Life Recovery

As a WWE wrestler with millions of fans, Shawn Michaels had adulation and all the attention he could ask for, but he found himself longing for something more. When he became a committed Christian at the height of his career, Shawn learned what it's like to be a man of faith in a secular arena. Wrestling for My Life documents Shawn's journey to finding a new way of life - one that's marked by faith, family, and forgiveness.

The house is an intimate place where man spends most of his life, for this reason it is essential that it is welcoming, relaxing and well organized so as to have a place where, by closing the front door, we can leave outside the external problems and dedicate ourselves only to our tranquility. However, it often happens that the house becomes a messy and chaotic place which leads to the person who experiences it an inner malaise and an emotional stress that only thanks to their will to change their lifestyle will they be able to eliminate. The purpose of this book is precisely to help the ...

Life and How to Live It: Volume One: Begin the Begin by Chaz Holesworth is a powerful and raw memoir that chronicles a journey of resilience, hope, and triumph against all odds. Raised amidst the harsh realities of Philadelphia’s slums, Chaz’s childhood was shaped by the stark contrast between a heroin-addicted father and a born-again Christian mother. Surrounded by gangs, poverty, and chaos, Chaz faced unthinkable challenges at a young age. This first volume delves into his upbringing, capturing moments of heartache, survival, and an unyielding desire to rise above his circumstances. ...

In an age where the familiar structures of identity, community, and certainty crumble into chaos, The Avatar Within: Designing Your Mythic Self in an Age of Chaos is an empowering guide for those ready to reclaim their power, authenticity, and purpose. Drawing from timeless myths, archetypal psychology, and transformational storytelling, Joseph Crown invites you on a profound journey inward to rediscover your mythic self—your Avatar. Far from a mere persona, this Avatar serves as your inner compass, guiding you toward wholeness and resilience amidst uncertainty and upheaval. Through ...

You didn’t leave your job to become your own worst boss. Most entrepreneurs start their business chasing freedom — only to find themselves drowning in client demands, late-night emails, last-minute requests, and non-stop availability that leaves them exhausted and resentful. The real secret to a profitable, sustainable, and joyful business isn’t working harder or saying yes to everything. It’s mastering gentle boundaries — clear, compassionate limits that protect your time, energy, and value without burning bridges or turning you into a robot. In The Art of Gentle Boundaries, real...

Over the next ten years, 40 to 60 million people in this country will be admitted to the ICU. Most of these hospitalizations will be sudden, unexpected, and harrowing experiences that can alter patients and their families physically and emotionally, with effects that endure for years. In this rich blend of science, medical history, profoundly humane patient stories, and personal reflection, Dr. Wes Ely describes his mission to prevent patients from being inadvertently harmed by the technology that is keeping them alive.

For my mother's life Stroke, what to do? On August 16, 2013, my mother experienced a devastating stroke that left her completely debilitated. The doctors delivered grim prognoses to my sisters and me, warning us that she might not survive. They cautioned that even if she did pull through, she would likely remain in a vegetative state. It was a harrowing moment, filled with uncertainty and fear. But my mother is a true fighter, and she defied the odds. She not only survived the stroke, but she also made a remarkable recovery and regained control of her life. It wasn't a miraculous overnight ...

"When Everything Turns To Sh*t" is a practical guide designed to help individuals navigate the tumultuous waters of major life-changing events, such as unexpected divorce, the loss of loved ones, retirement, aging, and financial bankruptcy. The book emphasizes the importance of acknowledging emotional struggles and highlights that no one is alone in their experiences. The guide offers valuable insights on coping with an unexpected divorce by encouraging readers to grieve the relationship while seeking support from friends and family. It stresses the significance of rediscovering one's ...

In this honest discussion of mental health, the founder of Therapy for Women explores our reasons for drinking alcohol - and the benefits of taking a break.

Steve-O is best known for his wildly dangerous, foolish, painful, embarrassing, and sometimes death-defying stunts. At age 48, however, he faces his greatest challenge yet: getting older. A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions is a captivating exploration of life and how to live it by an individual who has already lived way more than a lifetime’s worth of extreme experiences. Steve-O grapples with the right balance between maturity and staying true to yourself, avoiding selfishness, and finding the right partner for life.

