Download or read book Crazy written by Pete Earley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A magnificent gift to those of us who love someone who has a mental illness…Earley has used his considerable skills to meticulously research why the mental health system is so profoundly broken.”—Bebe Moore Campbell, author of 72 Hour Hold Former Washington Post reporter Pete Earley had written extensively about the criminal justice system. But it was only when his own son—in the throes of a manic episode—broke into a neighbor's house that he learned what happens to mentally ill people who break a law. This is the Earley family's compelling story, a troubling look at bureaucratic apathy and the countless thousands who suffer confinement instead of care, brutal conditions instead of treatment, in the “revolving doors” between hospital and jail. With mass deinstitutionalization, large numbers of state mental patients are homeless or in jail-an experience little better than the horrors of a century ago. Earley takes us directly into that experience—and into that of a father and award-winning journalist trying to fight for a better way.

Download or read book Mind Over Medicine written by Lissa Rankin and published by Hay House. This book was released on 2014 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents evidence from medical journals that beliefs, thoughts, and feelings can cure the body and shows readers how to apply this knowledge in their own lives. -- provided by publisher.

Download or read book Crazy Faith written by Michael Todd and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Relationship Goals . . . Will you be remembered as a person who claimed to follow God but liked to play it safe? Or as a person who lived your life out on the limb and trusted God enough to live in crazy faith? Noah looked crazy when he started building the ark . . . until it started raining. It was crazy for Moses to lead a nation of people into the desert away from Egypt . . . until the Red Sea parted. It was crazy to believe that a fourteen-year-old virgin would give birth to the Son of God . . . until Mary held Jesus in her arms. There are many things that seem normal or average today that at one point in time seemed absolutely crazy. Smartphones, Wi-Fi, and even the electric light bulb were all groundbreaking, history-making inventions that started out as crazy ideas. Our see-it-to-believe-it generation tends to have a hard time exercising true faith—one that steps out, takes action, and sees mountain-moving results. Many of us would rather play it safe and stand on the sidelines, but it’s crazy faith that helps us see God move and reveals His promises. In Crazy Faith, Pastor Michael Todd shows us how to step out in faith and dive into the purposeful life of trusting God for the impossible. Even if you have to start with baby faith or maybe faith, you can become empowered to let go of your lazy faith, trust God through your hazy faith, and learn to live a lifestyle of crazy faith. With powerful stories of modern-day faith warriors who take their cues from biblical heroes, Michael Todd equips you to • believe for the impossible • choose hope over fear • be alert to the voice of God • cope with loss and doubt • develop a deeper level of trust in God • speak faith-filled declarations • inspire crazy faith in others God’s not looking for somebody to give Him all the reasons why His plans can’t happen. He’s looking for somebody to believe they will happen. In fact, He has so much He wants to do through you. The question is, Are you crazy enough to believe it?

Download or read book Because I Come from a Crazy Family written by Edward M. Hallowell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of the classic book on ADD, Driven to Distraction, a memoir of the strange upbringing that shaped Dr. Edward M. Hallowell's celebrated career. When Edward M. Hallowell was eleven, a voice out of nowhere told him he should become a psychiatrist. A mental health professional of the time would have called this psychosis. But young Edward (Ned) took it in stride, despite not quite knowing what "psychiatrist" meant. With a psychotic father, alcoholic mother, abusive stepfather, and two so-called learning disabilities of his own, Ned was accustomed to unpredictable behavior from those around him, and to a mind he felt he couldn't always control. The voice turned out to be right. Now, decades later, Hallowell is a leading expert on attention disorders and the author of twenty books, including Driven to Distraction, the work that introduced ADD to the world. In Because I Come from a Crazy Family, he tells the often strange story of a childhood marked by what he calls the "WASP triad" of alcoholism, mental illness, and politeness, and explores the wild wish, surging beneath his incredible ambition, that he could have saved his own family of drunk, crazy, and well-intentioned eccentrics, and himself. Because I Come from a Crazy Family is an affecting, at times harrowing, ultimately moving memoir about crazy families and where they can lead, about being called to the mental health profession, and about the unending joys and challenges that come with helping people celebrate who they are. A portion of the author's proceeds of this book will go to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness).

