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To Health With It! is not an autobiography, but a compelling call to
live well across all dimensions: physical, mental, emotional,
financial, social and spiritual. Written by acclaimed broadcaster and
entrepreneur Tebogo Thekisho, widely known as ProVerb, the book draws
from his personal efforts to sustain a healthier lifestyle by
overcoming trauma, achieving financial freedom, and evolving from
entertainer to academic and boardroom leader. ProVerb offers deeply
relatable insights and anecdotes and complements his story with
credible references from global experts, making this book both
inspirational and informative. It equips readers to reset, realign and
redefine their own path to true health, in every sense of the word.
Feeling better starts now. Dr Kirren Schnack is here to tell you that your anxiety isn’t here to stay. Whether you’re going through something and need support to feel like yourself again, or if you have been dealing with anxious thoughts for a long time, Ten Times Calmer has the help you’ve been looking for. Dr Kirren is an Oxford trained and practicing NHS clinical psychologist with twenty years’ experience and half a million social media followers. In Ten Times Calmer she offers a first aid kit of tools to help you understand what you’re going through and change how you’re feeling – and it might just be easier than you think. Not everyone has access to therapy and not everyone needs it, but we could all do with a little more calm in our lives. The ten chapters cover everything from dealing with anxious thoughts and stress to managing uncertainty and safely tackling trauma, each takes you a step closer to an anxiety-free life. Inside you’ll find short anxiety busting exercises with a big impact and a toolkit of well-researched and clinically proven tips that will help you find calm each and every day.
Force for Good is a bold and refreshingly balanced exploration of
positive masculinity, written to inspire men to become powerful forces
for good in a world that desperately needs them to step into this role.
The book challenges the extremes that often define the discourse around
masculinity – aggressive dominance on one side and passive
disengagement on the other. It offers a vision of true and healthy
masculinity that is both strong and gentle, fierce and safe, confident
and humble.
New results require new ways of acting. New ways of acting require new
ways of looking at things … It’s called ‘reframing’, and it’s one of
the most effective things humans ever do. Over the past decades, there
have been amazing breakthroughs in behavioural economics. What if you
could gather all the best ones in one place? An entire book packed full
of ‘smart-cuts’…?
An adventure story, love story, travelogue, naturalist memoir, and
spiritual guide, Craig Foster's Amphibious Soul is a scientist and
adventurer’s perspective on “rewilding”―developing a deep connection to
our animal selves that can reinvigorate our lives. Told in Craig’s warm
and passionate voice, this extraordinary book will change not only the
way we interact with the natural world, but the way we fundamentally
see ourselves.
"Warm, honest and true--A Woman Makes A Plan is full of insight as well as a good dose of humor, offering readers a lifetime of hard-won advice." --Diane Von Furstenberg The international supermodel shares personal stories and lessons learned from a life of "living dangerously--carefully" Maye Musk is a fashionable, charming, jet-setting supermodel with a fascinating and tight-knit circle of family and friends--and is 71 years old. But things were not always so easy or glamorous--she became a single mom at 31, struggling through poverty to provide for her three children; dealt with weight issues as a plus-size model and overcame ageism in the modeling industry; and established a lifelong career as a respected dietitian, all the while starting over in eight different cities across three countries and two continents. But she made her way through it all with an indomitable spirit and a no-nonsense attitude to become a global success at what she calls the "prime of her life." As everyone who follows her obsessively on social media knows, Maye is a fount of frank and practical advice on how the choices you make in every decade can pay off in surprising, exciting ways throughout your life. In A Woman Makes a Plan, Maye shares experiences from her life conveying hard-earned wisdom on career (the harder you work, the luckier you get), family (let the people you love go their own way), health (there is no magic pill), and adventure (make room for discovery, but always be ready for anything). You can't control all that happens in life, but you can have the life you want at any age. All you have to do is make a plan.
Fawning is the vital, newly-discovered topic in psychology. You've
heard of fight, flight and freeze - but fawning might be the most
common trauma response of all. Learn how to work through it and find
freedom with the leading expert, Dr. Ingrid Clayton.
Life can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be.
Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed, stressed, and stuck in a
cycle of low energy, anxiety, and fear? There is a powerful, often
overlooked solution to these challenges: the hidden power within your
heart.
