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By Libby Weaver
Being a woman is a beautiful gift – however, at times it can be easy to lose sight of this. We can often feel betrayed by our bodies, and feel as though we have no control over our thoughts, leaving us feeling like we’re grasping for air while trying to meet everyone else’s expectations. It doesn’t have to be this way.This book will help you to understand the “why” behind some of your common frustrations – from the weight you can’t shift, to why you feel trapped on the “stress express”, or why you find it so difficult to say “no” to some people.Libby embraces a holistic approach by treating the root cause of an ailment. Her extensive knowledge of how the body works makes her a “one-stop shop” in achieving and maintaining ultimate health and well being." – Deborra-lee and Hugh Jackman
By Obama Michelle
The powerful, insightful follow-up to the critically acclaimed, multi-million #1 bestselling memoir Becoming In her inspiring follow-up to Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. In The Light We Carry, she opens a frank and honest dialogue with readers, considering the questions many of us wrestle with- How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we discover strength and community inside our differences? What do we do when it all starts to feel like too much? Michelle Obama believes that we can all lean on a set of tools to help us better navigate change and remain steady within flux. The Light We Carry offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully overcome various obstacles -- the earned wisdom that helps her continue to "become." With trademark humour, candour, and compassion, she also explores issues connected to race, gender, and visibility, encouraging readers to work through fear, find strength in community, and live with boldness. A rewarding blend of powerful stories and profound advice, The Light We Carry will inspire readers to examine their own lives, identify their sources of gladness, and connect meaningfully in a turbulent world.
By Liz Fosslien, Mollie West Duffy
Have You Ever Worried About Showing Emotion At Work, Or Panicked You've Revealed Too Much Of Your Personality? In No Hard Feelings, You'll Learn How To Navigate The Emotional Minefield That Is The Modern Workplace, And Express Your Feelings And Identity At Work. After All, The Financial Success Of The 21st Century Depends On It. Without The Ability To Communicate And Correct Stress, We Risk Burnout. Without Emotions, We Cannot Make Decisions, Influence Others, Or Be Creative. As Our Jobs Become More Collaborative, Complex, And Stressful - As Well As The Centre Of Our Identities - Effectively Embracing Emotion Will Only Become More Important. Combining Behavioural Economics And Psychology With Sharp, Funny And Colourful Illustrations, No Hard Feelings Shows Readers How To Be More Authentic, Productive, And Happy At Work. Liz Fosslien Is A Marketing And Design Consultant Who Illustrates The Webcomic Out Of The Office, And Her Work Has Been Featured By The Economist, The Freakonomics Blog, And Npr. Mollie West Duffy Is An Organizational Designer At Ideo And A Professor At Stanford University Where She Teaches Design. She Writes A Blog And Advises Companies On Start-up Culture.
By Roxie Nafousi
THE NO. 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERDISCOVER THE LIFE-CHANGING NEW BOOK FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MANIFEST'An empowering and clear read, filled with helpful exercises, the book explores everything from your inner child to daily rituals, stepping outside your comfort zone and how to stop caring about what people think' VOGUE'Roxie is the voice manifestation needs' Jay Shetty'The Queen of Manifesting' Financial Times'The face of manifesting in Britain' The Times'The A-list's new favourite manifester' Sunday Times Style'THE MILLENNIAL ANSWER TO THE SECRET' VOGUE__________Manifest showed you it's possible to change your life. Now Dive Deeper will show you every step you need to take to get there.In this hotly-demanded follow-up, you will discover exactly how to unlock your limitless potential, create lasting, transformative change, and turn your dreams into a reality.Expanding your understanding of each of the unique seven steps to manifestation, Roxie Nafousi provides practical techniques to teach you how to harness your potential and confidently step into your power.Each chapter is filled with simple and inspiring exercises designed to cultivate self-awareness, reflection and growth, empowering your manifesting process even more.Make 2023 the year your life truly begins . . .__________'Looking to live more intentionally? Put Dive Deeper on your radar' HELLO!'Manifesting expert Roxie Nafousi is back . . . This deeper dive into the principles and practice of manifestation seeks to expand your understanding of the seven steps on a journey to lasting transformative change' SUNDAY EXPRESS'Where Nafousi's first book was an entry into the manifesting practice, Dive Deeper focuses more closely on helping the reader with their self-belief. It follows the same seven-steps as Manifest, but approaches them from a more introspective angle, and provides more exercises, advice, and personal anecdotes from Nafousi's own manifesting journey.' - COSMOPOLITAN PRAISE FOR MANIFEST 'The essential guide to anyone and everyone wanting to feel more empowered' Glamour'A phenomenon' Grazia'A roadmap for a more positive way of life' Financial Times'The book you're seeing all over your Instagram feed' Red
