"Twelve years ago, author Stephen Nawotniak was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after a weeklong hospitalization for a severe case of depression. He has been coping with the symptoms and in the process of recovery since. In Handbook for Healthy Living with a Mood Disorder, he offers an experienced-based sharing of skills and tools that have worked for him. Relying on his experience as an occupational therapist, he focuses on constructing a meaningful quality of life using life skills that are effective and important for everybody while addressing and accommodating the needs unique to a bipolar disorder. He explores the intervention approaches—developing skills, modifying tasks, providing tools, modifying contexts, adapting environments, and developing task alternatives—that allowed him to differentiate his diagnosis from his personality, discern problem areas, and restructure his lifestyle so that he could successfully live with the condition and not simply manage or cope with it as an illness. Using his methods, you can do the same. Praise for Handbook for Healthy Living with a Mood Disorder “Steve has taken his lived experience with a mood disorder, his self-help peer support group facilitation skills, and his successful career path as an occupational therapist and created an easy-to-use self-help workbook that allows you to become your own life coach. … I recommend the book for anyone who would like to make changes to improve life in any or all of the dimensions of recovery and wellness.” —Rita Cronise, coordinator for the International Association of Peer Supporters (iNAPS) “This book is highly recommended as a clinical method for his perspective on living with the ups and downs of this condition with a graded, positive process. … Nawotniak is creative in the language he uses, which is appealing, practical and original, conveying his message with an immediacy that is typical of occupational therapy interventions.” —Mary Donohue, PhD, OTL, FAOTA"

Handbook for Healthy Living with a Mood Disorder

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Nawotniak, Stephen

Mental Health

True Directions

This is an incredible, inspiring true story of a young man's dream and stubborn courage. Nicholas Isika left Kenya as a teenager and arrived in the United States with only forty-five dollars in his pocket, but he earned an education at Augustana Academy in Canton, South Dakota. Even then, it was never a given that he would build a career in finance and a successful international business. Much of his success can be traced back to the wisdom instilled in him by his parents, who always told him, "The mind that won't quit through hard times and refuses to sit and wait, but applies action instead, is the mind that will succeed" You'll be inspired by Nick's journey from farming in Kenya to playing an important role in high-stakes business in his adopted country. His perseverance, family values, and intelligence allowed him to learn tremendous lessons while traveling down Rivers of Courage and Doubt.

Rivers of Courage and Doubt

Religion & Spirituality

Isika, Nicholas

New Age & Spirituality

Gathering No Moss: Memoir of a Reluctant World Traveler

Don Feeney has seen it all. As a diplomat working for the United States, he served in embassies and consulates around the world. As an air force officer, he had some daring exploits of varying levels of sanity and sophistication. He's lived, worked, and played in more than fifty countries on five continents. In his memoir Gathering No Moss, Feeney recalls his three-decade trip down the wild, weird, and surprising journeys of his life. A somewhat reluctant traveler, he conveys the heavy burden of loneliness on the road while driven by the search for meaning, spirituality, and love. His life has been one of thought-provoking questions, highly charged emotional situations, and brushes with both greatness and tragedy. He's been an airman, an officer, an instructor, a commander, an administrator, a trainer, a consular officer, a manager, and a diplomat. He's sold paintings on a street corner, washed dishes, worked in a paper mill, flipped hamburgers, painted houses, and tended bar. He smoked pot, drank too much, and fell in (and out) of love (including four marriages). He went AWOL, was shot at three times, survived a brain aneurysm, and beat colon cancer. His mantra- "The more you know, the more you don't know sh*t" or TMYKTMYDKS-reminds us all that the human mind will never let you understand the human mind.