From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on many measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the “play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the “phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this “great rewiring of childhood” has interfered with children’s social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism. He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies. Most important, Haidt issues a clear call to action. He diagnoses the “collective action problems” that trap us, and then proposes four simple rules that might set us free. He describes steps that parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments can take to end the epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood. Haidt has spent his career speaking truth backed by data in the most difficult landscapes—communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the public health emergency faced by Gen Z. We cannot afford to ignore his findings about protecting our children—and ourselves—from the psychological damage of a phone-based life.
Joey Evans has always loved bikes, from his first second-hand Raleigh Strika at the age of six to the powerful off-road machines that became his passion later on in his life. His dream was one day to ride the most gruelling off-road race in the world, the 9000km Dakar Rally. In 2007 his dream was shattered when he broke his back in a racing accident. His spinal cord was crushed, leaving him paralysed from just below his chest. Doctors gave him a 10 per cent chance of ever walking again. Many would have given up and become resigned to life in a wheelchair, but not Joey Evans. Not only would he get back on his feet and walk, but he would also keep his Dakar dream alive. It was a long and painful road to recovery, involving years of intensive rehabilitation and training, but he had the love and support of both family and friends and an incredible amount of determination. Joey shares the many challenges he and his family faced, relating the setbacks, as well as successes, along the way to the Dakar start line. But the start line was only the first goal – his sights were set on reaching the finish line, which he did in 2017 – the only South African to do so. From Para To Dakar is so much more than the story of one man reaching the Dakar finish line. It is a story of friendship and respect, compassion and kindness. It is about defying the odds to reach a dream, it is about grit, endurance and raw courage, and it is inspiring in its true heroism.
In his popular Stanford University lectures, Shirzad Chamine reveals how to achieve one’s true potential for both professional success and personal fulfillment. His groundbreaking research exposes ten well-disguised mental Saboteurs. Nearly 95 percent of the executives in his Stanford lectures conclude that these Saboteurs cause “significant harm” to achieving their true potential. With Positive Intelligence, you can learn the secret to defeating these internal foes. Positive Intelligence (PQ) measures the percentage of time your mind is serving you as opposed to sabotaging you. While your IQ and EQ (emotional intelligence) contribute to your maximum potential, it is your PQ that determines how much of that potential you actually achieve. The great news is that you can improve your PQ significantly in as little as 21 days. With higher PQ, teams and professionals ranging from leaders to salespeople perform 30 to 35 percent better on average. Importantly, they also report being far happier and less stressed. The breakthrough tools and techniques in this book have been refined over years of coaching hundreds of CEOs and their executive teams. Shirzad tells many of their remarkable stories, showing how you too can take concrete steps to unleash the vast, untapped powers of your mind. Discover how to:
From clinical psychologist and expert in narcissistic relationships Dr
Ramani Durvasula, a guide to protecting and healing yourself from the
daily harms of narcissism
Packed with expert tips and detailed advice, this book will equip you with the tools to stop blaming yourself, regain your power, heal, and take back your life.
When did 'good enough' become the same as 'perfect'? Why does society increasingly promote ideals that are completely unrealistic? And what does it mean for all of us that perfectionism is on the rise? In The Perfection Trap, you'll discover what's really driving the rise in perfectionism, its impact on how we learn, work, parent and relate to ourselves and each other. From the personal to the impact on the economy, grounded in over a decade of research and filled with real stories, this timely book reveals how our quest for perfection impacts our health and mental well-being and promises practical techniques and policy proposals to help us break free of the perfection trap.
Financial Freedom through Property is a practical, inspiring and
distinctly South African road map to building lasting wealth through
real estate. In this updated edition of his bestseller, Laurens Boel
shares the strategies that took him from retrenched corporate employee
to the owner of over 200 rental units and an R80-million property
portfolio.
Are you sleepwalking through life, overwhelmed by an unending stream of
desires, duties and demands?
An unexpected diagnosis.
On the other side of the life you are trying to keep together, on the other side of the pain you think will never dissolve into peace, on the other side of everything you are forcing - is the life that is waiting. The life where you are not pushed by your fears, but moved by your vision. The life where the right things arrive, and remain, and you do not have to contort your truth to make them so. The life where you are actually living, not just waiting to begin. The life that is really yours. The life you arrive to the end of with tired eyes and a full heart. The life that you are proud of. The life that you actually want. The life that is gently asking you to let go, and see it. The life that's been waiting, all this time, for you to arrive.
