Are you trying to find balance in your life? Are you coming up short when it comes to achieving your dreams and goals?The truth is...Extraordinary results demand intense amounts of energy, time and attention. When you spend time in one area of your life, you are going to be taking away time from other areas.Every. Thing. Can't. Have. Your. Full. Attention.If you're wondering why you aren't achieving your goals, it might be because you haven'...

The size and severity of the global climate crisis is such that even the most committed environmentalists can drift into a state of denial. The award-winning writers collected here have made it their task to shake off this nagging disbelief, bringing the incomprehensible within our grasp and shaping an emotional response to mankind's unwitting creation of a tough new planet. From T. C. Boyle's account of early eco-activists, to Nathaniel Rich's comic fantasy about a marine biologist haunte...

Blackstone Audio presents an eclectic mix of stories, plays and sketches dedicated to the thinking paranoiac. Gore, sex, horror, literature and edifying morals—what more could you want from an audiobook?This collection includes "In a Grove," upon which Akira Kurosawa based his classic film, Rashomon; an adult fairy tale by the author of Winnie-the-Pooh; the real story (honest!) behind Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel The Moon Maid; and cautionary and scary ta...

British music industry veteran David Stark grew up in north-west London during the 1960s as a dedicated Beatles fan, who was lucky enough to meet his musical heroes on various memorable occasions. From gatecrashing the Yellow Submarine film premiere in 1968 and sitting right behind them, to meeting the group individually in some extraordinary circumstances, he recalls his many Beatles encounters here for the first time. However, Stark’s stories don’t end w...

FACT: We all have narcissistic tendencies, but not all of us are abusive.We highlight this fact because it is important to remember that abusing others is a CHOICE, regardless of neuroses. So, when you find that your partner is showing signs of narcissism and is going out of their way to cross your boundaries and undermine your self-esteem, you might want to reconsider being in that relationship.Being with an abusive narcissist can be tricky. They always seem so perfect at ...

Has depression, anxiety, panic, or severe mental illness negatively impacted your life in one way or another?We’ve all been through difficult periods in our lives wherein our emotions got the best of us and pushed us to act in destructive ways. While it’s painfully human to become overwhelmed with negative emotions from time to time, we need to remember that when emotions start to take control constantly, we have to manage them.This is why “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy” is ...

Emotional abuse is a destructive way of controlling another using of emotions, whether that’s to shame, blame, criticize, embarrass, or manipulate.Once you find that your relationship has a consistent pattern of verbal abusiveness or bullying behaviors that intend to undermine your mental health or wear down your self-esteem, then you just might need to look for the exit.Because of the absence of any physical violence, it can take a while before you realize just how emotion...

When someone has an inflated sense of their importance and a deep need for admiration, they just might be a narcissist. But it’s not always so easy to spot them. Narcissists can be very charming and likable. You might even be dating one of them!Yes, you may be dating a narcissist. And while not all narcissists are bad people, some of them might be sinister enough to suck you into a very abusive spiral.So, if you find yourself constantly manipulated into doing things you don...

She came into the world under extreme circumstances. Vulnerable and fragile, her life began in a rundown orphanage.There weren't any reliable records about this precious baby girl, so one of the nurses cradled her, looked down at her adorable face and gave her a name... Lorna.Due to overcrowding and lack of resources, Lorna was relocated to two other orphanages, by the time she was three months old.When Lorna reached eight months, with...