Learn how to create your own happiness. I'm talking about becoming a happy girl in love with life, proud of who you are and what you are becoming—with or without a man.Wish you had a big sister to take you by the hand and explain with brutal, loving honesty why things aren’t working in your life?First You Then Him is two books in one, a hybrid of self-help and dating advice because you can't find a healthy partner if you aren't healthy first.

“Who goes to Scotland for two weeks with a stranger they met over the internet?”At forty-three, Ninya was depressed, out of shape, and filled with crippling anxiety after addiction, cancer, and divorce had destroyed nearly everything. One day, out of the blue, she received a message from a stranger who offered to lead her on a self-healing trip through the Scottish highlandsIt seemed like a sign.In this sometimes hilarious, sometimes terrifying, but...

You can’t attract a healthy mate if you aren’t healthy first.Wish you had a big sister to take you by the hand and explain with brutal loving honesty why things aren’t working in your life? After two decades of making all the wrong decisions with life and men, Ninya has learned valuable lessons about both.First You: The first half of the book will inspire your journey toward self-worth and happiness. Bite-sized lessons infused with humor an...

Who goes to Scotland for two weeks with someone they met over the internet? I did and it changed my life.At forty-three, Ninya was depressed, out of shape, and filled with crippling anxiety after addiction, cancer, and divorce had destroyed nearly everything.One day, she received a message from a stranger. This woman offered to lead her on a self-healing trip hiking through the Scottish highlands.It seemed like a sign—a big sister sent when she needed one most....

**Hailed by David Sedaris as "perfectly, relentlessly funny" and by Colson Whitehead as "sardonic without being cruel, tender without being sentimental," from the author of the new collection Look Alive Out There.Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory.**From despoiling an exhibit at the Natural History Museum to provoking the ire of her first boss to siccing...

'Mary's book is a reminder that we don't have to be alone with grief. Her heartbreak and inspiring story is a lesson to all of us on how to live life to the fullest even in our most difficult moments. I loved it.' Naomi WattsStarting with a colourful childhood in Collingwood and Doncaster, under the shadow of her father's mortality, and ending in sunny Bondi, supported by a tight circle of girlfriends who got her through a death even more painful, Mary Coustas takes us on a journey...

The guided sobriety journalEver sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th?Think there's 'no point' in just one drink?Welcome!Quitting drinking, whether for a month or for life, is enormously satisfying, but also fiendishly difficult.-There's the getting started ('But I have that party next week!')-There's the feeling clenched and socially anxious.-Throw in a sizeable amount ...

It's time to make room in your life for happiness to blossomDo you feel like you have too much stuff? A cluttered space isn't just inconvenient—the truth is it's hard to lead a joyful, purposeful life when the things around you detract from your relationships, habits, and goals. But decluttering is more than getting rid of the stuff you already have. To make real change in your home, you need to look at how these excess possessions got there in the first place. Thi...

“One of the first honest, moving and funny portrayals of a solid marriage I have ever read.” —Jessica Grose, The New York TimesA Best Book of 2022 from The New Yorker**and Chicago Tribune**An illuminating, poignant, and savagely funny examination of modern marriage from Ask Polly advice columnist Heather HavrileskyIf falling in love is the peak of...

Forty-five year old Olive, is an Impressive Woman. She holds a managerial position at a prestigious oil company, lives in a nice home in the suburbs with her husband of 15 years with whom she has two school-aged children. Olive has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, loves to socialize, and makes room in her calendar every month to volunteer at the local food bank and library. She spends her free time attending sporting events with the kids and making special dinners for her hubby ...

Have you ever wondered how you might carve more meaning and purpose out of your crowded days? The answer is simple: cut out the "soft addictions." As Judith Wright reveals in this revised and expanded edition of her classic self-help book There Must Be More Than This, many of us are addicted to seemingly harmless and socially sanctioned habits such as shopping, watching TV, and gossiping-robbing us of our time, clouding our clarity of mind, and masking our deeper longing for lasti...

A fresh, hilarious guide to growing up your way from a social media influencer and lifestyle vlogger, perfect for fans of Grace Helbig & Alexa Chung.Hey there, budding adults, failing adults, and eaters of microwave mug brownies! Welcome to the future, where there are MORE THINGS TO KNOW THAN EVER BEFORE. These things—which you may not know at all—include:Making Internet friends who are cool and not murderersFlirting with someone in a way to ...