A warm and supportive little book to help ease worry and panic by bestselling author Sarah Rayner.

Drawing on her own experience of anxiety disorder and recovery, Sarah Rayner shares her insights into this extremely common and often distressing condition with compassion and humour.

She reveals the seven elements that commonly contribute to anxiety including adrenaline, negative thinking and fear of the future, and explains what causes worry and panic to become such a problem for many of us.

Packed with tips, exercises and anecdotes from the author's life, this companion to mental good health reads like a chat with a friend. It shows that an understanding of the way our minds and bodies work together can provide anxiety relief and restore our sense of confidence and control.

If you suffer from panic attacks, a debilitating disorder or just want to reduce the amount of time you spend worrying, Making Friends with Anxiety will allow you to manage your own condition and see anxiety as a friend not foe.

* From the author of the international bestseller, One Moment, One Morning and its follow-up, the recently published Another Night, Another Day
* Draws on the techniques of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy
* Includes beautiful photographs by the author to lift the spirit
* Useful links throughout, plus details of helplines and recommended reads
* Ongoing online support group available

A clear and comforting guide to support you as your body changes by bestselling author Sarah Rayner with Dr Patrick Fitzgerald.

Written with Sarah Rayner's trademark warmth and humour, Making Friends with the Menopause reads like a chat with a friend. Together with GP Patrick Fitzgerald, she helps explain why stopping menstruating causes such profound chemical changes in the body, leading us to react in a myriad of ways physically and mentally.

There is practical advice on hot flushes and night sweats, anxiety and mood swings, muscular aches and loss of libido, early-onset menopause, hysterectomy and more, plus a simple explanation of each stage of the menopause so you'll know what to expect in the years before, during and after. You'll find details of the treatment options available and their pros and cons, together with tips and insights from women keen to share their wisdom on a subject many still find hard to talk about. Whether you're worried about feeling invisible, weight gain or loss of fertility, or simply want to take care of yourself well, knowledge is power, and Making Friends with the Menopause will give you a greater understanding of the process, so you can enjoy your body and your sexuality as you age.

* From the author of the international bestselling novel One Moment, One Morning
* And the word-of-mouth success Making Friends with Anxiety, a warm, supportive book to ease worry and panic
* Includes advice on all the major health issues that can arise as a result of hormone change
* Thoroughly researched and bang-up-to-date
* Includes traditional and complementary medicine
* Gives guidance on how to get the most from your GP appointments and finding good alternative practitioners
* Useful links throughout, plus details of helplines and recommended reads
* Fully illustrated with photographs by the author
* Ongoing online support group available

If you're suffering from depression or very low mood, you can end up feeling alone, desperately struggling to find a way through - but recovery is possible and, in Making Friends with Depression, bestselling authors Sarah Rayner and Kate Harrison, together with GP Dr Patrick Fitzgerald show you how. They explain that hating or fighting depression can actually prolong your suffering, whereas 'making friends' with difficult emotions by compassionately accepting these feelings can restore health and happiness.
Sarah (Making Friends with Anxiety) and Kate (The 5:2 Diet Book) write with candour, compassion and humour about lifting low mood and easing symptoms because they’ve both experienced – and recovered from – depression themselves, while GP Dr Patrick Fitzgerald draws on his clinical understanding to offer practical advice on treatment options and finding support. The book explores:

* The different types of depressive illness * Where to seek help and how to get a diagnosis * The pros and cons of the most commonly-prescribed medications * The different kinds of therapy available * Why depression can cause so many physical symptoms * What to do if you suffer suicidal thoughts * How to stop the spiral of negative thinking and boost self-esteem * Evidence-based steps to improve mental health and avoid relapse Fully illustrated and reflecting the latest National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines, Making Friends with Depression is succinct and surprisingly uplifting.The result is book that doesn't shy away from the distress that depression can cause, but is packed with simple tips that are easy to implement thereby offering hope and guidance through the darkest of times.

From author Sarah Rayner comes the follow-up to the bestselling self-help manual, Making Friends with Anxiety. More Making Friends with Anxiety is packed with in-depth advice on reducing worry and panic, combined with beautifully easy things to make – each of which can be completed in less than two hours – and thereby occupy your hands, calm your mind and help you to relax.

Written with Sarah’s trademark warmth and humour, More Making Friends with Anxiety: A little book of creative activities to help reduce worry and panic explains why some of us are particularly prone to anxiety, and how ‘making friends’ with our difficult feelings, coupled with gentle creative activity can help. Whether you’re a convert to crafts or a complete novice, this array of quick, cheap and easy activities will inspire and uplift you, nurturing mindfulness and positivity.

* Make a Collage * Paint Pebbles * Sew a Simple Cover * Bake a Crumble * Plant a Windowbox * Carve Wood * Make a Necklace * Look at Art * Listen to Music … and more

* Fully illustrated with dozens of photographs and line drawings by the author and clear step-by-step instructions * Backed by an online support group * Experiment with ten different crafts and find out which you enjoy * Perfect for all ages and abilities - i.e. anyone who wants to be more creative and less stressed

From Sarah Rayner, author of the hit novel One Moment, One Morning and illustrator Jules Miller comes a delightful book combining advice and tips on managing anxiety with illustrations designed specially to colour in.

Readers can:

• Discover how to ‘make friends with anxiety’ and thereby manage stress
• Learn why colouring, in particular, is so therapeutic
• Find out about other creative activities that have a similar effect on the psyche, providing an array of solutions to help ease worry over the long term

Each illustration incorporates a mantra – a few simple words to help boost your mood.

All this alongside Jules Miller's pictures... You'll find magical gardens, pretty coastal scenes and gorgeous country landscapes, dogs snuggling by the fire and cats playing with wool. Each illustration incorporates a mantra – a few simple words to help boost your mood.
The result is a book to treasure – a unique combination of words of wisdom and pictures filled with childlike joy that will encourage positivity long the colouring-in is done.

• The follow-up to 5* word-of-mouth success, Making Friends with Anxiety: A warm, supportive little book to help ease worry and panic • Pictures designed to cut out and keep • Suitable for 12 years+

The wife, the mistess - each has her own story.

Chloe - savvy, hip and single - is a feature writer with ambitions to launch a magazine of he own. When she meets James, her potential new boss, she knows she shouldn't mix business with pleasure but finds it impossible to resist... Maggie appears to have it all - she's a beautiful, talented cook, and has a gorgeous husband. But something is not quite right: his job as a magazine publisher is keeping him in the city until late, and some nights he doesn't come home at all... Told in the alternating voices of the mistress and the wife, this story of a steamy, passionate affair is both intoxicating and heartbreaking. But who, if anyone, will come out unscathed? In writing that is lively, sexy and sharp, the international bestselling author Sarah Rayner explores modern-day relationships and age-old moral dilemmas.

PRAISE FOR THE OTHER HALF:
'A highly promising debut. For anyone who has either been a wife or a mistress, The Other Half will certainly ring true. And for anyone who's been involved in a secret relationship or is considering an affair, this novel should be compulsory reading.' HEAT
'A wickedly funny ménage à trois' Cosmopolitan Magazine
'Compulsive enough to have you walking into lamp posts' Company Magazine
'British novelist Sarah Rayner has a talent for turning domestic tragedies (widowhood, infertility and, in this instance, adultery) into something quite special - amusing and astute studies in human resilience... An engaging, insightful portrait of infidelity, told with charm, Rayner plays it just right in the war zone of love.' Kirkus Reviews