Self-Help

Embrace your inner child.

Empower your inner parent.

Befriend your inner critic.

Are you ready to heal all parts of yourself?

Meet your inner child – the part of your subconscious still holding the child within – and learn how to honour and heal them. Through quick, constructive exercises, inspirational quotes, journaling activities and reflective practices, this ten-step programme is the perfect tool for embracing your past, accepting your present and improving your future.

Banish burnout and reclaim your calm with this innovative 12-week start-anytime journal.

Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress. It occurs when you feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unable to meet constant demands. Burnout has become more than just a buzz word or a symptom of stress. With searches related to burnout rising on average 41% annually since 2017, and 77% of employees saying they’ve experienced burnout, it’s no wonder the World Health Organisation has started to take it more seriously. And that’s before the pandemic and working-from-home burnout became even more prevalent.

It was these worrying facts and her own experience of burnout that led mental-health advocate Bex Spiller to set up The Anti-Burnout Club, which has grown exponentially since launch in 2021. Bex has witnessed first-hand how burnout isn’t just reserved for high-flying execs at FTSE 100 companies. It’s creeping into our homes, making it impossible for many of us to cope with all of the demandsof modern life.

With this journal, Bex has created a multi-platform solution to a growing problem. Combining people’s love for pen and paper with the rise in online wellness apps and platforms, The Anti-Burnout Journal works for traditionalists and technology lovers alike. This undated journal spans 12 weeks with weekly lessons and challenges to help beat burnout, delivered through the pages of the journal alongside an online dashboard with lifetime access to video lessons in yoga, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition and breathwork, can be watched time and again.

Alongside the lessons are weekly and daily pages that encourage journaling the more traditional way using everything you've learned. This multi-platform approach makes this journal completely unique and ensures that you can use it in a way that suits you, without feeling more stress or overwhelm. This one-of-a-kind journal is the perfect gift to yourself or someone in need of self-care in this stressful world we live in and promises to help you slow down, reflect, find balance and restore a sense of calm.

A tribute to the power of spiritual practice, creative expression, and true self-acceptance

I Opened the Gate Laughing is the story of one woman’s journey to creative freedom through gardening and the teachings of Zen. Born in Japan, Mayumi Oda comes back to the practice of Buddhism at beautiful Green Gulch Farm retreat center in Northern California, where she finds a new tranquility and creative spirit through her pen, her brush, and her trowel to overcome the constraints of a traditional upbringing and the sadness of the end of a marriage. This enchanting book is a meditation on the search for inner peace and reawakening. awash with luscious prints and watercolors, beautifully designed, and filled with vivid stories and verse. I Opened the Gate Laughing is a resource for anyone seeking a slower pace, a sacred space, and a garden path.

An interactive guide to our complex and elusive inner selves.

One of the most difficult tasks we face as humans is figuring out who we are. "Describe yourself" can be a surprisingly difficult task. Sometimes, we need prompts and suggestions to engage and energize us.

With unusual, entertaining, and playful exercises, this journal is designed to help us tease out and organize who we are. With beautiful designs by Marcia Mihotich throughout and mini essays on topics like relationships and work, this book shows us how our complicated, beautiful, and sometimes painful experiences all contribute to the richness of who we are.

• UNCONVENTIONAL AND PROVOCATIVE QUESTIONS to prompt honest self-reflection.
• AN INTERACTIVE JOURNAL OF SELF DISCOVERY with space for written answers.
• FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT
• A COLLECTION OF MINI ESSAYS on topics like relationships, work, and culture.

Alain de Botton's redemptive volume charts a course from collapse to recovery with kindness, compassion and wisdom.

“Alain de Botton, one of our era’s most uncommonly perceptive, lyrical, and lucid existential contemplatives.” — The Marginalian

A Therapeutic Journey is a collection of essays about mental challenge and health. Written with kindness, knowledge and sympathy, it is a practical guide to well-being and a source of consolation and companionship in what might be some of our loneliest, most anguished moments.

Alain de Botton explores how we can cope with a variety of forms of mental pain and illness, from the mild to the severe. It considers how and why we might become ill; how we can explain things to friends, family and colleagues; how we can find our ways towards recovery; and how we can build resilience, so as to live wisely alongside our difficulties.

At heart this is a book about happiness - about regaining the thread of our lives, rediscovering meaning, and finding our way back to connection, warmth and joy.

This book explores ideas around minimalism, simplicity and how to live comfortably with less.

We live in a complicated, frenzied, and noisy world, filled with too much information, too many products, ideas, and opinions. As a result, many of us long for simplicity: a pared down, more peaceful, and less cluttered life. 

This book is a guide to the simpler lives we crave and deserve. In it, we learn about Zen Buddhism, modernist architecture, monasteries, psychoanalysis, and why three good friends and a few treasured belongings are enough. 

Taking a psychological approach, the book also guides us toward inner simplicity. For too long we've been drowning in excess, clutter, and confusion. A Simpler Life helps us tune out the static and focus on what really matters.

• DECLUTTER YOUR LIFE practical ways to get rid of physical and psychological clutter.
• HOW TO BE DIRECT advice on adopting a simpler, more straight-forward mindset.
• THE APPEAL OF MINIMALISM looks at why more of us are drawn to a pared down existence.
• HOW TO SIMPLIFY everything from relationships, social life, lifestyle, and work.

Simplify your life.

Manifest your desires.

Live with intention.

Are you ready to live more purposefully?

Live each day with foresight, concentrating on your goals and the tangible steps you can take to reach them. Through quick, constructive exercises, inspirational quotes, journaling activities and reflective practices, this ten-step programme is the perfect guide to living with clarity.

Therapeutic exercises to help couples nurture patience, forgiveness, and humor. 

Love is not just an emotion - it's a skill. And just like any other skill, we need to practice in order to get good at it. 

We often have fairy tale expectations for our romantic relationships, but realistically, after a heady and passion-fueled start, we end up in partnerships that are a confusing tangle of hope, distance, boredom, loyalty, and betrayal. 

Full of accessible and though-provoking exercises, this workbook fosters understanding, patience, forgiveness, humor, and resilience in the face of the many hurdles that invariably arise in a long term relationship. 

Couples are guided to have particular conversations, analyze their feelings, explain parts of themselves to one another, and undertake rituals that clear the air and help recover hope and passion. The goal is always to unblock channels of feeling and improve communication - and to have fun while doing it.

No one can be intuitively good at relationships. We all need to do some homework to become the best partners and couples we can be.

• A GUIDED JOURNAL WITH OVER 60 EXERCISES to encourage couples to share their feelings with each other and open up about their insecurities.
• A THERAPEUTIC WORKBOOK drawing from research from The School of Life’s therapy department.
• INCLUDES INTERACTIVE SPACES to complete the activities and illustrations throughout.
• BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED hardcover in high end gift format.

An exploration of the many reasons to remain hopeful in the face of life's disappointments and challenges.

In a world that isn’t short of darkness, there could be few more urgent priorities than to spend time rehearsing for ourselves why life – despite all its challenges – still has so much to offer us; why there are still so many reasons to be hopeful.

Here is a collection of some of the most persuasive arguments for staying on the side of optimism, creativity, kindness, calm and hope. Across a series of essays, we learn why we still have the right to feel purposeful and buoyant despite everything that is challenging: because there is still so much more to discover, because love can triumph sometimes, because we can delight in summer days and the light of dawn, because we are not alone in our suffering, because we are never far from the option of a slice of cake or a bath, because we are very small things in a mighty and beautiful universe and because we don’t require perfection for things to feel good enough.

In a tone that avoids the pitfalls of sentimentality and cynicism, the book urges us to reconnect with our more resilient selves, bidding us to recover faith in what is still possible. At points funny and always encouraging and kind, here is an ideal friend to guide us back to courage and delight.

• A TOOL TO ASSIST US IN OUR SEARCH FOR A REASON TO BE: the book is an eclectic collection of short essays on wide-ranging subjects, from an extraordinary encounter between Mick Jagger and an unfamiliar Jesuit priest to the escapism found in Iranian cinema.
• HOPEFULNESS FOR PESSIMISTS: an honest and accessible guide to navigate us through the darkness to light.
• ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT: with a vibrant mix of artworks, photography and illustration.
• A HIGHLY RELATABLE BOOK: that offers comfort and support in our darker moments, while guiding us towards an optimistic future.

"The School of Life: On Self-Hatred may be the most essential of The School of Life’s essential philosophy handbooks: it reminds us, yet again, that we are not alone, that much more connects us than divides us and that self-acceptance is one of the most important keys to peace of mind." - Emma Thompson, DBE British actress and screenwriter

A guide to emotional healing and living a more self-accepting life.

