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How high or far or fast can humans go? And what about individual potential: what defines a person's limits? From running a two-hour marathon to summiting Mount Everest, we're fascinated by the extremes of human endurance, constantly testing both our physical and psychological limits.In Endure, Alex Hutchinson, PhD, reveals why our individual limits may be determined as much by our heads and hearts as by our muscles.

Over the previous decade, Bella had been so paralysed by her fears that exercise was the very last thing on her mind. So that first run didn’t last very long. But to her surprise, she was back out there the next day. And the day after that. She began to set herself achievable goals - to run 5k in under 30 minutes, to walk to work every day for a week, to attempt 10 push-ups in a row. Before she knew it, her mood was lifting for the first time in years, and she had swapped hiding in her house for fresh air, unknown roads and running tracks.

Suffering from severe neck and back injuries, Kerry was unemployed and housebound, struggling with depression and even thoughts of suicide. He went from cycling over 600 miles a month to becoming a prisoner in his own home. In the face of unbearable pain and overwhelming panic, he persevered, and along the way, met an adorable yard dog named Max. This is their remarkable, inspiring story.

From the author of What to Eat and Shopped, a revelatory investigation into what really goes into the food we eat. Even with 25 years' experience as a journalist and investigator of the food chain, Joanna Blythman still felt she had unanswered questions about the food we consume every day. How natural is the process for making a "natural" flavouring? What exactly is modified starch, and why is it an ingredient in so many foods? What is done to pitta bread to make it stay fresh for six months?

Cameron Diaz shares her formula for becoming happier, healthier, and stronger in this positive, essential guide that is grounded in science and inspired by personal experience. Cameron Diaz has been a role model for millions of women all over the world throughout her career. But, as she'd be the first to admit, she hasn't always been as health-conscious as she is now. As a young woman, Cameron didn't always think about how the decisions she was making about her diet and lifestyle would impact her health for years to come. But over the past 15 years, she has discovered that what she eats is inseparably linked to how she feels and looks.

This is a book about the good, the terrible and the avocado toast. A riveting exploration of the hidden forces behind what we eat, The Way We Eat Now explains how modern food, in all its complexity, has transformed our lives and our world. To re-establish eating as something that gives us both joy and health, we need to find out where we are right now, how we got here and what it is that we share.

From Cameron Diaz, the number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Body Book, comes a fresh, personal, and authoritative examination of the art and science of growing older and a road map for abundant health and resilience as we age.

Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day, but only if we skip it. Fasting is a wonderfully healthy state. When we fast our insulin levels fall, as do our blood sugar, triglyceride and cholesterol levels. Most usefully, when we fast we lose weight. But what do too many of us do on waking? We break that lovely gift of fasting - we literally breakfast - and we eat, so courting type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, strokes, hypertension, dementia and cancers of the liver, breast, pancreas and uterus.

The secret to living mindfully. Just don't breathe a word of it.... You breathe 22,000 times every day. How many are you really aware of? International best-selling and award-winning author Dr. Danny Penman provides a concise guide to letting go and finding peace in a messy world, simply by taking the time to breathe. Known side effects: you will start to smile more. You will worry less. Life won't bother you so much.

Here is the hapless and hilarious tale of a life lived under the constant and ruthless reign of a chocolate biscuit. Lumped into 'the too fat for potatoes group' by her mother, carefree eating isn't something Arabella Weir had much experience of growing up.

Written with startling frankness, Arabella unravels her own eating history in this humorous appraisal of our attitudes towards eating disorders and obesity.

An audio adaptation of the best-selling Principles title. This 90-minute audiobook offers a simple and practical introduction to this beautiful martial art that originated in ancient China. Tai Chi is practised through a series of continuous flowing movements which encourage the flow of chi, or life-force energy. This 90-minute audiobook offers you a simple and practical way to learn the basic elements of Tai Chi.

In 2016, Dion Leonard, an ultramarathon runner, stumbled across a little stray dog while competing in a gruelling 155 mile race across the Gobi Desert. The pup earned the name Gobi as she went step for step with Dion, keeping pace with him for nearly 80 miles. What Gobi lacked in size, she made up for in heart. Dion had always focused on winning, but as he witnessed the incredible determination of this small animal, he felt something inside him change.

From internationally syndicated fitness columnist and author James Fell comes a no-nonsense guide on how to get in shape, fix your finances, alleviate depression and change your life for good. We’ve all been there. Wanting to change your life forever but doing it only in fits and starts. Feeling inspired to be disciplined one day, then falling back into old habits on the next. Or changing for a few weeks or even months, but then slipping back into familiar behaviours.

For Kate Hudson the key to living healthfully is simplicity and positivity. The book includes lots of real-world ideas for eating better, making exercise enjoyable and clearing the mind to leave space for positive thinking.

For the first time ever, Dr. Davis presents a simple 10-day grain detox plan - all the advice and a superb selection of recipes. This audiobook includes an accompanying PDF, complete with 10-day meal plan, recipes, and tips for successfully managing a wheat-free lifestyle. Dr. Davis provides a simple 10-day grain detox plan. With carefully designed meal plans and delicious recipes, you'll have everything you need to fully eliminate wheat and related grains from your diet in just 10 days.

The reason a lot of smokers find it difficult to become non-smokers is that they frame their intention in the negative – speaking about 'giving up' and focusing on lack. Fresh air in a box will help you take control of your smoking situation enabling you the deep inner strength to take each day at a time in order to give up forever. Note the use of positive language in this title. Focusing the brain on the benefits of becoming a non-smoker gives the intention much more power and gives you a more positive incentive. Self-hypnosis allows us to by-pass the critical sensor of the conscious mind and to access and change some of the subconscious negative belief patterns into more positive and helpful thoughts. Daily practice with this recording helps you become a permanent and lasting non-smoker, whilst maintaining a healthy weight.

Healthy Pregnancy in a Box is a recording that acts as a guided relaxation audiobook and has been developed to help promote good health for you and your baby during pregnancy in order to prepare you both for the birthThis guided relaxation has been developed to help promote good health for you and your baby during pregnancy and to prepare you both for the birth.

Blissful Sleep in a Box is a self-help audiobook which will help you to relax and make you feel well rested.We all work and live in such a hectic 24 hour society that these recordings should help you to regain perspective and enable a better more regulated sleep pattern in order to work better during the day.Interrupted sleep patterns are one of the most common signs of undue stress. You wake up turning things over in your mind or find it difficult to sleep in the first place.

Calm in a Box is a recording that enables you to find time to yourself giving you more freedom to move around fearlessly and from a position of optimism and confidence.If you experience times when your heart feels it's going to burst through your chest, you feel dizzy, hot and sweaty and ready to do anything to get out of your current situation, or if you find yourself worrying constantly about negative situations and outcomes, then this recording is for you

Health Revolution is the incredible story of one woman’s quest to banish depression and fatigue, boost her energy and live a healthier, happier life. When Maria Borelius’ energy and health started to decline, she decided enough was enough and embarked on a personal journey to transform herself. The results were extraordinary...Bringing together ground-breaking research from across the globe, the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda and a lifetime of experimentation, this book presents a simple five-step plan to bring out the best version of you.