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        Health & Personal Development

        More Peace, Less Stress

        A Step-by-Step Guide for Adults with ASD

        by Marja Boxhoorn

        When you have autism, you probably have to cope with stress on a daily basis. Often, people with autism do not know how to recognize stress, what causes stress, and what they can do to reduce it. More peace, less stress offers a useful step-by-step plan. In seven steps, the reader learns what causes stress, how to recognise stress signals, and what they can do to feel more at ease. The book includes practical exercises so new knowledge can be applied right away. Being more at ease means to be able to: have better relationships with a partner, family, friends and colleagues, focus attention to get things done more easily, have a grip on life, instead of experiencing chaos, restlessness and insecurity and feel more powerful and have more self-esteem.

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        Health & Personal Development

        A Husband with ASD, What To Do?

        A Training Course for Thoses Who Have a Partner with Autism

        by Els Blijd-Hoogewys, Anja Talboom

        Because of their problems with social interaction it is often presumed that people with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) cannot have romantic relationships. This is not true; adults with ASD are certainly capable of having long-term relationships. Although some partners are satisfied with their relationship, there are also some who experience problems caused by ASD. Both, the partner with, as the partner without ASD, can feel unhappy and misunderstood in the relationship. This is where this book can be of help. This unique 10 step psychoeducational program helps women, whose partner suffers from an autism spectrum disorder, to understand the condition as well as their partner better. This book also offers tips for daily life that can help improve the relationship between the partners and giving the women more time to herself.   Target Group: partners of people with autism, therapists.

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        Health & Personal Development

        Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adults

        A Practical Guide for Adults with ASD

        by Annelies Spek

        Lately, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in adults have received more and more attention. A decade ago, autism was only recognised and diagnosed in children. Oddly enough, the fact that ASD could also occur in adults has been neglected for a long time. By now it has become clear that the symptoms of ASD change over the lifetime. Though people with ASD definitely have many strengths (eye for detail, perseverance, sincerity, a sense of humour, reliability, and consistency), they also have shortcomings. This book brings the reader up to date about ASD. In Part 1, the causes of ASD are described, both in nature and nurture. This part also includes a discussion about information processing in relation to ASD. Part 2 deals with the behavioural aspects as described in the DSM-5. In Part 3, several important themes are discussed, such as the diagnostic process, sexuality, gender differences, and changes that people with ASD experience throughout their lives.    ‘I wish I had read this book 15 years ago. I finally understand why people respond to me the way they do.’ Joost, diagnosed with ASD.   Target Group: adults with autism, relatives, therapists.

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        Self-help & personal development

        Do Whatever You Want to Do!

        How a Flatworm Demonstrates the Way to Satisfaction and Freedom

        by M. Storch

        Many people don't know what they want. In this book, a little worm shows the reader how to live life the best way possible. It shows, how often decisions or even entire lifestyles are determined by what is “intimated” by parents, friends, the media, or even the latest fad. Ultimately, the worm shows the reader, that it is only possible to be happy and free, if one knows what one wants and actually actively pursue this. Target Group: For people who want to improve their lives, psychologists, and therapists.

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        Health & Personal Development
        May 2016

        How to Deal with Anxiety and Panic

        by Michael Rufer, Heike Alsleben, Angela Weiss

        Are you or a loved one suffering from anxiety and panic and you are wondering what you can do? To whom you can turn? What the options for treatment are? And how relatives can help? This self-help book gives affected people and their relatives: • clear and comprehensive information based on up-to-date research findings • concrete self-help strategies and exercises with worksheets • descriptions of recognized treatment methods • instructions on coping with stress and using relaxation techniques • detailed answers to frequently asked questions • a helpful list of useful contacts and websites • an idea of how mindfulness can be incorporated. The authors have first-hand knowledge of these problems from their extensive experience of counseling and treating people with anxiety disorders and their relatives. This book summarizes their knowledge in clear and comprehensible form. It is ideal both for self-help and to complement ongoing treatment. Target Group: affected people and their relatives and friends; psychologists, therapists, doctors, counseling centers.

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        Self-help & personal development
        September 2016

        Studying Successfully

        Effiziente Lern- und Arbeitsstrategien für Schule, Studium und Beruf

        by Eberhardt Hoffmann, Monika Löhle

        This guide describes techniques that show the readers, depending on what type of learner they are, how to study successfully. The guide is made up of 4 parts: 1. Introduction to different learning styles, memory strategies, and brain function 2. Elements of successful studying (time management, motivation, short relaxation techniques etc.) 3. Individual study (determining your learning style, presentations, languages and mathematics, emotions and learning) 4. Succeeding in exams (breathing techniques, muscle relaxation techniques etc.) Target Group: students, teachers, parents.

