Loss Recovery

After twenty-four years of daily drinking, Ed Wyrick hit his bottom and tossed out his last bottle of vodka. As a high school counselor in a rural county in the middle of the Bible belt, he feared for his job if he revealed his addiction, so he tried detoxing on his own. When he gave up and surrendered to a treatment center, doctors said he was lucky to have survived. Three months later, he quit smoking cigarettes. Eighteen months after that, he’d lost seventy pounds and was running five miles a day. More than twelve years have passed, and he remains free of alcohol, cigarettes, fat, and ...

★★★★★ "If you have suffered such a loss... I suggest you read this book!" - Customer Review ____________ If you have gone through the tragic loss of a loved one and now faced with returning to work, then this book will offer you much needed guidance. Do you know what to expect? Maybe. Maybe not... Maybe you are already back and things just seem completely foreign? Are you coming back to an employer who is compassionate and understanding toward you and what you’ve been through? Maybe the workplace will be indifferent, and even hostile, toward your needs as a bereaved employee. In...

A Journey Through Grief, Loss, Hope and Recovery will benefit those working through sorrow, and those comforting others. Choosing to thrive in the midst of trauma, loss, and illnesses that change lives forever for both young and old alike is the underlying message in this audiobook. It is never easy, but there is hope to thrive and not just survive the journey to recovery. In some way, pain, loss, and tragedy unmistakably touch all of our lives.

Homesteading in the Calm Eye of the Storm is a companion book to my self-help book: COMPLEX PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving. Homesteading is also a memoir of my journey of recovering from C-PTSD. Written in a more playful, easier to read style than my other books, it is much less dense and relatively free of psychological jargon. Several previewers have described it as rich, poignant, funny and full of self-disclosive anecdotes that are sure to help other survivors in their recovery. "Homesteading" has two parts. In Part I, I escape from my dysfunctional family and backpack around the ...

In Eat Sh*t and Die, best-selling author and weight-loss guru David Clark takes a deep dive into the epicenter of the food-addition crisis. At times funny, others times starkly serious, David delivers the unvarnished truth about why we overeat in his blunt and fearlessly honest style. He makes the case for how the food and the fitness industries have failed us and how today’s food manufacturers conspire to turn us into addicts by hijacking our minds and decimating our bodies.

Are you still carrying the echoes of childhood wounds into your adult life? You may be unaware, but this book can help you explore where you stand. Unlock the power of self-compassion and reconnect with the child within in Healing Your Inner Child, a transformative 10-step journey to emotional freedom.This book offers a compassionate, practical approach to understanding and healing childhood wounds that may be affecting your present life. Through gentle self-discovery, proven techniques, and actionable exercises, you'll learn to identify unconscious patterns, develop healthy coping ...

Whether you're noticing early signs of thinning or have been struggling with hair loss for years, this comprehensive guide reveals methods to stop hair loss, stimulate new growth, and restore your confidence without expensive treatments or risky medications.

The Promise of Tomorrow: Hope After Miscarriage is a compassionate guide through the emotional landscape of miscarriage, providing solace and understanding during one of life’s most challenging experiences. This heartfelt book serves as a gentle companion on the journey of healing, helping readers navigate their grief and rediscover hope. Inside, readers will explore the complex emotions that accompany loss, gain insight into the grieving process, and discover healthy coping mechanisms. It offers guidance on building a support system, practical self-care strategies, and ways to honor and ...

The Hunger Fix lays out a science-based three-stage plan that shows us how to break our addiction to False Fixes and replace them with healthier rewards. Fun fitness activities, customized meal plans, and delicious, satisfying recipes are designed to trigger the specific neurochemical cascade that stimulates your body’s reward system, reclaims your hijacked brain, and supports your lifelong recovery.

In March 2010, The Scripps Research Institute released a study showing that rats on a junk-food diet had just as difficult a time - if not more so - giving up excess fat and sugar as the rats who were struggling to recover from cocaine dependence. The results showed that certain foods actually alter the brain's chemistry, making our consumption of these foods less like an indulgence and more like an addiction. Dr. Dow, a psychologist who specializes in addictive behavior and eating disorders, here introduces a four-week program for breaking the hold that food has over the body, mind, and spirit.

