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NEW - Out July 2018
Life Crisis: the Mindful Way

This is Catherine G Lucas's fourth book and her latest
title in the Sheldon Press Mindfulness Series.

Read a free sample from Chapter 1 HERE.

'Powerful and inspiring' Emma Wolf, author of
The Ministry of Thin, An Apple a Day and
England's Lane.

Alcohol Recovery: the Mindful Way

Descended from a long line of alcoholics, and close to becoming one herself, Catherine G. Lucas knows only too well the devastating impact that alcohol and its abuse can have on our lives and our relationships. Sharing her story, along with the story of others who have had similar experiences, Catherine shows how mindfulness helped her to overcome her demons and bring self-compassion and self-nurture to her life.

As well as addressing the roots of problem drinking; difficult emotions; coping with depression, shame and alienation; and why we need self-compassion, Lucas offers guided introductory, classic and tailor-made recovery practices, along with links to audio downloads that can be done at any time of day. A qualified mindfulness teacher since 2007, Lucas shows how it is possible to let go of the pain and make a healthy recovery.

A qualified mindfulness teacher since 2007, Lucas shows how it is possible to let go of the pain and make a healthy recovery.

Are you in recovery and already abstinent?
Are you looking to cut back or even cut out your drinking?
Is your health beginning to suffer as a result of excess drinking?
Does your work involve heavy social drinking that you feel you lack control over?
Do you feel low and down when you're sober?

Are you looking for the right tool on your journey to recovery?

... Then 'Alcohol Recovery: The Mindful Way' is for you!

Buy a signed copy direct from Catherine

Coping With a Mental Health Crisis: Seven Steps to Healing

If you’ve been through a mental health crisis, and are seeking to make sense of your experience, this is the book for you. It explains how mental distress can be a wake-up call to a happier and more fulfilling life, and offers the information and support you need to help you heal at the deep levels of psyche and soul. Drawing on a wide range of options in mental healthcare, Coping with a Mental Health Crisis shows how to create an individual therapeutic path that brings together the best of mainstream and holistic approaches; family, friends and health practitioners will also find much of help here. Topics include:

what a mental health crisis really is
why it’s vital to get the right support
making life changes
seeing illness as a gift

rethinking mental health
doing away with toxic influences
therapy and mindfulness
integrative healing approaches

A mental health crisis can be deeply traumatic, but healing and growth are possible. In this wise, warm book, Catherine G. Lucas says that your mental health struggles do have a meaning, and can pave the way to the life you want to live.

‘Catherine serves as an inspiration to others. Her own lived experience has taken her on a journey of self-discovery and healing. And now, with wisdom and compassion, she illuminates a wide variety of pathways to recovery, showing that, however difficult things might seem, one should never lose hope.’

Dr Russell Razzaque, Consultant Psychiatrist

Buy a SIGNED copy of Coping with a Mental Health Crisis direct from Catherine.

UK
SIGNED copy of Coping with a Mental Health Crisis £9.99 + £2 shipping

Europe
SIGNED copy of Coping with a Mental Health Crisis €12.50 + €5 shipping

United States/world
SIGNED copy of Coping with a Mental Health Crisis
$15 + $8 shipping

In Case of Spiritual Emergency (Findhorn Press, 2011)

_Spiritual emergencies can be triggered by many things: loss of faith or a loved
one, intense spiritual practises, even childbirth. Too often these spiritual crises or 'dark nights of the soul' are not recognized for what they are, but seen simply as psychosis, depression or mental breakdown. The spiritual component of these experiences is ignored. Tragically, this cuts off any possibility of integrating the lessons these events can bring.

Yet when spiritual crises are understood and managed, they offer enormous potential for growth and fulfilment. Encouraging and supportive, the information in these pages is vital for

dealing with the mental and emotional suffering these experiences can cause.

In this guide for mental health professionals, pastoral care specialists, and people going through spiritual crisis or their caregivers, you will find:

A clear summary of recent psychological research of the past twenty years
Patterns of spiritual crises through the ages: St. Teresa of Avila, Carl Jung, & Eckhart Tolle among others
The Three Key Phases for Moving Successfully Through Spiritual Emergency
Practical, life-saving guidance for those experiencing spiritual emergency or those caring for them.

In Case of Spiritual Emergency: Moving Successfully Through Your Awakening
Findhorn Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84409-546-9. £9.99 / $16.95

Videos

Book Launch Webinar
World Mental Health Day, 10 October

Featuring Special Guests, Kimberley Jones and Emma Goude, who have both been through extreme spiritual emergency and emergence, Kaia Nightingale from Canada and Ted Esser, Operations Manager, Spiritual Emergence Network, USA.

90 minutes

Carol Shaw, Findhorn Press

Carol Shaw, Publicity and Marketing Manager for Findhorn Press, shares with Catherine G Lucas what In Case of Spiritual Emergency has meant to her personally and what Findhorn Press look for in choosing a book for publication.

6 minutes

Reviews

Review by Anna Jedrziewski, writer for the New Age Retailer (USA)

'It seems clear that the human race is undergoing a collective spiritual awakening. Presaged by the rise of interest in metaphysical subjects, the spiritual energy pouring into the physical realm now is changing the way we all perceive and react to the world we live in, sometimes triggering painful physical and emotional crisis. The time is very right for a book like In Case of Spiritual Emergency, and Lucas, founder of the UK Spiritual Crisis Network, is the perfect person to have written it.

Backing up her thesis that we are all evolving (and not just going insane), she cites research by the likes of Stanislav and Christina Grof, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Roberto Assagioli, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, and Robert Monroe. She shows us what a spiritual emergency looks like using the stories of St. Teresa

of Avila, Vincent Van Gogh, Carl Jung, Amma, and Eckart Tolle — among others.

Once she has convinced us that things like peak experiences, past-life memories, and psychic openings are all signs of spiritual growth, not mental illness, she outlines a three-part protocol for successfully navigating the waters of spiritual awakening.

Becoming enlightened isn’t a journey of peacefulness and flowers. The road is often treacherous and missing both signposts and seasoned guides. Many of us have taken turns that led to scary and confusing places. Now there is a book to lead people through the chaos, into the light, and then back into the world to help others. Thank you, Catherine Lucas.'

Other Reviews

‘This book needs to be in the hands of every counsellor, physician, healthcare worker, intuitive and anyone else who works closely with people and their emotional, physical and spiritual health.’

Krysta Gibson, New Spirit Journal, USA

'Lucas maps the territory of spiritual emergency... Her work provides the understanding and resources that can help us recognize spiritual emergency in individuals and in the world, and honor and guide the process so that we move successfully through it to individual and global awakening.'

Spirituality & Health (USA)