Reiki is a gentle but powerful universal healing energy that boosts the body's ability to heal itself, whether the source of disease is physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. This Japanese healing method can aid relaxation and meditation, boosts our energy and can enhance manifestation and personal growth. Anyone with an open mind can learn Reiki in as little as a day, and you can immediately start offering Reiki to family, friends and pets. Within...

This essential guidebook presents the wide range of issues faced by family carers and dementia patients. Grounded in real stories, the book includes case studies, frequently asked questions and expert advice.

Asthma is a common lung condition that causes breathing difficulties with varying degrees of severity. It affects people of all ages and often starts in childhood, although it can also develop for the first time in adults. There's currently no cure, but there are simple treatments that can help keep the symptoms under control, so it doesn't have a big impact on your life. This book looks at the causes of asthma and what can be done to alleviate them...

Dr Maggie Blott, a senior consultant in obstetrics and maternal medicine with over 30 years experience in antenatal care, explores the physiological and emotional changes that take place over the nine months. Information has been gathered and included from a wide body of healthcare professionals, including midwives, doctors, obstetricians, and paediatricians, offering balanced and evidence-based advice so that parents can make the right decisions...

The fun and easy way to explore the power of this popular energy-healing technique. Though it originated long ago in Japan, reiki - a gentle, noninvasive healing practice that uses guided life-force energy - is now offered as a complementary therapy by up to sixty percent of hospitals.

British social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of charity Made By Dyslexia, Kate Griggs has been shifting the narrative on dyslexia and educating people on its strengths since 2004. Having been surrounded by an extraordinary 'smorgasbord of Dyslexic Thinking' her whole life, Griggs knows the superpower of dyslexia all too well. With a foreword from Sir Richard Branson, 'This is Dyslexia' covers everything you need to understand, value and support Dyslexic...

This revelatory book charts and explains the impact and consequences of successive pandemics, plagues and epidemics on the course of world history - all through the lens of today's ongoing global experience of COVID-19. Ranging from prehistory to the present day, it first defines what constitutes a pandemic or epidemic then looks at 20 guilty diseases: including cholera, influenza, bubonic plague, leprosy, measles, smallpox, malaria, AIDS, MERS, SARS,...

With compassionate advice and friendly insights, this book empowers you with the information you need to find support for yourself or assist a loved one who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. This updated edition covers emerging and alternative therapies, including ketamine, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), marijuana, and psychedelics.

The menopause is a natural event, but for many women it represents a time of hormonal upheaval and uncomfortable symptoms. It can happen at any age, and the journey through it may feel a bit rocky. This title explains the changes which are occurring and advises on steps one can take to make life easier during this time of change. With clear and sensible information about recognising symptoms, getting help, treatment and staying positive, this guide...

If you were diagnosed with a condition for which there was no known cure, what would you do? Nick Duerden is a writer and journalist. This is his memoir about a long period of ill health, and how he was forced to plunge, like it or not, into the often bewildering but increasingly blossoming world of alternative therapy in pursuit of a cure.