Coming Together by Annette Baulch & Graeme Sudholz

$37.95 AUD

Category: Self Help

Everything Will Be OK by Michael Crossland

$29.95 AUD

Category: Self Help

Michael has an absolute passion and belief in people's ability to change direction and become who they truly want to be and achieve success. This passion stems from his own story ...  Before Michael was even one year old, he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer of the central nervous system - a tumour had taken over half of his tiny body. The chance of Michael surviving was virtually non-existent. He started chemotherapy at 1 year old and by his second birthday, doctors had basically given up all hope. His only hope was taking part in a drug trial program - a program of which Michael was the only participant to survive the treatment. Although he survived, he was left with some permanent scars - only one lung, a damaged heart and a sensitive immune system.  Michael Crossland sets an example for all of us. He's a man who has faced (and still faces) extreme challenges in life, but he never gives up. And despite his own obstacles, he always puts others before himself and gives so much to people in need.   ...Show more

The Everyday Resilience Journal - A Pre-Teen's Guide to Friendships, Schoolwork and Growing Up by Michelle Mitchell

$24.95 AUD

Category: Self Help

This book is a pre-teen's personal guide to handling the challenges of everyday life. Inside they will find clever strategies to help with friendships, school work and those dreadful stress-out times. Full of real-life stories and fun journal activities, this book will answer questions like:¿ I f ind maths difficult. How can I enjoy school work more?¿ My best friend is really sad. How can I help? ¿ Some of my friends are spreading rumours. What should I do if I hear gossip?¿ Someone is being mean to me. How can I make them stop? ¿ I didn't get invited to my friend's party. How do I handle disappointments?This book is an accompaniment to Michelle's parenting book, Everyday Resilience: Helping Kids Handle Friendship Drama, Academic Pressure and the Self-doubt of Growing Up. ...Show more

Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark by Julia Baird

$32.99 AUD

Category: Self Help

A beautiful, intimate and inspiring investigation into how we can find and nurture within ourselves that essential quality of internal happiness - the 'light within' that Julia Baird calls 'phosphorescence' - which will sustain us even through the darkest times. Over the last decade, we have become bet ter at knowing what brings us contentment, well-being and joy. We know, for example, that there are a few core truths to science of happiness. We know that being kind and altruistic makes us happy, that turning off devices, talking to people, forging relationships, living with meaning and delving into the concerns of others offer our best chance at achieving happiness. But how do we retain happiness? It often slips out of our hands as quickly as we find it. So, when we are exposed to, or learn, good things, how do we continue to burn with them?And more than that, when our world goes dark, when we're overwhelmed by illness or heartbreak, loss or pain, how do we survive, stay alive or even bloom? In the muck and grit of a daily existence full of disappointments and a disturbing lack of control over many of the things that matter most - finite relationships, fragile health, fraying economies, a planet in peril - how do we find, nurture and carry our own inner, living light - a light to ward off the darkness? Absorbing, achingly beautiful, inspiring and deeply moving, Julia Baird has written exactly the book we need for these times. ...Show more

Finding Resilience: Change and Uncertainty in Nature and Society by Brian Walker

$59.99 AUD

Category: Self Help

Floods, fires, famines, epidemics and disasters of all kinds are on the increase, and as their frequency rises so does the call for greater resilience. But what does that mean?   The word is used differently in psychology, ecology, economics and engineering and runs the risk of becoming meaningle ss jargon. This would be most unfortunate because, if we are to successfully navigate very real and dangerous global trends, it is resilience that needs to be understood and fostered.   Finding Resilience is international in scope and unravels how ecosystems, societies and people cope with disturbance and adversity. Written for a general readership and based on the experiences of researchers, these fascinating stories from around the world reveal what resilience is, how it works in different kinds of systems, how it is expressed, and how it can be gained and lost. ...Show more

Struggle and Success - True Stories That Reveal the Depths of the Human Experience by Renee Hollis (Editor)

$29.99 AUD

Category: Self Help | Series: Timeless Wisdom Ser.

We must all start somewhere. In this collection of real-life stories, 25 people take readers on an inspiring journey through the struggles they have overcome in pursuit of success. From small personal triumphs, to large career goals or lifetime achievements, each success, big or small, offers an inspira tional insight into the inner workings of lives from around the globe, highlighting one of humankind's greatest traits -- resilience. Discover the successes of everyday people; from life in a rural African village, to surviving the droughts and rains of Western Australia; from discovering a new world in post-World War II Canada, to following a young girl learning to navigate and overcome the perils of schoolyard bullying. As F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, 'The World only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want,' -- a reminder to us all to live, celebrate and not despair for too long. In Struggle and Success, you will discover no dream and no situation is stillborn. These stories show how we can all turn personal struggles into our own successes using the wisdom we acquire along the way. Interwoven with inspiring quotes from notable figures as diverse as Walt Disney, Oscar Wilde, Demi Lovato and Martin Luther King Jr, the result is a collection of true stories dedicated to the unrelenting spirit of the human race. ...Show more

Love and Loss - True Stories That Reveal the Depths of the Human Experience by Renee Hollis (Editor)

$29.99 AUD

Category: Self Help | Series: Timeless Wisdom Ser.

