Books published by Balboa Press Australia

Author and detox specialist, Michèle Wolff shares her years of clinical experience in treating patients on how to overcome digestive disorders, detox and achieve peak wellness. She shows you how to attain better digestion, detoxify effectively and safely, and achieve extraordinary health. The recipes are healing and energising and she shows you how to use kitchen herbs to enhance your health. Detox, Digestive and Wellness Solutions offers a wealth of knowledge and practical advice for resolving gut problems and excellent tips for every aspect of health. It discusses: • How the digestive system works; • Natural health strategies for ultimate digestive health and the benefit of organic food; • How digestive relief is as easy as using the right food as medicine; • Five key dietary habits to stop bloating, farting, pain, and other tummy problems; • How to use foods as a pharmacy to help discomfort, constipation, and diarrhoea; and • Tips and secrets for inflammation, reflux, candida, parasites, diverticulitis, irritable bowel,and more; • The anti-ageing secrets of detox, food and lifestyle changes. This is the most powerful, informative and practical book on health and digestion you will ever read. It is full of wisdom and strategies that will change your health forever.

Since the dawn of history, human beings found themselves alone in the midst of nature's elements including plants, animals, water and sand. It was imperative that they look through these elements for their food, drink and treatment. This is how the link was established between nutrition elements and remedial plants and herbs. In The Natural Chemist, author Samir Siryani presents a wide range of information on herbs, plants, fruit and food, including culinary and cosmetic remedies for numerous problems and for general health and well-being. Relying on extensive research into the writings of ancient and modern medicinal plant scientists, he offers a start-to-finish guide on using natural remedies and medicinal plants to their best effect, giving you detailed and helpful guidance throughout. These remedies serve as natural alternatives to treatments of Western medicine and can help you live a healthier and happier life. Thorough and careful in its approach, this guide provides background and instruction on a variety of natural remedies and medicinal treatments.

Many of us take life for granted. We go about our daily chores, never stopping to question or take a deeper look at whom we truly are. This work is about a search for truth, an earnest search for the meaning of life and for the potential that lies buried deep within the wellsprings of the human psyche. Each of us carry our own unique spark or spiritual fingerprint and are accountable for our personal contribution to the collective consciousness of mankind. In my life, and as I attempt to express in this work, I continue to search for mine.

For two weeks in October 2015 I had the privilege to volunteer in the Warlukurlangu Art Centre in Yuendumu Northern Territory, Australia. During that time I donga-shared with volunteers from around the world.The experiences of being in a remote desert community, shared accommodation with people unknown, and the many dogs were new to me. Aside from that I decided to use the discipline of writing a poem each day of my stay as an exercise. The casting for subject captured the diversity of each day and the poems became a journal of daily experiences.

It's the middle of the night. You are the only one awake, and no matter what you try, you just can't get back to sleep. So you think about your life, what it is and what you want it to be.Author Jimali McKinnon knows what it's like to have sleepless nights. Many of the poems included in this book were written during such nights. This selection of poems reflects McKinnon's wide range of interests and her journey with a debilitating illness. The poems range from the humorous to the serious, in a wide variety of poetic styles on diverse subjects-from stays in hospital, home, and country, cockatoos, and gum trees. A chapter describing a sad love story is told in both humorous and serious verse.Poems included in Love Should Be a Two-Way Game: Poems Written in the Deep Dark of the Night deal with issues many of us face every day. Though we may not have to face the challenges involved with a chronic illness, everyone has issues to conquer-or at least face-each day. McKinnon's poetry reflects real life, so you will be drawn into them.

This book is a celebration of vegetarian food and is written to share the joy of cooking wholefoods with you.Drawing on life's experience, Narelle hopes to provide an abundance of delicious food ideas, give you relevant information around food and its healing / restorative properties and provide you with the tools for transformation to flow into your daily life.

There's no getting around it: Deciding to get divorced is one of the hardest decisions you'll ever make, and going through one is not easy. But you can make it easier by arming yourself with information, knowing what to expect, and protecting your interests. Three partners with the Watkins Tapsell law firm answer the questions you have about divorce but are afraid to ask in this guide, and they also share answers to questions you should be asking but haven't considered. Find out how to: • identify a support network at the start of the separation process; • notify your partner that the marriage is over; • work out post-separation living arrangements; • tailor a negotiation approach based on your partner's emotional status; and • protect yourself if faced with the risk of violence. The authors also explore what you need to do to ensure you don't lose a jointly-owned home, ways to make divorce easier on children, and how to navigate the complicated emotions that arise when a marriage ends. Protect yourself and your loved ones-physically, financially, and emotionally-with this essential guide for anyone contemplating or going through a divorce.

I have seen much … I have seen love and I have seen horror. I have left this earth twice only to return with the memory of eternity. I am a woman, and I am gay. I am a seeker of truth and divine love. I am all of these things and yet none of them. My experiences and sexuality do not define me, for my identity, like yours, will always be safe, in love.This personal narrative shares author Skyara Reign's journey of self-acceptance and self-love after having survived sexual abuse and growing up a homosexual in a Christian environment. She presents a powerful story about finding and loving our authentic selves and coming to the understanding that we simply are who we are-and whatever that may be, we are all perfect creations of divine love.

It is difficult for children who have developmental, intellectual, and physical inabilities to understand why they are different. It is even more difficult for them to "fit in" in social and educational settings. This book has been written for parents, teachers, and children; it is an amiable story of how a child with Asperger's may experience life and friendship. Wren is a seven-year-old boy who likes prime numbers and primary colours. He has one best friend, Jacob, and that is okay because they are the same and understand one another. Wren does not understand playtime at school or mum's sayings, but he knows it is okay to be Wren. Children who are on the Autistic Spectrum process life with their own unique languages. Life can be overwhelming, frustrating, and just downright confusing for them at times. I Am Wren lends a quirky look at the language of how Wren processes the world. Wren knows that it is okay to be Wren, even if he only has one friend

This book is the story of a woman's journey from being an unwanted child who was subject to various abuses to becoming a valued member of the community. It tells of her struggle to find what love is, to come to love herself and others, and to discover who she really is. In longing to find acceptance from others, she realized how important it is to accept the incredible mix of skills and foibles that combine to bring her joy.