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Psychedelics For Everyone: A Beginner’s Guide to these Powerful Medicines for Anxiety, Depression, A

"In Psychedelics for Everyone, a #1 Amazon Best Seller in 19 categories,Matt Zemon provides readers with an inspiring foundation for understanding the profound transformational power of psychedelics. As psychiatric methods and medicines have advanced over the past fifty years, there is an entire group of possible treatment methodologies that the United States—and much of the Western world—has chosen to ignore and demonize. Despite this, there is a wide breadth of medical practitioners and indigenous healers who recognize the benefits of psychedelic treatment. In Psychedelics for Everyone, Matt Zemon shares personal stories of his use of psychedelics, as well as presents curated, medically reviewed information from experts in the clinical use of psychedelics that is certain to make anyone reevaluate all they’ve been taught about drugs. In this book, you’ll learn: - How to microdose - Where and how you can take psychedelics legally - Techniques for psychedelic preparation and integration And much, much more…."

Matt Zemon (Author), Leslie Howard, Matt Zemon (Narrator)

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[German] - Sehnsucht und Hunger: Heilung von emotionalem Essen

"Wie kann ich genussvoll alles essen und dabei abnehmen? Wie kann ich mein persönliches Wohlfühlgewicht entspannt halten? Wie kann ich mein Verlangen, ohne Hunger zu essen, wirklich auflösen? Wenn wir mehr essen, als unser Körper braucht, essen wir 'emotional'– unsere Seele hungert. Die Lösung unseres Essproblems beginnt damit, dass wir unsere persönlichen Gründe erkennen und erspüren. Nur wenn wir unseren Körper als Sitz unserer Gefühle miteinbeziehen, ist eine dauerhafte Heilung möglich. Auf dieser zentralen Erkenntnis beruht das psychologisch fundierte Konzept Sehnsucht und Hunger. Die Therapeutin Maria C. Sanchez war selbst jahrelang stark übergewichtig und kennt deshalb das Leiden des emotionalen Essens aus eigener Erfahrung. Doch sie fand aus dem Teufelskreis heraus. Mit ihrem innovativen Ansatz erforscht und behandelt sie die tieferen seelischen Ursachen. Dadurch weist sie Menschen einen liebevollen Weg zurück zu sich selbst – und somit zum dauerhaften Wohlfühlgewicht."

Maria Sanchez (Author), Maria Sanchez (Narrator)

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The How We Grow Up: Understanding Adolescence

"''This is essential reading for parents.'' — Dr. Vivek Murthy, former U.S. Surgeon General Greatly expanding his award-winning New York Times series on the contemporary teen mental-health crisis, Pulitzer Prize–winning science reporter Matt Richtel delivers a groundbreaking investigation into adolescence, the pivotal life stage undergoing profound—and often confounding—transformation. One of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025 The transition from childhood to adulthood is a natural, evolution-honed cycle that now faces radical change and challenge. The adolescent brain, sculpted for this transition over eons of evolution, confronts a modern world that creates so much social pressure as to regularly exceed the capacities of the evolving mind. The problem comes as a bombardment of screen-based information pelts the brain just as adolescence is undergoing a second key change: puberty is hitting earlier. The result is a neurological mismatch between an ultra-potent environment and a still-maturing brain that can lead to anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. It is a crisis that is part of modern life but can only be truly grasped through a broad, grounded lens of the biology of adolescence itself. Through this lens, Richtel shows us how adolescents can understand themselves, and parents and educators can better help. For decades, this transition to adulthood has been defined by hormonal shifts that trigger the onset of puberty. But Richtel takes us where science now understands so much of the action is: the brain. A growing body of research that looks for the first time into budding adult neurobiology explains with untold clarity the emergence of the “social brain,” a craving for peer connection, and how the behaviors that follow pave the way for economic and social survival. This period necessarily involves testing—as the adolescent brain is programmed from birth to take risks and explore themselves and their environment—so that they may be able to thrive as they leave the insulated care of childhood. Richtel, diving deeply into new research and gripping personal stories, offers accessible, scientifically grounded answers to the most pressing questions about generational change. What explains adolescent behaviors, risk-taking, reward-seeking, and the ongoing mental health crisis? How does adolescence shape the future of the species? What is the nature of adolescence itself?"

