Latest Books 2021 - 2022
Empowering books to help people thrive in life and at work
Tree Glee: How and Why Trees Make Us Feel Better
By Cheryl Rickman
Trees and humans essentially want the same thing – to live, good, happy, purposeful lives and to flourish. We are inextricably bound and there are deeper reasons for our arboreal admiration that go beyond utility and beauty.
Tree Glee looks at the psychology behind our fascination with trees, examining exactly how they comfort, restore and revitalise us and what we can learn from the wisdom of woodlands to improve our own wellbeing. It explores the importance of trees in our leafy suburbs and urban landscapes, sharing magical stories of remarkable ancient trees across the globe and inviting readers to reflect on their own personal 'treestory'.
This book is part ode and love letter to trees, part practical wellbeing guide and nature-connection manual and part call to action.
Tree Glee explores how by deepening our appreciation and connection to trees and by celebrating and protecting them, we can flourish together.
Welbeck Balance, October 2022
You Are Enough: Embrace Your Flaws and Be Happy Being You
By Cheryl Rickman
Have you ever experienced imposter syndrome? Do you often find yourself seeking approval from others? Is beating yourself up getting you down?
Then this book can help you.
With thought-provoking advice, a step-by-step action plan and a simple method to challenge your inner critic, You Are Enough will help you embrace your flaws and celebrate your unique awesomeness. Let go of the myth of perfection, finally stop comparing yourself to others, and learn how to be happy with all that you are.
Vie - September 2021
Navigating Loneliness: How to Connect with Yourself and Others (A Mental Health Handbook)
By Cheryl Rickman
Solitude – being alone – is often a choice. Loneliness never is.
The good news is that there is a way to live a life-less-lonely, one that is enriched with connection and fulfilment.
This book is a warm hug for anyone who has ever experienced the painful feeling of loneliness; let it be your companion as well as your guide, leading you gently towards greater connection both with yourself and with others.
Through simple directed exercises and helpful resources you will learn how to rethink your relationship with loneliness, reframing it so that you can:
• Explore the benefits of solitude to help you celebrate alone time
• Connect with yourself in order to enjoy and value your own company
• Create better more meaningful relationships with others
• Make quality connections by ensuring the relationships you have are really the best ones for you.Because you are not alone.
Trigger Publishing, May 2021
Books 2020
Empowering books to help people thrive in life and at work
Be More Wonder Woman: Fearless thinking from a warrior princess
By Cheryl Rickman
Be More Wonder Woman provides empowering guidance on boosting our wellbeing by being kind, choosing love, standing up for what we believe in, (including ourselves) cultivating courage, living purposely and taking care of each other.
It's a note of encouragement and empowerment passed from one Wonder Woman to another. Because, we’re in this together.
Dorling Kindersley, May 2020
Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
By Leila McKenzie Delis
In DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING, Leila McKenzie-Delis explores how D&I today is about more than race, gender, age or sexuality, but extends to how people think via cognitive and neurodiversity, and, crucially, how we make people feel. Statistical research has long proven diverse teams equate to better business.Now we also know that, combined with diversity, inclusion, purpose and belonging are also paramount to bolster employee engagement, profit, performance and growth, whilst enhancing innovation, brand equity, productivity and enabling talent attraction and retention. This book explores the innate human requirement of belonging and what people and organisations alike really need in order to thrive. The book is about getting the most out of every single individual who works with you whilst cultivating trust, empathy and inspiration. It provides a toolkit for existing leaders and those who aspire to lead and provides a framework for leading well in an ever-changing world.Lulu - November 2019
More Books 2019
Books to help people fret less and flourish more
Life or Lie: Uncover The Facts and Switch On The Power of Feeling
By Catherine Taylor
A book which takes you on a journey from depression (repression) to expression (relief). What if your fears, false-beliefs and trans-generational conditioning, meant you were living a LIE instead of a LIFE?What if you were able to see anxiety and depression differently, as a warning signal, inviting you to feel your way back to life? What if you had the power within you to reclaim your life so you could live the one you’ve always dreamed of?
In LIFE OR LIE, psychotherapist and mind-body medicine practitioner, Catherine Taylor reveals her self-healing Power of Feeling method, which has already set 20 years worth of clients free from depression (and repression) to the relief of expression.The book outlines the F-Factor, which puts the F (Feeling) in to the word ‘LIE’ to give you your LIFE back. It’s a book about turning your life around by replacing Fear with Forgiveness and Feeling your way back to Freedom.It’s a book about rebuilding and redirection; self-worth and growth. And it’s a book about escaping the trap of the past to cultivate hope for the future. This book provides a framework for healing and thriving in life.
November 2019
The Little Book of Resilience: Embracing life’s challenges in simple steps
By Cheryl Rickman
Life is full of twists and turns - some joyful, some downright awful and others utterly bizarre. Whatever you're facing, The Little Book of Resilience provides a useful set of tools to help you deal with anything life throws your way.
