Facing your fears and understanding menopause? Most women have seen someone in their life, usually a mother or aunt, go through menopause. It’s a huge change that comes with a lot of different symptoms and changes within the body. You probably thought that it was something that only happened when you got to be much older. It’s one of the words no woman ever wants to hear, because it signifies a significant shift in a her life. I’m talking about menopause. The changes that take place during menopause can be confusing at best, and very upsetting at worst. That’s why it’s important to learn as much as you can about this natural process, instead of trying to ignore it or hide from it. When you take the time to understand exactly what’s happening to your body, you’re taking control of the situation. What seems like a completely random set of aches and ailments becomes a clear set of symptoms that you can predict and actually deal with. Am I too young for menopause? But did you know that it could happen to you as early as age 30? Do you sometimes wake up in the middle of the night, covered in a cold sweat? Are you feeling happy and bright one second, and then all of a sudden hit with a wave of sadness or anger? Maybe you’re having trouble controlling your bladder? As embarrassing as it all might seem, these are all actually completely normal occurrences ?for women in their 40’s and 50’s, as these are just a few of the symptoms that come with the early stages of menopause, which is known as perimenopause. There is not specific, exact time when a women is guaranteed to enter perimenopause. It happens at different times for different people. That’s why it’s so important to be aware of all the signs of menopause, otherwise you’re giving up control of your own health. Menopause can take place anywhere between age 30 and age 60, which is a pretty big gap. That’s why it’s so important to understand what is really going on during menopause, because you really never know when it could start. As you get older, we can start experiencing symptoms that are similar to those of menopause—like mood swings, tiredness, and irregular periods—without it actually being menopause. “Coping with Menopause: What women in their lives really need to know ” offers some great information to help you understand these changes, whenever they start to happen. Even though menopause is a natural process that happens to all of us, there’s still a few things that you need to keep an eye on to make sure that everything is happening the way it should. If you just write it off as “part of getting older,” then you could end up experiencing an increased risk of heart disease, a dangerous loss in bone density, or even a higher rate of bladder infections. Make sure you know what’s happening to your body, so you can stay healthy at any age.

From around 750BC to 12BC, the Celts were the most powerful people in central and northern Europe. With the expansion of the Roman Empire and the later Christianization of these lands, they were pushed to the fringes of north-western Spain, France and the British Isles. But there the mythology of these peoples held strong. The tales from Celtic myth were noted down and also absorbed into other cultures. From Roman and Christian scribes we know of characters like Morrigan the shape-shifting queen, who could change herself from a crow to a wolf, Cu Chulainn, who, mortally wounded in battle, tied himself with his own intestines to a rock so that he’d die standing up, and the Cauldron of Bran, which could restore life. Other than being fascinating in their own right, Celtic legends are of interest for the influence they had over subsequent mythologies. The story of the Holy Grail first appears in medieval romances but its antecedents can be found in the Celtic tale, the Mabinogion. Illustrated with more than 180 colour and black-and-white artworks and photographs and maps, Celtic Legends is an expertly written account of the mythological tales that both fascinate us and influence other writings.

Most people believe the secret to being skinny is eating everything in moderation. We’ve heard it a million times. But this is not true. All foods are not created equal. The secret to losing weight is finding the foods that make you fat. Originally published as Zero Tolerance Diet. The Zero Tolerance Diet is an elimination diet. You eliminate the seven foods most people are intolerant to for three weeks, while you eat the right proteins, fibres, fats and vegetables. After three weeks, you reintroduce foods, one at a time, to see which foods your body can tolerate. It’s that simple. Most people lose 5-10 pounds in the first week! Eating in moderation and counting calories does not work. This is why the average 30-year-old, who consumes a moderate caloric diet while eating the wrong foods, will be ten pounds heavier by the time they reach 40. Different foods work better for different people. With this book, JJ Virgin will help you find the right foods for you. With details on foods to avoid, processes for reintroducing foods, easy recipes and tips for eating out and sustaining your success, JJ will show you how to have Zero Tolerance for weight gain, bloating, inflammation and fatigue. JJ is close to 50 years old and puts most younger women’s bodies to shame. And so do her thousands of clients. With the right guidance you can too. Fat is not your fate.

Insulin resistance, or Syndrome X, is taking the health world by storm and is linked to conditions such as obesity, type II diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. This practical and accessible workbook allows sufferers to treat and prevent insulin resistance, leading to life long good health. Insulin resistance, or Syndrome X, is a growing problem in the West due to a diet high in refined sugars and carbohydrates. It is linked to several of the most serious health conditions such as the endemic levels of obesity, type II diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. This book is a practical guide to treating and preventing insulin resistance through diet, including increase levels of the right fats and proteins and fewer refined carbohydrates. Includes all the facts surrounding Syndrome X, diagnostic questionnaires, case studies and a clear self-help plan that has evolved from Antony’s unique nutritional approach.

