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H I G H L I G H T A U T U M N 2 0 2 0H I G H L I G H T A U T U M N 2 0 2 0
Effective immediately, the world belongs to me again!
“And now it’s my turn!” – this sentiment coincides with many women’s feelings about their lives. They have achieved a lot, shouldered a lot, and choked down a lot. Now the desire for an independent life of their own is growing. But how do you transform negative emotions, like disappointment, anger and frustration, into the positive energy necessary to make the relevant changes?
Bestselling author Sabine Asgodom knows what it means to sideline your own needs and to primarily just function for others. She speaks openly about the upheavals in her own life. However she also knows how good it feels to throw the switch. In this solution-oriented workbook, she helps her readers to set and pursue their personal goals. This begins with being honest with yourself and those in your life. The strategies then move on to strengthening skills in conflict resolution, perspective changes, decision-making competencies, and self-confidence, and concludes with methods for leading a self-determined life.
Step by step, you can become the “Queen of Effing Everything” in your own life.
SABINE ASGODOM is one of
the top coaches in Germany.
She has over 25 years of
expert knowledge under her
belt. The concept for this book
came from her experience
coping with a personal
crisis that stretched her to the
breaking point. Many women
can relate to what this was like.
Asgodom works as a trainer
and speaker, and according
to the Financial Times, she is
one of the 101 most important
women in the world of German
economics. In 2010, she was
awarded the Federal Cross of
Merit for her social
commitment.
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Sabine AsgodomQueen of Effing EverythingHow to Get the Amazing Life that Suits You
• For all women who have had to marginalize their own needs over the years• Sabine Asgodom knows what she is writing about – based on her own
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It’s my turn now!
What started in late December 2019 as warnings from an eye doctor in Wuhan rapidly turned into a global pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 is a dangerous virus, easily transmitted and deadly, but Covid-19 has become an even greater catalyst for a global cataclysm that has robbed all societies and economic systems of their certainties and is now threatening their very existence.
A team of doctors, scientists and reporters, including many award-winning journalists, has been tracking down the background of the virus and studying how it spread from an animal market in central China around the world, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.
The question is why governments for a third time – on the heels of the climate crisis and the refugee crisis - have failed to develop a far-sighted political framework built on numerous studies and warnings. The authors also attempt to find out how the human race can still manage to get the pandemic under control.
368 pages
June 2020
Cordt Schnibben (ed.) & David Schraven (ed.)Corona: A Death We Knew Was Coming
• A joint research endeavor by 18 international doctors and journalists
• Early history, outbreak, spread, effects of the Corona Virus, and the failure of governments to cope with it
• Spiegel bestseller: rank 5
The dramatic report of our global crisis
C O R O N AGeschichte eines
angekündigten Sterbens
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journalist for Die Zeit and as the
departmental head at Spiegel.
He has received numerous
awards, including the Henri
Nannen Prize and the Adolf
Grimme Prize. Besides, he is the
author and editor of several
books, such as September 11: The
Story of a Terrorist Attack, Iraq:
The Story of a Modern War, or
Tsunami: The Story of an
Earthquake.
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founder and publishing director
of CORRECTIV. He has worked
for taz, the Süddeutsche Zeitung,
the Welt Group, and Ruhrbarone,
a blog that he co-founded. He
was also in charge of the
investigative department at the
former WAZ Group. Schraven
has received multiple awards for
his work.
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Eckart von Hirschhausen, as most of us, is haunted by the two all-overbearing topics of our times: aging with dignity and the climate crisis. And surprisingly these two are more closely connected than we think: As a doctor and science journalist, the author demonstrates how many underestimated health effects are related to global climate change. A healthy environment is the prerequisite for the health of humankind. As a comedian, the author pokes fun at our striving for immortality, exhausting our resources and ourselves.
Eckart von Hirschhausen highlights numerous unusual and unexpected crosslinks between our finite time on Earth, its finite resources and our infinite possibilities to finally start living. A book encompassing everything from botox to brain jogging, from nourishing facials to nutritional fascists, from climate crisis to Covid-19.