Behind many of our problems lies an often ignored factor: we don’t like ourselves very much. We are sufferers of self-hatred. We tell ourselves the meanest things. It’s because of self-hatred that we tend to neglect our potential at work and get entangled in unfulfilling relationships, that we lack confidence in our social lives and suffer from anxiety, despair and imposter syndrome.

This is a book that, with immense compassion and fellow feeling, investigates the phenomenon of self-hatred while giving pragmatic advice on how to overcome it. It asks where the feeling comes from, what it makes us do and how we might become kinder and more compassionate towards ourselves.

We have probably spent far too much of our lives disliking ourselves and attacking everything we say, do or feel, while not even realizing what we’re up to. It’s time to overcome our masochism and move towards a more self-forgiving and accepting stance. The School of Life: On Self Hatred is a guide to the more compassionate and gentle relationship we should have had with ourselves from the start, and can all achieve now.

• IDENTIFIES THE ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF SELF-HATRED: and provides advice for living a more self-accepting life.
• ENCOURAGES US TO DEVELOP ASSERTIVENESS AGAINST SELF-LOATHING: and gives us the tools to challenge our inner critic and deal with imposter syndrome.
• ACCESSIBLE AND PRAGMATIC: with a compassionate and realistic tone, outlining the importance of self-care.
• PART OF THE SCHOOL OF LIFE'S SERIES OF GIFTABLE ESSAYS: other titles include: Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person, On Confidence, How to Find Love and Self-Knowledge.

A hopeful guide to living well in the 21st century.

The modern world has brought us a range of extraordinary benefits and joys, including technology, medicine, and transportation. But with these advances, it seems, we've also seen an increase in greed, despair, and agitation. 

How to Survive the Modern World is the ultimate guide to navigating our unusual times. The book tackles our relationship to the news, our identities, our careers, our relationship to the natural world, our admiration for science and technology, our belief in individualism and secularism - and our suspicion of quiet and solitude. 

This book helps us form a calmer, more authentic, more resilient, and more light-hearted relationship to the complexities of our age. If modern times can feel like a disease, this book is both the diagnosis and the soothing, hope-filled cure.

• IDENTIFIES THE SOURCE OF SHARED ANXIETY helps us identify the sources of our sorrows in the modern world.
• PRACTICAL ADVICE on dealing with the challenges presented by capitalism, advertising and the media.
• CHAPTERS INCLUDE Media, Materialism, Family, Love, Work, Sex, Science & Religion, Democracy and Nature.
• BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED premium gift format.

When Socrates was asked to define our highest purpose as humans, he said, “To know ourselves.”  This advice holds true. Without self-knowledge, all other efforts are in vain. 

The second title in the '40 Images' series, Self-Knowledge in 40 Images takes us on a tour of certain key ideas that we need to befriend our deeper selves, accompanied by the work of photographers and artists such as David Hockney, Cy Twombly, Edgar Degas, Isabella La Rocca González and Elise Corten. Featuring culturally and historically diverse artwork alongside a series of elegant essays inviting contemplation, this book helps us to understand how our childhoods have shaped us, what difficulties we characteristically experience in relationships and what our purpose should be. 

Modern society gives us no shortage of ambitions. We will have landed on the one that can finally brings us peace and freedom when we are ready – with the help of this book – to begin the inward journey: self knowledge.

Pair with the Know Yourself Prompt Cards, designed to help lead you through the important task of knowing yourself a little better in life.

A collection of simple - and surprisingly relevant - tools from great thinkers throughout history. 

Focusing on important ideas from Western and Eastern philosophy, sociology, psychotherapy, art, architecture, and literature, this collection of wisdom and insight includes everyone from well know thinkers like Sigmund Freud and Lao Tzu to more unexpected names like Coco Chanel and St Benedict. 

With original color illustrations for each featured thinker, this book presents a fascinating gallery of individuals from across the millennia who have shaped the intellectual project of The School of Life.

• A REFERENCE BOOK OF 60 GREAT THINKERS: and their most useful ideas.
• THE SCHOOL OF LIFE CANON: a gallery of individuals from across the millennia who have shaped the intellectual project of The School of Life.
• ORIGINAL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY STUART PATIENCE
• THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE: for those seeking both answers and inspiration.
• PREMIUM GIFT FORMAT: shrink-wrapped with ribbon marker and belly band.

A journal to help us process our lives—from The School of Life’s line of beautiful, elegant journals

The Self-Reflection Journal is the first in a new range of guided journals from The School of Life, that uses a series of repeated questions to help us think about what we really want, what we are actually feeling and what might be holding us back from our goals. Each question has been careful chosen for its psychological insight and draws from the teachings of The School of Life, to guide us on a journey of self-discovery. 

The questions, such as 'What is still lovely?' direct our minds to areas that we tend to neglect. With 150 pages of questions, we can revisit these thoughts regularly and digest the concerns, emotions, and events that repeatedly trouble us. With time, we can lessen our anxieties, and begin to reach the calm, contended lives we deserve.

With its high quality cloth-bound cover, ribbon bookmark, and inspiring quotes from The School of Life throughout, this is a beautiful and thoughtful addition to any bookshelf.

The difference between a successful and a disappointing life often comes down to a critical ingredient that we overlook at our peril: confidence. 

This is a book with a practical purpose: to take us through exercises that help us rediscover the confidence we all already have inside us—the confidence that we have neglected out of habit, fear or meekness. It’s a faculty we are all endowed with and confidence can flourish with the right kind of practice and encouragement. 

This workbook contains over fifty exercises that flex our confident faculties and guide us to greater effectiveness in our relationships, in our working lives and in our approach to ourselves. This includes a Self-Esteem Audit to identify what we might have gone through in our early lives, asking  questions such as: Do you think you are essentially a good person? Were your parents essentially supportive or not? Do you hate or like being you? There are sections focusing on confidence in relationships, friendships, and at work.

This is a tool to unlock our latent powers – and help us become who we long, and deserve, to be. 

Pair with the Confidence Prompt Cards, designed to help you find confidence and battle against timidity.

A therapeutic and consoling workbook with exercises to soothe anxiety and create a state of calm.

Most of us long to be a little calmer: too many of our days are lost to agitation and worry, stress and discord. Yet we know that we are at our best when we can manage not to panic and take challenges in our stride.

Fortunately, a calm state of mind is not a divine gift. Even those of us starting from a more agitated position can systematically understand and lay claim to it. Too many books on this subject simply explain what it would be like to be calm. This is a workbook that takes us through the practical steps required to actually become calm. It is filled with exercises and prompts that deliver the self-understanding and self-compassion on which true serenity depends. Furthermore, the book invites us to build calming routines into our daily lives so that what we learn can stick with us and change us for the long term.

Based on years of The School of Life’s work in the area of anxiety and calm, this is a landmark workbook guaranteed to bring about the calmer state of mind we long for and deserve.

• EASY-TO-FOLLOW JOURNALING PROMPTS to explore our inner landscape and cultivate calm.
• DRAWING EXERCISES for everyone, no artistic ability required.
• A THERAPEUTIC WORKBOOK with plenty of space to track moods, set goals, and reflect.
• SOOTHING packaging and simple layout - a journal to keep close at hand.
• A TIMELY TOOLKIT to achieve calm in a frenzied, chaotic world.

• EXPLORES THE LIFE-CHANGING POWER OF UNDERSTANDING OURSELVES
• A PRACTICAL TOOLKIT for self-discovery.
• INCLUDES THOUGHT-PROVOKING EXERCISES for self-analysis.
• THE SCHOOL OF LIFE'S MOST POPULAR SUBJECT the associated YouTube video "Who Am I?" has 1.5 million views.

“This book gives good advice—strategies for how to avoid the bad things, do the good things...and hopefully have a few laughs along the way.”

—CRAIG SHIRLEY, presidential historian and New York Times bestselling author

A MAN ISN’T BORN A COWBOY. HE BECOMES ONE. HE MAKES A CHOICE.

When you're running out of sunsets, don't waste the sunrises you have left.

And right now, America as a nation and we as individual citizens are at its own moment of truth. 

Do we cowboy up or do we quit?

There is no escaping this choice or putting it off, no wishing it away. We have procrastinated long enough, and the problems have only gotten worse. It’s not just about addressing a laundry list of those problems and coming up with solutions. If it were that easy, we would have done it long ago.

It is fundamental, foundational.

We keep hoping that the politicians, especially the ones in Washington, will finally fix things.

There are only two things wrong with that. First, they are the ones that created the mess in the first place and, second, they couldn’t fix a flat tire, let alone all the problems they have created.

No, in the end it will have to be the American people who fix what ails America.

