Health, Relationships & Personal development Books

A doctor's guide to improving your mental wellbeing from the bestselling author of The 4 Pillar Plan. We often conflate success and money with happiness, but over the course of his career GP and bestselling author, Dr Rangan Chatterjee, has seen first...

A beautifully designed guided journal that invites our mothers to record the story of their lives, creating a personal keepsake for generations to come. When Elma van Vliet's mother became ill in 2001, she realised there was still so much she wanted to...

A beautifully illustrated journal that celebrates individuality, from the bestselling author of Start Where You Are. Meera Lee Patel's first guided journal, Start Where You Are, inspired thousands of readers through a rare combination of stunning...

Get unstuck, unleash your potential and start living the life you've always wanted Do you ever have trouble finishing what you start? Do amazing ideas come to you all the time but after the initial excitement wanes you struggle to follow through? ...

Cured: The Power of Our Immune System and the Mind-Body Connection by Dr. Jeff Rediger offers a revolutionary perspective on health, healing, and the power of the human body. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Rediger—a Harvard-trained physician and...

Theories and therapies for everyday life Explore the human mind and understand the science behind how you and other people in your life think and act in a wide range of everyday situations with this brand new visual guide to applied psychology. Using...

Modern life is hectic and relentless: trains delayed, endless emails filling the inbox, kids squabbling before bedtime... There has never been a more important time to rediscover your pause button. Calm is the book that will show you how to take back a...

In The Four Pillar Plan, Dr Rangan Chatterjee presents us with an incredibly simple framework for taking control of our health. He divides health into four pillars: diet, rest, sleep and movement. By making small, easily achievable changes in each of...

A practical guide to what makes us happy from the CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen and bestselling author of The Little Book of Hygge. The world has reached unprecedented levels of wealth, but while we have succeeded in getting...

THE BOOK THAT HAS HELPED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF RELATIONSHIPS We all play games. In every encounter with other people we are doing so. The nature of these games depends both on the situation and on who we meet. Eric Berne's...

The number one New York Times Bestseller and Ted Sensation.  Every time we are introduced to someone new, try to be creative or start a difficult conversation, we take a risk. We feel uncertain and exposed. We feel vulnerable.  Most of us try to fight...

We're all stuffocated. We have more stuff than we could ever need - but it's bad for the planet and it's making us stressed. It might even be killing us. In this groundbreaking book, trend forecaster James Wallman finds that a rising number of people...

The #1 Sunday Times bestselling guide to healthier, happier relationships by a leading psychotherapist How can we have better relationships? In this Sunday Times bestseller, leading psychotherapist Philippa Perry reveals the vital do's and don'ts of...

Learning to take time out- the smartest lifehack of all "Take a break and read Rest- you'll make smarter decisions, have better relationships, and be happier and more creative" James Wallman, author of Stuffocation Do you regularly find yourself too...

Understand yourself from body to brain! How The Body Works is a fascinating exploration of the weird and wonderful processes that occur within the human body, often without us knowing. Understand how our bodies keep us alive and thriving and get to the...

Do you feel exhausted by daily life? Are you unsure where to start? Unable to stop? With 20 essential self-renewal practices to take you from surviving to thriving, Restore helps you reconnect with yourself and revitalise your life. Packed with...

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when your child suffers from anxiety, but there are many things you can do to help.  Anxious Kids offers parents a new perspective on their children’s anxiety, encouraging them to view each episode as an opportunity to...

Anita Vandyke wants to show you that by living zero waste, you actually gain more - more time, more money and more life. A Zero Waste Life is the ultimate guide to radically reducing your waste, without losing your lifestyle. In her thirty-day...

Dr. Nick Fuller, one of Australia’s leading obesity researchers, has helped thousands of women to lose weight. Now he wants to help you. Women are constantly bombarded with information about the latest diets – diets that can result paradoxically in...

An indispensable reference guide to the heart by Australia's favourite relationships adviser Zoë Foster Blake. Most of us mosey between single, dating and committed in a half-rapturous, half-tortured loop for a large portion of our lives. There’s no...

Can what you eat determine how long, and how well, you live? The clinically proven answer is yes, and The Longevity Diet is easier to follow than you'd think. The culmination of 25 years of research on ageing, nutrition, and disease across the globe,...

David Gillespie was 40kg overweight, lethargic, sleep-deprived and the father of four, with twins on the way. He knew he needed to lose weight fast, but he had run out of diets - all had failed. After doing some reading on evolution (why weren't our...

It’s well established that parents in western countries such as Australia currently do too much for their kids, albeit with good intentions. Before driving their kids to school (or station or bus stop) each morning most parents would have woken their...

An essential and empowering guide for any adult living with ADHD - compassionate, funny and full of practical tips. Matilda Boseley's adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription but had no idea what ADHD...

