Self Help & Mindfulness Books

Book SynopsisTwo innovative spiritual teachers show how to use desire and passion—eros—as a gateway to realizing our fullest potential   What do desire and passion have to do with our spiritual journey? According to A. H. Almaas and Karen Johnson, they are an essential part of it. Conventional wisdom cautions that desire and passion are opposed to the spiritual path—that engaging in desire will take you more into the world, into egoic life. And for most people, that is exactly what happens. We naturally tend to experience wanting in a self-centered way. The Power of Divine Eros challenges the view that the divine and the erotic are separate. When we open to the energy, aliveness, spontaneity, and zest of erotic love, we will find it inseparable from the realm of the holy and sacred. When this is understood, desire and passion become a gateway to wholeness and to realizing our full potential. Through guided exercises, the authors reveal how our relationships become opportunities on the spiritual journey to express ourselves authentically, to relate with openness, and to discover dynamic inner realms with another person. Through embodying the energy of eros, each of us can learn to be fully real and alive in all of our interactions.

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Book SynopsisThe morning gratitude journal that helps you win your day, every day, through constructive focus and everyday positivity. More than 100,000 copies sold! Discover Two Minute Mornings, a simple system based on positive psychology research. The choices made in the morning can have a huge impact all day long: Utilizing a gratitude journal can encourage you to 'win the day' in just a few minutes each morning. This written exercise helps facilitate mindfulness and assists in the creation of a constructive daily focus—the right track to forming a permanent positive mindset. Created by Neil Pasricha, entrepreneur, podcaster, public speaker, and New York Times bestselling author with millions of books sold worldwide, this guided journal prompts you into a quick two-minute morning ritual that focuses the mind and effectively sets daily intentions. 2 MINUTE MORNING JOURNAL: Features simple, quick prompts that focus on gratitude, letting go of stress, and setting daily intentions. ACHIEVABLE DAILY REFLECTION: Clean, encouraging page layouts provide space to reflect on three daily prompts: I will let go of, I am grateful for, I will focus on. DAILY HAPPINESS EQUATION: Forming a habit of morning gratitude journaling is a unique and successful way to increase happiness and set yourself up for success every day.Perfect for: Starting a mindfulness, meditation, or daily gratitude practice Gift or self-purchase for anyone working to reduce stress and create a more positive life Daily journal for embarking on a new challenge Birthday, graduation, retirement, or wellness gift Fans of Neil Pasricha's work advocating positivity and simple pleasures, including his books The Happiness Equation, The Book of Awesome, and You Are Awesome, and his Top 100 iTunes podcast 3 Books

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Book SynopsisThe man who listens to horses talks to people.''Monty Roberts will make you marvel. The Man Who Listens to Horses will first break, then mend your heart.'' New York TimesAlready famous for his way with horses, Monty Roberts now wants to revolutionise the way we communicate with each other. His principles of trust and non-violence, about which he speaks so passionately and lucidly in his public demonstrations, made corporations from all over the world send their managers to watch his work with horses. They saw that Monty''s techniques could be applied to business leadership and training.People of all kinds all over the world write and talk to Monty Roberts everywhere, because his passion for understanding, for gentleness, for fairness, reaches all of his audiences. They respond to his ideas of how we can make the world in which we live and work a better place.''The demonstration by Monty Roberts taught us some valuable lessons in peoplemanship. Each of us learned something we could brinTrade ReviewPraise for Shy Boy: ‘This gripping and enthralling book, which shows the traditional relationship of man and horse in a completely new light, proves extremely hard to put down whether one is a horse-lover or not.’ Country Life ‘Stunning’ Daily Mail

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Book SynopsisAn indispensible guide to raising your new puppy from the author of The Dog Listener. From teething to training, this book follows the development of your puppy from new pet to best friend.In The Puppy Listener Jan Fennell presents a simple-to-follow yet detailed handbook for puppy owners. Whether this is your first pup or you are a seasoned dog-owner, the hints and tips in this concise guide are valuable and well informed.This handy guide follows the life of your puppy from weaning to walking. Jan Fennell covers every aspect of caring for your new best friend from introducing a puppy into its new home and handling it in public, to dealing with behavioural problems. With detailed sections on everything from exercise to diet, there are problem-solving guides dealing with worries such as biting or anxiety.Once again Jan illustrates her points with entertaining and inspiring real-life cases from her own work with damaged and delinquent dogs. Her love of animals is contagious and she inspires owners to persevere with their pups and show them who is boss.The book contains photographs and plate sections which accompany the text.Trade Review'British dog owner Jan Fennell has devised a revolutionary method of training. It's gentle, simple and remarkably effective.'Mail on Sunday 'Jan Fennell may not have danced with wolves, but she's stood nose to nose with them – and if she was given half a chance, I'm sure she could make lions lie down with lambs.'Daily Record

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Book SynopsisYou were born to be great, to succeed to be a powerful, confident, happy person. If you don''t feel like that right now it''s time to get back on track. Richard Bandler, the man who inspired Paul McKenna to greatness, will change your life in a matter of minutes with his incredible, potent NLP exercises and free you to unleash your full potential.Richard Bandler, the world-famous co-creator of NLP, has helped millions of people around the world turnaround their lives and find success in whatever they want to achieve. This incredible book is his master work and packed with all of the simple, potent exercises that he has developed over the last 37 years to help people transform their lives. It also explains how he has developed and refined his techniques and why they work.Make Your Life Great is an absolute must for anyone who wants to be freed from whatever is holding them back be it fear, self-doubt, an unhappy past, bad habits or lack of focus and become a strong, happy, successfulTrade Review'One of my favourite books of all time … use this amazing book to unleash your power and redesign your destiny … the most powerful and practical guide to NLP and hypnosis ever written.’Paul McKenna ‘Richard Bandler is a Leonardo of our times. He is one of our living greats.’ The Guardian Weekend

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Book SynopsisDiscover your true, authentic path and find acceptance in the things you can and can't change.Find Your Own Way Oracle is a guiding light for those seeking balance, inner joy, and a purpose-driven life. When you're feeling adrift, this 45-card deck will ground you, helping you to accept the things you can't change and the things you can.This deck will help you cultivate a connection with your higher spiritual self, whilst helping you keep your feet rooted in the present. Just as the branches of a mighty tree are mirrored by its roots, our journey of growth springs from our tether to the physical realm by staying grounded in what is.Each card focuses on the different ways we can practice grounded freedom and self-expression, and embrace our ever-evolving authenticity. The deck offers meditations, affirmations, and empowerments to challenge fear and strengthen the connection between the spiritual and physical self.Written and created with vulnerability and love, this deck will bring healing and clarity and will help you to discover the love, wisdom, and courage that lies within you.