An eating plan and over 100 delicious recipes to suit each of the blood types, in a diet made famous by D’Adamo’s bestselling Eat Right for Your Type. Peter D'Adamo's book Eat Right 4 Your Type has revolutionised the way many people eat. The theory behind it is that the four different blood groups; O, A, B and AB need four different diets. What may be beneficial to one blood group is undoubtedly harmful to another. The Blood Type Diet Cookbook explains the workings of the diet, and as it is written by real ‘food lovers’ rather than a nutritionist, it provides truly delicious recipes for enthusiasts of this bestselling and revolutionary diet. The book contains: ?easy-to-follow plan ?blood type food lists ?over 100 recipes which can be adapted to suit the different blood types.

A key guide to the latest developments in assessment and aptitude testing. Aptitude tests – also known as psychometric or IQ tests – are being relied on more and more by employers, schools and colleges. This book clearly explains how to be prepared for every aspect of the aptitude tests as well as tips on handling follow-up interviews. It incorporates new graduate and managerial level tests, as well as up-to-date information on internet-based methods of selection. More How To Win At Aptitude Tests is an essential aid for anyone faced with an aptitude or psychometric test. Includes: How to Boost your Numerical ability ? Improve your Verbal, Abstract and Spatial reasoning ? Increase your Speed and Accuracy. ? Answers are supplied for every test. Healy explains how to best prepare for the test and what to expect from the session itself, as well as the follow-up/validation interview.

Hope - and Help - for Your Child For 20 years, Dr. Ricki Robinson has been providing comprehensive and compassionate care for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Her integrative, strengths-based approach to treatment includes a thorough evaluation of your child’s medical, developmental, social, emotional, behavioral and educational issues to find the solutions that maximize your child’s health and well-being. Autism Solutions gives parents a greater understanding of their child’s unique learning, sensory, and medical profile. Recognizing that no parent can do this alone and here Dr. Robinson explains how to establish a team of professionals who can work with the child to give him or her the opportunity to live well, learn, interact and thrive. Autism Solutions covers a wide range of issues including: · - Helping your child relate, communicate and think · - Recognizing and overcoming common health challenges · - Effectively treating diseases and disorders that frequently accompany autism · - Developing creative solutions to communication issues · - Understanding how behavior can be a form of communication and how to ‘hear’ what a child is telling you · - Coping with family, siblings, and society · - Unlocking your child’s full potential Infused with hope, this practical guide will help parents better understand their child and, most importantly, help their child to be the best he can be.

All foods are either acid- or alkaline-forming and the body's health and beauty is entirely affected by choosing the right balance.Too many acid-forming foods can lead to conditions such as low energy, lifeless skin and hair and brittle bones.This practical book provides a 3 stage plan, food lists and simple recipe ideas. Each food we eat is either acid- or alkaline-forming due to how it is metabolised at cellular level. As our body is held within a particular alkaline range, alkaline-forming foods pose no problems to the body- but if we eat too many acid-forming foods, our body does not have the mechanisms to deal with them. A diet too high in acid-forming foods, such as cheese, wheat, sugar, processed foods and meat, can result in a wide range of health problems, including low energy, weight gain, skin problems, dull hair and eyes, brittle bones and hormonal imbalances. The plan has three stages: 1) concentrates on your drinking habits, getting you to drink water on the hour and replace coffee, tea, and fizzy drinks with healthier options, bit by bit. 2) helps you decrease the wheat and dairy in your diet, increasing vegetable content to replenish your mineral store and the calcium in your bones. 3) is the alkaline diet where you are introduced to more raw or less cooked veggies. At this stage you can reintroduce more fruit and fruit juice (which are acid forming) The book contains a list of 80 alkaline forming foods to use and 20 of the better acid-forming foods and over 40 simple recipe ideas to reduce your toxic load.

A six-step, practical guide that helps you through the first few weeks following diagnosis. Cancer is a Word, Not a Sentence is a straightforward guide to life after diagnosis. It explains what your diagnosis actually means, what the tests are about, what the future holds, how to judge the treatment options open to you, how to cope with the side effects, and the inevitable ups and downs you experience following treatment. Dr Buckman focuses on the day-to-day: how to talk to your partner, children and friends, and how to communicate with your medical team. There's even a section addressed to those close to you who 'just don't know what to say.' His informed, no-nonsense approach offers reliable and essential facts and advice for everyone dealing with a diagnosis of cancer.

