Health & Fitness

Vax Facts is a one-stop-shop for all the information parents and guardians need to make an informed choice about childhood vaccinations.

The challenge for most who are wrestling with whether to give a vaccine is a lack of understanding about what information they really need to make an informed decision.

Written by a pediatrician who witnessed the difference over decades in the health outcomes of the vaccinated, partially vaccinated, and unvaccinated children in his practice, Vax Facts will enlighten parents and guardians and provide the information needed for informed consent.

Covering each of the vaccines recommended by the CDC and doctors, from pregnancy through the teen years, this detailed guide breaks down the ingredients, the lack of safety testing, and the side effects and risks of the vaccines.

With the help of simple data tables that compare the rates of death from the diseases for which we have vaccines and the rates of death from the vaccines themselves, parents and guardians can easily decide what’s right for their children.

With almost four million births per year in the United States, this useful resource will resonate with all who are pregnant or considering pregnancy, and all parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles who are considering whether vaccination is appropriate for a family member or loved one.

At the end of each chapter, Just a Mom (coauthor DeeDee Hoover) shares personal stories and reflections that allow readers to connect with the information.

This information-packed guide is for all those asking “Should I get my child vaccinated?” who want more than just a yes/no answer. After reading Vax Facts, parents and guardians will be able to decide with confidence whether vaccination is the right choice for their loved one.

Offers the most powerful case yet for ending our exploitation of animals for food

Millions of Americans see themselves as "conflicted omnivores," worrying about the ethical and environmental implications of their choice to eat animals. Yet their attempts to justify their choices only obscure the truth of the matter: in John Sanbonmatsu’s view, killing and eating animals is unethical, regardless of whether they are "free range" or factory farmed. Shattering the conventional wisdom around the meat economy, he reframes the question of animal agriculture from one of "sustainability" to one of existential and moral purpose, presenting a powerful case for the total abolition of the animal economy. In a rejoinder to Michael Pollan and other critics who have told us that we can have our meat and our consciences, too, he shows why "humane meat" is always a contradiction in terms.

The Omnivore’s Deception provides a deeply observed philosophical meditation on the nature of our relationship with animals. Peeling back the myriad layers of myth, falsehoods, and bad faith that keep us eating meat, the book offers a novel perspective on our troubled relations with animals in the food economy. The problem with raising and killing animals for food isn't just that it's "bad for the environment,” but the wrong way to live a human life.

A tour de force of moral philosophy and cultural critique, The Omnivore's Deception will change the way we think about meat, animals, and human purpose.

In Wild & Well, Dani Williamson helps readers connect to a healthy, brighter future as well as help them find a community that will support and encourage them.

In a time when there is access to more knowledge and resources than ever before, and the power of information is literally in the palm of one’s hand, a strange thing is happening: People still believe most of what they hear. Sadly, the idea that one has to feel worse and take more prescriptions as they age is just a lie, plain and simple. It’s a lie that has kept people stuck not in a healthcare system but in a sick-care system that doesn't profit from happy, healthy patients. Dani Williamson helps readers break free from that untruth and allow them to re-discover how they were meant to live… Wild & Well!

In Wild & Well, readers dive with Dani into a discussion of the modern state of health in America and learn the six steps they can take into order to reclaim their health, relationships, intimacy with their spouse, and faith in the fact that they are fearfully and wonderfully made. Readers learn that it’s not as hard as they think to eat well, sleep well, poop well, move well, relax well, and connect well.

How can we learn to notice the signs of disability?

We see indications of disability everywhere: yellow diamond-shaped “deaf person in area” road signs, the telltale shapes of hearing aids, or white-tipped canes sweeping across footpaths. But even though the signs are ubiquitous, Stephanie L. Kerschbaum argues that disability may still not be perceived due to a process she terms “dis-attention.”

To tell better stories of disability, this multidisciplinary work turns to rhetoric, communications, sociology, and phenomenology to understand the processes by which the material world becomes sensory input that then passes through perceptual apparatuses to materialize phenomena—including disability. By adding perception to the understanding of disability’s materialization, Kerschbaum significantly expands our understanding of disability, accounting for its fluctuations and transformations in the semiotics of everyday life.

Drawing on a set of thirty-three research interviews focused on disabled faculty members’ experiences with disability disclosure, as well as written narratives by disabled people, this book argues for the materiality of narrative, suggesting narratives as a means by which people enact boundaries around phenomena and determine their properties. Signs of Disability offers strategies and practices for challenging problematic and pervasive forms of “dis-attention” and proposes a new theoretical model for understanding disability in social, rhetorical, and material settings.

The Zen Lobbyist offers a refreshing take on healthcare reform, blending personal wellness practices with systemic change. Gary Jacobs recounts his path from healthcare entrepreneur to advocate, drawing on experiences with meditation, yoga, and mindfulness to shape his unique approach to policy.

This book provides a framework for reimagining healthcare systems that goes beyond traditional medicine, emphasizing primary care, prevention, and collaborative solutions. Jacobs demonstrates how bipartisan efforts can bridge divides to create meaningful change, while also sharing the tools he uses to stay centered amid high-pressure environments.

Readers will find practical advice on managing personal health, leading with mindfulness, and advocating for a more compassionate healthcare system. The Zen Lobbyist is a powerful call to action for anyone seeking to improve both personal well-being and the health of society.

•  Learn the science behind the six key pillars of the Metabolic Ecosystem—blood sugar control, muscle, movement, stress management, good sleep, and a healthy gut—and how to adjust each pillar to fit your lifestyle.

• Master the art of long-term weight loss by understanding how to get your subconscious mind on board with change instead of relying on willpower to follow through.

• Use the informed intuitive-eating approach to predict a craving before it starts, manage it once it hits, or prevent it from ever happening in the first place

• Apply the Next Best Choice framework so you can handle anything that pops up, including the Diet Danger Zones (such as vacations and holidays), without going into “f*ck it” mode.

A critical study of diabetes in the popular imagination

Over twenty-nine million people in the United States, more than nine percent of the population, have some form of diabetes. In Managing Diabetes, Jeffrey A. Bennett focuses on how the disease is imagined in public culture. Bennett argues that popular anecdotes, media representation, and communal myths are as meaningful as medical and scientific understandings of the disease.

In focusing on the public character of the disease, Bennett looks at health campaigns and promotions as well as the debate over public figures like Sonia Sotomayor and her management of type 1 diabetes. Bennett examines the confusing and contradictory public depictions of diabetes to demonstrate how management of the disease is not only clinical but also cultural. Bennett also has type 1 diabetes and speaks from personal experience about the many misunderstandings and myths that are alive in the popular imagination. Ultimately, Managing Diabetes offers a fresh take on how disease is understood in contemporary society and the ways that stigma, fatalism, and health can intersect to shape diabetes’s public character. This disease has dire health implications, and rates keep rising. Bennett argues that until it is better understood it cannot be better treated.

Have you “tried everything” to change your body, but nothing seems to work anymore? Do you often blame “willpower” for your inability to stay consistent? 

From #1 bestselling author and registered dietitian Megan Hansen comes an actionable, step-by-step guide to help you lose weight—for good this time—by combining biology and neuroscience. Whether you’re looking to jump-start your health journey or revamp your existing one, Hansen will walk you through her road-tested Metabolism Makeover program to supercharge your body in this holistic, yearlong workbook. 

Following the same steps Hansen has used to guide thousands of happy clients to lasting success, this workbook gives you exclusive access to the tools you’ll need to build a fully customized program, including: 

• the science behind how your body truly works 

• easy-to-implement micro habits that lead to long-term improvement 

• delicious recipes and menus to help you maintain steady blood sugar levels 

• exercises based on your unique strength goals that work with your existing schedule 

• interactive check-ins to track your progress and help you feel supported 

• real-life examples based on Megan’s more than eight thousand past clients—people just like you 

Become one of Hansen’s thousands of success stories with this science-backed road map designed to empower you to make the best decisions possible for your body—and get the self-confidence, strength, and joy you deserve. 