Download or read book My Crazy Pregnant Wife written by Jeff Walter and published by Jeff Walter. This book was released on 2010 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written to provide an extreme and irreverent look at how we as husbands feel, yet rarely - or very delicately - express to our spouses. You are about to embark down a road that only your wife thinks she truly knows - pregnancy. You can try and relate, be sympathetic, and listen but overall, your wife will constantly remind you of one thing - you don't know jack about being pregnant!

Download or read book My Crazy Tale His Holiness written by The Gyalwang Drukpa and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2017-04-19 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progress in life has to be made on both the spiritual and mundane fronts. One has to be aware of every action in daily life from drinking tea, eating food, the way one relates with other human beings and animals, to dealing with the ecological environment. Self-development is the main goal of our life.

Download or read book Welcome To My World My Crazy Crazy World written by Fly TY Unchained and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-02-21 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I like to give the public little glimpses of what I see and deal with in my everyday life. Although I'm a very private person, I understand that other people may benefit reading about how others overcame trials and tribulations. My life has taken a lot of interesting twists and turns in the past seven to eight years, and I'm glad that I'm able to share those experiences with my peers and the general public, whether they were great experiences or ones I would like to forget. I now realize the power that writing books can hold. You can immortalize moments in your life in words forever, and they'll be here long after you're gone for your children and grandchildren to enjoy. I hope you enjoy what I write and I hope you're inspired to do better in your life.

Download or read book Dareel My Crazy Boss English Version Ay Publisher written by puputn99 and published by Ay Publisher. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synopsis Alona Caroline, a young woman who works as a private secretary for a young businessman named Dareel Broklyn. Since becoming Dareel's secretary, Alona's life seems to be controlled by her superiors. Dareel did not let his life go peacefully, including disturbing Alona's private life. While Alona was dating her fiancé, Dareel always interrupted and made Alona and her fiancée's relationship stretch. Several times his resignation letter was always ignored by Dareel. Alona, who originally wanted to escape from Dareel's clutches, slowly realized that she had been trapped by Dareel's allure, her crazy boss.

Download or read book My Crazy Life written by Mondo De La Vega and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Jesus can change the life of a gangster, what could He do with you? After reading this book, you will have the practical tools needed for developing a deep, fruitful relationship with God. You will have the encouragement you need to see that Jesus is real and fully present in whatever circumstances you face. Discover the astonishing journey of Mondo De La Vega in My Crazy Life: The Moments That Brought a Gangster to Grace. Step into a world where respect, power, and money lure a young man into the dark embrace of one of Los Angeles' most notorious Latino gangs. But behind the facade lies a haunting reality of crime, guns, and the constant threat of death or imprisonment. Mondo's life takes root in a turbulent childhood, filled with abuse and violence. Escaping his reproachful father in Central America, he, along with his sister and mother, seeks refuge in families' homes, moving around from place to place in a small town in Central America, surviving undercover for over a year before their ultimate quest for freedom leads them to the brutal streets of Los Angeles. Driven by bitterness and anger, Mondo is pulled into one of the city’s most notorious gangs, climbing its ranks and facing an inevitable future of either imprisonment or an early grave. Yet amidst the darkness, Mondo's sister refuses to give up on him. With unyielding faith, she prays for a miracle and receives a prophetic word that seems impossible to Mondo—a word that will change everything. My Crazy Life is a gripping narrative much like the story of Nicky Cruz, as we see God interrupt Mondo's path with His relentless love and grace. Through supernatural encounters, miraculous escapes, and undeniable fulfilled prophecies, Mondo finds the strength to leave the gang behind and embrace a new life.