This little book is about strengthening ourselves, mentally, emotionally and physically, how to increase our resilience and, most importantly, maintain it. Discover how to utilize your skills and strengths to cope and recover from problems and setbacks, and learn to recognize unhealthy coping mechanisms. These helpful exercises and tips will encourage you to find purpose, have faith in your abilities, embrace change, establish goals and nuture yourself.
The Little Book of Resilience is full of warm, loving, practical advice for anyone whose life isn't all plain sailing - and at one time or another, that is all of us.Octopus Books, September 2019
More Books 2018/2019
Books to boost wellbeing
The Happiness Bible - The definitive guide to sustainable wellbeing
By Cheryl Rickman
The quest for happiness is universal. In this comprehensive guide to the history, art, science, psychology and attainment of happiness you will find the answers to those searching questions and discover how to live a fuller, happier life. After all, humans devote their entire lives to striving for happiness by one means or another. And yet, happiness does not just happen. It is a skill as much as a state. It takes effort, practice even.
The Happiness Bible works with the reader to explain how happiness works and evolves, where it comes from, and how it can be nurtured and maintained in order to flourish. The book introduces the principles of positive psychology, the science of happiness, and how it works to achieve happiness. It examines what happiness studies have revealed and how positive psychology exercises help to banish the "thieves of happiness". It also explores why acceptance of unhappiness is also important in our quest for joy. Tips on being kinder, getting out in nature, nurturing supportive relationships, talking back to mind chatter, cultivating gratitude, finding and savouring the good, using strengths, creating meaning and developing accurate, flexible, optimistic thinking are also included. The book is filled useful quotations that do more than just inspire but also share wisdom worthy of reflection.Godsfeld Bibles, Octopus Books, January 2019
The Beauty of Eczema: A Guide To Living a Life Beyond Eczema Using The Hope Principles
By Camille Knowles
The Beauty of Eczema™ - A guide to living a life beyond eczema using the HOPE principles offers hope to the millions of people worldwide who suffer from eczema today. It shares the story of Camille Knowles and the method she has used to heal from a condition doctors told her she would never recover from.The book provides a solid toolkit for managing the condition via the HOPE Principles, a framework for healing and an early warning system for how to manage eczema and thrive in life.Camille’s emotional journey to optimum health took months of trial and error using natural therapies and medical intervention – she tried it all. But it wasn’t until she explored the power of the mind and meaning and created a checklist for getting each area of her life in sync, that she discovered The Beauty of Eczema™ as a catalyst for change.Now she lives a life full of energy, with glowing skin and a healthy mind to live the life she had always dreamed of. Camille wishes the same for everyone reading this book.Createspace - August 2018
More Books 2017
A revolutionary book on the future of recruitment and a best-selling business start-up guide
The Interim Revolution
By Pat Lynes
With past and present practices of recruitment causing frustration and fundamentally failing to deliver, those working both client-side and agency-side in the recruitment space are calling for something new, saying it’s time to change the way businesses recruit, as the war on talent rages on. The Interim Revolution presents a new model of sourcing top talent, a fresh framework for future-proofing organisations amid the perpetual disruption and constant change of the modern business landscape.
One of the most vital ways to manage change effectively and flourish rather than languish during such uncertain times, is to focus on matching the right people for the right challenges at the right time. The Interim Revolution shows you how.
In The Interim Revolution, specialist technology contract recruiter, Pat Lynes, presents a model that taps into the rapidly growing networked and flexible gig-economy to harness the power of talented team curation and provide wisdom on demand. In doing so it presents the opportunity to close the capability and speed gaps once and for all.
November 2017
Self-Made: The Definitive Guide To Business Start-Up Success
By Bianca Miller-Cole and Byron Cole
This authoritative, focused guide by two of the UK's brightest young entrepreneurs - The Apprentice runner-up, Bianca Miller and serial entrepreneur, Byron Cole - is a comprehensive toolkit for anyone who wants to make a success of running their own business. Featuring interviews with well-known entrepreneurs, entertainers and industry experts, the book covers every tier of the business development process, from start-up to exit, offering practical, implementable and global advice on the start-up process.Decoding the jargon that is prevalent in business circles today, this book provides straightforward advice on converting an innovative business concept into a commercially viable proposition. It will help you to avoid the costly common mistakes of many who have gone before you, and create a sustainable enterprise that will flourish.
Read Self Made and run your own business without fear of failure.
John Murray Learning - October 2017
Books 2005 - 2015
Books written, co-written or ghostwritten by Cheryl Rickman
Mumpreneur
By Annabel Karmel
For over two decades, No.1 Parenting author Annabel Karmel has been a beacon of support and inspiration for millions of mums. After building her business empire from scratch at her kitchen table, Annabel has grown to become one of the UK’s most trusted, influential female entrepreneurs with 38 books, supermarket food ranges, weaning equipment, healthy snacks and smartphone apps.
Now, Annabel is using her wealth of experience in juggling the constant demands of motherhood with building a thriving enterprise to help equip other mums with the confidence, skills and tools to set up their own business.
