Archives de catégorie : Self Help / Mind, Body & Spirit

LIVING SOFTLY de Tara Stiles

A blueprint for moving from a life of tension and rigidity to one of ease and softness. Readers will learn that softness is a strength. You can accomplish so much more in a soft, easeful state than you can in an amplified environment. It’s time for an alternative to burnout culture, and an alternative to the grit and grin-and-bear-it to success mentality. Discover simple practices to make your life softer and more fulfilling!

LIVING SOFTLY:
Recover Your Energy and a New Sense of Purpose
by Tara Stiles
Balance, Fall 2026
(via Kaplan/DeFiore Rights)

Tara shows us how we hold ourselves with rigidity at a meeting or during a challenging conversation (making it even more challenging) then go to a yoga class to try to let go. Only to wake up and wonder why our back still throbs. We may even equate stress with achievement. All the while losing sight of what really matters to us.

Tara uses her deep knowledge of yoga, tai chi, shiatsu, and other Eastern practices that are the foundation to unwind our unconscious patterns. Her simple exercises help us walk through our lives with ease, rather than muscling our way through challenges, a surefire path to burnout and physical breakdown. The Six Principles of LIVING SOFTLY, which Tara uses in her workshops as well as with clients include using only the energy that you need (or Wu Wei) and learning to harmonize with your environment, rather than pushing through an agenda.

Readers of Emily Nagoski’s bestselling Burnout are ready for the larger vision of LIVING SOFTLY, which goes far beyond identifying the problem to envisioning a whole new way of living and accomplishing. Tricia Hersey’s readership for Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto will appreciate Tara’s programmatic approach and be drawn to softness as the next step in counter-cultural messaging and living intentionally.

Tara Stiles is a wellness expert, bestselling author, and the founder of Strala Yoga. The Strala approach combines yoga, tai chi, and Traditional Chinese and Japanese Medicine to help people release stress, heal, let go of negative habits, and move more easily through everyday challenges. Tara’s bestselling books, which have been translated into multiple languages, include Strala Yoga, Make Your Own Rules Diet, Yoga Cures, and Slim Calm Sexy Yoga, and she has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, Esquire, and Shape. She lives in New York with her husband and their daughter.

TOO SENSITIVE de Sasha Hamdani

For readers who feel exquisitely and painfully hypersensitive, and who blame themselves for it, this book brings validation and a brain-based reason for it: Rejection Sensitive Disorder.

TOO SENSITIVE:
Understanding Rejection Sensitive Disorder and Building Emotional Resilience
by Dr. Sasha Hamdani
Flatiron Books, Fall 2026
(via Kaplan/DeFiore Rights)

While rejection and failure are challenging for everyone, those with Rejection Sensitive Disorder (RSD) experience them with an intensity that can feel overwhelming, even debilitating. The term dysphoria, which means « difficult to bear, » perfectly describes the emotional pain RSD can cause. It’s not just a matter of feeling hurt—it can lead to physical symptoms such as headaches, muscle tension, and digestive issues, as well as significant mental health impacts like anxiety and depression.

TOO SENSITIVE dives into the neurobiological roots of RSD, helping readers understand how their emotional sensitivity is not just a personality trait, but a deeply ingrained part of their neurobiology. This work offers not only an explanation of the condition but also practical tools for managing emotional sensitivity in everyday life by introducing CALM YOUR MIND, a simple yet powerful system of 12 strategies designed to help readers regulate their emotions in challenging situations. These principles, grounded in diverse therapeutic approaches, are followed by a comprehensive RSD Toolkit that offers in the moment help with dozens of real-life scenarios.

Ultimately, TOO SENSITIVE helps readers understand that emotional sensitivity is not a flaw, but instead a neurological trait that deserves compassion and care. This book provides actionable strategies to transform emotional sensitivity from a source of pain into a powerful tool for personal growth, resilience, and self-compassion.

Sasha Hamdani, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in ADHD, RSD, and emotional regulation. With a medical background that includes an accelerated program at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and residency training at the University of Arizona and University of Kansas Medical Center, Dr. Hamdani combines clinical expertise with personal experience. As the creator of FocusGenie and the author of Self-Care for People with ADHD (part of a series published by Adams Media in 2023), she has become a leading voice in mental health. Honored with the CHADD Early Career Influencer Award and invited to the inaugural White House Creator Mental Health Summit, Dr. Hamdani also reaches over 2 million followers across social media, regularly delivering educational content and speaking at major conferences. She has been featured in a TEDx talk on focus and in outlets like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Forbes.

ERFÜLLTER LEBEN MIT MINIMALISMUS d’Adina Markowz

From a full life to a fulfilled life – rethinking minimalism – self-awareness instead of renunciation.

ERFÜLLTER LEBEN MIT MINIMALISMUS
(Living the Fulfilled Life through Minimalism)
by Adina Markowz
Irisiana/PRH Germany, April 2025

Adina Markowz does not do with giving things up, but the only things she has are those that suit her life. To find out what really works for you and your life, the ‘Minimalism Muse’, as she calls herself, has created a 40-step program that can be implemented in everyday life.

The author does not advocate any kind of extremism: you don’t have to throw away, give away, or sell 90 percent of your possessions the very next day. Adina’s playful minimalism will lend you more energy, lightness, and clarity rather than the stresses of optimization, abstention, or a guilty conscience. She is more focused on the happy medium of less, with a deep self-knowledge and personal fulfillment – and the questions: What makes you happy? What do you need? And what is simply unnecessary ballast hindering you in your life?

Adina Markowz is known and loved on Instagram as the « Minimalism Muse ». As a coach, she helps people free themselves from material and mental baggage, thereby helping them find more joy, lightness, and energy.

THE GLOW CODE de Michelle McIvor

Readers seeking a « holistic, approachable guide to approaching middle age with verve » (Foreword Reviews) will appreciate this « comprehensive and chatty guide » (Publishers Weekly) with inspiring and practical advice to navigate aging well.

THE GLOW CODE:
A Cheat Sheet for Feeling, Looking, and Being Your Best at Any Age
by Michelle McIvor
Rowan & Littlefield, June 2024
(via The Rights Factory)

When I was 41, I learned how to wash my face. Turns out I’d been doing it wrong. (Hint: ditch cleansing wipes!) This made me wonder what else I didn’t know. Like: Cardio or weights? Why can’t I sleep? Is there a trick to ordering good wine? Or buying art? I figured if I still had questions about how to adult and age like a superwoman, maybe you did too.

The Glow Code provides all the answers you need to feel, look, and live better in midlife and beyond. Rich in advice from top scientists, psychologists, makeup artists, fitness and nutrition authorities, and others, this book offers strategies and tips for better fitness, friendships, sex, creative practices, and more. And to make sure it works, I’ve tested it all—with sometimes hilarious results.

Fun, practical, and inspiring, THE GLOW CODE is the manifesto to aging joyfully. For all of you with minimum free time but maximum ambition to rock this next stage of life, welcome to your cheat sheet.

Michelle McIvor is a journalist on a mission to age gratefully. A former columnist with the Calgary Herald, she has written for Maclean’s, Chatelaine, and Best Health, among others, and ghostwrote the #1 Canadian bestseller Forever Terry: A Legacy in Letters. Michelle lives in Calgary with her husband and kids.

HOW TO BE GOOD AT LIFE de Ben Meer

From the creator of “System Sunday,” one of the fastest-growing personal development newsletters, HOW TO BE GOOD AT LIFE is an approach to living intentionally using systems thinking.

HOW TO BE GOOD AT LIFE
by Ben Meer
Avery, Spring 2027
(via Writers House)

Author Ben Meer discovered the power of systems when he was struggling to find direction and purpose after business school. He’d succeeded academically but in areas like relationships and fitness, he was a mess. He did take something valuable away from a one-credit course in Operations, though; he learned how a single root cause could generate an array of problems across seemingly unrelated areas. He learned how fixing the right thing could fix nearly anything, and this insight changed his life.

Named “The Systems Guy” by Forbes, Meer writes at the intersection of systems, technology, and conscious living. He has 1.82M+ social media followers and has been recognized as the #4 ranked creator on LinkedIn worldwide and #1 for personal growth.

Ben Meer writes about technology, systems thinking, and conscious living. Tired of non-actionable life advice, Ben started System Sunday to teach people how to use tech-enabled and data-driven systems to accelerate personal growth.