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"Someone please help me." Those were the words that I screamed inside my head as I rolled on the floor of my rented box room in the city.What happened afterward changed everything.Without even realising it at the time, I was saved. I was not meant to leave this life just yet. I had been spoken to and helped but not by any physical person. A realization set it. It was my decision, my free will to stay on this Earth and make it the best life possible.Writing has brought up huge pain and sadness but also a freedom to express what I had kept inside for so long. We fool ourselves by believing we have dealt with everything in the past, it just can't be talked out of us, or masked by prescription drugs. It is part of who we are made up of, it is up to us how we choose to see it and feel it from this moment on.This is my journey.I invite you to share that journey with me and hope in some small way it will open your heart just a little to the beauty of the Divine Energy that we all are.

If you broke your hand, you would go to the hospital to get a cast. If you had a really bad stomach ache, you would go to the doctor. But where would you go if the issue was in your head?Breaking Free is a compilation of short stories on mental health topics and ways to handle them. Topics covered throughout the book include depression, anxiety, bipolar, anorexia, OCD, schizophrenia, and more. Each story covers a seperate mental health condition with a relatable character who undergoes their own individual journey of self-discovery, self-acceptance and personal growth.In a time when the mental health stigma still has a strong grip over the world, Breaking Free attempts to loosen that grip by showing you that:- It's okay to not be okay.- Having a mental illness doesn't make you crazy, uncool or weak.- You don't have to feel ashamed.- You are not alone.It shows you that you don't have to settle for less just because you have a mental illness and that you can break free from any obstacle that's holding you back. Because as long as you have fight inside of you, you have the strength to break free.Break Free from the fear, guilt and shame.Break Free from the little voice inside your head saying you're not good enough.Break Free from the mental health stigma.

In Limerick, the workers and their representatives take over running the city and their action is declared a 'Soviet'. The British authorities see it as a serious threat to their rule in Ireland. The workers are protesting against a severe military law that requires them to get special passes and be checked going to and from work. The restrictions follow the IRA shooting of a policeman and the wounding of another during the rescue of an ill Republican prisoner from a local hospital. He, too, is wounded and dies.The workers control every aspect of life - production and distribution of food, opening and closing of shops, prices and transport. They publish their own newspaper and - uniquely - issue their own currency. Newspapers and newsreels across the world report on the events. Their initial success is built on a local alliance of Socialist, Republican and trade union forces, with the tacit support of the Catholic clergy. However, when the workers seek a general strike, the national leaderships of these disparate groups are opposed and abandon them. The outcome locally is an honourable draw and the militant spirit of Limerick's women and men inspires more than a hundred other soviets across Ireland in the revolutionary years 1919 to 1923.

A Guide to WELLBEING from the inside out is a practical, how-to guide. It identifies challenges to personal effectiveness and offers suggestions on how to address and overcome those that inhibit the full expression of who we could become. It touches on cutting edge science, the body-mind connection, improving relationships, assertiveness and becoming a DIY coach among others - all skills that can be learned to increase self-efficacy - and which only can happen when we take charge of our internal processes.Based on Siegel's 'Triangle of Well-being' of Brain, Mind and Relationships, it explores the subject using well-researched psychological principals in tandem with practical applications. Everyday habits, beliefs and behaviours are described in ways that will help readers understand what lies beneath the surface of who they are. Like a good forensic detective, the how and why of what makes us who we are is examined to provide clues for identifying and tracking growth points to personal change - one step, one insight, one revelation at a time.

This novel is based on a true story about the fate of a family of wealthy Jews trapped in Poland during World War 2. Miriam, a privileged and educated woman from a middle-class family, entered into an arranged marriage in 1919. Their family life was undermined by Otto's long-term affair with his business partner's wife, which resulted in the birth of two illegitimate children. Miriam, who knew of the affair, but not the paternity, chose to remain in the marriage, in order to enjoy the luxuries of their lifestyle, and for their three children to whom she was devoted.When war broke out, Miriam and Otto were effectively living apart, and against her better judgement, Miriam agreed to Otto's demand that she return from a trip to France to their home in Krakow. Within a week, Poland was invaded by Hitler's forces, and soon after by Stalin's.Miriam and her young daughter, Anna, left Krakow 24 hours before the Nazis arrived, but was caught between the German and Soviet forces as they divided Poland. Settling in Russian occupied Lwow, they learned to live a hand to mouth existence. In 1941, when Hitler declared war on Russia and as his forces were about to overwhelm Lwow, Miriam was saved by an SS Officer, an old friend from Vienna.

