The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. But quick! There’s still a few more hours to go until each and every one of your resolutions get kicked to the curb before your New Year’s Day hangover has even lifted.

Treat yourself to one (or all) of our bestselling self-help books, and who knows, you too could become a better person. And if not – well, it’s the thought that counts.

Become the Best You by Renee Davis

If you’re feeling stuck in a rut of negative and detrimental behaviour, or find yourself obsessively ruminating over your past mistakes, then this is the book for you. Become the Best You demonstrates how you can change your life and break your own cycle of dysfunction. Anyone is capable of doing it (the author is living proof). You just have to want to badly enough.

From Fat to Fantastic by Gavin Crosland

Scoffed one too many mince pies this Christmas? Offering his years of experience and many real-life photos of his amazing transformation, Gavin Crosland has written a comprehensive guide to those who want to ditch gimmicks and diets for a sustainable weight-loss programme; including chapters dedicated to motivation, diet and a detailed exercise and workout plan. Whether you're setting out on a weight loss regime for the first time or simply looking for inspiration to take your physique to the next level, ‘From Fat to Fantastic' is an essential and inspiring read.

Do-It-Yourself Life Mechanics: A Workshop Manual for Living by Keith & Gilly Pugsley

Ever wondered how to cope with, well, life? In Do-It-Yourself Life Mechanics Keith and Gilly Pugsley offer you a novel strategy. You can be your own Life Mechanic and design your own Life Machine (that is you) from scratch. Learn how to recondition, overhaul, maintain and fine tune your Life Machine in this clearly written guide to a better life.

The Secrets of Existence and Fulfilment by D. U. Sivri

Whether it is dissatisfaction in our jobs or our relationships, feelings of insecurity, guilt, jealousy or low self-esteem, who amongst us hasn't gone through issues in our lives? Which of us wouldn't be happy to have some help to unravel the knots our minds tie themselves into?

Using tried and tested techniques developed over years working as a psychotherapist, the author leads the reader through an examination of our minds and the many motivations and mechanisms which create us, and presents us with strategies to cope with, understand and eliminate those which serve no purpose but to hold us back.

Your Health Is Your Only Wealth by Kimberly Solari

‘Your Health is your only Wealth' is a book about us, as human beings, taking ownership of our own health. It explains how every person's body is actually a kind of musical instrument; each has its particular resonance, as unique as our own DNA. The practice of Vibrational Sound Healing works to keep us healthy by retuning our bodies.

This book should be read by everyone who is concerned about maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle. It is important to understand that our bodies resonate and vibrate notes and by re-tuning these notes we can achieve a healthy and ageless body.

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