Beyond the Primal Addiction


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Written by experienced practitioners in the fields of addiction and psychoanalysis, and illustrated by a range of moving vignettes, this groundbreaking book examines the psychological foundations of addiction in the areas of food, sex, gambling, internet usage, shopping, and work. This book not only explores the roots of addictive behavior, explaining why popular treatment options such as the 12-Step Program often fail, it also provides insights for emotional resolution and strategies for behavioral change. Beyond the Primal Addiction seeks to understand rather than pathologize addictive behaviours, now so pervasive in contemporary societies. It will be essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals, as well as their clients.




Retromania


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One of The Telegraph's Best Music Books 2011 We live in a pop age gone loco for retro and crazy for commemoration. Band re-formations and reunion tours, expanded reissues of classic albums and outtake-crammed box sets, remakes and sequels, tribute albums and mash-ups . . . But what happens when we run out of past? Are we heading toward a sort of culturalecological catastrophe where the archival stream of pop history has been exhausted? Simon Reynolds, one of the finest music writers of his generation, argues that we have indeed reached a tipping point, and that although earlier eras had their own obsessions with antiquity—the Renaissance with its admiration for Roman and Greek classicism, the Gothic movement's invocations of medievalism—never has there been a society so obsessed with the cultural artifacts of its own immediate past. Retromania is the first book to examine the retro industry and ask the question: Is this retromania a death knell for any originality and distinctiveness of our own?




The Binge Cure


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If you lose control over food and are tired of obsessing over every bite, you’re not weak or a failure; you’re just trapped in a negative coping strategy. Now, there’s a new way to beat Binge Eating Disorder. If you’re dealing with binge eating or have an unhappy, unhealthy relationship with food, know this: your behavior has nothing to do with willpower or control, and it’s not about food addiction. The Binge Cure will teach you exactly how to create permanent and sustainable change. Discover how to banish bingeing, stop emotional eating, and create a life of freedom, purpose, and joy. If you’ve been stuck in a continuous cycle of dieting and bingeing, don’t worry, there is hope. Dr. Nina shares the successful tools she has used in her successful private practice and coaching programs to help people all over the world heal their relationship with food. Learn how to crack the code of emotional eating, get yourself out of a diet-binge trap, identify your hidden triggers, express your feelings, and make lasting changes with these powerful strategies that will help you stop binge eating, lose weight, and gain health. Discover which emotions you are feeling based on the type of foods you are bingeing with The Food-Mood Formula. Using the approach in this book, you can overcome compulsive eating, weight fluctuations, and those seemingly unstoppable food cravings. If you feel stuck, as if areas of your life are on hold until you get a handle on food, there is hope for lasting change. Filled with illuminating case examples and concrete exercises, this self-help book will change your life. The Binge Cure will help you break through your emotional hunger to satisfy your real cravings and learn how to truly comfort yourself--without food. WHO SHOULD BUY THIS BOOK? This book is specifically created for those who feel out of control around food. This is for you if you: Struggle with Binge Eating Disorder Want to stop the diet-binge cycle Eat your emotions—any emotions! Feel guilt and shame after you eat Find yourself Binge Eating at night Want to lose weight without dieting Food freedom awaits. It’s time to ditch your inner critic, stop the fat talk, and be a real friend to yourself with the help of this self-help book. Instead of focusing on what you weigh, focus on what's weighing on you. If something is bothering you, you can’t starve it away or stuff it down--and you cannot measure your true value on a bathroom scale. Get ready to break the diet habit and make peace with food--and yourself--so you can lead a binge-free happy life.




Think of an Elephant


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Combining science and spirituality to reveal the true nature of the universe - this book will change perceptions, inspire mind-shifts and alter the way we see the world, forever.