We all need to roll up our collective sleeves and clean out all the horse manure and cattle crap that has piled up for decades in this country. From the halls of government to the executive suites at our corporations, the ivy-covered universities, Hollywood studios, and every other place in our culture and society that have been polluted and corrupted. And this cleansing and fixing needs to start at the very beginning in every home in America.

You don’t need a college education or advanced degree to read and understand what I’m about to tell you in the following pages. You don’t even need a high school diploma, for that matter. All you need is common sense, a desire to pick up a manure fork, and—together with your fellow Americans—do what needs doin’ and fix what needs fixin’. 

Common sense is not passed down in the genes from generation to generation. It is taught, passed down from parents to children. Returning America to its former greatness and rediscovering the tried-and-true values that built this country won’t be accomplished by an election. It will only be accomplished by you and me. It is as fundamental as being able to tell the difference between right and wrong … and then acting accordingly. Everything else in a free society branches out from that tap root which is sunk deep into the soul of America. And while the tree of liberty that connects us all isn’t healthy right now and is in danger of dying, it ain’t dead yet.

We, the people can save it if we just get back to basics.

This book is about those basics, told in stories from the old guy at the end of the bar.

Common Sense Cowboy’s 12 Rules for Life

1. The secret to a long life is getting up every day with a purpose. Young or old, working or retired, everyone needs a purpose so find yours.
2. Never betray trust, because trust is like virginity. Once lost, it’s impossible to get back.
3. Everything breaks sooner or later. So, learn how to fix things.
4. The measure of a man is when he does the right thing even when no one is watching. If you do the wrong thing and nobody saw you do it, it is still wrong.
5. Don’t waste time thinking about what might have been. Put the “might have beens” in the same trash can reserved for the “wouldas”, the “shouldas” and the “couldas”. Then get busy with the “doin”.
6. A fancy education might gain you some knowledge, but only hard life experiences will gain you wisdom. A PhD won’t help you fix a flat tire.
7. Be wary of the person who tells you they can get you a burger and fries for nothing. There is no free lunch.
8. Your word is your bond, and your handshake seals the deal. 
9. If you shake hands with a politician, be sure to count your fingers when you let go to make sure you still have all five. (See above)
10. Don’t pray for things. The Almighty is not Amazon or Costco and faith delivers salvation and comfort not packages.
11. There is right and there is wrong. There are no loopholes and the only thing in between are excuses.
12. The Good Lord gave us each a certain number of seconds, minutes, hours and days, but he didn’t give us our expiration date. Use your time wisely and live life to the fullest.

IT’S TIME TO COWBOY UP AND START RIDIN THE FENCES!

Huge social changes occurring in real time are leading us to rethink traditional roles in our homes, workplaces and in society. So why do women who outearn their male partners still tend to do more housework and childcare? Why are unemployed men generally happier if their female partners are also unemployed? Why is unpaid labour still seen as a less important contribution than paid work within family units?

In Breadwinners, award-winning science journalist Melissa Hogenboom interviews dozens of female breadwinners, stay-at-home dads and same-sex couples, comparing their stories to the latest research to demonstrate the consequences of changing dynamics. She reveals how pursuing and maintaining power is a key part of every human interaction, affecting every area of our lives. Breadwinners shows how, the closer we look, the easier it is to see the influence of power structures all around us. Ultimately, it gives readers the tools to address imbalances and improve our relationships at home and at work.

If we can share power more equally, we can improve not only our own wellbeing but also recognise how to dismantle social structures that are seemingly set in stone.

The Life Book of Life Hacks brings you the hottest tips, the cheekiest tricks and the best shortcuts from across the internet. Are you ready to live an easier, more efficient life?

Life hacks aren't just about saving time; they're about transforming the way you navigate through every part of your world. From decluttering your living space to mastering the productivity secrets of CEOs, from saving money to revolutionizing your wardrobe, The Little Book of Life Hacks is a treasure trove of everyday wisdom.

With our carefully curated collection of top-tier life hacks, you'll wonder how you ever lived without them. So, are you ready to embark on a journey to streamline your home, travel, wardrobe, finances, kitchen and work life with just a few simple steps?

Life Hack No.1: Buy this book!

Rewild Your Mind shows you how to connect with nature to be happier, healthier and more at peace with the world around you.

Packed with wilderness skills and traditional crafts – from fixing a hammock in the woods and foraging for hedgerow medicine to finding moments of 'wild' in the everyday – this unique book enables readers to boost their wellbeing through getting outside. It is an invitation to reset, recharge and 'rewild' yourself.

Weaved through the book is Nick Goldsmith's personal story of using nature to aid his recovery from PTSD. After several tours serving as a Royal Marine Commando in Afghanistan, Nick was left in a dark and desperate place. He tried conventional therapies but found true solace amongst nature, and now enables others to do the same.

A self-empowerment gift book for woman of every age, these quotes and slogans are guaranteed to bring out your inner badass. Celebrating female power and potential, the sayings will inspire and motivate you to fight your corner, speak your mind, stand up to those who stand in your way, reach your goals and bounce back with a spring upwards from every challenge or hurdle in your path.

By women for women, You Got This is a great antidote to self-doubt, discouragement, imposter syndrome, and general societal bullshit in the twenty-first century. For every tough independent woman out there who sometimes feels the weight of the world, here are uplifting words to foster strength, success and self-reliance.

SAMPLE QUOTES:

'Behind every successful woman is herself.'

'No risk, no magic.'

'People think that all the doors are opened in front of me but it was me who pushed them open.' Coco Chanel

'It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.' Madeleine Albright

We live in difficult, stressful times and finding positivity in the little things can sometimes be a challenge. With the endless balance of work, family and the constant buzz of our phones adding to the chaos, it's important to make sure you can find the light.

The Little Book of Positivity offers guidance for when the scales of life are tipped and seeing the cup half full becomes a little more difficult. Packed full of wise words from some of the world's best-known figures - from ancient philosophers and celebrated writers to modern-day figures - this book will help you change your perspective, shake off the gloom and see life on the brighter side.

Sun, sea, art, architecture and a love of food are the cornerstones of Barcelona culture - and the city's eclectic but smart style scene reflects these passions.

From the bars to the beach, Little Book of Barcelona Style explores the creative foundations and creative icons who defined and are influenced by this city, from architects and artists such as Gaudí and Dalí to contemporary street style icons such as Blanca Miro and contemporary brands that have gone global, like fashion world favourite Paloma Wool.

Through 100 stunning images and expert text by a fashion writer, discover the style staples of a fashion capital whose designers and style icons aren't afraid to innovate.

With an international population bringing culture from all over the world, a reputation for cool minimal style (read: black), and a party scene where what you wear is everything, Berlin has a reputation as one of the most stylish cities in the world.

From the turbulence of the early twentieth century to today's status as a beacon for artists, writers and hedonists, Little Book of Berlin Style is your fully illustrated guide to Europe's edgiest city. From street style to the catwalk, and from the club to the atelier, over 100 images depict the buzzing fashion scene of this cult capital of contemporary fashion.

Do you want to live a successful and fulfilled life? In this book, Alex Goldie helps you overcome the obstacles standing in your way.

Alex Goldie helps people improve their mental health and confidence. His online videos have helped millions of his followers to improve their lives and overcome the obstacles that hold them back.

Now, in his first ever book, Alex offers his ten key steps to help you stop getting in the way of your own progress. His advice includes:
- Designing Your Timeline
- Growing from Failure
- Pulling Out the Weeds That Keep Growing Back
- Building Self-Esteem
- Being Your Most Authentic Self

Using this and many other incredible insights, Alex shows you how to finally release what's getting in your way and build the fulfilling life you want, changing yourself and the world for the better.

A Daily Companion for Gratitude, Self-Love, and Joy

Discover the transformative power of words with Words to Live By, a beautifully crafted journaling experience by Donna Ashworth. This inspiring book invites you to embrace gratitude, self-love, and mindfulness through meaningful reflections and affirmations.

Find Your Inner Peace and Confidence. Donna Ashworth’s heartfelt phrases and journaling prompts are designed to nurture your soul and guide you toward loving yourself fully. Whether you’re new to journaling or a seasoned writer, this daily journaling book offers a sanctuary of encouragement and clarity.

Start Each Day with Purpose and Positivity. Perfect for morning journaling, Words to Live By empowers women to cultivate a daily practice of reflection and intention. It's a thoughtful gift for anyone looking to improve their mindset, find inspiration, and build a stronger connection to their inner self.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Inspiring self-love phrases and affirmations to uplift and encourage you every day.
• Thoughtful journaling prompts that align with gratitude, mindfulness, and personal growth.
• A beautifully designed format that complements any journaling routine or happiness planner.

If you liked ESV Journaling Bible, A Year of Positive Thinking, or Growing Brave, you’ll love Words to Live By.

