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The Upside of Stress explores the power our attitudes have when it comes to dealing with stress. These blinks explain the inner workings of our biological and psychological responses to stress, and open up new perspectives on how stress can help us grow.

• Students and employees seeking deeper insights into managing stress
• Individuals interested in seeing how their experiences of adversity in the past affect them today
• People curious about scientific research on stress

Wherever You Go, There You Are (1994) explains how to fully enjoy the present moment without worrying about the past or the future. By providing step-by-step meditation practices, both formal and informal, that can easily be incorporated into everyday life, Kabat-Zinn steers us toward the peace and tranquility that we’re yearning for.

• Those who want to be fully present
• People who want to learn how to meditate
• Meditators hoping to expand and deepen their practice

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers (1994) vividly explains the biology behind stress and its impact on our lives, functioning as an effective way to deal with immediate problems, while also posing serious health risks in the long run. The author also offers plenty of practical tips on how to keep stress under control.

• Anyone who feels stressed
• People interested in the ways society impacts our stress levels
• Anyone curious about how the mind and the body are interconnected

What to Do When You’re New (2015) is the result of Rollag’s 20 years of research on why people become anxious and stressed in new situations. It provides strategies for changing your outlook on new situations and offers techniques for handling such situations with comfort and confidence.

• Those who get anxious in unfamiliar situations
• Employees new on the job
• Students transferring to a new school

The Happiness Track (2016) outlines the simple steps you can take to become happier and more successful. Referencing the latest scientific research, these blinks debunk common myths about how to be successful and set out a concrete plan for you to reduce stress in your life.

• People searching for ways to find joy in the little things
• Entrepreneurs and start-up employees looking for morale boosters
• Anyone struggling with stress

The Worry-Free Mind (2017) takes a close look at why we spend so much time worrying and what can be done to reduce these worries. Having a stressed-out mind may be part of being a human being, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take steps to better control your thoughts and emotions. Here are some tips and techniques to take control of your mind and live a happier life.

• Individuals caught in a spiral of negative thinking
• People feeling stuck in a state of worry
• Students of meditation and spirituality

Hardcore Self Help (2014) is your guide to overcoming anxiety and living a peaceful life. These blinks examine some of the different forms that anxiety disorders take and offer some techniques to help ease anxiety.

• Patients struggling with anxiety disorders
• Anyone with a friend or loved one who suffers from anxiety
• Stressed-out executives and entrepreneurs

Simplicity Parenting (2009) teaches parents how to reduce the levels of stress experienced by their children. Parents can accomplish this by controlling their children’s environment, limiting their access to the adult world and providing them with a steady, rhythmic schedule. Taking these simple steps will improve family life for all involved.  

• Parents and parents-to-be
• Child psychologists
• Therapists

How Not to Worry (2012) is a practical and accessible roadmap to defeating anxiety, stress and worry. Logical and clearly laid out, life coach Paul McGee’s approach is all about small changes that make a big difference. He shows that by thinking analytically, you can start dealing with worries rationally and free up valuable headspace for more pleasurable pursuits.

• Serial worriers and the terminally stressed out
• Life and performance coaches
• Psychology buffs

Stop Reading the News (2020) shows us how we can live a calmer, healthier, and more thoughtful life if we simply stop reading the news. By practicing what the author calls radical abstinence from the news media, we can rescue our minds from the overload of information, and focus on what actually matters in life.

• News addicts desperate to break the habit
• Those looking to leave the news media and become long-form journalists
• Anyone curious about technology and its impact

Resilient (2018) is a practical guide on how to cultivate your inner strengths and develop qualities like compassion, confidence, and grit. Through simple techniques and concrete examples, it explains the ways you can harness your brain’s resources to cope with stress and anxiety – and find the motivation to follow your dreams.

• Pursuers of happiness looking for guidance on personal growth
• Life explorers who want to discover their inner strengths
• Travelers on difficult paths who are in need of encouragement

Full Catastrophe Living (1990) doesn’t sugar-coat it: this is a book that acknowledges life can sometimes feel like one catastrophe after another. But while we might not be able to prevent life’s catastrophes, the way we respond to them is entirely within our control. An acknowledged classic in the mindful living genre, Full Catastrophe Living explains how life’s storms can be weathered through mindfulness.

• Those struggling to cope with physical or emotional pain
• People who struggle to deal with stress 
• Anyone who just can’t seem to turn their mind off

Brain Wash (2020) is a no-nonsense handbook for living a calm and content life in a world that’s designed to deliver the opposite. Medical doctors David and Austin Perlmutter unpack how our modern society manipulates our brains. Then they lay out a powerful 10-day bootcamp for breaking these bad patterns and building healthier habits.

• Harried workers seeking a calmer life
• Dieters looking for medically sound advice
• Anyone aspiring to make big changes one day at a time

In the FLO (2020) outlines a way for women to eat, live, and work in sync with their monthly cycles. Author Alisa Vitti demonstrates how taking charge of your hormonal health can help you unleash your creativity, manage stress, and even improve your sex life.