Biographies & Memoirs

Feeney, Don

Leaders & Notable People

Don Feeney has seen it all. As a diplomat working for the United States, he served in embassies and consulates around the world. As an air force officer, he had some daring exploits of varying levels of sanity and sophistication. He's lived, worked, and played in more than fifty countries on five continents. In his memoir Gathering No Moss, Feeney recalls his three-decade trip down the wild, weird, and surprising journeys of his life. A somewhat reluctant traveler, he conveys the heavy burden of loneliness on the road while driven by the search for meaning, spirituality, and love. His life has been one of thought-provoking questions, highly charged emotional situations, and brushes with both greatness and tragedy. He's been an airman, an officer, an instructor, a commander, an administrator, a trainer, a consular officer, a manager, and a diplomat. He's sold paintings on a street corner, washed dishes, worked in a paper mill, flipped hamburgers, painted houses, and tended bar. He smoked pot, drank too much, and fell in (and out) of love (including four marriages). He went AWOL, was shot at three times, survived a brain aneurysm, and beat colon cancer. His mantra-"The more you know, the more you don't know sh*t" or TMYKTMYDKS-reminds us all that the human mind will never let you understand the human mind.

Jane Carson-Sandler, a native of Northern New Jersey, entered the US Air Force Nurse Corps in 1969 and retired in 1999 after serving 30 years of active and reserve duty. Seven years after entering the military, she was raped in her own home while her three year old son was lying beside her. Thirty eight years have passed. This notorious rapist and serial killer, known as the East Area Rapist (EAR), has raped 50 women and has murdered twelve people including men and women in California. He still has not been caught. With raw emotion, Jane's story entails how she survived not only this trauma, but some other bruising encounters with death such as her battle with alcohol and other serious health issues. Through the Grace and love of God, Jane went from being a victim to a survivor. She describes her God inspired journey in making this transition in hopes of helping and inspiring others. Jane holds an MA in Management from Pepperdine University and a BS in Nursing from California State University. In February of 2013, Jane was interviewed on the TV program "Dark Minds" on the Investigation Discovery Channel. Frozen in Fear is the amazing story of one brave Christian woman's spiritual journey from a life-threatening rape, alcoholism and complete despair to God's healing through his peace and grace. A great inspirational read. -John Kelly, Profiler, Co-Star Dark Minds

Frozen in Fear: A True Story of Surviving the Shadows of Death

Carson-Sandler, Jane

Community & Culture

Ayahuasca: Soul Medicine of the Amazon Jungle: A Comprehensive and Practical Guide

More and more people from all walks of life and spiritual and religious backgrounds feel drawn to ayahuasca in often surprising ways. In Ayahuasca: Soul Medicine of the Amazon Jungle, author Javier Regueiro offers a guide for those new to the use of this powerful medicine that originates in the Amazon rainforest. Javier Regueiro not only provides general information about ayahuasca, but he bridges the cultural gap between the native and the current use of ayahuasca by Westerners. This guide offers background about the plant medicine, its history, and how to engage with and learn through its use. It includes stories of Javier's personal experience of transformation, as well as stories from those he's guided in ceremonies Addressed to the ever-increasing number of people who approach this medicine for their own personal healing and development, this guidebook provides clear and practical advice on how to use this therapeutic modality in a fashion that is meaningful to modern people for a maximum of benefit.

Regueiro, Javier

\ More and more people from all walks of life and spiritual and religious backgrounds feel drawn to ayahuasca in often surprising ways. In Ayahuasca: Soul Medicine of the Amazon Jungle, author Javier Regueiro offers a guide for those new to the use of this powerful medicine that originates in the Amazon rainforest. Javier Regueiro not only provides general information about ayahuasca, but he bridges the cultural gap between the native and the current use of ayahuasca by Westerners. This guide offers background about the plant medicine, its history, and how to engage with and learn through its use. It includes stories of Javier?s personal experience of transformation, as well as stories from those he?s guided in ceremonies Addressed to the ever-increasing number of people who approach this medicine for their own personal healing and development, this guidebook provides clear and practical advice on how to use this therapeutic modality in a fashion that is meaningful to modern people for a maximum of benefit.

