Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve

Unlock lasting healing through the power of the vagus nerve—the bestselling guide to understanding how vagus nerve dysfunction and trauma impact inflammation, emotional health, autoimmune disease, and moreWith practical exercises and body-based tools for regulating your nervous system, balancing your fight-or-flight response, and restoring body and mindDr. Stanley Rosenberg, PhD, offers an easy-to-understand overview of the vagus nerve—and helps you regulate your body’s innate capacity to heal from stress, trauma, anxiety, and injury. Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve dispels long-held myths about the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and offers readers a map to three neural circuits that are integral to whole-body healing and emotional wellness: the ventral vagal complex, the sympathetic nervous system, and the dorsal vagal complex. Based on Stephen Porges’s Polyvagal Theory, this book shows how each circuit shapes our sense of safety, connections with others, and resilience to stress, trauma, and inflammatory diseases like arthritis.You’ll learn:How to identify—and heal from—symptoms of ANS dysfunctionSomatic self-help exercises that are safe, effective, and easy to learnNeurofascial release, migraine massage, and other hands-on techniquesPolyvagal applications for stress, anxiety, ADHD, fibromyalgia, PTSD, chronic pain, and moreHow restoring health to the vagus nerve can enhance function throughout your whole bodyThis book is written for therapists, bodyworkers, trauma survivors, parents, and anyone struggling with chronic, embodied stress. Grounded in neurobiology research, clinical stories, and easy-to-follow exercises, this book gives you the tools to bring your body back into a state of safety, balance, and optimal functioning.

Go with It

What happens when the conman collides with the good girl?“Go With It”That’s what I was told, but believe me, I’m starting to wonder if all of this isn’t more trouble than it’s worth.My new life in the city was supposed to challenge me. Little did I know that the biggest challenge I’d face was out sassing the conman who can’t keep his hands off me.Honestly, you’d think that saving his life would’ve been enough. But, no, of course not. It’s not enough for Ryske.He won’t be happy until he’s had all of me.Every inch.All to himself.Except I’m no fool. He’s a “promise-me-nothing” kind of guy and my ridiculous heart is already trying to sync with his.I’m an idiot. An idiot. I should’ve let him bleed out. Just walked away and left his world before it became mine. But, it’s too little too late. I’m in it.I have a feeling that fortunate fall, our felix culpa, will be the undoing of both of us. Warning: Contains explicit language and imagery. Suitable only for ages 18 and over.**Book 1 of 5, HEA, no cheating, series complete**

Secrets and Sin

The Winslow family built this town… but their secrets may tear it apart.Zackery Winslow has returned home to Winslow Heights for his father’s wedding. As with any family reunion, he fully expects the event to stir up both fond memories and unresolved tensions. He didn’t anticipate reconnecting with Lucy Gilbert, a friend from high school. From their first meeting, an unexpected, but not unwelcome, heat simmers between them. This trip home might be better than he’d hoped for.Lucy Gilbert remembers the fun, self-assured boy who believed that he had everything figured out all those years ago. She certainly hadn’t counted on the electric spark that she experienced upon running into the devastatingly attractive oldest Winslow. Unfortunately, she knows better than to believe that Zachery will stick around after the wedding.The days leading up to the Winslow wedding take a very dark turn when human remains are discovered, possibly belonging to Zack’s missing mother. Dark secrets begin to surface one by one, revealing a family façade that could very well shatter with the truth. While Zack stands at a crossroads that could redefine his entire existence, it is Lucy who he sees at every turn. Will Zack have the courage to confront his past and protect his newfound love, or will the shadows of the Winslow family’s secrets consume them all?

Beauty (Complete Series)

The Beauty series all boxed up in one mouth-watering binge read.Breaking Beauty – A Second Chance RomanceOwning Beauty – A Dark Mafia RomanceBroken Beauty – MC meets MafiaAll books connect but can be read as standalone.If you like dark romance with high heat levels, step inside.

Friends & Brothers (Complete Series)

Welcome to the Friends & Brothers SeriesWhere three lifelong friends end up falling for one of the other friend’s brothers.Three full-length books.Sky High LoveSloan Hayes loves her job as a pilot. But lately, all the travel, the never seeing her family or friends, was getting to her.Thanks to her two best friends, Camilla and Hazel, she knows she needs to make a change if she ever wants to get out of her funk.She wasn’t expecting Asher Rickman to be her change.Asher was Camilla’s older brother who moved away to live in London when he was in college. She hasn’t seen him in years until one night, out of the blue, she runs into him while in London.He’s funny, smart and so sexy it makes her eyes hurt just looking at him.But nothing can happen. He’s her best friend’s brother.Asher hasn’t seen Sloan Hayes in who knows how long, but she’s no longer the lanky, pre-teen girl he remembered from his own teen years.She was all woman.And he wanted her.There’s just one problem. She’s his sister’s best friend. And there is no way he can have her.But he can’t stop thinking about her no matter how hard he tries.Could he somehow convince her that it didn’t matter? That love could be worth it?Bridge To LoveHazel Landenberger believes there is a perfect person in the world for everyone. Only, hers is taking forever to show up. Until he does, she stays busy with her job as a county engineer and her two best friends. But then, an accident happens, injuring her badly with no one around to take care of her.No one but Nash Hayes.Nash is her friend Sloan’s brother and she’d never once had an impure thought about him.He can’t say the same about her, though.Years ago, Nash had secret feelings for his sister’s friend, but knowing nothing could ever come of them, pushed them deep down inside his heart, never to be seen again.Or so he’d thought.But seeing her in the ER, hurt and in pain, brought them barreling back to the surface. He wanted her. Badly. But would she feel the same way?Could he convince her that he was her perfect man?When It’s LoveCamilla Rickman was a woman who knew what she wanted out of life.Or at least she’d thought she did.With both of her friends in love and on their way to being married, she’d started questioning her own life. Was she doing enough to put herself out there? To find her own happily-ever-after?Deciding it’s now or never, she joins a gym only to find her best friend’s brother, Keaton at her first class.Keaton had never been someone she’d thought about in any way other than brotherly.Until she saw him working out.Keaton’s been back in town a year and in that time, hadn’t done much socializing.When he runs into his sister’s best friend Camilla at his workout, he doesn’t think anything of it until he sees her butt in those tight pants.Now he can’t think of anything else.It’s wrong and improper but he can’t stop himself.He wants Camilla and nothing is going to change that.But first, he has to find out if she feels the same way.