Switchcraft
'Full of practical advice on how to help you survive and thrive in an uncertain world.' MICHAEL MOSLEY
'Tells you how to duck and dive when the unexpected surprises are incoming fast and hard.' RUBY WAX
The groundbreaking toolkit for boosting your mental agility. Bolster your resilience, navigate change and transform your life.
Those who navigate life and its challenges most successfully all have one thing in common: they know how, and when, to switch things up. They have mental agility, or switchcraft.
Professor Elaine Fox, a world-leading psychologist and performance coach has witnessed this time and again. In Switchcraft, she distils 25 years of scientific research and coaching experience into a step-by-step guide to agile thinking and thriving in uncertainty.
Switchcraft will give you the skills you need to come out on top in an increasingly complex and uncertain world.
'This book provides straightforward valuable tools and processes for people who have their own hurdles to overcome.' SALLY GUNNELL OBE, Olympic Gold Medallist
'Full of important insights...She shows how adopting a few key skills can transform your life in profound ways.' MARK WILLIAMS, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford
Elaine Fox is Professor and Head of the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide, Australia. Prior to moving to Australia she spent almost ten years at the University of Oxford where she founded and directed a world-leading research centre exploring the nature of resilience and mental wellbeing. A cognitive psychologist by training, she is a leading mental health researcher combining genetics, psychology and neuroscience in her work. Elaine also runs a consultancy, Oxford Elite Performance, bringing cutting-edge science and psychology to those at the top levels of sport, business and the military. She was born and brought up in Dublin, Ireland and has held academic positions in Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and Australia. Her first book Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain was published in 2012.
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