This is the ultimate collection of quick, easy and delicious recipes to keep your brain in tip-top shape. Following on from the highly successful Feed Your Brain: 7 steps to a lighter, brighter you!, Delia McCabe shares all her tips and tricks for preparing meals that will nurture not just your body and soul but also your brain. Best of all, they’re recipes the whole family will love, from delicious cookies to tasty Thai stews. Learn to gather, prepare and eat food with purpose an...

Cases of dementia, depression and anxiety are on the rise. Years of research into the connection between nutrition and brain health has shown the author that the best thing we can do to maintain brain function is to eat a diet rich in the right nutrients. In Part 1 of Feed Your Brain Delia outlines her 7-step program, explains how the brain works, and shows how nutrients affect its function. Part 2 features delicious, easy recipes to form the basis of your new diet and inspire your own ide...

Mindfulness isn’t anything that we think; it’s what we don’t think. Mindfulness isn’t something that other people do; it’s something that we all do. Mindfulness is an ancient, life-enhancing, healing technique that can help us remember our natural state of happiness and health, even if we think we are too modern and too busy to prioritize what’s really important—being fully alive and fully alive to our full life potential.Mindfulness at Work reveals how the practice of min...

Mindfulness is increasingly being used in educational environments as a way to help students learn more effectively, develop personally, enhance their physical and emotional health, and deal with study and exam-related demands. In Mindful Learning, the authors provide practical insights and exercises on how to apply mindfulness in the educational setting, resulting in a book that clearly sets out how we can manage stress, improve performance and create better communication and relationship...

The eternal question 'Who am I?' must be weighed against an even deeper question: 'Who are we?' We are writing each other's stories as much as we are writing our own.In his bestselling book, The Good Life, Hugh Mackay argued that kindness and respect for others are the hallmarks of a life well lived. Now in The Art of Belonging Mackay shows how strong communities develop our moral sense and build our emotional security. H...

In The Power of the Second Question, popular psychologist and author Chris Skellett clearly shows how you can easily harness the power of your personal reflection to capture the simple truths about your world. Each concise chapter suggests ideas, gives examples and reviews the importance of personal insight and celebrating the aha moments. You are then invited to reflect upon your own wisdom in key areas of your life and to consolidate what you have learned from life so far. At th...

We are experiencing what is being called ‘the mindfulness revolution’, as increasingly people become aware of the benefits of mindfulness in all aspects of daily life. Mindful Relationships, now reissued in the bestselling Empower series, focuses on individuals, couples, families, groups and businesses to provide a practical guide for using mindfulness to enrich relationships and more effectively manage the stresses associated with dispute resolution and conflict. The authors clearly and e...

Everything you ever wanted to know about cats can be enjoyed in this magnificent compendium of a book. It is a delight from beginning to end to be read with one on your lap.

Whatever your skill level, Everyone Can Write will help you to become a better writer. Covering all the structural approaches to non-fiction writing, it will enable you to: impart facts in a report; develop an argument in an essay; tell a story through narrative; and, add a human touch to emails and blogs.Along the way, you will discover a set of simple rules that will allow you to write rapidly and clearly. Deadline stress will become a thing of the past as you learn how ...

From Barton to AlbaneseUpdated editionSince 1901, thirty-one different leaders have run the national show. Whether their term was eight days or eighteen years, each prime minister has a story worth sharing.Edmund Barton united the bickering states in a federation. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Street crashed into the Great Depression. John Curtin faced the ultimate challenge of wartime leadership. John Gorton, Gough...

This isn't love. This is business. For fans of Zoe Foster, Lauren Weisberger and Mhairi Macfarlane.Clementine, a psychologist specialising in couples counselling, is reeling from the discovery that her boyfriend is married. Annabel, an ex-model, only seems to attract men who want her as a trophy. Daniela, a civil engineer, is stuck in the friend-zone. The evidence is adding up: true love as we know it is a hoax.Abandoning the romantic daydreams that have gotten them nowhere...

From the author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers The Happiness Project and Happier at Home comes a book that tackles the question: How do we make good habits that are easy, effortless, and automatic?Habits are the invisible architecture of our lives. Rubin provides an analytical and scientific framework from which to understand these habits--as well as change them for good. Infused with her compelling voice and funny stories, ...