The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk
$30.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and drug therapies and towards an alternative approach that heals mind, brain and ...Show more
Dot by Kieran E. Scott
$26.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
Are you feeling a little bit (or a lottle bit) anxious?Meet DOT, who's here to help. In this beautiful little hand-drawn book, DOT offers a practical way to comfort and calm anyone anxious, stressed or overwhelmed. For anyone (big or small) who wants to take a moment and some nice, deep breaths.
Getting There: A Workbook for Growing Up by Mari Andrew
$28.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
From the best-selling author of AM I THERE YET? comes a guided journal for fans looking to create their own versions of Mari Andrew's heart-rending illustrations. Filled with Instagram star Mari Andrew's poignant illustrations, Getting There will help people record (with words and doodles) their own jo ...Show more
Rising Strong by Brené Brown
$37.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending. Social scientist Bren Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability--the ...Show more
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison
$25.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration | Series: Picador classics
I was used to my mind being my best friend. Now, all of a sudden, my mind had turned on me: it mocked me for my vapid enthusiasms; it laughed at all of my foolish plans; it no longer found anything interesting or enjoyable or worthwhile. Dr Kay Redfield Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on man ...Show more
Madness: a Memoir by Kate Richards
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Winner of the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2014 nonfiction prize. Shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards 2013 nonficiton prize. It's not every day you get to admit you're mad.The thing with psychosis is that when I'm sick I believe the delusional stuff to the same degree that you migh ...Show more
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
$29.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
Why do naturally talented people frequently fail to reach their potential while other far less gifted individuals go on to achieve amazing things? The secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a passionate persistence. In other words, grit. MacArthur Genius Award-winning psychologist Angela ...Show more
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Life and Love From Someone Who's Been There by Cheryl Strayed
$28.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration | Series: Advice on love & life from someone who's been there
This bestselling book from the author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus's Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces. Rich with humor, insight, compassion--and absolute honesty--this bookis a balm for everything life throws our way. Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; y ...Show more
Fight Like A Girl by Clementine Ford
$25.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
Personal and fearless - a call to arms for feminists new, old and as yet unrealised by one of our most outspoken feminist writers.
Aroha - Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet by Hinemoa Elder
$30.00 NZD
Category: Te ao Māori
Ki te kotahi te kākaho ka whati, ki te kāpuia, e kore e whati - When we stand alone we are vulnerable but together we are unbreakable See the world differently, through some of the wisest of human eyes. Discover traditional Māori philosophy through 52 whakataukī - simple, powerful life lessons, one for ...Show more
Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living by Glennon Doyle
$40.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed and underwhelmed. We look at our lives and wonder: Wasn't ...Show more
Navigate Your Stars by Jesmyn Ward
$22.99 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
A revelatory, uplifting, and gorgeously illustrated meditation on dedication, hard work, and the power of perseverance from the beloved, New York Times bestselling, and two-time National Book Award-winning Jesmyn Ward. As an adult, I learned this: persist. Work hard. Face rejection, weather the setback ...Show more