have with this manifesting guide, billed as the first truly accessible one for ordinary, busy people who do not have the time or capacity to follow the aspirational guidance contained in other books.
Emma Bastow The Art of Walking: Move Through the World Mindfully
HQ, 11th, £10.99, HB, 9780008768560
Published in compact gifty format, a guide to walking yourself to less stress, better sleep and a happier outlook on life; including scientific insights on how walking affects your brain and mood, and practices to bring calm and clarity to your daily steps.
Mark Brackett Dealing with Feeling: Harness Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want
Penguin Life, 18th, £22, HB, 9780241718438
Sharing his own journey of emotional growth, the director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence presents the latest science behind our emotions and offers practical techniques for regulating how we respond to them in order to transform our lives.
Dr Ingrid Clayton Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves, and How to Find Our Way Back
Leap, 9th, £20, HB, 9781785123023
You have heard of fight, flight and freeze, but little has hitherto been written about fawning, which could be the most common trauma response of all. So asserts clinical psychologist, trauma therapist and former fawner Clayton who defines fawning as the way we try to mirror or merge with the desires and expectations of others, in order to diffuse conflict and find safety. Leap acquired the book, which contains strategies to help you “unfawn” yourself, in a competitive four-way auction.
Emma Heming Willis The Unexpected Journey: Finding Hope and Purpose on the Caregiving Path
HarperElement, 11th, £22, HB, 9780008722548
From the wife of actor Bruce Willis, who has frontotemporal dementia, this is said to be a deeply personal and richly compassionate support guide designed to help caregivers care for themselves while
Written as a dialogue between a businessperson and a temple priest, Matsumoto, a Japanese monk, offers a thoughtful exploration of integrating Buddhist principles into modern life and work.
Kate Sidley How to Be a Saint: An Extremely Weird and Mildly Sacrilegious History of the Catholic Church’s Biggest Names
Sourcebooks, 19th, £14.99, HB, 9781728277417
Think you have what it takes to be a saint? Described as “part history lesson, part sacrilege and an entirely good time”, this guide to sainthood explores the wild lives (and deaths) of saints and the oddest quirks of religious doctrine.
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navigating a loved one’s dementia. She has almost one million Instagram followers.
Adam Lind Floating Home: Lessons From a Life Less Ordinary
Bloomsbury Tonic, 25th, £18.99, HB, 9781526683526
Documenting daily life on his 59-foot narrowboat as he cruises around the British waterways, Lind, who has an online following of 800,000 @adam.floatinghome also shares mindset tips and daily insights, advocating for vulnerability and self- expression. In his first book, he shares the lessons he lives by daily, aiming to inspire us to see freedom, joy and connection wherever we call home.
Juhee Mun,
Clare Richards (trans) The Healing Power of Korean Letter Writing
Canongate, 11th, PB, £14.99, PB, 9781837264124
Juhee Mun is the owner of Geulwoll, a stationery shop in the heart of Seoul. This is her “powerful and inspirational toolkit for fostering human connection through the handwritten letter”, an activity that can, she says, bring about a culture of contemplation, reflection and togetherness.
Dr Zelana Montminy Finding Focus: Own Your Attention in an Age of Distraction
Headline Home, 16th, £16.99, PB, 9781035429608
Revealing the science behind focus and distraction, the behavioural scientist
author presents a 21-day kickstart action plan to help you reclaim your own focus, direct your attention and live a life “brimming with purpose and connection”.
Brian G Murphy Love Beyond Monogamy: How Polyamory Can Enrich Your Spirituality, Faith and Relationships
Jessica Kingsley, 18th, £14.99, PB, 9781805013631
From an author and podcaster on the subject, this explores a polyamorous perspective on faith, spirituality and queerness.
Michael Rosen ( 8) Good Days: An A-Z of Hope and Happiness
Ebury, 4th, £16.99, HB, 9781529148923
Following last year’s delightful Rosen’s Almanac, this dictionary of delights provides a moment of daily enchantment and a dose of the magic of small things for every letter of the alphabet.
Dr Tara Swart
The Signs: The New Science of How to Trust Your Instincts
Rider, 16th, £16.99, HB, 781846048494
Neuroscientist and medical doctor Swart – “the most viewed guest on Diary of a CEO in 2022” – draws on lessons from both science and spirituality to help us discover a deeper intuition and live a “life without limits”.
Azumi Uchitani Yoshuku: The Japanese Art of Manifesting
Michael Joseph, 18th, £16.99, HB, 9780241726235
This personal, pocket- sized guide to the ancient Japanese art of manifestation emphasises the role of the collective and the art of the pre- celebration in order to achieve the desires not just of the individual, but also of the community and environment that surrounds them.
Philosophy & religion
Nick Enfield What Is Truth For? Bristol UP, 30th, £8.99, PB, 9781529249385
This optimist’s guide to truth argues that the problem of truth is an ancient one but still the best device we have for coordinating collective decisions and actions. Also out in the same series, What Is Drug Policy for? by Julia Buxton (241440).
Ziyad Marar Noticing: How We Attend to the World and Each Other
Bloomsbury Academic, 4th, £20, HB, 9781350376236
In an age where our attention is pulled in so many different directions, how do we truly notice what we need to? In this original blend of philosophy, psychology and literature, Marar – head of Global Publishing at SAGE – explores what it means to engage in daily life with care, consideration and meaning, without becoming overwhelmed.
Shoukei Matsumoto Work Like a Monk Gallery, 11th, £12.99, HB, 9781398551749
Roger S Wieck (ed) Sing a New Song: The Psalms in Medieval Art and Life
Giles, 9th, £35, HB, 9781917273022
This richly illustrated book explores the central role of the Book of Psalms – “the longest and most popular book of the Bible” - from the 6th to the 16th centuries.
Poetry
Deborah Alma The Emergency Poet: An Anti-Stress Poetry Anthology
Michael O’Mara, 25th, £12.99, HB, 9781789297782
Poems to soothe, de-stress and provide a much-needed pick-me- up, selected by Alma, AKA The Emergency Poet who for the past 10 years has travelled the country in her vintage ambulance, prescribing poems to give comfort and hope.
Simon Armitage New Cemetery Faber, 25th, £14.99, HB, 9780571357338
Covering themes including mortality, environmentalism, Covid-19 and lockdowns, the creative process, nostalgia, memory and the personal loss of the poet’s father, the Poet Laureate “makes peace with the dead” in this new collection.
Billy-Ray Belcourt The Idea of an Entire Life Beacon Press, 9th, 16.99, PB, 9781800174917
Focusing on his reserve in northern Alberta, this latest collection from a young Indigenous poet from the Driftpile Cree Nation in Canada is an exploration of queer Indigenous life and how
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