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Thousands of years ago Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote these meditations as a guide for his own self-improvement, and they're still relevant today. Bedtime stories are narrated by the world’s most celebrated voices and written with no beginning, middle, or end so you don’t stay up to hear what happens next. They're interesting enough to give your mind something to focus on, but delivered in a way that encourages sleep.

Written by experts and authorities in the field and professionally narrated for easy listening, this crash course is a valuable tool both during school and when preparing for the USMLE, or if you're simply interested in the subject. The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you might expect to learn in a typical medical school psychiatry course. Included are both capsule and detailed explanations of critical issues and topics you must know to master the course.

‘Bex and Laura really have pieced together the parachute we all need to help us land safely after falling into the world of loss and fertility struggles.’ Elle Wright, author of A Bump In The Road A practical and emotional self-help guide for anyone affected by miscarriage and pregnancy loss...

A few years ago, I found myself in A&E. I had never felt so ill. I was mentally and physically broken. So fractured, I hadn't eaten properly or slept well or even changed my expression for months. I sat in a cubicle, behind paper-thin curtains, and I shook with the effort of not crying. I was an inch away from defeat...but I knew I had to carry on. Because I wasn't the patient. I was the doctor. 

Do you feel exhausted even when you're doing "all the right things" to manage stress? Ever wonder why your body feels stuck in high alert, even on quiet days? Does stress linger in your body long after the situation has passed? Have you tried apps, supplements, or routines that felt scattered or hard to sustain?

The complete audiobook series for Elman Hypnotherapy: Beyond the Basics, includes all seven books of this series stating with the basics of the Elman Technique and finishing with advanced techniques and applications as discussed by Dave Elman in his courses. Included is material on waking hypnosis and hypnosis related to the sleep state. As the subtitle states, this series goes far beyond the basic covered in most courses on his methods. I also discuss the basic concepts behind Elman's methods so that a clinical practitioner can easily customize sessions.

Interoception is one of our most important - and most mysterious - senses. It's how our bodies tell our brains what we're feeling - when we're hungry, when we're cold, how we're feeling in ourselves and how to respond to stress or panic. Little understood until now, unlocking its mechanics could...

We're drowning in sleep advice - this book is your lifeboat. A clear-eyed and passionate antidote to both individual sleep anxiety and our current obsessive, perfectionist culture, Think Less, Sleep More unpacks the science and fundamentals of sleep - including misunderstood concepts such as...

Matt Woodcock's frank, funny real-life diaries reveal what it was like for him to train as a vicar while struggling against all odds to become a father. In them he lays bare his joys and struggles as he attempts to reconcile his calling as a vicar with his life as a party-loving journalist, footie-freak, and incorrigible extrovert.

Brought to you by Penguin. ‘I feel like there’s a leopard in my house, locked in a room. I’ve contacted the leopard authorities and they assure me they are used to dealing with leopards like this, and they have a plan for removing the leopard. It will take a while, though, and once in a...

You’ve held it together long enough. Tinnitus doesn’t get the final word on who you are. If you’re living with the constant sound, the exhaustion, and the quiet fear that nothing will change, this book is for you. Maybe you’ve been told there’s no cure. Maybe you’ve tried everything. Maybe part of you still hopes this doesn’t have to be your whole life.

For too long, patients suffering with chronic pain have been told ‘it’s all in your head’ – but now, pioneering brain health expert Dr Daniel Amen offers a new understanding of the powerful link between physical pain and emotional trauma. In Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain, Dr Amen...

From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks—how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. Written in the...

From an award-winning diabetes care & education specialist, this all-in-one book is a comprehensive resource for the millions of people with diabetes who use insulin—now revised and updated. Few diabetes books focus specifically on the day-to-day issues facing people who use insulin. Gary...

Type 2 diabetes has been regarded as an incurable, lifelong condition for centuries. Even worse, it seemed to be inevitably progressive. When you got the diagnosis, it was as though above the clinic door was written: Abandon hope all ye who enter here. Professor Roy Taylor is the world's leading expert on type 2, the man who in 2006 finally found the missing piece in the scientific jigsaw that paved the way for a cure. 

Happiness and serenity are now easier to reach, thanks to Guided Meditation for Deep Sleep, Anxiety, Positivity and Mindfulness. Hypnotherapy will help you achieve important goals through the development of healthier habits.

After years of trying one diet after another, and feeling frustrated with the lack of results, the world of GLP-1s bursts onto the scene! Do they have you wondering if this could finally be the solution you've been searching for? It was my solution, as I was able to lose 102 pounds within a year. However, while it's a powerful tool that helped me finally succeed with my own weight loss, there are many factors to keep in mind. There's a lot of information to consider.

'Heartbreaking and powerful - Ashley is an inspiration', Fearne Cotton 'Ashley's psychological and emotional resilience is unparalleled, truly in the 0.1 percent', Ant Middleton STRENGTH, RESILIENCE, POWER Strong is the moving and heartbreaking memoir from celebrity campaigner, endurance athlete...

The Resonance Effect is both the author's story of her inspirational journey of having the courage to find her true calling and an account of the development of a remarkable newly rediscovered treatment, frequency specific microcurrent (FSM), that takes advantage of the body's ability to respond...

In Lisa Genova’s extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer’s disease—only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate...