Caitlin Moran’s latest offering is a treasure. She tackles the big questions of a woman’s life – feminism, mid-life, husbands, bingo wings, kids and sex – with humour and intelligence. You’ll laugh, cry and want to invite her over for a drink and chat with your other BFFs.
Jen is known as the ‘Twitter Gynaecologist’ in the USA and Canada. She has a ‘vagenda’ to inform and empower women by providing reliable and accurate medical information about their bodies. She dedicates the book to ‘every woman who has ever been told – usually by some dude – that she is too wet, too dry,… Read more »
Alyssa is a gynaecologist from the USA who wants us all to be able to speak vagina. Yay, I agree! She’s put together a light hearted, but informative book about ‘everything you needed to know about your vagina, health, pleasure, hormones and more.’ Perfect! Get your information from a reliable source people. Not some random internet… Read more »
Esther is a world famous psychotherapist who specialises in couples, relationship and sex therapy. This is her second book and offers us a deeper understanding of why infidelity occurs and how, if a couple are prepared to do the work, they can recover and rebuild their relationship. She has a number of excellent TED talks… Read more »
This is Esther’s first book and it’s a gem! She is able to take a psychological and sociological look at relationships, sex and our expectations and beliefs – to help us to understand why we can sometimes get ourselves into a mess. Understanding what we really want from sex will help us to flourish in… Read more »
This is a fabulous introduction to what psychotherapy is, and how it can help to liberate your mind. Gillian and Jacqui talk us through nine case studies – nine typical stories of problems that people bring to therapy – and then describe how and why therapy can help. There is a freedom to be had… Read more »
This is described as ‘an open letter to a new generation of therapists and their patients‘. A series of brief clinical vignettes and observations from years of experience as a psychotherapist. Irvin D. Yalom has written a number of international best sellers, but this is my favourite. Useful for anyone wanting to understand more about… Read more »
Ah, my intellectual crush…Alain De Botton introduces this series of essays designed to help us to understand ourselves and the world we live in. He argues that we have excellent education programs for all manner of professions and skills, but spend little time on learning the psychological and emotional skills needed to live a good… Read more »
Peggy wrote this book as a parent, wanting to ‘navigate the complicated new landscape‘ that confronts women today. In the first chapter she writes, ‘I was just trying my best to raise a health daughter at a time when celebrities presented self-objectification as a source of strength, power and independence; when looking desirable seemed to… Read more »
Yep, another therapy book. Simple stories of the encounters between a psychotherapist and his patients. Profound and moving. You’ll need a quiet think between chapters. Well worth a read.
