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Author
Publisher
Microcosm Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"Nuestros cerebros están haciendo todo lo posible para ayudarnos, pero pueden ser unos cabrones. A veces, parece que tu propio cerebro está tratando de atraparte, deshaciéndose en medio de la tienda de comestibles, creando pleitos con tu acompañante, volviéndote adicto a algo, o bloqueándose por completo en los peores momentos posibles. Ya le dijiste a tu cerebro con firmeza que no es bueno hacer estas cosas. Pero tu cerebro tiene una mente...
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
Why do so many women become obsessed with the wrong men--men who are emotionally unavailable, addicted to work, alcohol, or other women--men who cannot love them back? Robin Norwood helps these women recognize, understand, and change the way they love through a series of intimate, revealing case histories.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The story of a sick baby bird nursed back to health and into the wild.
When Jemima, a young orphaned blue jay, is brought to wildlife rehabilitator Zickefoose, she is a virtually tailless, palm-sized bundle of gray-blue fluff. Though starved and very sick, she is nursed back to health and raised for eventual release. In the meantime, Jemima takes over the house and the rest of the author's summer. Shortly after release Jemima turns up with a deadly...
607) Monsieur Lazhar
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Français
Description
" ... the ... story of a Montreal middle school class shaken by the death of their well-liked teacher, and the 55-year-old Algerian immigrant who offers his services as a substitute teacher and aids the process of collective healing"--Container.
Author
Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Some people can fight off infections relatively easily, with minor symptoms, while others suffer severely. But these outcomes--and our immune responses against them--aren't fixed; we can build immune resilience. But how? The answer goes beyond popping vitamin C and zinc during flu season. As clinical nutritionist Romilly Hodges reveals, our immune system is intricate and multifaceted, and powerfully impacted by what we eat, as well as by our lifestyle...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"There are many routes to mental well-being. In this groundbreaking book, neuroscientist Camilla Nord offers a fascinating tour of the scientific developments that are revolutionising the way we think about mental health, showing why and how events--and treatments--can affect people in such different ways. Nord explains how our brain constructs our sense of mental health--actively striving to maintain balance in response to our changing circumstances....
Author
Publisher
Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Now is the time for you to have the energy to live the life of your choosing. Chronic fatigue, burnout, brain fog-no matter what we call it, our constant feeling of being drained affects all that we hold dear. There are very real culprits of our fatigue, and they don't lie in our preconceived notions of caffeine intake or adrenal fatigue, nor does the replenishment of our energy lie in overhauling our lifestyle in time-consuming and unrealistic ways....
Publisher
This Might Hurt
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
An intimate vérité film that follows three chronic pain patients who have spent years trying to cure their illness through modern medicine without success. Desperate for relief, they enter a mind-body medicine program - run by Dr. Howard Schubiner - that focuses on uncovering buried trauma at the root of their suffering, and retraining their brains to turn off pain.
Author
Publisher
Harperwave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"An empowering, soul-baring personal account and guide from a two-time cancer survivor and healthcare disrupter that shows anyone how to deal with a frightening medical diagnosis in America today, providing the knowledge necessary to take ownership of personal wellbeing and maximize the chances for survival. More than twenty-five years ago, Kathryn Giusti was diagnosed with multiple myeloma at age thirty-seven and given three years to live. With...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Diabetes is a hidden epidemic that affects over 100 million people in the US, claiming more lives than cancer and HIV combined and costing close to $350 billion each year. Blood Sugar Rising puts human faces to these statistics, presenting personal stories that showcase the struggles of living with this illness and revealing new hopes for better diabetes management and prevention." --Amazon
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When Suzanne Scanlon was a student at Barnard in the 90s, grieving the loss of her mother-feeling untethered and swimming through inarticulable pain-she made a suicide attempt at twenty years old that landed her in the New York State Psychiatric Institute. After nearly four years and countless experimental treatments, Suzanne left the ward on shaky legs. In the decades it took her to recover from the experience, Suzanne came to understand her suffering...
619) Clarity & connection
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A collection of poetry and short prose focused on understanding how past wounds impact our present relationships. The author describes how intense emotions accumulate in our subconscious and condition us to act and react in certain ways. In a spare, poetic style, he guides readers through the excavation and release of the past that is required for growth.
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