Health, Family & Lifestyle
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Am I Normal?: Understanding your place in a complex world (Audio Download): Dr Alex George, Dr Alex George, Aster: Amazon.co.uk: Books
‘The world can feel a hard place at times, who hasn’t asked themselves ‘Is it me?’ How wonderfully reassuring to have Dr Alex ask those same questions with his trademark warmth and honesty. A must read for everyone trying their best at life.’ DR JULIE SMITH‘This is the story of all of the ways in which I didn’t fit in and of all the things I would rather change about the world, than myself.’
How many of us have at some time wondered ‘Am I Normal?’ And yet, our society is set up in such a way that there is very little room for difference or quirks or for us to question what normal really is.
In this powerful, honest, and ultimately comforting book, mental fitness advocate and former A&E doctor Dr Alex George explores what it means to be “normal” in a society that often fails to embrace any kind of straying from the accepted path laid out by the expectations of others.
After years spent trying to fit the mould of what others expected of him, Alex’s ADHD diagnosis became a turning point – not just in understanding himself, or helping him navigate the highs and lows he had experienced in childhood, whilst working in A&E and after the devastating loss of his brother, but in challenging the systems and society that marginalise so many.
This is a book that will give hope to anyone who has ever felt different and help you realise that your version of your normal is enough.
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Be Your Own Bestie: A No-Nonsense Guide to Changing the Way You Treat Yourself
Hey, Bestie! Start loving yourself radically with the 4-step SASS Method that literally anyone can do―from social media star Misha Brown.
You deserve happiness.
You deserve hope.
And you deserve a sassy best friend who can help you learn not to settle for less.It’s time to start loving yourself radically. And Misha Brown―you may know him as @yourbestiemisha―is here to guide you along your journey of self-discovery, accountability, and most importantly, self-love. With his no-nonsense (but always loving) approach, Misha shares stories from his own life, encounters with others, and the wisdom gleaned from them to help you release the patterns, relationships, and beliefs that have kept you from stepping into your full fabulousness.
With equal parts hilarity and heart, Misha’s S.A.S.S. Method to glowing up your life consists of:
S – Self-reflection: Turn your focus inward to push away what’s been holding you back
A – Affirmations: Reshape the way you speak to and about yourself
S – Standing your ground: Set boundaries and stop apologizing
S – Sculpting the life you want: Take bold steps toward your own happily ever afterNo matter where you are today, now is the time to begin showing up for yourself as your own best friend. Because you deserve it, bestie!
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Be Your Own Bestie: A No-Nonsense Guide to Changing the Way You Treat Yourself (Audio Download): Misha Brown, Misha Brown, Hay House LLC: Amazon.co.uk: Audible Books & Originals
Hey, Bestie! Start loving yourself radically with the 4-step SASS Method that literally anyone can do—from social media star Misha Brown.You deserve happiness.
You deserve hope.
And you deserve a sassy best friend who can help you learn not to settle for less.It’s time to start loving yourself radically. And Misha Brown—you may know him as @yourbestiemisha—is here to guide you along your journey of self-discovery, accountability, and most importantly, self-love. With his no-nonsense (but always loving) approach, Misha shares stories from his own life, encounters with others, and the wisdom gleaned from them to help you release the patterns, relationships, and beliefs that have kept you from stepping into your full fabulousness.
With equal parts hilarity and heart, Misha’s S.A.S.S. Method to glowing up your life consists of:
S – Self-reflection: Turn your focus inward to push away what’s been holding you back
A – Affirmations: Reshape the way you speak to and about yourself
S – Standing your ground: Set boundaries and stop apologizing
S – Sculpting the life you want: Take bold steps toward your own happily ever afterNo matter where you are today, now is the time to begin showing up for yourself as your own best friend. Because you deserve it, bestie!
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£28.99Child-Led Therapy for Children with Complex Trauma: Just Playing?
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£16.99Glimmers: tiny moments to transform your life
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Johanna Basford’s Notes from Nature: 30 Affirmations Cards to Colour
Channel creativity, embrace calm and go mindfully with Johanna Basford’s latest creation: colour-in affirmation cards.
This beautifully illustrated deck of 30 cards invites you into a blissful botanical world. Each card features an inspiring affirmation that will bring the tranquillity, resilience and power of the natural world into your everyday.
The rest of the card is adorned with blooming flowers, luscious foliage, peaceful landscapes and carefree creatures to colour in.
Whether you’re seeking solace in the tranquillity of Johanna Basford’s illustrations, tuning in to the positive vibes of the affirmations or being uplifted by the vibrant hues of your colouring process, this collection is the perfect companion in cultivating a joyful, balanced life.Inside the box you’ll find:
- 30 inspiring colour-in affirmation cards to help you channel the tranquillity, resilience and power of the natural world in your day-to-day life.