This comprehensive manual helps musicians and those working in live music to identify and cope with the various physical and psychological difficulties that can occur during, or as a result of, touring.

It covers topics including mental health, peak performance and performance anxiety, addiction, group dynamics, relationship problems, dealing with the media, physical health, diversity and inclusion, crisis management and post-tour recovery. Written by health and performance professionals, this timely and essential book provides robust clinical advice, cutting edge research, practical strategies, resources and detailed illustrations.

Each chapter is underpinned with personal recollections from musicians and prominent touring personnel, including Nile Rodgers, Justin Hawkins, Philip Selway, Charles Thompson, Katie Melua, Kieran Hebden, Jake Berry, Tina Farris, Taylor Hanson, Trevor Williams, Lauren Mayberry, Pharoahe Monch, Jim Digby, Will Young, Angie Warner, Dale 'Opie' Skjerseth and many more.

Touring and Mental Health is designed to be picked up, put down, read at length and passed around the tour bus.

Offers the most powerful case yet for ending our exploitation of animals for food

Millions of Americans see themselves as "conflicted omnivores," worrying about the ethical and environmental implications of their choice to eat animals. Yet their attempts to justify their choices only obscure the truth of the matter: in John Sanbonmatsu’s view, killing and eating animals is unethical, regardless of whether they are "free range" or factory farmed. Shattering the conventional wisdom around the meat economy, he reframes the question of animal agriculture from one of "sustainability" to one of existential and moral purpose, presenting a powerful case for the total abolition of the animal economy. In a rejoinder to Michael Pollan and other critics who have told us that we can have our meat and our consciences, too, he shows why "humane meat" is always a contradiction in terms.

The Omnivore’s Deception provides a deeply observed philosophical meditation on the nature of our relationship with animals. Peeling back the myriad layers of myth, falsehoods, and bad faith that keep us eating meat, the book offers a novel perspective on our troubled relations with animals in the food economy. The problem with raising and killing animals for food isn't just that it's "bad for the environment,” but the wrong way to live a human life.

A tour de force of moral philosophy and cultural critique, The Omnivore's Deception will change the way we think about meat, animals, and human purpose.

Discover 50 common medicinal plants and how to use them for healing and self-care with this sumptuously illustrated card deck. 

Thanks to exceptional photographic plates showing detailed views of all parts of the fresh plant, you will quickly learn to recognise them when out foraging. For any plant lover or green witch, the beautiful photographs make this card deck an absolute treasure.

Discover the fascinating history of these plants, their active components and therapeutic properties, and learn how to prepare safe herbal remedies including infusions, tinctures, oils and lotions. This journey into plant-based wellbeing is guided by a respected ethnobotanist and doctor of phytotherapy, meaning you can grow your knowledge of this natural science with complete confidence.

The plants are ordered alphabetically, and each species has its own card packed with information. You'll find suggested treatments for nausea, coughs, colds and flu, acne, burns, bites and sprains, as well as ideas for pain relief, skincare and aids for digestion, stress, sleep and more.

In the accompanying booklet, you'll find a practical guide for budding herbalists, featuring useful tips for picking and preserving plants while being an environmentally responsible picker, ensuring you always show respect to nature and its 'magical' healing powers. The healing properties referenced for each plant are explained and there's a glossary of botanical terms to ensure that everything is clear for complete beginners.

This magnificent card deck will satisfy all your curiosities about healing plants and become your essential companion to herbal medicines and natural beauty products.

DISCOVER THE MARTIAL ESSENCE OF TAI CHI CHUAN

Here's your chance to take the next step in your tai chi journey.

Martial applications found within tai chi chuan are a direct link to your tai chi as a form of self-defense. When you study the martial side of tai chi, you can become proficient in a variety of high-level skills, including sensing, neutralizing, yielding, striking, chin na, and even throwing.

• If you know a tai chi form, you are going to discover the essence of your movements by becoming aware of their martial applications.
  
• If you are practicing tai chi pushing hands, you will greatly improve your skills with this understanding of martial applications.
  
• If you are ready, you are going to love the amazing tai chi fighting set. This fully choreographed set (requires a partner) will combine all your tai chi skills into one 5-minute routine.
  

This book includes :

• Martial applications for the Yang-style long form
• Martial applications for Yang-style tai chi pushing hands
• The complete Yang-style tai chi fighting set

For any style of tai chi chuan, this book will be important for practitioners who wish to develop a deeper understanding and advanced skills.

• Learn how to analyze the forms and defense applications in your tai chi, gaining higher-level knowledge of your style.
• Discover the martial applications of Yang style. These insights will give you greater understanding of your own art.
• Find inspiration. Master Yang's writing will inspire you to investigate the martial applications of your tai chi style.

This edition includes an easy-to-follow layout. Each technique is presented in four to six large photographs with detailed instructions on how to perform the movements. Motion arrows are used on the photographs to help you execute the movements correctly.

The Tao of Bioenergetics is the first comprehensive study of the use of Energetics as a scientific model (paradigm) in both western and eastern thought.

This book traces the history and uses of Qi (Chi), the bioenergy of China, from the I-Ching through physics, astrology, Feng Shui and alchemy.

The author demonstrates how the findings of the ancient Chinese Qigong masters were paralleled and confirmed in the early works of Hippocrates, Parclsus and Mesmer. He then shows the confirmation of Qigong theory in the modern clinical and experimental discoveries of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Wilhelm Reich and Alexander Lowen. Also included are extensive excerpts from the published works of notable eastern scholars such as Yang, Ni, and Lu.

Special attention is given to the experiments of Wilhelm Reich to show the objectivity of the energy paradigm, and his experiments are quoted at length as scientific confirmation of eastern Qigong.

Finally, a synthesis is suggested and conclusions drawn for the future use of the broader energy paradigm in global science and human development.

This book presents over ten years of research into how and why tai chi benefits health from an evidence-based, medical perspective.

Dr. Peter Anthony Gryffin demonstrates the link between health and metarobics, his term for slow, meditative exercises that enhance blood oxygen saturation, diffusion, and oxygen-based metabolism. Metarobics—including tai chi, qigong, and yoga—focus on relaxation and deep breathing. Dr. Gryffin’s research shows that these exercises offer a wide range of benefits for treating chronic disease.

Dr. Gryffin cites numerous scientific studies as well as testimonials from patients who have experienced the natural healing benefits of metarobic exercise. Many have surmounted chronic health problems to improve their quality of life. Some even overcame grave diagnoses.

This book features:

• More than 120 scientific studies on tai chi and other metarobic exercises
• More than 50 case stories from tai chi qigong, and yoga practitioners
• Clear, straightforward language
• Tested guidelines to improve your metarobic exercise and maximize health benefits

“This book presents over ten years of research into how and why tai chi benefits health from a physiological perspective,” Dr. Gryffin says. “The links I discovered will allow everyone from novice students to veteran teachers to maximize benefits for health and chronic conditions.”

In 1968, Dr. Kenneth Cooper’s book Aerobics changed the world of health and fitness. Mindful Exercise: Metarobics , Healing, and the Power of Tai Chi is the next step in this evolution.

Fairy tales, though they were originally folk tales told to adults, have been a key part of childhood for centuries and remain popular today. Their patterns and morality have a profound influence on the developing mind of children; they shape the way children understand ideas of good and evil, poverty and riches, beauty and ugliness. They stimulate the imagination and provide much-needed heroes and heroines.

The deeper meaning of these tales, however, has often been lost. Rudolf Meyer explores key themes and images, such as the prince, animals, the tailor or enchantment, in well-known fairy tales. He shows how characters such as Snow White and Cinderella represent particular aspects of our own nature and how there is a deep wisdom to be found in their stories.

This book will be fascinating and insightful reading for parents and teachers.

