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Is your home still your castle? It started with my own home. I had moved more times than most people move in a lifetime, between countries, between continents, between entirely different versions of life. Each time, in the middle of the upheaval, I noticed something. The act of making a home was never just practical. It was a way of finding out who I was landing as. A way of asking, quietly and honestly, what still belonged to me and what I had simply been carrying out of habit. The home was not just where I arrived. It was where I came back to myself. Once I understood that in my own life, I began to see it everywhere. In the homes I entered as an interior designer over thirty years of practice. In the client who could not explain why the beautiful renovation had not changed how she felt. In the space that stopped me the moment I crossed the threshold, before a word had been spoken, because someone had loved it into aliveness. And in the homes that had quietly drifted from the person living inside them, warm and well-furnished and strangely hollow, because the relationship between the home and its inhabitant had simply gone untended. What I came to understand through all of that, and what this book is built from, is not design knowledge. It is something older and more personal. The felt intelligence of a home that knows who is living in it. And the profound difference that makes to the quality of every ordinary day. That relationship is what this book is about. Your home has been working on you whether you noticed or not. The light speaks to your body's internal clock. The acoustic texture of a room either allows rest or quietly prevents it. The objects you pass every day carry a weight you stopped registering long ago. The space has been reflecting back whoever is living inside it, faithfully and without judgment, through every season, every version of yourself, every chapter of a life that kept moving forward while the home waited. When that relationship goes untended, the home drifts. It holds the shape of a version of you that has already moved on. And the body, which reads this accurately and continuously, carries the gap as a low, persistent effort that gets mistaken for simply the effort of living. It does not have to be that way. Is your home still your castle is not a book about decorating. It will not tell you what to buy, what to remove or what style to aspire to. It will walk you through the senses that are your instrument for reading a space, and the invisible forces of light, sound, air and visual weight that shape how a home feels to live in. It will move through the seasons and what each one asks of a home that is genuinely alive to the year. It will show you how the home reflects back who is living inside it and how to read that honestly. And it will bring you, in the end, to the joy of a space that genuinely holds you. The book also looks further. A chapter on working from home explores what happens when the space is asked to hold two entirely different versions of you at once, and how to protect the line between them. And a final chapter looks honestly at the future of the home, at intelligent technology and what it will be able to do, and at the one thing it will never be able to replace. Your home has been waiting for you to come back to it. This is where you begin.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Menopause and perimenopause are still baffling to most doctors, leaving patients exasperated as they grapple with symptoms ranging from hot flashes to insomnia to brain fog. As a leading neuroscientist and women's brain health specialist, Dr Mosconi unravels these mysteries by revealing how menopause doesn't just impact the ovaries - it's a hormonal show in which the brain takes centre stage. The decline of the hormone estrogen during menopause influences everything from body temperature to mood to memory, potentially paving the way for cognitive decline later in life. To conquer these challenges successfully, Dr. Mosconi brings us the latest approaches - explaining the role of cutting-edge hormone replacement therapies like 'designer estrogens,' hormonal contraception and key lifestyle changes encompassing diet, exercise and self-care. Best of all, Dr Mosconi dispels the myth that menopause signifies an end, demonstrating that it's actually a transition. Contrary to popular belief, if we know how to take care of ourselves during menopause, we can emerge with a renewed, enhanced brain - ushering in a meaningful and vibrant new chapter of life.
When psychotherapist Lauren LaRusso discovered her husband’s affair, her world fell apart. Searching for answers, she found no clear roadmap to help her heal — so she created her own. Now, as an infidelity expert, Lauren has guided countless individuals and couples through the devastation of infidelity and betrayal trauma. In Beyond Infidelity, she shares her powerful seven-step framework to help you move from heartbreak to healing.  You’ll learn how to:- Navigate the five stages of grief after betrayal- Release shame and self-blame that keep you stuck- Identify relationship patterns that may need to change- Recognise how defensiveness and avoidance block healing- Unlearn what no longer serves you and rebuild with strength and clarity. Through personal stories, therapeutic insight, and reflective exercises, Lauren shows that while infidelity can shatter your world, it can also become the catalyst for profound personal growth and emotional freedom.
