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“Filled with insightful ways of bringing peace to insomnia. It re-visions insomnia as a journey of the spirit . . . the book to read when you can’t sleep.” —Donna Eden, author of Energy Medicine If you’ve suffered from countless nights of sleep deprivation, then this book is essential to helping you thrive in the night.Sondra Kornblatt highlights many techniques that will help insomniacs gain the benefits of sleep without ever having to sleep. If you can’t fall asleep, then this is the book for you! Meditate for a second, take a deep breath . . . and know that you are not alone! There are over seventy million people in America who have trouble sleeping. Moving through everyday li...
Improve your Brain Health and Live a Full Life “A friendly, wide-ranging tip sheet for understanding and maintaining the human brain, with exercises . . . that consciously incorporate all of the senses.” —Publishers Weekly A Better Brain for Better Aging offers a complete plan for improving brain health in an engaging and accessible way. Holistic brain health exercises, from body and brain games to good brain food. Health and science writer Sondra Kornblatt, along with the numerous experts she’s interviewed in A Better Brain for Better Aging, can help you put your head on straight through healthy activities for the body and stimulating exercises for good brain health. Improving your ...
Take a whiff of cinnamon; paint rooms in contrasting colors; give some of your time to a cause you care about; join a laughing club; nod ''yes'' throughout the day; give away some of your stuff; eat plenty of ''happy fats''; write with your non-dominant hand; play 20 Questions; weed your garden; roll your eyes; get down on all fours and crawl; remember to exhale. These are just a few of the over 100 ideas science writer Sondra Kornblatt has culled from her extensive research into how to improve your memory and mental agility, boost your creativity and overall brain power, and avoid brain overload. Yes, it's that simple.... Too many of us these days struggle with brain overload, the symptoms of which include fuzzy thinking, forgotten words, even depression, anxiety, and headaches. This book shows you just how easy it is to nourish your brain and overcome these side effects of life in the modern world. Lively and informative explanations of how the mind and body work complement the practices. Read it cover to cover or dip in again and again for quick boosts. Whether you are twenty or eighty, these tips will help keep your brain supple and fit.
“This book busts all the myths about the brain and replaces them with solid science, great humor, and a completely accessible writing style.” —Christiane Northrup, MD, #1 New York Times-bestselling author The differences between men and women go well beyond the surface, and the brain is no exception to this. Scientists and researchers are continually learning about the phenomenon of women’s brains. Health and science writer Sondra Kornblatt brings to readers the latest scientific studies about how women’s brains and brain memory work. Our brains are affected and shaped by a multitude of things, from our environment to the foods we eat to hormones. Because of this, it is imperative ...
Describes the history of tea, its varieties, and its medicinal properties along with information on choosing a teapot, how to make tea, and ways to meditate with tea.
We all want to be happy. But, sometimes life gets in the way. People lose jobs. Spouses are unfaithful. Kids are hostile. Friends die. Houses burn down. It is a jungle out there. Unflappable is a book that helps readers not only survive but embrace these ups and downs of life and learn to stay centered and peaceful regardless of the circumstances. Drawing on the wisdom of the mystics and her NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) training Michaels offers a six-step process for happiness and serenity regardless of how crazy life gets. The Six Steps include: Discover the lay of the land: Look at the inner contours of your life. Decide where you are and where you want to go.Examine the river running through your inner landscape—in all of its inconsistencies and incongruities.Ride the river’s rapids: go with the flow.Learn to identify personal challenges on your journey.Learn how to reduce heightened emotional distress.Enjoy the ride. Unflappable offers a unique route to a different brand of happiness—one that doesn’t depend on outside circumstances, and incorporates a model for conscious living that leads to serenity.
Insomnia is a sleep disorder that affects people worldwide. This text provides those with sleep problems or chronic insomnia an overview of research on the causes of sleep loss and the physical effects of insomnia, as well as possible treatments. Disorders are summarized and illustrated with real-life stories about sleep experiences and remedies. This is a concise guide to help readers improve their sleep habits and lives.
Make the time for what matters most by breaking up with busy Overbooking and undersleeping have almost become status symbols, and having it all seems to be synonymous with doing it all, yet what do we really accomplish with so much busyness? Yvonne Tally wants to give you back your life by helping you break the busyness habit. She offers realistic, step-by-step, and even fun ways to get off the busyness hamster wheel and reclaim your time. Yvonne shows how the benefits of living a more balanced life can improve your longevity and spiritual well-being. She outlines ways to shift and calm your mind, learn how to say no, and create your own “busy-busting solutions.” With fifty-two refreshers and reminders, Breaking Up with Busy provides incremental ways to change habits, transform thinking, and reconnect with your unique, personal sense of play and pleasure.
Friendship is not a rational process. While reasoning and discerning play a part in our choices of friends, feelings and emotions are strong elements as well. Much of the conscious development of our circle of friends rests on an understanding of the elements and foundations of friendship. There is no magic formula. Friendship choices rest on principles and concepts. Friendships take effort. They hold a bit of mystery. They can’t be manufactured. But they are priceless. Walk with Jerry and Mary White in To Be a Friend as they probe and discover together the great adventure of being and having friends.
Offers parents and caregivers advice on how to unlock the potential of "neurologically eccentric" children.