Holiday Stress

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts that make you who you are. Is there just one “you”? We’ve been taught to believe we have a single identity, and to feel fear or shame when we can’t control the inner voices that don’t...

In this “journey of spiritual transformation” (Publishers Weekly) award winning author Rabbi Alan Lew follows the practices and rituals of the Jewish High Holy Days and guides readers through heartbreak, contemplation, and re-birth. There are times in life when we are caught utterly...

Tired of Diets That Don’t Work—Especially During the Holidays? What if burning fat and losing weight didn’t require punishing workouts, restrictive diets, or starting over every Monday? What if the reason nothing ever worked wasn’t you—but the methods you were told to follow? In How to Burn Fat and Lose Weight Ridiculously Easy: Even During the Holidays!, Gerry Marrs reveals a refreshingly simple, realistic approach to weight loss that finally works with your body instead of against it. No extremes. No starvation. No exhausting gym routines. Just a smarter, sustainable way to lose...

In the spirit of An Immense World and Soul of an Octopus, an award-winning neuroscientist and veteran horse trainer illuminates the mysteries of equine cognition and behavior, told through the moving story of her own extraordinary bond with a horsenamed True North. The bond between horses and...

Through a radical new approach to manifesting the life of your dreams, subconscious breakthrough coach Haley Hoffman Smith empowers you to embrace the potential within your own mind to unlock magical change in your world. “Prepare to have your life changed.” —Kathrin Zenkina, Manifestation...

An inviting guide to nondual awakening that is fully embodied, deeply connected, and available in every moment The Fullness of the Ground distills Dr. Judith Blackstone’s decades of teaching into the essentials of the nondual spiritual path. Embodied nondual realization can have a profound...

Finally, a Holiday Guide That Works for ADHD Brains Holidays are supposed to feel magical—but if you live with ADHD (or love someone who does), they often feel overwhelming, stressful, and exhausting. Between decision overload, sensory triggers, and time-blindness, traditional holiday planning guides just don’t fit. This book changes that. ADHD-Friendly Holidays: A Low-Stress, High-Joy Playbook is the first seasonal guide designed specifically for neurodivergent families and individuals. Instead of long checklists and unrealistic expectations, you’ll find calming strategies, simple ...

Your ADHD brain is wired for adventure. It just needs the right systems to get there without the chaos. Planning a vacation with ADHD can feel more exhausting than the trip itself. The endless logistics, the packing paralysis, the missed connections, the overstimulation meltdowns, the budget that evaporates by day two, and the post-vacation crash that takes weeks to recover from. Sound familiar? ADHD Travel Quick Start Guide provides the essential systems you need for stress-free vacations, whether your next trip is two months or two days away. Based on the same neuroscience-grounded, ...

Does Christmas feel like something you survive rather than enjoy? You're not alone. For many people—particularly those who are neurodivergent—the festive season brings overwhelming social demands, sensory chaos, financial pressure, and expectations that seem impossible to meet. By December 26th, you're not joyful—you're exhausted, depleted, and wondering how you'll recover. What if Christmas could actually be restful instead of depleting? The Slow Christmas offers a radically different approach to the festive season. This isn't about creating an Instagram-perfect celebration or ...

Does the holiday season drain you before December even begins? If you have ADHD, the festive season isn't magical - it's a neurological marathon. Gift lists, family obligations, sensory chaos, and impossible expectations collide with the exact cognitive systems your brain already struggles to regulate. The crash is predictable. The burnout is real. And the shame you carry into January is 100% undeserved. This book changes that - permanently. ADHD researcher and writer Elias Rowan spent years testing every planner, productivity system, and time-management hack - and failing every December ...

Breathwork for Holiday Stress: Simple Techniques to Find Calm and Joy The holiday season should bring peace and connection — but too often it brings overwhelm, anxiety, and exhaustion. This comforting guide shows you how to use breathwork for holiday stress to restore calm and joy. Blending modern self help books for women and self development books for men styles with breathing techniques to calm anxiety and stress, you’ll discover tools to manage stress, mindfulness practices, and simple routines that work. Inside you’ll find: • Morning and evening breathing routines that ground ...

Forget perfect. Remember real. Tired of the soul-crushing holiday stress to create a Pinterest-perfect celebration? The Art of Imperfect Holidays is your survival guide for holiday anxiety relief—a funny, practical permission slip to ditch perfection, set boundaries, and actually enjoy the season. It's time to stop performing and start living. Let’s be honest: the “perfect” holiday is a scam. Your favorite influencer? Hiding a mountain of dirty dishes off-camera. The neighbor with the glowing lawn? Untangling lights while swearing in the bushes. Grandma’s flawless pie? She bought ...

If your holiday spirit usually comes with a side of exhaustion, resentment, and late-night wrapping-fueled rage, this book is for you. The Giver’s Guide to Receiving is your warm, hilarious, and unflinchingly honest blueprint for surviving—and actually enjoying—the “season of giving” without sacrificing yourself in the process. We’ve all been there: Saying "yes" to every invitation (even the ones that make your eye twitch) Cooking for 25 while pretending you’re fine Spending money you don’t have to avoid disappointing people Hosting again because “no one else can do it ...

Demi Fedora yearns for freedom from all the rules and restrictions she’s lived with day to day. As the manager of Fulton House, a refuge for runaway street kids, heartaches, responsibilities, and pain pile on every day until she can’t see her way out of the stressful tunnel. When forced to sell or fight off the bigshot buyers, she decides to let others take on the battle. After losing the first and only man she’s let herself love, her spirit crumbles and the will to continue fades. That’s when she remembers the cabin her grandfather left her in Alaska. She packs up her few ...

Somewhere around the exit for your parents' house, your shoulders climb up near your ears. You did not decide this. It happens before you do. Within minutes of walking in, your sister has handed you a role you have not held in twenty-seven years, and somehow, you are holding it anyway. You know the seating chart is not really about seating. You know the question about your career is not really about your career. But knowing that has never made the sting land any softer, and you do not have time, mid-holiday, for a dense psychology book. You need something you can actually use before you ...

No Worries shows how anyone can live a stress-free financial life and build wealth for the long term. This is not about millions of tiny decisions that drain the joy from life, like skipping daily coffee to save a few bucks. And it's not simply about having more money. The secret lies in...

Continue to have and grow your life, Mom—for your sake and your kids’. When did being a good mom come to mean giving up everything that used to make you … you? That’s the question millions of 21st-century mothers grapple with every single day as they parent in our madly kid-centric...

Train Your Brain for Optimal Stress Resilience How does a healthy brain handle stress? It responds in the moment, then safely releases the emotional energy—yet modern life confronts us with new forms of stress that often confuse and overload our natural coping instincts. With Neurosculpting...

Parents love to read children a bedtime story that describes a faraway land or a fantastic character. What is that parent doing? They’re shifting their child’s focus from the activity of the day into a more relaxed state. They are refocusing their child’s brain. And it works! Because every night all over the world parents use this technique to help their children fall asleep. Even though you are an adult, you can benefit from bedtime stories too.

From the author of the bestselling Pecked to Death by Ducks: How Minutiae Can Distract You from Living Your Best Life comes a refreshingly honest and relatable guide to reclaiming your peace during the most chaotic time of the year—the holidays. In Six Geese A-Laying: The Never-Ending Holiday Ducks, Brandn returns to tackle the unique pressures and expectations that come with the festive season. Just like in Pecked to Death by Ducks, where the small distractions of life can keep you from thriving, this new book delves into how the holidays, with their endless to-do lists and demands, can ...