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Book SynopsisWhy are some people worriers, and others wanderers? Why do some people seem good at empathising, and others at controlling? We have something deep and consistent within us that determines the choices we make and the situations we bring about. But why should members of the same species differ so markedly in their natures? What is the best personality to have; a bold one or a shy one, an aggressive one or a meek one? And are you stuck with your personality, or can you change it? Daniel Nettle takes the reader on a tour through the science of human personality, introducing the five ''dimensions'' on which every personality is based, and using an unusual combination of individual life stories and scientific research. Showing how our personalities stem from our biological makeup, Nettle looks at the latest findings from genetics and brain science, considers the evolutionary origins and consequences of personality variation, and even includes a questionnaire for you to assess your own personTable of ContentsPreface ; 1. Character matters ; 2. The beak of the finch ; 3. Wanderers ; 4. Worriers ; 5. Controllers ; 6. Empathizers ; 7. Poets ; 8. The other half ; 9. Singing with your own voice ; Appendix: The Newcastle Personality Assessor ; Notes ; References ; Index

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Book SynopsisA wise and utterly original book of travel essays from an international bestselling author that will “give one an expansive sense of wonder” (The Baltimore Sun). Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow. Even as de Botton takes the reader along on his own peregrinations, he also cites such distinguished fellow-travelers as Baudelaire, Wordsworth, Van Gogh, the biologist Alexander von Humboldt, and the 18th-century eccentric Xavier de Maistre, who catalogued the wonders of his bedroom. The Art of Travel is a “refreshing and profoundly readable book (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Don’t leave home without it.

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Book SynopsisA guide to living a fuller life. It provides the following keys to a fulfilling life: Learning to Learn; Fear - the Great Enemy; The Uses of Time; The Difficult Art of Maturity; Readjustment is endless; learning to Be Useful; the right to Be an individual; how to Get the Best out of People; Facing responsibility; and, more.

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Book SynopsisDemonstrates how easily we are bamboozled by statistical tricks, making his points with pithy stories. This book helps you to learn how we got here and why smart organization improves our memories and attention - and makes us more imaginative and clear-sighted.Trade ReviewThought-provoking and practical... Good advice based on sound neuroscientific principles * Sunday Times *Sensible, practical advice ... a comprehensive account of the way we think about organizing everything from our possessions to our friends * Financial Times *[An] impressively wide-ranging and thoughtful work...The Organized Mind is an organized book, but it also rewards dipping in at any point, for there are fascinating facts and examples throughout * Wall Street Journal *Dan Levitin has more insights per page than any other neuroscientist I know. The Organized Mind is smart, important, and as always, exquisitely written * Daniel Gilbert, author of 'Stumbling on Happiness' *Deservedly a bestseller... Levitin demonstrates how easily we are bamboozled by statistical tricks in medicine, finance and safety, making his points with pithy stories * Independent *From how not to lose your keys to how to decide when the risks of surgery are worth it, Levitin focuses on smart ways to process the constant flow of information the brain must deal with * Washington Post *A deep perspective on the ways the human mind works * Stanley Prusiner, M.D. Nobel Laureate, director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California, San Francisco *Levitin is about as knowledgeable a guide to neuroscience as one might hope for * New York Times Book Review *Dan Levitin has more insights per page than any other neuroscientist I know. The Organized Mind is smart, important, and as always, exquisitely written. -- Daniel Gilbert, author of 'Stumbling on Happiness'The Organized Mind is the perfect antidote to the effects of information overload. Loved it. -- Scott Turow, New York Times bestselling author of 'Identical' and 'Innocent'Already deservedly a bestseller... The Organized Mind is from the school of Daniel Kahneman but it earns its keep. Levitin demonstrates how easily we are bamboozled by statistical tricks in medicine, finance and safety, making his points with pithy stories. * Independent *

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Book SynopsisThe book details the ten permanent principles that never change, the ten commandments of making money if you will, and explores the economic and philosophic vision of business that has been part of Jewish culture for centuries. This new edition will provide new examples, especially of Internet related business opportunities.Table of ContentsForeword by Dave Ramsey v Introduction to the New Edition 1 The First Commandment Believe in the Dignity and Morality of Business 19 The Second Commandment Extend the Network of Your Connectedness to Many People 57 The Third Commandment Get to Know Yourself 91 The Fourth Commandment Do Not Pursue Perfection 129 The Fifth Commandment Lead Consistently and Constantly 171 The Sixth Commandment Constantly Change the Changeable, While Steadfastly Clinging to the Unchangeable 205 The Seventh Commandment Learn to Foretell the Future 239 The Eighth Commandment Know Your Money 269 The Ninth Commandment Act Rich: Give Away 10 Percent of Your After-Tax Income 297 The Tenth Commandment Never Retire 319 Epilogue 341 Notes 345 Index 354

