The truth is—we’re hardwired to seek comfort, but comfort is very bad for us

Every day we face a thousand choices between what is best and what is easier. And most of the time, we’ll choose what’s easier, which is why we so often feel frustrated, anxious, and disconnected. But when you learn to embrace the uncomfortable as the gateway to better things...

'Wintering is every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself ... This is truly a beautiful book' Elizabeth Gilbert

Wintering, the dormant periods in our lives, the dark moments we endure – which can be brought about through myriad of ways; from the death of a loved one to a sudden change in circumstances or mental health issues – can be lonely...

Introducing eight easy-to-use techniques for falling asleep, How to Sleep: A Natural Method is an indispensable companion for those who find it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep.

When sleeplessness becomes a regular occurrence, it can set up a vicious cycle of fatigue, anxiety, and sleepless nights. Finding ways to turn off the racing mind and...

In the face of discrimination, bad behaviour, evil and abuse, why do good people so often do nothing?

Every day, we see examples of bad or immoral behaviour – from sexual harassment to political corruption, from negligence to bullying. 

Why did no one stop the abduction of Jamie Bulger, despite many witnesses reporting they felt uneasy seeing the...

'One of the most valuable books I've ever read' Adwoa Aboah
'A remarkable portrayal of how we need to understand ourselves to truly heal' Esther Perel
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If change is the natural order of things, why do so many people struggle with the milestones of life - from first jobs and first loves to children leaving...

Michelle Obama, Jennifer Lopez, Dawn French, Helen Mirren and Annie Lennox didn’t get the memo that you’re meant to become sexless, invisible and dull when you hit half a century, and neither should we. Tracey Cox’s book, Great Sex at 50 is here to address the challenges that face us sexually in our fifties, sixties and beyond…

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Reclaim Your Headspace and Find Your One, True Voice
As a hospital chaplain, J.S. Park encountered hundreds of patients at the edge of life and death, listening as they urgently shared their stories, confessions, and final words. J.S. began to identify patterns in his patients' lives—patterns he also saw in his own life. He began to see that the events...

Everyone says a great leader needs EQ, Emotional Intelligence, soft skills,
blah, blah, blah. What does that even mean? Where do you start? Where’sthe line for that on the P&L?

You might think that business is all about facts and figures. You probably prefer it that way. The truth is that as uncertainty and business complexity increases, successfulleaders...

Stressed and unhappy at work, Celia Gaze thought to herself one day: “Surely there must be more to life than this?” She resigned from her high-powered health management role and started transforming a neglected farm into an award-winning wedding venue. She faced nearly every type of challenge an entrepreneur can face – tribunals, near bankruptcy, court...

We spend a third of our lives asleep, and this book will teach you how to enjoy it to its fullest. Learn the tactics you need to get yourself to sleep faster and enjoy a deeper sleep.

Sleep gives us far more than rest—under the right circumstances, sleep will refresh and bring forth a new alertness with each new day. Sleep is the essential fuel that drives...

After two decades of living in America, Guy Blaise is struck by the difference between the French and Americans approach to relationships, marriage and chivalry.What makes French women so outspoken about receiving respect and equal rights in a country known for love and romance? And what keeps American women from demanding the same?In a collection of essays...

Congratulations on achieving your first ‘career’ job. Now you need to make a success of it.

Succeed in Your First Job tells you everything you need to know about the real world of work, that no one ever tells you.

Experienced businessman Mark Blayney gives you practical advice, often learnt the hard way from his own mistakes, to give you the edge at work and...

Everyone has a story to tell and can feel trapped by it. This inspirational memoir, A Sense of Something Lost is about liberation after years of restlessness and searching. Sue Wells, asks: can a woman who has experienced the trauma of a forced adoption be free to live her life? Do traumas, whatever their nature, shape, define or ruin our lives? Or...

Why are we obsessed with wellness, but our health is getting worse? How have we messed up our relationship with food and exercise so badly? We are more obese, less active and more stressed than ever before and it's killing us. Today, we're more likely to die from a lifestyle disease than any other cause, and many of these would be preventable if we...

To control our emotions is to control ourselves, and to control ourselves is to control our destiny.

It has forever been said that we are ruled by our emotions, but this today is truer than ever. Much more than reason or tradition, it is our emotions that determine our choice of profession, partner, and politics, and our relation to money, sex, and religion...

Do you wish that you could enjoy parenthood more?

Have you ever wondered what deeper meaning there is to being a Mom or Dad?

In Parenting Through the Eyes of Lollipops Jacqueline Pirtle, a mom herself, carries you through the experience of parenthood by making spiritual and energetic sense of real physical-life parenting scenarios—while, as her highest...

In Common Sense Investing With Index Funds, author James Pattersenn Jr. draws on his in-depth research of more than a decade to reveal to you a common sense investing approach for building wealth and achieving financial freedom without the complex strategies of day trading, swing trading, and other stock trading systems.

"​The ​real glory of being human is understanding oneself or human experience, as non-dual consciousness, immortality, perfect happiness, and truth of all existence.​​"

This book is about understanding that knowledge of one's self is a qualitative measure of one's well-being. In other words, self-knowledge determines our true well-being. If I understand the...

Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love… Fyodor Dostoevsky

Self-deception is common and universal, and the cause of most human...

How do you sort through the myriad of “green” advice available to find what works for you and your business? So many small businesses are paralyzed, without guidance on what to do, how decisions impact the environment, and where to even start. In 'Ethical Profit', Samantha Richardson has done the work for you. Outlining changes from small to large, she...

Everyone wants to achieve long-term success, yet many people fall short. The question is, why? The answer is simple: it’s a lack of performance consistency. Consistency is the baseline skill that unleashes all the others. And until this skill is mastered, true potential is never realized. Yet most people struggle to keep up any kind of consistent effort...

In Mystical Activism, we each hold the power to change the world right where we are. To call these ""end times"" is not hyperbole. We are in trouble and the signs are everywhere: extreme political divisions; xenophobic violence; enormous wealth inequity; poverty and homelessness; racism, sexism, and ageism; arms buildups and unending wars; and, most...

Seeing Reality As It Is examines the question - If there is only one reality, why can't we agree on what it is? If we understand why we each perceive reality in our own way, we are more likely to make progress in dealing with political polarization and climate change. An example of perceiving reality in our own way is seen in comparing the color perceptions...

Stoicism offers rationally grounded, proven psychological techniques for the gradual development of consistent self-mastery, and emotional detachment from those elements of the human condition that tend to cause the most pervasive and unsettling forms of fear, anxiety, and avoidable disquiet. In the essays in A Life Worth Living, William Ferraiolo examines...