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'Simply the best book I've read on women's fitness and health' PROFESSOR ALICE ROBERTS'A roadmap for being strong, capable, and free in our bodies at every age' JAMEELA JAMIL'Witty, data-driven and realistic . . . the only way exercise should be written about!' JENNIFER COX What comes to mind when you picture your older self? For too long, social media and the fitness industry have prioritised aesthetics over our health. Every year, we are bombarded with the message to 'train for our bikini body', warping our relationship with exercise and flooding us with misinformation. It's easy to feel overwhelmed, or worse, give up on your fitness journey altogether.When Elizabeth Davies wet herself during an exercise class, she realised she knew next to nothing about her body. Ditching her law career to become a personal trainer meant she discovered some real home truths along the way. Like learning that muscle mass decreases by approximately 3-8% per decade after the age of thirty, or that osteoporosis affects one in three women over the age of 50 worldwide.Finding the best products to fight wrinkles might make you look younger, but they won't protect your muscles or your bone density. And what about mobility? Your pelvic floor? Your heart?Organised around core principles rather than strict prescriptions, Training For Your Old Lady Body invites readers to understand their bodies, make informed decisions and build a long-term, compassionate relationship with movement. Rather than offering a rigid programme or prescriptive 'one-size-fits-all' routines, this book gives women the knowledge they need to train in ways that keep them moving well for decades.This is not a six-week bikini body transformation. It's a way of training for life.

In a world where AI is taking over our imagination, this is the book that will teach us how to make the most of our very human imaginative advantage.What if the most overlooked key to mental health, innovation, and human connection wasn't a pill, a device, or a productivity hack . . . but your own imagination? In Imagine That, psychologist and imagination scientist Dr. Cassandra Vieten makes a radical claim: imagination is not just for artists and dreamers, it's the operating system behind how all of us think, act, and live. And it exists within everyone.Drawing on her original, cutting-edge neuroscientific research, Vieten introduces the concept of imagination neurodiversity: the idea that each of us has a unique set of strengths and tendencies that can be understood and activated. Readers of this book will gain the ability to:- Open their mind to new possibilities to help alleviate depression, anxiety, and other mental health struggles.- Boost their workouts, sports, and physical training.- Enrich relationships.- Be more creative in work, school, hobbies, art, and music, rather than relying on artificial intelligence to provide the answers.- Deepen spirituality or other existential explorations.- Develop more joy and creative energy through a more colourful way of seeing and being.This is the first book to offer a road map to determining your imagination strengths and how you can leverage them to invent, create, innovate, and lead a richer and more fulfilling life.

One of TIME's 100 Must-Reads of 2024'A delight' The New York Times'Delicious' Vogue'Superb' Time'Joyful, bold and liberating' Emma GannonCome to Paris, August 2021, when the City of Lights was still empty of tourists and a thirst for long-overdue pleasure gripped those who wandered its streets.After New York City emptied out in March 2020, Glynnis MacNicol, aged forty-six, unmarried with no children, spent sixteen months alone in her tiny Manhattan apartment. The isolation was punishing. A year without touch. Women are warned of invisibility as they age, but this was an extreme loneliness no one can prepare you for. When the opportunity to sublet a friend's apartment in Paris arose, MacNicol jumped on it. Leaving felt less like a risk than a necessity.What follows is a decadent, joyful, unexpected journey into one woman's pursuit of radical enjoyment.The weeks in Paris are filled with friendship and food and sex. There is dancing on the Seine; a plethora of gooey cheese; midnight bike rides through empty Paris; handsome men; afternoons wandering through the empty Louvre; nighttime swimming in the ocean off a French island. And yes, plenty of nudity.In the spirit of Nora Ephron and Deborah Levy (think Colette . . . if she'd had access to dating apps), I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself is an intimate, insightful, powerful, and endlessly pleasurable memoir of an intensely lived experience whose meaning and insight expand far beyond the personal narrative. MacNicol is determined to document the beauty, excess, and triumph of a life that does not require permission.The pursuit of enjoyment is a political act, both a right and a responsibility. Enjoying yourself-as you are-is not something the world tells you is possible, but it is.Here's the proof.

'Absolutely vital reading' - Stylist'Brave, searching' - Coco Mellors'The book you didn't know you needed' - Roxie Nafousi'Brilliant' - Times Radio'I can't think of a single woman who won't read it and recognise anecdotes straight from the pages of her own life story.' - GlamourPleasure explores why so many women feel disconnected from their bodies and from sex, and what it takes to change that.Part memoir, part cultural investigation, the book traces Emma-Louise Boynton's journey from being unable to orgasm and battling a years-long eating disorder, to rebuilding her relationship with sex, desire and intimacy.The story begins in the sex therapy room, where Boynton first discovered that her struggle with bulimia was deeply entangled with her experience of sexual numbness. From there, Pleasure expands outward - drawing on expert interviews, cultural analysis and immersive research (including four days on a porn set) - to reveal that this rupture between women and their bodies is not a personal failure, but a systemic one.From narrow ideals around desirability and sexist narratives about aging, to the policing of women's pleasure, and the emotional alienation of app-based intimacy, Boynton interrogates the forces that teach women to mistrust their bodies and perform rather than feel their pleasure.Crucially, Boynton offers a clear and practical roadmap for rebuilding desire, confidence and connection. Provocative, intimate and timely, Pleasure reframes women's relationship to sex and embodiment, arguing that reclaiming pleasure is not indulgent, but essential.

