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Menopause isn’t always an easy journey, but this accessible guide will help you to take your next steps with confidence. With wide-ranging and practical advice for every experience, including simple lifestyle and dietary changes you can make today, find out how to:

– Find relief from hot flushes
– Boost your mental outlook and feel more positive
– Reduce the health risks associated with menopause
– Discover how to beat middle-aged spread and look younger
– Learn the truth about HRT and make informed choices
– Look to a positive future postmenopause

It’s well known that you can’t pour from an empty cup, so fill it up with these simple strategies for self-care for mums-to-be

We all know that pregnancy is supposed to be a magical, wonderful time – and yet it’s also full of dizzying change, tiredness, and the aches and pains that come with growing a tiny human. If you, like many of us, are feeling overwhelmed by all the changes that pregnancy brings, not to worry. Sit down, put your feet up, and delve into this little guide to taking care of yourself and your bump.

This book has got your back – beginning at the start of the first trimester and supporting you all the way through your pregnancy and beyond, including that vital post-natal “fourth” trimester. Delve into quick and simple tips on what to expect each week of your pregnancy, creative ideas to support your well-being, and inspirational quotes to uplift you in this 365 Days of Self-Care for Mums-to-Be.

This little guide covers important topics like:
– Self-kindness
– Dealing with morning sickness
– Body confidence
– Early conversations around childcare
– And more!

Having a healthy, positive sense of self-esteem and confidence enables us to avoid the obstacles that can hold us back and to really make the most of life, even when we face knockbacks. This book of simple, easy-to-follow tips provides you with the motivation, tools and techniques needed to feel better inside and out, making you a more confident and positive person.

Replenish your energy and relax your mind with this guided journal, filled with activities and inspiration for introducing self-care into every day

Despite the fact that self-care is vital for good physical and mental health, it very often falls to the bottom of our to-do lists. It’s time to stop viewing busyness as a competitive sport and start prioritizing your own needs.

There’s no need for grand, expensive gestures – all it takes is a few small moments a day to focus on yourself. It can be as simple as taking 5 minutes with a hot drink to sit and be present in the moment.

Within this journal you will find a host of simple yet effective tips and activities to help prioritize your well-being and make self-care part of your daily routine.

Inside you will find:
· A raft of activities to nourish your mind, body and soul
· Practical tips on how to fit well-being exercises into a busy schedule
· A safe place for you to document your thoughts and progress
· Encouraging quotes and affirmations to inspire positivity and brighten your day

Your self-care journey starts here.

One in four children will suffer from anxiety at some point in their young lives.

As a parent it can often be difficult to know how best to support your child when they become fearful and worried, and whether their worries are something they can deal with themselves or a symptom of something more serious.

This guide offers ways to help you to help your child articulate how they are feeling and offers effective coping strategies and simple lifestyle tweaks to manage anxiety by building their resilience and self-confidence for life.
– Identify the source of your child’s anxiety
– Instil good sleeping and eating habits
– Help your child create a list of calming actions for when they feel anxious
– Simple relaxation exercises
– Know when to seek support

Hop into this uplifting little book, filled with positive affirmations on self-love and empowerment, as told by the internet’s beloved mushroom frog

“Don’t forget about the subtle magic that is happening all around you every day”

Meet the Little Frog! With its mushroom cap and endless collection of fabulous footwear, this adorable amphibian is here to be your new best friend. Whether you need an emotional boost, some friendly encouragement or an honest view on the world, the Little Frog will be your guide.

Created by the California-based artist Maybell Eequay, this book is a perfect compassionate gift for yourself or others. Inside you will find:
– Over 40 hand-drawn illustrations of the Little Frog
– Beautiful life lessons and empowering reminders that it’s okay to be gentle with yourself and to feel your feelings
– A humorous, no-nonsense approach to positivity

These illustrations will fill your heart with love for yourself and others, and remind you that it’s brave and wonderful of you to exist!

Self-care for new mums is a necessity, not a luxury, so make sure you factor in me-time throughout baby’s first year with the help and advice in this book

Motherhood is a life-changing, magical experience, but it’s also a time in your life that’s emotionally charged and physically exhausting. Not only that, but you’re trying to care for a tiny human being who needs you 24/7. Self-care couldn’t be more important to you than it is right now.

As you experience your first year of motherhood, let this little book be your helping hand from the early days to your child’s first birthday. Packed with tips and quotes, it offers quick, simple ways to help you look after yourself, covering a number of topics such as:
– Recovering from birth
– Feelings and relationships
– Sleep deprivation
– Confidence and self-kindness
– Healthy living for you and baby
– Avoiding the comparison trap
You deserve as much love and attention as you give, so let the advice in this book help you boost your well-being and feel like a fully functioning, confident new mum.

Discover empowering self-love wisdom from the internet’s beloved mushroom frog in this beautiful deck of 52 affirmation cards

“I am as worthy of my dreams as anyone else!”

