A veteran Oxford heart surgeon imparts the hard-won lessons of a life lived on the brink, sharing the stories of remarkable cases from his career while revealing why heart procedures have never become routine.

"A landmark exploration of one of the most consequential and mysterious issues of our time: the rise of chronic illness and autoimmune diseases. A silent epidemic of chronic illnesses afflicts tens of millions of Americans: these are diseases that are poorly understood, frequently marginalized, and can go undiagnosed and unrecognized altogether. Renowned writer Meghan O'Rourke delivers a revelatory investigation into this elusive category of "invisible"...

Jan Thatcher Adams, now a physician and cancer patient, chronicles the ups and downs of her celebrity life as wife of Minnesota Vikings football player Karl Kassulke. A wife, a mother, and a medical school student at the time, she writes of the balancing act she went through as she managed life with and without her alcoholic husband in the 1960s and seventies.

The Day My Vagina Broke' follows one woman's journey to becoming a mumma and how she had no idea childbirth could break your vagina... and you. Once you're pregnant the rest is easy right? No. Knowing parenting wouldn't be easy, Stephanie Thompson never thought too much about how the baby would actually arrive, and how that was, in fact, the hardest part of the journey so far. Many women feel foolish for not knowing what they didn't know; they found...

Today's program will help everyone to achieve the desired result. Words affect our consciousness by forming certain attitudes, creating subconscious programs, creating images. And you are the creator of your reality. By using this program, you will be able to bring wealth, joy and success into your life. Our subconscious is a fertile soil that accepts any seed thrown into it. Thoughts are material, they have real power. What you have now in your life,...

Who are you? I am sure that you have heard this question many times. Try to remember who and when asked you this question. And how many times have you asked this question yourself? And how many times have you heard the answer? Today you are going to meet up with your true self. And this meeting will help you raise your self-esteem. You can accept it or not, but in fact you have been waiting for this meeting all your life. You will find yourself in...

Anxiety disorders are prevalent mental health issues. While everyone encounters stress and anxiety at some point, triggers vary from person to person. Some may experience anxiety in social situations, while others may feel it when faced with heights. The scale of anxiety differs as well, with some perceiving it as a background worry and others experiencing intense and unsettling emotions, such as continuous fear and panic attacks. Regardless of the...

How to forgive oneself? What should be done in order to get rid of the guilt feeling that sometimes gnaws many of us so much? Which excuses should be found for our actions or, on the contrary, inactions, our words, our thoughts, which caused our current attitude toward ourselves? I suggest you immerse yourself into the essence of your story, your experience so that at the end of this meditation you will have motives for forgiving yourself and patching...

Every day, without conscious effort, we engage in a fundamental act that sustains our life: breathing. The act of drawing in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide is so integral to our existence that we often take it for granted. However, for millions of people around the world, this simple act can be a daily struggle, fraught with challenges and uncertainties. Welcome to a journey into the world of respiratory health, where we explore the complex and...

This visualization will help you to get rid of everything that holds you back in your life. What is the most important in your life? What do you cherish most? The values you're thinking about form the part of your identity. Because your values are the only things that have always been determining your behavior, and they always will. Appropriation of your true identity stipulates the perception of who you really are. Your true identity is your true...