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WYTHES, Greg

Jul 15, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Fiction \ Novel, Music, Psychology \ Mental Health, Relationships, Teen Fiction

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Tim’s Dance Mix

 

A mixtape of music, mistakes and ordinary mysteries

The year is 1990 and Tim has just turned 16. He lives in a coastal city south of Sydney and his life is about to change profoundly as he begins to make the first transitions from boyhood to manhood.

This growth is accompanied by confusion and some trauma, – physical, emotional and psychological – especially in his early attempts to meet and connect with girls.

It’s also marked by his development as a musician, and the recognition of this talent by his school music teacher, who quietly mentors him and provides the opportunity for him to join the school’s only rock band.

But nothing goes smoothly in the early stages as he forges the beginnings of growth towards maturity, in a struggle where he finds both support and opposition.

About the Author

 

GREG WYTHES is a long-term resident of the northern Illawarra. He has been an English teacher in local high schools, as well as teaching yoga, qigong, massage and bodywork in local colleges and studios. For much of his time in schools he dabbled in music, working with in-school bands, as well as for drama, dance and musical performances, mainly in the area of live production.

He is particularly attracted to the geography of the northern Illawarra: the dozen or more bays and beaches, the steep rise of the escarpment to the west and the bushland that reaches down to the edge of most suburbs. It’s a unique environment: one where the natural world virtually surrounds the urban world. He enjoys spending time in that natural world.

LLOYD PhD, Dr Maya

Jul 7, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Biological & Behavioural, Health & Wellbeing, Manual \ Training Material, Parenting & Family, Psychology \ Mental Health, Reference

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Why Babies Need Love

 

Why Love Matters and How to Know if You’re Getting it Right

WHY BABIES NEED LOVE is a must-read for first-time parents and caregivers of babies aged 0-3. Parenting is one of the hardest yet most rewarding journeys, and the early years play a crucial role in shaping a child’s emotional and mental well-being.

Written by a psychologist and parent, this book explains how a baby’s brain is still developing at birth and how early experiences—especially the bond with caregivers—affect future behavior, relationships, and resilience. It provides insight into how your own emotional struggles can influence your parenting and offers practical guidance to help you build a strong, loving connection with your baby.

With mental health concerns on the rise, this book empowers parents to create a secure foundation for their child’s future. If you want to raise a confident, emotionally healthy child while navigating the challenges of early parenthood, WHY BABIES NEED LOVE is the guide you need.

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About the Author

 

Dr Maya Lloyd, Phd (MAPS, FCCP) is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years’ experience. She spent 10 years working as a senior psychologist for Queensland Health specialising in perinatal, infant, child and youth mental health. Now in private practice she works across the lifespan with children, adolescents, parents and families of all ages, supporting them in building strong healthy bonds with their babies and children.

Drawing from professional expertise, scientifific research and personal experience as a mother, Maya understands the challenges of early parenthood. Passionate about helping families thrive she offers insight into infant and early childhood development, parenting and emotional well-being, empowering parents to raise resilient emotionally secure children.

TRACY, Mark

Jul 2, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Family History, Health & Wellbeing, Medical, Memoir, Parenting & Family, Psychology \ Mental Health, Self-help \ Personal Development

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Don’t Waste Time

A True Story of Love, Loss, and Legacy

The powerful memoir follows one family’s extraordinary twelve-year journey through three cancer battles – and the lasting impact of a young man named Levi. Born on Father’s Day in 2004, Levi lived with courage and heart, inspiring those around him with a message that would become his legacy: “Don’t Waste Time.”

More than just words, it was how Levi lived. Now, through DWT Lifestyle – a venture started in his honour – his message continues to move others to live fully, love deeply, and make every moment count.

Don’t Waste Time is a confronting, uplifting, and unforgettable reminder to embrace life, no matter how uncertain the road ahead.

CRIDLAND, David

May 21, 2025 | Australian, Autobiography, Biography, Health & Wellbeing, Memoir, Self-help \ Personal Development

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Finding Total Contentment

 

Becoming An Azure Warrior

This is my five books in one and it’s all revised and improved. I started writing in 1999 in Gaol I had attempted armed robbery with the intention of trying to save the world from global warming. I was found not guilty by reason of mental illness and that illness made me creative and I did time writing rhyme as I say. If you like poetry you’ll love my poems they’re well written and quite uplifting. This book can help with weight loss, addiction and mental health. It is written from a lived experience of a long slow recovery to sanity, spending 20 years as a mental health forensic patient overcoming bipolar, a chronic addiction and losing weight. In my last breach purely for personal use of cannabis I spent over 9 years in institutions without access to the community but I recovered with my resilience.