ECKART VON HIRSCHHAUSEN,
M.D., born in 1967, is
Germany’s best known general
practitioner and one of the
most successful non-fiction
authors. Medical information
is brought home effectively
through his wonderfully
humorous presentation. For
over 20 years, he has been
touring the major stages of
Germany as a comedian. Eckart
von Hirschhausen has his own
TV-shows as well as a national
health magazine (print + online).
400 pages
January 2021
Eckart von HirschhausenHealth for FutureBreak the Circle: Save the Climate, Stay Healthy
• 7 million copies sold of his books in Germany!• All of his books have been in the top 10 of the Spiegel bestselling list• Previous books sold to: Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Japan, Korea,
Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, PR China, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, The Netherlands
Hirschhausen uncovers the surprising links between our striving for immortality & the destruction of our planet
“I didn’t need a sabbatical; I needed a new challenge.”
What do you do when you find yourself on the verge of a midlife crisis? Retreat into monastic silence? Adopt a strict regimen of fasting and long hikes? Early retirement? Booooooring! The cabaret performer and bestselling author Vince Ebert went in the opposite direction, choosing to spend a year in the edgiest and fastest-paced city in the world: New York City! Ramping up instead of slowing down. In a shoebox-sized apartment on the Lower East Side. And thus he took a deep dive into the American Way of Life, where he relentlessly pursued the most basic of questions. How is it possible that a nation that sent astronauts to the moon is incapable of producing functional shower faucets? And can you really go from dish washer to millionaire? Or just to dishwasher operator?
Broadway, not Camino de Santiago: Vince Ebert discovers that life after 50 has new meaning in the Big Apple.
VINCE EBERT, born in
Miltenberg in 1968, studied
Physics in Würzburg. Before
starting a career as a cabaret
artist in 1998, he worked in
a consulting company as
well as in market research.
His goal is to present
complex scientific ideas in
a generally comprehensible
and humorous way. He made
a name for himself with his
successful solo program Big
Bang – Physics is Sexy.
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• Personal, smart and very funny: Vince Ebert recounts his break in the Big Apple• The Spiegel bestselling author about his self-chosen challenge in New York City• Total print-run of former books by the author: 500,000 copies
Adventure instead of midlife crisis!
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We often get in our own way: we set up mental barriers, question ourselves constantly, look on the down side of things, lack courage, and fear the unknown. This is called self-sabotage, and it can erode our self-confidence. Experienced trainer Jacqueline Koeppen knows how to end these negative mental spirals and how to actively shape our lives. In order to achieve this, she describes five phases for change: realization, contemplation, feeling, discussion, and action.
Over one hundred specific prompts focus on the typical variations of self-sabotage, ranging from aimlessness to uncertainty. Koeppen provides readers with effective and proven strategies with which to overcome old thought patterns and mental blocks, and to maximize personal potential.
JACQUELINE KOEPPEN, born
in 1979, is a communication
trainer, coach and expert for
self-efficacy. Under the motto
“Success is always a question of
strategy”, this shooting star of
the self-empowerment scene
helps people to fundamen-
tally and sustainably change
themselves within a short span
of time.
256 pages
January 2021
Jacqueline KoeppenIt’s Free Up There How to Overcome Mental Blocks – 111 Strategies, Prompts and Exercises
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• A manual for self-coaching: the household motivation book• Includes numerous exercises, action strategies, and practical tips for how
you can overcome mental blocks • self-empowerment through 5 phases of change
Simple Tools for Mental Change
Most diets end up in a yo-yo effect which often masks the actual reasons for unhealthy eating habits. Physician and writing therapist Silke Heimes helps us to develop easily implemented strategies for a healthy and sustainable weight reduction. Her recipe: twelve weeks of writing, fifteen minutes a day.
Armed with inspiring and motivational writing prompts, we will be able to detect our unfavorable eating tendencies and figure out our personally optimal dietary habits. If we can acknowledge the connection between eating and emotions through writing, we will no longer fall into the trap of suppressing our negative emotions through eating. And if we learn to listen to the signals from our body and to deflect unrealistic, media-generated ideals, we will reach our feel-good weight.
SILKE HEIMES studied
medicine and German studies.
She then worked as a doctor
in a psychology practice.