A step-by-step guide to placing the perfect order and bringing happiness to all areas of your life. Jonathan Cainer's Cosmic Ordering gave you the theory. Now you need to put it into practice! This practical guide helps you order your way to perfect happiness in 7 easy steps: 1. Understand the Universe 2. Decide what you want 3. Turn your wants into orders 4. Take charge of your thoughts and beliefs 5. Access your inner power 6. Place your order 7. Let the Universe decide the how This is the only step-by-step guide to cosmic ordering available, getting you to write it down as you go along to define your order and make it a reality. Improve every area of your life, and discover the secret to health, money, love, success and unlimited happiness. Contains: ? Questionnaires and worksheets to help you make it happen (eg. if you were to begin your life right now, name the five most important things you would want; name three things you are grateful for; keep your evidence diary) ? Tips for completing the worksheets (eg. which area takes priority?) ? Exercises (eg. how to access a deeply relaxed state) ? Case studies

This is Not a Book About Settling. We’re the generation destined to Have It All—a great job, the perfect family, and the time to enjoy both. But between the conference calls and soccer practices, do you feel like you’ve lost track of what really makes you happy? And are you finding out the hard way that you can’t do everything? The truth is that you can have it all. The secret is creating an "all" that you love. Join a growing new wave of mothers who are learning to let go of the little things and focus on what they really want out of their career, their family and their lives. Through their ground-breaking research, Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple have discovered a paradigm shift in motherhood today: more and more mothers are losing their Never Enough attitude and embracing a Good Enough mind-set to be happier, more confident and more successful. Filled with inspiring first-hand accounts from Good Enough mothers and drawn from the latest research, Good Enough is the New Perfect is a true roadmap for the incredible balancing act we call motherhood. Discover the New Perfect for yourself—and see just how fulfilling modern motherhood really can be.

TAURUS Discover what lies ahead of you in 2014. Join world renowned astrologer Dadhichi as he takes you on a journey into your future. As a Taurean, you are meticulous, giving careful consideration to all plans before putting them into action. You can be stubborn and, when provoked, your bull’s horns are exhibited for the world to see. You love the finer things in life and work hard to make sure you can have them. With the use of this book you will learn which star signs suit your passionate yet dependable personality, how to make the most of your efficiency and productivity in the workplace and what to expect in 2014. Your stars will reveal ? Monthly and daily predictions for 2014. ? Insights into the Taurean woman, man and child. ? Which star signs you are best matched with as well as who to avoid in the areas of love, friendship and the workplace. ? Ways to harness your career potential and tips for financial success. ? How to optimise your health and beauty.

A pocket-sized book filled with inspirational religious thoughts on the theme of comfort. Each page has an inspirational thought or idea, along with a related Bible reference for futrther reading and encouragement. 'God is the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles.' The world is filled with people carrying heavy sorrows. With such burdens, it's not easy to find any peace, let alone real comfort. God's Little Book of Comfort brings reassurance and encouragement for those dark and difficult times. Each of these charming gift books feature inspiring thoughts and quotes, with background illustrations and references to relevant Bible passages for further reading and encouragement. Every page has an inspiring idea or phrase and a Bible reference. Quotes are from a variety of sources and include contributions from well-known figures like Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King. Looking at aspects of life that affect every individual, 'God's little book of…' are accessible and inspiring reads.

For anyone who suffers from back problems and wants instant relief, these 5-minute exercises, techniques and ideas will soothe aches and discomfort. Whether you are suffering from back pain, recovering from a back problem or seeking ways to prevent back pain, this one-stop guide is packed with quick solutions endorsed and recommended by the Royal College of General Practitioners. Before visiting your health professional, see if you can banish back pain forever with a 5-minute instant fix for relief. The book includes the following: ? Introduction, including how to maintain a healthy back, what can go wrong and a discussion of serious back conditions. ? Relief through posture and 5-minute relief using the Alexander Technique. ? Back relief through aromatherapy, posture, massage, stretch, yoga, water, walking, reflexology, increased blood flow, heat, osteopathy and chiropractics, herbalism and Reiki. ? Preventative methods – the golden rules. ? Troubleshooting back pain.

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 fear, phobia or panic attack. These can have a devastating effect on people’s lives, holding them back and making them feel isolated and depressed. ? Using her unique combination of skills as a master NLP practitioner, Thought Field Therapist, Hypnotherapist and Reiki Master, former sufferer Gloria Thomas gives readers the tools they need to take control of their fears in even the most knee-trembling situations and banish them forever. ? Covers specific trigger situations, such as crowds, air travel, conference speaking, visiting the dentist, agoraphobia, being on your own, the dark, etc, as well as first aid ‘what to do during an anxiety or panic attack’. ? Gloria’s techniques include thought field therapy, cognitive/behavioural techniques, visualization, affirmation, self-hypnosis *s, breathing, anchoring, Reiki methods, etc. ? Morale-boosting real-life stories Please note that this edition does not include a CD.