Let the steady strength of trees guide you through life’s sunshine and storms in these soulful reflections from Douglas Wood.

Of all the teachers in the natural world, few are as rooted in wisdom—or as generous in spirit—as trees. They stand through seasons of hardship and change, offering silent lessons to those who pause and listen. In Things Trees Know, best-selling author Douglas Wood offers heartfelt meditations on what we can learn from our towering companions. With branches reaching skyward and roots anchored deep, trees model how to grow through adversity, endure life’s trials, and remain true to ourselves.

Inspired by a deeply personal moment of clarity beneath the silhouette of an old oak, Douglas shares poetic musings and elegantly simple illustrations that translate the quiet lessons of trees into meaningful guidance for daily living. Whether you’re seeking solace, encouragement, or a deeper connection with nature, this book offers timeless insight from nature’s most steadfast beings.

Book Features:

• Meditative reflections that use trees as metaphors for growth, resilience, and inner peace
• Beautiful artwork that enhances the book’s warm and contemplative tone
• Short, uplifting entries ideal for mindful reading and daily contemplations
• Universal themes of strength, healing, authenticity, and the cycles of life

A perfect gift for nature lovers, spiritual seekers, and anyone weathering a time of change, Things Trees Know is a moving tribute to the wisdom that’s all around us—and within us.

Cultivate a more meaningful life—one peaceful, beautiful page at a time.

We are all gardeners. Whether we till the earth or never plant a seed, we all tend to something: family, friendships, hopes, and dreams. In How Does Your Garden Grow?, best-selling author and illustrator Douglas Wood invites you to view life as a garden, a place of beauty and promise that’s cultivated with care, patience, and love.

Through lyrical prose and gentle metaphors, Douglas explores what it means to nurture a meaningful life. Drawing from the natural rhythms of the seasons and the soil’s quiet truths, he reveals how the same essentials that sustain a garden—light, water, fertile ground—also nourish our inner lives.

Accompanied by Douglas’s elegantly simple illustrations, this thoughtful meditation offers reflections on resilience, transformation, and the quiet strength found in tending what we love. Each page is a reminder that growth is not something we force but something we foster—and that even the smallest act of care can blossom into beauty.

Book Features:

• Lyrical meditations that use gardening as a metaphor for personal growth, resilience, and relationships
• Beautiful artwork that enhances the book’s warm and contemplative tone
• Simple reflections perfect for mindful reading
• Universal themes of patience, care, change, and hope

A timeless gift for gardeners, nature lovers, and anyone longing for connection and purpose, How Does Your Garden Grow? is an inspiring companion for cultivating both the world around us and the gardens within.

Allow the quiet wisdom of birds to lift your spirit and steady your path.

Perhaps no beings of the natural world are as inspirational—or as instructive—as birds. They remind us that while life may be tethered to earth, it always holds the possibility of flight. In The Thing with Feathers, best-selling author and illustrator Douglas Wood invites you to learn from our winged companions, whose lives mirror our own in meaningful and metaphorical ways. From building nests and raising young to weathering storms and seeking distant horizons, birds embody the bravery, resilience, and spirit that guide our own paths.

Drawing inspiration from Emily Dickinson’s famous line, “hope is the thing with feathers,” Douglas explores the many qualities that birds embody and reflect in us: wonder, patience, joy, and more. Through poetic musings and elegantly simple illustrations, each page offers insight into how nature—and birds in particular—can guide us through life’s challenges.

Book Features:

• Meditative reflections that use birds as metaphors for inner strength, adaptability, and the courage to grow
• Beautiful artwork that enhances the book’s warm and contemplative tone
• Short, uplifting entries ideal for mindful reading and daily contemplations
• Universal themes of hope, renewal, and personal transformation

A perfect gift for birders, nature enthusiasts, and anyone navigating life’s turning points, The Thing with Feathers is a heartfelt reminder that we, too, can soar with wisdom and grace.

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR

“The poems within Morning Leaves are tender, compassionate and full of wonder. Laing's writing and Kelly's illustrations are conduits for healing and hope.”—Kristin A. Meekhof, co-author of A Widow's Guide to Healing 

“Morning Leaves is a gift to all who open their eyes to its images and their hearts to its whispers and exhortations.”—Faith Salie, Emmy-winning contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning and author of Approval Junkie

A radiant fusion of poetry and nature art, Morning Leaves: Cultivating a Life of Beauty, Meaning, and Joy is a tender, soul-stirring meditation on grief, healing, and the quiet joy of rediscovering beauty one morning at a time.

Steeped in beautiful art and verse that invites reflection, Morning Leaves is the perfect gift book or self-purchase.

Morning Leaves is an invitation to dream of a life where you are moving away from whatever has stopped you. It might be a death, trauma, loss of a relationship, some wild dark night of the soul is upon you and you enter this book, these poems and Kelly Leahy Radding’s magnificent nature art.

You enter the possibility: Walk it. Talk it. Write it. Create it. Keep moving forward. Find your joy. Find your blessing. Find who you are going to be in your wild and precious life - one butterfly flight, one mourning dove wing, one frog leap at a time. This is a book that invites a journey into wholeness through creativity and conversation and writing and movement.

Healing isn’t static. It’s energetic! I am here to take your hand. Morning Leaves is a love letter to the growing soul who wants to move on to the next place and find joy. 

AWARD WINS FOR MORNING LEAVES:
2023 FOREWORD INDIES AWARDS WINNER
2023 PUBWEST DESIGN AWARDS WINNER
2024 FEATHERED QUILL BOOK AWARDS WINNER | GOLD
2024 IBPA BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AWARDS WINNER | GOLD

MORE PRAISE FOR MORNING LEAVES:
“The poems within Morning Leaves are tender, compassionate and full of wonder. Laing's writing and Kelly's illustrations are conduits for healing and hope.”—Kristin A. Meekhof, co-author of A Widow's Guide to Healing

“So beautifully written and thoughtfully constructed. Visceral. Visual. Vulnerable. The passages cracked open my heart.”—Amy K. Hutchens, award-winning speaker and bestselling author of Get It and The Secrets Leaders Keep

'Katie radiates positivity! A book for those who need daily uplifting affirmations from one of the most inspiring women I know. A must read to brighten up your days.' Laura Whitmore

'Katie Piper is such an empowering person. Anyone who has struggled with adversity and fought their way out of tough situations can take comfort and inspiration from her approach to life.' Matt Haig

'Katie personifies both heart, courage, endurance and hope as the extraordinary woman she is. It is beautifully expressed in this gift of a book that everyone of us can learn and grow from.' Julia Samuel

A Little Bit of Faith is the perfect daily devotional for anyone trying to fill their days with hope, faith and positivity.

Providing 365 bite-sized affirmations, Katie Piper encourages us to see that heartbreak and hardship can become fuel for your fight. Whatever life has thrown at you lately, you can fall countless times and still get back up again - all you need is a little bit of faith.

Full of hope and warmth, this lovely daily devotional draws on Katie’s own faith to show how spirituality has brought greater confidence and meaning to her life. Katie invites you to journey with her through the year, with seasonal thoughts for every day that break down the things we all struggle with and show how, with faith and positivity, we can face and overcome them.

Beautifully designed and wonderfully uplifting, this 365-day devotional is easy to dip in and out of. It will help you find strength and confidence when you need it most, and also makes a delightful gift.

Packed with hard-won words of wisdom and practical advice, A Little Bit of Faith is the companion every reader needs to grow and glow right where you are.

Q: Why is your wife in a wheelchair?
A: Because she can't walk.

Q: Why were you ironing in the nude anyway?
A: No wait, I can explain...

Q: Why would this happen to you?
A: Why wouldn't it?

People ask the silliest things.

But for Jade and John Reynolds it's the silence surrounding disability that's the strangest of all.

When Jade unexpectedly suffered from a rare condition which left her paralysed and in a wheelchair at the age of twelve, she never imagined that she'd one day meet her husband John and that together they would take to social media to dispel the stigma surrounding disability, one story at a time.

From questions about suffering and sex to family and faith, Jade and John speak honestly and humorously about life as an inter-able couple. And here, they bring together the big questions (and big jokes) that have made them so popular online onto the page in a debut book that will help you reframe your hardship into reasons to hope.

It's time to discover that no matter what life throws at you, you are truly, able to laugh.

In the hugely popular 'Q and A' style, this devotional journal enables you to reflect on your spiritual journey over a period of five years.

Approachable and encouraging, it offers a brief Scripture reading and a question for each day. There are verses from every book of the Bible, and questions on topics such as praise, faith, prayer, worry, creation and forgiveness.

As you record your responses over the years, you'll discover how circumstances change, how difficult things can be used by God in ways we cannot foresee and how hints of future decisions may be perceived in earlier entries.