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Book SynopsisTurn thoughts into positive action with neuro-linguistic programming Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) has taken the psychology world by storm.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 2 Conventions Used in This Book 3 What You’re Not to Read 3 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 4 Beyond the Book 5 Where to Go From Here 5 Part I: Getting Started with NLP 7 Chapter 1: Getting to Know NLP 9 Introducing NLP 9 Providing a few quick definitions 11 Considering where NLP started and where it’s going 11 Offering a note on integrity 12 Encountering the Pillars of NLP: Straight Up and Straightforward 13 Discovering Models and Modelling 15 Employing the NLP communication model 15 Modelling excellence 16 Using NLP to Greater Effect 16 Understanding that attitude comes first 17 Being curious and confused are good for you 17 Changing is up to you 17 Having fun on the way! 18 Chapter 2: Identifying Some Basic NLP Assumptions 19 Introducing NLP Presuppositions 20 The map is not the territory 20 People respond according to their map of the world 22 There is no failure, only feedback 23 The meaning of communication is the response it elicits 25 If what you’re doing isn’t working, do something different 26 You cannot not communicate 28 Individuals have all the resources they need to achieve their desired outcomes 29 Every behaviour has a positive intent 29 People are much more than their behaviour 31 The mind and body are interlinked and affect each other 32 Having choice is better than not having choice 34 Modelling successful performance leads to excellence 35 Final Words on Presuppositions: Suck Them and See 35 Chapter 3: Discovering Who’s Directing Your Life 37 Grasping How Your Fears Can Drive You in the Wrong Direction 38 Distinguishing between conscious and unconscious 39 Understanding your quirky unconscious mind 39 Delving Inside the Brain 42 Looking at the three key parts 42 Recognising neuroplasticity as the basis for development 43 Tracking Information: Your Reticular Activating System 44 Examining How Memories Are Created 46 Encountering post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 47 Handling phobias 48 Employing the NLP Fast Phobia Cure 49 Accepting That Beliefs and Values Make a Difference 50 Getting to grips with the power of beliefs 50 Working with your values 52 Daydreaming Your Future Reality 58 Chapter 4: Taking Charge of Your Life 59 Taking Control of Your Memory 59 Seeing It Because You Believe It 61 Focusing on blaming others 62 Getting stuck in a problem frame 63 Shifting into the outcome frame 64 Following the Path to Excellence 64 Knowing what you want 65 Becoming smarter than SMART: Creating well‐formed outcomes 66 Using the Four‐Point Formula for Success 72 Spinning the Wheel of Life 73 Keeping a Dream Diary of Your Goals 74 Just Go for It 76 Part II: Winning Friends and Influencing People 77 Chapter 5: Seeing, Hearing and Feeling Your Way to Better Communication 79 Getting to Grips with the Senses 80 Filtering reality 81 Hearing how people are thinking 83 Listening to the World of Words 86 Glimpsing into the world of synaesthesia 86 Building rapport through words 87 Bringing on the translators 90 Acknowledging the Importance of the Eyes 91 Making the VAK System Work for You 95 Chapter 6: Creating Rapport 97 Knowing Why Rapport is Important 98 Recognising rapport when you see it 99 Identifying people with whom you want to build rapport 99 Introducing Basic Techniques for Building Rapport 102 Sharpening your rapport following eight quick tips 102 Viewing the communication wheel and developing rapport 103 Matching and mirroring 105 Pacing to lead other people successfully 107 Building rapport in virtual communication 108 Knowing How to Break Rapport and Why You May Want To 110 Discovering how to break rapport sensitively 110 Grasping the power of the word ‘but’ 112 Understanding Other Points of View 113 Exploring perceptual positions 114 Looking into the NLP meta‐mirror 114 Chapter 7: Understanding to Be Understood: Meta Programs 119 Getting to Grips With Meta‐Program Basics 120 Looking at meta programs and language patterns 121 Exploring meta programs and behaviour 121 Being Proactive/Reactive 123 Moving Towards/Away From 124 Discovering Options/Procedures 128 Delving Into the Internal/External 129 Going Global/Detailed 130 Recognising Sameness, Sameness with Difference and Difference 133 Tackling Time Perspectives 136 Combining Meta Programs 138 Developing Your Meta‐Program Skills 139 Chapter 8: Pushing the Communication Buttons 141 Understanding the Process of Communication 142 Scenario 1 143 Scenario 2 144 Introducing the NLP Communication Model 144 Processing pieces of information 145 Getting to grips with individual responses 148 Giving Effective Communication a Try 155 Part III: Opening the Toolkit 157 Chapter 9: Dropping Anchors 159 Starting Out With NLP Anchors 160 Setting an anchor and building yourself a resourceful state 161 Eliciting and calibrating states 162 Developing your own repertoire of anchors 164 Recognising your own anchors 165 Going Through the Emotions: Sequencing States 166 Altering states with anchors 167 Getting with the baroque beat 168 Walking in someone else’s shoes 169 Becoming Sophisticated with Anchors 170 Changing negative anchors 170 Deploying stage anchors 172 A Final Point About Anchors 174 Chapter 10: Sliding the Controls of Your Experience 175 Recording Your Experiences with Your Submodalities 176 Grasping the Basic Info: What You Need to Know Before You Begin 177 Associating or dissociating 177 Defining the details of your memories 178 Getting a little practice 182 Understanding Your Critical Submodalities 183 Making Real‐Life Changes 184 Removing the pain from an experience 185 Changing a limiting belief 185 Creating an empowering belief 186 Getting rid of that backache 187 Using the swish 188 Submodalities Worksheet 189 Chapter 11: Working with the Logical Levels 191 Understanding Logical Levels 191 Asking the right questions 193 Taking logical levels step‐by‐step 194 Employing practical uses for logical levels 195 Finding the Right Lever for Change 196 Environment 197 Behaviour 