Download or read book The Crazy Busy Cure written by Zena Everett and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we spend our time is one of the greatest indicators of how successful we will be. We achieve our goals when we ruthlessly prioritise tasks and people that are important to us. If we focus our time, energy and attention on the wrong things we will never achieve the success or happiness that we aspire to. The problem is that these wrong things, the low value, low impact tasks that distract us from our priorities, are hard to ignore. They scream out at us all day: digital distractions, other people's urgent demand for 'five minutes' that's never five minutes, the meetings that you shouldn't be in, the pointless email chains, the reports you write that don't get read. We get a dopamine hit from ticking these tasks off a list. It's got us hooked on crazy busyness. But all we are doing is scratching off a layer of fake work on top of the real, valuable work. The Crazy Busy Cure is full of intensely practical tips to save people from this addiction and instead become productive again. Jammed with practical productivity solutions to use immediately, the book introduces concepts such as being like lions and chasing antelopes not field mice; Lawn Mower Managers who clear the path not clog it; the PIMP process for prioritisation and the Head Space model for understanding where your time goes. In this lively read, executive coach and organisational psychologist Zena Everett draws from her many thousands of hours and coaching and speaking to people and organisations about productivity blockers and how to shift them. She advises how to manage other people's work as well as your own and explains how these practices apply to virtual working, including chapters on staying energised and productive when working remotely and influencing on Zoom. The chapter on neurodiversity also offers productivity hacks for people with learning and thinking differences like dyspraxia and attention deficit disorder. Read this book and regain your productivity.

Download or read book My Crazy Century written by Ivan Klíma and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning author of Waiting for the Dark traces his life under the totalitarian regimes of Nazism and Communism, describing his four-year imprisonment in the Terezin concentration camp, the revolt of young writers against socialist realism and his awareness-raising travels through free regions of Europe.

Download or read book Crazy written by Amy Reed and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s falling in love—and she’s falling over the edge of sanity. From the author of Beautiful and Clean, a “real and relatable” (VOYA) exploration of a romance marred by mental illness. What if I can’t ever be who you want me to be? Connor knows that Izzy will never fall in love with him the way he’s fallen for her. But somehow he’s been let into her crazy, exhilarating world and become her closest confidante. The closer they get, however, the more Connor realizes that Izzy’s highs are too high and her lows are too low. And the frenetic energy that makes her shine is starting to push her into a much darker place. As Izzy’s behavior gets increasingly erratic and self-destructive, Connor gets increasingly desperate to stop her from plummeting. He knows he can’t save her from her pain...but what if no one else can?

Download or read book Mi Vida Loca My Crazy Life written by Medardo Gonzales and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2019-08-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about what life was like in the twentieth century as experienced by one who was born in a small farming and ranching community during the Great Depression and grew up with, lived among, played with, and worked with people of Hispanic descent like himself, and then in a small New Mexico city among people whose descendants came mostly from Europe, Asia, Central and South America, and the Indigenous People who were here first. Almost his entire life and career were spent living among, and/or working with, and for the people of the Navajo, Zuni, Acoma, Laguna, Apache, Hoopa and Yurok Tribes and served in an Administrative capacity with the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. From a small boy herding sheep in the foothills of the San Pedro Mountains of Northern New Mexico to a country boy living in the city, to a young man serving his country during the Korean Conflict (sometimes referred to as The Forgotten War and Frozen Chosin), to working for his Country in a Branch of the Federal Government that provides human services and assistance to the Indigenous Peoples of this country, to raising a family of eight children, and the adventures he and his family had along the way while living and working in various Indian Reservations located throughout New Mexico, Arizona and California. This was a journey of Learning, Living, and Loving that taught the author and his family the true meaning of the word love; love of God, love of self, love for one and other, and love for others. It has been a life mostly happy, sometimes sad, sometimes funny, sometimes full of grief and tears, but always full of love and thankfulness to our Creator who is the source of our strength and who makes everything possible. Everything that’s written herein has been gleaned from the life and experiences of the author during his eighty-five (and counting) years on this planet, conversations with his parents and his numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, co-workers, and other native New Mexicans who have lived and experienced the kind of lives written about in this book. For accuracy and veracity, he has referenced the works of other New Mexico authors and on-line services such as Wikipedia. He has tried to be as true and accurate as possible in his account and asks for the readers forgiveness for any information which may be found to be erroneously and unintentionally presented.

