If you have seasonal affective disorder (SAD), take heart. A range of effective treatments and preventive measures can help you feel healthy and productive, even on the darkest days. Yet when depression kicks in, it's tough to mobilize yourself to find and use the information you need to feel better. That's where this skillfully crafted workbook comes in. Leading SAD expert Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal guides you step by step to: *Record your symptoms, such as low moods, fatigue, sleep problems, and food cravings. *Gain awareness of your seasonal patterns--to anticipate problems before they arise. *Determine which remedies to try, including light therapy, meditation, lifestyle changes, antidepressants, and psychotherapy. *Keep track of what works and how long it takes for symptoms to improve. *Spend your high-energy months equipping yourself for the times when energy is low. By working through the book's simple checklists and fill-in-the-blank forms (you can download and print additional copies as needed), you'll create your own blueprint for greater well-being all year long. Let there be light! See also Dr. Rosenthal's Winter Blues, Fourth Edition, which provides a comprehensive overview of SAD and its treatment.
The one thing all northwesterners can agree on is that winters are long, dark, and wet.If the weather's got you down, this spunky little book will guide you out of a winter funk with equal parts of humour, advice, and panache. There is no need to move to Los Angeles or check into a sanatorium. Learn how to devise a Winter Disaster Plan with tips on stockpiling food and finding a hibermate.If you're sick in bed with yet another winter cold, entertain yourself with a variety of bedside crafts, from Tissue Sculpture to Vitamin C Beadwork. When spring finally comes along, be ready for it by following the 12 Steps to Reemergence.
A completely revised and updated values-based guide to navigating the first year of college that speaks to college students in their own language and offers practical tools that readers need to keep from drinking, sleeping, or skipping their way out of college. In the four years since its initial publication, The Freshman Survival Guide has helped thousands of first year students make a successful transition to college life. However, much has changed on campuses. The explosion of technology, ubiquity of social media, and culture changes have all added new layers of complexity to the leap from high school to college. The Freshman Survival Guide's updated edition features new research and advice on issues such as mental health, sexual assault, and finding balance. It also features expanded sections on dating, money management, and an increased focus on how the over 1.5 million incoming freshman can prepare themselves for the biggest change they've encountered in their lives: heading off to college.
This book explains the dangers of trans fat, commonly called hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fat, as well as how to recognise them in every day foods by properly reading nutritional labels. Along with trans fat, you will learn the different types of fats, which ones are beneficial, and which ones should be used for cooking, baking or eating. Not to leave the reader hanging with questions on how to eliminate dangerous fats and take on a healthier approach to life, there are several sections dealing with how to make those changes, transitioning healthier foods into their eating plan. This book will encourage and empower you to make better choices and learn to live an optimal and healthy life.
YOUR LIFE-CHANGING BEGINNERS-GUIDE GLUTEN-FREE COOKBOOK TO EFFORTLESSLY FEELING GREAT AND LOSING WEIGHT! This guide will teach you everything you need to know about starting a gluten-free lifestyle - in just half an hour. It also contains 30 delicious and simple gluten-free recipes which take no more than 30 minutes to prepare and cook. *** In a gluten food funk? Take charge with this book and banish gluten from your life forever! Gluten allergies are just the pits, right? This cookbook and lifestyle guide will change everything! Break free and start living life by following this guide to make your gluten allergy symptoms just a memory. You’ll be enjoying quick and easy gluten-free chicken , beef, fish, lamb, pork and vegetarian feasts in no time! Break the gluten-sickness cycle and put taste back on your menu! *** Make Me Gluten-Free… in 30 Minutes! will teach you EVERYTHING you need to know about starting your new gluten-free lifestyle in … you guessed it, 30 minutes (or less)! In addition, this beginner’s cookbook contains 30 simple and scrumptious original gluten-free recipes that will take no more than 30 minutes to prepare! Inside this book YOU’LL DISCOVER: No medical jargon! This lifestyle guide/cookbook is written in clear, simple language that you can finish in just half an hour! 30 simple step-by-step original gluten-free recipes Your no. 1 key ingredient to success – you get a simple, clear understanding of gluten and why it makes you feel sick How to beat gluten and NEVER suffer gluten sickness again HOW TO AVOID the serious health conditions linked to celiac disease, including diabetes, heart disease and autoimmune diseases A COMPLETE gluten-free diet how-to guide A detailed list of gluten-free foods, including meats, dairy, safe grains and spices Top answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions about gluten intolerance 30 easy, delicious Gluten-Free recipes that even beginners can cook in just 30 minutes Everything you need to create BEAUTIFUL BEEF dishes, including my ‘Seattle Teriyaki Beefsteak Salad’, and ‘Red Alert Beef Curry’recipes CHICKEN DISHES that will have them begging for more, including my ‘Alabama Sweet Chili Chicken’ and ‘Hawaiian Mango Chicken’ No-fuss FISH RECIPES which will hit the spot, including my ‘Grizzly Bear Salad’ and ‘Big Bayou Shrimp’ creations! Recipe guides to create the PERFECT PORK dinner, including my ‘Frisco Pork with Golden Gateway Apple’ and ‘Wiseguy Pork Tenderloin’ SUCCULENT LAMB recipes that really work, including ‘Rocky Mountain Lamb Chops’ and ‘Mississippi Lamb Burgers’ Stress-free VEGETARIAN FEASTS, including my ‘Al Capone Risotto’ and ‘Gold Rush Stir Fry’ recipes! So, what are you waiting for? Get yourself a copy of Make Me Gluten-Free… in 30 Minutes! and you’ll be feeling great and losing weight before you know it!
A fun-filled winter survival handbook with 170 different ideas to help mothers plan fun times for the winter months and build family togetherness. Arp's easy-to-do creative activities, games, and more will help anyone who needs some new ideas for creatively entertaining children to chase away the winter blues.
Explaining why women between the ages of 35 and 50 often experience significant changes in mood, weight, sex drive, and general well-being due to hormonal imbalances, this guide shows women how to regain control of their hormones—and their lives—and feel good again through natural means. Women who have had long-standing physical and emotional complaints written off by doctors as normal or genetic are provided with step-by-step solutions to such hormone-related problems as weight gain, fibroids, sex-drive doldrums, adult acne, depression, anxiety, irritability, chronic fatigue, and facial hair. Perimenopausal women will be able to regain control of their health by putting together a game plan for renewal—including hormone balancing and weight management plans that will help them feel better—with dramatic, life-changing results.
Love the great outdoors but live in an urban jungle? Stuck at a desk all day but long to feel the breeze on your face? 'The Fresh Air Fix Survival Guide' is here to help you change all that, full of tips and ideas for squeezing a bit more outdoor time back into your everyday. It's also divided into seasonal chapters, so you'll be able to dip into each chapter depending on the time of year.
