Bøker av Mark Williams

Imagine an 8-week program that can help you overcome depression, anxiety, and stress--by simply learning new ways to respond to your own thoughts and feelings. That program is mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), and it has been tested and proven effective in clinical trials throughout the world. Now you can get the benefits of MBCT any time, any place, by working through this carefully constructed book. The expert authors introduce specific mindfulness practices to try each week, plus reflection questions, tools for keeping track of progress, and helpful comments from others going through the program. Like a trusted map, this book guides you step by step along the path of change. Guided meditations are provided on the accompanying MP3 CD and are also available as audio downloads. Note: The MP3 CD can be played on CD players (only those marked MP3-enabled) as well as on most computers. See also the authors The Mindful Way through Depression, which demonstrates these proven strategies with in-depth stories and examples. Plus, mental health professionals, see also the authors bestselling therapy guide: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition. Winner (Second Place)--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, Consumer Health Category

The inside track on how champions are made, written by one of the world's top sports scientists and an award-winning sports journalist.

If you've ever struggled with depression, take heart. Mindfulness, a simple yet powerful way of paying attention to your most difficult emotions and life experiences, can help you break the cycle of chronic unhappiness once and for all. In The Mindful Way through Depression, four uniquely qualified experts explain why our usual attempts to ';think' our way out of a bad mood or just ';snap out of it' lead us deeper into the downward spiral. Through insightful lessons drawn from both Eastern meditative traditions and cognitive therapy, they demonstrate how to sidestep the mental habits that lead to despair, including rumination and self-blame, so you can face life's challenges with greater resilience. This e-book includes an audio program of guided meditations, narrated by Jon Kabat-Zinn, for purchasers to stream or download from the Web. See also the authors Mindful Way Workbook, which provides step-by-step guidance for building your mindfulness practice in 8 weeks. Plus, mental health professionals, see also the authors bestselling therapy guide: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Self-Help Book of Merit

Don't Give Up and Give In is an inspirational journey that goes into the verses and stories of the Bible. This heartfelt book is written to provide hope, encouragement, and upliftment to individuals going through challenging times. This book is to give some guidance to those who read it, believing they will find peace in the Scriptures.The author, drawing from the wisdom of the Bible, takes readers on a transforming study. Through an assortment of scriptures, the book aims to inspire resilience and determination within those facing adversity. It serves as a guiding light for individuals who may be tempted to give in to the pressures of life, reminding them of the unwavering hope found in biblical teachings. Each chapter serves as a stepping stone toward embracing strength, hope, and faith. The purpose of the book is to provide hope and encouragement and to give a renewed sense of purpose and direction in the lives of its readers. The author is hoping to help show that God can provide comfort and strength no matter the problem. In difficult times, it is important to remember that we are not alone, and there is always hope.

What transpires when men transition into fatherhood? Why do some fathers blossom, many fathers struggle, and how can we pinpoint those who do? What implications does this have for their offspring and their relationships? What measures can we take to address this? This book illuminates the multifaceted aspects of antenatal/postnatal anxiety and depression in fathers - a topic unfamiliar to many. It encompasses a diverse range of perspectives, including recent studies and research in this field, and sharing their voices to normalise the conversation.With the high risk of suicide in new fathers and better outcomes for the whole family and the developing baby when we support fathers. Shouldn't we be asking "How Are You dad"?

Born in early seventies. Mark went through school unaware that he had ADHD and dyslexia until he was forty. Told by a teacher he wouldn't amount to much, he became a British champion before leaving school at fifteen. When the nighties came, he went down a road of drink and drugs until he met his future wife, Michelle. Now he was a successful sales person and earning more than the teachers who told him he would never get a job. His biggest battle was anxiety and depression. After thoughts of suicide, he changed his career and ended up working in youth and mental health sectors, having experienced and witnessed horrific events. Today, Mark believes that with support, anyone can grow from trauma (known as post-traumatic growth). Mark is now an international campaigner, keynote speaker. published author, trainer and consultant. Appearing on television and radio stations, raising awareness of mental health worldwide. He was awarded the British Citizen Award for Healthcare at Westminster in 2023.