By Alex Light
An urgent, enlightening and empowering guide to disavowing diet culture and learning to make peace with our bodies, from body confidence and anti-diet advocate, Alex Light.When we look in the mirror, so many of us see a ‘before’ picture: the miserable person in the side-by-side shot waiting for the ‘glow-up’ (read: weight loss) that will bring true happiness. But it’s not our fault that we see our bodies as projects in need of constant work: this is just one of the beliefs that has been ingrained in us by diet culture. We have been taught to view ourselves as a collection of ‘problem’ areas for which the billion-dollar diet industry holds the solutions.Step-by-step, You Are Not A Before Picture provides a framework for changing the way we view ourselves and the world around us. Working with experts in the fields of psychotherapy, fitness and nutrition, Alex empowers readers to interrogate their underlying beliefs, challenge the external and internal forces that are holding us back, and finally find freedom in our bodies, for good.Alex Light was a number 4 Sunday Times Non Fiction bestseller in the w/e June 19th 2022Alex Light's book 'You Are Not a Before Picture' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 20-06-2022.
By Scarlett Curtis
Everyone has a mental health. So we asked:What does yours mean to you?THE RESULT IS EXTRAORDINARY.Over 70 people have shared their stories. Powerful, funny, moving, this book is here to tell you:It's OK.With writing from:Adam Kay - Alastair Campbell - Alexis Caught - Ben Platt - Bryony Gordon - Candice Carty-Williams - Charlie Mackesy - Charly Cox - Chidera Eggerue - Claire Stancliffe - Davina McCall - Dawn O'Porter - Elizabeth Day - Elizabeth Uviebinené - Ella Purnell - Emilia Clarke - Emma Thompson - Eve Delaney - Fearne Cotton - Gabby Edlin - Gemma Styles - GIRLI (Milly Toomey) - Grace Beverley - Hannah Witton - Honey Ross - Hussain Manawer - Jack Rooke - James Blake - Jamie Flook - Jamie Windust - Jessie Cave - Jo Irwin - Jonah Freud - Jonny Benjamin - Jordan Stephens - Kai-Isaiah Jamal - Kate Weinberg - Kelechi Okafor - Khalil Aldabbas - KUCHENGA - Lauren Mahon - Lena Dunham - Maggie Matic - Martha Lane Fox - Mathew Kollamkulam - Matt Haig - Megan Crabbe - Michael Kitching - Michelle Elman - Miranda Hart - Mitch Price - Mona Chalabi - Montana Brown - Nadia Craddock - Naomi Campbell - Poorna Bell - Poppy Jamie - Reggie Yates - Ripley Parker - Robert Kazandjian - Rosa Mercuriadis - Saba Asif - Sam Smith - Scarlett Curtis - Scarlett Moffatt - Scottee - Sharon Chalkin Feldstein - Shonagh Marie - Simon Amstell - Steve Ali - Tanya Byron - Travon Free - Yomi Adegoke - Yusuf Al Majarhi
By Alain de Botton, The School of Life
The Sunday Times Bestseller The Essential Guide To How To Live Wisely And Well In The Twenty-first Century - From Alain De Botton, The Bestselling Author Of The Consolations Of Philosophy, The Art Of Travel And The Course Of Love This Is A Book About Everything You Were Never Taught At School. It's About How To Understand Your Emotions, Find And Sustain Love, Succeed In Your Career, Fail Well And Overcome Shame And Guilt. It's Also About Letting Go Of The Myth Of A Perfect Life In Order To Achieve Genuine Emotional Maturity. Written In A Hugely Accessible, Warm And Humane Style, The School Of Life Is The Ultimate Guide To The Emotionally Fulfilled Lives We All Long For - And Deserve. This Book Brings Together Ten Years Of Essential And Transformative Research On Emotional Intelligence, With Practical Topics Including: - How To Understand Yourself - How To Master The Dilemmas Of Relationships - How To Become More Effective At Work - How To Endure Failure - How To Grow More Serene And Resilient Praise For Alain De Botton: 'what He Has Managed To Do Is Remarkable: To Help Us Think Better So That We May Live Better Lives' Irish Times 'a Serious And Optimistic Set Of Practical Ideas That Could Improve And Alter The Way We Live' Jeanette Winterson, The Times 'alain De Botton Likes To Take Big, Complex Subjects And Write About Them With Thoughtful And Deceptive Innocence' Observer
By Dolly Chugh
