The Right Brain Workout by Russel Howcroft

$19.99 AUD

Category: PSYCHOLOGY | Reading Level: 6.5 Wellbeing

In The Right-brain Workout, you'll find 70 questions posed by some of Australia's most creative people from the worlds of comedy, art, advertising, music, literature and photography. Questions that will probe, cajole, and challenge you to be more creative, every day. You'll rediscover the creativity tha t we all have inside of us when we were kids. Or you'll enhance your already creative mind. Plus, you'll uncover weekly Right-brain Tips- simple things that you can do to stimulate your brain. It's the fun and energising exercise regime for your brain that you didn't know you were looking for. And it just might help unlock the creative genius inside of you. ...Show more

Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose by Nir Eyal

$29.99 AUD

Category: PSYCHOLOGY

We are living through a crisis of distraction. Plans get sidetracked, friends are ignored, work never seems to get done. Why does it feel like we're distracting our lives away? In Indistractable, behavioural designer Nir Eyal shows what life could look like if you followed through on your intentions. In stead of suggesting a digital detox, Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving you to distraction, and teaches you how to make pacts with yourself to keep your brain on track. Indistractable is a guide to making decisions and seeing them through. Empowering and optimistic, this is the book that will help you design your time, realise your ambitions, and live the life you really want. ...Show more

Am I Dreaming? - The New Science of Consciousness and How Altered States Reboot the Brain by James Kingsland

$29.99 AUD

Category: PSYCHOLOGY

A scientific travel guide to altered states of consciousness - and what we can learn from them.

Never Enough by Judith Grisel

$29.99 AUD

Category: PSYCHOLOGY

Judith Grisel was a daily drug user and college dropout when she began to consider that her addiction might have a cure, one that she herself could perhaps discover by studying the brain. Now, after twenty-five years as a neuroscientist, she shares what she and other scientists have learned about addict ion, enriched by captivating glimpses of her personal journey. In Never Enough, Grisel reveals the unfortunate bottom line of all regular drug use- there is no such thing as a free lunch. All drugs act on the brain in a way that diminishes their enjoyable effects and creates unpleasant ones with repeated use. Yet they have their appeal, and Grisel draws on anecdotes both comic and tragic from her own days of using as she learns the science behind the love of various drugs, from marijuana to alcohol, opiates to psychedelics, speed to spice. Drug abuse has been called the most formidable health problem worldwide, and Grisel delves with compassion into the science of this scourge. She points to what is different about the brains of addicts even before they first pick up a drink or drug, highlights the changes that take place in the brain and behaviour as a result of chronic using, and shares the surprising hidden gifts of personality that addiction can expose. She describes what drove her to addiction, what helped her recover, and her belief that a 'cure' for addiction will not be found in our individual brains but in the way we interact with our communities. Set apart by its colour, candour, and bell-clear writing, Never Enough is a revelatory look at the roles drugs play in all of our lives. It offers crucial new insights into how we can solve the epidemic of abuse. ...Show more

The Bloomsbury Book of the Mind by Stephen Wilson (ed)

$10.00 AUD

Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS

Our concern with the mind and how the hurt mind can be healed has led to a massive growth of interest in psychology and the way our brains work. The Bloomsbury Book of the Mind brings together key writings from all over the world from the earliest recorded accounts to the most up-to-date research in an imaginative assembly of case notes, journals, poetry, fiction and letters as well as more formal writings. In six sections on Perception, Memory, Emotion, Thought, Consciousness and the Self, Stephen Wilson ranges from the big questions (What is consciousness? Is there an unconscious?) to the quirkier mysteries of the human mind (the effects of hypnotism, the experience of a phantom limb, or an imaginative cure for sexual impotence). The linking commentary sets each extract in the context of its time and in relation to the other pieces around it. First published 2003. About the Author: Stephen Wilson is a practising psychotherapist and the author of The Cradle of Violence: Essays on Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Literature, a brief biography of Sigmund Freud and Introducing the Freud Wars (2002). ...Show more

Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon: Learn How to Keep Your Brain Fitter,healthier and Stronger by Rahul Jandial

$35.00 AUD

Category: PSYCHOLOGY

For years Dr Rahul Jandial has transformed the lives of his neurosurgery patients by putting them through 'brain rehab', his specially developed boot camp for restoring brain function. In this eye-opening, informative and accessible guide, he uses his years of expertise to show how healthy people can re wire their brains to work in a higher gear. With quick and easy daily exercises, Neurofitness will show you how to- - boost your memory - control stress and emotions - minimize pain - unleash creativity - raise smart kids - avoid Alzheimer's. Using a combination of scientific research and fascinating real-life stories from his own operating room, acclaimed neurosurgeon Rahul Jandial explains how to boost your brain power for good. ...Show more

