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Kristin Neff, PhD is a professor in human development whose 10 years of research forms the basis of her timely book. Self Compassion offers a powerful solution for combating the current malaise of depression, anxiety and self criticism that comes with living in a pressured and competitive culture. Through tried and tested exercises, listeners learn the three core components that will help replace negative and destructive measures of self worth and success with a kinder and nonjudgmental approach in order to bring about profound life change and deeper happiness.

In middle age, many strivers begin to find success coming harder and harder, rewards less satisfying and family relationships withering. In response, they do what strivers always do: they double down on work in an attempt to outrun decline and weakness, and deny the changes that are becoming more and more obvious. The result is often anger, fear and disappointment at a time in life that they imagined would be full of joy, fulfilment and pride. It doesn’t have to be that way.

As thought-provoking as Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, psychologist Mary-Elaine Jacobsen's The Gifted Adult draws on a wide range of groundbreaking research and her own clinical experience to show America's 20 million gifted adults how to identify and free their extraordinary potential. The Gifted Adult presents the first practical tool for rating your Evolutionary Intelligence Quotient through an in-depth personality-type profile. 

By using the latest technology and evidence based brain training techniques, you can release years of old programming and limiting beliefs or habits that keep you stuck achieving the same results over and over again. Learn powerful brain-based methods, elite athletes, navy seals, CEOs, and astronauts use to perform at the highest levels possible. Innercise is a revolutionary process that will ignite and unleash your brain’s hidden power and show you the fastest path to maximizing your full potential, so you achieve your greatest victories and successes.

Most people live in the survival mind: fast, protective, loud. It keeps you moving—while stealing your sharpness. Fog becomes normal. Confidence flickers. You push harder, add more caffeine, more stress, more force… and still can't reliably access the real you.

From the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying comes an inspiring account of a life well-lived with compassion and service. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD, is the woman who has transformed the way the world thinks about death and dying. Beginning with the groundbreaking publication of...

Journalist and psychotherapist-in-training Moya Sarner goes on a journey into what growing up really involves, and how we do it again and again throughout our lives. She draws on case studies, as well as her training, and theories of child psychology, psychoanalysis, neuroscience and more, to explore what it means to be a ‘grown up’ and how we can meet the challenges and opportunities of every stage of our lives.

Brought to you by Penguin. The most important book you'll ever read about the second half of your life now. Now more than ever, we need to talk about getting older. Many of us are living to a very great age. But how do we give those we love, and eventually ourselves, long lives that are as happy...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Refreshingly clear' Sunday Times 'A hugely enjoyable slice of popular science' Daily Mail __________ A journey into the astonishing nature and true science of longevity. Molecular biologist Nicklas Brendborg takes...

'Essential reading for everyone' – Marian Keyes This enlightening audiobook is passionately narrated by the authors, Mariella Frostrup with Alice Smellie. It’s time for us to start talking about the menopause. Cracking the Menopause, from straight-talking broadcaster Mariella Frostrup and...

Clinical psychology Dr Meg Jay sounds the alarm about a problem which has reached epidemic proportions: the over-prescription of antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs to young people who are in many cases going through normal developmental challenges. Psychologist, Dr Meg Jay makes the point that our twenties are the most challenging time of life and why over-medicating isn’t the answer to the mental health problems facing young people. She goes onto advise how young people can develop the skills needed to navigate work, love, friendship, mental health, and more during that decade and beyond.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER More of us are living into our eighties than ever before - what if the best was yet to come? The bestselling author of The Organized Mind reveals the evolving power of the human brain through the ages. Recent...

READ BY THE AUTHOR From the creator of Bulletproof coffee and the bestselling author of Head Strong and The Bulletproof Diet comes a plan to bypass plateaus and ‘up’ your game at every age. Dave Asprey suffered countless symptoms of ageing as a young man, which sparked a lifelong burning...

New York Times bestselling psychologist Dr. Meg Jay uses real stories from real lives to provide smart, compassionate, and constructive advice about the crucial (and difficult) years we cannot afford to miss. Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter...

Brought to you by Penguin. How much does our speed and our decline depend on our minds, not our bodies? In this thought-provoking and inspiring book, top 25 Master marathoner Nick Thompson invites readers to defy the inevitable decline that comes with age. After setting the American record in...

An Invitation to Listen to Your Soul’s Calling How do you define "growing up"? Does it mean you achieve certain cultural benchmarks—a steady income, paying taxes, marriage, and children? Or does it mean leaving behind the expectations of others and growing into the person you were meant to...

Living Well Through the Menopause is based on a wealth of psychological research, including randomised controlled trials of the MENOS CBT intervention with over 1000 women, that has demonstrated the effectiveness of this approach hot flushes, night sweats, low mood, insomnia and their impact on daily life.

Esteemed Yale professor Dr Becca Levy is the world's leading expert and pioneer in the field of ageing. Now she shares the secrets to a healthy and vibrant long life in this powerful and authoritative book. Part polemic, part practical, Breaking the Age Code offers offers stunning revelations and scientifically proven advice on how to age well and live longer. First revealing the surprising impact our biases around ageing have on the ageing process, Dr Levy then sets out what we can do as individuals to help ourselves age well using her simple ABC method. 

THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Ann Russell has all the answers' Sunday Times 'An agony aunt to an audience of millions' BBC From the much-loved 'Auntie' of TikTok, and author of How to Clean Everything and How to Save Money, How to Be an Adult is a practical guide to life - full of the...