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Road rage, school shootings, workplace violence, domestic abuse, drug addiction, and even the national obesity epidemic are manifestations of an overarching problem gripping our society: anger. Other books about anger are on the market, but this is the first and only "diet" from anger: a practical, step-by-step 30-day program designed to help listeners cleanse their lives of the toxic effects of anger. As Dr. Shoshanna points out, "It is one thing to have an intellectual understanding of what is harmful. It is something else to know how to actually get rid of anger in your life."

Even though it is painful, many are unconsciously addicted to the fighting that occurs in their relationship. The fighting creates a false sense of closeness and excitement and makes us feel as if the other person really cares. Some use the fighting to test the love of their partner. For others, who are afraid of closeness, the fighting keeps real intimacy away. Without a good fight, a relationship can feel dull. But fighting ultimately leads to hurt, pain, and distance. Stop the Fighting in Your Relationship will show you how to take new steps towards closeness.

It’s too easy to race around, to not even pause to catch our breath, in this increasingly faster world we live in. The speed gives us a feeling of being alive, of not missing a thing. But sooner or later, the pressure builds and burns us out. Although we’re busy all the time, we may not be seeing clearly, and not enjoying our life.

Zen and Your Life offers a brand new look at how to bring happiness and calm into your life. Zen practice explores the unexpected causes for upset, and how to remove it from your life, and this book will offer you a prescription for true medicine. By helping you return to your natural self, you will find the healing and happiness you most need.

Although we are told to forgive and often try to, anger and revenge can seethe within. Amazingly, most of us go through life without ever being taught how to forgive. How to Forgive shows the incredible benefits of forgiveness and offers a process to rid yourself of grudges and hurt. It will show you how to easily forgive others - and yourself. As you take these specific steps, you will feel lighter, free yourself of toxic situations, and allow true healing to begin.

Parenting can sometimes seem difficult, filled with power struggles day by day. Zen Parenting can help offer a new approach, and help make parenting fun. As you alter your perspective and come to learn that your children are your teachers, it will become easier to create a safe, open space for both you and your children to grow. You learn how to honor and respect your children’s unique journey in life, as well as your own.

When we give ourselves permission to stop racing around and to be aware of the current moment, our entire lives can change. Becoming Mindful will show you a process which will introduce mindfulness, and put you on the road to improving the quality of your life, health, relationships, and life.

You carry most of your conversations with yourself, around and around in your own mind. In this world of monologue, you can become stuck. It can become hard to really hear the other. A True Conversation will show you how to open yourself to the world of dialogue, to true connection, healing, and aliveness. As you become more present and more available to real encounters, you will find not only deep meaning, but an end to loneliness.

Medicine is based upon the notion of battle. We battle germs and fight for life. Psychology searches for causes of unhappiness and tries to ease the pain we’re feeling. Healing from Within looks at suffering differently, goes to the root of the dis-ease and brings inner peace. We learn to take charge of our own condition and are introduced to a vital resource that is often overlooked.

Loneliness is fast becoming an epidemic in our new, isolating tech age. Despite endless social media activity, many feel alone. Alone No More uncovers the true source of loneliness, and offers a unique and simple path to feeling truly connected, wanted, and of real value, no matter where you are.

The search for love can feel endless. We tend to create mental lists of what we want; when someone meets our demands and expectations, it works for a while. Then, when things change or wear out, it’s on to the next. Letting Love Find You offers a totally different way. On this new path, you will discover how to cultivate and find love that is fresh, alive, and enduring. You will learn how love brings exactly what is needed naturally by itself. In this book we learn how to allow for this type of love, and how we ourselves can embody love in the ways in which we live and exist.

The question of "What Is Zen?" has gripped individuals throughout the centuries. This simple, powerful, and ancient practice is needed more than ever today. You will learn the basic foundations of practice, how to return to your original sanity, balance, and joy in life. Your ability to take clear action will be restored as your natural wisdom grows daily. And before you know it, you will walk right through the open door.

We spend most of our lives searching for and accumulating what we think will make us happy, content, and safe. Yet, the more we gain, the more we want. Why can’t we sate our inner hunger? It is partly because we live life unaware of the endless gifts we are constantly receiving, unaware of how to appreciate them. We live with a sense of inner greed and poverty, rather than with gratitude. True Wealth will offer a path towards opening your eyes and helping you experience a true sense of fulfillment and joy.

There are many temporary ways to relieve stress, but they only last for a short time. Ultimate Stress Control goes to the root of the matter and offers a new way to handle your feelings. Rather than repress, escape, or cling to feelings, you will discover that you are always senior to stressful feelings. Ultimate Stress Control shows you how to safely allow all feelings into your life - and how to let them go. As you do so, strength, clarity, and energy will return, and the stress that ruled your life will become a thing of the past.

Fear can run your life, both consciously and unconsciously. But you can turn fear around, dialogue with it, and let it go for good. Undoing Fear shows you how to loosen the grip fear has over your life. You will learn to stop giving it your energy and believing in it. You learn how to reclaim your insight and your own inner strength.

Within all of us is a disowned self, a part we are hiding, that has not yet fully come to life. Often that part has the power to make your life full. The Courage to Be Who You Are describes why you reject parts of yourself and the effect this has on your life. It also shows how to reconnect with these parts, nourish them, and how to live a life that is happy and complete.

Losing a loved one can be one of the most difficult times of life. Some may find it impossible to move on. Living with Loss shows you how to find healing. You will learn what is needed to complete the relationship, forgive, find peace, and honor all you have gained. You will learn that this can be a time of reflection, and of tremendous growth. And ultimately, you will learn that while you will never forget them, you can also move on.

Depression and gratitude cannot live in the same mind at the same time. Developing a Grateful Mind shows how to leave the dissatisfied, complaining mind behind and live with gratitude and happiness all day long.

Worry Free offers a new, daring way of encountering difficulties. It provides a unique process which allows you to work with the problem within. You will come to see that the cause of your upset is never what you think - and that, in fact, there is no need to be disturbed by any person, problem, or circumstance. The process presented here will help put an end to anxiety and hopelessness, and it will lead you back to the incredible strength and wisdom within. Specific exercises and instructions will show you how to use the process in your everyday life.

Fear can ruin relationships, harm careers, and destroy peace of mind. It holds us hostage to pain, but Dr. Brenda Shoshanna has the techniques to set us free. With Fearless, Dr. Shoshanna - a radio host, author of The Anger Diet: 30 Days to Stress-Free Living, and a practicing psychologist for almost 30 years - has created a unique guide to understanding how fear works.