• People with periods seeking to optimize their health
• Females of all ages who feel drained or overwhelmed
• Women who want to reclaim sovereignty over their bodies, relationships, and careers

Breath (2020) is the fascinating and unexpected story of the power of breathing. Western science has overlooked the amazing effects that different methods of breathing can have on our health.

• Fans of popular science
• People looking for simple ways to improve their health
• Anyone keen to learn more about something we do unconsciously.

When the Body Says No (2003) probes the hidden connections between mental health and physical illness. Modern medical science often tries to reassure us that our minds and bodies are totally separate – when, in reality, they’re deeply interconnected. Mental stresses often play out in the body as physiological diseases, disorders, and chronic conditions that endanger our health and well-being.

• People who have chronic health conditions or who know others who have them
• The eternally stressed
• Those interested in the connections between mind and body

The Lazy Genius Way (2020) is an essential guide for perfectionists everywhere. We run ourselves ragged trying to excel at everything, but this leaves us exhausted and unfulfilled. Luckily, there is another way. We can identify what really makes our lives meaningful, and put our energy into leading lives that fulfill us. By adopting the practical strategies of the Lazy Genius, we can transform how we live and work, one small step at a time.

• Perfectionists who want to learn how to relax
• Working parents struggling to balance a busy life
• Anyone overwhelmed by clutter

The Joy of Missing Out (2019) focuses on how we can eliminate stress from our lives and improve our productivity. It contains actionable strategies for simplifying our lives and identifying our priorities.

• Those who struggle to manage their time effectively
• Individuals who have a hard time saying no
• Women of all ages and all stages of life

Journey of Awakening (1978) is a guide to establishing and solidifying a personal meditation practice. Combining insights from many spiritual traditions, it outlines a path to self-realization through meditation – offering sage advice on how to stay the course through doubt, fear, and ego traps.

• Spiritually curious thinkers who aren’t sure where to start
• Stressed-out people looking for peace of mind
• Anyone interested in meditation

Relentless Solution Focus (2021) shows how having a more optimistic mindset can transform our lives. Using a three-step process, the authors share insights, tools, and frameworks for developing the mental toughness needed to strip away our tendencies toward negativity.

• Athletes and others with high-performance occupations
• Individuals struggling to balance the demands of their personal and professional lives
• Anyone dealing with adversity

Win at Work and Succeed at Life (2021) explores the pitfalls of our long-hours work culture. It outlines how professionals can reclaim their personal lives and achieve a better work-life balance.

• Anyone struggling with burnout
• Stressed-out professionals seeking balance
• People managers wanting to boost employee engagement

The Art of Rest (2019) is a deep dive into the world of rest. It takes the results of the Rest Test, an online survey of over 18,000 people across 135 countries about rest, and uses those results as a starting point to examine which activities people find most restful, and why two-thirds of respondents felt they didn’t get enough rest. Drawing on scientific research, it investigates the ten most popular ways to rest, and the difficulties and proven benefits behind each restful activity.

• Anyone interested in wellness
• Self-care enthusiasts
• People who enjoy spending time alone

Forest Bathing (2018) is a guide to the Japanese practice of forest bathing. It explores the beliefs, culture, and traditions behind forest bathing, as well as various studies on its health benefits. It also lays out easy-to-follow steps for practicing forest bathing in any environment.

• People interested in nature’s effect on human health
• Nature lovers
• Japanese culture enthusiasts

A World Without Email (2021) presents a bold reimagining of the workplace, one in which the days of email and instant messaging are a thing of the past. It argues that while email may seem like an integral part of modern knowledge work, it’s actually making everyone less productive and less focused, not to mention miserable. The solution will require a major paradigm shift –⁠ but it will be well worth the effort.

• Business leaders who want to root out inefficiencies in their organizations
• Employees frustrated with the workplace culture of constant communication
• Freelancers and entrepreneurs looking to improve their workflow

Anxiety at Work (2021) explores how the modern workplace contributes to our soaring anxiety levels. It outlines how organizations, and team leaders, can help alleviate their employees’ worries and concerns.

• Anyone interested in organizational psychology
• Stressed-out employees looking for some perspective
• Managers hoping to give employee well-being a boost

Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess (2021) presents a scientifically backed strategy for rooting out toxic thoughts. It breaks down the principles and tools of the Neurocycle – a mind-management process that changes toxic thoughts and their related behaviors into positive thinking and habits.

• Those looking to take control of their mental state
• People grappling with the effects of trauma
• Anyone curious about how the mind and brain are connected

I’m So Effing Tired (2021) shows how you can overcome chronic exhaustion by tapping into the interconnected relationship between your gut, your immune system, and your hormones – also known as “the energy trifecta.” It demonstrates how you can boost energy levels by making changes to your lifestyle, your diet, and how you manage stress. 