- Artwork by Johanna Basford, the world’s bestselling colouring expert.
- A decorative stand to display your finished cards and keep your affirmation in view.
- Sustainable packaging: made entirely from FSC-certified paper and card, with no single-use plastics.
Unleash your creativity, colour your world and make these affirmations part of your daily routine.
Gift box contains: 30 affirmation cards ready to be coloured and displayed on the decorative stand included.Read more
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Strength Through Poetry: Resilience in rhythm: The strength of mind and body in verse
Samantha Crilly’s first collection of poems – Hope through Poetry – was inspired by her personal experience of mental illness and recovery, and by what she had learned from friends and family. Five years after it was first enthusiastically received, she returns with a new collection that draws on her ongoing recovery together with her work as an actor and script writer raising awareness of mental health struggles. Giving honest and relatable insights into what it means to have a mental illness and what causes and triggers may lie behind it, these insightful poems are here as comforting companions and to promote understanding and acceptance.
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The Official We Do Not Care Club Handbook: The funny, bold and empowering 2026 menopause book for those hot, hormonal and officially over it this New Year.
Welcome to the We Do Not Care Club: where the bras are optional, the chin hairs are thriving, and the menopause meltdown is mutual.
Do you wake up with night sweats at 3:26 am, overstimulated, furious at anything breathing (including yourself), wondering how you’re going to get through the next day without losing it at your kids/partner/co-workers?
If you wish everyone would leave you alone, no longer care about bras that fit, clothes with buttons (elastic forever, baby), or cellulite anywhere then welcome to the We Do Not Care (WDNC) Club. You’re now a card-carrying member with an exclusive invite to the biggest hormonal party in town.
This Club is for anyone in perimenopause and menopause who are over it. Here is a list* of things We Do Not Care about:
- Shaved legs.
- Half-painted big toenails.
- Unplucked chin hair.
- Wearing the same bra all week. Or wearing bras – full stop.
- Wearing PJs all day. At least we have something on.
- Being on time. Be happy that I showed up.
- People who think we have a sh*tty attitude. That’s on them.
- Cancelled plans. We didn’t want to go anywhere anyway.
- What’s for dinner. If you’re hungry, do something about it yourself.
- If you’re cold – don’t even think about touching the air conditioning.
Melani Sanders, Founding Member of the We Do Not Care Club, is here to tell you that it’s ok – in fact welcomed – not to care. You’re not alone. We are all in the same boat, just out here trying to survive.
This book is your life raft, girls. Let’s hold on for dear life – and get through this together.
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The Parent’s Guide to Exam Stress: Practical, positive ways to support and motivate your child (Year 7 to GCSEs, A levels & more)
‘Written beautifully and, at its heart, very wise’ – Sam Wallace, the Daily Telegraph
The ultimate guide to understanding why so many children experience problematic levels of stress at school today, and what we – as parents – can do to support them at home.
Katharine Radice draws on her training in child and adolescent development and 20+ years teaching in the classroom to provide you with practical advice, valuable insights and effective strategies to support your child through exams and assessments from KS3 to A level.
The teenage years are a swirl of trying to find an identity surrounded by other people’s expectations, so it’s no wonder pupils are feeling the pressure. It’s well known that teenage anxiety seems to be on the rise and it’s visibly present in classrooms today, especially during exams and assessments.
As parents, the challenge is this: is the pressure on your child healthy or not? And if it’s not healthy, what can we do about it?
The Parent’s Guide to Exam Stress includes voices of students, teachers and mental health professionals, all giving their take on what the exam experience can be like for teenagers today. You will learn how to open up the difficult conversations, how to understand where your child is coming from, and how to help pave the way for your child to feel motivated, prepared and ready for their exams.
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The Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game
‘Lucid, entertaining and precise… a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life’ Time Clare, Guardian
Is this the game you want to be playing?
Scoring systems are everywhere. Underpinning our daily lives – whether it’s the fit bits on our wrists, likes on social media, and even school rankings – they have become pervasive and increasingly dangerous, warping our desires and outsourcing our values to external institutions. Instead of encouraging us to be more playful, to take pleasure in the journey of striving towards a goal, institutions, corporations and bureaucracies weaponize scoring systems to impose their own interests. No matter what, we always seem to be playing by someone else’s rules.
In The Score, philosopher C. Thi Nguyen shows us how this newly ‘gamified’ world has fundamentally captured our value systems, turning what might be moral or personal life choices into numerical data, and forcing us to prioritise what can be measured and monetized over what is truly meaningful to us.
A life-long lover of online and board games himself, Nguyen argues that we should not stop playing games but rather take a step back and become more aware of their immersive and profound power, so that we might chart a way towards more creative and joyful lives. To start playing our own game.