Eurythmy is a modern art of movement, and eurythmists work in the realms of art, healing and education. The benefits as a healing social art, for both children and adults, are well known.

Rudolf Steiner gave a course on eurythmy therapy in which he described the process of 're-enlivening the whole physiology'. The authors of this book have researched eurythmy therapy for many years and this book is a comprehensive overview of their work.

An integrated, accessible text on principles, methods, and special issues surrounding sexuality education today

The emergence of the AIDS pandemic has forced a sea of change in the debate over sexuality education. Even schools previously reluctant to offer sexuality education now face HIV/AIDS education mandates.

Teaching About Sexuality and HIV provides professionals with an integrated, accessible text on the principles, methods, and special issues surrounding sexuality education today. Chapters discuss such subjects as Effective Sexuality and HIV Education: What Works and Why, Creating a Productive Learning Environment, and Introspective Methods: Helping Learners See Relevance, and Methods for Helping Learners Develop Skills. This practical, original, and user-friendly guide will be invaluable to anyone whose work is connected with health and sexuality education.

A renowned physician explores the transformative journey of being a patient, offering profound insights into the power of the human spirit and what it means to truly heal from a traumatic medical event

Inspired by the harrowing experience of being a seasoned doctor who unexpectedly becomes a patient, Dr Andrew G. Kadar reimagines the conventional medical narrative by inviting readers into an enlightening journey of healing. More than a simple story of physical recovery, however, this trailblazing guide delves into the emotional, spiritual, and psychological facets of getting better, ultimately helping readers through initial challenges, gradual return to normalcy, and introspective reflections during convalescence. From the confines of a medical facility to the reality of everyday life, Kadar shows what to expect when transitioning from the patient experience to sobering post-recovery reality. Enriching each chapter is a unique fusion of professional medical insights and personal experience. This dual viewpoint gives an invaluable glimpse into the healthcare system, providing rich insights into everything from patient care, to staying in a positive mindset regardless of diagnosis, to the personal impact of long-term health challenges. What results is a testament to human resilience, one that underscores the transformative power of adversity and the importance of self-care. Whether you're a medical professional, a patient, or navigating a loved one's health challenges, this book delivers a uniquely enlightening and empowering perspective on the complexities of healing and the innate strength within us all.

«¿Te mudarías a mi casa?» La primera vez que Jessie Inchauspé recibió esta petición de uno de sus lectores, a quien por supuesto no conocía, fue pocos días después de la publicación del libro que iba a cambiar por completo la conversación acerca de la nutrición y las dietas: La revolución de la glucosa. En su libro, Jessie había compartido numerosos y contundentes argumentos científicos acerca del modo en que la glucosa afecta a todos los aspectos de nuestra vida y nuestra salud, así como trucos sencillos para aprender a manejarnos con sus efectos. Tras esa petición y el gran éxito internacional de su obra, llegaron muchas más…

Pero, ¿por qué tantas ofertas para mudarse a casa de desconocidos? Porque sus seguidores querían que estuviera a su lado para ayudarles a poner en práctica la ciencia de La revolución de la glucosa, día a día, comida a comida. Querían un plan. Un libro práctico, recetas, ánimo e inspiración.

Este libro es el resultado de tantas y tantas de estas peticiones. En él, Jessie comparte sus trucos, recetas, listas de la compra y planes, tal y como lo haría con un buen amigo o un familiar. Se trata de una guía que abarca 4 semanas con sus 100 recetas favoritas que ayudará a los lectores a persistir en la práctica, a equilibrar sus niveles de glucosa y a empezar a sentirse mejor que nunca.

El 90 % de la población vive con niveles de glucosa inestables, y la mayoría ni siquiera lo sabe, aunque a todos nos resulten familiares los síntomas: antojos, fatiga crónica, hambre constante, inflamación, problemas de sueño, problemas hormonales… Sabemos ya que empezaremos a sentimos mejor y recuperemos nuestros niveles de energía normales cuando aplanamos la curva de la glucosa. Pero, ¿cómo se hace eso? Desde luego, no a base de contar calorías ni de eliminar de la dieta ciertos grupos de alimentos. No, lo que vamos a hacer es utilizar una serie de principios basados en los últimos descubrimientos científicos: tomar un sabroso desayuno salado, empezar siempre las comidas con un buen plato de vegetales, incorporar el vinagre a nuestra dieta, movernos un poco después de comer… Una vez estos principios se convierten en hábitos recuperamos nuestra salud y nos sentimos mucho mejor.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

"The most insightful guide to getting moving I've ever read.” —Kelly McGonigal, author of The Joy of Movement

"If you've ever felt stuck on the sidelines of your own wellness journey, this might be the most validating, actionable, and life-giving book you pick up this year."—Kelly and Juliet Starrett, authors of Built to Move

Break down the common everyday mental blocks to moving your body, and turn your mind from an adversary into an ally in the quest to feel better in your body.

"I know I should move my body more, but...

• I’m on my feet all day for work and I’m exhausted!"
• I’m addicted to my phone."
• I’m great at starting movement programs, just lousy at sticking with them."
• My body jiggles and embarrasses me in public."
• Movement is sooooo boring!"

Sound familiar? If not, it probably means you have another perfectly good excuse of your own. We all have our reasons for not getting the physical activity we know is good for us—reasons which stubbornly defy the same old tired prescriptive advice about hours of weekly cardio or numbers of steps. Adding insult to injury, these same excuses contribute to you feeling bad or guilty when you fail to move as much as you know you “should.”

That’s why Diana Hill and Katy Bowman have put together this simple guide to changing the way you think to change how much you move.

Diana is a modern psychologist, expert in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and host of the Wise Effort podcast. Her mission is to help her clients and readers grow the psychological flexibility needed to get moving in directions that matter to them. Katy is a biomechanist, author, and trailblazing movement teacher who has spent a career helping people integrate more movement into their lives. In I Know I Should Exercise, But…, the two join forces to help you challenge your barriers to movement in a new way. Katy translates her understanding of the obstacles that keep people sedentary—including dozens of real-world examples from readers and clients—into 44 essential impediments to movement. Diana responds to those common barriers, while introducing you to acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), behavioral psychology, and self-compassion: evidence-based-approaches for cultivating flexibility and aligning actions with values.

Whether your internal barrier is born of fear, malaise, inertia, embarrassment, or difficulty managing competing priorities, you will learn how to disempower it by applying effective science-based tools for changing the way you think.

You’ll learn to identify your resistance—whether it’s an unhelpful thought, a misplaced motivation, or a contextual barrier—and respond wisely and effectively, using tools and techniques that can be applied to other areas of your life as well, including:

• urge surfing
• motivational interviewing
• behavioral stretching
• strengthening your acceptance muscle

This is a must-have book for anyone struggling with the mental barriers to moving more and an essential resource for personal trainers, fitness instructors, and mental health professionals wanting to better connect with their clients.

Stretch your mind, connect with what is truly important to you, and stop talking yourself out of the movement you need!

Dr. Crandall’s Healthy Habits to Stop and Reverse Heart Disease

Based on new medical research and including over 28 days of healthy meals and over 100 delicious and easy recipes, THE SIMPLE HEART CURE DIET AND MEAL PLAN is the perfect companion to Dr. Chauncey Crandall’s bestselling THE SIMPLE HEART CURE: The 90-Day Program to Stop and Reverse Heart Disease Revised and Updated. 

Heart disease kills more people than any other medical condition. No one is more aware of this than top cardiologist Dr. Chauncey Crandall, who has performed over 40,000 heart procedures during his career. Dr. Crandall is living proof of his program’s success. At the age of 48, and with no major risk factors, he found himself in the ER with a “widow-maker” blockage of his main coronary artery. After emergency heart surgery, he recovered from heart disease using the same course of treatment and diet he recommends to his thousands of patients — and details for your benefit. His unique perspective as both doctor and patient helps him empathize with the difficulties in making a transition from years of bad habits to a heart-healthy way of life.