She is a trained poetry
therapist, and since 2014, she
has worked as a journalism
professor at the Darmstadt
University for Applied
Sciences. As the founder and
director of the Institute for
Creative and Therapeutic
Writing, she bears daily
witness to the healing effect
of the writing process.
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Silke HeimesWriting My Way to Slimness
A 12-week program to a healthy, feel-good weight
• With this 12-week program, work your way to a healthy, feel-good weight
Writing works better than any diet
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Writing My Way to Health
240 pages
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H I S T O R Y
On January 18, 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, the King of Prussia was crowned the Kaiser of Germany, and the German Empire was born. Over the following years, the “Nationalstaat” took shape, the meaning and legacy of which are more debated today than they have been in previous decades.How socially modern was the Empire? To what extent was it anti-democratic, anti-Semitic, and exclusionary of minorities? What conditions from 1871 set the course to Verdun and later to Auschwitz? Do the foreign policies of the Berlin Republic take their bearings from the power politics of the Empire? How should modern Germany view its political predecessor?
Eckart Conze’s sharply conceived and brilliantly executed analysis provides answers to these questions, illuminating the background of our current social and remembrance policy debates, and takes a firm stand: “There is nothing to celebrate. The Empire belongs in the museum!”
ECKART CONZE, born in 1963, is the Chair of Modern and Recent History at the University of Marburg. He is a high-profile historian of Germany’s recent history. His research concentrations include the history of the German aristocracy, foreign policy, the Treaty of Versailles, and the history of modern Germany.
288 pages
September 2020
Eckart ConzeIn the Shadow of the Empire The Foundation of the German Empire in 1871 and its Complicated Legacy
Germany has a tradition of enlightenment ideals – and another of inhumane behavior. The Allies brought us democracy, freedom of opinion, and plurality. It is time to become deliberately aware of these values and to stand up for them. Hardly anyone knows this better than Hamed Abdel-Samad, who grew up in Egypt. He knows the great value of Germany’s practiced liberality. However, for years, he has observed the toxic tendency in the public forum to swap the ethic of free strident discourse, the basis of all democratic disputes, for a narrow-minded and anti-enlightened ethic of personal opinion.For the Love of Germany sets out the strengths of this country, as well as the dangers that it faces. Perhaps it takes an immigrant to remind his fellow citizens about how valuable these achievements are and how their duration should never be taken for granted.
In his new book, Hamed Abdel-Samad holds up a mirror to his adopted homeland, in which he sees a strong vein of social liberalization which is currently accompanied by a noticeable loss in intellectual tolerance.
HAMED ABDEL-SAMAD
born in Cairo in 1972, studied
English, French, Japanese, and
Political Science in college. He
has worked for UNESCO, and
held a professorship in Islamic
Studies at the University of
Erfurt and at the Institute for
Jewish History and Culture
at the University of Munich.
Abdel-Samad is one of
the most profiled Islamic
intellectuals in the German-
speaking world. His taboo-
breaking autobiography My
Farewell from Heaven caused
a sensation. As a result, an
official fatwa was placed on
him in 2013. Since then, he
has lived under permanent
police protection.
256 pages
September 2020
Hamed Abdel-SamadFor the Love of Germany A Warning
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A masterful analysis of the founding of the German state and the ambiguities of the Empire
A crucial plea for an ethic of debate instead of an ethic of personal opinions
• A Spiegel bestselling author• Hamed Abdel-Samad is one of Europe’s most prominent critics of Islam• Former books by the author have been sold to Czech Republic, Estonia,
France, Italy, Korea, Norway, The Netherlands and USA
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“Our body’s defenses are phenomenal. And there is a lot we can do to foster them.”
Millions of microorganisms have colonized us: bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites. Most of them are harmless, but some of them are malignant pathogens. Without a functioning immune system, we wouldn’t be able to survive. In this book, the physician and award-winning medical publicist highlights what we can do to support our physical defenses. She also explains the specific mechanisms our bodies use to mount a defense against the pathogens and how they can compensate for mismanagement within our internal system.
Day after day, Marianne Koch implements what she promotes, and she is the best evidence of how much we can do for ourselves, since she is in the best of health.
