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The Hollywood icon best known for her role in "Star Wars" shares interconnected essays exploring her life as the child of Hollywood royalty, adventures on the sets of "Star Wars, " and struggles with biploar disorder.

"A new theory of understanding how anxiety manifests in the body and brain, and how it can be treated."--

Exploring the mystery, wisdom, and power of the dark phase of the moon's cycle--a lunar-based model for moving through the dark times in our lives with understanding, consciousness, and faith in renewal. The moon's dark phase has traditionally been a time of fear and superstition, a time associated with death and isolation. The mythical embodiment of these fears is the Dark Goddess. Known around the world by many names--Lilith, Kali, Hecate, and Morgana--the...

"Across the world, Hari found social scientists who were uncovering evidence that depression and anxiety are not caused by a chemical imbalance in our brains. In fact, they [believe they] are largely caused by key problems with the way we live today. Hari's journey took him from a ... series of experiments in Baltimore, to an Amish community in Indiana, to an uprising in Berlin. Once he had uncovered [what he argues are] nine real causes of depression...

"Adventures in Dealing with Everyday Struggles, Getting Help, and Doing Just OK Sometimes. Just Peachy is a comic series that explores what the day-to-day is like with depression and/or anxiety. The all-too-real cartoon protagonist gives readers a character to empathize with, and helps explain some of the not often talked about consequences and symptoms of having depression. The comics also explore the themes of heartbreak, finding love, dealing with...

Uses photographs of animals to lift the spirits of anyone feeling "blue" and to help put negative incidents and feelings in perspective.

More than three million people in the United States suffer from bipolar disorder, a mental illness that is now classified as one of the ten leading causes of disability in the US and the world. While psychiatric drugs may control bipolar disorder, they do not offer any lasting cure and carry the risk of lasting side effects. The Natural Medicine Guide to Bipolar Disorder offers an alternative: innovative, natural, non-drug based approaches that treat...

"'Understanding Teenage Depression' provides the latest scientific research on this serious condition and the most up-to-date information on its treatment. Incorporating case studies drawn from Dr. Empfield's clinical practice as well as first-person accounts from teenagers, this is a book that anyone who's been touched by this disease -- whether parents, teachers, family members, or teens themselves -- will find invaluable."

If you or someone you know suffers from anxiety, this book can help. What we choose to fuel our bodies with affects us wildly. In today's world of overly processed food and artificial ingredients that almost always include empty calories and stimulants, it's important to educate oneself on how proper nourishment positively impacts our state of mental health and wellbeing. With more than seventy-five simple recipes created to help you chill and be...

If you have depression or just suffer from low mood and lack of motivation, you know that your life isnt going to change with one grand, sweeping gesture. But you can make important decisions every day-whether its getting off the couch and going for a walk, signing up for a course in pottery or screenwriting, or just setting aside some time to meet and chat with a good friend over coffee. These little things wont change your life all at once. But...