Fruitful Embraces: Sexuality, Love, and Justice

Sexuality and justice often seem odd bedfellows. Sexual embraces of intimacy and passion thrive in our private lives, while justice safeguards the laws and duties that govern the public realm. Yet intuitively, we sense there are deeper connections. Both sexuality and justice support the holistic ideal proclaimed by the early Christian writer Ireneaus: the glory of God is the human person fully alive. Evelyn and James Whitehead combine professional expertise as a psychologist and historian of religion as well as personal experiences and extensive research to explore the interplay of sexuality, love, and justice on the spiritual journey today. While drawing on biblical themes and contemporary psychological insight, the Whiteheads examine modern experiences of attachment and vulnerability, marriage and friendship, compassion and sexual diversity, and the psychological and spiritual experiences of transgender persons-a new and often bewildering consideration for many Christians. Included is a reflection on a prophetic Christian ministry in support of sexuality and justice that illustrates the importance of moral awareness and sensual attunement to the world. Fruitful Embraces utilizes Christian theology and effective pastoral ministry to explore the vital connections between sexuality and Christian spirituality and links between compassion and justice that will encourage anyone on a spiritual journey to open their hearts and minds to the extravagant diversity of creation.

Whitehead, James D.

E, Evelyn

Christian Books & Bibles

Forsythe Natural Health Guide From A to Z: For Common Diseases and Symptoms

Determined to obliterate the mistruths, misconceptions and ineffective strategies embraced by mainstream medicine, internationally acclaimed physician James W. Forsythe compiled this comprehensive listing of natural treatments for many ailments. One of only a handful of integrative medical oncologists in the United States, as a licensed Homeopath and a standard-medicine physician as well, Doctor Forsythe blows the lid off ineffective allopathic medicine, which often involves costly addictive drugs that never work anyway. Compiled in an easy-to-follow manner that average people can easily understand, this comprehensive Forsythe Natural Remedies Guide lists effective non-toxic natural remedies for a vast array of ailments ranging from muscular diseases to pain control and cancer, plus common ailments including digestive problems and acne. Consumers should consider this alphabetical listing from A to Z as an irreplaceable "must-have guide" for most everyday medical needs. These natural remedies can save you money, and prevent addictions to pricy but ineffective pharmaceuticals-all while treating the underlying conditions that cause certain health problems, rather than merely addressing symptoms.

Forsythe M D, H M D

Alternative Medicine

The Thorny Road to Success: A Memoir

Karl Maramorosch may be best known for his accomplishments as a top scientist, but the story of how he became such a success has never been told-until now. Born in Vienna in 1915, his family moved to Poland, and he fled with his wife, Irene, to Romania in September 1939.  They spent four years in Polish refugee camps and were in Sovietoccupied Romania until October 1946, before coming to the United States in January 1947 on an immigration visa.  But they did not arrive unscathed: Maramorosch's father died in the gas chamber in Belzec in 1942, and his mother also died at the camp. His brother died in the Kolomyya jail on Yom Kippur in 1942. His wife's closest relatives died in Treblinka in 1942.  The inseparable couple refused to let any of that stop them from forging ahead: He began a scientific career that spanned more than sixty years, and she became a librarian at the New York Public Library, where she worked thirty years.  Maramorosch recalls the painful losses of the past and the brutalities of war, but he also celebrates his love for his wife and life in The Thorny Road to Success.

Maramorosch, Karl

Historical

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Handbook for Healthy Living with a Mood Disorder

Rivers of Courage and Doubt

Gathering No Moss: Memoir of a Reluctant World Traveler

Gathering No Moss: Memoir of a Reluctant World Traveler

Frozen in Fear: A True Story of Surviving the Shadows of Death

Ayahuasca: Soul Medicine of the Amazon Jungle: A Comprehensive and Practical Guide

Ayahuasca: Soul Medicine of the Amazon Jungle: A Comprehensive and Practical Guide

Fruitful Embraces: Sexuality, Love, and Justice

Forsythe Natural Health Guide From A to Z: For Common Diseases and Symptoms

The Thorny Road to Success: A Memoir