Addresses an often overlooked aspect of chronic pain—the stress and strain on family members. There is a lack of resources to help those who care for someone with chronic pain cope with their own suffering and stay balanced, and this book fills that need.Can be used as a companion to Pain Recovery: How to Find Balance and Reduce Suffering from Chronic Pain, written for chronic pain sufferers, and offers a parallel process of recovery for their family members and loved ones....

An estimated 72 million Americans are affected by chronic pain.Mel Pohl, MD, FASAM is a well-known and respected addiction specialist with over twenty-five years of experience treating addiction andaddiction-related conditions.Author of A Day without Pain (September 2008).Can be used as a companion piece to A Day without Pain.

This e-book is drawn from a US Journal Training session Dr. Pohl presented in June of 2011. Dr. Pohl is a board-certified family practitioner, Vice President of Medical Affairs, and the Medical Director of Las Vegas Recovery Center (LRVC), the only private freestanding, medically managed inpatient detoxification and addiction treatment facility in Las Vegas.

I'M TOO STRESSED TO STOP.I'LL GAIN WEIGHT IF I QUIT.I'VE TRIED AND FAILED TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT.Why are you still smoking, even though you want to quit? Based on twenty years of research and hands-on work with countless smokers in his clinics at Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Daniel F. Seidman understands that people smoke -- and quit -- for different reasons and what works for one smoker might not work for another....

A real-world guide to Attachment Parenting from the Big Bang Theory actress, neuroscientist, and mother Mayim Bialik—a book hailed by Dr. William Sears as “delightful” and by Ricki Lake as “a fantastic guide to birth and parenting that is packed with invaluable wisdom.”Mayim Bialik was the child star of the popular 1990s TV sitcom Blossom, but she definitely didn’t follow the typical child-star trajectory. Instead, Mayim got her PhD in neuroscienc...

Smoke Free in 30 Days provides the best approaches for effectively breaking the smoking habit and to help anyone to remain smoke free for life. Dr Daniel Seidman has worked with thousands of addicted smokers for over twenty years. He understands that people smoke -- and try to quit -- for different reasons and what works for one smoker might not work for another. He knows what can stop a smoker from successfully quitting, and he has a clear step-by step 30-day plan that will help anyone to...

The bestselling guide to curing insomnia without drugs by "a pioneer" of the field, now updated with the latest research (The Wall Street Journal)For the past 25 years, sleep-deprived Americans have found natural, drug-free relief from insomnia with the help of Dr. Gregg D. Jacobs's Say Good Night to Insomnia.Jacobs's program, developed and tested at Harvard Medical School and based on cognitive behavioral therapy, has been shown to improv...

Your mood, thoughts, and emotions can affect your perception of pain and even your ability to heal. In fact, your past life experiences influence your current physical challenges: “your biography influences your biology.” While treatments like medication and physical therapy can be enormously beneficial to the body, to maximize pain relief, it’s necessary to take advantage of the mind’s healing abilities. This book offers a revolutionary new treatment approach, mindfulness-based chronic pa...

A leading international expert in panic and anxiety disorders, psychologist R. Reid Wilson, Ph.D., offers a straightforward, and remarkably effective self-help program for overcoming panic and coping with anxious fears.Don't Panic has established itself as the definitive book on learning how to overcome panic and anxiety. This revised and expanded third edition offers readers 50 pages of new material supported by the latest research in anxiety treatment. U...

The Anxiety Handbook The 7-Step Plan to Understand, Manage and Overcome Anxiety Anxiety is one of the number one mental health conditions affecting American adults, and one that many people suffer through alone. Anxiety, stress, and overwhelming negative emotions can get in the way of a fulfilling and rewarding life. But this shouldn't have to be the case. The Anxiety Handbook is your guide to confronting and working through your anxiety, and experiencing calm you never thought possible. W...

Panic Anxiety is the number one mental health problem for women and second only to drug abuse among men. Synthetic tranquilizers can alleviate the symptoms of anxiety illnesses. However, in order to achieve lasting emotional tranquility, a significant lifestyle change must be made. The Anxiety Cure provides proven, natural strategies for overcoming panic disorder and finding an emotional balance in today's fast-paced world.

Eliminating Stress, Finding Inner Peace is an important step on the healing journey. Stress kills—there’s no doubt. It eats away at you, affecting your level of happiness, as well as your stomach lining. It raises your blood pressure and directly harms your cardiovascular system. It depresses your immune system and allows chronic illnesses to overwhelm you—causing pain, disability, and even death. Basically, stress prevents you from experiencing life’s many pleasures.