Five to Try: Winter Reads for the Cold Commute Home

A Life Less Stressed: The Five Pillars of Health and Wellness
Ron Ehrlich

The relatively silent train ride to and from work can amplify the volume of the countless stresses circulating in your head. If that’s all too familiar, make this holistic guide your next stop. Here, health advocate Ron Ehrlich draws links between the decline of our overall health and the rise of everyday stress, and argues that by strengthening the five pillars – sleep, breathing, nutrition, movement and thought – we can build resilience and ensure a more positive self.

The Little Book of Big Happiness
Bernadette Fisers

Is the gloomy weather outside getting you down? Well with this little self-help book, the publisher promises “you’ll be on your way to a happier you” by the end of your hour-long commute. While it won’t curb the winter breeze swirling through the carriage, you will discover the elements needed to create a joyous existence, and learn how to utilise positive energy by living in the moment.

Love Match: The Art and Science of Finding Your Ideal Partner
Shaelyn Pham

If you’re a not-so-lucky romantic, get off the apps and read this guide to finding true, healthy, meaningful love. Here you’ll also learn the four types of intimacy, how to find love after heartbreak, the “five languages” of love and how to manage a long-term relationship. Yes, everyone deserves a winter warmer to go home to.

The Zero Fucks Cookbook
Yumi Stynes

Winter is certainly all about comfort food, most of which is incredibly unhealthy and easily accessible by Uber Eats. Fortunately, here is a collection of go-to recipes that are both healthy and tasty to get us out of our takeaway rut. Yumi Stynes shares her love of cooking and eating, and provides tips to prepare great meals using achievable recipes and a sprinkle of good humour.

Dogs With Jobs
Laura Greaves

If you feel like you’ve had a hard day at the office, just remember – you’re not the only one who has worked like a dog. Here Laura Greaves describes five heart-warming true stories of working dogs in Australia. From diabetes-alert dogs to bird chasers, she reminds us of the selfless natures and invaluable qualities of our furry best friends.