The Heartland: Finding and Losing Schizophrenia by Nathan Filer

$29.99 AUD

Category: PSYCHOLOGY

'Erudite, well-researched, and full of compassion... This book will change the way people understand schizophrenia, and that change is long overdue.' CHRISTIE WATSON, author of The Language of Kindness 'A truly important book. ' MAX PORTER, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny 'I have never read a more powerful book about mental health. it has the ability to change the way people think about mental illness.' JOANNA CANNON, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep   Schizophrenia: whether it's the associations it conjures or the people it brings to mind, it is a word we all have a view on. How we perceive it - and how we treat people living with it - is at the core of how we understand mental health. But what do we really know? How much time do we spend listening? Do we truly comprehend this complex and often contradictory diagnosis? In The Heartland Nathan Filer, mental health nurse and award winning writer, takes us on a journey into the psychiatric wards he once worked on. He also invites us to spend time with world-leading experts, and with some extraordinary people who share their own stories - true stories - about living with this strange and misunderstood condition. Along the way, he helps us open our minds to new ways of thinking about mental health, about each other, and about ourselves. The Heartland debunks myths, challenges assumptions and offers fresh insight into what it means to be mad. And what it means to be human.   *This book is available in four different colour combinations. We cannot guarantee which colour you will receive with your order.* ...Show more

Positive Personality Profiles - D-I-S-C-Over Personality Insights to Understand Yourself and Others! by Robert A. Rohm

$15.00 AUD

Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS

Using the easily learned D-I-S-C system, Dr. Robert A. Rohm's Positive Personality Profiles helps readers understand themselves and others. Dr. Rohm's new book will clearly describe key differences in basic personality types, give practical insights into how people respond, provide keys for understandin g your children, and explain methods for working with others. ...Show more

The Handbook for Highly Sensitive People by Mel Collins

$22.99 AUD

Category: PSYCHOLOGY

Are you often told to stop taking things to heart or to toughen up? Do you have a lot of empathy for others? Overanalyze things and get 'stuck in your own head'? Or become easily overwhelmed and frequently need to withdraw? If the answer is YES, you are probably a Highly Sensitive Person and this Handbo ok will be your survival guide   One in five people are born with the trait of high sensitivity. Yet, there is a general lack of awareness of the trait in our society, which leaves many people struggling physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually with being highly sensitive in a non-sensitive world. More often than not, HSPs are yearning for acceptance of their trait, not just from other people but also for themselves. When they realize their sensitivity is 'normal' and it's acknowledged in a positive way, a deep sense of relief arises and they can begin to flourish - feeling empowered to bring their unique abilities of empathy, compassion, creativity, healing and much more into the world. Presented in four sections that lead the reader on a journey of true holistic self-understanding, the book starts with a section exploring the main qualities and challenges of the trait, and how it can be a real gift in life; not a flaw. The second section then delves into impacts of living as an HSP, such as the many masks that they tend to wear (people-pleasing and so on), the relationships they attract, and how they can start on the journey to feeling more valued. The third section provides a wide range of practical strategies to manage the trait more effectively, from more self-love, coping with over-arousal, tapping for emotional freedom, energy protection, dealing with loss and bereavement, and tuning into the healing power of animals. And the final section touches on the more spiritual aspect of life that many HSPs are searching for, whether knowingly or not - from past-life themes to the unseen world, such as angels - in their quest to fully accept themselves, and to live the authentic, fulfilling lives they deserve. ...Show more

The Brain: A User's Manual: A Simple Guide to the World's Most Complex Machine by Marco Magrini

$24.99 AUD

Category: PSYCHOLOGY

Memory Craft: Improve Your Memory Using the Most Powerful Methods and Tools from Around the World by Lynne Kelly

$32.99 AUD

Category: PSYCHOLOGY

In her bestselling book The Memory Code Lynne Kelly uncovers the memory methods of the ancients. She has now tested them thoroughly and in Memory Craft she shows how anyone of any age can use traditional memory methods to expand their memory capacity and to memorise whatever they want.

The Ultimate Book of Mind Maps by Tony Buzan

$15.00 AUD

Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS

The Ultimate Book of Mind Maps will help you:Come up with brilliant ideasFind inspired solutions to any problemCreate more time for yourselfSet goals and achieve themMotivate yourself and othersRemember anything you want when you wantColour illustrated throughout, this definitive guide is packed full of examples of amazing thinking tools and practical Mind Map examples, including running a meeting, preparing for an interview, starting up a new venture, planning family events, shopping for gifts, designing a garden, getting fit, and writing a speech for a wedding. It can even help you plan your ideal future! ...Show more