Download or read book Secrets Of A Crazy Mental Health Counselor written by Patrice Shavone Brown and published by My Story Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-02 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I know you think all counselors are perfect right? Well, truth be told, counselors keep secrets, too. These secrets will have you questioning why these people are even counseling. This book introduces readers to the world of counselors. It goes deep into the world of one counselor who has never had life easy. You will learn about her dark struggles, the kind of struggles most people will not reveal. "Secrets of a Crazy Mental Health Counselor" is a guide, self-help, motivational and purely inspirational book. It tells a story about life issues and how to overcome all of the traps that have been set up to make you fail. It was written for mental health counselors, workers, women, teenagers, entrepreneurs, and anybody struggling with life each day. This book gives readers: Inspiration and insight on accepting issues, then balancing them. Behavior techniques that help you change your mindset as a working professional. Life plans that are actionable steps to becoming successful in your career. Facing all adversity, while still being motivated and motivating others. Patrice Brown, a mental health director and counselor at Restoring Bodies and Minds, has been the owner for Seven years. She credits her extensive 15-year mental health background to helping her write this book. Patrice tells all about the life struggles she faced, the years she fought opposition without ever giving up or having regrets.

Download or read book Clairrich My Crazy Assassin written by Dave Bowles. and published by Smashwords. This book was released on 2021-07-24 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ozz is out there trying to make a go of a business venture he and his best mate have started up. As it expands Ozz has to travel to different countries as the representative and get deals done. The industry is the Hemp trade, the legal hemp trade. Developing and producing textiles and pushing the development with partners to create a cost-effective and superior biodegradable plastic. Someone from his past when he was growing up has come back to do more than just disturb his life, to him, this unwanted pest has come to destroy his life. Ozz is unwittingly thrust into a world of extreme danger over and over and just when he thinks it's over, his tormentor reemerges to continue the onslaught of sinking him into the deep end. It turns into a series of life and death situations, and once it started he knows it will never stop.

Download or read book No One Cares About Crazy People written by Ron Powers and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times-bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia. From the centuries of torture of "lunatiks" at Bedlam Asylum to the infamous eugenics era to the follies of the anti-psychiatry movement to the current landscape in which too many families struggle alone to manage afflicted love ones, Powers limns our fears and myths about mental illness and the fractured public policies that have resulted. Braided with that history is the moving story of Powers's beloved son Kevin -- spirited, endearing, and gifted -- who triumphed even while suffering from schizophrenia until finally he did not, and the story of his courageous surviving son Dean, who is also schizophrenic. A blend of history, biography, memoir, and current affairs ending with a consideration of where we might go from here, this is a thought-provoking look at a dreaded illness that has long been misunderstood. "Extraordinary and courageous . . . No doubt if everyone were to read this book, the world would change." -- New York Times Book Review

Download or read book Leaving Crazy Town written by Grace Ann Carlson and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2013-03-08 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaving Crazy Town is written for: Family members or friends who know someone who suffers mental illness. People suffering any form of mental anguish - from mild to severe. Community Service People, Paramedics, Police, Rescue, etc. Teachers in the educational system; all grades and levels. Mental Health Professionals, Volunteers and Staff. Counselors both professional & volunteer. Care Givers of any age. Leaving Crazy Town will: Tug at your heart strings & provoke thought. Help you understand the logic behind the insanity. Inspire you with the courage & determination it took to become well. Provide glimpses into real psychotic episodes; ranging from mild to severe. Teach you specific mental exercises & physical activities to restore mental health. Show you how prayer helps when you lose the ability to trust your own mind. Teach you coping skills and offer guidance to strengthen healthy thinking. Deepen your compassion towards bizarre or eccentric behaviour. Provide guidance to master your own mind. Nothing is impossible when we realize the potential that awaits us, deep within. Its as easy as changing your mind and allowing love to grow you. G. Ann Carlson