Fran Burke, M.Ed. has developed a system to do away with Exam Anxiety of all kinds. Whether you tend to blank out when faced with a particularly tough exam or you simply suffer from butterflies, Fran's program can give you proven tools to put an end to your worries. First she teaches you about the various kinds of Exam Anxiety, then Fran explains how to identify them by the symptoms you feel. Are you alone in your situation? Definitely not. The problem is that parents and teachers have not...

Originally published in 1995, the first edition of Managing Your Mind established a unique place in the self-help book market. A blend of tried-and-true psychological counseling and no-nonsense management advice grounded in the principles of CBTand other psychological treatments, the book straddled two types of self-help literature, arguing that in one's personal and professional life, the way to success is the same. By adopting the practical strategies that mental health experts ...

The period between twelve and eighteen months places a child on a one-way bridge to the future. Infancy is a thing of the past and toddlerhood is straight ahead. A baby still? Not really, but neither is he a toddler and that is the key to understanding this phase of growth. This is a period of great of exchange: baby food is exchanged for table food; the highchair for booster seat; finger feeding replaced with spoon; babbling sounds transition to speaking, the first unsteady step...

An insightful guide that shows how habits of behavior are formed, and how we can transform bad habits into positive behaviors in ourselves and others.Smart Change explores the psychological mechanisms that form and maintain habits in individuals and groups and offers real, accessible and actionable advice for changing habits. In an engaging narrative, Markman covers a wide range of habits, from individual behaviors like eating better and exercising regular...

Are any of these habits draining your energy, straining your relationships and sucking the life out of you?* Overeating or stress eating* Procrastinating* Smoking* Drinking too much* Spending too much money* Stressing out* Being a workaholic* Watching too much TV* Being chronically late* Obsessed with online games* Negative thinking* Losing your temper* Neglecting your health* Neglecting your...

Thanks to technology, we live in a world that’s much more comfortable than ever before. But here’s the paradox: our tolerance for discomfort is at an all-time low. And as we wrestle with a sinking “discomfort threshold,” we increasingly find ourselves at the mercy of our primitive instincts and reactions that can perpetuate disease, dysfunction, and impair performance and decision making.Designed to keep us out of danger, our limbic brain’s Survival Instinct controls what we intuit...

This handy pocket-sized guide presents 26 proven strategies that help those recovering from mental illness sustain their recovery. From "Accept your illness - it's not your fault" to "Zero in on taking care of yourself every single day", it's packed with practical suggestions for anyone striving to sustain good mental health.The author, Carol Kivler, was brought to her knees four times by "The Beast" - clinical depression. After her fourth episode she began exploring non-medical st...

Written in an easy-to-read Q&A format, The Autism Answer Book helps parents understand their child's diagnosis and develop a plan for success.It is currently estimated that 1 in 150 kids are affected by autism—and that number is increasing at an alarming rate.In a time when parents are overwhelmed with confusing, and often conflicting, information, The Autism Answer Book provides them clear and confident counsel by providing straightforwar...

EFT: Spoon-fed"Emotional Freedom" is a short book that teaches EFT. It is described as a method with a short chapter teaching each part of the method with clarity and clear illustrations. Notable are chapters that give an orderly approach to treating barriers, an explanation of the use of shortcuts, and a chapter that teaches your subconscious to treat issues on demand. Also, an appendix includes lists of issues and aspects to help the reader identify and treat additional issues th...

Unlock the secrets behind your child's worries.Is your bright child overwhelmed by worries that seem beyond their years? Do questions about global issues or personal anxieties keep them up at night? "Why Smart Kids Worry" offers a compassionate roadmap to understanding and supporting your child's unique emotional landscape.Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Play Therapist Allison Edwards delves into the intricate relationship between intelligenc...

This edition does not include a CD.Gloria Thomas, whose methods are highly recommended by The Sunday Times, Red and Zest, brings you an extremely practical book to overcome your fears, phobias and anxieties. Using her skills as a master NLP practitioner, hypnotherapist and Reiki master she shows you how to take control of your fears even in the most demanding trigger situations.70-80 per cent of the population suffer from an anxiety-related condition in the form of fe...

This book describes the fundamentals of binge eating and how to beat binge eating by understanding what drives the behavior. Our emotional eating behaviors feed and support our negative beliefs about ourselves. In learning what these negative beliefs are, where they come from and how to modify or change them we then become powerful over the emotional eating behavior. Negative beliefs are born from events in our life and how we've made sense of those events. Most of our beliefs were decided...