MARIANNE KOCH is an
internist, and she works as a
medical journalist and author.
The doctor hosts the weekly
radio program Das
Gesundheitsgespräch. She
has been honored numerous
times for her work in the
media communication of
medical topics. In May 2019,
she received the Paracelsus
Medal, the highest honor
granted by the German
Medical Association.
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Unser erstaunlichesImmun- system
Wie es uns schützt, wie es uns heilt – und wie wir es jeden
Tag stärken können
Marianne KochOur Astonishing Immune System How It Protects and Heals Us – and How We Can Strengthen It Every Day
Our bodies’ miraculous defense system: everything we need to know about our immune systems
208 pages
September 2020
• Conceived with competence, great vividness, and easily understandable descriptions
• With numerous practical tips for how we can strengthen our immune system, based on the most recent scientific findings
• Total dtv sales for Marianne Koch: more than 500,000 copies
PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS TITLES OF
THE AUTHOR:
“The experienced internist gets right to the heart of complicated coherencies, and in every chapter we pick up, she attests to our own personal ability to significantly reduce our risk of getting sick.” Susanne Köhler, Gesundheitsforum, Feb./March 2017
“Physician and author Marianne Koch expresses specific medical information vividly and in a way that is intelligible to all readers…”Buchreport, August 2011
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China extends its influence like a new colonial power: Chinese businesses are being managed in an authoritarian model, just like the Communist party.In Hong Kong, an authoritarian regime clashes with a western-oriented populace. The Chinese consider us lazy. And compared to them, we actually are. On an annual basis, over 1,500 kilometers of new rails for high-speed trains, over a dozen new skyscrapers in Shenzhen alone, and at least 1.38 million new patents: China’s dictatorship is driving a highly efficient economy. It is also building a digital surveillance apparatus, the likes of which the world has never seen. China is extending its influence as if it were a new colonial power – whether in Africa, along the new Silk Road, or through investments in Greece and Portugal, in return for which those countries have to show loyalty to China when faced with EU resolutions.Other countries are starting to view the Chinese model as an example to follow. Obviously you don’t need a democracy to be successful. In Hong Kong, China’s authoritarian system is now clashing with the West’s democratic model.
THOMAS REICHART, born
in 1971, led the ZDF East Asia
Studio in Beijing from 2014 to
2019, where he was
responsible for covering China,
North and South Korea, Japan,
and the Philippines. He is the
multi-award winning author
of numerous documentaries,
including the two-part series
The New Silk Road – China’s
Incursion into The West. Since
2020, he has been covering
foreign affairs and security
policies for the ZDF.
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• Insights from a renowned journalist: For five years, Thomas Reichert was the director of the ZDF East Asia Studio in Beijing
“The fire of the Chinese dragon will put the heat on us.”
Thomas ReichartDragon FireWhat Drives the Chinese, Where are They Dominant, and Why Do They Laugh at Us
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Ikigai: this resonant Japanese term stands for the joy that comes with finding meaning in life and consequently concentrating on the things that are truly worthwhile. Research shows that those with high ikigai levels not only lead a more fulfilled life but also have a significantly higher life-expectancy than those who haven’t yet found their raison d’être.
112 pages
Pub. Date: 2009
Ikigai – Finding the Meaning of Life in the Everyday
Gifts for the Soul Making time for yourself or others, discovering the path to your inner self or external power centres—Bettina Lemke urges us to live in the present and savour each moment. Relaxation through breathing exercises, awareness meditation, a gratitude diary—the book offers a treasure trove of ideas to realign your spirit, strike out on roads less travelled and dedicate yourself to the art of leisure and the myriad wonders of everyday life.
The Pocket BuddhistThis enjoyable self-help book presents basic Buddhist teachings in a simple and understandable way, offering inspiration and specific help for everyday situations. Elementary Buddhist principles such as tolerance, empathy, composure, patience, discipline, decisiveness and attentiveness are illustrated in instructive stories and short quotes. The book also uses practical advice and exercises to show how to react to familiar hectic or nerve-racking situations the relaxed, ‘Buddhist’ way.