• Women seeking to beat chronic fatigue
• Anyone who wants to boost energy levels
• People struggling to overcome burnout

The Work-Life Balance Myth (2021) is a guide to managing stress and creating harmony across the key areas in your life using the Seven-Slice Method. Rather than divide your waking hours between work and life, the Seven-Slice Method recontextualizes life into seven key areas and demonstrates how spending time in each of them every day can help you overcome pressure and find peace.

• Professionals seeking ways to manage stress
• Parents struggling to juggle family and work life
• Those who want more harmony in their lives

Urgent! (2021) is your guide to getting the right things done at the right time. In our fast-paced world, it’s easy to fall into the urgency trap – and keeping up with the constant demands often feels impossible. But by learning to consciously replace reactive behaviors with proactive ones, you can reduce stress and do deeper, more effective work.

• Savvy leaders who want to increase team productivity
• Frazzled workers craving less stress – and less time at the desk
• Optimizers seeking efficiency hacks for a better work-life balance

Hear Yourself (2021) is a guide to cutting out distractions, silencing your mind, and connecting to your inner peace. Packed with ancient wisdom and compelling anecdotes, it’ll teach you to cultivate calm and serenity within yourself to counter the noise and busyness of the world outside.

• Goal-setters who want to follow through on their ambitions
• People feeling distracted and overwhelmed by the demands of life
• Anyone trying to navigate periods of stress, trauma, or grief

Bliss More (2018) outlines a radical and effortless approach to meditation. Whether you’ve found yourself restless while sitting on your pillow or more mindful of your backache than your oneness with the universe, this book outlines easy steps to help you find your meditative groove. 

• Restless meditators
• Those looking for a new approach to mindfulness
• Anyone hoping to bliss out a little more

The No-Nonsense Meditation Book (2021) explores the science behind meditation. As the latest neuroscience research shows, you don’t have to be a monk in search of nirvana to reap the benefits of meditation. In fact, it’s a great solution to many distinctly modern problems like stress and chronic anxiety.

• Natural worriers
• Would-be meditators
• Scientists

Everyday Vitality (2021) explores how we can cultivate resilience while juggling the small, nonstop stresses of everyday life. Those who thrive do so because they build vitality, a force of power and flexibility that allows them to handle difficulties. The people who cope best are the ones who find ways to turn their stress into strength through intentionality, purpose, and connection.

• Anyone looking to alleviate stress in their daily lives
• People interested in improving their quality of life
• Those who are interested in achieving peace amid busyness

The Expectation Effect (2022) explores the connection between our minds, our bodies, and our outcomes. It explores how our expectations can form our realities, and reveals the extent to which self-fulfilling prophecies shape our lives.

• Anyone struggling with a negative mindset
• Psychology buffs looking for a fresh perspective
• Health and wellness fans wanting new insights

Meditation (1988) provides a valuable overview of Osho meditations – an approach to meditation that emphasizes awareness and uses movement as a way of preparing the mind and body. It provides the basic principles behind Osho meditation, as well as a few foundational techniques to get you started.

• Anyone interested in meditation
• Fans of the Wild Wild Country Netflix series
• People looking to become more aware and more relaxed

At Your Best (2021) is a practical guide to moving beyond time management. Drawing on Carey Nieuwhof’s decades of leadership, it shows how to sync your time, energy, and priorities so that you can reach your goals, have more energy for what you love, and begin to thrive both at work and at home.

• Busy people struggling with burnout
• Leaders looking for a reboot
• Anyone trying to reach their potential

The Power of Pressure (2021) takes a deep dive into the world of pressure in all its forms, and how high performers deal with it. By noticing the patterns of both single, peak pressure moments and pressure over the long haul, it’ll provide you with a practical set of tools to start using pressure to your advantage.

• Workers feeling overwhelmed by the daily grind
• Productivity hackers looking to boost performance under pressure
• Anyone who has ever been stressed out

Undistracted (2022) is a call to arms against one of the greatest forces stopping you from living your best life: distraction. Life is full of it. The 24/7 news cycle. Your smartphone. Worrying about what your colleagues think and what your neighbors have. Endless to-do lists. All those sources of distraction get in the way of what really matters – a life filled with joy, love, and intention.

• Workaholics looking for new sources of meaning
• Anyone struggling with stress
• Non-believers interested in Christianity’s take on mindful living

Attention Span (2023) examines the connection between the digital age and our capacity for attention. As digital devices have become inextricable from our lives, our attention spans have shortened and our stress levels have risen. Drawing on scientific research, it debunks modern myths about attention and explains how we can reclaim it for better well-being. 

• Anyone worried about their decreasing attention span
• Those who have trouble disconnecting from their phone
• People who feel stressed, exhausted, and burned out

Tranquility by Tuesday (2022) is a practical guide to scheduling and organizing your time, week by week, to have a more peaceful and productive life. Through tips, anecdotes, and guided questions, you can regain control and improve your quality of life.