Most valuable of all, the journal helps you to find time to be with God for a few minutes each evening as you contemplate the events of the day.

There's an 80 percent chance you're poor. Time poor, that is.

Four out of five adults report feeling that they have too much to do and not enough time to do it. These time-poor people experience less joy each day. They laugh less. They are less healthy, less productive, and more likely to divorce. In one study, time stress produced a stronger negative effect on happiness than unemployment.

How can we escape the time traps that make us feel this way and keep us from living our best lives?

Time Smart is your playbook for taking back the time you lose to mindless tasks and unfulfilling chores. Author and Harvard Business School professor Ashley Whillans will give you proven strategies for improving your "time affluence." The techniques Whillans provides will free up seconds, minutes, and hours that, over the long term, become weeks and months that you can reinvest in positive, healthy activities.

Time Smart doesn't stop at telling you what to do. It also shows you how to do it, helping you achieve the mindset shift that will make these activities part of your everyday regimen through assessments, checklists, and activities you can use right away. The strategies Whillans presents will help you make the shift to time-smart living and, in the process, build a happier, more fulfilling life.

How to be resilient in a professional setting.

How do some people bounce back with vigor from daily setbacks, professional crises, or even intense personal trauma?

This book reveals the key traits of those who emerge stronger from challenges, helps you train your brain to withstand the stresses of daily life, and presents an approach to an effective career reboot.

This volume includes the work of:

Bring mindfulness into your work.

The benefits of mindfulness include better performance, heightened creativity, deeper self-awareness, and increased charisma—not to mention greater peace of mind.

This book gives you practical steps for building a sense of presence into your daily work routine. It also explains the science behind mindfulness and why it works and gives clear-eyed warnings about the pitfalls of the fad.

This volume includes the work of:

Why do so many world-changing insights come from people with little or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what happened to the dinosaurs.

Frans Johansson's The Medici Effect shows how breakthrough ideas most often occur when we bring concepts from one field into a new, unfamiliar territory and offers examples of how we can turn the ideas we discover into path-breaking innovations.

Clayton M. Christensen, bestselling author of The Innovator's Dilemma, has described The Medici Effect as "one of the most insightful books about managing innovation I have ever read. Its assertion that breakthrough principles of creativity occur at novel intersections is an enduring principle of creativity that should guide innovators in every field."

Now with a new preface and a discussion guide, and a foreword by Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile, The Medici Effect is a timeless classic that will help you reach your innovative peak.

Harvard professor and bestselling author Arthur C. Brooks offers science-based insights on work and life in this curated collection from his "How to Build a Life" column in The Atlantic.

Imagine if your life were a startup. How would you lead it and shape it to be most successful?

That's the question behind The Happiness Files, a rich selection of enlightening and instructive essays by Arthur C. Brooks, known worldwide for his inspiring yet practical wisdom and advice in his weekly column for The Atlantic and in his bestselling books, From Strength to Strength and Build the Life You Want (coauthored with Oprah Winfrey).

The simple answer, as Brooks wisely explains, is to manage your life in a way that leads to truly valuable rewards: love, enjoyment, satisfaction, and meaning—in other words, happiness.

Building on his popular Harvard Business School course "Leadership and Happiness," Brooks begins each essay with sharp observations and behavioral science research that shed light on how happiness really works, then offers experiential wisdom and practical advice. Beautifully written, the essays range from ancient philosophy to literature, pop culture, and the contemporary world of work. They explore topics and challenges such as "Procrastinate This, Not That," "Why Success Can Feel So Bitter," and "Five Pillars of a Good Life." Readers will find the chapters helpfully grouped by theme: "On Managing Yourself," "On Jobs, Money, and Building Your Career," "On Balancing Work, Life, and Relationships," and more.

We all need more happiness in our work and in our lives. In The Happiness Files you'll find enlightenment, inspiration, and useful guidance for leading a happier, more successful, and more fulfilling life and career.

Using empathy around the workplace.

Empathy is credited as a factor in improved relationships and even better product development. But while it’s easy to say “just put yourself in someone else’s shoes,” the reality is that understanding the motivations and emotions of others often proves elusive.

This book helps you understand what empathy is, why it’s important, how to surmount the hurdles that make you less empathetic—and when too much empathy is just too much.

This volume includes the work of:

• Daniel Goleman
• Annie McKee
• Adam Waytz

This collection of articles includes “What Is Empathy?” by Daniel Goleman; “Why Compassion Is a Better Managerial Tactic Than Toughness” by Emma Seppala; “What Great Listeners Actually Do” by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman; “Empathy Is Key to a Great Meeting” by Annie McKee; “It’s Harder to Empathize with People If You’ve Been in Their Shoes” by Rachel Rutton, Mary-Hunter McDonnell, and Loran Nordgren; “Being Powerful Makes You Less Empathetic” by Lou Solomon; “A Process for Empathetic Product Design” by Jon Kolko; “How Facebook Uses Empathy to Keep User Data Safe” by Melissa Luu-Van; “The Limits of Empathy” by Adam Waytz; and “What the Dalai Lama Taught Daniel Goleman About Emotional Intelligence” an interview with Daniel Goleman by Andrea Ovans.

How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

Achieving happiness while excelling at your career.

What is the nature of human happiness, and how do we achieve it in the course of our professional lives? And is it even worth pursuing?

This book explores answers to these questions with research into how happiness is measured, frameworks for personal behaviors, management techniques that build happiness in the workplace—and warnings that highlight where the happiness hype has been overblown.

This volume includes the work of:

Does your organization support creativity—or squash it?

If you read nothing else on cultivating creativity at work, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you ignite the creative spark across your organization.

This book will inspire you to:

• Discover the elements of creativity and learn how to influence them
• Harness the creative potential of a diverse team
• Encourage curiosity and experimentation
• Avoid breakdowns in creative collaboration
• Overcome the fear that blocks your innate creativity
• Bring breakthrough ideas to life

This collection of articles includes "Reclaim Your Creative Confidence" by Tom Kelley and David Kelley; "How to Kill Creativity" by Teresa Amabile; "How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity" by Ed Catmull; "Putting Your Company's Whole Brain to Work" by Dorothy Leonard and Susaan Straus; "Find Innovation Where You Least Expect It" by Tony McCaffrey and Jim Pearson; "The Business Case for Curiosity" by Francesca Gino; "Bring Your Breakthrough Ideas to Life" by Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and Michael Wade; "Collaborating with Creative Peers" by Kimberly D. Elsbach, Brooke Brown-Saracino, and Francis J. Flynn; "Creativity Under the Gun" by Teresa Amabile, Constance Noonan Hadley, and Steven J. Kramer; "Strategy Needs Creativity" by Adam Brandenburger; and "How to Build a Culture of Originality" by Adam Grant.

HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

There is much more women can do to protect themselves from the rougher side of life—other than kicking and punching

Expect to learn how to:

• Break down the process of violent crime
• Stay off the criminal radar
• Connect intimately to your intuition so you can it use without guilt
• Recognize the signs of emotionally abusive people
• Recognize some of the tells and tricks of violent criminals
• Respond as early as possible to a confrontation by multiple attackers
• Understand how weapons are used and what you can do if confronted by one
• Maintain your cool and navigate confusion and shock under duress
• Know which physical techniques to count on in a fight for your life
• Know which physical techniques NOT to count on in a fight for your life
• Grasp some of the most important legal ramifications of physically protecting yourself against violence
• Include specific considerations of parenthood in your self-defense practice
• Model an aware and proactive mindset for children
• Evaluate self-defense courses and instructors so you can make educated decisions
• Think about how to raise children who will never present themselves as unsuspecting victims, or victimize others, and who will act conscientiously if they see something happening
• Help to engage and encourage others to reshape women’s self-defense training

As a generalization we could say women are more connected to their own mortality. Women are more aware of danger in everyday life than men are. Regardless of the reasons—our biological connection to life, that we are smaller, physically weaker, generally have less social or political power than our male counterparts, or that we are often responsible for others—we just worry about safety more often than the average guy. Ask a man how often he thinks about safety or worries about going out alone. Then ask a woman the very same questions.

Self-defense for women is not and should not be taught the same as self-defense for men.

In the spirit of French Women Don’t Get Fat and Bringing Up Bébé comes the quintessential book about what French women can teach us about the world of lingerie.

American women wear underwear. French women wear lingerie.

French women seem inherently more confident in their bodies, able to embrace the sensuality of life and love. What’s their secret?

Lingerie.

Paris Undressed will help women feel at ease with their figures and show them how to integrate a lingerie lifestyle à la française to enhance their own femininity, confidence, and joie de vivre. It will transform the way women perceive their undergarments — and their bodies — and reveal how to co-ordinate a lingerie wardrobe to reflect personality and to meet lifestyle needs with the right dose of reverie. This book goes behind the seams, combining cultural references, expertise, and practical advice to inspire every woman to reconsider her underwear drawer.

