New Releases by Priscilla Warner

New York Times bestselling author Priscilla Warner has created a groundbreaking new format for her latest book, How to Fall in Love with Yourself. Sparked by an extraordinary discovery - a treasure trove of her childhood drawings that her late mother had saved - Priscilla tapped into the freedom, imagination, and surprising wisdom of a child's perspective, which becomes the heart of the book. Using her art as illustrations for the lessons she learned from her younger self, Priscilla reflects on what she seemed to know instinctively as a child about topics like faith, love, hope, loss, mindfulness, and the emotional and spiritual challenges we all face over the course of our lives. Blending art, memory, and insight, How to Fall in Love with Yourself invites readers to embark on their own journeys of self-discovery. Through thoughtful questions and gentle guidance, Priscilla offers them a fresh path toward moving through the world with greater ease, wonder, joy, and gratitude. Learn more about Priscilla's writing, art, and sound healing practice at www.PriscillaWarnerBooks.com

Do Pânico à Paz "Eu tinha muito do que uma mulher poderia desejar para se dizer feliz: um bom marido, compreensivo e atencioso, um casamento bem-sucedido, dois filhos amorosos e um best-seller; em suma, uma excelente vida. Mas, ao contrário do que parecia, apesar de todo o sucesso e sorte, eu sofria de ansiedade crônica e tinha frequentes ataques de pânico. Esses ataques me sufocavam; era insuportável. Tentei a automedicação, no início com uma garrafinha de vodca que eu levava escondida comigo, e, mais à frente, parti para a alopatia e comecei a tomar Rivotril diariamente. Depois de uma fortíssima crise, decidi que tinha de dar um fim àquela situação: meu mantra pessoal passou a ser 'Neurótica, cura a ti mesma'." Este emocionante depoimento expõe o drama de milhões de pessoas, em todo o mundo, devastadas pela temida Síndrome do Pânico. Priscilla, uma nova-iorquina espirituosa, parte numa jornada em busca do monge tibetano que, acredita ela, habita todos nós. Uma jornada a partir da meditação diária rumo ao equilíbrio de corpo e alma, coração e mente, e, de uma vez por todas, o controle dos nervos. Nesse caminho sinuoso, muitas vezes pedregoso e árido, ela foi do pânico à paz e conheceu uma enorme variedade de práticas de cura alternativa e espiritual, algumas sérias, outras... nem tanto. Este livro, na verdade, deve ser o fiel companheiro dos leitores em busca de qualidade de vida e plenitude. Acredite, é possível, sim!

Priscilla Warner has had a great life: a supportive husband, a flourishing marriage, two loving sons, and a bestselling book, The Faith Club. Despite all her good fortune and success, she suffers from anxiety and panic attacks so debilitating that they leave her unable to breathe. She’s tried self-medicating—in high school, with a hidden flask of vodka—and later, with prescription medications—daily doses of Klonopin with a dark-chocolate chaser. After forty years of hyperventilating, and an overwhelming panic attack that’s the ultimate wake-up call, Warner’s mantra becomes “Neurotic, Heal Thyself.” A spirited New Yorker, she sets out to find her inner Tibetan monk by meditating every day, aiming to rewire her brain and her body and mend her frayed nerves. On this winding path from panic to peace, with its hairpin emotional curves and breathtaking drops, she also delves into a wide range of spiritual and alternative health practices, some serious and some . . . not so much. Warner tries spiritual chanting, meditative painting, immersion in a Jewish ritual bath, and quasi-hallucinogenic Ayurvedic oil treatments. She encounters mystical rabbis who teach her Kabbalistic lessons, attends silent retreats with compassionate Buddhist mentors, and gains insights from the spiritual leaders, healers, and therapists she meets. Meditating in malls instead of monasteries, Warner becomes a monk in a minivan and calms down long enough to examine her colorful, sometimes frightening family history in a new light, ultimately making peace with her past. And she receives corroboration that she’s healing from a neuroscientist who scans her brain for signs of progress and change. Written with lively wit and humor, Learning to Breathe is a serious attempt to heal from a painful condition. It’s also a life raft of compassion and hope for people similarly adrift or secretly fearful, as well as an entertaining and inspiring guidebook for anyone facing daily challenges large and small, anyone who is also longing for a sense of peace, self-acceptance, and understanding.

Three women of different religious backgrounds share details about conversations they have had concerning what divides and unites people of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faiths.