Self Safety

Our culture is obsessed with safety and self. We are constantly assessing risks, prioritizing tasks, and categorizing people. We seek out security, efficiency, and comfort and avoid uncertainty, wasted time, and distress. We crave the known, the quantifiable, the safe. We resent people who...

Here, for the first time, is a layperson's explanation of polyvagal theory, an approach to mental health and well-being that has taken the clinical world by storm. A polyvagal approach to life is based on the knowledge that the autonomic nervous system is shaped by early experience and reshaped with ongoing experience. This short book will offer an overview for nonspecialists and provide a series of exercises and meditations (practices) that will allow listeners to tune into their nervous systems, providing calming prompts to build and strengthen ventral vagal connections.

Want to master wilderness medicine and be prepared for any outdoor emergency? Are you an outdoor enthusiast seeking adventure? Have you considered the dangers you might face? What would you do if an accident happens and you're hours away from help? Conventional first aid only partially applies in the wild. Wilderness first aid requires unique skills and knowledge. You're not alone, and help is here.

You weren't born doubting yourself. That was taught to you. For years, you've carried the weight of emotional neglect, wondering why you can't shake the feeling that you're not enough. You've learned to be your own worst critic because no one taught you how to be your own safe place. But here's the truth: the healing you've been searching for doesn't require you to be perfect.it requires you to be gentle. What if the voice in your head could become your biggest supporter instead of your harshest judge? The Year I Learned to Be Gentle With Myself is your 365-day companion for unlearning the ...

The machines are already improving themselves. You just have not been told how fast. In the spring of 2026, Claude began writing between seventy and ninety percent of the code used to train its own next version. AlphaEvolve spent over a year optimizing the training process for the very models that powered it, recovering enough wasted compute across Google's global fleet to power a small country's worth of servers. OpenAI's Codex debugged the training pipeline that produced it. And a 630-line Python script showed that anyone with a single GPU could run autonomous AI research experiments ...

An empathetic, accessible, research-backed guide to creating healthy, secure, attuned relationships by exploring the roots of your own emotional disconnection. Not only is deep, meaningful connection with others something we yearn for, research shows that connection has profound effects on our...

Hearing voices can feel terrifying — but it doesn’t have to control your life. If you experience voice-hearing, intrusive “commentary,” paranoia, threat-based fear, or distressing mental experiences that hijack your day, this quickstart guide gives you a practical CBT-based toolkit to reduce distress and regain stability—step by step. This isn’t a book that argues about what voices “mean.” It’s a book that shows you what to do when it happens. Inside, you’ll learn how to: Lower the intensity of spikes using simple nervous-system “downshift” tools Stop the exhausting ...

Revised and updated, this book offers a groundbreaking, comprehensive program to help those with bipolar disorder—and those who care about them—gain permanent control over their lives. Most people diagnosed with bipolar disorder are sent home with the name of a doctor and a bag of...

Break Free from the Chains of Anxiety and Embrace Lasting Love, even if you've struggled with insecurity and emotional dependency for years Are you exhausted from constantly fearing abandonment or overthinking every aspect of your relationships? Do you find it challenging to trust your partners without feeling vulnerable? Perhaps you are dependent on reassurance or feel trapped in a cycle of emotional reactivity. If any of these resonate with you, you're not alone. Many adults today grapple with the complexities of anxious attachment, feeling isolated and unsure of where to turn for help. ...

This is a safe place for your heart to rest, heal, and grow. Many Black women carry emotional weight that never gets acknowledged — past heartbreak, relationship wounds, family pressure, and years of putting everyone else first. Over time, this creates exhaustion, self-doubt, and a quiet disconnection from your own needs.

Tim Beard—a career security professional who honed his expert skills in the US Marines and CIA’s Clandestine Service—shows you the very secrets he has used to stay alive in risky situations in the most dangerous places on earth—secrets you can use to avoid becoming the next victim of a terrible crime. You may think you have no control over the bad things that could happen, but you do. You can control your own actions—and the right actions could save your life and those of the people you love. Tim takes you through a variety of scenarios and reveals what you should do step-by-step....

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR A CALM NEW YEAR! Stop letting stress hijack your body. Discover the science-backed switch to turn off anxiety and turn on healing—in just minutes a day. Have you tried everything to calm your racing mind, fix your digestion, or boost your energy, only to feel more frustrated? You’ve downloaded the meditation apps, bought the expensive supplements, and tried the trendy routines, yet you still wake up feeling on edge, bloated, or exhausted. It is easy to feel like your body is fighting against you, or worse, that these symptoms are "all in your head." But you aren’t...

Have you ever worried about how your family would survive if the power grid failed or grocery shelves went empty? If you feel vulnerable to a system you don’t control, then keep listening… This book shares the steps that helped me move from relying on a fragile supply chain to building true energy and food independence in less than twelve months.

Have you ever felt completely alone—while lying next to someone who says they love you? You smile. You stay. You shrink. And yet, the ache only gets louder. This is not the loneliness of being single. This is the heartbreak of being half-loved. Of reaching for someone who’s right there—but never really with you. Of silencing your needs just to keep the peace… and slowly disappearing in the process. You Were There, But I Still Felt Alone is for the woman who’s done explaining her pain. Done begging for presence. Done calling it love when it only hurts. In these pages, you’ll find...

This program is read by the authors, with Paul Giamatti, and includes sections recorded in front of a live audience. The highly anticipated first book by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, the voices behind the #1 hit podcast My Favorite Murder! Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging...

It doesn’t matter how little experience you have: You have what it takes to survive. All you need is the proper guidance… If watching the news often leaves you with a lingering feeling of anxiety, you’re certainly not alone. A day rarely goes by in which we don’t hear about a new natural disaster or some other emergency that could affect any one of us if we happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Experts from Oxfam say that, over the last 30 years, the amount of climate-related disasters has tripled—and it isn’t about to get any better any time soon. As much as we ...

Harness the power of breathwork with this compassionate, healing guide for Black women. As a Black woman, Jasmine Marie knows the impact that intergenerational trauma and systemic racism have had—and continue to have—on her community. Those experiences, along with her own journey through...

A spy is suddenly aware she's being stalked through the streets of an overseas city. A special ops soldier intuitively recognizes something's "off" during a high-risk mission. In these life-threatening situations experts know exactly how to use their senses and what actions to take. At the...

Do you feel mentally overwhelmed, anxious, or emotionally drained? Does stress, tension, or constant mental chatter leave you exhausted and unable to focus? You are not alone — and there is a natural, gentle path to restore calm and inner balance. Calming the Nervous System Naturally: A Trauma-Informed Holistic Guide to Emotional Regulation, Stress Relief, and Inner Safety is designed to help you understand, support, and gently restore your nervous system. Written by H/Dr. Zafar Hussain Saeed, DHMS, RHMP, a trusted holistic wellness practitioner, this book combines trauma-informed ...

PTSD is a normal response to an abnormal experience. Recovery is possible. This workbook is a structured, evidence-based companion for people healing from post-traumatic stress disorder — whether the trauma is recent or long past, whether you are working with a therapist or navigating recovery on your own. In five parts and twenty-three chapters, The PTSD Recovery Workbook guides you through the complete arc of trauma recovery: Part One — Building Safety: Understanding what PTSD is doing in your body and brain; grounding techniques for immediate distress; building your support network; ...