Matt Richtel (Author), Joe Knezevich (Narrator)

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No Lost Causes Club

"Part confessional memoir, part vital guide, No Lost Causes Club is a compassionate exploration of what navigating sobriety looks like in our modern world, from the author behind the popular Instagram account @brutalrecovery. When she was told that her life expectancy could be as low as twenty-five if she did not stop drinking, Lauren felt absolutely nothing – then the sparks of despair. How was she here? Surely, sobriety was for middle-aged divorcées who’d lost everything, not young, struggling singers who didn’t have anything to lose in the first place? Besides, when alcohol is the only medicine that makes the world feel bearable, how can you possibly stop taking it? Six years later, Lauren has found her way to an intricate answer. Entwining practical, empathetic suggestions with intimate memoir, No Lost Causes Club is an intrinsically vulnerable and brutally honest exploration of what living a full life after you get clean looks like. From delving into the social complexities that often leave people hopelessly dependent on alcohol, to centring the struggles of those newly navigating sobriety, this book is a soothing balm for anyone wondering how to carve a beautiful life from a world that never made sense before."

Lauren McQuistin (Author), Lauren McQuistin (Narrator)

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The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit: Embrace Your Authentic Self and Harness Your True Potential

"‘Just focus more…’ ‘Just try harder…’ ‘Just spend less time on your phone…’ For decades, ADHD has been primarily associated with the image of the naughty, disruptive boy, leading countless neurodivergent women struggling to cope. Now, following a surge in late diagnosis among women, a prevailing new narrative is that it’s ‘…just a trend.’ If you’re tired of being told just to get on with it – even by yourself! – this audiobook is for you. In THE ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit Coach and Podcaster, Kate Moryoussef shares the psychology and science behind the challenges faced by women with ADHD and lays out a roadmap for you to uncover your authentic self. With practical tools on how to manage the mental, emotional, physical and hormonal burnout and to lean into your unique strengths to create more energy, joy and creativity, this audiobook will help you (re)learn to not only live with this brain difference, but also thrive with it. Kate Moryoussef is a wellbeing and lifestyle coach, EFT practitioner, mum to four kids and the host of the chart-topping podcast The ADHD Woman’s Wellbeing Podcast, which has generated 1.2 million downloads since its launch in early 2022. Kate regularly hosts one-off workshops, which she promotes on her podcast, and has many free and low-cost courses and workshops available at www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk. She is a regular contributor to ADDitudemag.com - a well-respected and leading site for peer-reviewed medical information on neurodiversity, as well as more lifestyle management support. ©2025 Kate Moryoussef (P)2025 DK Audio"

Kate Moryoussef (Author), Kate Moryoussef (Narrator)

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Fragile Minds: Stories from an NHS mental health ward

"Brought to you by Penguin. Beautifully wrought and staggeringly urgent , Fragile Minds documents Bella Jackson's time as a trainee mental health nurse, and the devastation and hope she encountered in winding corridors and behind locked doors. There is a narrative we’ve become comfortable with: Mental health services are underfunded and understaffed. But that is only half the story. The other half is messy and confronting; uncomfortable enough to make us look sharply away. It is the story of the staff who believed they could make a difference, but were worn down by morally ambiguous tasks, impossible workloads and a systemic resistance to change. It is the story of the patients who are failed by hastily made diagnoses, overreliance on medication, coercion, stigma and inconsistency of care, and of the inspiring individuals struggling for justice and revolution. With compassion and care Bella introduces us to a vivid cast of staff and patients, prompting us to look closer, ask questions and demand more for them. 'I loved this book. Its power is giving a real insight into a world that many of us are unfamiliar with but that we need to understand.' CHERRY HEALEY 'Beautiful and compelling, often distressing but ultimately hopeful.' PROFESSOR JIM LUCEY, Mental Health Commission IE 'This book will rock your complacency towards how we understand and treat mental health..A must read for anyone concerned about our whole society’s wellbeing.' TESSA McWATT, author of Shame On Me 'Sensitive and powerful. Bella Jackson tells incredible human stories with wisdom and insight. This is a very compassionate book. One that opens up a righteous anger at a system that's failing.' PROFESSOR SIMUKAI CHIGUDU author of upcoming When Will We Be Free? © Bella Jackson 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Bella Jackson (Author), Emma Fryer (Narrator)

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The Animal and the Thinker: Instinct, Reason and the Dance of Our Divided Selves