THE SIMPLE HEART CURE DIET AND MEAL PLAN is a groundbreaking approach to preventing and reversing heart disease — an approach honed by Dr. Crandall’s study of foreign cultures free of heart disease and decades of experience helping patients achieve a healthier heart at any age. 

Dr. Crandall believes in using every weapon in his medical arsenal — conventional medicine, emerging treatments, lifestyle changes, even alternative therapies — to help his patients recover.

Based on the concepts pioneered in THE SIMPLE HEART CURE, this companion guide, THE SIMPLE HEART CURE DIET AND MEAL PLAN, works by reducing major heart disease risk factors: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and pre-diabetes, and obesity. Eating right with this simple (and tasty) meal plan will help you live a life worth living! Dr. Crandall outlines the steps you can take to change your diet and get on a path to better health:

• Combines best of Mediterranean and plant-based diets
• Substitutions and swaps to please every palate
• Meal prep and grocery store shortcuts
• Shopping lists and pantry staples
• 28 days of tasty and nutritious meal plans
• Over 100 delicious and easy-to-prepare recipes
• Motivational tips to stay on course
• Easy-to-follow simple fitness plan
• And much more!

So, whether you just want to prevent heart problems, or you’ve already had a heart attack, you’ll find the help you need in THE SIMPLE HEART CURE DIET AND MEAL PLAN, along with tasty, heart-healthy recipes, menus and week-by-week meal plans to help you begin taking action now.

A book for practicing Yoga like Swami Kripalu did.

Swami Kripalu (1913-81) was an Indian saint and social activist who experienced a profound energetic awakening in mid-life and spent his last four decades intensively practicing asana, pranayama, and meditation in a quest to scale the ladder of yoga to its highest rung. This is the first book to present his teachings on yoga and a host of related esoteric topics in a straightforward manner that enables them to be sensibly applied on the mat and cushion by today’s practitioners. 

The book also traces the efforts of the author and a cadre of other Westerners – sometimes effectively, other times not – to progress along Swami Kripalu’s path of yoga through the type of systematic practice he valued so highly. Presented in contemporary language, these are potent teachings true to the roots of historic yoga to bring its mysteries alive for today’s students.

From Vegan Struggles to Carnivore Success: Discover How a Meat-Based Diet Can Restore Your Energy, Balance Hormones, Improve Digestion, and Reveal Your Natural Radiance!

Coming Around to Carnivore takes you inside Josie Lieder’s transformation from long-time vegan to passionate carnivore advocate. After years of believing veganism was the healthiest path for herself and the planet, she faced declining health and discovered that a meat-based diet was the key to restoring her energy, digestion, hormones, and natural radiance. Through her honest insights and experience, you will learn why an animal-based diet works, who it benefits most, and how it can help you make meaningful changes to your own health and vitality.

More than a personal story, Coming Around to Carnivore gives you a clear, practical starting point. With simple recipes, two weeks of sample meal plans, and straightforward grocery shopping tips, you will gain the confidence to adopt a nutrient-dense, protein-focused, carnivore lifestyle without feeling overwhelmed.

You Will Learn:

·       How carnivore-style eating can improve digestion, energy, mood, weight, and skin

·       Why plant-based diets may not work for everyone and how a meat-based approach can restore health and balance

·       How to manage cravings, travel, grocery budgets, and busy schedules

·       Meal planning and preparation strategies that make protein-focused eating approachable and sustainable

·       Insights on women’s health, body image, diet culture, and using food to support natural beauty

·       Differences between animal-based approaches and how to find the one that fits your needs

·       Ways to reduce toxin exposure from cosmetics, skincare, household products, cookware, and clothing

From simple recipes to meaningful lifestyle shifts, Coming Around to Carnivore shows how embracing a meat-based diet can strengthen your health, restore your energy, and help you feel radiant from the inside out.

A book for practicing Yoga like Swami Kripalu did.

Swami Kripalu (1913-81) was an Indian saint and social activist who experienced a profound energetic awakening in mid-life and spent his last four decades intensively practicing asana, pranayama, and meditation in a quest to scale the ladder of yoga to its highest rung. This is the first book to present his teachings on yoga and a host of related esoteric topics in a straightforward manner that enables them to be sensibly applied on the mat and cushion by today’s practitioners. 

The book also traces the efforts of the author and a cadre of other Westerners – sometimes effectively, other times not – to progress along Swami Kripalu’s path of yoga through the type of systematic practice he valued so highly. Presented in contemporary language, these are potent teachings true to the roots of historic yoga to bring its mysteries alive for today’s students.

A Practical Guide to Reducing Knee Pain and Improving Stability

Knee symptoms often show up in ways that gradually affect daily life—pain during longer walks, stiffness when you first stand up, swelling after activity, or moments when the knee feels unsteady or unreliable. These changes can accumulate slowly or emerge after a single event, but either way, they make it harder to move the way you want.

The good news is that many of these issues improve with the right combination of exercise and progressive loading. Even knees with structural changes or long-standing discomfort can become stronger and more dependable with a consistent plan.

Drawing from the expert guidance and evidence-based exercise strategies taught in the bestselling book Rehab Science, this book will give you the tools to take control of your recovery, reduce your symptoms, and rebuild a more resilient knee—right from home.

Inside this book, you’ll discover:

Proven Techniques for Easing Pain and Improving Knee Function: Learn how to apply targeted soft-tissue techniques, mobility drills, and strengthening exercises to calm irritated tissues, restore motion, and support healthy movement patterns.

A Clear, Step-by-Step Rehab System: Identify your symptoms, choose the right program, and follow a structured stepwise program designed to enhance stability and rebuild lasting strength in the knee.

Professionally Guided Exercise Programs: These simple, three-phase protocols—directly adapted from Rehab Science—provide targeted rehabilitation for the most common knee conditions, including:

·       Knee pain

·       Patellofemoral joint pain

·       Iliotibial (IT) band syndrome

·       Knee instability

·       Meniscus tear

·       Ligament tear (ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL)

·       Kneecap dislocation

·       Patellar tendinopathy

·       Osteoarthritis

Whether your knee pain is new, the result of an injury, or something that has persisted over time, these practical, research-supported protocols will help you understand your condition, rebuild capacity, and reduce the likelihood of future flare-ups.

Don’t let knee pain dictate how you move or live. Use this book to reclaim control over your knee pain and get back to the activities you enjoy.

From Vegan Struggles to Carnivore Success: Discover How a Meat-Based Diet Can Restore Your Energy, Balance Hormones, Improve Digestion, and Reveal Your Natural Radiance!

Coming Around to Carnivore takes you inside Josie Lieder’s transformation from long-time vegan to passionate carnivore advocate. After years of believing veganism was the healthiest path for herself and the planet, she faced declining health and discovered that a meat-based diet was the key to restoring her energy, digestion, hormones, and natural radiance. Through her honest insights and experience, you will learn why an animal-based diet works, who it benefits most, and how it can help you make meaningful changes to your own health and vitality.

More than a personal story, Coming Around to Carnivore gives you a clear, practical starting point. With simple recipes, two weeks of sample meal plans, and straightforward grocery shopping tips, you will gain the confidence to adopt a nutrient-dense, protein-focused, carnivore lifestyle without feeling overwhelmed.

You Will Learn:

·       How carnivore-style eating can improve digestion, energy, mood, weight, and skin

·       Why plant-based diets may not work for everyone and how a meat-based approach can restore health and balance

·       How to manage cravings, travel, grocery budgets, and busy schedules

·       Meal planning and preparation strategies that make protein-focused eating approachable and sustainable

·       Insights on women’s health, body image, diet culture, and using food to support natural beauty

·       Differences between animal-based approaches and how to find the one that fits your needs

·       Ways to reduce toxin exposure from cosmetics, skincare, household products, cookware, and clothing

From simple recipes to meaningful lifestyle shifts, Coming Around to Carnivore shows how embracing a meat-based diet can strengthen your health, restore your energy, and help you feel radiant from the inside out.