Are you your own toughest critic? Learn to be good to yourself with this clear and compassionate guide.Do you set demanding standards for yourself? If so, a lot likely goes well in your life. You might earn compliments, admiration, or accomplishments. Your high standards and hard work pay off. But privately, you may feel like you're falling behind, faking it, or different from everybody else. Your eagle-eyed inner quality control inspector highlights every mistake. You try hard to avoid criticism, but criticise yourself.This is perfectionism. And for everyone who struggles with it, it's a misnomer: perfectionism isn't about striving to be perfect. It's about never feeling good enough.Dr Ellen Hendriksen - clinical psychologist and anxiety specialist - is on the same journey as you. In How to be Enough, Dr Hendriksen charts a flexible, forgiving, and freeing path, all without giving up the excellence your high standards and hard work have got you. She delivers seven shifts to move you from self-criticism to kindness, control to authenticity, procrastination to productivity, comparison to contentment. Each will help you find self-acceptance, rewrite the Inner Rulebook, and most of all, cultivate the authentic human connections we're all craving.

WINNER OF THE MONEY AWARENESS AND INCLUSION AWARD FOR BEST BOOK'An incredible voyage of financial self-discovery with plenty of "aha" moments[...] Think of this as financial therapy with feeling' - Claer Barrett, Financial Times'Essential reading for anyone who has ever earned, spent or saved money. Highly recommend' - Adam Alter, New York Times bestselling author of Irresistible, Anatomy of a Breakthrough and Drunk Tank PinkDo you find it difficult to stick to a budget? Do you hide purchases from your partner? Do you often argue about money with your family?One of the most important relationships we have is with money, yet you may not be aware of the complex web of emotions and past experiences that are really driving your money habits. Money on Your Mind helps you unpack these psychological hurdles so you can make better financial choices.Through a mix of case studies, client stories and expertise, financial psychotherapist Vicky Reynal reveals how an emotionally absent parent can result in comfort shopping, how bullying in school can lead to overspending and how absorbing a parent's lack of boundaries can interfere with making rational financial decisions. Reynal helps you shift those ingrained attitudes and beliefs, so you stop falling into the same damaging financial traps. You'll learn to:· Recognise your spending triggers· Let go of a scarcity mindset· Free yourself of spending anxiety· Take control over your money habitsAnd finally understand what is driving your financial behaviours for an improved and healthier relationship with money.

AS SEEN ON FEARNE COTTON'S HAPPY PLACE PODCAST AND FEATURED IN SUNDAY TIMES STYLE AND GRAZIA'Full of wisdom and vulnerability' CARIAD LLOYD'An urgent, empowering read' FEARNE COTTON 'Wise, relatable and helpful' MARIAN KEYES 'A guide for living according to our own desires and drives, rather than patriarchal dictates aimed at minimising us' SARI BOTTON*The new book for women who want to live differently - featuring interviews with fascinating, inspirational women from all walks of life*When Poorna Bell found herself at the height of grief in her mid-thirties, she spent each day just trying to survive. As her new self began to emerge back into the world, she realised she had spent a lifetime playing by the rules that had been set for women.But who set these rules? And why? In her powerful, inspirational new book, Poorna Bell asks you to reimagine your future. To know that you can write your own story - to find the confidence to live exactly as you want to, and reclaim your joy. To discover that if you want more, you can get it.Join Poorna as she paves the way for a new future, including interviews with Marian Keyes, Asma Khan, Hollie McNish, Mariella Frostrup, Heidi Clements, Luisa Dunn, Cindy Gallop, Seema Anand, Catherine Gray, Sam Baker, Jennifer Cox and more.

The Times Self-Help Book of the Year 2024 'Jennifer's intelligence, compassion and experience as a psychotherapist make this a game-changer and a must-read for women and the men who love us.' Shaparak Khorsandi'A revelation and resource for not just women, but everyone.' Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her and The Resilience MythWhat if you aren't depressed?What if you don't have chronic fatigue?What if you are just... angry?In a world where patience is a virtue and being a good girl is for life, women are never allowed to truly express their anger - and it is making us ill. After a lifetime of being told to repress it, to hide it away and fear it, anger has begun to manifest in female bodies in myriad ways we can't control. And the results are alarming. In this powerful and eye-opening book, psychotherapist Jennifer Cox takes us on a journey from cradle to grave revealing how, at every stage of our lives, women are conditioned not to speak out or 'make a fuss'. Jennifer draws on her wealth of therapeutic experience to show us how to tune in to our feelings of frustration and offers us the tools to express what we have subdued for so long.