What if there was a way of eating that may help us live healthier for longer and protect the future of our planet, too? The good news is that evidence now shows a plant-based diet may offer us exactly that – and straight-talking nutritionist Simon Hill has done the hard work translating the science into actionable advice for everyday life. Before transitioning to a plant-based diet Simon held many of the common misconceptions.

As sober personal development coach Amanda Kuda can attest, you don’t need to have a drinking problem for alcohol to be holding you back. Like a lot of successful young professionals, her life was a carousel of opportunities to drink that ultimately left her feeling unfulfilled in her spirit, relationships, and career. She didn’t hit “rock bottom” or need a recovery program, but she did need a change. It was only when Kuda tried Dry January that she realized sobriety was the linchpin for a better life.

In a culture where sipping "rosé all day" is seen as the epitome of relaxation, "grabbing a drink" the only way to network; and meeting at a bar the quintessential "first date", many of us are left wondering if drinking alcohol really is the only way to cultivate joy and connection in life. Jardine Libaire and Amanda Eyre Ward wanted to live spontaneous and luxurious lives, to escape the ordinary and enjoy the intoxicating. Their drinking, however, had started to numb them to the present moment instead of unlocking it.

“Don’t let someone else's problem destroy the person you were meant to be. You have the right to live a peaceful and fulfilled life full of love! In the book Saving You Is Killing Me: Loving Someone with an Addiction, Andrea Seydel uses the scientific study of human flourishing and happiness to help you restore joy and teaches the reader how to struggle well through the challenges of addiction. You will learn the power of advocating for yourself and how your journey starts by taking back your power and shifting the focus onto you, not your addicted loved one. Seydel brings a wealth of ...

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg loved his job, his wife, and his two young sons. But he also loved to drink. Drunkard is an unflinchingly honest account of one man's descent into alcoholism and his ambivalent struggle to embrace sobriety. Sentenced to an outpatient rehab program, Steinberg discovers that twenty-eight days of therapy cannot reverse the toll taken by decades of hard drinking.

A rich and multilayered guide that offers readers accessible wisdom and practical methods to cultivate deeper satisfaction in everyday experiences. In contrast to stimulus-driven pleasure, contentment comes from living a life of meaning that aligns with one's values. The author identifies the common traps people fall into looking for happiness that actually create stress, worries, and fears, and offers authentic mindfulness-based solutions to counteract them.

Were you raised by rules, but never felt safe? Raised by Control, Not Love is a healing guide for those silently carrying the emotional wounds of having emotionally immature parents. If you grew up in a house where affection felt conditional, where silence was punishment, and where being "the good child" meant losing touch with your real self—this book is for you. In these deeply validating pages, Sienna Thorne walks with you through the quiet trauma that shaped your identity, and shows you how to finally: – Set boundaries without drowning in guilt – Grieve the childhood you never had...

This audiobook is intended to help people in recovery work the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous through inspiration taken from the Bible. For each of the 12 steps, the audiobook presents daily step work exercises based on a verse from the Five Books of Moses (The Pentateuch or Torah). Over 30 days, the listener will work through all 12 steps, guided by texts from the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

Breakups hurt ~ but you don’t have to go through it alone. How I Bossed My Heartbreak is the ultimate breakup companion for anyone who feels shattered, stuck, or completely lost after the end of a relationship. Whether you were blindsided, cheated on, ghosted, or left without explanation, this book wraps around you like a blanket of understanding and says, “You’re not the only one.” Inside are real, raw, and relatable stories from women and men who’ve been through heartbreak and lived to tell the tale. Each story is honest, emotional, and totally unique ~ and every one ends with ...

Elizabeth's life is penned very simply in this inspiring memoir about her incredible battle, to find a way to live. Born the year her parents immigrated from Europe, in a large catholic family, she experienced poverty, neglect, sexual assault, rejection and abandonment before the age of eighteen. She had no sense of self and felt invisible most of the time. Her father passed away after battling cancer for eleven years, when she was nineteen years old. It was then that her world took a bad turn, when she fell in love with a drug addict/dealer. Twenty four years later, after using heroin ...