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The Mind-Body Stress Reset
- Somatic Practices to Reduce Overwhelm and Increase Well-Being
- By: Rebekkah LaDyne MS SEP, Kathy L. Kain PhD - foreword
- Narrated by: Emily Durante
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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In our busy, get-it-done-now culture, stress has become the new normal - a normal that's embedding itself into our minds and our bodies. If left unchecked, stress can dictate how we think, feel, and act. Overwhelm, anxiousness, malaise, and unease are a daily experience. And over time, these stress-reactions turn into habits, leaving us stuck in a mental and physical rut. So, how can you soothe stress before it becomes your go-to? In this practical and accessible guide, you'll find powerful and effective tools for calming stress in both mind and body.
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Brilliantly simple and easy to apply
- By Rachael on 05-06-21
- The Mind-Body Stress Reset
- Somatic Practices to Reduce Overwhelm and Increase Well-Being
- By: Rebekkah LaDyne MS SEP, Kathy L. Kain PhD - foreword
- Narrated by: Emily Durante
The only book on somatic practices I recommend
Reviewed: 14-05-24
I am a writer and a neurodivergence activist. As part of my activities, I have been looking high and low for a book on somatic practices to recommend to neurodivergent people who are struggling with stress and/or anxiety. I am SO GLAD I found this book, as every other book I've checked out has had flaws so serious that I simply could not recommend it to my target audience. This book is clear, concise, practical, informative, and utterly devoid of triggers that could activate someone's PTSD or cPTSD. The narrator does a cracking job, too.
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Boldly Becoming You
- By: Tasha Skillin
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The Boldly Becoming You Podcast is your invitation to become who you were born to be. Underneath the layers of rules and expectations you have adopted over your lifetime, in an effort to connect and be accepted, you’ve lost much of who you were when you entered this world. During our time here on the podcast, I will call on you to answer that whisper from your inner wisdom that you have been shushing for years and begin the redesign of your life. In reality, there are no Universal rules about what is right and wrong or good and bad in parenting, partnership, friendship, your money, your ...
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The best self-help podcast out there.
- By A on 26-04-24
The best self-help podcast out there.
Reviewed: 26-04-24
Unlike a lot of self-help programmes, this one is produced by people who have actually experienced the issues they speak about, are still dealing with them, and are personally and painfully aware of the fact that sometimes one-size-fits-all solutions just don't work. This is a brilliant series for anyone who is looking for ways to inform, inspire, and energize themselves on their journey towards a better life, but it's particularly useful for neurodivergent people. It's also hilarious, reassuring, moving, and very, very human. I couldn't recommend it more.
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Trauma-Aware Self-Defense Instruction
- How Instructors Can Help Maximize the Benefits and Minimize the Risks of Self-Defense Training for Survivors of Violence and Trauma
- By: A.R. Banks
- Narrated by: Brennan Koenigsreuter
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
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They’re going to show up. If you’ve been teaching self-defense for any length of time, chances are that you’ve already taught a survivor of violence, whether you knew it or not at the time. If you are going to teach for any length of time, meeting a survivor is a ‘when,’ not an ‘if.’ These students present a specific set of challenges, and have specific needs. If they’re handled unconsciously or inexpertly, they can be damaged more easily than most other people.
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Concise, comprehensive, and effective
- By A on 18-01-24
- Trauma-Aware Self-Defense Instruction
- How Instructors Can Help Maximize the Benefits and Minimize the Risks of Self-Defense Training for Survivors of Violence and Trauma
- By: A.R. Banks
- Narrated by: Brennan Koenigsreuter
Concise, comprehensive, and effective
Reviewed: 18-01-24
This is a good introduction to the subject for people who have no prior experience. While the topic is a difficult one, the material is easy to process. The narrator does a splendid job, too.
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A Woman’s Toolkit for Recovery from Violence and Trauma
- By: A.R. Banks
- Narrated by: Brennan Koenigsreuter
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
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A Woman’s Toolkit offers a uniquely female perspective on recovering from violence. This audiobook aims to provide accessible, useful tools for developing the mentality and skillsets that one needs in order to heal.
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Difficult subject, easy content
- By A on 15-01-24
Difficult subject, easy content
Reviewed: 15-01-24
A well-presented emergency list for those who are forced to deal with these issues. The narrator does a great job, too.
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Facets of Neurodivergence
- Our Brains, Our Health, Our Lives (Neurodivergence Unpacked)
- By: Ash Banks
- Narrated by: Brennan Koenigsreuter
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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In January 2022, I ran a public survey about neurodivergent traits and co-occurring conditions. The response was amazing, particularly considering that the survey included over 200 questions. This book is not an in-depth statistical analysis of the results, a scientific/medical/academic report, or anything brainy like that; it’s just me, looking at the most obvious patterns that emerged from the survey and ranting about what they suggest. If that’s not what you are looking for, this is your chance to save yourself some money or buy something else instead!