Self-doubt. It’s the silent force that undermines potential, eats away
at confidence and traps even the most capable in overthinking. You
can’t outperform it, but you can rewire it.
Whether you’re second-guessing a big decision, overthinking in high-stakes moments or feeling stuck despite knowing you’re capable of more, Big Trust offers practical steps that lead to powerful, lasting results. Everything you aspire to and the strength to realise it, begins with Big Trust.
This beautiful pocket self-help book teaches us to notice three-second
glimmers of joy every day, to build resilience and deal with difficult
times.
Dr. Mindy Pelz, noted women's health advocate and the bestselling
author of Fast Like a Girl and Eat Like a Girl, redefines menopause as
a powerful biological upgrade―offering science-backed strategies to
help women thrive, reclaim their health, and step into their most
vibrant, authentic selves.
The #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling authors and award-winning podcasters
Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle created We Can Do Hard
Things the guidebook for being alive — to help fellow travelers find
their way through life.
They put all of that wisdom in one place: We Can Do Hard Things—a place to turn when you feel clueless and alone, when you need clarity in the chaos, or when you want wise company on the path of life. We are all life travelers. We don’t have to travel alone. We Can Do Hard Things is our guidebook. Featuring wisdom from: ALOK • Sara Bareilles • Dr. Yaba Blay • Kate Bowler • adrienne maree brown • Brandi Carlile • Brittney Cooper • Brittany Packnett Cunningham • Kaitlin Curtice • Megan Falley • Jane Fonda • Stephanie Foo • Ashley C. Ford • Ina Garten • Roxane Gay • Andrea Gibson • Elizabeth Gilbert • Dr. Orna Guralnik • Tricia Hersey • Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson • Luvvie Ajayi Jones • Dr. Becky Kennedy • Emily Nagoski • Esther Perel • Ai-Jen Poo • Cole Arthur Riley • Cheryl Strayed • Sonya Renee Taylor • Ocean Vuong • And many others
An interrogation of why we don't talk to strangers, what happens when we do, and why it affects everything from the rise and fall of nations to personal health and wellbeing, in the tradition of Susan Cain's Quiet and Rutger Bregman's Humankind. When was the last time you spoke to a stranger? In our cities, we stand in silent buses and tube carriages, barely acknowledging one another. Online, we retreat into silos and carefully curate who we interact with. But while we often fear strangers, or blame them for the ills of society, history and science show us that they are actually our solution. Throughout human history, our attitude to the stranger has determined the fate and wellbeing of both nations and individuals. A raft of new science confirms that the more we open ourselves up to encounters with those we don't know, the healthier we are. In The Power of Strangers, with the help of sociologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, theologians, philosophers, political scientists and historians, Joe Keohane learns how we're wired to sometimes fear, distrust and even hate strangers, and discovers what happens to us when we indulge those biases. At the same time, he digs into a growing body of cutting-edge research on the surprising social and psychological benefits that come from talking to strangers; how even passing interactions can enhance empathy, happiness, and cognitive development, ease loneliness and isolation, and root us in the world, deepening our sense of belonging. Warm, erudite and profound, this deeply researched book will make you reconsider how you perceive and approach strangers: paradoxically, strangers can help us become more fully ourselves.
For over 30 years, Jim Kwik,
the world-renowned brain coach, has been the secret weapon of success
for a diverse range of high achievers, including actors, athletes,
CEOs, and business pioneers. In Limitless, he reveals science-based
practices and field-tested tips to accelerate self-learning,
communication, memory, focus, recall, and speed reading to create
amazing results.
Amidst a current tidal wave of negativity, Raising Champions emerges as
a powerful and timely antidote for our country. Drawing from the
personal journeys of three of South Africa’s most celebrated sports
figures, Olympic gold medallist Chad le Clos, Bafana Bafana legend
Shaun Bartlett, and 2007 Rugby World Cup winner CJ van der Linde,
Raising Champions reveals how discipline, character, faith and having
the right values can elevate ordinary youth into extraordinary leaders. |
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