"Brought to you by Penguin. Why are we so often in conflict—arguing with ourselves and with others, uncertain over who we are and what we need from our lives? In The Animal and The Thinker, the world-leading, pioneering neuroscientist John Duncan explains that each of us is not just one person – we are two. On one side are our animal instincts, built on the sophisticated needs of human life through evolution, but struggling to navigate the complexity of modern life. On the other side is our rational brain which calculates and cogitates, but is often helpless in the face of bigger questions of meaning and purpose. Dovetailing these two competing sides of ourselves, Duncan draws on a lifetime’s pioneering work to attack puzzles that have concerned thinkers, writers and philosophers through human history. Right and wrong. Freedom and responsibility. Women and men. Democracy and justice. Ambition and fulfilment. Understanding how these two sides of ourselves interact offers revealing and often surprising answers to some of the great questions of our lives. Discover a new perspective on human behaviour, and learn how we can better understand ourselves, our struggles, and our search for meaning. © John Duncan 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

John Duncan (Author), John Sackville (Narrator)

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Mother of Methadone: A Doctor's Quest, a Forgotten History, and a Modern-Day Crisis

""An important chronicle of how stigma, inertia, and ignorance hamper our mental health system-a vital read for understanding both the history and the future of addiction care at a pivotal moment for our nation's health."-Carl Erik Fisher, MD, author of The Urge: Our Story of Addiction Brings together the stories of two doctors battling the opioid epidemic half a century apart to reveal the origins of today's public health crisis Dr. Melody Glenn was a burned-out emergency physician who had grown to resent the large population of opioid dependent patients passing through her ER. While working at a methadone clinic, she realized how effective harm reduction treatments could be and set out to discover why they weren't used more broadly. That's when she found Dr. Marie Nyswander. In the 1960's, Nyswander defied the DEA and medical establishment to co-develop methadone maintenance as a treatment for heroin addiction. According to some addiction specialists, its discovery could be considered as monumental as the discovery of penicillin. Yet, it still carries a stigma today. Deftly weaving together interviews, media coverage, and historical documents, Glenn recovers Nyswander's important legacy and reveals how the forces of racism, fearmongering politicians, and misinformation colluded to set us back decades in our understandings of opioids. With Nyswander as her guide, Glenn also shares her journey through addiction medicine as she confronts her own personal and philosophical quandaries around bias, ambition, and saviorism in the medical field. As the US continues to struggle with opioid and fentanyl use in communities, Mother of Methadone is a powerful reminder of the ways biases have prevented doctors from saving countless lives."

Melody Glenn (Author), Melanie Carey (Narrator)

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Inherited Fate: Family trauma and the ways of healing

"Brought to you by Penguin. The international bestseller. Our families shape who we are. From the circumstances of our conception and the family structure we are born into, to the expectations placed upon us and the love we receive, we are formed by our social and familial network. So if we want to truly know ourselves – to find out why we falter, to explain our anxieties, our repeated relationship patterns – we must look beyond our own lives and discover the secrets, unprocessed losses, and limiting beliefs of our parents, grandparents, and even to ancestors we have never met. In Inherited Fate, psychologist Noémi Orvos-Tóth invites the reader on a journey of self-awareness that spans generations. Illustrated with vivid stories and questions that invite the reader to engage personally, Inherited Fate is a fascinating framework for discovery of the self, the dismantling of inherited beliefs and the revelation of wisdom stored in the body. We cannot undo what has happened, but if we understand it, the past can help give a different shape to the present and to our future. Inherited Fate explores: - the impact of the events surrounding conception and birth – such as the stress our mothers experienced during pregnancy, the expectations of our parents about our sex or our role in the family, or where we fall in the birth order; - the far-reaching spillover effects of repressing trauma – both individual and collective; - the deep marks left by the attachment pattern formed in childhood, and how it returns in the relationships of adulthood; - how family secrets divide us, distort reality and destroy trust, even when they remain buried. ‘Illuminating . . . A compassionate understanding of how we can recognise and reconcile the legacies we carry.’ Galit Atlas, psychoanalyst and author of Emotional Inheritance ‘A deep and comprehensive look at the ways that those ordinary people we call “parents” unwittingly share their pain with their children; and how important it is for all of us “children” to be aware of such historical pain, and explore ways to transform it.’ Gwen Adshead, forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist and author of The Devil You Know 'A sage companion for anyone who has wanted, or needed, to confront the past and engage with the present. Inherited Fate is full of possibility and curiosity, and disrupts the avoidant gaze . . . Offers rigour to the ongoing conversation of embodied trauma.' Maxine Mei-Fung Chung, psychotherapist and author of What Women Want © Noemi Orvos-Toth 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Noemi Orvos-Toth (Author), Rachel Bavidge (Narrator)