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Information that could change lives
- By A on 15-01-24
- Facets of Neurodivergence
- Our Brains, Our Health, Our Lives (Neurodivergence Unpacked)
- By: Ash Banks
- Narrated by: Brennan Koenigsreuter
Information that could change lives
Reviewed: 15-01-24
A wealth of information made accessible to all. The narrator does a stellar job, too.
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When the World Hurts Too Much
- Identifying and Managing Neurodivergent Stress, Anxiety, and Trauma (Neurodivergence Unpacked)
- By: Ash Banks
- Narrated by: Brennan Koenigsreuter
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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Why are stress and anxiety neurodivergent issues? Quite simply, because much of the modern world isn’t designed by or for us. Most of us are constantly bombarded by demands we struggle to meet in environments we struggle to tolerate. The larger the gap between what we are expected to do and what we can do comfortably, the greater our stress and anxiety will be. When we experience this ongoing, gnawing pressure from childhood, trauma is almost inevitable.
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Useful and to the point
- By A on 14-01-24
- When the World Hurts Too Much
- Identifying and Managing Neurodivergent Stress, Anxiety, and Trauma (Neurodivergence Unpacked)
- By: Ash Banks
- Narrated by: Brennan Koenigsreuter
Useful and to the point
Reviewed: 14-01-24
Good amount of information, presented simply and concisely. The narrator does a brilliant job, too.
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Ender's Game Alive: The Full Cast Audioplay
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Full Cast Recording
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
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Experience Ender’s Game as you’ve never heard it before! With an all-new, original script written by Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game Alive is a full-cast audio drama that re-imagines the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic.
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Could have been great. Was only okay.
- By HR on 03-11-13
How to turn a good book into a sloppy mess
Reviewed: 09-01-24
I genuinely don't understand the rationale behind this production. The original book gives us insights into Ender's mind. This rehashing relies on third-party descriptions to cover the same territory. Personally, I see that as a huge loss.
A more minor bugbear is that the voice actors for the children sound much older, which further falls to capture the essence of the story.
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Pretty Boy
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 47 mins
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How do you systematically destroy a child with love? It's not something that any parent aspires to do, yet a surprising number come perilously close to achieving it.
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Not his best
- By Wras on 01-05-16
- Pretty Boy
- By: Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
The backstory of an unlikeable character
Reviewed: 08-01-24
A lot of the negative reviews seem to hinge on how unlikeable the protagonist is, and I don't get. That's the whole point. This is the backstory for an utterly unlikeable character in the Enderverse, so I'm really not sure what people expected.
The onky bit that bugger me was the heavy faux-Spanish accents, but that seems to be A Thing in Anglophine audiobooks.
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Creepology
- Self-Defense for Your Social Life
- By: A.R. Banks
- Narrated by: Brennan Koenigsreuter
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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For many women, creeps are a serious, ubiquitous, pervasive problem. They seem to be everywhere. Not only do they pester us in public, but some are capable of worming their way into our social life, poisoning our experiences. For many men, creeps are like unicorns: They hear about them a lot, but they never actually see one. Even when they do, they don’t understand what the fuss is all about. This books aims to bridge that gap by explaining the nature of creeps, how and why they manage to infiltrate our social circles, and how we can best deal with them in a safe and timely manner.
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A good introduction to the subject
- By A on 31-12-23
- Creepology
- Self-Defense for Your Social Life
- By: A.R. Banks
- Narrated by: Brennan Koenigsreuter
A good introduction to the subject
Reviewed: 31-12-23
Meets the stated goals in a clear and concise manner. And the narrator is brilliant.
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Coward
- Why We Get Anxious & What We Can Do About It
- By: Tim Clare
- Narrated by: Tim Clare
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
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Tim Clare has suffered from extreme anxiety and panic attacks for a decade. This was something the couple just got used to and were able to manage, until they became parents. With the arrival of Tim's daughter came a new wave of extreme anxiety, triggered by the knowledge that his own mental ill-health could be negatively impacting his child. It was at this point that Tim made a promise to himself—that he would try everything he could to get better. In Coward, Tim explores all the possible treatments for anxiety, from SRIs to hypnosis, from running to extreme diets.
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Funny, relatable and personal
- By Amazon Customer on 15-02-24
Informative, engaging, and helpful
Reviewed: 30-12-23
This is an absolutely cracking book. It's not your conventional self-help book - rather, it's a personal investigation into current and past therapeutic interventions for anxiety sufferers, their potential, and their pitfalls. It's interesting, informative, clear, concise, and sprinkled with enough personal anecdotes to keep it personal. Also, I have a background in genetics, and the explanation about the real meaning of "inheritable conditions" is the best I've ever seen in a work for laypeople.
If you want a self-help book, this isn't it. If you want a book about what help is out there, however, I don't think you can do better.
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