Written with compassion and curiosity, warmth and humour, Minding Your Mind is for anyone who wants the best for their mental well-being but might not know the best way to get there. It's a check-up for everything happening between the ears and through...

Happiness. Everyone wants more of it. But can you actually get happier? Inspirational Australian Turia Pitt dives into this idea, interviewing high-profile athletes, comedians, scientists and world experts to explore how everything from money to our...

Letters to You: Words of Support and Inspiration for Difficult Times

My Journey Starts Here is a pretty yet practical guided journal for personal reflection and working on your mental well-being. Jazz Thornton has achieved huge international recognition for her work in advocacy for mental health and the use of voices of...

Are you obsessed about your baby's sleep? Do you feel 'weak' because you can't leave him to cry himself to sleep? Do you need to relax more and enjoy being a parent? Parenting expert Pinky McKay offers a natural, intuitive approach to solving your...

Eat well, stay active and take control TYPE 2 DIABETES is a health priority for everyone. One in 12 adults now has diabetes. In the over-65s, it's now one in three. Chances are that diabetes could affect you, your friends or your family. Diabetes has the...

Instant New York Times bestseller  Empowering advice for overcoming setbacks from the authors of the popular blog Marc & Angel Hack Life Marc and Angel Chernoff have become go-to voices in the area of personal development, reaching tens of thousands of...

From the author of The Anxiety Toolkit, an empowering guide to overcoming self-defeating behaviors, using cutting-edge clinical and cognitive-behavioral concepts and tools. Whether we're aware or not, most of us are perpetrators and victims of...

The inspirational sequel to 12 RULES FOR LIFE, which has sold over 5 million copies around the world In 12 Rules for Life, acclaimed public thinker and clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson offered an antidote to the chaos in our lives- eternal...

DEBUTED AT NO.1 ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SOCIAL ANIMAL Are you on your first or second mountain? Is life about you - or others? About success - or something deeper? The world tells us that we should...

Gripping, thought-provoking and deeply rewarding, 12 Rules for Life offers an antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to our modern problems.  Jordan Peterson's work as a clinical psychologist has reshaped the modern understanding of...

Zero Waste Home is the ultimate guide to simplified, sustainable living from Bea Johnson, 'the priestess of waste-free living' (The New York Times). Bea Johnson transformed her family's health, finances, and relationships for the better by reducing...

Things are what you make of them Every day is a chance to create something new for yourself. Put down your phone and pick up a pencil. Give yourself some space. The internet will still be there. Start with one page at a time, and you'll be surprised at...

Is having 'somebody to love' the most important thing in your life? Do you constantly believe in Mr Right, and that being with him would guarantee you would no longer feel depressed or lonely? Are you bored with 'nice guys' who are open, honest and...

Five easy rules for developing intuition, based on trailblazing research by a top Australian neuroscientist. Learn when it’s safe to rely on intuition in decision-making and when it’s not.  Intuition has saved lives and averted disasters, and it also...

A baby has joined the family. Now what? Practicing GP, mother-of-two and Instagram’s popular Wholesome Doctor, Preeya Alexander, is a refreshing new voice in the parenting space. Her practical, inclusive and down-to-earth advice, combined with a big...

Unorthodox meets Start with Why: how escaping a cult led Debbie Haski-Leventhal to become a ‘professor of purpose’ and master the art of finding personal meaning in life. When she was five, tragedy prompted her parents to join Kabbalah, a cult-like sect...

From the global pioneer whose work inspired The 8 Week Blood Sugar Diet, a life-changing guide to reversing type 2 diabetes.  For centuries type 2 diabetes was regarded as an incurable, lifelong condition. Even worse, it seemed to be inevitably...

Featuring 150 delicious recipes to help you lose weight and keep it off. The10:10 Diet Recipe Book is the ultimate companion to the successful The 10:10 Diet which shows you how to lose 10 kilos in 10 weeks the healthy way. This companion cookbook offers...

When Penny Moodie hears people say that they're 'a bit OCD' about cleaning or tidying, she can't help but feel frustrated. It took her twenty-three years to be diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder - a debilitating mental health condition...

An illuminating guide to happier relationships and greater belonging, from Australia's leading connection scientist. Our lives are filled with relationships and daily interactions. They form a vital part of our wellbeing. But very few of us...

The essential body positivity handbook for parents of children and teens by powerhouse change-maker and body positivity activist Taryn Brumfitt and Dr Zali Yager. Imagine a world where children don't feel held back by their bodies. Where we judge each...

Dominate your day and level up your life, using the secrets and habits of highly effective people. A practical guide from the behavioural scientist behind the #1 ranking Australian business podcast How I Work. Learn how to become time wise using the...

Gift of Asking, The: A woman's guide to owning her wants and needs without guilt