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Run your way to better mental health It’s never too late to chase your dreams: Before she discovered running, Nita Sweeney was 49-years-old, chronically depressed, occasionally manic, and unable to jog for more than 60 seconds at a time. Using exercise, Nita discovered an inner strength she didn’t know she possessed, and with the help of her canine companion, she found herself on the way to completing her first marathon. In her memoir, Sweeney shares how she overcame emotional and physical challenges to finish the race and come back from the brink. There’s hope and help on the track: Anyone who has struggled with depression knows the ways the mind can defeat you. However, it is possible to transform yourself with the power of running. You may learn that you can endure more than you think, and that there’s no other therapy quite like pavement beneath your feet. Depression Hates a Moving Target is a witty and poignant story of rediscovery. Whether you’re born to run or just looking for rebirth, you will: • Be inspired by the powerful story of one woman―and her dog • Cheer on Nita as she endures the challenges of a marathon and a mind in turmoil • And discover the power of running to overcome obstacles If you loved Let Your Mind Run, you’ll love Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink.

Reduce stress, ease anxiety, and increase inner peace with a year of easy-to-follow meditation techniques.Certified mindfulness teacher, bestselling author, ultramarathoner, wife, and dog-mom Nita Sweeney shares mindfulness practices to help anyone break free from worry and self-judgment. Mindfulness trains you to live in the present moment. Feel calmer. Think more clearly. Respond more effectively and enjoy a more fulfilling life. Even in tiny doses, mindfulness is scientifically proven to enhance physical and mental health, boost creativity, and improve cognition.CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE FORMAT: Each entry includes a quotation, a real-life example of how Sweeney uses mindfulness to enhance her life, and a practice to show how to apply that day's technique to your life. No need to stop your thoughts, travel to a monastery, or contort your body. Go at your own pace. Follow the suggestions in order or use the index to find entries tailored to your needs. BACKED BY SCIENCE: Studies show mindfulness as an antidote to scattered thinking and emotional distortion. Instead of escaping from reality into denial or distraction, each daily entry offers a method for escaping INTO reality as a powerful way to deal with life's inevitable ups and downs.BASED ON CENTURIES-OLD TRADITION: In A Daily Dose of Now, Sweeney not only draws on her life and meditation experiences, her coaching and teaching, but also on her decades of study with highly respected teachers in traditions that date back centuries. These include Shinzen Young, author of The Science of Enlightenment and founder of Unified Mindfulness, Natalie Goldberg, Zen practitioner and bestselling author of Writing Down the Bones, and Sensei Sean Murphy, author of One Bird, One Stone and co-founder of Sage Institute for Creativity & Consciousness.RELATABLE, PRACTICAL ADVICE: Sweeney has lived with depression, anxiety, and bipolar mood swings for most of her life. She formulated the exercises over thirty years as she experimented with the most effective tools to improve her mental health and help her gain insight into the nature of reality. The resulting book, written in her uplifting, straightforward, memoir style, is a wellness toolkit for beginning and seasoned meditators alike.

Discover the Benefits of Exercise as Meditation “Let me say it simply. Someone should have written this book a long time ago.” —Shinzen Young, meditation teacher, neuroscience research consultant, founder of Unified Mindfulness, author of Meditation in the Zone and The Science of Enlightenment Award-winning Finalist in the “Health: Diet & Exercise” category of the 2022 International Book Awards #1 New Release in Sports Health & Safety, Other Eastern Religions & Sacred Texts, Cycling, Sports Psychology, Walking, Theravada Buddhism, and Meditation Transform movement and meditation into the powerful practice of mindful movement Exercise can be meditation. What do you think of when you hear the word meditation? A quiet room filled with monks? An Instagram influencer? What about moving meditation? Yoga? Tai Chi? For too long, meditation in books has focused on specific periods of meditation, rather than mediation through fitness or daily activities. What if lifting weights, dancing with your love, or walking across a room counted? What if you could use exercise as meditation? What if you could make every move a meditation? Let's combine the two. In Make Every Move a Meditation, award-winning author, meditation leader, and mental health advocate Nita Sweeney shows us fitness can be mindfulness. She teaches us how to bring meditation and mindfulness into any activity by incorporating centuries-old techniques. Studies show that both exercise and meditation reduce anxiety, stabilize blood pressure, improve mood and cognition, and lead to a deeper self-relationship and wisdom. Movement is medicine, and meditation is medicine. Inside you’ll learn to: Turn exercise into a meditation tool Make any activity a mindful practice Enjoy the benefits of meditation while getting fit If you like meditation books and best sellers such as Think Like a Monk, Practicing Mindfulness, or Breath, you’ll love Make Every Move a Meditation.

Write Like an Expert “This journal is a must-have for writers everywhere. With quotes from a diverse group of historical and modern authors to use as creative prompts on every page, you’ll be able to bring your writing inspiration with you wherever you go.” —Sassy Townhouse Living #1 New Release in Quotation References From famous all-time-great poets like T.S. Eliot to modern creatives like Roxane Gay, the selected writing quotes in this journal aim to instruct and inspire you to become a better writer. Writing Inspiration from Incredible Authors. Gathered by Brenda Knight and writing coach Nita Sweeney, author of Depression Hates a Moving Target, You Should Be Writing provides you with writing wisdom from a variety of accomplished authors. Creative Writing Practice for Every Genre. This writing journal with prompts helps you practice a wide variety of writing skills. The excerpts and prompts include: General advice: “Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.” - Zadie Smith Helpful instructions: “If you scribble your thoughts any which way, your reader will surely feel that you care nothing about them.” - Kurt Vonnegut Genre-specific writing ideas and tips for particular areas of writing, such as poetry or storytelling: “For those whose bucket-list entails seeing their name on the spine of a book, it boils down to the power of persistence.” - Marlene Wagman-Geller If you were inspired by the creative writing prompts and advice in 642 Things to Write About, Complete the Story Journal, or Piccadilly 300 Writing Prompts, you’ll love Brenda's and Nita's You Should Be Writing: A Journal of Inspiration & Instruction to Keep Your Pen Moving.

Entdecke die kraftvolle Praxis der achtsamen Bewegung! Viel zu lange hat man sich bei der Meditation auf Stillsitzen und festgelegte Meditationszeiten konzentriert. Was wäre, wenn wir stattdessen Bewegungsformen wie das Gehen, das Tanzen mit dem Liebsten oder das Heben von Gewichten zur Meditation nutzen könnten? Nita Sweeney zeigt uns, wie wir Meditation und Achtsamkeit in jede Aktivität integrieren können, indem wir jahrhundertealte Techniken anwenden. In diesem Buch lernen wir: •Bewegung in ein Werkzeug der Meditation zu verwandeln •Jede Aktivität zu einer achtsamen Praxis zu machen •Die Vorteile der Meditation zu genießen und dabei fit zu werden Der zugängliche Leitfaden, der uns hilft, präsenter im Alltag zu sein, und dies mit Spiel und Begeisterung.