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When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up,
journalist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir,
she vividly recounts falling in love, wrestling with self-sabotage,
finding a job, throwing a socially disastrous Rod-Stewart themed
house party, getting drunk, getting dumped, realising that Ivan
from the corner shop is the only man you've ever been able to rely
on, and finding that that your mates are always there at the end of
every messy night out. Glittering, with wit and insight, heart and
humour, this is a book about the struggles of early adulthood in
all its grubby, hopeful uncertainty.
I'm Celibate...Get Me Out Of Here! is the hysterically funny, true
story of Jo Elliott, a solvent, successful and single 30-something
from London who's looking for her ideal man. Having explored all
the traditional avenues, she reluctantly looks at a dating website.
"Oh god. That's for freaks and weirdos!", she declares, before
signing up. This book is a frank, fiesty, laugh out loud account of
Jo's subsequent encounters. She tells it like it is - and it ain't
pretty! From a never ending succession of messages from men with
fake pictures and names like Big_Cock_4U, to dull dates with blokes
who've lied about everything (especially their height). Not to
mention custard pies and the angry wife she didn't know existed.
Hilarious REAL emails Jo received show how digital-cupid can get it
SO wrong, but equally how easy it is to fall in love with someone
you've never even met over the keyboard.
A heartfelt, humorous personal memoir and relatable guide to
overcoming obstacles, wising up about romance, and getting ahead in
your career from the star of Netflix's hit reality show Selling
Sunset. In this engaging, witty, and inspirational memoir,
Chrishell Stause shares her story of living an unconventional
childhood in small-town Kentucky marked by periods of homelessness,
family addiction struggles and dreams of one day being on a daytime
soap, all while managing the local Dairy Queen. Through resilience
and grit, she overcame obstacles and pushed past every barrier in
her path to become one of the most envied luxury realtors in Los
Angeles and buzzworthy cast members in reality TV. She takes us
behind the scenes of Selling Sunset, reveals never-before-told
stories from her life in soaps, and even pulls back the curtain on
her highly publicised love life, offering insight not before
shared. With her signature honesty and charm, Stause also gives
tangible advice based on the lessons she's learned over the years
and offers unique insight about how to stay resilient and positive
no matter how many times life knocks you down. Under Construction
is for anyone who wants to remember that no matter what happens or
how, you have to get up, dress up and show up - and walk back into
the room stronger than ever before.
An empowering call to reject the victim mindset and become the hero of your life, by the renowned psychologist and host of The Psychology Podcast.
Does life feel smaller than it used to? Does it seem that the people around you have taken a step back from doing hard things, preferring to stay in their comfort zone?
In the era of TikTok as therapy, it’s tempting to see ourselves as damaged and powerless – defined by our past traumas, our emotions and the struggles we face. But it’s more important than ever to rise above the limiting beliefs and widespread anxiety that puts us in boxes, lowers our expectations and holds us back.
In Rise Above, renowned psychologist Dr Scott Barry Kaufman unpacks the dangerous myths and misleading buzzwords swirling around the popular imagination. He reveals the truth about managing our emotions, the double-edged sword of self-esteem, the surprising gifts of sensitivity, and ultimately, the power each of us has to overcome challenges and to shape the course of our own lives.
Packed with empathy, insight, humour and actionable solutions, this book will empower you to take control of your own your life and reach your full potential.
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Hand Me Downs
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Michele Elizabeth Carter
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This guide to successful communication between the sexes has already helped many millions of readers from across the globe understand why members of the opposite sex behave the way they do. This new edition contains all the text of the original, including: what makes members of the opposite sex tick; how to understand their verbal and non-verbal language; how to motivate the opposite sex and get what you want; how to avoid arguments and promote fruitful communication; how to score points with the opposite sex and impress your partner; the real emotional needs of the opposite sex and the behaviours associated with these needs; and how to keep love alive and stay together long term. This book should help you reach a point of harmony and understanding where both sexes can live, work and love together.
"The word "love" is most often defined as a noun, yet...we would all love to better if we used it as a verb," writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love. Here, at her most provacative and intensely personel, the renowned scholar, cultural critic, and feminist skewers our view of love as romance. In its place she offers a proactive new ethic for a people and a society bereft with lovelessness. As bell hooks uses her incisive mind and razor-sharp pen to explode th question "What is love?" her answers strike at both the mind and heart. In thirteen concise chapters, hooks examines her own search for emotional connection and society's failure to provide a model for learning to love. Razing the cultural paradigm that the ideal love is infused with sex and desire, she provides a new path to love that is sacred, redemptive, and healing for the individuals and for a nation. The Utne Reader declared bell hooks one of the "100 Visionaries Who Can Change Your Life." All About Love is a powerful affirmation of just how profoundly she can.
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I Do Journey
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Carly Hill; Designed by Candice Bauval
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The cultural phenomenon that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to understanding codependency and unlocking its hold on your life.
Melody Beattie’s compassionate and insightful look into codependency—the concept of losing oneself in the name of helping another—has guided millions of readers toward the understanding that they are powerless to change anyone but themselves and that caring for the self is where healing begins.
Is someone else’s problem your problem? If, like so many others, you’ve lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to a loved one’s self-destructive behavior, you may be codependent—and you may find yourself in this book. With personal reflections, exercises, and instructive stories drawn from Beattie’s own life and the lives of those she’s counseled, Codependent No More helps you break old patterns and maintain healthy boundaries, and offers a clear and achievable path to healing, hope, freedom, and happiness.
This revised edition includes an all-new chapter on trauma and anxiety—subjects Beattie has long felt necessary to address within the context of codependency—making it even more relevant today than it was when it first entered the national conversation over thirty-five years ago.
In the beginning, marriage doesn't seem as though it should be all
that difficult. But it doesn't take long for trouble to seep in and
for bad habits to become entrenched. Before long, many married
couples may be wondering when the "worse" part ends and the
"better" part starts. Pastor and author Kevin A. Thompson has good
news for couples: the "better" part is always within reach when
they practice eight specific commitments to each other. These
commitments have the power to solve almost any problem a marriage
faces, and to prevent new ones from occurring. With biblical
insights and engaging personal stories, Thompson shows couples how
to see their marriage as bigger than themselves, avoid both apathy
and aggression, release the desire for power, make and maintain
peace, endure difficult times, and more. Perfect for newlyweds and
for married couples at any stage of life, Happily is the gateway to
a more loving, more joy-filled marriage.
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