End the Ache, Stiffness, and Shooting Pain in Your Elbow, Wrists, and Hands!

A sore elbow, aching wrist, or stiff hand can disrupt even the simplest parts of your day—typing, lifting a grocery bag, buttoning a shirt, opening a jar, or holding your phone. When every reach, grip, or twist sends a reminder of your pain, it’s easy to feel cautious with your movement and frustrated by how often your symptoms get in the way.

But these experiences don’t mean something is breaking down or permanently damaged. In many cases, the pain comes from overuse or irritated tissues—problems that respond well to the right balance of movement, strengthening, and gradual load progression. Even long-standing symptoms can improve when you follow a structured, evidence-based approach.

With expert instruction and scientifically backed strategies lifted from the bestselling book Rehab Science, you can take control of your recovery, reduce your symptoms, and rebuild strength and mobility throughout your elbow, wrist, and hand—right at home.

Inside this book, you’ll find:

Proven Techniques for Pain Relief: Learn effective, easy-to-apply strategies—including self-guided soft-tissue mobilization, stretching, mobility exercises, and strengthening movements—to calm irritation, restore comfort, and improve daily function.

A Clear, Step-by-Step Rehab System: Identify the source of your symptoms, select the correct rehab program, and follow a structured stepwise plan designed to restore movement and durability in the elbow, wrist, and hand.

Professionally Guided Exercise Programs: These simple, three-phase protocols—adapted directly from Rehab Science—provide targeted rehabilitation for the most common elbow, wrist, and hand conditions, including:

·       Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylalgia)

·       Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylalgia)

·       Triceps tendinopathy

·       Wrist pain

·       Wrist sprain

·       Wrist fracture

·       Thumb tendon pain (De Quevain’s tenosynovitis)

·       Carpal tunnel syndrome

Exercise and consistency are your best tools for improving how your elbow, wrist, and hand feel and function. Whether your pain developed from overuse, a sudden injury, repetitive tasks, or long hours of work, these programs give you a clear pathway to recovery and help you prevent flare-ups in the future.

You don’t have to let arm or hand pain shape your routine. With the right approach, you can regain strength, improve comfort, and get back to using your upper limb with confidence.

Find Relief from Hip Pain and Move with Greater Ease and Comfort!

Hip pain can appear in many forms—stiffness at the front of your hip, a deep ache in the glutes, tightness along the hamstrings, or nerve-related symptoms that travel into the leg. When every step feels sharp, pinchy, or weak, it becomes frustratingly hard to trust your body or enjoy the activities you once did.

But these symptoms don’t automatically mean your hip is beyond improvement. Even when imaging shows arthritis or age-related changes, much of the discomfort often comes from irritated or overloaded tissues—issues that respond well to targeted movement, strengthening, and graded exposure to exercise.

With expert guidance and evidence-based exercise strategies drawn from the bestselling book Rehab Science, you can take control of your recovery, reduce your symptoms, and rebuild a strong, resilient hip—right from home.

Inside this book, you’ll learn:

Proven Techniques to Reduce Pain and Restore Motion: Use scientifically-backed strategies—including soft-tissue mobilization, stretching, mobility, and strengthening exercises—to calm irritation, improve function, and restore fluidity in how your hip moves.

A Clear, Step-by-Step Rehab System: Identify your symptoms, choose the right program, and follow a structured, easy-to-follow rehab protocol designed to improve mobility, rebuild strength, and support long-term hip function.

Professionally Guided Programs: These three-phase protocols—adapted directly from Rehab Science—are tailored to address the most common hip conditions, including:

·       Hip pain

·       Hip impingement

·       Labral tear

·       Osteoarthritis

·       Gluteal tendinopathy and trochanteric bursitis

·       Nerve pain (sciatica stemming from the pelvis)

·       Piriformis syndrome (deep gluteal pain syndrome)

·       Hip flexor strain and tendinopathy

·       Hamstring pain and strain

·       Groin pain and strain

Whether your hip pain is new, the result of overuse, or something you’ve dealt with for years, these clear and practical protocols give you the tools to understand your condition, build strength where it matters, and prevent future flare-ups.

You don’t have to let hip pain determine how you move or what you’re able to do. With a structured approach and consistent practice, you can restore comfort and feel more capable in your day-to-day life.

Overcome Shoulder Pain, Improve Stability, and Restore Your Confidence to Move!

Shoulder pain can affect every part of your day—from lifting your arm to get dressed, to reaching overhead, to simply lying on your side at night. The frustration builds when stiffness, weakness, instability, or sharp pain keeps you from doing the activities you love.

But pain or instability in your shoulder doesn’t mean you’re hopeless. And it doesn’t mean you need endless appointments or invasive treatments to get better and improve your functional abilities.

With expert instruction and research-backed exercise strategies adapted from the bestselling book Rehab Science, you can take charge of your recovery, strengthen your shoulder, and restore natural, pain-free movement—all from home.

Inside this book, you’ll find:

Proven Techniques to Reduce Pain and Improve Function: Apply effective strategies—including soft-tissue mobilizations, targeted stretching, stability exercises, and strength-building movements—to calm irritation and restore motion where it’s limited.

A Step-by-Step Rehab System: Choose the right program based on your symptoms, and follow a structured, stepwise plan to rebuild mobility, stability, and strength in your shoulder.

Professionally Guided Programs: Follow the three-phase exercise protocols lifted directly from Rehab Science tailored to treat the most common shoulder conditions, including:

·       Shoulder pain

·       Rotator cuff injury (tear/tendinopathy)

·       Shoulder Impingement (subacromial pain syndrome)

·       Shoulder instability (dislocation/subluxations)

·       Labral tears

·       Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)

·       Biceps tendinopathy or tear

Knowledge and consistent action are the keys to changing how your shoulder feels and functions. Whether your symptoms began suddenly, developed after overuse, or have lingered for months or years, these protocols empower you to understand your condition, build resilience, and safeguard your shoulder for the future.

You don’t have to live with shoulder pain or instability. You can reclaim comfort, strength, and confidence in your movement—one exercise and phase at a time.

Hacia la medicina de la salud

Un nuevo enfoque para lograr el equilibrio físico y mental

Carlos López-Otín, catedrático de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular reconocido internacionalmente por sus contribuciones al estudio del genoma humano, el envejecimiento y el cáncer, recorre la historia de la medicina para mostrar cómo ha evolucionado nuestro concepto de salud hacia una verdadera medicina de la salud.

Basándose en investigaciones recientes, el autor propone que la salud no es solo la ausencia de enfermedad, sino el equilibrio entre nueve claves celulares y moleculares que permiten el funcionamiento óptimo del organismo. Explica cómo los aspectos físicos y mentales se entrelazan y ofrece pautas prácticas para mejorar el bienestar.

Con un enfoque multidisciplinario y una prosa accesible, La levedad de las libélulas invita a reconsiderar ideas clásicas sobre la medicina y a imaginar un futuro donde el cuidado de la salud sea una cultura de vida.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Toward the medicine of health

A new approach to achieve physical and mental balance

Carlos López-Otín, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology internationally recognized for his work on the human genome, aging, and cancer, traces the history of medicine to show how our concept of health has evolved toward a true medicine of health.

Drawing on recent research, the author proposes that health is not merely the absence of disease but the balance among nine cellular and molecular keys that enable optimal body function. He explains how physical and mental aspects intertwine and offers practical guidance to improve wellbeing.

With a multidisciplinary approach and clear prose, La levedad de las libélulas (The Lightness of Dragonflies) invites readers to reconsider conventional medical ideas and imagine a future in which health care is a culture of life.

Relieve Head, Neck, and Jaw Pain with Easy-to-Follow Rehab Programs!