Beyond Sugar Shock


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From the bestselling author of Sugar Shock!—the book that Mehmet Oz said "spills the beans" on the shocking impact of sugar and simple carbohydrates—comes Beyond Sugar Shock, the first book to provide a simple, practical, mind-body-spirit plan to help readers break free of their sugar or carb addiction. For the millions of people who suffer with problems such as low libido, excess weight, overpowering fatigue, and many other unexplained ailments, Beyond Sugar Shock provides a step-by-step, six-week program to gently guide readers to a healthier life. In this friendly, compassionate book, they’ll find: • A playful, but serious Sugar Shock Quiz to help readers learn about their personal sugar addiction. • Easy, tried-and-true techniques that Connie used—and that her clients and Sugar Freedom Now participants now use—to successfully quit her sugar habits. • Dozens of easy tips and tactics to stomp out carb cravings. • Simple meal plans, tasty recipes, and a food/lifestyle pyramid that shows readers how to let go of quickie carbs and nonfoods (the Standard American Diet or SAD) and instead enjoy real, wholesome, health-giving nutrition. • Entertaining, interactive "adventurcises" (adventurous exercises) such as "Do Sugary Soul Searching," "Party with the Produce," and "Snatch the E-Z Vitamins." • Affirmations to refresh, rejuvenate, and renew the mind, body, and spirit. • Remarkable success stories with before-and-after photos. In Beyond Sugar Shock, readers will find out that letting go of their sugar or carb addiction is much simpler than it seems—and it can even be fun! And once they’ve addressed their addiction, readers will not only look and feel better, but will also experience an overpowering sensation of joyous freedom and a sweeter, balanced life.




Selected Papers of Salman Akhtar


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Salman Akhtar is a Professor of Psychiatry, a Training and Supervising Analyst, a member of numerous editorial boards, winner of many awards, including the highly prestigious Sigourney Award, a writer of several hundred articles, a poet, and the author or editor of over one hundred books. A modern-day Renaissance man, his elegant writing is simultaneously scholarly and literary and brings a light touch to profound material. Phoenix Publishing House is proud to present his most inspiring works in a stunning ten-volume hardback set, fit to grace the shelves of collectors and libraries with its high-quality finish.




Beyond Addiction to Awakening:


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This book is an invitation to you to find completion and wholeness, to work through second stage recovery fully, including a necessary descent to let go of the separate self, and embrace third stage recovery and abide in non-dual being.




The Forgotten Past


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When Derrick discovers that his mother and sister are missing, hes determined to find them. As he retraces their steps, he encounters Jason, whose sister also disappeared. The two embark on a journey that leads them to Arhka where the connections between the aliens, Arhka, Earth, and the fate of the three women they're searching for slowly become clear.




The Hunger Fix


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The body’s built-in reward system, driven by the chemical dopamine, tells us to do more of the things that give us pleasure: Creative energy, falling in love, entrepreneurship, and even the continued propagation of the human race are driven by this system. Unfortunately, so is the urge to overeat. In The Hunger Fix, Dr. Pam Peeke uses the latest neuroscience to explain how unhealthy food and behavioral "fixes" have gotten us ensnared in a vicious cycle of overeating and addiction. She even shows that dopamine rushes in the body work exactly the same way with food as with cocaine. Luckily, we are all capable of rewiring, and the very same dopamine-driven system can be used to reward us for healthful, exciting, and fulfilling activities. The Hunger Fix lays out a science-based, three-stage plan to break the addiction to false fixes and replace them with healthier actions. Fitness guides, meal plans, and recipes are constructed to bolster the growth of new neurons and stimulate the body’s reward system. Gradually, healthy fixes like meditating, going for a run, laughing, and learning a new language will replace the junk food, couch time, and other bad habits that leave us unhappy and overweight. Packed with practical tips, useful advice, and plenty of wit, wisdom, and inspiring stories of those who have successfully transformed their bodies, The Hunger Fix is a life-changing program for anyone (of any size) trapped by food obsession and the urge to overeat.




Addiction and Virtue


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In this interdisciplinary work, Kent Dunnington brings the neglected resources of philosophical and theological analysis to bear on the problem of addiction. Drawing on the insights of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, he formulates a compelling alternative to the two dominant models of addiction--addiction as disease and addiction as choice.