198 Capabilities and skills 199 Beliefs and values 200 Identity 203 Purpose 204 Figuring Out Other People’s Levels: Language and Logical Levels 205 Teambuilding at Work and Play: A Logical Levels Exercise 205 Chapter 12: Driving Habits: Uncovering Your Secret Programs 207 Witnessing the Evolution of Strategies 208 The S–R model 208 The TOTE model 208 The NLP strategy = TOTE + modalities 209 The NLP strategy model in action 210 The Eyes Have It: Recognising Another’s Strategy 211 Flexing Your Strategy Muscles 213 Linking strategies and the logical levels model 214 Acquiring new capabilities 214 Recoding your programs 216 Grasping the importance of the ‘how’ 216 Using NLP Strategies for Love and Success 218 Loving the deep love strategy 218 Influencing people with strategies 220 Spelling out the NLP spelling strategy 221 Chapter 13: Travelling in Time to Improve Your Life 225 Understanding How Your Memories Are Organised 227 Discovering Your Time Line 228 Changing Your Time Line 229 Travelling Along Your Time Line to a Happier You 232 Releasing negative emotions and limiting decisions 233 Finding forgiveness 236 Comforting the younger you 236 Getting rid of anxiety 236 Creating a better future 238 Chapter 14: Ensuring Smooth Running Below Decks 241 Getting to Grips with a Hierarchy of Conflict 242 Drifting from Wholeness to Parts 244 Understanding a part’s intentions 244 Getting to the heart of the problem 245 Help! I’m in Conflict with Myself 246 Listening to your unconscious mind 246 Taking sides 246 Becoming Whole: Integrating Your Parts 247 Trying the visual squash technique 247 Reframing – as if 249 Resolving Bigger Conflicts 251 Part IV: Using Words to Entrance 253 Chapter 15: Getting to the Heart of the Matter: The Meta Model 255 Gathering Specific Information with the Meta Model 256 Deletion – you’re so vague 259 Generalisation – beware the always, musts and shoulds 261 Distortion – that touch of imagination 264 Using the Meta Model 266 Taking two simple steps 266 Remembering a few caveats 267 Chapter 16: Unleashing the Power of Hypnosis 269 Discovering the Language of Trance – the Milton Model 270 Comparing language patterns and the Milton Model 271 Meeting other aspects of the Milton Model 272 Finding your own preferred model 274 Understanding the art of vagueness and why it’s important 274 Going Deeper into Hypnosis 276 Becoming comfortable with the idea of hypnosis 277 Experiencing everyday trances 279 Chapter 17: Telling Tales to Reach the Unconscious: Stories, Fables and Metaphors 283 Processing Stories and Metaphors 284 Understanding the Stories of Your Life 284 Getting to grips with storytelling basics 284 Working on your storytelling 285 Passing on a gift to the next generation 287 Grasping the Power of Metaphors 287 Using metaphors in NLP 288 Applying metaphors to find new solutions 289 Employing direct and indirect metaphors 290 Building Your Own Stories 291 Using the personal story builder journal 292 Discovering more ways to flex your storytelling muscles 293 Using subtle persuasion 294 Adding loops to your story: And this reminds me of 295 Chapter 18: Asking the Right Questions 299 Question‐Asking Tips and Strategies 300 Cleaning up your language: Removing bias 300 Recognising that the way you behave is what counts 305 Pressing the pause button 305 Testing your questions 306 Making positive statements the norm 306 Figuring Out What You Want 306 What do I want? 307 What’s that going to do for me? 307 Asking Questions to Help Make Decisions 308 Challenging Limiting Beliefs 309 Finding the Right Person for the Job: A Question of Motivation 310 What do you want in your work? 311 Why is that important? 311 How do you know that you’ve done a good job? 312 Why did you choose your current line of work? 312 Checking In with Yourself 313 Part V: Integrating Your Learning 315 Chapter 19: Dipping into Modelling 317 Developing New Skills through Modelling 318 Recognising that modelling is a natural human talent 320 Getting to a deeper structure 321 Discovering Modelling Case Studies 322 The reluctant exemplar 323 The rainmakers’ dance 324 Key Stages in Modelling 325 Knowing your modelling outcome 326 Identifying your exemplar 326 Finding a modelling method you can work with 327 Gathering your data 328 Building your model 329 Testing the prototype 330 Refining for simplicity 331 Chapter 20: Making Change Easier 335 Finding Clarity and Direction 336 Understanding the Structure of Change 337 The Kubler‐Ross grief cycle 337 Applying the NLP logical levels 340 Holding On to Values 346 Grasping the Importance of Clear Communication 346 Creating the Mindset for Change 348 Letting go of fear 348 Being willing to experiment 351 Getting Help on the Way 352 Strengthening resources 352 Pacing the future 353 Planning the road map 353 Taking One Step Forward 354 Making that initial move 354 Celebrating and gaining closure 354 Part VI: The Part of Tens 357 Chapter 21: Ten Applications of NLP 359 Developing Yourself 359 Managing Your Personal and Professional Relationships 360 Negotiating a Win–Win Solution 361 Motivating and Leading Staff 362 Creating Powerful Presentations 363 Managing Your Time and Precious Resources 365 Being Coached to Success 365 Using NLP to Support Your Health 366 Connecting to Your Audience: Advice for Trainers and Educators 367 Getting the Best Job for You 369 Chapter 22: Ten Books to Add to Your Library 371 Changing Belief Systems with NLP 371 The User’s Manual for the Brain 371 Core Transformation 372 Frogs into Princes 372 Influencing with Integrity 372 An Insider’s Guide to Sub‐Modalities 372 The Magic of Metaphor 373 Metaphors We Live By 373 Persuasion Skills Black Book 373 Presenting Magically 373 Chapter 23: Ten Films That Include NLP Processes 375 Avatar 375 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 376 Dune 377 As Good as It Gets 378 Bend It like Beckham 379 Field of Dreams 380 Gattaca 380 The Matrix 381 Stand and Deliver 381 Philomena 382 NLP at the Cinema 383 Part VII: Appendixes 385 Appendix A: Resource List 387 Contacting the Authors 387 Online Resources 388 Appendix B: Rapport Building 389 Appendix C: The Well‐Formed Outcome Checklist 391 Appendix D: Submodalities Worksheet 393 Submodalities Worksheet 394 Index 395

