Item category 1: Health & Well-being

Feeling anxious is part of being human; sometimes it can even be necessary or useful. But what about when anxiety takes over? When you feel like it's dictating your life? Have you ever considered that you might be addicted to anxiety? In this book, psychotherapist Owen O'Kane explores how we all ...

This inclusive, empowering guide is your go-to for navigating the intricacies of modern romance. Whether you're looking to rejuvenate an existing relationship or embark on a new journey towards meaningful connection, All In is your modern-day compass, offering practical wisdom and heartfelt insig...

Pleasure should be a simple thing, but straight women are at the statistical bottom of the pile when it comes to finding a happy ending. There's a name for this phenomenon: it's called the pleasure gap. And when tracked against other gains in women's freedom, like pay or education, it is still al...

Explains how Ayurveda has understood and successfully managed obesity for centuries and how you can apply its insights to lose weight and keep it off. Explores individual Ayurvedic body types, how wrong foods and wrong lifestyle affect each type, and how all these components coalesce with our uni...

Most of us assume that the key to overcoming anxiety is to think our way out of it. And for a while, it works. Meditation and mental exercises offer us relief, but there is always something -- a work deadline, a family emergency, a particularly distressing newsbreak -- that disrupts our sense of ...

Big Goals: The Science of Setting Them, Achieving Them, and Creating Your Best Life delves deeply into effective goal setting practices for both personal growth and corporate excellence, empowering individuals across all ages to pursue their ambitions with a newfound sense of confidence and maste...

In this book, Keith Frayn, argues that challenges are distracting us from tackling the obesity problem in the only way it can be addressed: by rebalancing the disregarded message of 'calories in - calories out'. Taking readers on a deep dive into the real science of energy balance, he reveals how...

It's easier than ever to fine-tune our health. We can access the latest science in diet and exercise to inform our decisions. Yet our knowledge and provision when it comes to contraception is woefully inadequate. The choices we make with our contraception can have wide-ranging consequences for ou...

A frank, funny and informative guide to menopause and aging by beloved actress Naomi Watts, one of the leading voices in menopause awareness. At thirty-six, Naomi Watts had just completed filming King Kong and was trying to start a family when she was told that she was on the brink of menopause. ...

This book from the NSCA's Sport Performance Series provides a science-based exploration of power in sport. It presents protocols for assessment of jumps, throws, and ballistic exercises. The chapters for upper body, lower body, and total body power exercises provide exercises and drills along wit...

This book from the NSCA's Sport Performance Series provides a resource for strengthening the core to maximize sport performance. It features many effective core exercises, science-based assessment tools, information on creating sport-specific programs, and expert advice for developing a personali...

Creativity is like a garden - you have to start from the ground and work your way up. Campbell Walker (aka Struthless) teaches us how getting down in the dirt can lead to a blossoming life. Doom is the feeling when everything seems hopeless and hard and you want to give up. Bloom, on the other ha...

What happens when you want to stop feeling like you're never enough? A Good Girl is acutely aware of everyone's emotional state. Except her own. She was praised for not being difficult like other girls. She must never get too big for her boots and must always be grateful. So damn grateful. She ma...

If you are diagnosed with bipolar disorder, conventional medications aren't always effective - and they often have disturbing side-effects. What if there was a completely different treatment?

Sleep has hardly changed since neolithic humans tossed and turned in their caves. In the past it was sabre-toothed tigers, now it is social media that keeps us awake. Human sleep as we know it today evolved hundreds of thousands years ago, to suit a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. It's not always comp...

The beloved relationships coach, and host of the top relationships podcast Jillian on Love reveals nine core truths to self-acceptance and provides powerful self-healing techniques to help us repair our relationship with ourselves and start building the rewarding relationships we deserve. Jillian...

Rescue your body from midlife hormonal havoc with The Menopause Metabolism Fix -- a simple 4-week plan. Yes, you can look good and feel good again! And contrary to what you may have heard from some menopausal celebrity, you don't need to do long, intense workouts six times a week or subsist on a ...

No matter who you're talking to, The Next Conversation gives you immediately actionable strategies and phrases that will forever change how you communicate. Jefferson Fisher, trial lawyer and one of the leading voices on real-world communication, offers a tried-and-true framework that will show y...

The first comprehensive user guide to GLP-1s (such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound) including an overview of how they work, a breakdown of the physical and mental side effects, and companion recipes and exercise guidance to maintain lifelong health and keep weight off for good.

Chronic pain affects one in five adults, which means that right now you or someone you know is suffering. Pain Free is a simple step-by-step guide that combines meditation and self-hypnosis to alleviate and overcome pain and help you move towards a pain-free, healthier and happier life.

Social anxiety is very common but, unfortunately, many of the people experiencing it don't understand as much as they could about this mental health condition. In Social Anxiety For Dummies, Dr. Laura Johnson unpacks and explains the basics of social anxiety, including what it is, how different p...

Clinical psychologist Dr. Allison Applebaum is no stranger to the intensity of being an unpaid, untrained family caregiver. She also understands that it is often the strength and well-being of these very caregivers - the parents, children, partners, siblings, and friends of patients - that are th...

For millennia, Korean families have shared wellbeing wisdom with loved ones, like gifted heirlooms passed down from generation to generation, to prevent and treat early illness. The idea is to stop symptoms before they become chronic and perhaps irreversible. Natural, effective, and even environm...

Life isn't always easy. We get tripped up, knocked down, and start to question ourselves. But as #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hollis learned, sometimes it's not answers you need – what helps most are questions. And the best questions can change everything. Good questions make us th...

After Suzy Hopkins's husband of thirty years unexpectedly left her to pursue an old flame, her grief was so overwhelming that she thought her own heart might stop. How do you take the first step forward after losing such an integral part of your life? In What to Do When You Get Dumped, the mother...

Scientifically backed methods, with influences from somatic therapy practices, polyvagal exercises, mindfulness, breath work, meditation and yin yoga. Learn how to safely feel and process your emotions, how to rewire your brain and nervous system, and how to deeply connect with yourself.

Sleep is increasingly recognised as essential for a healthy brain and body, but 60% of Australians struggle to get enough. To accompany a new SBS series, and based on groundbreaking sleep science, in 4 Weeks to Better Sleep the bestselling author of The Fast 800 and The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet de...

ADHD is one of the most common neurological disorders in the United States - yet a staggering 75 percent of girls and women remain undiagnosed. Due to the gender gap in medical research, which does not account for symptoms manifesting differently in women - leading to increased problems with anxi...

Charli Clement combines their own experiences alongside unique short profiles from individuals with chronic illness, to provide an intimate and insightful look at the complexities of living as an autistic and chronically ill person. From navigating your diagnosis and healthcare, learning how to m...

Think running isn't for you? Running coach Cory Wharton-Malcolm challenges this idea head-on with this joyful love letter to running and motivational guide for beginners. Advocating running as an inclusive and community-focused activity, Cory shows us how to celebrate the incredible mind-body con...