-to-follow guide Penny shows you how to retrain your body to move, sit and work more easily. The exercises are clearly illustrated by professional cartoonist Colin Shelbourn, one of Penny’s pupils, to help you incorporate them into your everyday life, learning new ways to let your body function without stress.

Do you have a deep-rooted fear of flying, or would you simply like to be more relaxed when you get on a plane? In this informative and accessible guide, veteran airline pilot Captain Keith Godfrey and psychologist Dr Alison Smith welcome you aboard and take you through everything from take-off to touchdown, helping you to feel more confident and at ease when journeying by air. Many of the questions that trouble nervous flyers are addressed; for example:

• What is turbulence?
• Why are there so many unusual noises during a flight, and what are they?
• How does an aircraft stay in the air?
• What happens if an engine fails?
• How effective are air traffic controllers?

A beautifully illustrated personal development picture book, all about building confidence, for kids aged 4+

Contains: a big bike ride, eyeball ice cream and a slimy swamp-swimming gala!

Pip the little monster can get very nervous and often lacks the confidence to try new things.

With the help of their brother, Flint, and monster friends, Pip learns all about what confidence is and how to find it. Follow Pip as they set achievable goals, learn from mistakes and celebrate differences.

Are you ready to feel confident too?

This book will help your child to:
-Find out what it means to be confident
-Embrace the fact that we all learn at our own pace
-Use positive self-talk
-Not be afraid to try new things and build on mistakes
-Understand that encouraging and helping others will make them feel more self-assured

The approaches explored in this book can become powerful tools that will encourage your child to feel more confident and secure in themselves.

From the author of the bestsellers Don’t Worry, Be Happy: A Child’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety and You’re a Star: A Child’s Guide to Self-Esteem

This accessible and interactive guide for 11-15-year-olds will help young people to find their voice and feel more confident

Do you wish you had more confidence?

Your teens are full of new challenges – peer pressure, exams, wondering what the future may hold, and everything else in between. Life can be tough enough, but if you struggle with low self-confidence it can seem much harder.

It’s important to remember that it’s normal to feel unsure of yourself sometimes, but when it starts to affect your health and happiness it’s time to find some strategies for improving the way you feel.

Stronger Than You Know contains insightful and actionable tips and activities to help you feel calm under pressure so your confidence can soar.
You will learn:
– Mindfulness techniques to use for instant calm during exams
– How to quieten the unkind thoughts in your head
– Ways to boost body confidence
– How to create your own confidence action plan
– Where to get help when you need it

Ease your anxieties one doodle at a time with this creative and calming activity book

What could be more soothing than taking some time out, sitting in a comfortable chair and allowing your creativity to flourish? This activity book offers a beautiful range of colouring activities, starter doodles and step-by-step instructions to help your imagination flow and your worries float away.

Doodling has been proven to boost moods, improve memory and reduce stress levels, as well as help you process emotions and understand yourself better. With this book, you’ll reap all of these benefits while having fun and getting in touch with your creative side. You can also bring your doodles to life with colour and allow your brain to rest, be mindful and focus on the present moment.

From doodling leaves on trees to completing exquisite mandala patterns, the activities within will leave you with a calmer mind and a feeling of accomplishment as you look back on your own unique works of art.

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

Have you ever experienced imposter syndrome? Do you often find yourself seeking approval from others? Is beating yourself up getting you down?

Then this book can help you.

With thought-provoking advice, a step-by-step action plan and a simple method to challenge your inner critic, You Are Enough will help you embrace your flaws and celebrate your unique awesomeness. Let go of the myth of perfection, finally stop comparing yourself to others, and learn how to be happy with all that you are.

Take a little confidence with you wherever you go
Filled with practical tips, supportive statements and helpful suggestions for encouraging activities, this beautiful pocket-sized book will help you embrace your inner confidence, whatever your day has in store.

A deck of 52 beautiful cards featuring simple, self-care rituals and bite-sized tips to help you incorporate them into your daily life. The box also includes a booklet on how to practise daily rituals and a stand for displaying the cards.

You don’t need to set aside hours of your day to feel the benefits of daily rituals. There are so many little moments when you can pause, be present and find calm. Whether you would like to feel more positive or perhaps spend more time on self-care, the journey begins with this box.

Alongside a booklet covering the essentials of rituals and how to incorporate them into your daily life, this box contains a set of 52 beautifully designed cards, each with a ritual on one side and a tip on the reverse.

Each card can be displayed individually using the wooden stand, allowing you to bring tranquil inspiration to any shelf, windowsill, desk or side table.

This is the perfect gift for anyone looking to instil calm and self-care in their day.

Awaken your senses and learn to be present with this guided journal, filled with activities and inspiration for finding peace in every day

In a busy, high-pressure world it can be difficult to live in the moment. Mindfulness can help you become more aware of your surroundings, enabling you to immerse yourself fully in your everyday experiences.

This journal is full of essential tools to calm the mind and help you find joy in the smallest of pleasures. With a variety of activities to complete, this journal takes you on a mindfulness journey, aiming to integrate essential self-care practices into everyday life. Get to know yourself on a deeper, more meaningful level, while developing a greater appreciation of the present.

Inside you will find:
– Techniques to stay mindful in everyday life
– Space for self-reflection
– Practical tips on staying present
– Uplifting affirmations to bring joy to every day
Your mindfulness journey begins here.

Rest. Reflect. Restore. Reset.

Would you like to make a fresh start? To move forward feeling happier and healthier, and to fill your days with meaningful experiences?

Resetting your life doesn’t have to mean uprooting your entire existence. In fact, making just a few small changes every day can make a big impact. Filled with helpful prompts, tips and activities, How to Reset will take you on a gentle but powerful journey – to rediscover yourself, your passions and your principles.

From reflecting on your past to visualizing your future, the practical advice in these pages will help transform your mindset and reshape your life. Whether you want to refresh your relationships, choose a new career path or simply have a little more time for your hobbies and loved ones, these easy-to-follow tips give you the tools you need to take control, move forward with purpose and enjoy life to the full each and every day.