Personal Care

Caregivers need care, too. Nurses are some of the hardest-working people around. Our jobs are demanding in so many ways, both physical and mental. We choose this profession to care for others, but that often means we forget to care for ourselves. When we push ourselves too hard, something has to give. It’s no surprise that burnout is a common phenomenon. Nurse Burnout is a guidebook for healthcare professionals who are experiencing stress, anxiety, and lack of resilience.

Like so many of us, award-winning writer Katy Butler always assumed her aging parents would experience healthy, active retirements before dying peacefully at home. Then her father suffered a stroke that left him incapable of easily finishing a sentence or showering without assistance. Her mother was thrust into full-time caregiving, and Katy became one of the 24 million Americans who help care for aging parents. In an effort to correct a minor and non - life threatening heart arrhythmia, doctors outfitted her father with a pacemaker.

How can you protect your right to a balanced life, in a profession that demands perfection? Medical life is challenging. The culture is competitive, the environment intense, the machinery complex and unwieldy, and the expectations high. Under such constant stress, many doctors sacrifice their own wellbeing to try and provide the best possible care for their patients. Coaching offers a way to immediately start bridging this known gap. You are a whole human, and it's time to treat yourself like it.

Teaching has never been easy, but these days, it seems to keep getting harder. As the pressure builds, many educators are calling it quits on a profession that once felt like a calling. Planning to Stay offers a hopeful alternative.

Are you stuck in a cycle you want to break because you feel ready to free yourself on a higher level? You are someone who deserves to be able to live your life in a way that allows you to be who you are deep down within. But how can you ever hope to do that? The truth is there’s a resource that’s ready and waiting to change the way you live: Psychic Empath (2 in 1) is for people who want to banish negative energy, connect with empathy, and unlock their inner psychic skills.

Adopting or fostering a child brings its own unique set of challenges only another parent facing the same uphill climb could possibly understand. From parenting children with traumatic pasts, to dealing with attachment issues, to raising a children with special needs, it can sometimes be a struggle just getting through the day. Mike Berry knows the loneliness and isolation you can easily feel in your particular parenting role - because he's been there.

For author and Slow Stories podcast host Rachel Schwartzmann, slowing down has changed her story in ways she could have never imagined. In this poignant and timely collection, she invites us to step away from the turmoil of daily life and awaken to the pleasures of living and creating with intention.

The post-partum period is challenging. Everyone - your mom, well-meaning strangers, and your OB/Gyn - constantly tells you to get more sleep, make sure you're eating well-balanced meals, and drink lots of water. But every time someone offers you a bit of advice, you want to throw your hands to the sky and shout, "But how?"

Imagine being physically denied access to your office, business, or livelihood. Imagine being refused entry to a grocery store or being told who you can or cannot sit with at a restaurant. Imagine being barred from a hospital room when you or your family member needs critical care. Unthinkable? Today, these scenarios and worse are happening in “democracies” all over the world, and could be our collective future—orchestrated by AI, Big Tech, and state-sponsored apps—all in the name of “protecting” public health with vaccine passports.

How can we maintain optimal levels of pressure so we perform at our best? What systems and tools can we use to own the pressure? What techniques can we apply to regain composure and situational control when under pressure? All of us experience moments when we are under pressure and need to perform to a high standard. While the right level of pressure enhances our performance, excessive pressure leads to cognitive overload, stress, and compromises our ability to perform. How can we own the pressure to achieve peak performance?

Ellie Francis delivers a powerful, uplifting, spunky mom-strength coaching book to get you going! (Re)focus on your mind-set, mental health, and self-care - while laughing through the realities of hardworking mom life. This book will encourage, uplift, and inspire all busy mothers who are truly “juggling it all” - and looking good doing it!

Esta guía pediátrica nos presenta una inmensa cantidad de situaciones que los niños y las niñas pueden vivir, y con espíritu práctico y amable nos lleva paso a paso para tomar las mejores decisiones.

Saturday, October 10, 1998. Fielding Marshall is hiking on the Appalachian Trail. His beloved dog - a six-year-old golden retriever named Gonker - bolts into the woods. Just like that, he has vanished. And Gonker has Addison's disease. If he's not found in 23 days, he will die.

The search begins. Fielding and his father, John, are dispatched to the field. They have the family's other dog, Uli, in tow. Combing the trails, Fielding and his father bond like never before.

Take the time to invest in yourself and your success, and you will always reap in the benefits of your efforts. To defeat codependency you need to have the right tools. Throughout this book, you are going to learn all about codependency and how it is damaging your life. You will learn how the destructive habit of codependency can ruin your self-confidence and self-esteem, as well as what codependency truly means. There are several helpful tips and techniques to assist you in dealing with your addiction to codependency, helping you kick it once and for all.

How to have clear skin, The Acne Cure is out now! If you're someone who has acne problems that are negatively affecting your life, this audiobook is for you! If you want to live a happy, fulfilling life, then stop waiting and start listening! You’re about to discover how to live a happy life with clear skin. You will learn different forms of treatment that will enable you start feeling free of acne.

Losing a beloved pet can be devastating. We feel heartbroken, and miss our pet so very much. Do you feel down and depressed over the loss of your beloved pet? A cat or perhaps a dog? You cannot stop crying and thinking of them? It hurts very much, right? How do we ease the pain and process our grief? Memories can be so painful, but what do we do with their things?

En esta obra, Joan Garriga ilustra temas universales sobre el lado más oscuro del amor que todos en algún momento de nuestras vidas debemos abordar: la presencia de fantasmas del pasado, los amores desiguales, los problemas de comunicación...y lo hace no solo a través de reflexiones conceptuales, sino con la exposición práctica de casos reales tratados por él mismo en sus terapias de constelaciones familiares, como un intento de traer lo invisible a lo visible, de hacer luminoso lo oscuro, y así comprender mejor lo que actúa en la cara oculta del amor.

Do you feel "stuck" in your life right now? Whether you struggle with depression, anxiety, trauma—or simply feel unhappy or unmotivated—you may be seeking ways to find meaning, or discover the inspiration you need to create a new path in life that better serves you. Mindfulness has gained popularity as a self-help solution for a variety of mental health issues, and mindfulness meditation has been touted as powerfully effective in helping people find focus and balance in order to complete important tasks. But you may wonder, "How does one actually do mindfulness?"

In a culture that constantly tells us to do more of everything but simultaneously pressures us to do nothing, Permission to Rest is a passionate cry for a more regulated, resourced, and rested life. Wellness expert Ashley Neese combines personal essays, contemplative questions, scientific research, and somatic practices to help us disrupt the state of urgency, reflect inward, and relax deeply. Neese examines common beliefs around rest and offers support and guidance to challenge the shame, guilt, and discomfort that often arise when we attempt to slow down.

Once in a lifetime, if you are lucky, you come across that one special pet. The one who is more than just the typical companion. The one whom you know, your souls have met before. Barron was that pet for me. She was the best cat I could have ever asked for. Even at 16, she seemed like a young cat and I thought we still had years together. Cancer had other plans. This is the story, told as it happened, of having to say goodbye to the best kitty I will ever know.