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        Health & Personal Development
        July 2014

        8 Weeks to Restful Sleep

        A Self-Help Book

        by Tilmann Müller, Beate Paterok

        This 8 weeks training program will help the reader to enjoy a whole night of restful sleep using the sleep compression method. The tips and exercises presented in this self help guide help to improve the quality of sleep and raise the reader´s awareness of the impact of the daily routines on sleep. The book also presents interesting facts about sleep and sleep disorders, making the reader an „expert on their own sleep issues“. Target Group: For people who want to overcome sleep disorders and improve the quality of their sleep.

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        Health & Personal Development
        June 2015

        Suicide Risk?

        Ein Ratgeber für Betroffene und Angehörige

        by Tobias Teismann, Wolfram Dorrmann

        This guide provides up-to-date information regarding symptoms of suicidal thoughts and crises, how often suicidal thoughts occur and what causes the emergence of such thoughts and behavior. Sufferers can find suggestions that may help to rethink suicidal plans and deal with burdening thoughts. Family members will find advice on how to handle suicidal persons. The last chapter also provides information on where to seek personal or anonymous help also in acute crisis situations. Target Group: people in a suicidal crisis as well as their family members, psychological psychotherapists, specialists in psychotherapy, psychiatric and psychosomatic medicine, social workers, staff in counselling centers, staff working at crisis line services, self-help groups, suicide prevention services.

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        Health & Personal Development
        1992

        Das Vaterunser

        Meditationen und Körperübungen zum kosmischen Jesusgebet

        by Douglas-Klotz, Neil / Übersetzt von Onnen, Gita; Übersetzt von Ploes, Eva

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        Health & Personal Development
        November 2010

        Im Alltag Ruhe finden

        Meditationen für ein gelassenes Leben

        by Kabat-Zinn, Jon / Übersetzt von Kierdorf, Theo

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        Health & Personal Development
        October 2019

        Das Orakel der Krafttiere

        68 magische Karten mit Anleitungsbuch

        by Baron-Reid, Colette

        Übersetzt von Horst Kappen

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        Self-help & personal development

        The Body that I am

        What to Learn from Our Body Awareness

        by Adrian Mühlebach

        Nothing is closer to us than our body ­ and yet we are only l ittle or not at all aware of it! Our body often plays the deci­sive role in our life: as the basis of our existence, in the regu­lation of our well­being as well as in our behavior control. Nevertheless, we perceive it far too seldom attentively. Our body perception is a dynamic, circular, self­changing pro­cess, because it is only through individually and collectively created ideas that we can turn body sensations into body perceptions. In this respect, our body perception is diffcult to grasp (scientifcally), since it is barely accessible via ob­jective observation, but exists only in our subjective con­sciousness. In this book, body perception is therefore exam­ined from the perspective of various disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, physiology, and history, in order to refect on its signifcance for our lives and to demonstrate its usefulness in view of the challenges of our time.

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        Popular psychology

        Human Sadness

        Twelve Conversations

        by Angelika Schett

        Why is the so-called “coolness” of sadness currently fading? Why is sadness increasingly being medicalized? Why is sadness the most humane of all feelings? And: can animals be sad? Twelve conversations with philosophers, psychiatrists, experts in cultural studies, and psychoanalysts focus on sadness from different perspectives – and they have something positive to say about this emotion.   Target Group: For non-specialists and experts – everyone who is interested in the broad spectrum of human sadness

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        Health & Personal Development

        Nurturing Your Soul’s Resilience

        A Path to Inner Strength and Wellbeing

        by Gaby Gschwend

        Fears, stress, loneliness, losses and negative beliefs about oneself and the world reduce our own well-being and have a great impact on both mental and physical health. How can we strengthen our resilience to increase and maintain health and wellbeing?   The book encourages the reader to take responsibility for the successes in their life and actively contribute to their health and shows how to increase resilience. Many examples illustrate different ways and exercises that strengthen resilience and enable the readers to actively contribute to their own health and wellbeing. Important factors are a friendly attitude toward oneself which includes the own perception of one’s weaknesses, strengthening positive attitudes and feelings.   Target Group: psychotherapists, psychiatrists, clinical and health psychologist

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        Health & Personal Development
        July 2021

