Work Addiction

From an early age, Amber van de Bunt knew she wasn't like the other girls in town. From childhood struggles with depression and eating disorders, her years as a topless dancer in Florida, and an eventual abortion and suicide attempt, to her rebirth in Los Angeles as a porn star named Karmen Karma, overcoming her relationship with her abusive mother, and her struggle to maintain a clean and sober lifestyle - van de Bunt's life has been a roller coaster. With humor, alacrity, and profound insight, she reveals her deepest, darkest secrets and pulls no punches - least of all with herself.

“The self-help queen of TikTok” – The Atlantic Step out of the shadows and join the millions around the world who have learned to face their fears and love themselves in this essential companion to the bestselling, viral phenomenon The Shadow Work Journal. Unlock your true potential with...

Embark on a journey of self-discovery, healing and inner transformation with the new and updated smash-hit TikTok sensation and million-copy international bestseller. Are you ready to embark on a powerful journey of self-discovery, healing and inner transformation? The Shadow Work Journal is an...

We live in an age of addiction, from compulsive gaming and shopping to binge eating and opioid abuse. Sugar can be as habit-forming as cocaine, researchers tell us, and social media apps are hooking our kids. But what can we do to resist temptations that insidiously and deliberately rewire our brains? Nothing, David Courtwright says, unless we understand the history and character of the global enterprises that create and cater to our bad habits.

Al-Anon's basic book discusses the mutual-help program of recovery, including personal stories. A beginning approach to the Twelve Concepts of Service is included.

Bridging psychology and the psychic world, this audiobook will help you to find deep healing and connection with your truest self.The Psychic Psychologist will guide you toward living in alignment with your authentic self, help you to understand what it means to feel lost and disconnected, and...

Bring your home out of the mess it’s in—and learn how to keep it under control! Housekeeping expert Dana K. White shares reality-based cleaning and organizing techniques that will help you learn what really works. Do you experience heart palpitations at the sound of an unexpected doorbell?...

Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a mystery with roots dating back to the Civil War in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky. V .I. Warshawski is famous for her cool under fire, her intelligence, her humor, her unflinching courage, and her love...

Brought to you by Penguin. What causes addiction, and how should we treat it? Today it is understood primarily as a brain disease, yet in this bold reimagining of addiction, pioneering psychiatrist Elias Dakwar argues that this is false. It fails to explain, among other things, why many people...

I feel like I'm on a boat sailing to some island where I don't know anybody. I'm on a boat someone is operating and we aren't in touch. So begins David Milch's urgent accounting of his increasingly strange present and often painful past. From the start, Milch's life seems destined to echo that...

Anna Schatz beschreibt in diesem Buch, was eine Kombination aus Ratgeber und autobiografischem Roman ist, offen und schonungslos, die Geschichte von Isabel. Dabei nimmt sie Isabels Perspektive ein, die sie als Coachin begleitet hat. Isabel erzählt, wie Sie sich als Frau an der Seite eines pornosüchtigen Ehemannes gefühlt hat. Sie nimmt dabei kein Blatt vor den Mund und schildert die vielen schattenhaften Facetten dieser Sucht, die ihre Ehe jahrelang auf die Zerreißprobe stellte.

A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2021 ‘Thrillingly and wrenchingly funny … like Educated and Hillbilly Elegy’ DAVID LIPSKY ‘After reading The Good Hand you may reassess whether you have ever truly done a hard day’s work in your life … This lyrical and engrossing memoir is an...

Das satirische (Nicht-)Raucherbuch für alle, die mit dem Rauchen aufhören oder anfangen wollen! Sie versuchen bereits Ihr Leben lang, mit dem Rauchen anzufangen, aber konnten Ihre Vorsätze nie umsetzen? Sie haben Ihr tristes Nichtraucherdasein satt und suchen eine Möglichkeit, Ihr Geld loszuwerden und Ihre Gesundheit zu ruinieren? "Start Smoking" begleitet Sie auf dem Weg zur ersten Zigarette und hilft Ihnen, bei der Stange zu bleiben. In nur zehn Zügen, die selbst für Nichtraucher einfach zu verstehen sind, erfahren Sie die Geheimnisse der effektiven Tabakinhalation.

Das vorliegende Hörbuch behandelt das gesamte Spektrum der Suchterkrankungen, eingeschlossen auch die sogenannten "modernen Süchte", die zunehmend ins Blickfeld geraten. Durch ausgewählte Selbsterfahrungsberichte wird dem Leser ein Einblick in die Konfliktsituation und das Leiden der Betroffenen vermittelt. Damit wendet es sich an Betroffene und Angehörige, die sich oft in Rat- und Fassungslosigkeit angesichts des selbstzerstörerischen Verhalten eines ansonsten hoch geschätzten Menschen ansehen. Es beantwortet Fragen nach den Ursachen, Antrieben und Vorboten von Suchtverhalten.