Books by Corinne Sweet

While some forms of anxiety are natural, even helpful, anxiety disorders can lead you into a spiral of stress and worry, and interfere with your everyday life. Practical, supportive and uplifting, this is a journal for anyone who struggles with anxiety, whether in the form of phobias, social anxiety, generalized anxiety (GAD) or day-to-day worrying. Beautifully illustrated by Marcia Mihotich, The Anxiety Journal by Corinne Sweet encourages you to use CBT techniques and mindfulness exercises to help you better understand your anxiety and help you to achieve peace and calm.Whether you're awake at 4am unable to turn off those racing thoughts, or struggling to get yourself together before a presentation, The Anxiety Journal will help to soothe stress and reduce worry, identify negative thought-cycles, and provide you with techniques to combat anxiety wherever you are.

Achieve an instant confidence boost, no matter how time poor you feel, with practical two-minute exercises designed to fit around your life.

Welcome calmness into your life, no matter how time poor you feel, with practical two-minute exercises designed to fit around your life.

Prime yourself for deep, restorative sleep with practical two-minute exercises designed to fit around your life.

Money is the number one issue couples argue about. It pushes everyone's buttons regarding gender, class, race and fairness. However, managing money together is critical to a lasting relationship. Stop Fighting About Money helps couples identify their own and each others' Emotional Money Baggage and Money Patterns. This is essential for couples to start talking straight about money and working together openly and honestly. The book covers: choosing the right money mate, negotiating the money minefield, coping with making money and going broke and how to view money psychologically. It looks at money in parenthood, divorce, and remarriage - the 'his', 'hers' and 'ours' financial issues central to our complex lives today.

What is it like to try for a baby over forty? How easy is it to be a midlife mum? The past two decades have seen a trend in first-time mothers leaving it until their mid or late thirties to try for a child. Now 2% of first time births are to women over forty, and the trend is set to continue.Women are putting their careers first, and it can often be hard to find Mr or Ms Right. There is also a need to feel 'ready' to have a baby, which can take some psychologicalor therapeutic preparation. Also, increased longevity, technological developments and better health and fitnesslevels means being an older parent is a real possibility today. But what are the pitfalls? What are the benefits? And how acceptable is it to be an older mother? This book tells the heartfelt first-person stories of fifteen women trying for a baby in midlife. It looks at the prejudices, the dangers, and the joys of finding out that birth can begin at forty.

Do you find it hard to say "no"? Do you fear being disliked or abandoned if you refuse to do something? If so, you might be a "serial pleaser", trapped by other people's demands and needs. This book is all about teaching you to learn to live your life and do what you want to do. It covers recognizing the symptoms, how you became a pleaser, how it affects you in love, at work and at home, and how to overcome the need to please.

Most of us are hooked on something, or have bad habits we can't quite kick or control. Being addicted is simply part of the human condition, but it also has deep emotional and psychological roots. Many of us struggle, often in silence, with our issues about alcohol, drugs, over-the-counter painkillers or food. Or it might be we overwork, staring at too many screens, spending too much money, or using sex and love as drugs. Overcoming Addiction looks at the underlying causes of both chemical and emotional addictions, and helps you to identify the real needs you are trying to fulfil underneath. It also helps you identify how you can help yourself break free from destructive habits, build self-esteem and even give up your addictions for good. In time, you can find new ways of relaxing, of being creative, having fun and relating, without your everyday addictions to lean on.

In today's busy world, finding physical and mental space for peace and calm amidst the competing demands of work, family and friends can be a challenge. Mindfulness is a simple and powerful practice that can help you cut through the noise and reclaim tranquillity, wherever you are. The Mindfulness Journal offers an introduction to mindfulness and easy exercises that can be done whether you are sitting at your desk, squeezed on to a crowded train, or standing in line at the supermarket. This beautifully illustrated journal is your indispensable companion to a more peaceful, stress-free day.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy has already helped millions of people overcome their issues and move their life forward now it can really help you too. In this busy, demanding and often stressful modern world, its a struggle to find time to even think about what your dreams and goals might be, let alone work towards actually realising them. Its so easy to get stuck in a routine, to opt for the easy answers, to feel a lack of inspiration and motivation and then wind up feeling anxious and depressed. Far from being an exciting or invigorating prospect, the mere idea of changing anything about your life soon seems hard work, scary and something to be avoided. But your life really can be better than it is now - you just need to learn how to really believe it can. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, can lend a hand. It will help you change the way you think and feel about yourself, about others and about the world around. As you begin to feel more positive, more motivated and more confident youll soon begin to realise that your future is fully in your control. The scientifically-proven techniques of CBT are a powerful force to harness. Written by a leading psychologist, Change Your Life with CBT will deliver these tried and tested tools in an accessible package full of exercises, examples and practical advice and guidance . So if youre feeling that your life has got stuck in first gear, or even stuck in reverse, and if you believe that the main thing holding you back is probably yourself, Change Your Life with CBT can help you overcome your barriers and start to achieve your goals at home, at work and throughout your whole life.