        Everything harder than everyone else

        Why some of us push our bodies to extremes

        by Jenny Valentish

        There is a part of human nature compelled to test our own limits. But what happens when this part comes to define us? When journalist Jenny Valentish wrote Woman of Substances, a book about addiction, she noticed that people who treated drug-taking like an Olympic sport would often hurl themselves into a pursuit like marathon running upon giving up. What stayed constant was the need to push their boundaries. Everything Harder Than Everyone Else follows people doing the things that most couldn't, wouldn't or shouldn't. By delving into their extreme behaviour, there's a lot that us mere mortals can learn about the human condition. There's the neuroscientist violating his brain to override his disgust response. The athlete using childhood adversity as grist for the mill. The wrestler turning restlessness into curated ultraviolence. The architect hanging from hooks in her flesh, to better get out of her head. The performance artist seeking erasure by torturing his body. The BDSM dom helping people flirt with death to feel more alive. The bare-knuckle boxer whose gnarliest opponent is her ego. The dancer who could not separate her identity from her practice until at death's door. The bodybuilder exacting order on a life that was once chaotic. And the porn star-turned-fighter for whom sex and violence are two sides of the same coin. Their insights lead Jenny on a compulsive, sometimes reckless journey of immersion journalism.

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        Health & Personal Development
        July 2021

        Everything harder than everyone else

        Why some of us push our bodies to extremes

        by Jenny Valentish

        There is a part of human nature compelled to test our own limits. But what happens when this part comes to define us? When journalist Jenny Valentish wrote Woman of Substances, a book about addiction, she noticed that people who treated drug-taking like an Olympic sport would often hurl themselves into a pursuit like marathon running upon giving up. What stayed constant was the need to push their boundaries. Everything Harder Than Everyone Else follows people doing the things that most couldn't, wouldn't or shouldn't. By delving into their extreme behaviour, there's a lot that us mere mortals can learn about the human condition. There's the neuroscientist violating his brain to override his disgust response. The athlete using childhood adversity as grist for the mill. The wrestler turning restlessness into curated ultraviolence. The architect hanging from hooks in her flesh, to better get out of her head. The performance artist seeking erasure by torturing his body. The BDSM dom helping people flirt with death to feel more alive. The bare-knuckle boxer whose gnarliest opponent is her ego. The dancer who could not separate her identity from her practice until at death's door. The bodybuilder exacting order on a life that was once chaotic. And the porn star-turned-fighter for whom sex and violence are two sides of the same coin. Their insights lead Jenny on a compulsive, sometimes reckless journey of immersion journalism.

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        Health & Personal Development
        July 2021

        Everything harder than everyone else

        Why some of us push our bodies to extremes

        by Jenny Valentish

        There is a part of human nature compelled to test our own limits. But what happens when this part comes to define us? When journalist Jenny Valentish wrote Woman of Substances, a book about addiction, she noticed that people who treated drug-taking like an Olympic sport would often hurl themselves into a pursuit like marathon running upon giving up. What stayed constant was the need to push their boundaries. Everything Harder Than Everyone Else follows people doing the things that most couldn't, wouldn't or shouldn't. By delving into their extreme behaviour, there's a lot that us mere mortals can learn about the human condition. There's the neuroscientist violating his brain to override his disgust response. The athlete using childhood adversity as grist for the mill. The wrestler turning restlessness into curated ultraviolence. The architect hanging from hooks in her flesh, to better get out of her head. The performance artist seeking erasure by torturing his body. The BDSM dom helping people flirt with death to feel more alive. The bare-knuckle boxer whose gnarliest opponent is her ego. The dancer who could not separate her identity from her practice until at death's door. The bodybuilder exacting order on a life that was once chaotic. And the porn star-turned-fighter for whom sex and violence are two sides of the same coin. Their insights lead Jenny on a compulsive, sometimes reckless journey of immersion journalism.

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        Health & Personal Development

        THE 6 MINUTE SUCCESS JOURNAL

        PLAN YOUR HAPPINESS - A goal without a plan is just a wish

        by Dominik Spenst

        Thousands of readers of Dominik Spenst’s best-selling book The 6 Minute Diary used mindfulness and gratitude to lead happier, more fulfilled lives. In his new book, The 6 Minute Journal, Spenst melds mindfulness with productivity to offer us new ways of realising our goals that are based on proven tools from positive psychology. His approach builds productive behaviour, combining target-orientated determination with calm and serenity, for example by encouraging us to reflect on our strengths every day or working in a mindful way. The skills promoted here let us focus on aspirations and dreams that would otherwise be drowned out in our hectic daily work routines. Attain your unique definition of personal and professional success in only 6 minutes a day!

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