Burnout and the Mobilisation of Energy

Burnout and the Mobilisation of Energy is a radical new book. Its main objective is to help working individuals or organisations to get out of burnout and keep out of it. Further, it helps them to activate or mobilise energy.

If you are burnt out or on the slippery slope to burnout, this book will transform you. If your organisation is blocked in terms of energy, this book can transform your organisation.

It is based on research, theory and practice. It clearly describes what burnout is and what it is not. It is not depression, stress, depersonalisation or anxiety. It is, however, based on a key symptom: an extreme form of energy depletion.

Two concepts explain the core findings: a Gestalt concept called an ‘introject’, and another that Carl Jung called ‘enantiodromia’. These elaborate terms help us identify what burnout is, what causes it and how to get out of it.

The book also focuses on mobilisation of energy in the organisation. Using a psychological framework, it illustrates what happens when organisations get psychologically mixed up. This leads to a feeling of spinning wheels and crossed wires.

Burst Your Bubble

When your dreams become bigger than the ability to achieve them,

When your heart, body, and soul, feel numb,

When you are lost in the darkness, suffering, failure, and regret,

When you feel like the world for you is in huge debt,

Burst the bubble that has you imprisoned,

Seek me out in the book, and every answer will be given,

I will help you see the truth that lies beneath the mask that we wear,

Choose this book, and you shall see what you had lost in despair.

Busy Bumble Shares His Joy

Busy Bumble Shares His Joy is a story about a loveable character called Busy Bumble who awakes from the long winter season to look for a beautiful flower, a sign of spring's awakening. This happy-go-lucky bee while flying in the garden comes across Wormy Grumble, very well known for being a lonely fellow (earthworm), who had already found a rare beautiful flower while enjoying the radiant beauty unfolding in the garden. Wormy Grumble has a problem considering the need of others and is forced to face the reality that everyone needs somebody and that there is great blessing in working as a team. This story teaches about friendships and trust and that all have the ability to change. And that change can help us grow in ways that can help us achieve our goals and reach for the sky. This story has multiple levels for children of all ages and even adults can appreciate the depth of its meaning.

But I Don't Want a New Room

Abbie was a beautiful baby growing too big for her room, but the idea of leaving felt far too soon. Everything in her current room is familiar and old, and the new room created by her beloved parents doesn’t quite have her sold.

Follow Abbie on the age old journey of life, growth and change as she develops from a baby tiny and small, to a toddler who is building her confidence and growing up tall.

But That’s Not What Harry Saw

When all you can do is muster a trip to the park, a visit to a shop or a walk outside, that’s OK. What can seem little to you can be HUGE to someone little.

Let your child’s imagination run wild with a simple trip to the park in this fun and charmingly illustrated book.

Butterflies in My Soup

With most of her friends married, Sylvia at 23 can find no good reason for turning down her boyfriend’s proposal of marriage. In her heart, though, she knows that she longs to be free to see more of the world before settling down to what she feels would be a humdrum life of a domestic city in the early 1960s. Having been dissuaded from accepting a teaching job in the USA, she continues her quest for an overseas posting until one day, she finds exactly what she's been looking for. A boarding school in Lushoto, a township in the Usambara Mountains, Tanganyika (Tanzania) needs a teacher.

With scant information about her destination, other than that African violets grow wild in the Usambara, Sylvia flies off to East Africa leaving her anxious family and a fiancé whose determination to wait for two years for her will be severely tested.

Nothing could prepare Sylvia for the amazing life that she was to lead, with experiences, friendships, and challenges that she could never have imagined, and with memories that she would cherish and try to recapture on a return visit many years later.

Butterfly Macabre

A train, a mask, and a woman with stardust in her soul.

Enter the mysterious and fantastical world of Butterfly Macabre, where an alien named Yulia, haunted by a past she can’t escape and fuelled by a desire for adventure, comes crashing to Earth. Here she meets Marshal, whose world is turned upside down as he’s exposed to the wonders of the universe. But as a deadly fate looms and a sinister voice begins to poison Yulia’s mind, she must navigate a treacherous path between trust and instinct. As secrets are revealed and a plan spanning eons unfolds, the lines between good and evil, life and death, past and future become blurred. With a cast of complex characters, including the enigmatic Cherry, Butterfly Macabre will keep you guessing until the very end.

Button's Christmas

Button was confused about her party dress and her wishes on Christmas. She wanted Santa to grant her gifts to other children because she already had it all. She is looking forward to Christmas and hopes to meet Santa, but will she?

Buzz the Balloon: Adventures in Africa

Listening to adults is very important! The little boy certainly learns a valuable lesson as he watches his balloon float up into the sky! When he let go of his balloon, this made him very sad. He had no idea this would be the start of an exciting adventure for his balloon! What a mischievous balloon indeed!! Buzz loves adventures and what an adventure he goes on! Did Buzz know what was in store for him when his friend let him go? Clever crocodiles!!! SNAP SNAP! Buzzing bees BZZZZ BZZZZ, Large lions! ROAR! Slithery snakes! SSSSSSS! What fun the balloon is having in Africa, as he floats around! Isn’t Buzz lucky! What kinds of adventures would you like to go on? What is your favourite animal? Why don’t you join Buzz on his adventures and fun! Learn about a few creatures as you travel with Buzz through different places in Africa.

By Jove!!!

Jove the wizard has unwittingly released a demon from the underworld. Aided by the Cosmic Dancer, the spirit that keeps the world in balance, he must return it from whence it came. Attacked by the Electric Warrior, foxed by the Flowers of Evil, this is not going to be easy.

Why is there a giant Glass Onion in the village pond and where did it come from?

Will the witches help, and can the Rainbow Demon finally be defeated?

All this, not to mention a dragon…

I said not to mention the dragon!!!

By Jove, this is going to be fun.

Bye-Bye, Inglaterra

In Bye Bye Inglaterra, Horace’s life is seemingly simple with only one daily decision to make - whether to walk or drive to work. However, this routine is about to be shattered when his bosses plot to get rid of him before selling the company for a hefty profit. Horace is completely blindsided when a sudden explosion rocks his world in the dead of night, leaving him and his wife Delia plunged into a sea of uncertainty and financial ruin. To many, Horace’s life would seem like a leisurely stroll through the park, but he had no idea what lay ahead as the gates of opportunity were about to slam shut on him. Follow Horace as he navigates the turbulent waters of unemployment and struggles to stay afloat in a world that has turned against him.

Cable Goes Camping

Cable the Crow continues to fear almost everything, even his own shadow, and is well known for often being just one step away from danger. He is frightened by things that many birds could not care less about, such as scarecrows, golf balls, and Scotsmen’s legs! He is also terrified of things that many birds are fearful of too.

Cable and his wife have always dreamt of going on holiday and now for the first time ever, they have decided to go camping.

Will they choose the right places to pitch their tent? Do they find a proper campsite, or are their choices typically hazardous? What sort of obstacles do you think they may come across? Surely, Cable and his wife Christine can manage this simple task; or can’t they? Join Cable’s tense holiday saga and find out if camping was a success.

With elements of humour, pattern, rhyme, and repetition, the story has an interesting plot that captures the attention of the reader.

The features of this book entail, high quality, engaging, varied, meaningful and colourful illustrations which add to the storyline, in conjunction with the integrated lively memorable text to raise a child’s sense of wonder and imagination.

There are some delicious words that roll off the tongue and beg to be repeated which enticingly connect to the illustrations and provide contextual clues for vocabulary development.