Forget everything you know about midlife. For too long, women have been led to believe that it’s a time of decline. On the contrary, it is a time of transformation and re-formation; a turning point when we can move towards a bigger and more magnificent future. Kate Muir is here to help you navigate this complex and wildly exciting time. As a writer, filmmaker and women’s health campaigner, she has produced two groundbreaking Channel 4 documentaries on the menopause that ignited a massive conversation in the UK. She is passionate about demystifying this key point in women’s lives. Kate draws upon scientific research, personal experience and the courageous and humorous stories of women to arm you with the knowledge you need to approach your second half with confidence, purpose and energy. She reveals how to have better sex, upgrade your relationships, love your microbiome, and much, much more. This is your time to reset, renew and refresh – so step into the next stage of your life!
From Rhonda Byrne, author of the global phenomenon The Secret and the New York Times Bestseller The Greatest Secret, comes Countdown to Riches — the book that can lead anyone to financial freedom. Financial struggle is caused by one thing—our thoughts. To have a rich life, you have to use your mind, the very thing that has previously kept money from you. You must free yourself once and for all of a scarcity mindset, which unfortunately plagues the majority of people. When your mind becomes wealthy, YOU become wealthy. Countdown to Riches reveals simple, proven wealth-attracting practices that are easily incorporated into daily life, and that will rapidly change the financial circumstances of anyone who applies them. In these pages, you will: Find 21 days of life-changing practices leading to financial freedom. Unlock the power of the mind to create a rich life in every sense. Adopting new habits that will create and maintain wealth. Learn profound wisdom about our world and how life really works.
You can buy in the best behaviour tracking software, introduce 24/7 detentions or scream 'NO EXCUSES' as often as you want - but ultimately the solution lies with the behaviour of the adults. It is the only behaviour over which we have absolute control. Drawing on anecdotal case studies, scripted interventions and approaches which have been tried and tested in a range of contexts, from the most challenging urban comprehensives to the most privileged international schools, behaviour training expert and Pivotal Education director Paul Dix advocates an inclusive approach that is practical, transformative and rippling with respect for staff and learners. An approach in which behavioural expectations and boundaries are exemplified by people, not by a thousand rules that nobody can recall. When the Adults Change, Everything Changes illustrates how, with their traditional sanction- and exclusion-led methods, the 'punishment brigade' are losing the argument. It outlines how each school can build authentic practice on a stable platform, resulting in shifts in daily rules and routines, in how we deal with the angriest learners, in restorative practice and in how we appreciate positive behaviour. Each chapter is themed and concludes with three helpful checklists Testing, Watch out for and Nuggets designed to help you form your own behaviour blueprint. Throughout the book both class teachers and school leaders will find indispensable advice about how to involve all staff in developing a whole school ethos built on kindness, empathy and understanding. Suitable for all head teachers, school leaders, teachers, NQTs and classroom assistants in any phase or context, including SEND and alternative provision settings who are looking to upgrade their own classroom management or school behaviour plan. When the Adults Change Everything Changes was a silver winner 2017 Foreword INDIES Awards in the Education category. Named one of Book Authority's best education reform books of all time. Named one of Book Authority's best education books of all time.
