David Roland

As a forensic psychologist, David Roland often saw the toughest, most heartbreaking cases. The emotional trauma had begun to take its toll — and then the global financial crisis hit, leaving his family facing financial ruin. When he found himself in an emergency ward with little idea of how he got there, doctors wondered if he had had a nervous breakdown. Eventually they discovered the truth: David had suffered a stroke, which had resulted in brain injury. He faced two choices: give up or get his brain working again. Drawing on the principles of neuroplasticity, David set about re-wiring his brain. He embarked on a search that brought him into contact with doctors, neuroscientists, yoga teachers, musicians, and a Buddhist nun, and found the tools to restore his sense of self: psychotherapy, swimming, music, mindfulness, and meditation. This is the story of David’s neurological difficulties and of his remarkable cognitive recovery. It is also an account of a journey to emotional health. How I Rescued My Brain is an amazing tale of one man’s resilience, and his determination to overcome one of the most frightening situations imaginable — the fear that he had lost his mind and might not get it back.

a psychologist’s remarkable recovery from stroke and trauma

How I Rescued My Brain

After being wrongly convicted of manslaughter and spending eleven years in state prison, Carl Avery, rejected by society, finds himself homeless, alone, and battling the scourge of street life. But for his friendship with a stray dog, his likely end would have been suicide. Hoping for a new and better life, he and his dog travel cross country to Las Vegas. There, wallowing in homeless shelters and shanties, he finds surprising adventure, and, more surprising, a rare and special romance.

Homeless in Vegas

Every performer has suffered stage fright, but sometimes the anxiety is so overwhelming it prevents the subject from delivering his or her best performance. In The Confident Performer, Dr. David Roland, a performance psychologist, offers new insight into the issue, revealing ways to manage--even harness--anxiety to improve performance.

The Confident Performer

GROW YOUR OWN MAGIC MUSHROOMS AT HOMEThis book is a step by step guide on how to cultivate your own Psilocybin MushroomTo successfully grow magic mushroom is very simple if you can follow the principles and process, as with any other plants, they also requires some guidelines and care to make them grow well. If you are new to psilocybin mushroom, this book is a comprehensive guide to all your needs to know about magic mushrooms. If you have not grown a mushrooms before, you may be tempted to begin with magic mushroom grow kit. These are ready to use packs that contains a living mycelium substrate (the material that helps mushroom growth), and this grower's kit need to be cared for. This book has also outline how to make your grower's kit and mushroom farm free from pest and disease and in this book, you will learn more about mushroom therapy, uses, mushroom poisoning, the legality of magic mushroom is also detailed here.

A Step By Step Cultivation Guide

How to Grow Your Own Magic Mushrooms

The Power of Suffering is psychologist David Roland’s personal investigation into the nature of human suffering. When our world is turned upside down, what does it do to us, how do we survive it, and, most importantly, how can we grow as a result? David takes the lived experience of eleven incredible people and follows them along each step of their journey from crisis through to acceptance and triumph. Within each story, David draws on his own experience of life-altering trauma and clinical research to offer insights we all can gain from. Each life story examined is a moving testimony of the human spirit’s ability to rise and rise again – an executive tragically loses his family in a car crash and finds healing in the rehabilitation of wildlife, a teenage victim of domestic violence becomes a fierce advocate for abused women and brain-injured youth, a football superstar overcomes bigotry and dyslexia to forge a career in acting, a mother experiences the aching depth of love lost after her teenage child’s life is tragically cut short. These are but a few of the intimately told stories, all pointing to a path through the storm and beyond. The Power of Suffering is a revelatory account of how the darkest night can lead to the most profound dawn.

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