Are you ready to transform your energy and resilience to thrive in work and life?

The Wellbeing Advantage is a timely and transformative guide for modern professionals who want to feel more energised, focused and in control. Whether you’re seeking better balance, greater mental clarity or a smarter way to handle pressure, this book introduces seven simple science-backed habits to help you build resilience and protect your wellbeing, without overhauling your life.

Dr Janine van Someren, a leading wellbeing consultant and expert in wearable technology, combines insights from high-performance coaching, behavioural change and the science of wellbeing to deliver results. Learn how to:

• Build energy and resilience through small changes that deliver big results
• Unlock the power of wearable technology to monitor stress and recovery
• Maximise rest to increase your capacity and protect against burnout
• Apply coaching techniques to support sustainable personal growth
• Manage stress with practical, flexible strategies that fit real life.

From energising routines to rest that truly restores, The Wellbeing Advantage gives you the tools to bring your best self to work and home again.

“Any man should be strong enough to kill an enemy, but gentle enough to hold a baby.”—Carl Higbie

Hard Time Create Hard Men

Hard Men Create Good Times

Good Times Create Weak Men 

Weak Men Create Hard Times

Don’t Be Weak…BE A MAN!

AMERICA NEARLY DESTROYED ITSELF BY LETTING WEAK MEN LEAD FOR FAR TOO LONG: WE CAN NEVER LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.

Even though we’ve made great strides in steadying our course, there is still a lack of definition on the modern American male identity. Not only does this keep us vulnerable at home, but it shakes our foundation in a contentious global landscape. America needs to understand who we are as a masculine nation, how we ensure prosperity for American women, and how we reintroduce ourselves to the rest of the world. The answers in this book are designed as timeless instructions on how to BE A MAN.

Carl Higbie, former Navy SEAL and host of NEWSMAX FRONTLINE, takes on the downfall of the American male, and how to reverse the trends of failure, loneliness, ill health, and deaths of despair, by providing a blueprint to get back to real masculinity, self-respect, and pride in being a REAL MAN. And why woman want this too!

Carl and Kay show the reader why and how mentally tough, physically strong, morally straight, and financially independent men can be respected again, and teach lessons that enable A REAL MAN to:

• Be able to kill your enemies (or at least get out of a jam fast)
• Lead people into battle or in the boardroom, and work in a team
• Protect the weak
• Fix anything (or have friends who can!)
• Hunt or grow your food (and build or provide shelter)
• Stay strong and get even stronger
• Build something, swn Something, work hard & GET RICH!
• Find Your Calling & your purpose
• Have GREAT SEX
• Love & be loved
• Marry & raise a happy family
• Be a strong husband & father
• LIVE YOUR VALUES
• Serve something (or someone) bigger than you.
• Die Well
• Leave a legacy
• REPEAT

BE A MAN: MENTALLY TOUGH, PHYSICALLY STRONG, MORALLY STRAIGHT, AND FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT is an examination, celebration and redefining of true masculinity in a world being led into decline by weak men, and a back-to-basics primer on everything you need to know about how to be a successful leader, husband, father, and role model to your children.

IT'S TIME TO MAN UP!

1. Self-Awareness

2. Self-Management

3. Social Awareness

4. Relationship Management

Includes the #1 EQ Assessment Tool
Each copy includes a unique passcode to access the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal®:

Emotional Intelligence Habits is a groundbreaking new book from Dr. Travis Bradberry, author of the bestselling Emotional Intelligence 2.0 that has sold millions of copies worldwide. In Emotional Intelligence Habits, Dr. Bradberry, the world’s foremost expert on EQ, offers an abundance of practical strategies that will teach you how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the micro behaviors that will take your EQ to new heights. The book includes a passcode to the updated online edition of the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal®, which will show you where your EQ stands today and which new habits from the book will help increase your EQ.

By now, emotional intelligence (EQ) needs little introduction—it’s no secret that EQ is critical to your success—personally and professionally. But knowing what EQ is and how to use it to improve your life are two very different things. Emotional Intelligence Habits offers a proven framework for increasing your EQ via tiny habits that can yield big results. Step-by-step, you’ll learn the key habits that will increase your core EQ skills:

Discover the magic within you. This enlightening and powerful book will help you tap into your heart, soul, intuition, body, and the limitless magic that resides within you!

“Happiness comes from within” might be an overused statement, but psychology, science, and personal stories prove how powerfully true it is. Building on what is within each and every one of us, Everyday Magic: How to Live a Mindful, Meaningful, Magical Life is your guide to tapping into your magic.

Amidst the demands of modern life, this insightful book shows that simply shifting your perspective, slowing down, and being present in the moment can have profound benefits. With practical exercises and tools based on scientific studies, as well as thought-provoking insights and personal stories, you'll learn how to cultivate a magical connection with the world around you. Transcend the mundane and embrace the extraordinary by looking at the universal magic in all aspects of life, including …

Living Sober in an Industry Ravaged by Addiction
As a child, Steve Palmer never belonged—not in school, not in his troubled home, not with friends. After his father and grandfather passed away, he was sent to a series of rehabs and halfway houses before ending up on the streets. Drugs and alcohol soon became a way of life. Eventually, he would go on to a career running some of the country’s most celebrated and innovative fine dining establishments. But first, he had to learn how to be sober in an industry awash with alcohol and drugs. Thanks to coworkers that were able to love him when he couldn’t love himself, Steve got sober. He escaped addiction alive. Many in the industry do not. No other industry has higher rates of alcohol and drug abuse. People are losing careers and families. They’re losing their health. They’re losing their lives. This is the story of one man who found healing and recovery in the industry that enabled his addiction—and he’s on a quest to help others do the same.

The definitive history of writing and producing the"Big Book" of Alcoholics Anonymous, told through extensive access to the group's archives.

Alcoholics Anonymous is arguably the most significant self-help book published in the twentieth century. Released in 1939, the “Big Book,” as it’s commonly known, has sold an estimated 37 million copies, been translated into seventy languages, and spawned numerous recovery communities around the world while remaining a vibrant plan for recovery from addiction in all its forms for millions of people. While there are many books about A.A. history, most rely on anecdotal stories told well after the fact by Bill Wilson and other early members—accounts that have proved to be woefully inaccurate at times. Writing the Big Book brings exhaustive research, academic discipline, and informed insight to the subject not seen since Ernest Kurtz’s Not-God, published forty years ago.

Focusing primarily on the eighteen months from October 1937, when a book was first proposed, and April 1939 when Alcoholics Anonymous was published, Schaberg’s history is based on eleven years of research into the wealth of 1930s documents currently preserved in several A.A. archives. Woven together into an exciting narrative, these real-time documents tell an almost week-by-week story of how the book was created, providing more than a few unexpected turns and surprising departures from the hallowed stories that have been so widely circulated about early A.A. history.

Fast-paced, engaging, and contrary, Writing the Big Book presents a vivid picture of how early A.A. operated and grew and reveals many previously unreported details about the colorful cast of characters who were responsible for making that group so successful.

People have been using tobacco in a variety of forms for centuries. Remarkably, it was originally seen as something that could promote vigor and health. Of course, now we all know that tobacco use causes death and disability in epidemic proportions. If smoking is so bad for us, why in heaven’s name would anyone still smoke?

Quite a bit has changed since tobacco first made the transition to a widely available agricultural product. Unfortunately, the general clinical approach to addressing this problem has failed to keep pace with tobacco technology and its addictive properties. People around the world who have fallen prey to the subtleties of nicotine addiction, or who care for those who have, would benefit from a deeper understanding of the ways in which nicotine can affect the brain’s function and change behaviors over a lifetime. Why People Smoke breaks down the science of tobacco dependence and presents it in a way that is both easily understandable and clinically useful for anyone interested in helping people break free of nicotine’s influence.

Why People Smoke is a first-of-its-kind clinical guide to treating tobacco dependence. The book helps readers make meaningful connections between tobacco’s effects at the cellular level, the predictable behavioral manifestations of the disorder, and the social science and systems requirements required to make a fundamental impact on this disorder. Unlike previous publications like self-help books, step-by-step curricula, or clinical guidelines, Why People Smoke puts practical clinical insights—gained from twenty-five years of practice—into perspective, helping the reader understand how “brain change” translates into “mind change” and the persistent compulsion to smoke . . . despite a person’s desperate desire to stop.

Reading Why People Smoke will change the way you see smoking forever.