Transform any space into a sleep sanctuary with this neuroscience-informed fragrance blend. Created by master perfumers in Provence—the world capital of fine fragrance—this exclusive mist combines refreshing watermelon and green apple top notes with calming violet and rose heart notes, anchored by soothing woods and amber. The result is a sophisticated, subtle aroma that signals your brain it's time to unwind without overwhelming your senses. SCENT PYRAMID Top Notes: Fresh Watermelon · Ripe Fig · Crisp Green Apple Heart Notes: Calming Violet · Soft Rose · Aquatic Jasmine Base Notes: Cedarwood · Grounding Mate · Amber · Gentle Musk THE SCIENCE OF SCENT AND SLEEP Your brain forms powerful associations between fragrances and states of mind. By consistently pairing this signature scent with your bedtime routine from The Sleep Plan, you create a neural shortcut to relaxation that becomes more effective with each use. This practice implements one of Christina's most powerful sleep tools—using sensory cues to trigger your natural sleep response. HOW TO USE Use generously every evening, about 15 minutes before going to bed. Mist pillows lightly from 20cm away Apply a gentle spray to sleepwear collar Release four pumps into bedroom air Begin your Sleep Plan wind-down ritual
In The Sleep Plan , sleep coach Christina presents an actionable, step-by-step approach to achieving the transformative sleep you deserve. Drawing from years of experience working with clients from all walks of life—from CEOs and entrepreneurs to new parents, from athletes to retirees—she shares the exact strategies that have helped countless individuals overcome sleep challenges and wake up feeling truly rejuvenated. This comprehensive guide introduces the 10 Golden Principles of Sleep, a proven framework that addresses every dimension of sleep health: from optimizing your sleep environment and managing light exposure to strategic nutrition, mindful movement, and evening wind-down routines. Rather than offering quick fixes or one-size-fits-all solutions, The Sleep Plan provides a customizable system you can adapt to your unique needs and circumstances. You'll discover: How to create the perfect sleep sanctuary for restorative rest The surprising connection between daytime habits and nighttime sleep quality Strategic approaches to caffeine, screen time, and evening nutrition Relaxation techniques that signal to your body it's time to sleep Specialized strategies for life's transitions: athletic training, pregnancy, menopause, and high-stress periods Solutions for couples with mismatched sleep styles Complete with practical exercises, client success stories, and a 6-week implementation plan, this book offers everything you need to transform your relationship with sleep. Whether you struggle with falling asleep, staying asleep, or simply don't feel rested despite adequate hours, The Sleep Plan provides the tools to reclaim your nights and revolutionize your days. It's time to wake up like never before. Your journey to better sleep—and a better life—starts here.
*** Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025 *** Misogyny, conspiratorialism, surveillance, manipulation, fraud, and AI slop are drowning the internet. For the monopolists who dominate online - X, TikTok, Amazon, Meta, Apple - this is all part of the playbook. The process is what leading tech critic Cory Doctorow has dubbed 'enshittification'. First, the platform attracts users with some bait, such as free access; then the activity is monetized, bringing in the business customers and degrading the user experience; then, once everyone is trapped and competitors eradicated, the platform wrings out all the value and transfers it to their executives and shareholders. As a result, online public squares have become places of torment, and online retailers are hellish dumpster fires. The virtual gathering places where we once imagined the world's problems might be resolved are now a sewer of hatred and abuse - thoroughly enshittified. Doctorow enumerates the symptoms, lays out the diagnosis, and identifies the best responses to these diseased platforms: the monopolies online must be shattered. Companies too big to fail or to jail - and much too big to care - must be cut down to size. Only an attack on corporate power will permit effective regulation and real privacy. Tech unions must protect the workers who should, in turn, defend us against their bosses' sadism and greed. 
This remarkable book by Dr. Joseph Murphy, one of the pioneering voices of affirmative thinking, will unlock for you the truly staggering powers of your subconscious mind. Combining time-honored spiritual wisdom with cutting edge scientific research, Dr. Murphy explains how the subconscious mind influences every single thing that you do and how, by understanding it and learning to control its incredible force, you can improve the quality of your daily life.Everything, from the promotion that you wanted and the raise you think you deserve, to overcoming phobias and bad habits and strengthening interpersonal relationships, the Power of Your Subconscious Mind will open a world of happiness, success, prosperity and peace for you. It will change your life and your world by changing your beliefs.
Do you suck at golf? Do you know someone who does? While written in a tongue-in-cheek style, Why You Suck at Golf is an informative and education manual chronicling the most common mistakes golfers make when playing this wondrous game. From arriving too late for your tee time, to trying to keep your head too still, if there is a common, easily correctible mistake a golfer makes, it is in this book. 52 chapters in all, each discussing a mistake and how to correct it. So whether you want to have a little dig at the golfaholic among your friends or family, or serious about eradicating shot-costing mistakes in your game, “Why You Suck at Golf” is a must read. 