Neck stiffness, radiating nerve symptoms, headaches, and jaw tension can make it difficult to get through the day comfortably. These issues can affect how long you can work, how well you sleep, and how confidently you move your head and neck during everyday activities.

But experiencing pain in this region doesn’t mean your body is delicate or damaged. It doesn’t mean your posture is the problem. And it doesn’t mean you need long-term treatment plans or frequent appointments to feel better.

With expert instruction and evidence-based exercise strategies drawn from the bestselling book Rehab Science, you can take control of your recovery, reduce your symptoms, and rebuild a strong, capable neck—right from home.

Inside this book, you’ll learn:

Proven Techniques for Pain Relief: Implement highly effective strategies—including self-guided soft-tissue work, gentle stretching, mobility drills, and targeted strengthening—to calm irritated tissues and begin restoring natural movement.

A Step-by-Step Rehab System: Choose the appropriate program based on your symptoms, and follow a structured, stepwise plan to improve your mobility, posture, and long-term function.

Professionally Guided Programs: Follow the three-phase exercise protocols—adapted directly from Rehab Science—tailored to treat the most common head and neck conditions, including:

·       Neck pain (acute and chronic)

·       Neck strains and sprains (whiplash)

·       Cervical spondylosis (arthritis)

·       Nerve pain

·       Disc herniation, disc bulge and stenosis

·       Thoracic outlet syndrome

·       Headache pain (cervicogenic headache)

·       Jaw pain (TMJ dysfunction)

Whether your symptoms are new, the result of an injury, or a condition that has lingered for years, these straightforward protocols give you the clarity, structure, and confidence to take charge of your healing—and to protect yourself from future flare-ups.

You don’t have to live at the mercy of neck or head pain. You can take control—one exercise and program at a time.

Tu salud depende mucho más de tu comportamiento que de la genética o la suerte.

Obesidad, hipertensión, diabetes, ansiedad, depresión, dolores crónicos, problemas de espalda y un largo etcétera son sólo algunos ejemplos de las patologías crónicas que forman parte de la vida cotidiana de demasiadas personas.

¿Y cuál es la respuesta de la medicina convencional ante esta epidemia de enfermedades? Tratar los síntomas y no la causas, con lo que nos mantiene vivos… y enfermos.

Cuando buscamos culpables ante esta situación es tentador pensar en nuestra genética. Sin embargo, hoy sabemos que el conflicto entre nuestro estilo de vida y lo que esperan nuestros genes es lo que nos enferma. Éstos se forjaron en la adversidad, generando respuestas protectoras frente a desafíos ambientales como por ejemplo el frío, el calor o ayunos involuntarios por falta de alimento.

Dichas respuestas son las que convirtieron a nuestros ancestros en personas de salud privilegiada. Sin embargo, en la actualidad pasamos jornadas maratonianas sentados, continuamente estresados, inundados de comida que nos engorda pero no nos alimenta y todo bajo la promesa de una felicidad que nunca llega.

La solución no pasa por una «pastilla milagrosa», sino por incorporar en nuestro día a día los estímulos para los que nuestros genes están preparados para responder. Es lo que se llama hormesis y se basa en la vieja sabiduría popular de «lo que no te mata, te hace más fuerte».

Si a todo esto le sumamos el reconectar con la naturaleza, una dieta basada en comida real o las técnicas de respiración milenarias… llevarás tu salud y bienestar a un nivel superior.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Your health depends far more on your behavior than on genetics or luck.

Obesity, hypertension, diabetes, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, back problems, and a host of other conditions are only some examples of chronic pathologies that are part of daily life for too many people.

And what is conventional medicine's response to this epidemic of diseases? Treat the symptoms and not the causes, which keeps us alive… and sick.

When we look for culprits it's tempting to blame our genetics. However, we now know that the mismatch between our lifestyle and what our genes expect is what makes us sick. Those genes were forged in adversity, producing protective responses to environmental challenges such as cold, heat, or involuntary fasting due to food scarcity.

These responses made our ancestors people of robust health. Today, however, we endure marathon days sitting, chronic stress, food that fattens but does not nourish, all under the promise of happiness that never arrives.

The solution is not a "miracle pill" but to incorporate into our daily lives the stimuli our genes are prepared to respond to. This is called hormesis and is based on the old popular wisdom of "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger".

Combine that with reconnecting with nature, a diet based on real food, and ancient breathing techniques… and you'll raise your health and well-being to a higher level.

Y tú, ¿qué es lo que deseas?

Gillian Anderson recopila las fantasías sexuales más íntimas de mujeres de todo el mundo.

¿Qué deseamos cuando tenemos la libertad de ser nosotras mismas?

«Quiero a mujeres de todo el mundo, viejas y jóvenes, cualquiera que sea su religión, casadas y solteras: quiero que me escriban y me cuenten en qué piensan cuando piensan en sexo.»

En palabras de la propia Gillian Anderson, Quiero «recoge las cartas de cientos de mujeres de todo el mundo que comparten sus fantasías más profundas. Presentado por mí —y con mi propia carta anónima—, Quiero revela lo que piensan y sienten las mujeres sobre el sexo cuando tienen la libertad de ser totalmente ellas mismas».

Cuando hablamos de sexo, hablamos de feminidad y maternidad, infidelidad y explotación, consentimiento y respeto, justicia e igualitarismo, amor y odio, placer y dolor. Y, sin embargo, por muchas razones —algunas complicadas, otras no—, muchas de nosotras no hablamos de ello.

En Quiero, Anderson expone sin filtros las cartas anónimas de mujeres con realidades de lo más variadas: desde una mujer sij que escribe sobre su deseo secreto por su cuñado hasta una mujer apache que quiere ser adorada como una criatura divina; desde una mujer blanca británica que solo quiere que la besen como es debido por última vez a otra a quien le gusta jugar a ser una pantera, pasando por una hispanojudía radicada en Bangladesh cuyo culmen de excitación sexual es el pomo de una puerta.

Descubre lo que sienten las mujeres sobre el sexo cuando no tienen miedo a ser juzgadas.

Y tú, ¿en qué piensas cuando piensas en sexo?

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

And you, what do you desire?

Gillian Anderson gathers the most intimate sexual fantasies of women from around the world.

What do we desire when we have the freedom to be ourselves?

In Gillian Anderson's words, Want  “collects the letters of hundreds of women worldwide sharing their deepest fantasies. Presented by me —and including my own anonymous letter—, Quiero reveals what women think and feel about sex when they are free to be completely themselves.”

Talking about sex involves femininity and motherhood, infidelity and exploitation, consent and respect, justice and equality, love and hate, pleasure and pain. Yet for many reasons —some complex, others not—, many of us do not talk about it.

In Want, Anderson presents unfiltered anonymous letters from hundreds of women with vastly different realities: from a Sikh woman who writes about a secret desire for her brother-in-law to an Apache woman who wants to be worshipped as a divine being; from a white British woman who simply wants one last proper kiss to another who likes to play at being a panther, to a Hispanic-Jewish woman living in Bangladesh whose climax is triggered by a doorknob.

Discover what women feel about sex when they're not afraid of being judged.

And you, what do you think about when you think about sex?

Si con frecuencia te sientes irritable o ansioso, y si después de haber intentado con dietas, terapias o medicamentos nada dio resultado, quizá valga la pena voltear hacia un lugar inesperado para encontrar la solución: lo que pones cada día en tu plato de comida.

La reconocida psiquiatra nutricional Uma Naidoo revela cómo la alimentación es una poderosa aliada para reducir la ansiedad, mejorar el estado de ánimo y recuperar el equilibrio emocional. Con un enfoque práctico, accesible y respaldado por la ciencia, descubrirás:

• Por qué lo que comes influye directamente en cómo te sientes.
• La manera en que ciertos alimentos detonan tu tristeza o ansiedad sin que lo notes.
• Qué platillos reconfortantes, como los macarrones con queso o el mousse de chocolate, pueden iniciar un cambio profundo en tu bienestar.

