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Books to help you live your best life

Do One Thing Every Day to Make You Happy

This delightful colourful journey will help you focus daily on something that makes you happy. Each day presents an opportunity to find delight, whether in your home surroundings, your work, your relationships, your insights, or your actions. This journal will guide you to look inside and outside yourself to discover and appreciate what makes you happiest. With prompts and exercises, the wise words of writers, musicians, philosophers, and leaders, “Do One Thing Every Day to Make You Happy” will help you reflect on what fills you with joy. You’ll measure your happiness at the outset and along the way; after a year’s worth of delight, your smile will be bigger than ever.

The Power of Now By Eckhart Tolle

“The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightment” is a New York Times bestseller. It has sold more than two million copies and has been translated into more than 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes, “The Power of Now” takes you on an inspiring spiritual journey to find your true and deepest self and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light. Author Eckhart Tolle shares secrets of his own self-realisation and his philosophy for living life in the present.

The Art of Simple Living By Shunmyo Masuno

Find day-to-day happiness amidst the clutter of the modern world with this internationally bestselling guide to simplifying your life and finding joy in the little things. Written by Shunmyo Masuno, a renowned Japanese monk who embodies the wisdom of Zen, “The Art of Simple Living” features 100 clear and simple lessons – one a day for 100 days. A minimalist line drawing appears opposite each lesson on an otherwise blank page, giving you an opportunity to reflect on each lesson and relax. With each daily practice, “The Art of Simple Living” is designed to help you find happiness by making small simple changes, offering a renewed sense of peace and calm.

Big Magic By Elizabeth Gilbert

Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert’s books for years. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. With profound empathy and radiant generosity, she offers potent insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear.

Self-Care for The Real World By Nadia Narain and Katia Narain Phillips

Wellness pioneers Nadia Narain and Katia Narain Phillips have spent years helping others to feel their best, but it took them a bit longer to understand how to look after themselves. In “Self-Care for The Real World” they share the small achievable steps they have learned, and how you can apply them to your own life, wherever you are. “SelfCare for the Real World” is a combination of friendly advice, personal stories, exercises, and recipes. The book is a practical guide to self-care for real people with busy lives, offering small simple suggestions to help you toward becoming the best version of yourself.

Everything is F*cked, A Book On Hope By Mark Manson

From the author of the international bestseller, “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*uck,” comes this counterintuitive guide to the problems of hope. Author Mark Manson turns his gaze from the inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless calamities taking place in the world around us. Drawing from the pool of psychological research on these topics, as well as the timeless wisdom of philosophers, he dissects religion and politics and the uncomfortable ways they have come to resemble one another. He looks at our relationships with money, entertainment and the internet, and how too much of a good thing can psychologically eat us alive. He openly defies our definitions of faith, happiness, freedom, and even hope itself.

Eat to Beat Disease By William W. Li

Forget everything you think you know about your body and food and discover the new science of how the body heals itself. “Eat to Beat Disease” will help you to identify the strategies and the dosages for using food to transform your resilience and health. Pioneering physician and scientist, Dr. William Li, empowers readers by showing them the evidence behind more than 200 health-boosting foods that can starve cancer, reduce your risk of dementia, and beat dozens of avoidable diseases. “Eat to Beat Disease” isn’t about what foods to avoid, but rather is a lifechanging guide to the hundreds of healing foods to add to your meals that support the body’s defence systems.

Longevity Paradox By Steven R Gundry

From the author of the New York Times bestseller “The Plant Paradox” comes a ground-breaking plan for living a long, healthy, happy life. World-renowned surgeon and author Dr. Steven Gundry has been treating mature patients for most of his career. He knows that everyone thinks they want to live forever, until they hit middle age and witness the suffering of their parents and even their peers. So how do we solve the paradox of wanting to live to a ripe old age-but enjoy the benefits of youth? This ground-breaking book holds the answer. Working with thousands of patients, Dr. Gundry has discovered that the diseases of aging we most fear are not simply a function of age; rather, they are a by-product of the way we have lived over the decades.