Brice Duvall realizes his employer, the International Space Administration (INSPAD), is a highly corrupt monolith. Disgusted and morose, he wants INSPAD to fire him so he can collect severance pay. Unexpectedly, he is tasked with heading up a public relations scam. Brice opts to turn his final mission into a free trip to the moon.To expose fraud, Brice must become a fraud.His assignment is to select two "ordinary people" for training and to join scientists and engineers living and working on the moon. Using feigned courage and daring, he turns his public-relations mission into his own confidence game. While biting the hand that feeds him, he hopes to open the eyes of "ordinary people" concerning the corrupt, wasteful, and deceitful nature of INSPAD. Predictably, he succumbs to earthly snares. His plan becomes complicated and dangerous. Too late, he realizes his scheme may endanger people's lives - including his own.

The Rubettes were a pop group formed by John Richardson during 1974, following the issue of Sugar Baby Love, recorded by studio session musicians the previous year by the song-writers Wayne Bickerton, then head of A&R at Polydor Records, and Tony Waddington, after their doo-wop & '50s American pop-influenced songs had been rejected by several acts. Tony got the band a manager, John Morris, husband of singer Clodagh Rodgers with whom they rose to fame towards the end of the glam-rock movement, wearing trademark white suits and cloth caps. The Rubettes 1st single, Sugar Baby Love hit the top of the UK charts for 4 weeks in May 1974, selling c. 500,000 copies in Britain & 3 million copies worldwide, having made US # 37 that August. They went on to have a number of other top 10 hits across Europe during the mid-'70s, including Tonight, Juke Box Jive and I Can Do It, sung by Alan Williams, mainly written by Bickerton-Waddington. The group continued to tour well into the new millennium with a couple of line-ups. Along with 3 other songs, Sugar Baby Love was recorded for Polydor during October 1973 at Lansdowne Studios in Holland Park, London, by session musicians featuring the distinctive falsetto & lead vocals of Paul Da Vinci, who was born Paul Leonard Prewer. However, Da Vinci didn't become a member of the band put together by John Richardson, instead focusing on solo work, having signed a contract with Penny Farthing Records. The Rubettes, The Glitter Band and Mud were among the UK groups who had roles in the movie Never Too Young to Rock in November 1974.

If you are interested in treasure hunts and want to learn about a fascinating outlaw, this book can open the door to your next hunt while satisfying your craving to learn about the past.Mark Williams, an experienced treasure hunter, examines the life of George Weightman, aka "Red Buck," who was a well-known outlaw in Oklahoma territory from 1890 to 1896. He focuses on Red Buck hiding an estimated $8,000, answering questions such as:¿ Just who was Red Buck?¿ How much money did he gain from outlaw activities?¿ Is there any proof that he was ever in Childress County, Texas?The author concludes that Red Buck was unquestionably a real person who operated outside the law for personal gain. He committed crimes not only in the Oklahoma Indian Territory but also in the Oklahoma Territory and the state of Texas.The gang Red Buck rode with-the Doolin Gang-was also known as the Wild Bunch. He participated in most of the gang's robberies.Join the author as he explores the life of a fascinating outlaw and seeks to determine if there is a buried treasure waiting to be found in Childress County, Texas.

Although a century and a half of Christian proselytizing has only led to the conversion of about one percent of the Japanese population, the proportion of writers who have either been baptized or significantly influenced in their work by Christian teachings is much higher.

På disse sidene vil vi lede deg skritt for skritt gjennom MBKT-programmet (Mindfulnessbasert kognitiv terapi). Dette forskningsbaserte åtteukers-kurset er tilrettelagt for å gi deg ferdigheter og forståelse slik at du ikke lenger lar deg fange av smertefulle følelser.NB! Vi beklager at lydfilene til denne boken ikke er tilgjengelig lenger.

A new look at the stories at the heart of Celtic mythology, exploring their cultural impact right up to the present day.

Fully updated, with additional contributions from experts in the field, to include all new drugs available to the anaesthetists.

