Mental Resilience

Ross Edgley famously ran a marathon pulling a 1.4-tonne car and climbed a rope the height of Everest (8,848 m), after living with Yamabushi warrior monks in Japan and partaking in Shamanic pain rituals with fire ants in the Amazon jungle. On his epic 1,780-mile journey around Great Britain, which lasted 157 days, Ross swam through giant jellyfish, arctic storms, ‘haunted’ whirlpools and polluted shipping lanes, going so hard, and so fast, his tongue fell apart.

Imagine boldly facing any challenge that comes your way. Imagine confronting any problem you run into and resolving it with confidence. Imagine being 100 percent certain that you can handle any setback life throws at you. The Mental Toughness Handbook is a step-by-step training program for toughening your mind against adversity. You'll discover how to handle pressure, control your impulses, and endure the emotional distress that accompany misfortune.

Bear Grylls draws on his survival experience to share a range of tips that he has used to overcome his fears, achieve superhuman feats and break through the boundaries that limit success in everyday life. In this refreshing and authentic new audiobook, Bear Grylls, along with the expertise of Will van der Hart, helps listeners combat stress, choose new habits, live courageously and overcome limiting beliefs. Mind Fuel gives you a whole year's worth of guidance and advice to face whatever life throws at you.

The brand-new audiobook from international best-selling author Dr Harry Barry. There are many challenges facing our mental health. We are living in the middle of an anxiety epidemic, depression is the one of the most significant mental health issues of our time, self-harm is endemic amongst schoolchildren and technology and social media are insidiously and pervasively invading our lives, leading to toxic stress.

World Health Organization Award-winning psychiatrist and mental health advocate Dr. Ahmed Hankir delivers a unique and powerful insight into mental health and wellness, mental illness, mental health treatment, and the culture surrounding mental health by tracing his own personal recovery journey from impoverished and shunned psychiatric patient to becoming an NHS Consultant psychiatrist.

The demanding world of first responders—firefighters, EMTs, and police officers—requires immense mental and emotional strength. These everyday heroes face relentless pressure, trauma, and stress that can profoundly affect their mental health. Resilience for First Responders offers practical solutions to tackle these challenges and build resilience. This guide is tailored to address the unique mental health needs of emergency professionals. Covering First Responder Mental Health, it provides real-world tools for fostering wellness and navigating the complexities of this high-stakes profession.

A journey into the heartland of psychiatry. This audiobook debunks myths, challenges assumptions and offers fresh insight into what it means to be mentally ill. And what it means to be human. This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health was previously published in 2019 in hardback under the title The Heartland. Nathan Filer's podcast, Why Do I Feel?, is available to stream wherever you listen.

While you can’t control the chaos around you, you can control how you respond to it. The solution lies in a powerful ancient philosophy that has stood the test of time… Stoicism offers a practical, grounded path to inner peace, resilience, and emotional clarity — no matter what life throws your way. You don’t have to stay stuck in the storm of modern life. Let Stoicism guide you back to clarity and calm — right where you are.

Drawing on years of experience as a renowned Harvard doctor and nationally recognised stress expert, Dr. Aditi Nerurkar has developed a science-backed approach to help us change our relationship with everyday stress. This book teaches a mindset shift about stress through five simple yet powerful resets – pillars of wisdom that bring together physiological and psychological coping skills and enable you to cope when things get hard.

Mental models are like giving a treasure map to someone lost in the woods. They provide instant understanding, context, and most importantly, a path to the end destination. Now imagine having such a map for all problems and decisions in your life. Battle information overwhelm, focus on what really matters, and make complex decisions with speed and confidence.

Today's parents are constantly pressured to be perfect. But in striving to do everything right, we risk missing what children really need for lifelong emotional security. Now the simple, powerful "Circle of Security" parenting strategies that Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell have taught thousands of families are available in self-help form for the first time. Filled with vivid stories and unique practical tools, this book puts the keys to healthy attachment within everyone's reach - self-understanding, flexibility, and the willingness to make and learn from mistakes.

Transform your habits and unlock your best self with sustainable changes, even if you've been overwhelmed by failure before! Have you ever caught yourself teetering on the brink of positive change, only to slip back into the comfort of old habits? Are days filled with overwhelming information and fleeting motivation making it impossible to take that first step toward transformation? Do you find yourself going in circles, paralyzed by the flood of advice, unsure of where to start?

You need to exhibit self-discipline 365 days in a year. What if you had a companion who would remind you daily to stay disciplined and persevere, even when the going gets tough? 365 Days With Self-Discipline is a practical guidebook for embracing self-discipline in your life. You'll learn how to do this through 365 brief, daily insights from the world's brightest minds, commented upon by best-selling personal development author Martin Meadows.

Kathy L. Kain and Stephen J. Terrell draw on 50 years of their combined clinical and teaching experience to provide this clear road map for understanding the complexities of early trauma and its related symptoms. Experts in the physiology of trauma, the authors present an introduction to their innovative somatic approach that has evolved to help thousands improve their lives. Synthesizing across disciplines - Attachment, Polyvagal, Neuroscience, Child Development Theory, Trauma, and Somatics - this book provides a new lens through which to understand safety and regulation.

You’re not alone. Teens today face more pressure than ever—and so do the adults supporting them. Now imagine your teen confidently handling challenges, building strong friendships, and growing into their true self. This isn’t a fantasy—it’s what this guide empowers teens (and those who support them) to achieve.

Joe De Sena has spent his life running toward challenge and discomfort. Why? Because how we react to challenging situations defines us and our families. The only tools we have as humans to survive the many peaks and valleys of a full life are preparedness, health, leadership, and most importantly, resilience. Why do so many parents struggle to finish things we start, delay gratification, and protect our health - and why do our kids continue to struggle in every facet of life? Because we haven’t showed them a path to resilience, and we haven’t fought for it ourselves.

What guides us when our world is changing? Discover the path to deeper meaning and purpose through depth psychology and classical thought.

What does it take to overcome challenges, conquer fears, embrace leadership, harness mentor wisdom and achieve greatness—not just in sports, but in life? In Game Changers, Dan Gold presents the powerful stories of extraordinary athletes who defied the odds, broke barriers and achieved the seemingly impossible. Filled with electrifying moments, timeless lessons and practical tools, these stories inspire teens to unlock their potential and face challenges with courage, resilience and confidence.

The title of this audiobook, Can I See Your Hands, refers to one of the key outcomes of this audiobook - being able to tell whether or not people want to cause us harm. To put it very simply, if you can see someone's hands and they are not concealing them, holding a weapon or positioning to strike you, one's levels of trust and confidence can increase. This simple example can serve as a reminder to all of us in many of the complex moments we have to deal with, and difficult decisions we have to make, in everyday life.

We live in an age of anxiety. Amidst climate change and natural disasters, a troubled economy, and one of the largest global pandemics in modern history - is it any wonder our kids are anxious and stressed out? Add in the pressures inherent in social media and consumerist culture, as well as the pressure of academic success, and you've got a recipe for disaster. The good news is that you can help your child manage anxiety and stress - no matter what life throws their way. This book will show you how.