• Parents juggling family obligations and personal time
• Busy professionals who want to find more tranquility in their days
• Anyone seeking to become more organized and make more time for themselves

How to Be a Productivity Ninja (2014) transforms old-school time-management techniques and productivity advice into a twenty-first century handbook on how to work smarter – not harder. Adapted to the realities of contemporary work and life, it’s filled with practical guidance and exercises for boosting productivity.

• Chronic procrastinators who’d like to get more done
• Habitual multitaskers who can’t seem to follow through
• Anyone who’s scared of their overflowing inbox or novel-length to-do list

The Power of Unwavering Focus (2022) is a practical and personal guide that offers clear steps toward ending the distractions, fears, and worries that keep us stressed out and anxious, while carving a clear path toward more mental clarity and focus. Packed with concrete steps and personal reflections, it offers a deep look into the awesome power of the mind and how focus can help everyone live a more purposeful and joyful life.

• Exhausted multitaskers feeling lost in the grind
• Goal-seekers looking for a clearer path to success
• Anyone wanting to live with more purpose in daily life

Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening (2013) explores how adopting a Buddhist approach to mindfulness can unlock a true and deeply felt freedom. The author draws on an ancient dialogue conducted by Siddhartha Gotama, the Buddha, and creates a clear, systemic path to establishing mindfulness of body, emotion, thought, and time as a way to overcome suffering.

• Curious minds interested in the time-tested wisdom of the Buddha
• Deep thinkers committed to living mindfully 
• Anyone interested in using meditation to enrich their lives

Stop Overthinking (2021) is an indispensable guide to breaking free from the negative thought patterns holding you back. Learn how to recognize your negative spiral triggers, overcome anxiety attacks, and declutter your mind to live a stress-free life.

• Nervous Nellies
• Persistent procrastinators
• Anybody struggling with doubt and indecision

Living Untethered (2022) is your guide to finding self-realization and unconditional happiness. It provides practical guidance on moving beyond your thoughts, feeling, and emotions and will help you to stop struggling and start experiencing life to its fullest.

• Spiritual-guidance seekers
• Anyone who wants to understand who they really are
• People experiencing anxiety or tension who want to learn how to let go

Awe (2023) is a deep dive into this elusive emotion. Drawing on new research, it shows how awe can improve your mood, well-being, cognitive abilities, and relationships with others. 

• Stressed individuals in need of a mood boost
• Those curious about the power of emotions
• Urban dwellers craving more meaning in life

Forever Young (2023) challenges the notion that poor health associated with aging is an inevitable part of life. Instead, it provides a roadmap to not only live longer but to enjoy good health until death.

• Young people wanting to set themselves up for a long, healthy life
• Older people looking to reverse the aging process
• Those suffering from disease who want to improve their well-being

Your Brain on Art (2023) offers remarkable insights into how artistic endeavors and aesthetics – from music and dance to drawing and interior design – can rewire our brains and improve our lives.

• Art and science enthusiasts
• Anxious or stressed-out people looking for solutions
• People curious about the benefits of art therapy

The Home Edit (2019) proposes a straightforward formula to organize any part of the home in a way that is functional, classy, and easy to maintain. The technique it teaches is equally easy for other members of the household to learn and apply, so that everyone can enjoy a calm, happy home environment.

• Anyone trying to maintain order and beauty in their homes
• Parents teaching their kids good housekeeping habits
• Interior designers trying to help clients maintain the spaces they create

Let That Sh*t Go: Find Peace of Mind and Happiness in Your Everyday (2018) offers a trove of tools and tips to declutter your mind of all the crap that gets in the way of inner peace and joyful living. Its approach to mindfulness helps you to connect to what’s going on in your head and then use that awareness to build self love, authenticity, acceptance, perspective, and forgiveness. 

• People interested in what mindfulness is and how to practice it
• Busy people who feel too stressed or overwhelmed to enjoy life 
• Anyone who wants to improve their daily happiness

The Source (2019) reveals the secret to mastering your mind. It draws on cognitive science and the author’s coaching experience to provide a four-step plan to fire up your brain and get what you want from life by becoming a new, confident you.

• Personal Development seekers
• Stressed individuals looking to improve their mental health and well-being
• Entrepreneurs and business leaders

Enchantment (2023) asks how – in a world of toxic social media, rolling news coverage, burnout, stress, and anxiety – we can spark feelings of wonder, magic, and miracle. It suggests that discovering a connection with nature and rekindling our connection to our own inner selves will awaken our ability to be enchanted by the world.

• Anxious scrollers who can’t seem to tear themselves from their newsfeeds
• Burnt-out workers, parents, and carers who have lost their spark
• Anyone who feels disconnected from nature and community

Life in Five Senses (2023) is a meditation on how activating and exploring the five senses can lead to a richer, more meaningful engagement with life.

