Antonia Pont’s Plain Life: On Thinking, Feeling and Deciding is a thoughtful, grounded exploration of what it means to live well—not in a grand, performative, or productivity-driven sense, but in a steady, attentive, deeply human way. For counselling clients, especially those navigating stress, decision-making, emotional overwhelm or the pressures of “getting life right,” Pont’s writing offers a […]
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Book Summary: Shift By Ethan Kross
Shift: Managing Your Emotions—So They Don’t Manage You by Ethan Kross is a science-based guide to emotional regulation, offering practical tools to help readers harness their emotions rather than be overwhelmed by them. Building on his previous work in Chatter, Kross expands the conversation from managing inner dialogue to a broader set of techniques for […]
Book Review: The War for Kindness
Book Review: In The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World, Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki explores a timely and urgent question: can we cultivate empathy in a world increasingly divided by social, political, and ideological differences? Through a compelling blend of scientific research, real-world stories, and personal reflections, Zaki makes a powerful case that […]