Depression Self Help

Anxiety affects more than 18 percent of Americans and more than 25 percent of the world population: You are not alone. We tend to forget that our lives are loaded by a myriad of inevitable changes, and our age is too hectic to cope with it without getting help. We discount the fact that we get overwhelmed every time life hits us hard; instead we shrink in our sense of stigma and failure and get trapped in the shackles of our out-of-control anxiety.

Learn the secrets people have used for thousands of years to treat their anxiety and maintain good health. Prescription medications and deep breathing into paper bags won't help you. Change your thinking about anxiety by learning to assess danger more realistically as well as by increasing your ability to cope with the situations that make you anxious.

Seventeen-year-old Arman Dukoff can't remember life without anxiety and chronic illness when he arrives at an expensive self-help retreat in the remote hills of Big Sur. He's taken a huge risk - and $2,000 from his meth-head stepfather - for a chance to "evolve", as Beau, the retreat leader, says. Beau is complicated. A father figure? A cult leader? A con man? Arman's not sure, but more than anyone he's ever met, Beau makes Arman feel something other than what he usually feels - worthless.

Beautifully simple age-old rituals for modern-day living that will enhance your well-being and give you back your zest for life. Prajña is the Sanskrit word for wisdom. Ayurveda is one of the world's oldest healing systems, rooted in the principle of a mind-body-spirit connection. Ayurveda comes from the Sanskrit words 'ayur' and 'veda', respectively 'life' and 'knowledge', meaning 'knowledge of life'. This book dips into this ancient knowledge base, extracts the essence of this Indian philosophy and revives a wealth of timeless rituals.