Bite-sized yoga that fits in with your everyday life and gives instant results. Get all the benefits from yoga by practising for just 15-minutes during your normal working day. Whether at home, in the office, at classes – all you need is 15 minutes to make a difference to your life. ? Brief introduction to hatha yoga, and its benefits ? When and where to practise yoga ? Breathing and relaxation ? 15-minute morning yoga exercises (to wake you up and focus your mind and body) ? 15-minute evening/after work yoga exercises (to help you wind down) ? 15-minute bedtime yoga exercises (to help you relax, overcome insomnia and put the events of a busy day into perspective) The 15-minute sessions within each section can be practised by all levels from beginner to advanced, and you can choose the time of day, which best fits your lifestyle to practice. Just decide which session suits you or vary them.

A clear practical introduction to Pilates. This form of exercise has been growing in popularity and is now being recommended by osteopaths, physiotherapists and GPs as one of the safest forms of exercise today. Gem Pilates demonstrates the various exercises with illustrated step-by-step instructions for easy use at home. A clear introduction to what Pilates is, how it has developed since it was invented by Jospeh Pilates in the 1920s, and how it works on keeping the body strong and healthy and improving posture and alignment. What to expect in a Pilates class and the equipment used in the gym. Step by step instructions to over 20 movements that you can practise at home on a mat with minimal equipment. The basic principles of Pilates: ? Centring ? Alignment ? Breathing ? Control ? Precision ? Flowing Movement ? Relaxation.

Following on from First Directions .. this new series provides a more in-depth, sophisticated introduction. An in depth look at chakras. The term chakra comes from the Sanskrit word for `wheel’. They are centres of energy and part of a greater network of subtle energies that pervade the body. The chakras will be placed in a cross-cultural, historical context, showing how knowledge of the chakras can be found in ancient spiritual traditions the world over. The reader will be introduced to a variety of practical exercises. These will include visualizations, meditations, breath awareness and specific postures, all designed to encourage practice and direct experience of the chakras.

The Journey is a simple, revolutionary set of techniques that has freed thousands from lifelong emotional and physical blocks – from addiction, depression and low self-esteem to chronic pain and illness. The Journey was born of Brandon Bays’ extraordinary experience of healing from a football-sized tumour, without drugs or surgery, in 6 weeks. Forced to go beyond the limits of known alternative therapies (she had been working in mind/body healing for two decades) she was catapulted into a remarkable, soul searching and ultimately ground-breaking healing journey. She pioneered a remarkable healing technique that guides us directly to the root cause of a longstanding difficulty– emotional or physical–and then gives us the tools to resolve it. At the most sophisticated nexus of mind-body healing today, the Journey offers a simple imaginative process that is a revolutionary way to actually access memories held in specific parts of the body, bringing the latest findings of energy medicine into a fast, effective technique that anyone from a child to a CEO can use.

Gem GI is a clear introduction to what a GI diet is and how it works. It explains the difference between the glycemic index of a food and its glycemic load. The GI food counter rates hundreds of foods using a simple traffic-light system: red for foods to avoid, amber for foods to eat occasionally and green for foods to focus on. Contains a clear introduction to GI diets and how they work. Cuts through the jargon associated with technical sounding terms such as glycemic index and loads. The food rater operates as in the Gem Calorie and Carb counters giving the GI rating as well as calories and carbs for hundreds of different foods. Provides tips and advice on how to use GI dieting most effectively and helps you maintain a healthy eating regime. There is also a useful guide to what to choose when eating at your favourite Chinese, Italian, Mexican, etc, restaurants.

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of "Bumble", the legendary SkySports cricket commentator who's one ball short of an over and delivers madcap moments galore in this ebullient, endearing and hilarious new book. David "Bumble" Lloyd is a legend in our living rooms, a genuine "good bloke" all cricket fans feel they know inside out because of his infectious, larger-than-life personality and that distinctive Lancashire burr. Bumble has become the one constant for passionate English fans in cricket's rapidly changing landscape. He has earned cult status as a commentator and pundit, with viewers loving his unerring dedication to the game's great fables. The World According to Bumble: Start the Car revels in the quirkier and humorous side of cricket, while offering behind-the-scenes action of Lloyd's years spent following cricket around the globe, from Accrington to Lahore. Bumble waxes lyrical on everything from the genius of Shane Warne to the merits of Lancashire’s premier pies … and the delights of finishing the day with a couple of pints and a curry. Enjoy the camaraderie that exists among the SkySports team - including former England captains Sir Ian Botham, Michael Atherton, Nasser Hussain and David Gower - and laugh out loud at the stories and anecdotes which have forged Bumble's character. Whether he is holding up play to retrieve lost balls from the top of sight-screens, or enacting mock pitch reports from car parks, Bumble is capable of stealing the limelight at all times.