Vermillion - March 2015
"Annabel is an inspiring entrepreneur in her own right and this is a hugely intelligently written book, incorporating some fantastic, practical advice to empower mums who want to start up in business and become their own boss." (James Caan)
"For any mum thinking about starting a business, Annabel’s book is a refreshing read which will help spark passion, focus and action."(Chrissie Rucker, MBE, Founder of The White Company)
Family Business: A Survival Guide
By K McCarthy
Family Business: A Survival Guide is a worthwhile read for anyone involved in their own family business.. It provides a range of clear tips which were easy to follow and which would add a benefit to any company if implemented. I was particularly taken with the suggestion to implement a Family Charter – essentially a document where the family business sets down in black and white how family members are going to interact with the business in a whole range of ways.
Published October 2014
The Flourish Handbook
By Cheryl Rickman
The Flourish Handbook is a compelling and easy-to-digest practical guide - a friendly handbook on how to flourish. Drawing on extensive research and her own methods of coping with adversity and tragedy, achieving dreams, and enjoying life, Cheryl Rickman gives you a workbook about much more than merely achieving happiness.
Flourishing is about more than simply feeling good; it's about pursuing and experiencing a better life; it's about building and optimising well-being. Once you know which elements make up well-being and focus on those areas, rather than focusing merely on happiness alone, you can live a rich, enjoyable and meaningful life with a high level of sustained well-being. This handbook guides you through that process and takes you on an illuminating and rewarding journey where you will boost your well-being month by month over the course of one year.
Learn how to: * Become more resilient. * Fit more engaging and enjoyable activities into your daily life. * Find your true purpose and play to your strengths. * Improve your relationships. * Achieve balance between life and work. * Develop and sustain gratitude. * Respond positively to others and events. * Declutter and enhance your environment and mind power. * Enjoy life more.
Published August 2013
The Digital Business Start-Up Workbook
By Cheryl Rickman (Foreword by Martha Lane-Fox)
This is a hands-on guide to starting a digital business, from initial idea to exit, from the author of one of the all-time bestselling guides to start-ups. Using a thorough and comprehensive workbook format that is action-focused and easy-to-understand, this book guides readers through the entrepreneurial journey from concept to validation to commercialization to exit. It uses practical exercises to walk the reader through each step of the start-up process and includes advice from some of the UK's most successful and well-known digital entrepreneurs.
Published by Wiley/Capstone – April 2012
From Vision to Exit: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Building and Selling a Business
By Guy Rigby (Foreword by Luke Johnson)
There are many differences between a good business and a great business, but they aren't beyond a business leader's control. In From Vision to Exit, Guy Rigby candidly explains how entrepreneurs can develop strategies, plans and tactics to get their businesses to the top. With an easy and engaging style, this book is a definitive and practical guide that covers every business area.
From strategy to finance, management to marketing, and business planning to exit, Guy leaves no stone unturned. The result is an authoritative and invaluable tool for entrepreneurs seeking to navigate the minefield of successful growth. Find out everything you wanted to know about how to build a great business but never had the opportunity to ask.
Published September 2011
Born Global
By Neil Gandhi
The first comprehensive guide for SMEs on how to become a successful global business from day one.
Based on 10 case studies of successful born global companies, it offers advice and highlights how UK companies are accelerating growth globally.
Published October 2009
1000 CEOs
By Andrew Davison
From moguls to maverick CEOs, learn their secrets, share their success
From safe hands to young turks, risk takers to innovators - get the instant profiles of 1,000 of the world's best CEOs. Definitive biographies deliver all the essential information on each CEO's career, their highs, lows, management style, vision and distilled wisdom, providing vital lessons that will give YOU the competitive advantage.
Pick up tips from the icons of business, from Bill Gates to Lou Gernster. Draw on the experiences of big partnerships and family dynasties and find out how the likes of Steve Jobs make innovation essential. Plus, discover things you can do NOW - from motivation to how to handle a crisis.
Incisive, insightful and inspiring, this is your chance to meet and learn from the CEO's leading the business world.
Published by Dorling Kindersley August 2009
The Small Business Start-Up Workbook
By Cheryl Rickman (Foreword by Dame Anita Roddick)
In this practical and comprehensive workbook, Cheryl Rickman, offers a modern approach to self-employment and business start-up, with a Foreword written by Dame Anita Roddick.
Packed with real-life case studies and practical exercises; checklists and worksheets, this book provides a step-by-step guide to researching and formulating your business idea; planning the right marketing strategies; sourcing opportunities, markets and finance; and managing a team that will drive your vision forward with you.
You’ll discover what well-known entrepreneurs would have done differently with hindsight, what their biggest mistakes have been and what they’ve learnt, as Dame Anita Roddick, Julie Meyer, Stelios Haji-Ioannou and Simon Woodroffe (among others) reveal their best and worst decisions and contribute their wisdom and tips for succeeding in business.
This fresh approach to small business start-up also includes information and recommendations on making your business ethical and socially responsible, along with exercises to help build self-confidence and visualise success. All this fits snugly alongside the more traditional business start-up topics such as cash-flow management, competitor intelligence, and how to create a website that works.Published by How To Books, May 2005
"I would urge every business adviser in the land to read this incredibly useful, well-written and informative book." The Daily Telegraph
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