160 pages
Pub. Date: 2017
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Total sales of this book: 85,000 copies
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Östliche Weisheit für eininspiriertes Leben
Dergrößte Schatz
liegt indir selbst
144 pages
October 2019
Eastern philosophy is an inexhaustible source for deep insights related to both existentialist and practical questions. It offers inspiration and orientation for the Western world. The author refers to classical sources such as the Buddha, Confucious and Lao Tsu, as well as contemporary thinkers. Lemke provides an introduction to Eastern philosophies, packed full of inspiring explanations and pragmatic advice.
Your Greatest Treasure Lies Within
Rights sold: Italy
BETTINA LEMKE is a free-
lance editor, author, publisher,
and translator. After earning
degrees in American Studies,
as well as English and Spanish
Literature, she worked for
many years as an editor in the
publishing industry. Bettina
Lemke lives near Munich and
spends several months of
the year in Ireland, which has
become her second home.
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China is gearing up for world dominance: The Belt and Road Initiative, launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, authorizes the government to strategically connect the economies of countries in Central and Southeast Asia, North and East Africa, and Europe through a network of rail, road and ship links. A gigantic infrastructure project in which China would invest billions, some of which would flow into the participant countries also.
The new Silk Road is supposed to not just bring China, but also the countries along the various routes, new trade opportunities in addition to peace and prosperity. The enthusiasm that the project has generated in the various countries, however, has been counterbalanced by an equal amount of skepticism: What will happen if China doesn’t just establish new trade routes but exports its values – its political system – along with its consumer goods? What if China intends to use the new Silk Road to shore up its political power around the world and not just for economic gain?
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TORSTEN RIECKE went into
journalism after earning his
degree in political economics.
He has covered stories from
various cities, including
Frankfurt, London, New York,
and Zurich. These days he
works as an international
correspondent for the
Deutsche Handelsblatt with
a concentration on topics
related to international politics,
economics and finance.
Patrick RohrChina’s Road to World Dominance The New Silk Road. A Photojournalistic Journey
In Fall 2020, Europe and the West will stand on the verge of a historic changing point. If the Trump era proves to not just be a passing historical phase and the struggle of the giants – the US and China – for world dominance becomes further radicalised, the new reality could result in erosion to Europe’s western-oriented nations. Europe alone cannot decide the chilly economic war between the dominant systems of China and the US, the race for the key technologies of the 21st century, or the rivalry of competing social constructs for the hearts and minds of its citizens.
However, Europe has the intellectual, political, economic, and historical potential to set a third course and develop an interesting alternative model to counter the black-and-white choice between China and the US. Europe’s Renaissance could lead to a new, unexpected heyday for its people and countries, providing inspiration to the world once more.
256 pages
October 2020
Torsten RieckeEurope’s HourThe Struggle of the World Powers and the Renaissance of an Underestimated Continent
• A completely different, atypical perspective on the current state of the world• Why the well-known political fronts are dissolving and new lines of conflict now exist• How Europe could become the secret winner in the shadows of the mega-powers
PATRICK ROHR is an editor
and photojournalist who is
primarily focussing on social
and geopolitical connections.
He has traveled to various crisis
and developing regions at the
behest of various NGOs,
including Doctors Without
Borders, Helvetas and Biovision.
He has also immersed himself
in distant cultures for his own
projects. In 2015, he worked
on a multimedia production
about Ukraine, and he has
published a photo-reportage
book about Japan in 2017.
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• Impressive photo-reportage from the countries along this huge trade and infrastructure project• Informative portraits of the players being directly affected
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Europe is reliant on the US in practically every area – politically, militarily, economically, technologically. The perspective is very different the other way around. The old Europe-US axis is eroding. This process may even speed up, depending on the outcome of this year’s US elections. This is why a realistic examination of the country across the Atlantic is past due. The US interests in Europe are fading, and this didn’t start with Trump. Even if the Trump administration is voted out of office, nothing will change in terms of the increasingly distant attitude of the US toward Europe.
We would benefit from viewing the current US situation as a warning and no longer assuming that business will continue as usual. Several European countries already have what it will take to shape their own futures more intelligently and effectively than before.