The phenomenal classic that has changed the lives of millions of people around the globe What are you afraid of? Public speaking; asserting yourself; making decisions; being alone; intimacy; changing jobs; interviews; going back to school; ageing; ill health; driving; dating; ending a relationship; losing a loved one; becoming a parent; leaving home, failure, believing in yourself... Internationally renowned author Susan Jeffers has helped millions of people overcome their fears and heal the pain in their lives with her simple but profound advice. Whatever your anxieties, Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway® will give you the insight and tools to vastly improve your ability to handle any given situation. You will learn to live your life the way you want - so you can move from a place of pain, paralysis, depression and indecision to one of power, energy, enthusiasm and action. An empowering and life-affirming book, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway will help you triumph over your fears and move forward with your life.
This book offers you an opportunity to internalize and directly experience the great wisdom of the Tao Te Ching, a collection of verses authored by the Chinese prophet Lao-Tzu. The words Tao Te Ching translate as 'living and applying the Great Way.' Although just 81 short verses, the Tao encourages you to change your life by literally changing the way you think. Wayne Dyer has created modern affirmations based on this powerful ancient wisdom that will allow you to integrate these ideas into your life. The Tao Te Ching offers you divine guidance on virtually every area of human existence. It is a new way of thinking in a world that needs to recapture its ancient teachings. Work with the verses and affirmations regularly and you will come to know the truth behind the ancient Tao observation: when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing a toga and sandals. A small group of the world's top ultra-runners (and the awe-inspiring author) make the treacherous journey into the canyons to try to learn the tribe's secrets and then take them on over a course 50 miles long. With incredible energy and smart observation, McDougall tells this story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner. Travelling to labs at Harvard, Nike, and elsewhere, he comes across an incredible cast of characters, including the woman who recently broke the world record for 100 miles and for her encore ran a 2:50 marathon in a bikini, pausing to down a beer at the 20 mile mark.
AI. SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY. QUANTUM COMPUTING. Everything is about to change. This is the only book you need to understand this new world. From the ultimate AI insider, Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, part of Google. Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. They will organise your life, operate your business, and run core government services. You will live in a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robot assistants and abundant energy. None of us are prepared. As co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind, part of Google, Mustafa Suleyman has been at the centre of this revolution. The coming decade, he argues, will be defined by this wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies. In The Coming Wave, Suleyman shows how these forces will create immense prosperity but also threaten the nation-state, the foundation of global order. As our fragile governments sleepwalk into disaster, we face an existential dilemma: unprecedented harms on one side and the threat of overbearing surveillance on the other. Can we forge a narrow path between catastrophe and dystopia? This ground-breaking book from the ultimate AI insider establishes 'the containment problem' - the task of maintaining control over powerful technologies - as the essential challenge of our age.
The companion book to the bestselling Concise 48 Laws of Power, which has now sold over 125,000 copies in the UK. Amoral, ruthless, clever and cunning, this is the essential guide to the art of seduction.
Predict your future, reveal your past and understand your personality, talents and secrets with the art of chiromancy. Palmistry is not just about the lines on the hands, but the hand as a whole is just as important. This book will introduce you to the four basic hand shapes within palmistry, explaining the different elements and their associated traits, and how to observe the palm's natural topography - the lines and markings and the mounts and plains. The Little Book of Palmistry will help you discover more about yourself and become more familiar with one of the oldest and most reliable of fortune-telling arts. SAMPLE QUOTE: 'If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.' - Thich Nhat HanhSAMPLE FACT: The best time to read a palm is in the morning, not long after the subject has woken up from nocturnal slumber and before he has had anything to eat or drink. This is so because consumption of food and participation in physical activities leads to increased blood circulation, which does not allow the very fine lines along the palm to be noticed.
**Now on Netflix as The Call to Courage** How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead. 'She's so good, Brene Brown, at finding the language to articulate collective feeling' Dolly Alderton Every time we are faced with change, no matter how great or small, we also face risk. We feel uncertain and exposed. We feel vulnerable. Most of us try to fight those feelings - or feel guilt for feeling them in the first place. In a powerful new vision Dr Brene Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability, and dispels the widely accepted myth that it's a weakness. She argues that, in truth, vulnerability is strength and when we shut ourselves off from vulnerability - from revealing our true selves - we distance ourselves from the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives. Daring Greatly is the culmination of 12 years of groundbreaking social research, across every area of our lives including home, relationships, work, and parenting. It is an invitation to be courageous; to show up and let ourselves be seen, even when there are no guarantees. This is vulnerability. This is daring greatly.
