Must Try Harder: Adventures In Anxiety (inspirational Series)

Paula McGuire's world was shrinking. Bullied as a child and plagued by excessive social anxiety, she had become a recluse. Unable to even go into a shop on her own, Paula's life was effectively over before she hit 30. But then something changed. She isn't even quite sure what. But after years of running away from life, Paula decided to grab it by the balls ... She didn't do anything too difficult to start with - just learning all 17 Commonwealth Games sports After that, she threw herself into naked-life modeling and astronaut training. Next, Paula plans to swim all around the United Kingdom. At the time of writing, Paula can't swim ... somehow that isn't discouraging her one bit Must Try Harder tells the remarkable story of a life transformed by facing up to fear. Paula's funny, heartfelt, and above all, inspiring story shows us that we each have the power to do amazing things. Trigger are proud to announce Theinspirationalseries partner to their innovative Pullingthetrigger range. Theinspirationalseries promotes the idea that mental illness should be talked about freely and without fear. Find out more at www.triggerpublishing.com

Take As Directed gives Canadians a much-needed guidebook to safely navigate our encounters with health-care providers and optimize the management of our own health. In recent years, evidence indicating that our health-care system can be made safer has emerged. Here, a family physician and a pharmacy professor discuss the role each of us can play in achieving the best and safest possible health outcome for ourselves and our families. In clear and engaging language, Take As Directed walks the reader through the call to the family doctor's receptionist, the examination room encounter, the pharmacy counter, a visit to the emergency department, and a stay on the hospital ward, and outlines common pitfalls in these encounters. Health-care consumers will learn how to provide critical information to their caregivers and know what information they must obtain from them. Since many adverse health outcomes are related to the use of medications, readers will learn how to safely and effectively use their prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs.

Take As Directed is the first and definitive source book to:

• offer down-to-earth advice on how Canadians can obtain good health care, even in a "sick" system.
• outline communication styles of health-care providers and offer tried-and-true tips and tricks on dealing with various "bedside manners."
• offer guidance on optimizing the use of medications at home and reducing the chances of experiencing an adverse drug event, one of the commonest reasons for visits to Canadian emergency departments.
• identify trustworthy sources of health and medication information on the web.

All health-care consumers will benefit from the sage voices of the authors, two of Canada's most respected health-care professionals.

Paula McGuire's world was shrinking. Bullied as a child and plagued by excessive social anxiety, she had become a recluse. Unable to even go into a shop on her own, Paula's life was effectively over before she hit 30. But then something changed. She isn't even quite sure what. But after years of running away from life, Paula decided to grab it by the balls ... She didn't do anything too difficult to start with – just learning all 17 Commonwealth Games sports! After that, she threw herself into life modeling and astronaut training. Next, Paula plans to swim around the entirety of the United Kingdom. At the time of writing, Paula can't swim ... somehow that isn't discouraging her one bit! Must Try Harder tells the remarkable story of a life transformed by facing up to fear. Paula's funny, heartfelt, and above all, inspiring story shows us that we each have the power to do amazing things. Paula McGuire's world was shrinking. Bullied as a child and plagued by excessive social anxiety, she had become a recluse. Unable to even go into a shop on her own, Paula's life was effectively over before she hit 30. But then something changed. She isn't even quite sure what. But after years of running away from life, Paula decided to grab it by the balls...She didn't do anything too difficult to start with – just learning all 17 Commonwealth Games sports! After that, she threw herself into life modelling and astronaut training. Next, Paula plans to swim around the entirety of the United Kingdom. At the time of writing, Paula can't swim... somehow that isn't discouraging her one bit!Must Try Harder tells the remarkable story of a life transformed by facing up to fear. Paula's funny, heartfelt, and above all, inspiring story shows us that we each have the power to do amazing things. Paula McGuires world was shrinking. Bullied as a child and plagued by excessive social anxiety, she had become a recluse. Unable to even go into a shop on her own, Paulas life was effectively over before she hit 30. But then something changed. She isnt even quite sure what. But after years of running away from life, Paula decided to grab it by the balls She didnt do anything too difficult to start with just learning all 17 Commonwealth Games sports! After that, she threw herself into naked-life modelling, astronaut training, and coming next, Paula plans to swim all around the United Kingdom. At the time of writing, Paula cant swim somehow that isnt discouraging her one bit! Must Try Harder tells the remarkable story of a life transformed by facing up to your fears. Paulas funny, heartfelt, and above all, inspiring story shows us that we each have the power to do amazing things.

•  An inspiring, true story written by an adventurer and speaker about how she overcame her inner demons

•  A brilliant account by a woman who is planning to swim around the whole United Kingdom this year

•  Detailed insights into what it is like living with crippling anxiety and how to beat it

•  Offers tips for those with anxiety problems and advice on how to do amazing things in life

•  An enterprising and philanthropic book with contributing proceeds going towards our global mental health charity, The Shaw Mind Foundation