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Book SynopsisRichard Bandler, co-creator of NLP and the man who taught and trained Paul McKenna, joins forces with Alessio Roberti and Owen Fitzpatrick once again to give you the tools to change your life.Richard Bandler the world-renowned co-creator of NLP who has helped millions around the world change their lives for the better has teamed up once again with Italian NLP Master Trainer Alessio and co-founder of the Irish Institute of NLP Owen, to offer a simple yet engaging introduction to the groundbreaking ideas of NLP.Written in the form of a fable, How To Take Charge Of Your Life is the prequel to The Ultimate Introduction to NLP. Once again Bandler invites readers into his workshops and illustrates the theories and techniques he has spent years developing.Based around a three-day introductory course, this book will give you the tools you need to start making an effective change today. From explaining the importance of self-belief and how to change beliefs, to how to control your emotions anTrade Review‘Richard Bandler is a Leonardo of our times. He is one of our living greats.’ The Guardian Weekend

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Book SynopsisDiscover what crystal wisdom awaits every day of the year in Affirmations & Crystals. In this beautiful book, Claire Titmus, owner of The Crystal Bar, delivers 365 undated messages and affirmations to support you every day of the year. Each daily entry is matched to a crystal to raise your vibrations, empowering you to incorporate more crystals into your everyday life. Work through the pages one-by-one, using the book as a crystal calendar, or flick through its pages, using your intuition as a guide, and land on the affirmation the Universe wants to reveal each day. How you use Affirmations & Crystals is unique to you – whether you're looking to make crystals a part of your morning ritual, build more self-care into your routine via empowering affirmations, or simply to refer to the messages for guidance, as and when you need them. Let this book support you on your spiritual journey. Unlock the power of your intuition an

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Book SynopsisThe #1 New York Times bestseller that examines how people can champion new ideas in their careers and everyday life—and how leaders can fight groupthink, from the author of Think Again and co-author of Option B“Filled with fresh insights on a broad array of topics that are important to our personal and professional lives.”—The New York Times DealBook“Originals is one of the most important and captivating books I have ever read, full of surprising and powerful ideas. It will not only change the way you see the world; it might just change the way you live your life. And it could very well inspire you to change your world.” —Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of Lean InWith Give and Take, Adam Grant not only introduced a landmark new paradigm for success but also established himself as one of his genera

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Book SynopsisFrom TikTok sensation Keila Shaheen, author of The Shadow Work Journal, which has sold more than a million copies worldwide, a journal that explains the numerology-inspired 369 method of manifestation and offers neuroscience-based prompts to help you channel it every day.

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Book SynopsisSpolin's improvisational techniques have changed the very nature and practice of modern theatre. This third edition updates the more than 200 now-classic exercises and adds 30 new ones. It adds 30 traditional theatre games that are frequently used as warm-ups.Trade ReviewHer book is the bible." —Rob Reiner"It's like basic research ... she [has] changed the theater for generations." —Alan Alda"She has genius and shares it." —Valerie Harper

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Book SynopsisFusing ancient Western spirituality, energy work, and psychology, The Great Work is a practical guide to personal transformation season by season. Learn to be truly holistic by incorporating key physical, emotional, and energetic practices into your life at times when the natural tides are in harmony with your process. The Great Work captures the core essence of each festival with eight key themes that span the annual cycle?a cycle that reflects human development and experience. Discover how Yule can alleviate a painful childhood, how Beltane can facilitate conscious relationships, and how Mabon can assist with determining your life''s purpose. Find guidance through daily journal questions, elemental meditations, and the author''s unique energy-healing technique of Hynni. With this invaluable resource for your journey of inner alchemy, you''ll develop an intimate connection with the earth''s impulse to create balance and harmony. Praise:Tiffany Lazic weaves together psychology, myth, meditation and keen observation of the natural world, creating an invaluable and original resource for healing work of all kinds. Inviting and accessible to all readers.?Elizabeth Cunningham, author of The Maeve Chronicles The Great Work presents inspiring insights and practical exercises that help unlock the alchemical mysteries at the heart of the Eightfold Path, and which facilitate a deep connection with the cycles of nature as they reveal their transformational powers in all of us.?Jhenah Telyndru, author of Avalon Within

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Book SynopsisA CLASSIC SELF-LOVE WORKBOOK FOR MAKING LASTING CHANGE BASED ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN  50 MILLION COPIES SOLD, YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE FROM LOUISE HAY, THE SELF-HELP PIONEER AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OVER 30 EMPOWERING BOOKSThis interactive workbook directly applies Louise Hays techniques of self-love and positive thinking to a wide range of topics that affect us all on a daily basis, including: ·         Health ·         Fears and Phobias ·         Self-Esteem ·         Money and Prosperity ·         Friendship ·         Addictive Behavior, ·         Work &miTrade ReviewHer teachings of positive thinking and powerful life-enhancing affirmations have helped millions of people to improve their lives and have made her a legend in her own lifetime. Kindred Spirit Magazine

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Book SynopsisDo you know what’s a million times better than getting to the top of the mountain?Getting there after having been lost.Ohhh yeah, The Universe The 60 cards in this beautifully illustrated deck give Mike Dooley’s fans a new way to experience his signature Notes from the Universe, quirky, funny messages that remind readers to love their lives and trust their dreams. Based on Mike’s essential credo that Thoughts Become Things and we can choose the thoughts we want to realize, these cards are loving reminders that we’re responsible for our own happiness—and that it’s already within reach. Launched in 1998 as an e-mail sent out weekly to 38 addresses, Mike’s Notes from the Universe has blossomed into a daily mailing to over 700,000 subscribers in 185 countries. The Notes in this deck, set off by photographs of nature’s own gorgeous and richly varied abundance, are brief passages designed to remind us that we could not possibly be more loved,

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Book Synopsis''Presence feels at once concrete and inspiring, simple but ambitious - above all, truly powerful'' New York Times Book ReviewHow can we be our strongest selves in life''s most challenging situations? We often approach these situations - job interviews, difficult conversations, speaking up for ourselves - with anxiety and leave them with regret. Moments that require us to be genuine and powerful instead cause us to feel phoney and powerless, preventing us from being our best selves.Harvard professor Amy Cuddy shows us we need to stop worrying about the impression we''re making on others, and instead change the impression we''re making on ourselves. Cutting-edge science reveals that if we adopt behaviours reflecting power and strength, we liberate ourselves from the fears and doubts that obstruct us. By redirecting our thoughts, actions, and even physiology, we free ourselves to be our best.Amy Cuddy galvanised viewers around the worl

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Book SynopsisThe Little Book of Sleep has all the information you need to enhance your life with a good night's sleep.How much sleep is normal? What might be preventing you from sleeping well? This trusty tome deals with both of these questions and more. The Little Book of Sleep shows which foods are over-stimulating and which are calming, looks at dreams and what they mean, provides advice on surviving long plane journeys and avoiding the dreaded jetlag, and ends with a few sleepy myths that will have you nodding off in no time.Top Tips to Ease the StressThere are some ways to make shift work more bearable.1. When you are working, make sure the light is bright, and when you are meant to be sleeping, make sure the room is dark.2. Don't wait until the night you start your shift to change sleeping patterns. Try to go to bed a little later each night in order to anticipate the change it will make to your wake-sleep patterns.3. Eat proper meals and don't resort to convenience food and alcohol to help you wind down. You will cope better if you eat nourishing food.Table of ContentsAbout Sleep • When Things go Wrong • Lifestyle Factors • Nightmares • Air Travel • Food, Drink and Supplements • A Few Dream Meanings • Myths.

