A personal tale of resilience and rebirth from West Africa to the Netherlands.

From a rough childhood in Liberia West Africa, marked by a childhood overshadowed by my parents' tumultuous divorce and the chaos of a civil war that raged for over two decades, to one peaceful January morning in the Netherlands, after a yoga meditation session at breakfast as I wrote down my thoughts and feelings in my journal, something that I do every morning for more than 18 now, I realized that I needed to m...

Providing a clear overview of the therapy profession for those embarking on professional training this book takes the reader step-by-step through what 'counselling' actually is; introducing and exploring the basic concepts, historical development, research base and structure of the profession.

Feelings don’t exist, they emerge

When we talk about our feelings, we know exactly what we are talking about. But if we want to know how they emerge, where they come from and what they do to us, then we’re not so sure. For many people, feelings are like a fog that floats through our body.

But is that true?

Feelings are linked to a rock-solid biochemistry, that has an enormous impact on our functioning. Not on a vague metaphysical level, but functioning directly on the ins and outs of th...

Lose up to 7lbs in 7 days with The Juice Master Jason Vale's ultra-fast 1-week super juice cleanse. The man who helped Jordan to get her post-baby body back has designed a healthy and effective diet and exercise programme to reshape your body in just one week, but with lasting results. The one-week super juice diet with fast, body-transforming results from the UK's leading health coach and seminar leader Jason Vale - aka The Juice Master.

This highly motivational and hard-hitting programme fo...

Layal Liverpool spent her adolescence seeing different doctors, trying to find an explanation for the mysterious rash on her face and arms. When every prescription failed to cure her, she concluded that it must be a rare skin condition that defied diagnosis and treatment. That is until as an adult, she met a dermatologist who quickly provided an accurate diagnosis - eczema.

How could so many specialists and medical professionals have gotten it wrong? Liverpool realised that every pr...

More and more people, also younger people, are suffering from hearing loss. Hearing loss has no age limit; once you find yourself in the middle of it, it is so important you find an adequate solution. Because rest assured: there is a solution for (almost) every hearing challenge. And the first step is to have an open mind.

It was a simple infection that caused my severe hearing loss. From one second to the next, I realised how important hearing is. It has been a fascinating hearing journey. N...

Good mental health is the sum of adequately incorporating obvious, and less-obvious practices affecting well-being. That is what Noah Chenevert asserts in this book. Not only topics such as exercise, sleep, and nutrition, but also news, psychedelics, and sex influence our mental health in unforeseen ways.

Through thought-provoking conversations with authors, speakers, teachers, and researchers, Chenevert holds up a mirror that challenges predominant convictions and practices. Based on expert...

Whether a research student or experienced researcher, this book explains how to conceptualise and ethically conduct research, analyse and theorise from multiple perspectives, and disseminate and publish.