• Burned-out workers feeling disconnected from the world around them
• Sensualists who want to sink deeper into exploring sensory pleasures
• Anyone who’d like to look closer, hear better, smell sharper, taste more, and touch with intention

The Mental Toughness Handbook (2020) offers a step-by-step guide with proven strategies and time-tested wisdom for overcoming adversity and obstacles in life by developing mental discipline and resilience.

• Athletes looking to enhance their performance in high-pressure situations
• Business leaders and entrepreneurs looking for more mental stamina for decision-making
• Anyone seeking a better way to handle stress, anxiety, or adversity, no matter what

Mindset Matters (2022) is your handbook to thriving in uncertainty. It contains actionable insights to help you cultivate mental agility for success in any dynamic work setting.

• Professionals seeking new opportunities
• Business disruptors
• Career enthusiasts looking to get a step ahead

The Oxygen Advantage (2015) reveals how simple breath control can unlock untapped power to improve fitness, focus, and overall well-being. 

• Athletes or fitness enthusiasts looking to gain an edge in endurance, performance, and workout recovery
• Those interested in boosting concentration, mental clarity, and accessing meditative states through breathing
• People looking for holistic health approaches rooted in evolutionary biology and ancestral lifestyles

Yoga Nidra Made Easy (2022) explores the roots and techniques of the practice of Yoga Nidra, or yogic sleep. This practice of meditation exploring the hypnagogic state between wakefulness and sleep boasts an impressive list of verified benefits, from stress relief and better sleep to boosting critical thinking, self-reflection, and creativity.

• Anyone who is looking for an easy meditation practice – no guru required
• Those looking for better sleep, stress relief, or personal insight
• Yoga or fitness fans looking for more mind-body connection  

Master of Change (2023) is a guide to coping with the inevitable – a life full of change and uncertainty. Drawing from age-old philosophical traditions and cutting-edge science, it shows how your attitude to change is the key to a life of resilience, fulfillment, and growth. By altering your mindset and embracing change, you can improve your life.

• People experiencing changes in their personal or professional lives
• Stressed-out individuals who want to learn how to cope better
• Self-improvement seekers

Don't Overthink It (2020) unveils the mental entanglements that come with constant rumination, highlighting how overthinking can rob us of time and precious moments. Drawing on her own experience as an overthinker, Anne Bogel provides readers with tangible solutions to break free from the chains of repetitive, negative thought patterns. 

• Individuals seeking personal growth
• Avid readers of self-help and personal development
• Admirers of Anne Bogel's work

The Mind of the Leader (2018) explores how leaders can cultivate critical inner capacities like mindfulness, selflessness, and compassion to become more effective guides. Supported by research conducted by The Potential Project, it draws on psychology, neuroscience, and case studies of global organizations to provide science-based tools for strengthening these core leadership skills. 

• Managers looking to improve their leadership skills
• Emerging leaders 
• Entrepreneurs and founders wanting to develop a purpose-based leadership approach

No Time to Panic (2023) is a personal exploration of the causes and treatments of panic attacks. It’s grounded in the latest science and informed by interviews with leading specialists in the field. 

• People who suffer from panic attacks, anxiety, or related disorders
• Those close to someone who has a panic disorder
• Anyone who’s interested in psychology, evolutionary biology, or neuroscience

Building a Non-Anxious Life (2023) is a straight-talking manual for regaining peace and joy. It offers a six-step roadmap to navigating the stress-inducing modern world with intention and perspective – reminding us that while we might not be able to eliminate anxiety completely, we can reduce it significantly. 

• Anyone for whom “stressed” has become the default mode 
• Individuals dealing with anxiety, depression, or trauma 
• People who want to improve their health and relationships 

How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids (2019) is a guide for parents looking to manage their frustration and stay calm when dealing with challenging parenting moments. It offers practical advice for identifying triggers, practicing mindfulness, and reducing stress to foster more peaceful interactions with children. Through humor and empathy, it helps parents build emotional resilience and self-compassion.

• Parents struggling to manage daily parenting stress
• Caregivers seeking practical strategies for staying calm
• Anyone experiencing frequent frustration with their children

How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind (2016) offers practical, reality-based strategies to take control of household chaos without relying on perfection. It will guide you through small, consistent habits that reduce clutter and make cleaning manageable, helping you to create a functional and peaceful home. With humor and honesty, it emphasizes actionable steps to transform overwhelming mess into order.

• Busy parents balancing endless tasks and household chaos
• Overwhelmed individuals feeling paralyzed by clutter and perfectionism
• Time-strapped professionals seeking functional home routines

The Art of Letting Go (2023) invites you on a transformative journey toward emotional freedom. It’s a guide to shedding the burdens of the past, embracing self-compassion, and cultivating a growth mindset for a purposeful and liberated existence. Dive into this exploration and emerge more resilient, insightful, and equipped to navigate life’s challenges with grace.