Deepen Your Capacity to Live Free from Addiction—and from Self and Selfishness

"Twelve Step recovery is much more than a way to escape the clutches of addictive behaviors. Twelve Step recovery is about freeing yourself from playing God, and since almost everyone is addicted to this game, Twelve Step recovery is something from which everyone can benefit."
—from the Introduction

In this hope-filled approach to spiritual and personal growth, the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are uniquely interpreted to speak to everyone seeking a freer and more God-centered life. This special rendering makes them relevant to those suffering from specific addictions—alcohol, drugs, gambling, food, sex, shopping—as well as the general addictions we wrestle with daily, such as anger, greed, and selfishness.

Rami Shapiro describes his personal experience working the Twelve Steps as adapted by Overeaters Anonymous and shares anecdotes from many people working the Steps in a variety of settings. Drawing on the insights and practices of Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, and Islam, he offers supplementary practices from different religious traditions to help you move more deeply into the universal spirituality of the Twelve Step system.

This group of essays is written to provide a series of suggestions to Native people who seek to deal with alcoholism from the perspective of their unique heritages and with an understanding that the pressures to which Native traditions and societies have been subjected may trigger dysfunctional behavior, such as excessive drinking.

At midlife, Mary Rose O’Reilley writes, we are called to an “archaeology of memory”—turning over a potsherd here, a fragment there—to assemble something whole out of the messiness of experience. Excavating her own life, she traces the middle-class Irish American background that shaped her, with its mix of antic humor, terror, and mysticism, and finds meaning in the seemingly smallest, most transient encounters.

But O’Reilley’s purpose is less to recount these moments than it is to find the language for a different kind of story, in which the narrative of daily life opens to admit the holy and its corollary, the comic. Encouraging all of us to contemplate our own deep story, she calls hers a demo-life, in which the facts of personal history ground a narrative of consciousness and perception.

Earthy and luminous, unconventional and profoundly illuminating, The Love of Impermanent Things offers a threshold ecology for readers of all ages.

Millions of people enter or seriously consider entering alcohol or drug treatment each year. In their understandable state of urgency, most first-time treatment seekers and their loved ones may rush to the first treatment option they encounter. They are unlikely to be aware of why one form of intervention would be a good choice for their particular problem or why some approaches may, under some conditions, actually be harmful. Lacking reliable information, they are unable to make informed choices.
Recovery from Addiction offers a concise, reader-friendly guide for substance dependent persons, their families, and friends to help make sense of the full range of available treatment options.
Cloud and Granfield introduce readers to their options, from inpatient and outpatient programs and today's major pharmacological approaches to alternative therapies including strategies for using the Internet to access support meetings and approaches which do not call for life-long abstinence from the substances now causing the problem. They outline the underlying principles of each program, its pros and cons, and what a participant can expect when entering that type of treatment, guiding readers in choosing the approach likely to be best for them or their loved one. They also provide specific strategies for addicted individuals who wish to consider recovery on their own, without groups or treatment.
A vital resource for addicts wishing to recover and their loved ones, Recovery from Addiction is also a valuable tool for health care professionals, from social workers to school counselors, responsible for referring clients to drug and alcohol recovery programs.

Inspiration, encouragement and spiritual practice from across faith traditions for all who seek hope and wholeness through letting go.

We all carry wounds that can bind up our hearts and keep us from fully loving—and fully living—in the present. Our pain may come from devastating trauma or unconscious resentment from accumulated everyday grievances. No matter the depth of the hurt, in the warmth and wisdom of this inspiring guidebook readers will find courage to face the past and begin the process of letting go.

Contributors active as spiritual directors, clergy, religious scholars and retreat leaders draw on the depths of their own spiritual practice, religious traditions and sacred texts to offer hope and encouragement for the journey of forgiveness. They provide a rich variety of practices for cultivating an open and forgiving heart, both toward ourselves and others, as well as step-by-step guidance in the process of forgiveness. They share their insights on:

• Healing ourselves through forgiveness
• Overcoming obstacles to forgiveness
• Letting go of resentment, blame and anger
• Forgiving ourselves
• Deciding whether to restore relationships
• Asking for and accepting forgiveness
• Receiving Divine forgiveness
• Fostering mercy in our hearts
• Seeking peace and reconciliation in our communities

For use by individuals as well as groups in worship or counseling settings, this wide range of perspectives, offered with grace and compassion, will gently move readers toward the wholeness and freedom that come from true forgiveness.

Contributors: Nancy L. Bieber • Rev. Carolyne Call • Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell • Nancy Barrett Chickerneo, PhD • Paul Wesley Chilcote, PhD • William Cleary • Nancy Corcoran, CSJ • Linda Douty • Rabbi Ted Falcon • Marcia Ford • Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune • Tamar Frankiel, PhD • Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, DHL • Caren Goldman • Rev. Steven Greenebaum • Judy Greenfeld • Kent Ira Groff • Diana L. Guerrero • Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar • Kay Lindahl • Rabbi David Lyon • Pastor Don Mackenzie • St. Maximos • Ron Miller • Diane M. Millis, PhD • Rev. Timothy J. Mooney • Rev. Dr. John Philip Newell • Linda Novick • Rev. Larry J. Peacock • Gordon Peerman • M. Basil Pennington, OCSO • Jan Phillips • Susan Quinn • Imam Jamal Rahman • Marty Richards, MSW, LCSW • The Rev. Canon C.K. Robertson, PhD • Rev. Nanette Sawyer • Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper • The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori • Aaron Shapiro • Rami Shapiro • Louise Silk • Rev. Susan Sparks • Aaron Spevack, PhD • Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz • Molly and Bernie Srode • Tom Stella • Sohaib N. Sultan • Terry Taylor • Yoland Trevino • Rev. Jane E. Vennard • The Rev. Peter Wallace • Cynthia Winton-Henry

Authentic teaching is messy, exciting, frustrating, joyful, challenging—and sacred.

"Through stories, information and reflection, we [will look] inward, going more deeply into the discovery of who we are, not only as teachers but also as women and men for whom teaching is only a part of life. I believe the deepest calling … is the call to be who we truly are."
—from Chapter Seven, “Teaching Who We Are”

Beloved teacher Rev. Jane E. Vennard leads an inner exploration of the hopes and fears, joys and frustrations, gifts and limitations that influence teachers of all kinds—teachers like you—every day. Drawing on her own experience as well as stories from many teachers in conventional and unconventional settings, she inspires you to reconnect to your original desire to open minds and hearts to learning. With reflection questions, practices and activities, she helps you reinvigorate your passion for your vocation, your students and your subject, thus recognizing how teaching is a sacred art.

Wholeness Is Limiting—Possibilities Emerge When We're in Pieces

Everyone experiences brokenness at some point in their lives—a romantic relationship fails, a job ends, a dream dies, an illness emerges. During these times it is easy to focus on our human frailty and to want nothing more than to be whole again. But what are we missing when we overlook the ugliness, fear, anger and vulnerability of being in pieces? The Nityas, or the Eternal Moon Phase Goddesses of Tantric philosophy, teach us that we miss the empowerment of the full human experience and the growth that comes from renewing ourselves again and again.

This introduction to Tantric mythology as a contemporary resource for personal and spiritual growth guides you to reach into your pain and ask the larger questions about your relationships, not only with your lover but also with your community and with yourself. Each goddess prompts you to explore some aspect of relationship, such as loneliness, true love, equality, instinct, learning from the other, and learning to be alone. In seeking answers to these questions—supported by yogic wisdom, modern research into psychology and sociology, and nightly meditation and journaling practices—you will find empowerment in discovering who you are and what you truly desire.

Alena Chapman has explored her own self-imposed prison and journey to freedom. She shares the tools, insights and lessons she has learned so that others may experience the life changing power of loving life again.

The Prison Effect offers the tools, insights, truths to crash through any of our obstacles and walk out of our prisons to freedom.

Get in the mood for love with this witty and empowering guide to getting it on.

Searching for a saucy gift for your other half, an engagement present for your friend – or perhaps you just want to do a bit of, ahem, private study to brush up on your own technique? The Little Book of Sex hits the spot perfectly. Erupting with fun facts, naughty quotes and titillating tips, it will build your confidence between the sheets and help take you to the very height of pleasure.

Whether you're looking for a lowdown on sex toys, a beginner's guide to BDSM lite, stories of history's most outrageous lovers, or even a troubleshooting guide for when the unexpected occurs, The Little Book of Sex has you covered. Fun, frisky and frequently eye-opening, it's proof that good things can come in small packages. Get lucky, get down and get it on...

"Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place."
Billy Crystal

"A hard man is good to find."
Mae West

The word 'clitoris' derives from Ancient Greek kleitoris, meaning 'to titillate' and 'little hill'.

Where do our journeys take us?
What do we leave behind?
What do we carry with us?
How do we find our way?