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Book SynopsisA medical psychiatrist and founding member of the Jung Foundation explores a pivotal part of analytical psychology: encountering the self through individuation This book is about the individual’s journey to psychological wholeness, known in analytical psychology as the process of individuation. Edward Edinger traces the stages in this process and relates them to the search for meaning through encounters with symbolism in religion, myth, dreams, and art. For contemporary men and women, Edinger believes, the encounter with the self is equivalent to the discovery of God. The result of the dialogue between the ego and the archetypal image of God is an experience that dramatically changes the individual’s worldview and makes possible a new and more meaningful way of life.

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Book SynopsisThe GUIDED ART THERAPY CARD DECK allows you to use art as therapy, focusing on the inherent healing power of art making to manage anxiety and stress, improve self-esteem, and deepen your relationships with others and your inner self. In this deck of 75 activities, you''ll explore a wide range of artistic mediums, including painting, drawing, writing, collage, photography and digital art, sculpture, and mixed media, with each activity designed to be created using limited supplies. While traditional art therapy requires sessions facilitated by a professional licensed therapist, these activities and reflection questions, developed by licensed art therapist Emily Sharp, LCAT, ATR-BC, allow you to have a healing experience with art on your own, at your own pace.This guided deck contains:75 unique activities suitable for experts and novices alike, including a full-colour reference photo of each completed creationThoughtful reflection questions accompanying each activity to prompt insight, se

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Book Synopsis'The story of a disease that plunged its victims into a prison of viscous time, and the drug that catapulted them out of it' – Guardian Hailed as a medical classic, and the subject of a major feature film as well as radio and stage plays and various TV documentaries, Awakenings by Oliver Sacks is the extraordinary account of a group of twenty patients.Rendered catatonic by the sleeping-sickness epidemic that swept the world just after the First World War, all twenty had spent forty years in hospital: motionless and speechless; aware of the world around them, but exhibiting no interest in it – until Dr Sacks administered the then-new drug, L-DOPA, which caused them, temporarily, to awake from their decades-long slumber . . .Trade ReviewA brilliant and humane book. * Observer *It makes you aware of what a knife edge we live on. -- Doris LessingNot only a collection of astonishing case histories, Awakenings is also a memoir, a moral essay and a romance. It is a work of genius. * Washington Post *

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Book SynopsisHelping is a fundamental human relationship. From a mother feeding her infant to a friend or spouse helping to make something happen, to a group member playing his or her role to help the group to succeed, to a therapist helping a patient, to an organizational consultant or coach helping to improve individual, group or organizational functioning, helping is the basic relationship that moves things forward. Yet, paradoxically, we know relatively little about the social and psychological dynamics of that relationship.In this seminal book on the topic, corporate culture and organizational development guru Ed Schein analyzes the dynamics of helping relationships, explains why help is often not helpful, and shows what any would-be-helper must do to insure that help is actually provided.Many different words are used for helping assisting, aiding, advising, coaching, consulting, counseling, guiding, mentoring, supporting, teaching, and many more but they all have common dynamics and processes. Schein exposes and shows how to resolve the inequities and role ambiguities of helping relationships, describes the different roles that helpers can take once the relationship is balanced, and explains how to build a balanced relationship and how to intervene as that relationship develops, In this short but profound book Schein examines the social dynamics that are at play in helping relationships in order to better understand why offers of help are sometimes refused or resented, and how to make help more useful and effective.