• Self-help enthusiasts seeking emotional freedom
• Individuals interested in personal growth and resilience
• Readers looking for guidance on self-compassion

The 5 Resets (2024), is a comprehensive guide to how we can better manage stress with the help of five key life-enhancing strategies. Brought to life by the stories of a Harvard doctor and her patients, it focuses on making manageable lifestyle adjustments to improve mental and physical health, fostering resilience and balance in the process.

• Professionals facing workplace stress and burnout
• Busy parents and caregivers seeking a better work-life balance
• Entrepreneurs managing stress and growth

Stress Resets (2024) offers a plethora of quick and scientifically validated methods for managing stress. It introduces you to effective exercises that promise to ease your stress quickly without intensive meditation, medications, or alcohol. Through practical tips and exercises, it teaches you to regulate your emotions and build resilience, fundamentally changing how you perceive and handle stress.

• Busy professionals looking to enhance their stress management skills
• Stressed students needing focus and anxiety relief
• Overwhelmed parents seeking emotional balance

The Humor Habit (2024) explores the transformative power of humor, emphasizing how incorporating humor can improve personal well-being, relationships, and workplace dynamics. It provides practical strategies and insights to help readers develop a habit of finding and using humor in various situations, promoting resilience and a positive mindset. 

• Workplace managers and leaders
• Mental health professionals
• Personal development enthusiasts

Sovereign (2024) explores how people can take back their freedom and learn to truly value themselves. It offers science-backed strategies to break free from self-destructive patterns and beliefs, aiming to help readers live more authentic, fulfilling lives. Using real-life examples of people who hold an inner sovereignty, it addresses how readers, too, can reclaim sovereignty over their work, family, body, and mind.

• Self-improvement aficionados looking for growth strategies
• Burned-out professionals needing guidance
• People battling with self-doubt and low self-esteem

Unstressable (2023) applies an engineering mind and stress-management expertise to our epidemic of stress. It argues that chronic stress is avoidable, often as much due to negative thought patterns as external circumstances. It offers practical exercises to help build the skills to manage stress.

• Those struggling with anxiety, burnout, or emotional upheaval
• Chronic worriers seeking a new perspective on stress
• Anyone ready to cultivate unshakable resilience and calm

Calm the F*ck Down (2018) is a humorous guide to managing anxiety and overthinking in everyday life. It offers practical strategies for distinguishing between what you can and can’t control, helping you take action where possible and let go of the rest. By breaking down common stress responses, it empowers readers to stop freaking out and start dealing with life more effectively. 

• Overthinkers struggling with ambient anxiety
• Perfectionists needing to release control
• Anyone currently overwhelmed by a shitstorm

Tapping (2024) explores the practice of Emotional Freedom Techniques which combine elements of cognitive therapy with acupressure to promote physical and emotional healing. It explains how tapping on specific meridian points while focusing on emotional issues can help alleviate stress, anxiety, and other psychological challenges.

• Stressed-out people seeking relief
• Alternative medicine practitioners
• Self-help enthusiasts

Powered by Me (2023) delves into the complexities of burnout, providing a clear method to pinpoint where it affects individuals across five levels: physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual. Packed with practical tools and tips for beating burnout, it shows you how to replenish your energy, enhance personal awareness, and align decisions with your core values. 

• Professionals experiencing burnout and seeking recovery strategies
• Individuals interested in holistic wellness and self-care
• Leaders aiming to align personal values with decision-making

Unstoppable Brain (2024) explores the latest neuroscience to help readers understand how their brains respond to failure and stress, and offers practical strategies to reprogram these responses for lasting behavior change. It focuses primarily on the habenula, a brain region that can inhibit motivation after perceived failure, and provides actionable steps to overcome this built-in internal barrier and achieve personal goals​.

• Healthcare professionals seeking neuroscience-based strategies for patient engagement
• Educators interested in understanding and fostering motivation
• Anyone struggling with procrastination or self-doubt

‘Til Stress Do Us Part (2024) explores how external stress, rather than relationship dynamics, is often the root cause of couples’ struggles. It offers practical tools, including journaling prompts, self-regulation exercises, and communication strategies, to help couples manage stress and strengthen their connection. 

• Couples looking for strategies to manage stress and improve communication
• New parents navigating a period of heightened pressure in their relationship
• Therapists supporting clients through challenging periods

Let It Settle (2024) guides you through daily mindfulness habits designed to calm the chaos of everyday life. By incorporating simple meditation techniques and grounding practices, you’ll move from feeling overwhelmed to finding clarity and inner peace. It’s your toolkit for navigating stress and embracing a more balanced, present existence.

• Busy professionals needing a dose of mindfulness to combat career-induced stress
• Students facing academic pressures in search of tools to manage anxiety
• Anyone feeling emotionally overwhelmed and in need of self-love

Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age (2024) explores how the human brain, largely unchanged since the Stone Age, often struggles to cope with the demands of modern technology. It explains why our brains are vulnerable to digital addiction and Big Tech’s influence, given that they evolved for survival in a prehistoric world, and what that does to us as humans. 

• People concerned about digital addiction and its effects
• Anyone interested in brain health and modern technology’s impact
• Readers curious about human evolution and tech’s influence on behavior

Burned Out to Lit Up (2023) is a practical guide to recovering from burnout. It shows that by prioritizing our own needs, setting boundaries, and adopting positive habits, we can live happier, healthier lives.

• People who feel burned out
• Parents struggling to juggle work and family commitments
• Anyone who wants to live a more balanced life

Toxic Productivity (2024) explores the emotional dynamics behind our relentless drive for achievement, revealing how societal pressures, shame, and perfectionism fuel a cycle of overwork and burnout. It combines research, personal stories, and therapeutic insights to help readers identify and break free from toxic productivity habits. 

• Overworked professionals who need to balance productivity with well-being
• Perfectionists ready to break free from unrealistic standards
• Students who want to manage academic pressure while prioritizing mental health

The Practicing Happiness Workbook (2014) is a practical guide for managing difficult emotions and breaking free from cycles of rumination. It explores mindfulness techniques to cultivate inner calm, reduce self-criticism, and develop a more resilient mind. Through practical exercises, it provides tools that help us approach life’s challenges with clarity, intention, and greater emotional well-being.

• Individuals interested in practical mindfulness tools 
• Those struggling with rumination or self-critical thoughts
• Anyone who wants to cultivate inner calmness

The Pause Principle (2025) examines how workplace reactivity weakens organizations and undermines leadership effectiveness. Instead of reacting impulsively, it advocates for mindfulness-based strategies that foster intentional decision-making. Through a comprehensive framework, it guides leaders in transforming reactive habits into thoughtful responses – helping them build stronger teams, make better decisions, and cultivate a culture of trust and innovation.

• Rising professionals hoping to build on their emotional intelligence
• Experienced leaders looking to break long-standing patterns of reactive behavior
• Anyone aiming to manage stress better in tough situations

Good Morning, I Love You (2020) shows how mindfulness and self-compassion can transform our lives. Through simple practices such as meditation, we can rewire our brains to experience more peace and joy.

• People struggling with negative thoughts and difficult feelings
• Those who are going through a tough time
• Anyone curious about how to practice mindfulness

Gentle (2025) offers a counterintuitive solution to the contemporary culture of exhaustion by reclaiming rest as essential, rather than a reward for productivity. It provides practical, actionable strategies for breaking the cycle of busyness, and challenging the glorification of hustle, while enhancing well-being and effectiveness. 

• Busy professionals experiencing – or on the verge of – burnout
• Caregivers who regularly prioritize the needs of others
• Anyone who has normalized chronic fatigue as “just how life is”

Mind Your Body (2025) reveals the overlooked connection between the mind and body when it comes to chronic pain and other persistent ailments. It shows how our brains, in an attempt to protect us from emotional distress, can trigger very real and painful physical symptoms. It also provides a proven method for escaping this cycle and finding relief once and for all.

• Anyone with a chronic ailment
• People hoping to reduce their dependency on medications
• Individuals with an interest in pain management

Shift (2025) is a comprehensive science-based guide to managing – and maybe even mastering – your emotional life. It outlines what emotions are, why they matter, and how they can be tangibly harnessed to help, not hinder, you in pursuit of a life well lived. 

• Anyone wanting to better manage their emotions  
• Parents and professionals navigating today’s complex stresses and stressors 
• Leaders and educators committed to modelling best practice 

The Stress Paradox (2025) flips the script on how we think about pressure, showing that the very thing we try to avoid might actually help us grow stronger, smarter, and more resilient. What if stress isn’t your enemy, but your hidden superpower? Find out how stepping outside your comfort zone might be the best thing you can do for your health and wellbeing. 

• Health and wellness enthusiasts
• Therapists, coaches, and fitness gurus
• Anyone interested in strengthening themselves

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and It's All Small Stuff (1997) is for anyone who’s ever felt like the little annoyances of life are running the show. It offers simple, down-to-earth ways to quiet your mind, ease your stress, and enjoy life a whole lot more. It guides us toward a place where the small stuff is no longer stealing your happiness, and where we are more centered and focused on what really matters.

• Stressed-out professionals
• Busy parents
• Personal growth seekers

Solve for Happy (2017) is the result of former Chief Business Officer at Google X, Mo Gawdat’s highly personal journey to understand the nature of happiness and how to achieve it. By borrowing ideas from many of the world’s religions and applying his own analytical mind to the problem, Gawdat arrives at a formula for happiness.

• Those trying to find a happiness deeper than simple success
• Anyone who wants to understand why reality can be so confusing
• People looking for a life-affirming example of strength in the face of tragedy

Shatterproof (2025) offers a groundbreaking alternative to traditional ideas about resilience, revealing why mere “bouncing back” from difficulties is not sufficient or sustainable. It provides a practical, four-step roadmap for transforming life’s challenges into opportunities for authentic growth, and fulfilling one’s core psychological needs to emerge stronger than before. 