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The Way of Excellence: A Guide to True Greatness and Deep Satisfaction in a Chaotic World
‘A powerful alternative to burnout culture and digital distraction’ CHARLES DUHIGG, author of the bestsellers The Power of Habit and SupercommunicatorsAre the conveniences and distractions of modern life undermining your personal growth and ability to realise your true potential?
Each of us has an innate drive for progress and growth. It’s why we feel alive and fulfilled when we channel that drive into meaningful goals, be it starting a business, writing a book, learning an instrument, studying a craft or training for a marathon. Excellence is not a destination so much as an energising process of growth and becoming – one that yields our best performances and, every bit as important, our best selves. Except too often the hustle of our demanding, distracting and fad-driven lives works against us, leaving us frustrated, unfulfilled and unable to focus on what really matters.
Performance coach and international bestselling author Brad Stulberg offers a fascinating new theory of excellence and why our pursuit of it is integral to personal growth, satisfaction and lasting well-being. Stulberg will help you reclaim your excellence by teaching you how to define, live and work in alignment with your values, cultivate focus and concentration, prioritise consistency over intensity, build durable confidence, and develop the courage to care deeply.
Eye-opening, informative and empowering, The Way of Excellence will give you a new perspective on prioritising excellence and building a more fulfilling life around it.
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The Wild Card: Vancouver Storm 5
Tate Ward is the best coach in professional hockey, a hot single dad, one of the best players of all time, and my new boss who likes everyone but me.
The players will do anything for him, the media is obsessed, and the fans still wear his jersey. Everyone’s in love with handsome, authoritative Coach Tate Ward. Everyone except me, and the feeling’s mutual.
To save the Vancouver Storm from being sold, though, we need to work together and win the Stanley Cup, and I can’t help but push his buttons to get under his skin.
He moves me into his guest house and makes me sleep in his bed.
He encourages me with the team and tells me I belong.
He’s adorable with his daughter and makes me long for things I shouldn’t.
Beneath his controlled exterior, Tate is protective, playful, and funny. He puts everyone before himself, but when I encourage him to be selfish, I learn that Tate wants…
Me.
The Wild Card is a pro hockey single dad romance. It is the fifth and final book in the Vancouver Storm series but can be read as a standalone.
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They Bloom Because of You: on the infinite love, growth and magic of motherhood
Sunday Times bestselling author and Instagram sensation Jessica Urlichs returns with a new collection of beautifully observed poems about the ever-evolving journey of motherhood – the hard, the magic, and the fleeting.
A mother is born the moment her children are, growing and blossoming alongside them. They Bloom Because of You is a celebration of that profound journey – a testament to the significance of mothering, and the quiet, extraordinary beauty of watching our children unfurl into who they are meant to be.
Through words that have comforted millions, Jess Urlichs has become that gentle, unwavering friend – the voice that walks beside mothers through shimmering highs and the darkest, sleepless nights. In this new and deeply personal collection, her poetry resonates with fresh meaning as she reflects on the ever-changing joys and challenges of raising her growing family.
Whether Jess’s words have already touched your heart or you are discovering them for the very first time, this collection will leave you feeling held, seen, and deeply moved – with an ever-deepening love for your children and the journey of motherhood itself.
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Why Does Everybody Hate Me?: Living and Loving with Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria
Your boss asked you for a chat, and you just knew you were going to be fired
You didn’t sleep all weekend, and you weren’t firedSomeone answered your message with a thumbs-up emoji and you just knew they hated you.
So you stopped talking to them, they eventually stopped texting, and now you miss them like crazySomeone went for a bathroom break mid-film, and you just knew it’s because they think your taste in films is terrible
You were so upset you missed the rest of the film, and they left earlyRejection is physically painful for you. Even the most minor criticism stings. And why wouldn’t it? By the time you were 12, you’d received 20,000 negative messages about yourself, your brain and your unique ADHD way of living life.
20,000.
Alex Partridge knows how it feels to live with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), the state of emotional dysregulation experienced by almost everyone with ADHD. Throughout his journey from successful entrepreneur to neurodiversity campaigner and host of the hugely successful ADHD Chatter, Alex has been haunted by the fear of rejection, labelled ‘over-sensitive’, and fought constantly against the desire to people-please and protect himself from emotional harm.
In Why Does Everybody Hate Me? Alex draws on his own experience of RSD, and shares how it’s coloured every aspect of his life, from his days as founder of the global social media content brands UniLad and LadBible, to his adult relationships, his mental health struggles and his terrible imposter syndrome. He’ll use the insights he’s gained from the world’s top experts on ADHD to share with you some simple steps to regaining your boundaries, your confidence and your self-belief.
You are not ‘too sensitive’ – nor are you broken. You were always enough.
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