As modern-day women, we sometimes forget who we are and where we came from. We get so lost and engrossed in our daily lives that we lose track of what's really important to us. Find your Purpose Find your Path - A Lioness Heart talks about the inspiring and heart-warming stories of many such women who lost their way, overcame their struggles, and finally found their purpose. Through this book, Genevieve uses insights and learnings from these stories, as well as her personal experiences, to help you remember and understand what it takes to find your path to purpose. You'll be sure to laugh, cry, and draw strength from these stories as you begin your journey towards building a stronger you and finding the lioness within your heart.
Breathing is a powerful, accessible tool to calm your stress, reduce your pain and manage your emotions. By following the exercises in this book, you'll learn how to harness your breath to take back control of your body and mind. Let's get started. It's time to get your breath back. Since tragic loss brought him to breathwork, Stuart Sandeman has helped thousands of people transform their lives, simply by changing the way they breathe. In Breathe In, Breathe Out, Stuart takes you on a journey to discover a hidden power within you that can change the way you think and feel. His accessible exercises, grounded in research and developed over years of practice, will help you to: Sleep soundly and manage stress and pain. Identify and let go of the beliefs that are holding you back. Develop better focus and boost your performance in any field. Deepen the connection with yourself, others and the world around you. You can become stronger, healthier and happier than you've ever imagined. All you have to do is Breathe In, Breathe Out.
Dale Carnegie says You can make someone want to do what you want them to do by seeing the situation from the other person's point of view and "arousing in the other person an eager want." You learn how to make people like you, win people over to your way of thinking, and change people without causing offense or arousing resentment. For instance, "let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers," and "talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person."  This book is all about building relationships. With good relationships; personal and business success are easy. 
Seeing The Invisible is Mark Bajerski’s fourth book and his largest body of work in written form. It is an extraordinary collection of personal stories and accounts of his journey as a Spiritual Healer. Mark shares his life’s work in a captivating way, bringing light to a true path of a psychic healer. His storytelling is inspiring and laced with a sense of humour as he delivers a newfound understanding of the spirit world and spirituality. His life lessons bring a new way to look at certain universal life experiences.? *The book has already gained praise with diverse readers, those with the logical approach to life and those open to their spiritual awareness.
Nalanie’s book offers hope and advice on how to move on with life following the loss of a loved one. The underlying messages are that, even though the pain may never fully leave you, finding a purpose in life can help the healing process, and that it is possible to fall in love again without guilt. Loss, Life, Love explains the process of bereavement and describes the many tools that helped her – and many others – through the most difficult and painful of life’s experiences.
'I believe that the discoveries in this book can change our understanding of how we store emotional experiences and in so doing, change our lives. The Emotion Code has already changed many lives around the world, and it is my hope that millions more will be led to use this simple tool to heal themselves and their loved ones.' - Tony Robbins In this newly revised and expanded edition of The Emotion Code, renowned holistic physician and lecturer Dr. Bradley Nelson skilfully lays bare the inner workings of the subconscious mind. He reveals how emotionally-charged events from your past can still be haunting you in the form of 'trapped emotions' - emotional energies that literally inhabit your body. These trapped emotions can fester in your life and body, creating pain, malfunction and eventual disease. They can also extract a heavy mental and emotional toll on you, impacting how you think, the choices that you make, and the level of success and abundance you are able to achieve. Perhaps most damaging of all, trapped emotional energies can gather around your heart, cutting off your ability to give and receive love. The Emotion Code is a powerful and simple way to rid yourself of this unseen baggage. Dr. Nelson's method gives you the tools to identify and release the trapped emotions in your life, eliminating your 'emotional baggage', and opening your heart and body to the positive energies of the world. Filled with real-world examples from many years of clinical practice, The Emotion Code is a distinct and authoritative work that has become a classic on self-healing.
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