The Body Keeps the Score
How stress and trauma live in the body, and the many paths to healing.
Emotional Intelligence
Understanding and managing emotions, your own and other people's, is a skill that can be learned. These books explain how emotions work and how to respond to them with more awareness and less reactivity.
They help with stress, anxiety, anger, empathy and the everyday work of getting along with others.
- 46 books
- 8 authors
- 1 reading paths
The Confidence Gap
Confidence isn't the absence of fear; it's acting well alongside it. Skills from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
The Gifts of Imperfection
Let go of who you think you should be and embrace who you are. Ten guideposts for wholehearted living.
The Now Habit
Procrastination is a way of coping with fear. Learn to start without anxiety, and make time for guilt-free play.
The Untethered Soul
You are the one who notices the voice in your head, not the voice itself.
The Whole-Brain Child
Twelve strategies based on brain development to help parents turn everyday struggles into growth for their children.
Unwinding Anxiety
A psychiatrist and neuroscientist shows how anxiety works like a habit loop, and how curiosity can break it.
When Things Fall Apart
Buddhist wisdom for difficult times: lean into discomfort instead of running from it.
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Short reflections on bringing mindfulness into everyday life, from the founder of MBSR.
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
Bite-sized tools from a clinical psychologist for low mood, anxiety, stress and self-doubt.
Atlas of the Heart
Eighty-seven emotions and experiences, mapped and explained, so you can name what you feel.
Emotional Intelligence 2.0
A short, practical guide to the four skills of emotional intelligence, with strategies for each.
Getting the Love You Want
Why we're drawn to partners who echo childhood wounds, and how conscious dialogue can turn conflict into healing.
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
A classic, practical guide to breaking the worry habit, from the author of How to Win Friends.
Just Listen
A psychiatrist shares techniques for getting through to people who are upset, resistant or difficult.
Mindsight
A psychiatrist describes 'mindsight', the ability to see your own mind, and how it can change the brain and…
Primal Leadership
A leader's most important job is emotional: creating resonance. Emotional intelligence applied to leadership.
Rising Strong
How to get back up after a fall: owning your story, examining the stories you tell yourself, and rising stronger.
The Dance of Anger
Anger is a signal. A psychologist shows how to use it to change unhealthy patterns in close relationships.
The Highly Sensitive Person
A psychologist describes high sensitivity as a normal trait and offers ways to thrive with it.
The Laws of Human Nature
Eighteen 'laws' of human behaviour, illustrated with history, to help you understand yourself and others.
The Mountain Is You
The biggest obstacle in your way is often your own behaviour, and that's good news. Understanding self-sabotage.
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- Habits and Discipline 41
- Productivity and Focus 37
- Mindset and Psychology 54
- Confidence and Self-Esteem 26
- Leadership 52
- Entrepreneurship 31
- Money and Financial Literacy 29
- Relationships 35
- Communication 35
- Motivation 34
- Personal Growth 77
- Purpose and Meaning 53
- Creativity 25
- Decision-Making 39
- Health and Wellbeing 47