Advice, guides & self-help

■ REVIEW: Raising Stress-Proof Kids
Must-read parenting guide

Advice, guides & self-help

This is a must-read parenting guide by Australian author, teacher and expert in restorative practice, Shelley Davidow. Her award-winning books deal with a wide range of social issues. This book explains the importance of minimising stress for our children and gives lots of hot tips on how to do so. Part one discusses stress, part two […]

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I Just Get So ... Angry!

■ REVIEW: I Just Get So ... Angry!
Giving teens tools to deal with anger

Advice, guides & self-help

This is an amazing little graphic novel written to help teenagers combat anger and build resilience. The author and the illustrator are a husband and wife team and are both trained school counsellors who live in New South Wales, Australia. Andy is the angry protagonist who undertakes a journey of self-discovery. The aim is to

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■ REVIEW: Mindful Learning
Modern-day ‘sit up straight and pay attention’

Advice, guides & self-help

In these busy times we have a tendency to do things with a lot of thought, often resulting in a lack of connection and a lack of interest. Clinical psychologist Dr Richard Chambers and Dr Craig Hassed understand that “mindfulness” is an essential part of learning and are keen to encourage all of us to

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■ REVIEWS: Optimum Health the Paleo Way | The Thermogenic Diet
Healthy eating begins, as it always did, with real food

Advice, guides & self-help, Home & garden

It seems every week there is some new fad diet promising to fight flab in some miraculous way, but the so-called paleo diet is proof that there is really nothing new under the sun. The paleo way is is all about a more natural, seasonal way of eating. The author says following this eating plan

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■ REVIEW: Wild South, Hunting and Fishing the Southern Hemisphere
A must-have for hunters

Advice, guides & self-help

Written from the heart, this beautifully produced book is a must-have for hunting enthusiasts, both practising and armchair. He doesn’t exactly detail how he’s managed it, but Peter Ryan has done a fair amount of hunting and fly fishing in many parts of Africa and South America, as well as in Australia and New Zealand.

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