North Atlantic Books – The Bell Bookshop

Healing Depression without Medication: A Psychiatrist’s Guide to Balancing Mind,

Emma — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

An effective, evidence-based guide for preventing, treating, and overcoming depression–without drugs.Antidepressants–the first line in our standard of care for treating depression–may not be much more effective than placebos, yet 1 in 6 Americans takes medication to alleviate feeling sad, anxious, stuck, or unable to focus or sleep. More and more, conventional medicine pathologizes how we respond to life’s challenges, like feeling trapped in an unfulfilling job, grieving the death of a loved one, or being anxious about a bad relationship, telling us that they’re symptoms of disease. But what if everything we thought we knew about depression–and how to heal from it–was wrong?Psychiatrist Dr. Jodie Skillicorn presents a new path, debunking the myth of the neurochemical imbalance and exploring the roots of depression, like adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and poorly managed day-to-day stress. In Part 1, Dr. Skillicorn explains what depression is, why we get it, and how we got to where we are now within a pharmaceutical-driven treatment paradigm. Part 2 addresses different aspects of physical and mental health and includes practical, guided Wellness Rx exercises that teach readers to nourish, heal, and restore balance to body and mind. Fully supported and evidence-based, Dr. Skillicorn introduces holistic methods for beating depression, including nutrition, mindfulness, fostering meaningful connections, exercise, sleep, nature, and breathwork–and empowers readers to become agents of their own wholeness and healing.

Yoga for Sleep

Emma — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

As modern science unravels some of the mysteries of our sleeping, dreaming, and waking states, ageold yoga practices are helping us to enjoy better sleep, clearer minds, and healthier bodies. Over 65 percent of U.S. adults are sleep deprived. Sleep deprivation causes and worsens many ailments, including stress, heart conditions, high blood pressure, obesity, and depression. This book provides easytodo and effective yoga activitiesincluding postural sequences, breathing exercises, and meditation toolsfor better quality and quantity sleep across the life cycle from childhood to older age. Longtime yoga instructor, teacher trainer, and bestselling author Mark Stephens integrates the ancient wisdom of yoga with the practical insights, age and conditionspecific sequences, and discussions of neuroscience and psychology to offer practical tools for improving sleepnaturally and drugfree.

Waking The Tiger

Emma — Tue, 30 Sep 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Now in 24 languages.

Nature’s Lessons in Healing Trauma…

Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question: why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understanding the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms, the mystery of human trauma is revealed.

Waking the Tiger normalizes the symptoms of trauma and the steps needed to heal them. People are often traumatized by seemingly ordinary experiences. The reader is taken on a guided tour of the subtle, yet powerful impulses that govern our responses to overwhelming life events. To do this, it employs a series of exercises that help us focus on bodily sensations. Through heightened awareness of these sensations trauma can be healed.