Time gives us the wisdom to realise a mother's sacrifice, a father's love, a friend's loyalty, or a grandparent's kindness, as loss and love turn to memory. Often as time passes, we can find ourselves looking back at moments in our lives and only then truly being able to explore the defining moments and complex feelings and emotions that make us who we are. These 25 stories of loss and love from around the world are inspiring, brave and heartbreaking reminders of what is most important: life, love, memory, beauty. As author John Green once said, 'You can love someone so much ... But you can never love people as much as you can miss them.' These real-life stories are moments in people's lives that show us the importance of forgiving, the tragedy in forgetting and the turmoil of moving on. From a wife in the heart of South Africa, reminiscing on her husband being taken by the river; to an Australian woman contemplating the childhood loss of her baby siblings from a new perspective; or the slow burn of unrequited childhood love in 1950s Canada and more, see how loved ones are honoured in this gripping compilation. Interspersed with apt quotes by people as diverse as Beethoven, Abraham Lincoln, Dr Seuss, John Lennon and C.S. Lewis, this is a book that can be read and connected with time and again. Here we can find the timeless wisdom in what makes us all profoundly human. ...Show more

The Toolbox - For Life's Little Emergencies by Judith Te Huia

$21.95 AUD

Category: Self Help

Is your head full of worries? Are you stressed and overwhelmed by day to day life? Are you exhausted trying to control everything around you? Just for a minute imagine feeling relaxed and in control. Imagine feeling happy and at peace with life. Wouldn't that be amazing? You might have tried medicati on but what about meditation? I know - you don't have time with your job, the kids, housework, family, bills and everyone wanting a bit of you. You don't have time for you. Judith Te Huia, coach, intuitive counsellor and mental wellbeing specialist has helped many women struggle with feeling unworthy. Don't allow work, alcohol, food and stress to blot out how you feel any longer. Join Judith as she takes you on a journey of self-care using grounded tools to find your own inner strength, wisdom and peace. The Toolbox has practical guides to handle the ups and downs of life that really work: meditation, relaxation techniques, easy ways to change your thoughts visualisation exercises treasure maps and much more The Toolbox is your guide to living a peaceful, positive and fulfilling life. Start today - you so deserve it. ...Show more

Intuition - How to Develop It and Use It in Everyday Life by Cate Howell

$19.99 AUD

Category: Self Help | Series: Empower Ser.

Intuition is something most people would have experienced at one time or another; it's that gut-feeling or 'sixth sense.' It's instinctive by nature, independent of rational analysis or deductive thinking. But can we actively develop our intuition and learn how to better utilise it? Author Dr Cate Howel l believes we can, and sets about to empower us to use intuition in everyday life.Intuition is divided into three parts. In the first, she explores the nature of intuition from different perspectives, including philosophy and psychology, religion and spirituality. She also looks at the use of intuition in decision-making in the fields of business, health and teaching. The second part of the book is more practical and considers types of intuition, how to develop your intuition and then use it in everyday life with a practical seven-step plan. Steps explored for developing intuition include meditation, mindfulness, creativity, kindness and service. The final part of the book looks at some issues related to intuition, such as dreams and synchronicity, and how the development of one's intuition often seems to correlate with an increased sense of peace, purpose and joy in life."Intuition is a vital part of life and practice and now we have a book that will help us to develop this essential skill." - Prof Ian Wilson, Associate Dean, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong ...Show more

Thriving Mind - How to Cultivate a Good Life by Jenny Brockis

$27.95 AUD

Category: Self Help

Increasing fatigue, loneliness, stress, relationship problems, loss of social connection and growing mental health issues are alarming problems we face at home, work and in society today. Yet how can this be when we have access to better information, technology, nutrition and healthcare than ever before . This book addresses this conundrum by showing readers how they can reclaim their humanity, redefine the attainment of happiness and renew their vitality to levels they've not felt in years. It will reignite your passion for who you are and how you operate today for tomorrow.   ...Show more

7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Revised and Updated by Stephen R. Covey

$29.99 AUD

Category: Self Help

The 7 habits have become famous and are integrated into everyday thinking by millions and millions of people. Why? Because they work! With Sean Covey’s added takeaways on how the habits can be used in our modern age, the wisdom of the 7 habits will be refreshed for a new generation of leaders. The y include: Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw This beloved classic presents a principle-centered approach for solving both personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and practical anecdotes, Stephen R. Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity—principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates. ...Show more

The Game of Life and How to Play It - The Self-Help Classic by Florence Scovel Shinn; Tom Butler-Bowdon (Introduction by)

$20.95 AUD

Category: Self Help | Series: Capstone Classics Ser.

The classic self-help guide, full of timeless wisdom Florence Scovel Shinn's The Game of Life and How to Play It first appeared in bookstores in 1925 and is now considered a classic in the self-help genre. The author's insights into achieving meaning, happiness and success are just as relevant and effe ctive today as they were nearly a century ago, hence its reissue as part of the exciting Capstone Classics line. This collectible, hard-back edition of The Game of Life and How to Play It includes an insightful introduction by series editor and self-help expert Tom Butler-Bowdon. Tom is an authority on classic self-help texts and adroitly connects the content of this book with the concerns of modern readers. Enjoy the colourful anecdotes of 1920s New York that have made Scovel Shinn's book a cult classic Discover the original "life hacks" for advancing in every area of your life, from health to wealth to love Succeed by attuning yourself with the unchanging principles that govern the universe With the release of this Capstone Classics edition, we finally have an authoritative, collectible version of The Game of Life and How to Play It. Find out why The Game of Life and How to Play It is one of the defining self-help guides of the 20th century.   ...Show more