Depression Hates a Moving Target

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.

Healthy Recipes for Every Step of Your Weight Loss Journey

"Get ready to indulge in creative and delicious recipes that serve up big portions and huge inspiration! This cookbook will no doubt become one of your secret weapons in the kitchen!" —Lisa Lillien a.k.a. Hungry Girl

#1 Best Seller in Low Fat Cooking

Ilana Muhlstein’s own 100-pound weight loss journey gives her the cutting edge in guiding thousands on their weight loss journey. Ilana’s first book You Can Drop It, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2020 and has sold over 50,000 copies.

Recipes for everyone in your tribe. Ilana has healthy recipes for the whole family to enjoy. From easy snacks for kids, lunch ideas for adults, to delicious dinner ideas, this cookbook for nutrition is packed with healthy recipes. “Foods that love you back" are low calorie, super healthy and high volume foods, meaning you can eat a LOT of them. You don’t have to lose your figure to feed your family!

Don’t sacrifice good food while trying to lose weight. Have you been on a high cholesterol diet? Are you looking for recipes to lower cholesterol? Have you been looking for a cookbook for nutrition? Are you looking for the next healthy bestselling cookbook? Well, you're in luck! Ilana created this cookbook full of healthy recipes that allow you to eat delicious and well-seasoned meals while also losing weight and keeping your health in check. You can eat more and weigh less, we show you how!

Inside, you’ll find:

• Healthy recipes to make easy snacks and lunch ideas for adults and kids alike
• Recipes to lower cholesterol, lose weight, and keep up a healthy eating lifestyle
• The 2B Mindset program from Ilana Muhlstein who has lost over 100 pounds without sacrificing great meals

If you liked Whole Food For Your Family, The Well Plated Cookbook, or Simple and Delicious Vegan, you’ll want to read Love the Food That Loves You Back.

Discover Resilience and Reach Your Life Goals

#1 New Release in Popular Applied Psychology

BreakProof is a gripping testament to never giving up. The book embodies the spirit of a true go-getter and highlights the importance of life balance, goal setting, and living life to the fullest.

Discover resilience in adversity. BreakProof chronicles Jenn Drummond’s pursuit to conquer the Seven Second Summits, despite no mountain climbing experience. Through this emotional and physical journey toward that audacious goal, the world record-holding mountaineer provides lessons on never giving up, cultivating resilience, and finding strength in the face of life's greatest challenges.

Embark on a journey of personal growth. Mountain climbers consider the second-highest mountains on all seven continents to be technically more complex than the seven highest. Jenn's experiences on the mountains serve as metaphors for achieving life goals and inspiring continuous self-improvement. In BreakProof, she shares her struggles and victories and delivers potent insights into achieving balance, setting meaningful objectives, and living life to its fullest.

The 7 secrets to realizing your life dream. In June 2023, Jenn became the first woman in the world to conquer the Seven Second Summits. Life goal reached! Learn the 7 secrets to how Jenn did it and how you can apply her hard-earned lessons to learning how never to quit.

Inside, discover

• Actionable strategies and exercises to take the first steps, build resilience, and handle life's challenges
• The importance of goal setting and continuous self-improvement and personal growth
• Ways to troubleshoot seemingly insurmountable obstacles
• Inspiration for becoming a go-getter, never giving up, embracing life balance, and living life to the fullest

If you have read books such as This Year I Will…, Mindful Self-Discipline, or the mega-bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, then BreakProof is a must-read.

Storyteller Skills for Speeches, Pitch Meetings, and Everyday Life 

“Raw, funny and hugely practical—JP shares insights and secrets from decades of helping an incredible range of people tell their story with confidence and style. Now you can too.”—Adam Spencer, Australian comedian, media personality and prolific author

Transform into a powerful public speaker that audiences love! For entrepreneurs, creatives, or anyone who needs to communicate authentically with their audience, Winning the Room is the public speaking book for you.

Win in every room. Cultivate an authentic connection with your audience, no matter what. Conquer your public speaking fears, learn how to be likable, how to present for work, how to give compelling pitch meetings, and how to be a person who wins through highly effective communication techniques. Winning the Room teaches public speaking skills applicable to everybody, in any situation.  

Become a great public speaker with guidance from an expert. Do you get nervous before a presentation? Do you find yourself rambling and losing your point? In Winning the Room, award winning creative and communications director, thought leader, and author Jonathan Pease (JP) uses road-tested techniques to take you on a fun, yet practical journey to becoming a fearless storyteller people buy from—emotionally and financially.

In Winning the Room, find:

• A tight, actionable, and memorable system for how to build trust and be great at different types of public speaking moments
• How to turn nervous energy into passion and charisma that people engage with
• How to apply these skills to various settings like keynotes, pitch meetings, presentations, and everyday conversations with friends and family

If you liked Cues, Everyday Business Storytelling, or Your Story Well Told, you’ll love Winning the Room. 

Coping with the Stress of First Responder Life

“…a work of major importance that offers practical approaches to self-care and serenity for our first responders...” —Louise Harmon, author of Happiness from A to Z

#1 New Release in Military Families

The Mindfulness for Warriors Handbook is a new and expanded edition of Mindfulness for Warriors, providing an additional valuable resource for first responders.

Ensuring their heads are in a healthy place is crucial. After 30 years in law enforcement, Kim Colegrove’s husband took his own life. This agonizing experience opened her eyes to the desperate need for an effective form of stress-relief and support for first responders like cops and EMTs facing trauma.

A traumatic way of life. First responders have the incredibly difficult job of running toward danger while the rest of us run away. No training prepares them for what they see and endure. Kim understands what it’s like to watch someone go through that and is dedicated to helping first responders.

A source of hope. In 2017, Kim founded The PauseFirst Project: Mindfulness for First Responders. She offers the PauseFirst block of training to organizations across the country; teaching techniques that help reduce stress, regulate emotion, and improve overall health and well-being. Her work to bring awareness is a tribute to both her husband and the countless other first responders struggling with the realities of their jobs.

Inside find:

• Evidence-based practices to help first responders and families deal with stress
• Interviews with first responders who share stories of overcoming, surviving, and thriving
• Colegrove’s own raw and intimate story of her husband’s troubles and how she continues each day fighting in his memory

If you’ve found encouragement from books like Bulletproof Spirit, Bullets in the Washing Machine, or I Love a Cop, you’ll find a further source of healing in The Mindfulness for Warriors Handbook.