• High-achieving professionals experiencing burnout from constantly “pushing through”
• Self-development enthusiasts interested in evidence-based psychological frameworks
• Anyone experiencing a major life disruption who wants to grow from the experience

Heavily Meditated (2025) offers a practical guide to rewiring the mind and body using a blend of ancient spiritual practices and modern science. It introduces a toolkit of techniques – including meditation, sleep optimization, and ego training – to boost mental clarity, emotional resilience, and physical energy. The goal is to help you reclaim your focus, clear out hidden stress, and unlock your full potential.

• Anyone seeking practical tools for mental and emotional clarity
• Biohackers looking to upgrade focus, sleep, and performance
• Stressed achievers wanting lasting energy and inner peace

The Highly Sensitive Parent (2020) reveals why you experience parenting with such intensity. You'll learn that your sensitivity is not a weakness but a superpower for attunement. Discover how to manage the overwhelm and use your unique gifts to build a deeper connection with your child.

• Parents who feel easily overwhelmed and constantly exhausted
• Individuals curious about the trait of high sensitivity
• Partners seeking to understand their highly sensitive co-parent better

Tame Your Thoughts (2025) presents a Christian perspective on the link between thinking patterns and wellbeing. It outlines biblical tools aimed at transforming destructive mental habits and incorporates neuroscience-informed strategies for challenges such as worry, guilt, and anxiety. The perspective emphasizes that, since God designed the brain, it can be retrained through deliberate thought management grounded in biblical principles.

• Chronic worriers who want to interrupt anxious thought spirals
• Guilt-prone people who want to live free from toxic shame
• Depressives who want to uproot negativity and replant with hope

Smarter (2024) offers a revolutionary approach to achieving more through strategic productivity, challenging the toxic “busyness” culture that leaves so many ambitious women feeling burnt out. This empowering guide provides clear practical steps to help you reframe your mindset, establish healthy boundaries, and leverage your natural strengths for lasting success on your own terms.

• Ambitious women who feel burnt out from "hustle culture" 
• Entrepreneurs and business leaders looking to optimize their productivity 
• Working mothers juggling career demands with family responsibilities 

Digital Exhaustion (2025) explores how everyday digital tools quietly drain your energy by fragmenting attention, distorting social inferences, and amplifying emotional strain. It lays out eight practical rules for reshaping how you use technology so you can reduce burnout, regain focus, and turn your devices into a source of support rather than exhaustion.

• Busy professionals overwhelmed by digital communication and tools
• Leaders and HR teams shaping health tech cultures
• Students and lifelong learners struggling with distraction and burnout

The Overthinker’s Guide to Making Decisions (2025) explores why many people get stuck in loops of analysis and doubt, and shows how overthinking often stems from deeper fears and misunderstandings about control, certainty, and failure. It explains how to shift from mental noise to inner clarity so you can make everyday and life-changing decisions with more confidence, ease, and trust in your own judgment.

• Chronically indecisive professionals facing major career choices
• Anxious perfectionists stuck in everyday decision loops
• Thoughtful people seeking a calmer inner compass

How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay (2026) hands you practical, lived-in strategies for handling mental health struggles, creative block, and overwhelming anxiety. You’ll find ways to reframe your darkest moments into sources of strength, along with tools for setting unapologetic boundaries that protect your peace. These insights help you survive and thrive on the days your brain tries to sabotage you.

• Anyone working through anxiety and depressive episodes
• Creatives stuck in artistic paralysis and crippling self-doubt
• Introverts looking for practical tools to set social boundaries

Stop Letting Everything Affect You (2025) is for anyone exhausted by overthinking and emotional chaos. It reveals why small situations trigger overwhelming reactions and provides practical tools to defend your inner calm. By learning emotional detachment, setting firm boundaries, and practicing daily gratitude, it shows you how to finally take back control.

• Empaths exhausted by absorbing others' emotions
• Survivors of manipulation and gaslighting
• Overthinkers stuck in anxiety loops

Time Anxiety (2025) tackles one of the most pervasive problems of modern life – the feeling that time is constantly running out and that you’re always behind. It draws on research into time perception, cognitive patterns, and the psychology of avoidance to offer a practical and philosophical path toward a calmer, more purposeful relationship with time.

• Perfectionists who can’t stop chasing an impossible standard
• Productivity addicts still waiting to feel on top of things
• High achievers who’ve confused being busy with living well

Raising Calm Kids in a World of Worry (2025) explains how parents can respond to children’s anxiety, fear, and overwhelm in ways that build emotional regulation and resilience. It offers a practical, step-by-step framework with strategies for spotting hidden anxiety cues, handling big feelings, and supporting confidence and independence.

• Overwhelmed parents of anxious grade-school kids
• Supportive teachers and counselors handling classroom worry
• Anyone seeking practical family calm tools