Keep that holiday feeling all year round

Life's A Beach

CAPTURE THAT ELUSIVE HOLIDAY FEELING ALL THE TIME

Alexandra Massey is a bestselling author and has written extensively about recovering from depression.

Everyone loves being on holiday. Lying on the beach with the sand between your toes and bathed in the warm rays of the sun, you feel relaxed, happy and contented, far from the stresses and strains of everyday life. 
 
But what if you could capture that elusive holiday feeling all year round? 
 
Bestselling author Alexandra Massey argues that you don't need to jet off to some far-flung location to enjoy that 'glad to be alive' feeling - it's accessible to everyone at any time. 
 
- Discover how to bring the holiday feeling back home with you 
- Learn to kick back and avoid letting everyday stress get to you 
- Nurture your emotional wellbeing and discover harmony within yourself 
- Achieve a sense of liberation within your hectic lifestyle 
- Take practical steps to getting more fulfilment out of life 
- Find the joy that only seems accessible when you're on holiday 
 
Life's a Beach shows how a few small changes can help you feel happier, more relaxed and able to enjoy that holiday feeling all year round.

Understanding childhood depression and how to nurture a happy, well-balanced child

Happy Kids

A positive and practical guide to helping a child with depression

Alexandra gives hope to those trying to beat depression and her common-sense tangible suggestions could make a difference to many people's lives

Offers a practical lifeline to depression sufferers

Alexandra Massey has been through thehell of depression and come through the other side. She is the author of Beat Depression and Reclaim Your Life and Super Foods to Boost Your Mood.

Depression in children is growing at such a rate that it is now recognised as a major health problem, both in the UK and internationally. This book, by the bestselling author of Beat Depression and Reclaim Your Life, will help deal with this problem in a friendly and practical way. 
 
With clear explanations of what depression is and how kids get depressed, along with practical advice on managing the symptoms and nurturing the child, this book will offer hope to all parents whose children are struggling with this increasingly common condition. The book includes chapters on: 
 
What is depression? 
Managing the symptoms 
Nurturing the child 
Building a team around the child 
The importance of Family 
 
Alexandra Massey uses her expert knowledge and her own experience of childhood depression (both her own and that of her child) to offer positive help and support to parents.

Beat Depression and Reclaim Your Life

The bestselling guide to coping with depression without the use of anti-depressants

Alexandra gives inspiration and hope to those trying to beat depression and her common-sense tangible suggestions could make a difference to many people's lives.

Offers a practical lifeline to depression sufferers.

This jargon-free book can offer real hope

Millions of people suffer from depression in silence, afraid to admit to their family, close friends or GP that they feel beaten and cannot find a way out. 
 
Alexandra Massey has been through the hell of depression and come through the side. Her bestselling book offers a practical, jargon-free and realistic lifeline to help sufferers overcome the worst aspects of the condition without the use of medication. 
 
Beat Depression offers hope and empowerment with: 
* 5 suggestions of what you can do when you are too depressed to move 
* 5 suggestions for when your head is just above the water 
* A 14-day workplan that offers a step-by-step recovery you take at your own pace 
 
Plus 
 
* ridding yourself of negativity and aiding recovery 
* advice on dealing with your children when you are depressed 
* dealing with feelings of deep-seated anger and grief 
* confronting depression head-on without medication 
 
Now with a chapter by Majorie Wallace, Chief Executive of Sane, the UK's leading mental health charity, on the wider issues of depression in society and Sane's counselling and support services, Massey's sensitive yet workable solutions could be beneficial to anyone living with depression.

Alexandra Massey

Anita Bean

'Gives inspiration and hope'

Marjorie Wallace, Chief Executive of SANE

'There are plenty of books on the market about depression but this one 
stands out'

More and more people are recognising the relationship between diet and emotional health. Scientific studies have identified nutrients in certain foods believed to have a dramatic effect in fighting low level depression and mental sluggishness caused by unhealthy, highly processed foods. 
Alexandra Massey and Anita Bean have devised an invaluable guide to changing the way you feel by changing what you put on your plate. As well as exploring the links between lifestyle, diet and disposition, they provide 10 depression-busting superfoods, plus three separate 7-day 
eating plans to beat the blues and boost your immune system. Their alternatives to high fat, salty and sugary processed meals will help you combat fatigue, anxiety, stress and depression and change your life and your relationship with food.

Alexandra Massey

Praise for Superfoods to Boost Your Mood

'A brilliant new book'

'Gives inspiration and hope'

'There are plenty of books on the market about depression but this one
stands out'

'A brilliant new book'

'Gives inspiration and hope'

'There are plenty of books on the market about depression but this one
stands out'

'A brilliant new book'

'Gives inspiration and hope'

'There are plenty of books on the market about depression but this one
stands out'

Books by Alexandra Massey

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Praise for Superfoods to Boost Your Mood

'A brilliant new book'

'Gives inspiration and hope'

'There are plenty of books on the market about depression but this one stands out'

'A brilliant new book'

'Gives inspiration and hope'

'There are plenty of books on the market about depression but this one stands out'

'A brilliant new book'

'Gives inspiration and hope'

'There are plenty of books on the market about depression but this one stands out'

Books by Alexandra Massey

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'There are plenty of books on the market about depression but this one
stands out'

'There are plenty of books on the market about depression but this one
stands out'

'There are plenty of books on the market about depression but this one
stands out'