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Book SynopsisScientist/gardener Carol Deppe combines her passion for organic gardening with newly emerging scientific information from many fields — resilience science, climatology, climate change, ecology, anthropology, paleontology, sustainable agriculture, nutrition, health, and medicine. In the last half of The Resilient Gardener, Deppe extends and illustrates these principles with detailed information about growing and using five key crops: potatoes, corn, beans, squash, and eggs. In this book you’ll learn how to: •Garden in an era of unpredictable weather and climate change •Grow, store, and use more of your own staple crops •Garden efficiently and comfortably (even if you have a bad back) •Grow, store, and cook different varieties of potatoes and save your own potato seed •Grow the right varieties of corn to make your own gourmet-quality fast-cooking polenta, cornbread, parched corn, corn cakes, pancakes and even savory corn gravy •Make whole-grain, corn-based breads and cakes using the author’s original gluten-free recipes involving no other grains, artificial binders, or dairy products •Grow and use popbeans and other grain legumes •Grow, store, and use summer, winter, and drying squash •Keep a home laying flock of ducks or chickens; integrate them with your gardening, and grow most of their feed. The Resilient Gardener is both a conceptual and a hands-on organic gardening book, and is suitable for vegetable gardeners at all levels of experience. Resilience here is broadly conceived and encompasses a full range of problems, from personal hard times such as injuries, family crises, financial problems, health problems, and special dietary needs (gluten intolerance, food allergies, carbohydrate sensitivity, and a need for weight control) to serious regional and global disasters and climate change. It is a supremely optimistic as well as realistic book about how resilient gardeners and their vegetable gardens can flourish even in challenging times and help their communities to survive and thrive through everything that comes their way — from tomorrow through the next thousand years. Organic gardening, vegetable gardening, self-sufficiency, subsistence gardening, gluten-free living.Trade ReviewLibrary Journal- "Resilient" gardeners adapt to challenging health, dietary, weather, or financial situations to produce food that can sustain a family through adverse times. In this guide to becoming such a gardener, plant breeder Deppe (Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties) details her methods for safe and reliable food production-and covers more than strictly gardening-no matter your state of health or what climate you are in. She focuses on five crops with calorie, nutrient, and storage values: potatoes, corn, beans, squash, and, yes, duck eggs. In each chapter, Deppe describes her experiences with specific varieties of crops (with particular reference to her own climate in coastal Oregon), specific techniques for success, and unusual recipes suited to the varieties she grows (all are designed for those with gluten intolerance). VERDICT Deppe's idiosyncratic personality shines through her writing-this is as much a series of personal anecdotes by a lifelong expert gardener as a gardening book that will appeal to readers of a similar bent. Ideal for dedicated, independent gardeners who want to focus on food production despite dietary challenges, poor health, or other issuesForeWord Reviews- In The Resilient Gardener, scientist and author Carol Deppe offers readers an inspiring approach to gardening. For many, gardening is a hobby-a source of solace and an experiment in self-sufficiency. Gardens are designed to offer up good things during good times-handfuls of bulbous tomatoes after weeks of careful watering, weeding, and monitoring for invading insects, for example. But what happens when gardeners-along with the rest of society-face uncertain times? Uncertain times, caused by an unstable economy, changing weather patterns, or personal injury, result in an expanse of time when the "garden suffers because people have other priorities." With this premise in mind, Deppe introduces the concept of resilient gardening. In Deppe's world, gardening transcends the world of leisurely pursuit and transforms into an act of empowerment. In twelve intensely detailed chapters, The Resilient Gardener empowers readers with the knowledge they need to design, build, and maintain gardens that can withstand intense hardship and thrive despite periods of complete neglect. The first half of the book marries the practice of gardening with emerging global issues, such as climate change, increasing attention to weight control, and the rise of food allergies. Readers must first achieve a firm grasp of how these issues intersect with the process of gardening in order to fully benefit from the hands-on guidelines provided later in the book. Deppe's analysis is thorough; her research delves deep. By discussing the interaction between gardening and prevalent world issues, she establishes gardeners as hubs of sustainability and survival, their individual efforts producing movements of resilience that can benefit society as a whole. One of the major strengths of this book-and what sets it apart from the deluge of gardening books currently on bookstore shelves-is the union of Deppe's scientific knowledge with her personal gardening experience. The second half of the book details the five essential crops of self-reliance-potatoes, corn, beans, squash, and eggs-and how to grow them. Though these sections are largely "dip and skip" depending on the reader's level of knowledge, they are expressed in crisp, detailed, and incredibly fluid prose. Deppe is able to transmit the nitty-gritty of gardening through invaluable parcels of personal anecdotes that make the material relatable and a pleasure to read. Deppe's unique approach to her topic makes The Resilient Gardener an appealing selection for both experienced and beginner gardeners, as well as readers interested in issues of sustainability and global reform.Permaculture Activist- "This book presents an in-depth seed-to-table understanding of five culturally significant and life-sustaining crops: corn, beans, squash, potatoes, and eggs. Its power and promise are rooted in Deppe's lived experience and revealed in the careful detail by which she shares it. This book is frank, plainspoken, and intimate. The basis for the author's diet is her intolerance for grain. She has celiac disease and cannot digest wheat or any of its near relatives in the grass family: rye, barley, oats, or triticale, and so has learned from much difficult experience to exclude completely from her table the foods most people depend upon for their daily bread. The basis of the book, however, is her determination to provide a reliable supply of staple food for her kitchen and to be responsible for every aspect of that from breeding and selecting the crops she uses to stabilizing and sharing the seed, to understanding the genetics, to exploring, cooking, and relishing the palate of flavors she nurtures and the rich and deeply satisfying foods that in turn nurture her, It is this quality of determination and careful empirical and practical work that recommends The Resilient Gardener to serious gardeners and home economists. Deppe is doing what many of us aspire to do.” "The Resilient Gardener is so essential, timely and important, and I will recommend it to everyone I know. It doesn't matter if you garden or if you don't-this is practical wisdom good for humans to know, passed on by a careful student who has deeply studied her life. Carol Deppe's lens is the garden-which is great for gardeners, but really, she speaks clearly to all of us. If you try to think like Deppe, you will find you have a new view of your life no matter who you are. This is a wise and intelligent book. Hats off to Carol Deppe!"--Deborah Madison, Author of Local Flavors and Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone "In the years since Carol Deppe wrote the classic Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties, she has continued to grow in deep wisdom and experience. The Resilient Gardener is brilliantly timely, and shows us how to create gardens that can survive our increasingly erratic weather, while supplying key nutrition lacking in most vegetable gardens. This book fills a critical niche, and I recommend it unreservedly."--Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture "The Resilient Gardener is the most comprehensive and detailed book about gardening that I have read to date, and I could not find one sentence that I would quibble with. Not only does Deppe discuss all the immediate, nose- to- the- grindstone kind of information about producing and using homegrown food, but also all the surrounding environmental and cultural aspects of gardening that are so vital to success. A must read for beginning gardeners, and full of details even the most experienced will find invaluable."--Gene Logsdon, author of Small-Scale Grain Raising and Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Mankind "The Resilient Gardener gives concrete examples of how to deal with diet, climate, and economic changes before the need arises. Deppe challenges us to experiment with and practice all aspects of gardening, seed saving and food storage, and advises on the growing need to meet special food and climate requirements in the face of our food system's fragility. This book is an invaluable tool for gardeners and farmers as we experience more and more volatility in our food systems."--Suzanne Ashworth, author of Seed to Seed "Carol Deppe is informative, funny, and intriguing as she guides us through every phase of gardening--dispelling myths while also orienting us to the technical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of growing food. The Resilient Gardener is the quintessential guide to gardening from an authority who also knows how to enjoy herself."--Didi Emmons, author of Vegetarian Planet "Carol Deppe's celiac-friendly approach to gardening and nutrition provides a wealth of information on how to overcome food intolerances many are confronted with each day. If you struggle with food allergies or sensitivities--or want to use natural resources to create a healthy world for you and your family--this book is for you."--Peter H.R. Green, MD, Director, Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University "Growing food is among the most positive changes anyone can make in the face of uncertainty about the future. The Resilient Gardener is an information-packed resource for people starting or expanding a garden practice. This book empowers readers with skills and understanding, as did Deppe's previous book, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties."--Sandor Ellix Katz, author, Wild Fermentation and The Revolution Will Not Be MicrowavedTable of Contents1. Gardening and resilience 2. The plant-gardener covenant: 33 golden gardening rules 3. Gardening in an era of wild weather and climate change 4. Diet and food resilience 5. Labor and exercise 6. Water and watering 7. Soil and fertility 8. Potatoes 9. The laying flock 10. Squash and pumpkins 11. Beans 12. Corn

