Recommended Reading

Much of what people believe about willpower is actually sabotaging success. Kelly McGonigal is a renowned psychologist and expert on the willpower and helping people achieve their goals more effectively.

I highly recommend this book to motivate you to address any sleep problems.

Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Second Edition: Basics and Beyond.
A great book for understanding more about Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

The Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to be Privileged.
This is a great book for understanding the class divide in elite professions. I highly recommend it for anyone feeling held back by their class.

Imposter Syndrome Remedy: How to improve your self-worth, feel confident about yourself, and stop feeling like a fraud! (Psychology in your life Book 2).
Psychologist, Dr Emee Vida Estacio shares groundbreaking research from applied psychology, so you can apply these practical and easy-to-follow techniques to overcome Imposter Syndrome. I love how easy this book is to follow.

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead.
Many of my client fear vulnerability, Dr Brené Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability, and dispels the widely accepted myth that it’s a weakness.

Vagus Nerve: 2 Books in 1: Vagus Nerve & The Polyvagal Theory – Access the Power of the Vagus Nerve with Self-Help Exercises to Overcome Depression, Anxiety, Anger and Inflammation.
The discovery that the vagus nerve’s functioning affects so many body functions has increasingly made more and more people aware of just how interconnected the human body is. Understanding the vagus nerve helps to understand how emotions impact on the body.

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race: The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller.
This should be standard reading for white people. In particular, I recommend it for those responsible for Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace.

Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking.
I just love the message in this book. We need diverse thinking more than ever to solve problems in our complex world.

Mind to Matter: The Astonishing Science of How Your Brain Creates Material Reality.Dawson Church explains the science showing how our minds create matter. A very interesting read.

All around us people are looking at their phones too much, eating too much, drinking too much. Our world is addicted to fleeting distracting pleasures that get us nowhere. Dr Anna Lembke provides a clear way back to a balanced life.

Two therapists analyse their own relationship to help untangle the common and frustrating barriers many individuals face on the road to a happy, loving, rewarding partnership.

Today’s world is one of too much: too much work to do, too much communication, too much competition, too much uncertainty and too much information. We are striving to keep up, but inevitably we’re falling behind, leaving us with a nagging sense of failure that is hard to shake off.
In this book, Tony Crabbe debunks the myth that satisfaction at work comes from getting everything done.

There are lots of misconceptions about A.D.H.D. There are also many theories about A.D.H.D. Dr Barkley has devoted his career to researching and helping people with A.D.H.D. I think that his knowledge and dedication really shine through in all his books.

In Brainstorm, Siegel illuminates how brain development affects teenagers’ behaviour and relationships. Drawing on important new research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology, he explores exciting ways in which understanding how the teenage brain functions can help parents make what is in fact an incredibly positive period of growth, change and experimentation in their children’s lives less lonely and distressing on both sides of the generational divide.

In this pioneering, practical book for parents, neuroscientist Daniel J. Siegel and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson explain the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures.