Exclusive articles and features covering all aspects of self-help and personal development from 2021 and before…
Rebecca Lockwood is a best-selling author, NLP coach and mental health advocate who specialises in teaching entrepreneurs the art and science of how the mind works. Here, writing exclusively for shelf help., Rebecca explains why we need to look inwards before we look forward at this time of year…
Read MoreJo Love is a trainee psychotherapist, mental health advocate, author and doodler and her first book Therapy is… Magic is a guide to what to expect when you decide to seek out a therapist, based on her 18+ years experience of seeing mental health professionals.
Writing exclusively for shelf help., Jo shares the five things she wishes she’d known before she began her therapeutic journey…
Read MoreFiona Thomas is an author and mental health advocate whose passion is working with female-led businesses and shining a light on the positive impact that freelancing can have on our wellbeing.
Writing exclusively for shelf help. Fiona explains why those of us working a side hustle are often more likely to suffer from imposter syndrome, and shares four ways to help manage that pesky self-saboteur…
Read MoreWhether you're looking to quit the drink entirely, or just curious about how life with less hangovers might feel October - or 'Stoptober' - is a great opportunity to reevaluate your relationship with alcohol.
Here are some of our favourite books to inspire you to get/stay/try sober. You never know, it might just stick….
Read MoreGeorgina’s two books Mindful Thoughts For Students and Mindful Thoughts for Artists offer ways to find flow, create calm, nurture the mind and flourish in life.
Here, writing exclusively for shelf help., the artist shares some of her biggest learnings for students of all disciplines looking to navigate an academic year like no other…
Read MoreAre you currently experiencing crushing existential dread? If so, there’s no need to panic because: a: you’re not alone, and b: this could be the key to your long-term happiness! In her new book, The Sunny Nihilist: How a meaningless life can make you truly happy, author Wendy Syfret explains why chasing a life filled with meaning and achievement doesn’t actually make us happy. Instead, she argues, we should embrace the idea that existence is meaningless, and watch our life improve.
Read MoreIn the world we live in there are always going to be things that make us feel upset, scared, hopeless or uncomfortable. Difficult feelings - or ‘stressors’ - are a part of life. It’s how we deal with these stressors that’s important, and cultivating an anti-fragile mindset can be our secret weapon against unpleasant thoughts and experiences. Here Behavioural Scientist Diba Ferdowsi gives us the low-down on what being anti-fragile means, and how we can get there…
Read MoreWhat lights you up? What do you love doing that makes you feel joyful, inspired, enthusiastic and light? Author and women’s leadership expert Chérine Kurdi’s mission is to help women embrace who they are, trust themselves, feel enough and go for what they want- on their own terms. She does this through guiding them to find their unique zone of genius, firing their inner critic, and discovering the life-changing magic of being themselves…
Read MoreOne way to get closer to your personal Ikigai is to reduce stress and get quiet by being more mindful. In this excerpt from the book* the authors explain how stress works and remind us to be more ‘caveman’ which is perfect advice, we think, for our new post-corona lives…
Read MoreDrew Ramsey, M.D. is a psychiatrist, founder of the Brain Food Clinic in NYC and a ‘kale evangelist’ farmer who is helping patients and readers forge a path toward greater mental health through food. In his new book he breaks down the science of nutritional psychiatry and explains which foods can improve mental wellness - and here’s a smoothie recipe to celebrate!
Read MoreFrom breath work for Geminis to bone health for Capricorns and blood sugar management for Libras, healing arts specialist and astrologist Stephanie Gailing says that we should look to the zodiac for self-care advice to suit and to celebrate her latest book, The Complete Guide to Astrological Self-Care, here she shares her stellar insights for each sign.
Read MorePost-lockdown anxiety is something that is coming up again and again for our members, and so looking at some ways to manage this seems like the perfect topic for our first ‘sh.are’ feature, an ongoing project where we’re asking the shelf help. community to - well, share! - the best ways they have found to support themselves out in the field of life…
Read MoreThe magical Tree Carr works in the esoteric realms of dreams, death and divination and in her new book, Conscious Dreamer, she explains that connecting with the power of your dreams is the key to living your best life as she guides readers through a 30-day journey to harness the power of their dreamtime. Here, writing exclusively for shelf help., she shares a brilliant 5-step guide to creating a Lucid Dreaming Practice that you can start using TONIGHT.
Read MoreIn her new book, Ethical Excellence, Professor Heidi Giebel draws on classical wisdom traditions, modern psychology, and interviews with sixteen award-winning exemplars (ethical heroes) - including Gloria Lewis from Care in Action USA (shown here with her family) - to show how we can build excellent lives by developing ethical excellences—virtues—like gratitude, generosity, and courage.
Read MoreHaving a clear sense of purpose is proven to help us lead longer and healthier lives, say this week’s featured experts and the creators of the Soul Purpose Workbook & Planner, yoga expert, Linda Barberic, and mindfulness and meditation teacher, Eliza Wing. Great! Sign us up, we say! Hang on though - what if we don’t yet know our purpose for being?! Step one - start with a vision board…. (article includes a downloadable PDF and a guided meditation)
Read MoreSome of us can’t wait to escape the house and get back to working next to other humans. But most of us are feeling nervous about the return to ‘normal’ working life, and what that might look like. Change is hard - we know that. Especially when it involves saying hello to an earlier alarm and goodbye to Lycra. With that in mind, here are 10 strategies shared by stress and anxiety experts to make that transition back to the office a little easier…
Read More‘Calm’ can be a verb or a noun, and this subtle difference in perception can be a defining factor in us actually experiencing a state of calm, or not. In her latest book, Find Your Calm, author, healer and founder of the Healers of the Light Alternative Healing Academy, Johanna Bassols, invites us to look at calm as a verb; a state of being and an experience that can be achieved from within. And shares five ways we can harness this magic…
Read MoreHave you ever found yourself glued to the couch for an entire Saturday, or even an entire weekend, only to beat yourself up for being “lazy”? Even worse, you feel more tired at the end of it. This is a signal that you are headed toward burnout. Charlene Rymsha is a clinical social worker, therapist, creator of the ‘Say Goodbye to Burnout Method’ and author of Burn Bright, and writing exclusively for shelf help. she shares four ways to avoid that career crash, as well as a simple exercise to check in with ourselves and determine our ‘Head to Body Ratio’ at any time of day…
Read MoreIn our recent interview with Luvvie, the best-selling author shared some brilliant advice as we celebrated the launch of her new book, The Fear-Fighter Manual. We were thrilled to hear her strategies on setting boundaries, speaking our mind, being the first domino, finding great role models and honouring ourselves and our responsibility to show up in the best and most courageous way we can. Here we share 9 pearls of wisdom from the ‘professional troublemaker’…
Read MoreFrancesca Specter is an author, journalist and podcaster based in London; she’s an extrovert with a huge network of friends who has been dating for 15 years and never valued time alone, until she made a New Year’s Resolution in 2019 to spend more time by herself and it changed her life. As her first book, Alonement: How to be alone and absolutely own it, hits shelves this week, Francesca writes exclusively for shelf help. about the learned value of time spent alone in our hyper-connected society.
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