256 pages
October 2020
Tobias EndlerGame OverWhy the West No Longer Exists
TOBIAS ENDLER is a political
scientist and Americanist. He
has worked as researcher and
teacher at various colleges,
including Yale University. He
spent over seven years at the
Heidelberg Center for
American Studies, one of the
most respected America
institutes in Europe. Endler
has frequently appeared as a
US- and transatlantic expert on
television, radio, as well as in
the Frankfurter Rundschau and
Carta.
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• Trump isn’t the cause, rather a symptom of the “US problem”• Former books by the author have been translated into English
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DANIELE GANSER, born
in Lugano in 1972, is a
historian who specializes in
contemporary history since
1945 and international politics.
His main research focuses on
peace studies, geostrategy,
covert warfare, resource
conflicts, and economic policy.
Daniele Ganser is the founder
and director of the Swiss
Institute for Peace and Energy
Research in Basel.
304 pages
April 2020
USA – The Ruthless Empire
Over 80,000 copies soldRights sold: Czech Republic, France, Italy, Mongolia, Serbia, Slovakia
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October 2013
Illegal WarsFrom Cuba to Syria: A History of Sabotage by NATO Nations and the UN
In the eyes of many, the US exerts the strongest destabilizing influence on world events and, thus, presents the greatest threat to world peace. World power #1 hasn’t acquired this top position by chance. Since 1945, no other nation has bombed as many other countries or toppled as many governments as the US. It maintains the most military bases, exports the most weapons, and has the highest defense budget in the world. This book explains the background factors, motives, and resources of this world power.
A worldwide ban on wars went into effect with the establishment of the UN. Military intervention is only permitted in two exceptions (self-defense or by mandate of the UN Security Council). However, the reality is quite different. This book describes how illegal wars have been carried out both in the past and in the present and reveals how the UN regulations are intentionally circumvented, with special focus on the inglorious role played by the NATO nations.
Daniele Ganser
The book about the US’s long goodbye from Europe and the slow disappearance of the West as we know it
Spiegel bestseller (rank 3): over 38,000 copies soldRights sold: Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia
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Anne FleckAlways Tired?Find the Hidden Sources of Fatigue and Unleash Your Energy
For our own happiness and success, it is crucial that we find out who we truly are. In other words, we need to develop positive self-images. Allow our specific talents to unfurl. Recognize our individual beauty. Know what we really want in our careers, our relationships, romantic and otherwise. And then we have to bravely implement that awareness. Even now, as in the past, women in particular tend to conform to others’ needs and to put their own desires on the back burner. Upbringing and socialization are primarily to be blamed for this. What exactly holds women back? How can they overcome their fear of failure and of losing affection?
Eva Wlodarek shows how women can (re)discover their true selves and how they can confidently incorporate their wishes, inclinations and strengths in their lives. The ultimate goal is to find greater joy and meaning in life.
240 pages
To be published in
April 2021
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E VA W LO D A R E K
Mit Test
und
100 Fragen
zum Ich
NIMM DIR DIE FREIHEIT
ZU SEINSo entfalten
Frauen ihr wahres Potenzial
Eva WlodarekSeize the Freedom to be Yourself
A fresh start, new energy and a healthier life!
Tiredness, just like hunger and thirst, is a bodily function which keeps us alive and safe from fatigue and exhaustion. But when sleep is no longer a restorative, we experience a different kind of tiredness. One that makes us feel ill and the roots of which we are often unable to identify. Anne Fleck, M.D., closely examines the secret causes for constant fatigue: undetected infections or metabolic dysfunctions, food intolerances, cell diseases or environmental pollutants can sap our strength. She explains how to strengthen cellular and organ functions, how to detox correctly, reduce stress and use nature’s powers to gain new joy in life.
224 pages
To be published in
March 2021
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ANNE FLECK , M.D. is an
internist and rheumatologist,
and a renowned expert on
preventative and nutritional
medicine. She is considered a
pioneer in holistic health care.
The bestselling author makes
regular appearances on TV,
and frequently helps patients
suffering from chronic fatigue
to find the causes of their
affliction. Anne Fleck lives and
works in Hamburg.
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