You are invited to consider a more graceful way of traveling through life. With arresting clarity, Journeys of Simplicity offers vignettes of forty travelers and the few, ordinary things they carried with them—from place to place, from day to day, from birth to death.

Edward Abbey • Nellie Bly • Raymond Carver • Dorothy Day • Marcel Duchamp • Dolores Garcia • Emma "Grandma" Gatewood • Mohandas Gandhi • Peter Matthiessen • William Least Heat Moon • John Muir • Robert Pirsig • Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton • Henry David Thoreau • Father Zossima • and others

The suffering that brings you to despair and even desperation can—with healing—become a source of hope, purpose and blessing.

This wise and helpful guide explores the nature of personal suffering and brokenness and the potential for personal crisis as a source of strength and renewal instead of despair and death. Examining the personal journeys of biblical and historical figures such as Moses, Maimonides, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Buber—as well as the author's own personal experience with despair—it looks at brokenness as an inescapable element of the human condition. It traces the path of suffering from despair to depression to desperation to the turning point—healing—when first-hand knowledge of suffering can be transformed into blessing.

Encouragement and inspiration from across faith traditions for walking with sorrow and honoring loss.

"As an expression of the soul, grief has its own purposes and timing.... You can let grief work for you by responding to it imaginatively.... Grief may feel overwhelming, but that is only because it is time for you to expand your heart and make it capable of far more love and connection. In this way, grief is a pathway to a more soul-centered life.“
—from the Introduction by Thomas Moore

This soulful companion for grief offers wisdom and creative spiritual practices for expressing and experiencing sorrow while keeping a life-giving connection to the past. Whether you need to grieve in words or silence, in solitude or in company with others, this compassionate guidance from across spiritual traditions will meet you where you are, helping you find wholeness and a renewed vision of yourself and the world.

For use by individuals as well as in groups or counseling settings.

Cultivate the potential for deeper connection in every conversation.

"To think of conversation as a sacred art challenges us to imagine all the conversations in which we participate, from the acquaintance we run into at Target to the dialogue for which we've spent weeks in preparation, as a potentially sacred conversation."
—from the Introduction

We often find ourselves distracted and overwhelmed by a constant stream of information and demand for connectivity. Now more than ever, we need to develop our capacity for greater presence in our daily lives and relationships. One of the best ways to do this is by improving the quality of our conversations. Dr. Diane M. Millis offers us inspirational stories, insights and spiritual practices from many faith traditions to increase our awareness of the deep, natural holiness waiting to be unlocked in our everyday encounters.

This resource is a catalyst for anyone who would like to enrich seemingly ordinary conversations as well as for leaders in educational, ministry and corporate settings who want to:

• Increase their capacity to listen deeply
• Become more self-aware and attentive to others
• Learn how to move beyond conventional topics to exploring purpose, meaning and values in conversation.

A gentle, clear guide to finding hope and help in troubled days.

"When you begin to understand what brokenness means, you will be armed with information that empowers you to take the steps that can turn your leaden feelings into opportunities for health and happiness. When you can accept (and perhaps even celebrate) your brokenness, you can cease your endless search for 'healing' and get on with your life, scars and all."
—from Chapter 1

We each have broken areas of our lives. Whether from things that happen to us or as consequences of our own choices, there are times and situations where our very souls feel fractured.

With wisdom and profound personal experience, Terry Taylor guides you through a compassionate yet highly practical process of facing, accepting, and finally integrating your brokenness into your life—a process that can ultimately bring mending. He offers a clear-eyed, kindhearted method based on teachings and practices from many religious traditions, including:

• Ancient Christian practice of Lectio Divina to face our brokenness
• Tibetan practice of tonglen to generate compassion for ourselves
• Jewish tradition of Sabbath-keeping to give us the space we need to mend
• Muslim practice of hajj—pilgrimage—to bring the journey full circle

No matter your faith tradition, you will find lovingkindness and wise counsel in this useful, step-by-step guide to transforming these moments of supreme vulnerability into opportunities for reflection and spiritual growth.

How can anyone use it - no matter who you are, where you are, or what you do? Why has every successful person in history - from Seneca, Ford, Carnegie, Barnum, Rockefeller and Getty to Bezos, Musk, Gates, Buffett and Zuckerberg - used this secret?

The answer will surprise you. It's called "Karmic Marketing." It's the secret of many titans and legends, mom and pop businesses, mega-successful online entrepreneurs, and even individuals with no business at all. All you need to implement this secret for your own wealth is the simple understanding of how to do it right. Inside this inspiring new work by one of the most popular authors of modern times you'll find -

• The surprising secret of "Karmic Marketing"
• How to become a "wealth magnet"
• How to do it so it works every time
• How to clear any hidden blocks to receiving wealth
• How to add this simple method to any current marketing
• How to reap the rewards without running a business at all
• How this method is a spiritual tool for awakening the planet.

This special deluxe hardcover edition includes the bonus book "The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History!"

Dr. Joe Vitale is a globally famous author, marketing guru, movie, TV, and radio personality, musician, and ranked one of the top 50 most inspirational speakers in the world. His many bestselling books include The Attractor Factor, Zero Limits, The Miracle, and The Secret to Attracting Money. He's been in numerous movies, including the blockbuster, "The Secret."

• Align with the universe automatically instead of working to make it happen
• Manifest your desires spontaneously instead of thinking about it
• Get what you want immediately instead of waiting for it to show up
• Vitale offers Step by step techniques that will facilitate a complete paradigm shift to enable ideas to flow into your mind freely and openly
• Dissolve the limitation compromising your growth
• Erase toxicity from your relationships
• Clear your consciousness of negative judgement of yourself and others
• Protect your paradigm from harmful outside influences and interference

"The Master of Motivation,” Zig Ziglar has been described as "one of America's icons,” "the salesman's salesman,” and "a legacy that will forever impact our history.” Helping people to achieve long-term balanced success based on his philosophy of character, attitude, and skills, he has impacted more than a quarter billion people and continues to make a difference in the lives of those who act on his philosophy.

This Way Up! is "Zig Ziglar's Original Classic on Breakthrough Achievement." It is the course that preceded See You At The Top----which is his international bestseller (almost two million copies sold) that made him famous. This Way Up! is considered Zig’s “lost” manuscript.

This never before released classic title is known only by Zig's total devotees. It is the foundational material that Zig developed when he first began his career. It is “Zig Unplugged,” incredibly dynamic and "on fire" as a new young superstar. Zig deals with goals, attitude, discipline, and self-image to help you move from survival to stability, from stability to success, and from success to significance.

This mini manual provides the perfect introduction to spiritualism and the spirit world, full of techniques, thoughts, terminology and quotes to guide you in your own spiritual journey. From spirit guides to mediums and angels to affirmations, this little book is a fascinating insight into spirituality and how it can transform your life. 

The Ranks of the Angels In total, there are said to be nine levels of angels, and this is a brief summary and hierarchy of the angels, from highest to lowest.

Seraphim Seraphim are the highest order of the hierarchy of angels. These angelic beings spend their time worshipping and praising God.

Cherubim Cherubim are the second highest order. They are depicted on the Ark of the Covenant as its guardians. God sent them to guard Eden after the expulsion of Adam and Eve.

“A profound and accessible guide to an ecological civilization of peace, material sufficiency, and spiritual abundance for all.” —David Korten, international-bestselling author of When Corporations Rule the World

Consumerism drives the pursuit of happiness in much of the world, yet as wealth grows unhappiness abounds, compounded by the grave problems of climate change, pollution, and ecological degradation. We’ve now reached both an environmental and spiritual dead-end that leaves us crying out for alternatives.

Elegant Simplicity provides a coherent philosophy of life that weaves together simplicity of material life, thought, and spirit. In it, Satish Kumar, environmental thought leader and former monk, distills five decades of reflection and wisdom into a guide for everyone, covering:

• The ecological and spiritual principles of living simply
• Shedding both “stuff” and psychological baggage
• Opening your mind and heart to the deep value of relationships
• Embedding simplicity in all aspects of life including education and work
• Merging science and spirituality for a coherent worldview.

Elegant Simplicity is a life guide for everyone wanting off the relentless treadmill of competition and consumption and seeking a life that prioritizes the ecological integrity of the Earth, social equity, and personal tranquility and happiness.

“Satish Kumar embodies the elegance of simplicity . . . follow his path to make your life simple, elegant, and inspiring.” —Deepak Chopra, New York Times–bestselling author

“In this moving and eloquent book, Satish Kumar takes us through his own journey to a simpler, happier life with a low ecological footprint.” —David Suzuki, award-winning geneticist, author, broadcaster, and environmental activist

AWARDS

• SILVER | 2019 Foreword INDIES: Body, Mind, Spirit
• BRONZE (Tie) | 2020 Living Now Awards: Enlightenment / Spirituality