Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing

"From a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of commercial marketing on children, a timely investigation into how big tech is hijacking childhood-and what we can do about it"-- Provided by publisher.

Why can't I stop taking photos? Why do I always feel like I'm missing out? Why can't I remember why I walked into this room? In Why Am I Like This? Jen Martin delves into the science behind our strangest thoughts and habits, from why smells make us homesick to why we stick our tongues out when we...

"If you've struggled with anxiety, you know how confusing and overwhelming it can be. Even small things can trigger anxious feelings that can soon overtake you and cause you to struggle with the most simple daily tasks. But it doesn't have to be that way! Psychiatrist and YouTube influencer Dr. T...

A beautiful, practical guide to finding happiness through ukeireru, the Japanese principle of acceptance. This book offers a path to well-being and satisfaction for the anxious and exhausted and anyone charmed by concepts such as hygge, ikigai, and wabi sabi. Psychologist Scott Haas spends much o...

Why Caesarean Matters aims to navigate the research and put women at the centre of their own care so that their birth can be a positive experience, however it unfolds. The clear and evidence-based discussion addresses the questions that women and their care providers may have, enabling women to m...

One in four adults sleeps badly. Sleeping pill prescriptions have increased dramatically over the last three decades, as have the incidence of sleep clinics. Once considered a natural state, sleep is increasingly an insecure commodity. But is this crisis really so new? Our troubled relationship t...

Dementia brings many challenges, not least its ability to disrupt effective communication. The quality of communication plays a major role in how well people living with a dementia manage. When communication doesn't work well, the complications of dementia are compounded. Rather than only offerin...

Chronic pain is the single biggest cause of human suffering. Yet pain that persists for three months or more is often unrelated to any physical injury. So why does it still hurt? Research over the last few decades shows that many of us -- sufferers of chronic pain and health practitioners alike -...

Catherine Crawford, a mother of two young daughters, is tired of the indulgent brand of parenting so popular in her trendy Brooklyn neighbourhood. All of the negotiating and bargaining has done scant more than to create a generation of little tyrants. After being exposed to the well-behaved, resp...