In 1999 I used the 9-Pointed Star on the cover of my first attempt at writing a book. Years later I found out that the 9-pointed star had also turned up in crop circles in 1999 when I first began using this powerful symbol. Probably the first people to use this symbol were the ancient Egyptians. I heard a voice one night say you have earned your star, a week later a friend said she could
see it above my head in my aura, I felt very content for a month or two. I was told when learning Rei-ki that it is an ascension symbol in the Baha’i faith the number nine represents perfection.

I call contentment the ultimate cure and I say state of mind is everything. I usually eat just one meal a day and don’t hunger that much anymore. Buddhist monks have been practising this life style for millennia, it is good for cell health, weight loss and fasting can be enlightening. You can find Total Contentment here and there it is a peaceful feeling not needing much and being happy and content in the moment. This book can raise your vibration and help you find enlightenment no matter what level you are at. It can take you from a rock bottom to a supreme high and you can go from being a sinner to being Saint like.

Is our true God just the Sun in the sky the light which sustains us? Is our higher power just our higher self? Are we more open to this energy when we are doing good? Are the Gods and prophets just master’s as such people who have achieved a high level of consciousness and you can find Total Contentment…

KOVACS, Frank

May 15, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Adelaide, Australian, Biography, Memoir, Military, Psychology \ Mental Health, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government, South Australia

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Invisible Scars Somalia

 

A true story of an Australian soldier living with the effects of PTSD

Africa, 1984: Al-Shabaab militants succeeded in smuggling weapons and equipment into Somalia from Ethiopia, unimpeded. The US President Ronald Reagan authorised a shadow team of international soldiers to spy on the movement of rebels and arms fl owing into Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital.

An Australian Regular Army soldier, together with two British military personnel, seconded by the US to join a CIA special agent and an Ethiopian female warrior to infi ltrate to Luuq, a rural town and staging area for Al-Shabaab rebels in Central Somalia, on a clandestine mission. Their call sign was ‘Delta One.’ Their secret and urgent mission was to observe the movement of rebel forces, their equipment, and ammunition, then report back directly to Langley. During the mission, the team needed to cover their own tracks in case the proverbial hit the fan.

Staying one step ahead of the rebels was easy, whilst racing against the clock, until the team wound up in a horrendous ambush against superior rebel forces.

For a nation, unaware of the effects combat has on its soldiers, life for the Australian soldier returning from Somalia became harder after discharge, as he battled the complexities of PTSD and alcoholism in civvy street. Haunted by the nightmares of his time in Africa and racked by guilt from driving his wife and family away. He discovers help at the Repatriation General Hospital, Psychiatric Ward 17, in Adelaide, South Australia.

However, there was another enemy at play. The lure of Soldier of Fortune work would set him in action again

STRATTON, Abigail

May 12, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Family History, Memoir, Painting & Illustration, Poetry, Poetry by Women, Psychology \ Mental Health, Self-help \ Personal Development, Writing

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Life Through Art

Revive creative freedom, heal from trauma and embody spiritual wisdom

You don’t need to be a technically good artist to use art as a vehicle for healing or self-realisation. All you need is your preferred art medium and a willingness to move across the page in whatever way you’re called.

In Life Through Art, Abigail shares the personal experiences that guided her to embody an art healing modality. That is, a method of visual art where the individual relinquishes the urge to control the outcome on the page in lieu of liberating what their intuition seeks to express. It is a stream of consciousness approach to artmaking which promotes healing benefits beyond the satisfaction of executing a particular image.

Through original art, poetry and incisive self-reflection, the author explores the connection between being creative, healing from trauma, and becoming more aware of the spiritual world. This is offered as a guide for how we can use art healing to flow into a more fulfilling path.

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About the Author

Abigail is a writer, fascinated by the relationship between art and spiritual healing. Art-making is what helped her become more aware of the spiritual world and spiritual healing helped her connect even deeper with her intuitive art practice; She marries the two to unlock the beauty in every day.

She holds a Bachelor of Communications from University of Technology, Sydney as well as an Advanced Certificate of Energy Healing and a Teaching Certificate from the Ashati Institute of Energy Healing. Abigail published her first book; My Horse Is My Guide in 2024.

Visit abirose.net to learn more.