'I love this! Full of helpful and practical ways to bring a little more joy and happiness into your daily life' - Joe Wicks'This book feels like a friend showing you how life can be made better' - Mo Gawdat'Brilliant! A remarkably comprehensive guide to living better, feeling happier and getting more out of life' - Dr Radha ModgilThis book can't change your life, but you can.We all want the people we love to be happy - and most of us long to feel more at peace with ourselves. In this practical and encouraging guide, Dr Mark Williamson, CEO of Action for Happiness, shares 23 proven ways to make life happier for yourself, your loved ones and the wider world.Drawing on fifteen years of working closely with leading experts in wellbeing - from psychology and neuroscience to timeless human wisdom - Mark offers simple, science-backed steps to help you feel better, strengthen your relationships and create positive ripples in the world around you. Mark isn't a guru; he's a 'happiness engineer' who has road-tested these ideas in real life with thousands of people - and in his own journey from burnout to purpose.Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all formula, Make Life Happier shows you how to run your own 'happiness experiments' and discover what works best for you - whether that's quieting your inner critic, building healthier habits, becoming a better listener or contributing to your community.This book is more than a guide to feeling better; it's an invitation to join a growing movement of people choosing to live differently. Because lasting happiness comes not just from caring for ourselves, but from caring for each other. Whatever your situation, you can do something - and you can start today.

*PRE-ORDER THE NEW BOOK FROM THE BODY COACH HEALTHY START NOW!*THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNational Treasure Joe Wicks is back with Protein in 15, packed with quick, delicious protein-packed and unprocessed recipes for the whole family.We all need protein to help us balance blood sugar, build muscle, and maintain energy and concentration. Whether you're a dedicated gym goer, a woman experiencing perimenopausal symptoms or just want to boost protein in your family meals without relying on ultra-processed foods, Protein in 15 has you covered.Real food for real people, the recipes are simple and speedy but big on flavour and are made with easy-to-source ingredients.Whether you fancy a spicy chicken burger, banging steak burrito, meat-free bolognese or creamy chicken harissa pasta, this book is for you. Chapters include:- Easy-peasy dinners- Plant-powered meals- Lunchbox inspo- Home takeaways- Fast prep slow-cook bangers- Pasta and noodle winnersProtein in 15 will show you that it's possible to eat a protein-rich diet using fresh, whole foods.Joe Wicks is on a mission to make the world fitter, healthier, and happier. Best known as The Body Coach, he has transformed the way millions approach fitness and nutrition through his online HIIT workouts, bestselling books, and hugely popular fitness app. Joe shot to fame with his Lean in 15 recipe book series and became known as the nation's P.E. teacher during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading daily livestreamed workouts for families around the world, which earned him an MBE.

'Raw, honest and beautiful' Roshni Radia - Editorial Manager, Audiobooks at SpotifyAS SHARED ON TIKTOKWhen Laura and Devon sat down to plan their honeymoon, Castellina in Chianti, Italy, was the obvious destination. Four months later, Laura found herself standing in a secret spot at the edge of the village watching the sunset. It would have been perfect, if Devon had been there with her. But Laura's fiancé, the love of her life, had died in her arms a month before their wedding.The Solo Honeymoon follows Laura as she faces her fears and heartbreak by going alone on the honeymoon she had planned with Devon. From screaming from the mountaintops in Ireland to wandering the busy streets of London to dining on the French Riviera and watching the sun set over Castellina, Laura travels across Europe to find solid ground.The result is a beautiful exploration of what it means to choose life in the face of unimaginable pain. The Solo Honeymoon shines a light on the joy of love, the depths of grief, and the community of hope and wonder Laura built along the way.

*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*The trailblazing autobiography of England Football legend Mary Earps.A playbook for anyone who has ever thought they don't fit in.A blueprint for success on your own terms.'This book is me, unfiltered. It's the truth behind the headlines, the setbacks behind the saves. I'm so proud to finally share it with the world. I hope it resonates with anyone who's ever been told they're not enough, and inspires the next generation to be unapologetically themselves.'Told in Mary's inimitable voice, this is her inspiring story, lifting the lid on the reality of a young woman who dreamed big, an elite female athlete in a man's world, a change-maker who stood up to fight for what she knew was right... and won. This is a book about the moments that change everything and the years of hard work, courage, and finding the relentless self-belief that make them possible. This isn't just a sports memoir; it's a guide for anyone who feels they don't fit in and a story that might just change your life.