Health & Fitness, Mental Health
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Rooted
How I Stay Small Town Strong When Life Gets Hard and How You Can Too: A Guide to Finding Joy, Learning from Struggle, and Coming Together One Season at a Time by Lewellyn Melnyk
Small towns are places where everyone knows each other’s names—and each other’s business, despite it being none of their own. Yet, folks in small towns never seem to want to talk about mental health. Rural living can be isolating with hours spent on ...
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Four and a Half Steps
Surviving the Reckless Roller Coaster Ride to Recovery by Randy Wagner
Wag is a charismatic and mischievous character. A soon-to-be Boston Pizza franchise owner, he likes to push people’s buttons and takes life to the extreme. After an evening out with his wife in Calgary, he decides to drive back to his temporary home ...
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TruthAches
Everything You Need to Know About Speaking—and Living—Your Truth by Tamika Schilbe Cole
Do you ever feel like there are words stuck in the back of your throat that you can’t speak, no matter how hard you try? Do you ever avoid people when you have something difficult to say? Do you stop yourself from speaking up because there’s a tiny ...
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Burnt Around the Edges
A Guide to Mastering Stress and Surviving Burnout by Arjuna George
This easy-to-read book highlights decades of real-life experiences as a firefighter and a Fire Chief in BC, Canada. The first-hand accounts outlined in the book highlight how occupational and life stress can dramatically affect our wellbeing. It ...
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From The Shadows
Surviving the Depths of Mental Illness by E. Pauline Spurrell
After a joyful early childhood, E. Pauline Spurrell suffered trauma that led to unhinged teenage years and a turbulent adult life. She was diagnosed, and misdiagnosed, with numerous mental illnesses. She endured a seemingly endless cycle of ...
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In Sickness and in Health
by Arthur C. Blais
Did you ever think of going on a vacation with no idea of where you were going or how long you’d be away—not preparing, not packing, not bringing anything with you? Then, while you’re on this vacation, you don’t know where you are, you’re not sure ...
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Never Give Up
The Meaning of My Life - The Paul Rosen Story by Paul Rosen and Roger Lajoie
"I was ready to go away, to fall asleep, and to never wake up again. Paul Rosen was ready to do what he had told everyone else NOT to do for so long. I gave up." - Paul Rosen Everyone faces adversity in life. But Paul Rosen certainly faced more than ...
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Taking Control over Anxiety and Panic
A Therapeutic Approach by Lisa Best
Hypnotherapy is becoming increasingly viewed as an effective tool to help with issues such as weight management, mental focus, anxieties, phobias and pain. But there are still many sceptics: does hypnotherapy really work? Is it all in the mind? This ...
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Homecoming
by Danyca Patrick-O'Grady
This book is about the lonely, the lost, and what it is like to live in the suffocating constraints of mental illness. I share stories of my own personal experiences, in hopes that you find comfort, even if only through relation. I have learnt ...
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Trauma No More: A Six-Step Recovery Guide
With Fast Track and Full Track Options by Norm L. Quantz
Traumatic events happen when they are least expected. Trauma No More is your recovery guide to make the best of these bad situations. The fast-track or full-track options can expedite your emotional healing toward wholeness, whether you are ...
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