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Publisher
The Book Guild
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Do many of us sit down before retirement and talk about what the change in our lives might mean? For that matter, do any of us realise what real old age might involve until it is upon us? Few of us seem to visualise what it might be like growing older, or what we might do to prepare ourselves for the time when we may become less physically active or have fewer interests to occupy us. A Short Guide to Growing Older is a concise and inspiring guide...
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Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2024
Description
A relatable guide to finding, keeping and saying goodbye to friendships, from the twin-flame hosts of the hit podcast Two Broke Chicks. Despite living in a world where instant communication is at our fingertips, it sometimes feels harder than ever to make meaningful connections. There's an overwhelming focus on romantic partners, but frankly, we're sick of platonic relationships missing out on the hype. Friendships are some of the most significant...
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Publisher
Canongate Books
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Contemporary culture tells us the twenty-something years don?t matter. Clinical psychologist Dr Meg Jay argues that this could not be further from the truth. The Defining Decade weaves the latest science of the twenty-something years with real-life stories to show us how work, relationships, identity and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood. Smart, compassionate and constructive, The Defining Decade...
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Publisher
Lagom
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Our chronic ill health is evidence that history has not emancipated us. Women still cannot recognise or permit their own rage. Micro and macro injustices are woven through our personal narratives, and we wear their imprint on our bodies and minds. This book is an urgent call to arms to identify these feelings and channel them for good. Before they destroy us. What if you aren't depressed? What if you don't have chronic fatigue? What if you are just......
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Publisher
Gill Books
Pub. Date
2020
Description
It?s a dark, rainy afternoon on Dublin?s jammed M50. The rain is hammering on the windscreen of Daniella Moyles? car. She is 29, a highly successful radio presenter, model and influencer, but she can?t stop the panic building in her head and chest. The internal state that she has been trying to ignore is finally spilling over into something undeniably physical. She is petrified. She looks to her boyfriend and says, ?I don?t know who or where I am.?...
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Publisher
Orion
Pub. Date
2011
Description
This self-help book offers practical help to those who are suffering - from depression, bereavement or confusion - and those who love someone who is suffering. Dr d'Felice shares what psychological counselling, cognitive and behaviour therapy can do to help in an innovative programme.
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Publisher
Allen Lane
Pub. Date
2011
Description
By shaping our personal narratives, we can create a sustained increase in our personal well-being, and develop new approaches to meaning. Supported by cutting-edge research psychology findings, Timothy Wilson argues that the key to happiness is learning how to redirect the story of your life.
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Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
2019
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Brought to you by Penguin. How often do you think about your bedtime routine? Almost half of people in Britain say they're kept awake at night due to worry and stress - so making time to switch off in the hour before bed is more important than ever. Penguin Sleep Tales are ten specially designed descriptive audio tales to help you wind down and relax before you drift off. Developed with The Sleep Council, each track will transport you to a different...
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Publisher
Hay House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
In 'You Can Heal Your Heart', self-help luminary Louise Hay and renowned grief and loss expert David Kessler have come together to start a conversation on healing grief. This remarkable book discusses the emotions that occur when a relationship leaves you brokenhearted, a marriage ends in divorce, or a loved one dies.
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Publisher
Robinson
Pub. Date
2010
Description
This self-help book, based on groundbreaking new compassion focused therapy (CFT), sets out the background to shyness - its evolutionary functions, why it becomes chronic in some people, and sets out skills and exercises based on CFT to help the reader overcome problematic shyness.
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Are you always exhausted? Unable to feel for others or for life's pleasures? Find it hard to concentrate and take in what you read? You may have burnout. Burnout is widespread among high achievers in the workplace, in business and in caring professions like health and teaching. Parents with new babies and those caring for the elderly and people with disabilities are also at risk. Although burnout is so common, it's often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed...
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Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2023
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A balm for our times from the internationally bestselling author of Wintering. Our sense of enchantment is not only sparked by grand things. The awe-inspiring, the numinous, is all around us, all the time. It is transformed by our deliberate attention. The magic is of our own conjuring. Feeling bone-tired, anxious and overwhelmed by the rolling news cycle and the pandemic age, Katherine May seeks to unravel the threads of a life wound too tightly....
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Pub. Date
2018
Description
Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet is creating fast and nervous lives. We are more connected, yet feel more alone. And we are encouraged to worry about everything from world politics to our body mass index. How can we stay sane on a planet that makes us mad? How do we stay human in a technological world? How do we feel happy when we are encouraged to be anxious? After experiencing years of anxiety and panic attacks, these...
16) Challenging depression and despair: a medication-free self-help programme that will change your life
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Publisher
How To Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
A fresh and accessible self-help programme by a renowned expert on stress and depression, this text describes positive, common sense strategies which can enable the reader to take back control of their lives.
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Publisher
Ebury Digital
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Brought to you by Penguin. In a world fixated on the conventional notion of success - marked by relentless hustle, sacrificing wellbeing and missing out on cherished moments with loved ones in the pursuit of fame and material possessions - Robin Sharma introduces a paradigm shift. In The Wealth Money Can?t Buy, Robin Sharma rewires our perception of wealth to include not just financial success, but seven other essential forms of wealth: -Growth -Wellness...
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Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Gift this wise, compassionathe essential guide to ageing happily from Dr Lucy Pollock In a society obsessed with staying young, how can we age with confidence? Today, we are living longer lives, and have choices now as never before about how we will age. What will make us happy? What are we frightened of, and what might allay those fears? What changes, made right now, will help us to flourish as we age? This book contains lessons Lucy Pollock has...
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Publisher
Prentice Hall Life
Pub. Date
2012
Description
This title will show you a different way of thinking, acting, feeling and doing, whereby you can easily and simply get the very best out of every situation you find yourself in. You'll learn straightforward techniques that you can use to make the bad times more bearable and the good times better than ever.