The little frog is here! This adorable amphibian has all the words you ever needed to hear to help your self-love flourish. Whether you’re looking for gentle pearls of wisdom for hard days, or encouraging affirmations to help heal your inner child, this deck of cards is overflowing with beautiful reminders that you deserve to treat yourself with love and care.

Created by the California-based artist Maybell Eequay, this thoughtful deck of cards is a perfect compassionate gift for yourself or others. Inside you will find:
– 52 cards, each one featuring a loving affirmation and a hand-drawn illustration of the little frog
– A high-quality wooden stand to display the cards in your home
– A thoughtful booklet with self-care advice

Allow the words of the little frog to kindle cosy, happy feelings, and remind you of your inner strength and goodness.

Understand and overcome your health anxiety with this practical, supportive and easy-to-read guide

Everyone worries about their health sometimes, but if you find yourself constantly overwhelmed, How to Understand and Deal with Health Anxiety is here to help. This friendly, accessible guide has all the information and advice you need to identify the source of your struggles. By learning the science behind health anxiety and understanding how it affects your mind and body, you’ll start to gain control of it. With helpful tips, practical steps and actionable advice, this book will help you work out the best ways to spend less time worrying about your health, and more time living in the present moment.

By the end of this book, you will:
– Have a better understanding of what health anxiety is, how it manifests, what causes it, and how to identify symptoms and triggers
– Be armed with physical and practical steps you can take to alleviate health anxiety, from breathing exercises and coping mechanisms to healthy lifestyle choices
– Know about the medical treatments and therapies available, and how and when to seek professional help or support

With the right knowledge and guidance, you can learn to understand and manage your health anxiety so that you can get back to feeling like you again.

In this easy-to-follow guides, expert authors off er practical advice to help you make positive changes in your life, with a holistic approach including simple lifestyle changes and DIY complementary therapies.

Do you REALLY know what is in the products that you are buying? Did you know, for example, that colouring in children’s sweets, jelly and soft drinks can potentially cause asthma, skin rash and hyperactivity? That common ingredients in personal care products like shampoo and toothpaste have been associated with problems ranging from skin irritation, to breathing difficulties, nausea, increased risk of cancer and blindness? How can you avoid putting harmful additives and chemicals into and onto your body? This user-friendly guide tells you at a glance which additives are hazardous, which are best avoided and which are safe, making it easier to shop for your family. The colour-coded tables provide valuable information about potential health effects and take the mystery out of additives, helping you to choose which products to put in your basket and which to leave on the shelf. This book may seriously improve your health!

Did you know that up to one in five people in the UK suffer from hay fever?

Are you one of them?

In this easy-to-follow book, Wendy Green explains how genetic, dietary, psychological and environmental factors can contribute to hay fever and offers practical advice and a holistic approach to help you deal with your symptoms, including simple dietary and lifestyle changes and DIY complementary therapies.

Find out 50 things you can do today to help you cope with hay fever including:

• Identify your allergens
• Adopt preventative strategies
• Choose beneficial foods and supplements
• Manage stress and relax to reduce the number and severity of attacks
• Find helpful organisations and products

“Dr Kaye is the mate who’s always got your back, she knows her stuff and tells you exactly how it is” SARA COX

The complete one-stop guide to the perimenopause and menopause, by Dr Philippa Kaye, with a foreword by Vanessa Feltz

Menopause is the last taboo. But it does not have to mean the end of your libido, of sex, of work, or of feeling like who you used to be.

With modern treatments and evidence-based knowledge, no woman need suffer or “just about” manage. You are still who you are – let’s celebrate that. Let’s get informed and get empowered to make our own choices about our symptoms, our treatments, our minds and our bodies.

The M Word covers everything from understanding symptoms to managing relationships to which treatments really work. Discussing HRT as well as self-help and lifestyle tips, this fully updated edition of the bestselling book will be your companion through the years before, during and after the menopause.

Topics covered include:
– Hot flushes and other physical symptoms
– Psychological symptoms
– Sex, libido and contraception
– HRT and other treatments
– Lifestyle changes
– Health after the menopause
And much more!

Written in a positive, uplifting and light-hearted style, with plenty of quotes from real women, this book shows you how to not just survive, but thrive through the menopause, letting you remain you.

This sanity-saving collection of ideas and practical advice will help your child swap their screens for the sunshine and embrace a more balanced and fulfilling lifestyle

Packed with a variety of fun, screen-free activities for both indoors and out, at home and on the go, this book is your go-to-guide for entertaining children offline in the digital age. Split into bite-size chapters, How to Unplug Your Child will provide you with a host of imaginative suggestions to try after school, at the weekend and especially during those long holidays.

Whether it’s getting creative with food and cooking, exploring nature and science or trying arts and crafts, any one of these simple activities will encourage your child to enjoy the numerous benefits of reduced screen exposure, from improved sleep quality and posture to deeper relationships and enhanced mental well-being.

With a positive and informative tone, this book will provide you with all the know-how you need to help your family unwind, recharge and reconnect with the world around them.

Confused about what’s good and bad for you and your baby?