One phone call. That's all it took to change Stephanie Wittels Wachs's life forever.... Her younger brother Harris, a star in the comedy world known for his work on shows like Parks and Recreation, had died of a heroin overdose. How do you make sense of such a tragic end to a life of so much hilarious brilliance? In beautiful, unsentimental, and surprisingly funny prose, Stephanie Wittels Wachs alternates between her brother's struggle with addiction, which she learned about three days before her wedding, and the first year after his death, in all its emotional devastation.

Losing your job can feel like a crushing blow. The uncertainty, frustration, and fear of the future can be overwhelming. But this isn’t the end of your career—it’s the beginning of a new opportunity. This book is your roadmap to overcoming job loss with emotional intelligence and returning stronger. You’ll learn how to manage sadness, turn frustration into motivation, and rebuild your confidence to land the job you deserve. Discover how to: Process the loss without getting stuck in frustration Stay motivated and regain your self-confidence Handle interviews and salary negotiations ...

Grief changes everything. It silences the familiar, reshapes our days, and asks us to navigate a world that no longer feels whole. In The Shape of Sorrow, M.Y. Sard offers a compassionate and deeply human guide for anyone struggling to find light after loss. With grace, clarity, and emotional insight, this book walks beside you through the pain of heartbreak, the complexity of healing, and the quiet return of hope. Each chapter offers solace, understanding, and gentle encouragement—reminding us that while grief may reshape us, it does not erase the love we carry or the life still waiting ...

A transformative approach to overcoming trauma by rethinking how we recover. No one wants to confront the terrible fact of life that is personal trauma. But throughout our lives, we will all face those inevitable, life-changing moments: the loss of a loved one, the medical diagnosis we dreaded, the arduous process of physical therapy, or outbursts of post-traumatic stress, to name just a few. We can view these moments as crises. We can also choose to leverage them as opportunities. For Dr. Tamar Jehuda Cohen, trauma came in the form of a life-threatening brain tumor, and the difficult ...

Diet Recovery 2: Restoring Mind and Metabolism from Dieting, Weight Loss, Exercise, and Healthy Food is the ultimate guide to breaking free from the empty hunt for the perfect diet and the counterproductive pursuit of losing weight. It's true, whether you are cutting carbs, or fats, or eating a vegetarian diet, or going Paleo, or eating a truckload of fiber - or even reducing your calorie intake... All of it has been proven ineffective in every weight loss study ever conducted.

Bittersweetness recognises that light and dark, birth and death—bitter and sweet—are forever paired. As Bittersweet shows, our obsession with happiness is not making us happy, healthy or whole. It's only by embracing our darker emotions—as well as the light—that we discover our deepest meaning and connection, love and joy. It can change the way we work, the way we create and the way we love—for it is the hidden source of our love stories, moonshots and masterpieces.

Unlock the benefits of Pilates using just your wall - build strength, flexibility, and confidence with low-impact workouts designed for everyone. Have you discovered Wall Pilates, the popular fitness trend taking social media by storm? If you’re looking for a safe, effective, and accessible way to get fit right from the comfort of your home, Wall Pilates at Home: Low-Impact Workouts for Everyone by Lily Penrose is your essential guide. This comprehensive resource makes Pilates approachable for all ages, fitness levels, and lifestyles. No matter your starting point - whether you’re new ...

In the Shadow of the Almighty, from the EVEN WHEN series, shares words of encouragement for those who are grieving any type of loss. With scriptures and nuggets of wisdom from others who are on their own grief journey, In the Shadow of the Almighty will provide nourishment to your grieving soul, and connect you to the One who loves you beyond your imagination. Leave this book by your bedside, your comfy chair, or on your kitchen table. Pick it up and read pages at your leisure. Know that you are not alone through any step, you have both Jesus and countless others who are going through the ...

You sit quietly in a sunbeam, the world outside bustling with life, yet inside, a profound stillness weighs heavily on your heart. Every corner of your home echoes with memories—the soft padding of paws, the gentle nuzzle during quiet moments, the laughter shared over silly antics. The love you shared transcended verbal expressions, crafting an unbreakable bond woven into the fabric of your life. In this moment of aching absence, you grapple with the emptiness it has left behind, and you remember that every tear you shed is a testament to the deep love that existed. This book is a gentle ...

Are you undergoing the loss of a loved one - a spouse, a partner, a parent, a child, or someone else - who had been a vital part of your life and about whom you cared deeply? Has your loss left you sad, confused, angry, and full of questions that seem to have no answers? If any of these examples describes your current situation, chances are you are experiencing grief - a natural, normal response to encountering any major loss.