In the struggle to cope with climate change, what lessons can be learnt from Earth's long history? Two leading geologists explain the important insights science is now able to give us about dramatic changes in Earth's distant past, and the delicate balance that ensures our planet is 'not too hot, not too cold', but 'just right' to sustain life.

The book seeks to describe the psychological processes that are involved in arriving at religious knowledge. It is argued that the ways in which people come to know other things, in particular how people arrive at personal insights, is close at many points to how they arrive at religious insights.

Grounded in extensive research and clinical experience, this book describes how to adapt mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for participants who struggle with recurrent suicidal thoughts and impulses. Clinicians and mindfulness teachers are presented with a comprehensive framework for understanding suicidality and its underlying vulnerabilities. The preliminary intake interview and each of the eight group mindfulness sessions of MBCT are discussed in detail, highlighting issues that need to be taken into account with highly vulnerable people. Assessment guidelines are provided and strategies for safely teaching core mindfulness practices are illustrated with extensive case examples. The book also discusses how to develop the required mindfulness teacher skills and competencies. Purchasers get access to a companion website featuring downloadable audio recordings of the guided mindfulness practices, narrated by Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, and John Teasdale. (Published in hardcover as Mindfulness and the Transformation of Despair: Working with People at Risk of Suicide.) See also Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition, by Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, and John Teasdale, the authoritative presentation of MBCT.

A sweeping history of Ireland's native gods, from Iron Age cult and medieval saga to the Celtic Revival and contemporary fictionIreland's Immortals tells the story of one of the world's great mythologies. The first account of the gods of Irish myth to take in the whole sweep of Irish literature in both the nation's languages, the book describes how Ireland's pagan divinities were transformed into literary characters in the medieval Christian era-and how they were recast again during the Celtic Revival of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A lively narrative of supernatural beings and their fascinating and sometimes bizarre stories, Mark Williams's comprehensive history traces how these gods-known as the Tuatha De Danann-have shifted shape across the centuries, from Iron Age cult to medieval saga to today's young-adult fiction.We meet the heroic Lug; the Morrigan, crow goddess of battle; the fire goddess Brigit, who moonlights as a Christian saint; the mist-cloaked sea god Manannan mac Lir; and the ageless fairies who inspired J.R.R. Tolkien's immortal elves. Medieval clerics speculated that the Irish divinities might be devils, angels, or enchanters. W. B. Yeats invoked them to reimagine the national condition, while his friend George Russell beheld them in visions and understood them to be local versions of Hindu deities. The book also tells how the Scots repackaged Ireland's divine beings as the gods of the Gael on both sides of the sea-and how Irish mythology continues to influence popular culture far beyond Ireland.An unmatched chronicle of the Irish gods, Ireland's Immortals illuminates why these mythical beings have loomed so large in the world's imagination for so long.

This book examines systematically the current systems of secured lending in China and Hong Kong, where companies or individuals offer personal property as security for credit advanced by a lender. Valid and enforceable security reduces the risk to the lender and so lowers the cost of credit to the borrower. However, the Hong Kong system, being largely derived from English law, is highly complex and in need of root-and-branch reform. The forces of inaction have triumphed and valuable opportunities to create a modern, rational and efficient system have been squandered. In China, on the other hand, a completely new system has been created in the last twenty years which, whilst it has various problems and defects, has some notable advantages over the common law equivalent found in Hong Kong.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the competition regimes of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Chinese developments are placed in the context of the adoption of competition regimes by developing and transitional states worldwide and also in relation to the influence of trans-national organisations on transitional states to adopt market-based economic strategies. The book adopts an inter-disciplinary approach considering the political, economic and legal issues relevant to competition policy adoption. The paradoxical phenomenon of Communist mainland China seeking to adopt a pro-competition law, whilst capitalist Hong Kong refuses to do so, is explained and contrasted with the successful Taiwanese adoption of a competition regime over a decade ago. The underlying economic and political forces that have shaped this unusual matrix are discussed and analysed with a theoretical explanation offered for its consequences.