"Favorite Books of 2018" The Greater Good MagazineForeword by Laszlo Bock, the bestselling author of Work Rules! and former Senior Vice President of People Operations at GoogleAn inspiring guide from Dolly Chugh, an award-winning social psychologist at the New York University Stern School of Business, on how to confront difficult issues including sexism, racism, inequality, and injustice so that you can make the world (and yourself) better.Many of us believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion. But how do we stand up for those values in our turbulent world? The Person You Mean to Be is the smart, "semi-bold" person’s guide to fighting for what you believe in.Dolly reveals the surprising causes of inequality, grounded in the "psychology of good people". Using her research findings in unconscious bias as well as work across psychology, sociology, economics, political science, and other disciplines, she offers practical tools to respectfully and effectively talk politics with family, to be a better colleague to people who don’t look like you, and to avoid being a well-intentioned barrier to equality. Being the person we mean to be starts with a look at ourselves.She argues that the only way to be on the right side of history is to be a good-ish— rather than good—person. Good-ish people are always growing. Second, she helps you find your "ordinary privilege"—the part of your everyday identity you take for granted, such as race for a white person, sexual orientation for a straight person, gender for a man, or education for a college graduate. This part of your identity may bring blind spots, but it is your best tool for influencing change. Third, Dolly introduces the psychological reasons that make it hard for us to see the bias in and around us. She leads you from willful ignorance to willful awareness. Finally, she guides you on how, when, and whom, to engage (and not engage) in your workplaces, homes, and communities. Her science-based approach is a method any of us can put to use in all parts of our life.Whether you are a long-time activist or new to the fight, you can start from where you are. Through the compelling stories Dolly shares and the surprising science she reports, Dolly guides each of us closer to being the person we mean to be.
By Ellie Middleton
Ellie Middleton is back with a practical book to help you work WITH your neurodivergent brain rather than AGAINST it. In each chapter, she writes about the eight executive functions that neurodivergent people struggle with including working memory, prioritisation and emotional regulation and shares 5 simple tips for readers to try out. The latest feel-good book packed with practical tips from the author of the smash-hit book on ADHD, autism and neurodivergence, UNMASKED. Ellie Middleton is back with a new, practical book to help you work WITH your neurodivergent brain rather than AGAINST it. In each chapter, she writes about the eight executive functions that neurodivergent people struggle with including working memory, prioritisation and emotional regulation and shares 5 simple tips for readers to try out, including: - Creating a launch pad to remember the essentials when you leave the house- Drawing a car park of ideas to help visualise your thoughts and manage impulse control- The 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 mindfulness technique to prevent spiralling and regulate emotions- Breaking up each day into Four Quadrants to approach every day with more flexibilityThis isn't another journal or planner that claims to organize your entire life because Ellie is the first to admit that she doesn't have things under control 100% of the time. This also is not a book about how to fit into the neurotypical way of doing things (aka masking). Instead, Ellie reveals why society tells us that we `should' do things (read: patriarchy, ableism, White supremacy) and shows us how we can all free ourselves of those expectations, feel empowered and, ultimately, be more YOU.
By Dan Howell
The Instant New York Times Bestseller A practical guide to taking control of your mental health for today, tomorrow, and the days after, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author and beloved entertainer. 'There's a moment at the end of every day, where the world falls away and you are left alone with your thoughts. A reckoning, when the things you have been pushing to the background, come forward and demand your attention.' Written by Daniel Howell, in consultation with a qualified psychologist, in an entertaining and personal way from the perspective of someone who has been through it all--this no-nonsense book gives you the tools to understand your mind so you can be in control and really live. Split into three chapters for each stage of the journey: This Night - how to get through your toughest moments and be prepared to face anything. Tomorrow - small steps to change your thoughts and actions with a big impact on your life. The Days After - help to look after yourself in the long term and not just survive, but thrive. You will laugh and learn--but most of all, this book will assure you that even in your darkest times, there is always hope. You will get through this night.