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Book SynopsisWealth owners are responsible for more than just assets The Destructive Power of Family Wealth offers thoughtful, holistic planning to ensure that your wealth remains a positive force for your family.Trade Review"..thought provoking and fascinating." (ePrivate Client, January 2017)Table of ContentsPreface xiii Acknowledgments xvii About the Author xxi Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Any Amount of Wealth is Enough to Destroy a Family 7 Chapter 2 The Psychology of Wealth 19 Chapter 3 The Move to Transparency 45 Chapter 4 Understanding the World of Taxation 65 Chapter 5 The Needs of Wealth-Owning Families 95 Chapter 6 The Tools of Wealth Planning 163 Chapter 7 Advisors – We Need Them but Need to Control Them 195 Chapter 8 Getting it Right 215 Addendum: The Need for Dialogue on Tax Transparency 237 Glossary 251 Index 267

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Book SynopsisRich Kid Smart Kid is written for parents who value education, want to give their children a financial head start in life, and are willing to take an active role to make that happen.In the Information Age, a good education is more important than ever. But the current educational system may not be providing all the information a child needsto thrive in today’s fast-paced, ever-changing world. This book was designed to fill in the gaps and to give your child the same inspiring and practical knowledge that Robert’s rich dad gave him.Rich Kid Smart Kid will show you how to awaken your child’s love of learning. It will open doors that many never knew existed and give parents the tools and skills and real-world experiences (financial field trips!) that they can share with their child, knowledge he or she can use for the rest of their life. Are you worried that school isn’t preparing your child for the real world? It probably isn’t. Rich Kid Smart Kid can bridge that gap.

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Book SynopsisThe word-of-mouth bestseller * Published in more than 30 countries * 3 million copies sold worldwideAre you stressed out, overbooked and underwhelmed by life? Fed up with pleasing everyone else before you please yourself? Finding it hard working from home? Then it's time to stop giving a f**k, and care less to get more.This irreverent and practical book explains how to rid yourself of unwanted obligations, shame, and guilt - and give your f**ks instead to people and things that make you happy. From family dramas to having a bikini body, the simple 'NotSorry Method' for mental decluttering will help you unleash the power of not giving a f**k and will free you to spend your time, energy and money on the things that really matter.'The anti-guru' Observer'Absolutely blinding. Read it. Do it.' Mail on Sunday'Genius' Cosmopolitan'I love Knight's book even before I start reading . . . Works a charm' Sunday Times Magazine'Life-affirming . . . The key practice she advocates is devising for yourself a "fuck budget" . . . It's a beautiful way of streamlining your psyche' Lucy Mangan, GuardianALSO AVAILABLE FROM SARAH KNIGHT:YOU DO YOU: how to be who you are and use what you've got to get what you want ANDGet Your Sh*t Together - the New York Times bestseller helping you organise the f**ks you want and need to giveTrade ReviewThis book will help you redefine what really matters * Stylist *The best book I have read recently . . . Absolutely blinding. Read it. Do it -- Liz Jones * Mail on Sunday *Every woman's handbook * Evening Standard *Life-affirming . . . The key practice she advocates is devising for yourself a "f**k budget" . . . It's a beautiful way of streamlining your psyche -- Lucy Mangan * Guardian *I love Knight's book before I even start reading . . . the book works a charm * Sunday Times Magazine *Genius * Cosmopolitan *Her book wooed me with this line: "Hot yoga? Don't give a downard f***!" She has some frank advice . . . Bite me off a piece of that, I think * Style, Sunday Times *Yes, it's a parody of a cult book . . . but it's something more, too. Knight acknowledges the overwhelmingness of the modern world in a different way to many before her * Guardian *Changed my life. To this day, I think about how it schooled me in the fine art of giving less f*cks about people (and party invites) who don't really matter to me, and saving my precious time and energy for those who do. I wasn't alone - the book became an international bestseller * Vogue *My new saviour . . . hilarious * Psychologies *This kind-of-genius parody of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up might actually change your life * Women's Health *Light relief . . . thoroughly modern self-help book * Independent on Sunday *After reading this book cover-to-cover and compiling a list of ten things I don't give a f*** about (Kanye West and exfoliation figured pretty highly), I realise how wonderfully liberating it is to stop apologising for things I'm not sorry about * Red *Unashamedly funny, honest and practical book . . . sounds pretty darn tempting to us . . . And it makes you laugh. Bring it on! * Heat *[A] mix of Oprah Winfrey-style mantras and Amy Schumer-esque obscenities * Elle *Self-help with an edge * Vogue *A funny take on that very popular cleaning up book, but so much more. It's about taking care of yourself and not giving a f*ck what people think of your choices (but without being an a**hole). This book is kicking ass all over bestseller lists. Buy it. You won't be disappointed -- Jen KirkmanThis year's must-read [self-help] title -- Katie Glass * The Sun *The self-help equivalent of a Weird Al parody song. (That's a compliment.) -- Molly Young * The New York Times Book Review *Hilarious and liberating * Fashion Me Now *There are some really genius life lessons to be learnt, such as ditching "bikini body" guilt and embracing the NotSorry Method. * Elle Australia *The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F--k stands out from the self-help pack not only for its frank language and sense of humour, but also because it is about less in a culture of more. -- Nicole Elphick * Daily Life *Perfect for any woman who's finding the festive season a bit too much * The Sun *Highly amusing * Mslexia *The missing life manual that everyone should get at birth. It should be required reading in school . . . Sarah Knight is like a modern-day Mary Poppins for mental clutter . . . And her spoonful of sugar is her wicked sense of humour. Every household needs her . . . or at least a copy of her book . . . Outstanding * How to GYST *For practical and sweary self-help advice with no bloody lectures, Sarah Knight is the bollocks -- Brigid Moss * The Pool *

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