Father Sean Hyland was a husband, father and a successful businessman before a late vocation brought him to the priesthood. He entered a seminary at a time when religion appeared to be declining at an alarming rate, with the Catholic church in crisis and with people too busy with "busyness" to think of God and the Divine.Sean heartily rejects assumptions that religion is disappearing in modern day life with his new book "Whisperings of My Soul." He begins by reflecting on his earlier life as a husband and father of two children who were so cruelly taken in their early years. He tells of his heartache as he also lost his wife and soulmate whom he adored. Always deeply religious, no one would blame Sean for questioning the existence of God after his terrible personal losses. Yet, consumed with grief and at the lowest ebb in his life, Sean received wonderful consolations through his wife and children from God. As a result, his faith in God's love and mercy was renewed and deepened, and he now has an unwavering belief that our loved ones are aware of our everyday events and watch over us.The book has three distinct but complementary parts with Part One focusing on Sean's personal story and his journey from husband and father to the priesthood. Parts two and three focus on what he believes to be overwhelming and undeniable evidence, including scientific evidence, which proves the existence of God and how He reveals Himself in our world.Father Sean asks some bold questions like "Can 5.8 billion people be wrong?" and "Is science proving the existence of God?" He also explores a number of miracles which despite modern investigations, remain inexplicable to scientific and natural laws. He says these miracles remind us that nothing is impossible when it comes to God. About his book, Sean says: "When I reached the lowest ebb of my life, experiencing devastating loss and grief, I called out to God and discovered that He was there for me. I believe the various consolations of faith I have received have been sent to me as assurances of God's love and mercy and that our loved ones are aware of our everyday events and are watching over us too."It is my fervent hope in writing this book is that my words reach other troubled people who need the love and support of Jesus and his Blessed Mother."I want people to know how close they are and how they will comfort anyone who asks for help."

A story of lost childhood and redemption in the Irish MidlandsSarah knows what happened to the Larkin children. They were spirited away somewhere, because their father had abandoned them when their mother died. Her own mother too is very ill. What will happen if she dies when her father is away working in England? But then, her mother dies suddenly and there is no sign of her father returning. She has to take drastic measures, and hide her body to pretend to the world that nothing has happened. Life on the outside must go on as normal. When her Dad comes home, he'll know what to do. But as the days wear on, there is no sign of him. Meanwhile, she and her brothers are led into a maze of events outside their control, which will draw them back many years later to confront their past. What will they find there? Will the whole house of cards come crashing down on them, or will they find redemption?

Create the life you dream about and discover your inner power to changeThis book is for you if you are a woman struggling with relationships; a job that seems to suck the life out of you; a life that seems lack luster; and ever mounting frustration that you are stuck in a rut.A few years ago I began to question my life's purpose, my worthiness, my potential. The only things I had in abundance were limiting beliefs and I felt crushed!When you see how I turned my life around and take on board and practice the strategies I share with you, you too can discover your inner power to change your life.Remember, these same practices and strategies are available to you right here right now.They took me from poverty in a small Ukrainian town where English was not my mother tongue to realising my dream of coming to the USA and becoming an American citizen, being married to the man of my dreams, living the "pinch me" type of lifestyle and doing what I love which is empowering and inspiring other women.It is my mission in life to help women gain self-confidence and self-belief in their potential, unique gifts and capacities, to help them understand that they can achieve their goals, dreams and aspirations and can enjoy their dream life in personal and professional areas. You don't need to choose just one area!There are so many women who are questioning their worthiness and capabilities, they put their dreams on hold. They settle for less in their careers or jobs they despise, they don't believe they are enough and worthy to attract their dream man, or they have another limiting belief that all great men are taken. It doesn't have to be this way. I will show you how!

"Pete Duffy, the natural heir to John B. Keane and Frank O' Connor and the people's poet, completes his trilogy in magnificent style with Life is a Winding Journey. Full of humour and pathos, and packed with zany and compulsively readable characters, these stories will provide mind-trips to anyone of a certain age, while younger readers will find no better flavour of the city anywhere in all of literature. The musicians' ear, is as usual fully employed, and the voice within these tales is rough-hewn and condensed. In bringing Cork's bygone era to bristling and visceral life, Pete Duffy has produced one of the year's undeniable must-reads. A treasure!"