The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrationality Makes Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane
Matthew Hutson
OneWorld, PB, 9781851689347
Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, Matthew Hutson takes us on this fascinating tour of magical thinking in everyday life. So-called cognitive biases are crucial to our survival, Hutson shows, whether we're deciding where to invest our money or avoiding awareness of our own mortality. Everyone - even the most rational, jaded, and sceptical thinkers - believe in magic, whether ... More/Buy
The Antidote: Happiness For People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
Oliver Burkeman
Text Publishing, PB, 9781921922671
In an approach that turns decades of self-help advice on its head, Oliver Burkeman explains why positive thinking serves only to make us more miserable, and why 'getting motivated' can exacerbate procrastination. Comparing the personal philosophies of dozens of 'happy' people - among them philosophers and experimental psychologists, Buddhists and terrorism experts, New Age dreamers and hard-headed business consultants - Burkeman ... More/Buy
The Boy Who Loved Apples: A Mother's Battle With Her Son's Anorexia
Amanda Webster
Text Publishing, PB, 9781921922695
Do boys get anorexia? they would ask. And then, How did he get it? That was the question Amanda asked herself, too. She had trained as a doctor; she knew that every disease has a cause. And if her son had an eating disorder, she wondered what the cause could possibly be but something she and her husband Kevin had done - ... More/Buy
French Kids Eat Everything: How our family moved to France, cured picky eating, banned snacking and discovered 10 simple rules for raising happy, healthy eaters
Karen Le Billon
Piatkus, PB, 9780749958510
Far too many parents face an ongoing struggle to get their kids to eat well, so why is it that French children gladly wolf down all the things our kids hate - the dreaded spinach or broccoli, fish, olives, salad...If you've ever tried hiding healthy foods in your kids' meals, bribing them to finish - or even start - something healthy, ... More/Buy
Gay Men Don't Get Fat
Simon Doonan
Penguin, HB, 9780399158735
Simon Doonan knows that when it comes to style, the gays are the chosen people. A second anthropological truth comes to him midway through a turkey burger with no bun, at an otherwise hetero barbecue: Do the straight people have any idea how many calories are in the guacamole? In this hilarious discourse on and guide to the well-lived life, Doonan ... More/Buy
Healthy Parents, Healthy Toddler: A Guide to Bonding, Breast Feeding and the Toddler Years
Jan Roberts
Doubleday, PB, 9781742752204
In an increasingly time-poor and complex parenting environment, mums and dads are finding it harder than ever to get the straightforward information they need to raise happy healthy children. Health-care expert Jan Roberts has more than 40 years of health-care experience behind her. In Healthy Parents, Healthy Toddlers , she offers invaluable advice in simple, every-day language. Using clear segments, Jan ... More/Buy
Mindfulness for Life
Stephen McKenzie, Craig Hassed
Exisle, PB, 9781921966033
Mindfulness is a form of mental training that has been widely practised for millennia, however it's only recently that science and clinical practice have discovered the profound potential of mindfulness-based practices for increasing our wellbeing. Our tendency to not be fully present in life has vast implications. Being unmindful means wasting our lifetime, missing important information, increasing our risk of physical ... More/Buy
Save Our Sleep: Feeding
Tizzie Hall
Macmillan, PB, 9781742611020
In sixteen years of operation, Tizzie Hall's Save Our Sleep organisation has assisted thousands of children and parents with feeding, sleeping and behavioural issues from birth to toddlerhood. By sharing insights into baby and toddler sleep and feeding patterns, Tizzie has developed a method of putting parents at ease about their child's behaviour and learn how to effectively combat childhood feeding ... More/Buy
The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves
Dan Ariely
Harper Collins, PB, 9780007477326
What makes us cheat? How and why do we rationalise deception of ourselves and other people, and make ourselves 'wishfully blind' to the blindingly obvious? What affects our infuriatingly intangible willpower and how can we 'catch' the cheating bug from other bad apples? If you've ever wondered how a whole company can turn a blind eye to evident misdemeanours within their ... More/Buy
Things My Daughter Needs to Know: The truth about drugs, drink, sex, tattoos, babies, strange men & high heels
Dilvin Yasa
Pan, PB, 9781742610917
By the time Dilvin Yasa left home, she'd already dated a string of bad men, fallen prey to countless fashion faux pas and suffered too many awkward sex talks with her parents. Determined that the next generation should learn from her experiences, she wrote a series of letters for her young daughter to read when she reaches the eve of adulthood ... More/Buy
The Third Space: Using Life's Little Transitions to find Balance and Happiness
Adam Fraser
William Heinemann, PB, 9781742753867
Every day we undertake dozens of different roles, tasks and experiences. Most of us habitually carry our mindset and emotional state from one of these activities to the next - and all too often this has negative, occasionally disastrous consequences. For years we've been told it's getting the 'big' stuff right that gives us balance and makes us happy: the holidays, ... More/Buy