There are books featured here that have comforted my troubled mind, informed my ignorant mind and given me true ‘aha’ moments
Where to Begin?
Bernie Siegel
A beautiful book, first released in 1986. The fact that it’s still in print today says something. I love it’s gentle message of unconditional love and miracles that happen every day.
What’s New?
Donna Ashworth
‘This book will teach you how to hope, and help you share your own, when those around you struggle.’ We LOVE this lady’s words…
Dr Rangan Chatterjee
‘Insights into the science of happiness. Featuring real-life case studies and practical exercises.’
Dr Gabor Maté
‘Maté brings his perspective to the great untangling of common myths about what makes us sick.’
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Donna Ashworth
‘This book will teach you how to hope, and help you share your own, when those around you struggle. It’s a life-jacket, this one. Let it keep you afloat when tides are high.’
Dr Elaine N Aron
‘Sensitivity is anything but a flaw’ says Elaine. Many HSPs are creative and productive workers, attentive and thoughtful partners, and intellectually gifted individuals. According to Dr. Aron, HSPs could contribute much more to society if they received the right kind of attention.
Dan Buettner
The secrets of the world’s happiest places and tools for setting up your life to be the happiest it can be. Use the Happiness Test to pinpoint areas in your life where change could bring more happiness—and find steps to make those changes. Learn the Top 10 ways to create happiness too.
Brené Brown
Brené has found a special place as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveller. She is a social scientist whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh and, on occasion, cry. It all started with this book, which has sold more than 2M copies in 35 languages.
Susan Cain
8 yrs on the NYT bestseller list, a #1 New York Times bestseller, translated into 40+ languages.
‘1/3+ of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favour working on their own. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society.’
Dr Rangan Chatterjee
‘Insights into the science of happiness and 10 simple ways to put you back in control of your health. Featuring real-life case studies and 20+ practical exercises.’
Kris Carr
Kris has lived with stage 4 cancer for 20+ years: ‘Losses or unexpected life changes that are so big you don’t think you’ll survive them and if you do, you’ll never be the same.’ *FREE access to the Picking Up the Pieces mini-course (normally $99) with this link!
Dr Joe Dispenza
‘Using tools and disciplines ranging from physics to practical exercises such as walking meditation, Dr Joe offers a program for stepping outside our physical reality and into the quantum field of infinite possibilities.’
James Clear
‘Break your bad habits and
stick to good ones. Avoid the common mistakes most people make when changing habits. Overcome a lack of motivation
and will power. Develop a stronger identity and believe in yourself. Make time for new habits. Design your environment to make success easier. Make tiny, easy changes that deliver big results. Get back on track when you
get off course. And most importantly, how to put these ideas into practice in real life.’ Great book!
Megan Devine
Through stories, research, life tips, and creative and mindfulness-based practices, Megan offers a guide through an experience we all must face. She debunks the cultural goal of returning to a normal, ‘happy’ life, replacing it with a far healthier middle path, one that invites us to build a life alongside grief rather than seeking to overcome it.
Glennon Doyle
A book of Infidelity, betrayal and redemption. How our ideals of femininity and masculinity can make it impossible for a woman and a man to actually know each other. How to use crisis as a springboard to a truer identity and a better life. About parenting our kids through pain, friendships that hurt and heal, faith that shackles women and liberates them. How to finally find peace in your own skin. Shameless sex, God, food, drugs, porn and tenderness—and how the dirt and the divine are so often inseparable.
Mo Gawdat
Mo questions some of the most fundamental aspects of our existence, shares the underlying reasons for suffering, and plots out a step-by-step process for achieving lifelong happiness and enduring contentment.
Matt Haig
Is a memoir based on Matt’s life experiences of living with major depressive disorders and anxiety disorder. Reasons to Stay Alive intends for readers to never lose sight of faith and support.
David R Hamilton
The science behind some of today’s most popular alternative practices: energy healing, crystals, meditation, and more. How your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs have healing power. The benefits of nature and a holistic approach to healing. A link between consciousness and human connection. The relationship between suppressed emotions and disease. Fascinating.
Humphrey/Hughes
Cutting-edge research to explain why anyone can learn the secrets of high performance. From taking responsibility for your situation to finding your ‘trademark behaviours’, thinking flexibly to crafting a high performance culture, the crucial steps to becoming the best ‘you’ possible.
Vex King
A social media content creator and a mind coach; Vex is a major voice in the world of personal development. He shares deep spiritual knowledge in a way that’s easy to understand, with stories from his own life, great inspirational quotes and practical solutions. Encouraging.
Dr Nicole LePera
Dr. LePera helps us recognise how trauma in childhood lives with us, resulting in whole body dysfunction—activating harmful stress responses that keep us stuck engaging in patterns of codependency, emotional immaturity, and trauma bonds. She shows us how to address and redress them.
Bruce Lipton
Bruce is a former medical school professor and research scientist who explores his own experiments and those of other leading-edge scientists that have unraveled in ever greater detail how truly connected the mind, body, and spirit are.
Dr Gabor Maté
Answers to important questions about the effect of the mind-body link on illness and health and the role that stress and individual emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases. Fascinating.
Dr David Perlmutter
Exposes how our health, our relationships, and even our thinking have been damaged by modern culture, and offers a practical plan for healing.
Dr Gabor Maté
‘Groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.’ We love Dr Maté’s work!
Bruce Perry/Oprah Winfrey
‘Through deeply personal conversations, Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry discuss the impact of our pasts and how healing must begin with a shift to asking “What happened to you?” rather than “What’s wrong with you?” There is a free book study too.
Lissa Rankin
“Sacred Medicine is a must-read for anyone who respects the importance of conventional medicine and also wants to dive in to the transformative possibilities of emotional and spiritual healing.” Kelly A Turner PhD, Radical Remission.
Dr Jeffrey Rediger
Dr. Rediger digs down to the root causes of illness, showing how to create an environment that sets the stage for healing. He reveals the patterns behind healing and lays out the physical and mental principles associated with recovery.
Mel Robbins
‘It all starts with a high five.’ This was the No1 audio book in the world… It’s the small things…
Catherine Rolt
Natural ways of creating shifts in your life that can fundamentally change how you live with, and experience, chronic pain. Chronic pain saps your strength, depletes your energy, wears you out and runs you down. It can be depressing and demoralising. But you still have a life to live…
Sophie Sabbage
A book about the unwanted and unexpected moments in our lives. They surprise us, they blindside us. They shock us. They command our attention. Some bounce off us, others strike deep into our being. These moments are collision points between how we see life and how life actually is.
Bernie Siegel
‘Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant of the immune system. The truth is: love heals. Miracles happen to exceptional patients every day–patients who have the courage to love, those who have the courage to work with their doctors to participate in and influence their own recovery.’
Bessel van der Kolk
Powerful best-selling book that has helped me hugely: ‘Only making it safe for trauma victims to inhabit their bodies, and to tolerate feeling what they feel, and knowing what they know, can lead to lasting healing.’
Bronnie Ware
‘I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. I wish I had let myself be happier.’ Wow…