Reconecta con la comida de manera consciente, aprende a disfrutarla y, al mismo tiempo, a sanar desde el interior. Al final, tendrás las herramientas para crear tu propio plan alimentario antiestrés, recordando siempre que la comida no solo nutre tu cuerpo: también puede brindarle calma y alegría a tu mente, un plato a la vez.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

If you often feel irritable or anxious, and diets, therapies, or medications haven’t helped, the solution might lie in an unexpected place: what you put on your plate every day.

Renowned nutritional psychiatrist Uma Naidoo explains how food can be a powerful ally to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and restore emotional balance. With a practical, accessible, science-based approach, you will discover:

• Why what you eat directly affects how you feel.
• How certain foods can trigger sadness or anxiety without you noticing.
• Which comfort dishes, like mac and cheese or chocolate mousse, can kickstart a deep shift in wellbeing.

Reconnect with food mindfully, learn to enjoy it, and heal from within. By the end you’ll have tools to create your own anti-stress food plan, remembering that food not only nourishes your body: it can also bring calm and joy to your mind, one plate at a time.

• Reducing falls by improving flexibility and balance
• Relieving joint pain
• Reducing stress and anxiety
• Lower blood pressure
• Strengthened core, legs and upper body

• What do we mean when we talk about "health"?
• What are the models of health care available to us?
• How do our personal values impact on our attitude to health?
• Why is drinking water a cornerstone of good health?

• Where do I begin?
• How do I find a teacher?
• How do I prepare for my first class?
• What do the unfamiliar terms mean?
• And much, much more

• The meridian system
• meridian pathways
• Body network
• Individual acupoints

• What do we mean when we talk about "health"?
• What are the models of health care available to us?
• How do our personal values impact on our attitude to health?
• Why is drinking water a cornerstone of good health?

• Where do I begin?
• How do I find a teacher?
• How do I prepare for my first class?
• What do the unfamiliar terms mean?
• And much, much more

• Reducing falls by improving flexibility and balance
• Relieving joint pain
• Reducing stress and anxiety
• Lower blood pressure
• Strengthened core, legs and upper body

¿Por qué cuando hablamos de salud femenina todavía nos llaman «histéricas»? Un manual imprescindible con la información que nunca te dieron para entender tu cuerpo, desterrar mitos y dejar de normalizar el dolor.

Nos enseñaron a callar, a soportar, a pensar que el dolor era parte de la vida. Nos dijeron que los ciclos irregulares, los sangrados abundantes, las dificultades para concebir o el dolor durante el sexo eran «normales». Nos hicieron creer que exagerábamos, que nuestra angustia era emocional, que solo debíamos «relajarnos».

La Dra. Karen Tang, ginecóloga, cirujana y activista de la salud femenina, ha escuchado durante años las mismas historias: mujeres y personas con útero que han recorrido un laberinto de consultas sin encontrar respuestas, cuyos síntomas han sido minimizados o ignorados por un sistema médico que, históricamente, ha tratado la salud ginecológica como un asunto secundario. Este libro es un acto de resistencia, un manual de autoconocimiento y un grito de justicia.

Con un enfoque claro, accesible y profundamente inclusivo, No es histeria desmonta mitos, responde a preguntas que nunca nos han sabido contestar y nos ofrece herramientas prácticas para entender y defender nuestra salud. Aquí encontrarás explicaciones sobre afecciones como la endometriosis, el síndrome de ovario poliquístico, los miomas, la disfunción del suelo pélvico o la menopausia. También aprenderás a identificar señales de alerta, a comunicarte eficazmente con los médicos y con las personas que te rodean, y a exigir el trato que mereces.

Pero este libro no es solo información médica: es un cambio de narrativa. La Dra. Tang desafía el sesgo de género en la medicina, denuncia la falta de investigación en salud femenina y nos empodera para reclamar nuestro derecho a una atención digna.

Si alguna vez has sentido que tu dolor no importaba, que tu cuerpo era un misterio que nadie se molestaba en descifrar o que la salud reproductiva era un tema tabú, este libro es para ti. Porque no, No es histeria, y ha llegado el momento de tomar las riendas de nuestro bienestar.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Why are women still called “hysterical” when we talk about our health? An essential handbook with the information you were never given to understand your body, bust myths, and stop normalizing pain.

Dr. Karen Tang, a gynecologist, surgeon, and reproductive health advocate, has heard the same stories for years: women and people with uteruses navigating a maze of appointments without answers, their symptoms minimized or dismissed by a medical system that has historically treated gynecological health as secondary. This book is an act of resistance, a guide to self-knowledge, and a cry for justice.

Clear, accessible, and deeply inclusive, It's Not Hysteria dismantles myths, answers questions no one has properly answered, and offers practical tools to understand and defend your health. It explains conditions such as endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, fibroids, pelvic floor dysfunction, and menopause. You will also learn how to spot warning signs, communicate effectively with clinicians and loved ones, and demand the care you deserve.

More than medical information, this book changes the narrative. Dr. Tang challenges gender bias in medicine, denounces the lack of research in female health, and empowers readers to claim their right to dignified care.

If you've ever felt your pain didn't matter or that your body was a mystery no one bothered to solve, this book is for you. Because no, It's Not Hysteria, and it's time to take charge of our well-being.

¿Estás utilizando tus verdaderos recursos y capacidades cuando haces frente a un desafío?

En Tus tres superpoderes para lograr una vida más sana, próspera y feliz, el doctor Mario Alonso Puig nos descubre, con una sólida base científica, las prácticas para cuidar la salud del cuerpo, la mente y el alma.

FOMENTAR LA SALUD es en sí la mejor prevención de cualquier enfermedad.

SABER ENFOCAR LA MENTE para que no nos anule, sino que nos ayude, es básico si queremos disfrutar de un extraordinario nivel de bienestar y prosperidad.

CULTIVAR EL ALMA mediante la trascendencia del propio ego y sus pulsiones nos permite reconectar con una fuerza que todo lo puede.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Are you using your true resources and abilities when facing a challenge?

In Your Three Superpowers for a Healthier, More Prosperous, and Happier Life, Dr. Mario Alonso Puig reveals, with solid scientific grounding, the practices for caring for the health of the body, mind, and soul.

ENCOURAGING HEALTH is in itself the best prevention against any illness.

KNOWING HOW TO FOCUS THE MIND so that it doesn’t hinder us but helps us is essential if we want to enjoy an extraordinary level of well-being and prosperity.

CULTIVATING THE SOUL by transcending the ego and its impulses allows us to reconnect with a force that can do anything.

Una guía que destierra para siempre la idea de que la menopausia es una enfermedad o una etapa de declive en la vida de la mujer.

En estas páginas la autora reivindica la necesidad de que la mujer llegue a esa fase de su vida con la máxima información, aunque hasta ahora lo que ha sufrido es la desinformación, la falta de investigación y la cultura de la vergüenza. Saber qué está sucediendo, por qué y qué hacer al respecto es empoderador y reconfortante.

Con un discurso honesto y divertido la Dra. Jen desacredita las actitudes misóginas y desafía la mitificación excesiva de la menopausia dejando paso a lo que realmente necesitas saber. Llena de información práctica y tranquilizadora, esta guía esencial revolucionará la forma en que las mujeres experimentan la menopausia, e incluso descubrirán que sus vidas pueden mejorar aún más.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A guide that forever dispels the idea that menopause is a disease or a stage of decline in a woman’s life.

In these pages, the author emphasizes the need for women to enter this phase of life with as much information as possible, even though until now what they have faced is misinformation, lack of research, and a culture of shame. Knowing what is happening, why, and what to do about it is both empowering and comforting.

With an honest and witty voice, Dr. Jen debunks misogynistic attitudes and challenges the excessive mythologizing of menopause, making way for what you truly need to know. Filled with practical and reassuring information, this essential guide will revolutionize the way women experience menopause—and even discover that their lives can become even better.

