Survival Psychology

When a loved one passes unexpectedly, the person left behind can lose their bearings. After the sudden loss of her mother, Chelsea Hanson, a nationally recognized grief educator and founder of With Sympathy Gifts and Keepsakes, didn't know where to turn for help, what to do next, or how to put the pieces of her life back together. Hanson's The Sudden Loss Survival Guide gathers everything that she learned during her own recovery process and provides an indispensable road map to aid those who've experienced a life-changing loss.

As the sun lowered in the sky one Friday afternoon in April 2006, acclaimed author Donald Antrim found himself on the roof of his Brooklyn apartment building, afraid for his life. In this moving memoir, Antrim vividly recounts what led him to the roof and what happened after he came back down: two hospitalizations, weeks of fruitless clinical trials, the terror of submitting to ECT - and the saving call from David Foster Wallace that convinced him to try it - as well as years of fitful recovery and setback.

Manage the risks of being highly sensitive and turn empathy into your superpower. Other people love you for being so understanding and helpful when it comes to their problems. You are a great listener and you know that something is going on before the person in front of you gets a chance to share what's on their mind. You fall under the category of empaths and your connection with others comes to a point where you experience other people's pain as much as they do.

Introvert Survival Tactics is going to shed light on exactly how you function and how to use your tendencies to your advantage - social survival tactics for your most demanding social obligations. Introvert Survival Tactics takes you on a tour of self-discovery and allows you to understand your exact wiring. You’ll be armed with specific and actionable survival and party tactics to get the most out of your social energy and make an impact every time.

The term "empath" is slowly becoming more and more recognised in the world, which means more and more individuals who have felt "different" their entire lives are starting to discover who they truly are and what gifts they have to offer the world. Being highly sensitive is a rare gift you can be proud of. People love you for being so understanding and helpful when it comes to their problems.

Tap into the light, into the idea of light, coming in from higher dimensions of yourself, of your universe, of your reality. Let this feel for light filter into your awareness. Take your actual power back by seeing what is actually here for you by tapping into the forces available to you. This book is a manual on interdimensional consciousness, travel, and survival. Through use of metaphor, this author guides listeners through progressive “shift” awarenesses, and through leaps in understanding sequential "shift technologies” by means of exercises contained in this book.

This book is perfect for married couples, recently separated couples, and men and women considering marriage. I guarantee that women who listen to this book will finally understand men. Men who listen to this book can learn how to keep the women in their lives happy and satisfied.

Is your anxiety kicking your teen's butt? Are they tired of boring, long self-help books that do anything but help? Are they annoyed by suggestions that show the author doesn't really get anxiety? I get it. I also get anxiety. I have lived it and so have the thousands of kids I have helped in my therapy practice. Until you have lived it, you will never understand anxiety's insidious moves. Anxiety Sucks! is short and to the point. You are welcome. Have them listen to it. Practice it. Repeat.

How does autistic trauma really feel, and how can you find your way through it to a warmer, brighter place? Written by best-selling author Charlotte Amelia Poe this is a poignant and whimsical exploration of the true autistic experience. Chapter-by-chapter, Poe delicately peels back the layers of what it is to be young and autistic in the modern world, touching on trauma, grief, mortality, love and everything in between.

For many of us, the word narcissism is a joke. We say, "I'm such a narcissist!" with a slight chuckle as we update our Facebook feed with the 15th post since 7:00 a.m. However, it's not such a joke for some people. Narcissists live all around us...they might be the charming Casanova at work, the flirty barista at the local cafe, or even your own boyfriend or girlfriend. However, sometimes they might not be as wonderful and captivating behind closed doors as we'd like to think.

Does being around people you love seem to drain your energy? Do you have chronic pain or illnesses that medical professionals can’t explain? Do you feel as though you have an unusual connection to other people, animals, or even places? You might have more than empathy. You might be an empath. You might be an intuitive. You might be both. If you’re not sure you’re a highly sensitive person, don’t worry! By the time you’ve finished listening to the audiobook and completed the exercises contained here, you’ll be well on your way to developing yourself as one!

With humanity facing its greatest series of simultaneous crises, Ervin Laszlo offers a scientifically based perspective on what is called for at this critical juncture of our existence: a phase of upshift to higher levels of order and coherence to keep us on our evolutionary path. This book lays out why this upshift is needed, what resources we possess to draw upon, and what the action steps are that will move us all toward this achievable vision of well-being and wholeness.

Por muitos anos, cientistas acreditaram que o cérebro adolescente era essencialmente como o de um adulto, apenas com menos experiência. Na última década, porém, neurologia e neurociência revelaram que nos anos da adolescência acontecem estágios vitais de desenvolvimento do cérebro.

When aspiring actress Reba Buhr was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder in college, she didn’t have the first idea how to approach healing. Today, she has become an advocate for others who suffer from life-changing anxiety and panic.

In this unique and cutting-edge book, author, clinician, and researcher Dr. Angela Browne-Miller delves into scientific, spiritual, and consciousness information to explain how she has arrived at this innovative understanding of our situation and this new level of survival awareness she presents.

Emily Reynolds is mad. After years of trying - and failing - to cope with her symptoms, she was finally diagnosed as bipolar in her early 20s. Since then Emily has been on a mission to find the best way to live with her illness, and now she wants to share that knowledge with you. Living with mental illness is isolating, infuriating and painful - but also very boring and, sometimes, kind of gross. A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind is a companion to make the journey feel a little less lonely.

The images of the burning towers, the heartbroken friends building memorials, the minute-by-minute accounts of the horrors of that day - all are indelibly etched on our collective consciousness. But what of those left behind after 9/11? What have they, and we, learned from the gift of time? In Project Rebirth, a psychologist and a journalist examine the lives of eight people who were directly affected by the events of September 11, 2001.

Do you have this friend who's trying to use you as an emotional dump? Do crowded places drain your energy? Do you often feel overwhelmed by your own - and others' - emotions? If you've answered "yes" to these questions...it looks like you're an empath, a person who's unusually sensitive to people's emotions. At first sight, being an empath may feel like a curse. You're constantly overwhelmed by people around you, someone's always trying to make use of your kindness, and energy vampires flock towards you like sharks toward a drop of blood in the ocean.

Author Joanne Steen tackles the subject that terrifies parents of military personnel - the death of their son or daughter on active duty. In short, accessible chapters Gold Star parents find thoughtful explanations and trustworthy advice for coping with military grief. Steen weaves together realistic examples with voices of other Gold Star parents, connecting the listeners to the wisdom of those parents who have walked in their shoes.