Sometimes there’s nothing better than cosying down with a good book, and with the hectic festive season in full swing, now is the perfect time to pick up a wellness book. These are some of the best to hit book stores recently.
Offering insightful viewpoints on how to deal with stress and burnout, as well as providing inspiring new perspectives on improving your diet and overall wellbeing – these are our recommendations for the best wellness books to kickstart 2025.
If you are struggling with feelings of burnout or loneliness right now, curl up with this book with a cup of tea: it will be like a cuddle for your mind. A heart-warming look into how we can tackle uncertainty, social disconnection and tech dependence in the modern world, the book blends first-hand experiences and fascinating new research to help you feel a little less alone.
We are calling it: 2025 is the year that money confidence becomes a key component of self-care – and it totally should. Money is so often underdiscussed and a massive source of anxiety and worry, so taking just a little bit of time each week to gain control of your finances can transform your mindset. With this refreshingly straightforward 10-step plan you can fit the process into your life easily too.
Liz Earle is a leading wellbeing expert with a real way with words – helping you make big (and small) changes to supercharge your health as you juggle work, family and a social life. Based off her own first-hand tried-and-tested experiences of biohacking, fitness and nutrition techniques, Liz's warm and wise advice on ageing well separates fact from fad, making looking after your mind, body and spirit actually feel simple.
The bird-based motivation to workout you didn't know you needed but will totally love, illustrator Marion Deuchars' second book is massively smile-inducing. 'Bob the bird' guides you (accurately) through an array of 10-minute workouts that help you tone and build strength in all areas of your body. It's a book we suspect will help your children fall in love with simple at-home exercise too.
If you always promise yourself that you're going to revamp your diet at the start of the year – but always fail to keep it up past January – you need to read this book. Written by the head nutritionist at Zoe (the trending blood glucose tracking company) this is a jargon-free guide not just to eating well, but making food work even better for you as an individual. Ultimately, it's food for thought and inspiration for your table.
Joy is a feminist concept! That's one of the punchy takeaways from Florence Given's new book, which would make the perfect present for all of your girlfriends. Aiming to help acknowledge and remove the barriers women often face when expressing their goals and desires, this is a motivating call-to-arms that will inspire you to think bigger when planning what you want in the next 12 months (and beyond).
This is a book every mum (and mum-to-be) should read. A timely reminder that every motherhood journey is as different as it is special and there's no 'perfect' way to do it, the blend of coaching tips, research and first-hand experiences will help you overcome 'mum guilt' so you feel better supported through the totally normal daily ups and downs. Our advice: gift it to all your mum friends.
Sometimes a little bit of tough love is the ultimate act of self-care. This book is exactly that. A no-nonsense guide to getting out of your own way, each page challenges you to reconsider the parts of your life (be they work, socially or relationship-led) that aren't actually making you happy. It's the reset your brain needs to help you feel a little braver when making big changes.
A celebration of self-love (that's fun rather than too soppy), this empowering book helps you refocus your energy on building a better relationship with yourself – and it's digestable enough for short commutes or reading after a long day at work. From setting boundaries to escaping external validation, you can benefit almost instantly from the insightful yet straightforward expert-backed tips and tools to be found inside.
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