Self-care books for work and life
Time out
TAKE a pause with Marlee Grace’s tome about building boundaries between your job and your life. How to Not Always Be Working offers suggestions on ways to stop feeling overwhelmed and how to feel more connected to people and not devices, avoid burnout, and become more creative.
Realistic recharge
SIMPLE acts of self-care need to be built into busy schedules for optimum well-being, argues Jayne Hardy in her book, The Self-Care
Project. The CEO of a mental health charity, Hardy emphasises that self-care isn’t just a millennial buzzword as she shares achievable ways of making daily space for yourself.
Positive power
THE dangers of negativity are tackled in the book by best-selling author and CEO Brian Tracy and psychotherapist Christina Stein as they look at the effects negative thinking has on your personality and decision making. Believe It To Achieve It offers guidelines for on overcoming detrimental thinking patterns, and eliminating negativity from your life, whatever its source.
Magic moments
A HIGHLY practical guide, Michael O’Mara’s
Take a Moment provides simple techniques that can help you when life feels like it’s all too much. Designed to be carried around with you, the tone is uplifting and the advice is pragmatic with sections devoted to breathing and exercises, as well as dealing with stressful situations such as applying for a new job, and how to cope with panic attacks.