Health Services

I spent 22 years of my life in part-time private practice as a counselor. The entire time, I was amazed at how really smart people would make really poor choices over and over. One definition of crazy is when we do the same thing repeatedly and persist in the hope that something new will be the outcome.

Having worked in the emergency services for more than 15 years, Dan Farnworth has seen it all. There was the time he was called to take away a dead body - only for the 'corpse' to jolt back into life and demand to know what he was doing in her house. Earlier in his career, he unwittingly disturbed a crime scene as he shared the sad news of the victim's death with her son.

The story of a family's dramatic clinical and emotional journey as they try to understand why their third-grader is failing school. They assume that his problems stem from anxiety and stress because Dad is serving in the US military in Iraq. The child's blackouts are finally identified by a neurologist's evaluation, and the cause is epilepsy! The parents are devastated. Will Conner ever be able to live a normal life?

More of a strategy book than a recipe book, Everyday Plant-Based Meals You’ll Just Love will help you transcend conventional recipes and enjoy fresh and healthy foods in a new way. The menu palette method is based on organized collections of food options from which you can create a variety of meals. Menu palettes are inspirational suggestions for structured improvisation. Using menu palettes is similar to an artist painting from a palette of colors, or a jazz musician improvising from a lead sheet. The structure is there, but the rest is up to you!

Customer service is so much more than cucumber water and hot towels. The best customer service takes care of your clients and takes care of you. Without that balance, you cannot grow and thrive in your massage practice. Learn how to do customer service authentically, honoring your highest values.

Blindspots is a professional manual that will guide you step-by-step through the licensed professional counselor licensure process as well as illuminate possible blind spots they didn't warn you about in graduate school!

Do you or someone you love struggle with significant mental health issues, autism, or other "invisible" disabilities? A highly trained psychiatric service dog (PSD) may be able to help, in ways that medication and therapy can't. The possibilities are exciting, but working with a PSD is a long-term proposition, not to be entered into lightly. Saved by the Dog will lead you through everything you need to know about psychiatric service dogs, and is filled with information that applies to service dogs of all kinds.

California Senator Omer Rains had been a politician on the global stage, a power-broking lawyer of A-list celebrities, and conqueror of some of the highest mountains in the world. But when a paralyzing brain aneurysm and stroke hit him at age 61, he became more helpless than a small child. In Back to the Summit, Rains takes readers on a courageous journey toward recovery, both physical and spiritual, as he reflects on the people, events, and American history that shaped his life and gave him the strength to dare to walk again.

Esta colección de lecturas avanza por el año de calendario un día—y una página—a la vez. Cada día aparece una cita favorita de la literatura de A.A. seguida por la reflexión personal de un miembro de A.A., ofreciendo así una lectura diaria inspirada e inspiradora.

The nation's top "Obamacare" insurance agent, Robert Welk, has authored Maximizing Obamacare to help you finally understand exactly what you need to do to avoid the vast majority of problems people experienced during open enrollment. The need for this audiobook is underscored by a recent revelation from the federal government that almost one-fourth of those enrolled have incorrectly reported their income.

Standing Back Up Against Addiction was written to save lives. Providing you with the information, education, and actions needed to successfully manage your disease. Standing Back Up Against Addiction is addiction's biggest nightmare as it discloses to the listener how the disease uses you to keep the addictive cycle alive and what you can do to manage it. Daily listening for personal support and self-empowerment.

One of the biggest problems of old age is experiencing balance problems. Tripping, slipping, and falling can make you lose confidence in doing your favorite things. Simple tasks like climbing stairs and or taking a bath now seem like dangerous endeavors, and you are afraid you will become dependent on others to take care of you. With Never Fear Falling Again, you are one decision away from achieving your fitness goals. Start your workout journey now. Get your copy today for your journey toward staying active and functional in your senior years by having better balance.

Are you an introvert who struggles to make friends at school? Are you feeling isolated and unloved? The wonderful news is that social skills can be acquired! One may improve one's social intelligence (SQ) through research and practice. It makes no difference how many blunders you have made previously; you may develop the skills necessary to be successful in the present through effective interactions. Social Skills for Teens teaches you how to become a more confident, charming, and all-around likable person who is well-liked in social circles.

"Your re-connection to your soul is the goal". Mindfulness is at the heart of an impactful and lasting meditation practice, but a lot of us have trouble taking that first step. Where do I start? Am I doing it right? How do I even know it's working? The good news is, you've already started! How? Simply by breathing. The Power of Breath leads you through life's unexpected surprises, losses, and turning points that make finding a simple and unique meditation practice that much more important.

This is a very short guide giving 50 Kickboxing combinations. It includes a warm-up and extensive stretch routine. This will give you a set of 50 top combinations that you can practice as part of your home workout routine. Some knowledge of martial arts or completing the beginners book in this series is needed.

El manual de A.A. sobre cómo mantenerse sobrio en las circunstancias de todos los días, este libro muy leído explica por medio de ejemplos sencillos cómo los miembros de A.A. de todas partes del mundo viven sus vidas al máximo y se manteen sobrios un día a la vez. Palabras del prólogo: “[R]esulta que vivir sobrio no es nada triste, ni aburrido ni incómodo, como nos habíamos temido; por el contrario, empezamos a disfrutar la vida sin beber y a encontrarla mucho más emocionante que la que vivíamos en nuestra época de bebedores”.

In A Commitment to Compassion, Avram R. Kraft, MD, reminds us that each of us can make a difference. Avram makes that difference against a medical landscape, but in sharing his wisdom, insights, doubt, and vulnerabilities, he invites all of us to consider what compassion means and how it can be part of our daily living. As he states in a chapter called "Repairing the World", “Every day, we have an opportunity to make an impact on one another. You are only as good as what you bring to the table and not what you remove from it.”

In this short audiobook Paula Eleta explores the theme of the value of the puppet in the pedagogical field, mainly in early childhood (zero-six years), as an effective tool to improve the quality of the educational service through play. Under the direction of the educator, the puppet can become an excellent ”assistant” to build new educational contexts, able to offer all those who live in the services different accesses to a common and shared space.

I understand the problem behind losing weight. I went from weighing 205 pounds at five foot 7 inches to 156 pounds in one year. I have created this book for anyone struggling to lose weight or would want to learn more about the ketogenic diet or intermittent fasting. I also have added a section on diabetes and how you can use the ketogenic diet to help bring A1c levels down.

The Warfighter Nutrition Guide contains strategies and recommendations for all aspects of performance nutrition for military service members. It covers the spectrum of nutritional needs to optimize the performance of warfighters under the most rigorous conditions. Despite differences across military commands, this guide is designed to provide military service members with science-based, effective nutritional strategies to optimize performance during operations and to preserve health.