With the constant bombardment of what you can and can’t do during pregnancy, parents-to-be can often feel stressed at a time which should be full of new and exciting discoveries. This concise and accessible book is packed with practical advice and offers straight forward answers to the questions that you are unsure about from conception to birth, including guidance on:
-Diet and exercise
– Safety in the workplace
– Common complaints
– Potential problems
– Physical changes
– Labour

This sanity-saving collection of ideas and practical advice will help your child swap their screens for the sunshine and embrace a more balanced and fulfilling lifestyle

Packed with a variety of fun, screen-free activities for both indoors and out, at home and on the go, this book is your go-to-guide for entertaining children offline in the digital age. Split into bite-size chapters, How to Unplug Your Child will provide you with a host of imaginative suggestions to try after school, at the weekend and especially during those long holidays.

Whether it’s getting creative with food and cooking, exploring nature and science or trying arts and crafts, any one of these simple activities will encourage your child to enjoy the numerous benefits of reduced screen exposure, from improved sleep quality and posture to deeper relationships and enhanced mental well-being.

With a positive and informative tone, this book will provide you with all the know-how you need to help your family unwind, recharge and reconnect with the world around them.

Do you feel lumpy, lazy and de-motivated? Would you like to be healthier, but don’t really have the time or aren’t sure where to start? You don’t have to go straight from the couch to 5k! The Couch Potato’s Guide to Getting Fit will teach you how to incorporate exercise into your daily routine and help you take that tricky first step towards fitness.

– Stretches you can do while watching TV
– Easy exercises for around the house
– Go from couch potato to hot potato!

Accessible and easy-to-use, this book will help you make little changes and see big results.

This sanity-saving collection of ideas and practical advice will help your child swap their screens for the sunshine and embrace a more balanced and fulfilling lifestyle

– A collection of free and low-cost activities to keep kids entertained without screens.
– Includes suggestions for indoor and outdoor fun, science and nature activities, food and cooking, arts and crafts, analogue activities for on the go and much more!
– Suitable for all ages, including grown-ups!

Packed with a variety of fun, screen-free activities for both indoors and out, at home and on the go, this book is your go-to-guide for entertaining children offline in the digital age. Split into bite-size chapters, How to Unplug Your Child will provide you with a host of imaginative suggestions to try after school, at the weekend and especially during those long holidays.

Whether it’s getting creative with food and cooking, exploring nature and science or trying arts and crafts, any one of these simple activities will encourage your child to enjoy the numerous benefits of reduced screen exposure, from improved sleep quality and posture to deeper relationships and enhanced mental well-being.

With a positive and informative tone, this book will provide you with all the know-how you need to help your family unwind, recharge and reconnect with the world around them.

Pregnancy is exciting for new parents-to-be
Your life is about to change forever, yet the amount of information out there can be overwhelming. But fear not: this practical pictorial guide, packed with accessible and stylish infographics, will help you to get up to speed and give you all the essential facts you need, as well as a healthy dose of quirky trivia along the way.
From finding out what’s going on inside a pregnant woman’s body to understanding the various cravings she might experience, this book offers both women and men a quick route to knowing exactly what to expect while you’re expecting.

PREGNANCY IS EXCITING FOR NEW PARENTS-TO-BE
Your life is about to change forever, yet the amount of information out there can be overwhelming. But fear not: this pictorial guide, packed with accessible and stylish infographics, will help you to get up to speed and give you all the essential facts you need, as well as a healthy dose of quirky trivia along the way.
From finding out what’s going on inside a pregnant woman’s body to understanding the various cravings she might experience, this book offers both women and men a quick route to knowing exactly what to expect while you’re expecting.

So, it’s happened! You’re going to be a dad and you’re at the start of an amazing journey.
It’s hard to know what to expect and how to prepare, but remember: you’re not alone, and every father before you has shared the same doubts and fears.
Packed with jargon-free information, tips and advice, from the month-by-month development of your baby to how to support your partner during the birth and beyond, this accessible book will help you understand the whole process of pregnancy, and plan for the weeks ahead.

Eczema is an uncomfortable and often distressing skin condition which affects one in five children and one in twelve adults in the UK. Are you one of them?

. Manage stress to reduce flare-ups
. Learn how to adapt your home environment
. Choose beneficial foods and supplements

‘Here again, Mr Cossey?’ asked the young Spanish embryologist, shooting me a welcoming smile as I followed him down the corridor. He had recognised me by sight and that wasn’t good. I was now the one thing you don’t want to be in a fertility clinic.

A regular.

Martha wanted a baby. Mark wanted a baby. What’s the worst that could happen?

In four years of baby-making boot camp, Mark and Martha face The Calendar, the joy of sober, scheduled sex, hostile cervical mucus, IUI and IVF. Through a combination of ignorance and outrage, Mark survives ejaculating into a small jar, stabbing his wife, having his sperm turned pink and group sex with whales.

Written with genuine laugh-out-loud humour and complete honesty, Trying is a noholds-barred welcome to the world of the infertile written by a man who has lived through it all and come through with his ultimate dream realised – his own family.

It says a lot when you can call two years of sleepless nights a happy ending.