Over the past 50 years, there have been some dramatic changes in how children are raised, fed, and educated. In looking at both child-rearing practices and children’s education, one of the most obvious changes is this as a society, we seem to have lost our most basic common sense about the natural relationship between physical wellness and mental health, and in so doing we’ve forgotten how interconnected we really are to the natural world around us. Isn’t it concerning that 1 in every 12 children take a medication that has a significant and often unknown impact on their development in cognitive and neurological maturation?

As has always been true, children need good food, adequate sleep, plenty of fresh air and sunshine, and opportunities for physical work, play, and exercise. With these observations in mind, Naturopathic Wisdom provides a common sense roadmap for the implementation of safe naturopathic practices that are desperately needed for struggling children and teens. More specifically, this book will:

• Highlight relevant aspects of the author’s own illness-to-wellness story
• Share professional observations and insights gained from a mental health practice of 30+ years
• Propose simple, safe, naturopathic interventions for the physical and mental health conditions in children and teens
• Detail the research that supports these practices

Break free from yo-yo dieting, endless restarts, and cookie-cutter fitness plans. The STRONG System, created by fitness expert Cori Lefkowith, founder of Redefining Strength, is a proven, science-backed blueprint for lasting results.

Forget fad diets and extreme workouts. The STRONG System combines mindset training, sustainable habits, and adaptable fitness and nutrition strategies so you can make progress that sticks. STRONG stands for Significant, Targeted, Repeatable, Optimized, Nonnegotiable, GO! —a powerful framework that has transformed thousands of lives.

Inside you will discover:

• Mindset mastery to stay motivated and consistent
• Personalized planning that adapts as you do
• Sustainable routines for long-term results
• Metabolic muscle-building protocols and macro-cycling tips
• Workout plans, progress trackers, and recovery strategies 

Features & Benefits:

• Proven Expertise – Created by Cori Lefkowith, founder of Redefining Strength, with over a decade of client-tested success.
• Customizable Approach – Build fitness and nutrition plans designed for your unique needs, not a one-size-fits-all template.
• Mindset-First Method – Learn to stay consistent and break free from the cycle of starting over.
• STRONG Framework – Six pillars that deliver results you can sustain for life.
• Science-Backed Strategies – Includes muscle-building protocols, macro-cycling, and recovery tips.
• Adaptable for Any Age or Stage – Smart, sustainable methods that evolve with you.
• Complete Toolkit – Plans, progress trackers, and habit systems to keep you on track.
• Total Transformation – Build strength, confidence, and habits you can maintain for years.

Rethink age. Redefine the future.

Society has been taught to see aging as a steady decline—but what if it’s actually a dynamic, flexible journey shaped by how people live, think, and choose?

In Your Aging Advantage, two leading experts in health and aging introduce a new way to understand the stages of life—including the powerful Flicker Stage, where a person’s “feels-like” age can shift forward or backward. Whether navigating their own next chapter or supporting aging loved ones, this insightful guide to aging helps people break free from outdated expectations and embrace what’s truly possible.

With the Aging Advantage Plan—a practical, step-by-step road map—people will learn how to take charge of their future, design a life of passion and purpose, and thrive in every decade. Packed with real stories, actionable tools, and insights grounded in science and lived experience, Your Aging Advantage is not just a book about growing older. It’s a call to grow better.

Step back into the spiral of time and open the apothecary cabinet once more.

Following on from the enchanting journey of The Time Traveller’s Herbal, Amanda Edmiston returns with Collected Curiosities, a rich tapestry of folklore, herbal lore, recipes, and personal reflections that bridge history and healing.

We rejoin our herbal time traveller in 1800s Scotland, meeting Lady Lawers on the banks of Loch Tay, whose prophecies about an Ash tree lead us into urgent conversations about nature, sustainability, and cultural memory. From the clearances and the rise of industrialisation to Victorian ghost stories and First World War folklore, this is a journey steeped in mystery, movement, and medicinal magic.

• A Journey Through Time and Plant Lore:Travel from post-Enlightenment Scotland to Edwardian England, following folklore and herbal wisdom through centuries of social and cultural change.
• Folktales, Ghost Stories and Forgotten Remedies: Discover herbal recipes with hazel, cleavers, mugwort, plantain, and more—set against stories of mermaids, soothsayers, and ghostly hedges.
• Creative and Practical: Includes accessible recipes and herbal experiments grounded in historical practices and contemporary awareness of sustainability.<
• Rooted in Women’s Voices: Meet the wise women, herbalists, and forgotten pioneers, including Florence Marian McNeill and the legendary Granny Smith, Queen of the Gypsies.
• A Legacy of Healing: From cabbage poultices to hop-picking tales, explore the links between past traditions and present wellness trends.

This is a book to be savoured like a slow infusion, connecting the reader not just to plants, but to the people, places, and stories that shaped them.

Open the cabinet, and let the stories and scents of the past guide you forward.

Discover the transformative power of the female body with Hormone Goddess, the ultimate guide for women seeking to understand and support their hormonal cycles. Written by Samantha Hadadi, known as @the_hormone_goddess on Instagram, this book provides insightful knowledge and practical tips to help women connect with their natural rhythms and celebrate the unique journey of their bodies.

Comprehensive and Accessible: Hormone Goddess thoroughly explores the four stages of the female hormone cycle, empowering women to embrace, support and celebrate their natural hormonal changes.

Empowerment Through Knowledge: The book challenges negative perceptions around periods and female hormones, encouraging women to view their cycles as a source of strength.

Practical Self-Care: Learn how to look after yourself with self-care tips and recipes for each stage of the hormone cycle, making it easier for women to align with their bodies and enhance their overall well-being.

In Hormone Goddess, the focus shifts from managing – or even hiding – the menstrual cycle to celebrating its magic and majesty. This empowering guide invites women to reclaim their connection to their bodies, fostering a deeper understanding of their cycles and encouraging a life rooted in confidence and self-care.

In The Healing Power of Scent, aromatherapist and author Ellen Rowland dives deep into the most mysterious and ephemeral of the five senses – scent – and explores how we can use our own unique responses to the smells we find in the world around us for spiritual and emotional healing.

Starting from a place of inquisitiveness, the science of scent is unpacked in accessible terms as its healing power is revealed through its molecular makeup.

The practical application of scent comes next, with a series of exercises, recipes and prompts to help the reader develop their own scent diary and understanding of the scents that mean the most to them. The recipes include blends of oils for the reader to try, with instructions for other products to add scent to a create a life filled with a healing power that makes the reader feel safe and supported.

The Healing Power of Scent explores the emotional aspects of scent and its associations, and looks closely at how certain scents can actually have a physical impact on us, and how that impact can be harnessed for healing.

Throughout the book, exercises to engage fully with what scent means to the reader, and how it can be used to improve everyday life are explained in an easy-to-follow way, with guidance on how to bring more helpful and healing scent into everyday life.

A perfect introduction to everything you could want to know about the power of scent, the combined scientific and emotional approaches result in a truly holistic understanding of the healing power of scent, and how it can enhance your life.

The quest for immortality has fascinated humanity for centuries.

If living forever isn’t possible, how long can a person live? And can one live well into their eighties, nineties, or even beyond 100 with strength, vitality, purpose, passion, and grit?

Dr. Jeffry S. Life, MD, PhD, a New York Times bestselling author, has spent decades researching these questions and has found that the answer is within reach.

At eighty-seven years old, Dr. Life still practices medicine full-time, works out daily, and is more active today than he was decades ago.

In The Long Life Plan, Dr. Life reveals the simple, science-based plan he developed to overcome the most common barriers to health, vitality, and longevity. It is the same plan he follows to stay healthier and more productive than most people half his age.

Accessible to individuals of all ages and backgrounds, The Long Life Plan offers practical steps for living a longer, more vibrant life, no matter how busy or tight the budget may be.

The question isn’t just how long a life can last, but how fully it can be lived.