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Connecting to Our Ancestral Past: Healing through Family Constellations, Ceremony, and Ritual

"Connecting to Our Ancestral Past is a pragmatic, spiritual journey that introduces a variety of specific rituals and conversations in connection with Constellations work, an experiential process that explores one's history and powerful events of the past in order to understand and resolve problems of the present. Constellations facilitator and author Francesca Mason Boring presents this therapeutic method in the context of cultures like the Shoshone, of which she is a member, that have seen the world through a prism of interrelationships for millennia. In Constellations work there is an organic quality that requires a discipline of non-judgment, one that is embraced in traditional native circles, where the whole truth of a person's life, roots, and trans-generational trauma or challenge is understood and included. Mason Boring provides a transformational walk through the universal indigenous field- that place of healing and knowledge used by Native healers and teachers for centuries-by describing stories and rituals designed to help people with their particular struggles. These rituals, such as 'Facing the Good Men'-designed to help women who have suffered abuse in relationships with men-reject Western notions of over-the-counter medication. Instead, they stress a comfortable environment whereby the 'client,' with the help of a facilitator, interacts with people chosen to represent concepts, things, and other people. In Western culture the word 'medicine' is thought of as a concrete object, but Mason Boring explains that indigenous cultures favor a process of healing as opposed to an itemized substance. She re-opens doors that have been closed due to the exclusion of indigenous technology in the development of many Western healing traditions and introduces new concepts to the lexicon of Western psychology. A range of voices from around the world-leaders in the fields of systems constellations, theoretical physics, and tribal traditions-contribute to this exploration of aboriginal perspectives that will benefit facilitators of Constellations work, therapists, and human beings who are trying to walk with open eyes and hearts."

Francesca Mason Boring (Author), Autumn Silvas (Narrator)

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You Already Know: The Science of Mastering Your Intuition

"Brought to you by Penguin. A research-backed framework to help you accomplish your most ambitious goals by honing and harnessing your most powerful yet underutilised resource: intuition. What sets the most successful people apart? While hard work is certainly a factor, Professor Laura Huang's extensive research – spanning entrepreneurs, investors, Olympic athletes and Pulitzer Prize winners – reveals that their greatest asset is something less tangible: intuition. That instinctive ‘gut feeling’ often determines who seizes opportunities and who misses them. In You Already Know, Laura breaks down the science behind intuition, explaining how it is formed from external data, accumulated wisdom and the subconscious insights we don’t even realise we have. What follows is a gut feeling, which shifts our perspective and drives us to act. Grounded in Huang’s pioneering research and enriched with insights from hundreds of illuminating interviews, this book offers a practical model for becoming better at recognising, understanding and enhancing your intuition to accomplish your most ambitious goals. What’s stopping you from unlocking your full potential? You already know. © Laura Huang 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Laura Huang (Author), Laura Huang (Narrator)

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Tell Me What You Like: An Honest Discussion of Sex and Intimacy After Sexual Assault

"The figures are shocking: 40% of American women and nearly a quarter of American men have been sexually assaulted. While #MeToo stories and the survivors who shared them have helped combat sexual harassment in the workplace, improved police interventions, and resulted in high-profile convictions, the public has only just begun to reckon with the impact sexual assault has on survivors. The ongoing silence points to the still-taboo intersection of two subjects: sexual assault and sexuality. Sex After Sexual Assault explores this crossroads through the lens of survivors' own stories. Millions of people across the United States experience sexual assault, and 94% of survivors experience symptoms of traumatic stress. These symptoms may affect our sex lives. This crucial book tackles the obstacles a survivor frequently faces while rebuilding a sex life after trauma. Each chapter includes a selection of survivors' stories. These stories illuminate how survivors have navigated their struggles into positive practices and outlooks and reimagined what sex and intimacy can look like. For survivors it is a guidebook, a road map, true stories to lean on. These are survivors' stories, but the broader picture they paint is for anybody seeking more intentional, connected, and pleasurable sex with the awareness that rape culture impacts everyone."

Katie Simon (Author), Rachel Perry (Narrator)

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