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PERSONAL GROWTH
Reflective, practical books for readers who want to live and work with greater attention.
UNDERSTAND YOURSELF. CHANGE WHAT COMES NEXT.
“Books for understanding how we think, choose, change and live.”
FEATURED TITLES
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THE IDEA
“Personal growth begins with a deceptively simple question: Why do we do what we do? The answer is rarely simple. Who we become is shaped by experience, identity, expectations, relationships, habits, beliefs and the countless decisions we make — consciously and unconsciously — over time. MANA EDITIONS Personal Growth explores these structures without reducing human behaviour to slogans or formulas. These books examine the distance between intention and action, the patterns people repeat, the beliefs they inherit, the choices they make and the ways meaningful change becomes possible. Growth is not about becoming someone else. It can begin by understanding more clearly who we already are, what influences us and which parts of that structure we consciously want to carry forward. Better understanding does not guarantee change. But it gives change somewhere intelligent to begin.”
UNDERSTANDING → CHANGE
EXPERIENCE → IDENTITY → BELIEFS → BEHAVIOUR → CHOICES → ACTION → CHANGE
“What we do becomes easier to understand when we understand what sits beneath it.”
EXPLORE BY SERIES
“Different editorial approaches to understanding how people live and change.”
THE INNER ARCHITECTURE
Understanding the patterns that shape who we are.
“Psychology, identity, behaviour, habits, motivation, intention and meaningful change.”
KNOWLEDGE, SIMPLY
Complex ideas made clear, useful and engaging.
“Accessible books exploring psychology, behaviour and other ideas that help us understand ourselves and the world.”
LIFE, PRACTICALLY
Useful knowledge and practical skills for navigating everyday life with greater confidence and understanding.
BOOKS
“Books published or developed within the Personal Growth Publishing World.”
SERIES: KNOWLEDGE, SIMPLY
BEYOND POSITIVE THINKING
VIVIEN MARSH
The Law of Attraction, Applied
A 90-Day Method to Turn Intention into Results
KNOWLEDGE, SIMPLY
BETWEEN WANTING AND HAVING
CHARLOTTE STEINBORN
Why We Become Who We Are
Between Wanting and Having explores the distance between intention and results. Charlotte Steinborn examines identity, inherited patterns and everyday behaviour through twenty-eight chapters, practical exercises and a thirteen-week workbook.
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WHAT WE EXPLORE
IDENTITY
How our understanding of ourselves influences behaviour and choice.
BEHAVIOUR
Why patterns repeat and what maintains them.
HABITS
How repeated actions gradually become structures.
MOTIVATION
What moves intention toward action — and what interrupts it.
BELIEFS
How assumptions and inherited narratives influence perception.
RELATIONSHIPS
How other people shape identity, expectation and behaviour.
DECISION-MAKING
How conscious and unconscious processes influence choices.
CHANGE
How understanding existing patterns can make different outcomes possible.
WELLBEING
How knowledge, habits and choices contribute to a more balanced life.
OUR APPROACH
01 UNDERSTANDING BEFORE ADVICE — A useful book should help readers understand the problem before telling them what to do.
02 DEPTH WITHOUT JARGON — Psychological complexity can be explained clearly without becoming superficial.
03 NO MAGIC FORMULAS — Meaningful change rarely comes from one trick, one habit or one morning routine.
04 PATTERNS MATTER — Repeated outcomes often make more sense when the structures beneath them become visible.
05 INTENTION IS NOT ACTION — Wanting change and producing change are different processes.
06 RESPECT THE READER — Personal-growth books should create insight, not dependence on the author.
QUESTIONS WORTH EXPLORING
Why do we repeat patterns we consciously dislike? · How much of identity is inherited? · Why does motivation disappear? · Why do some habits become effortless? · What sits between intention and action? · How do relationships influence who we become? · Can changing behaviour gradually change identity? · What makes change sustainable?
GROWTH WITHOUT THE CLICHÉS
“Personal Growth does not need to promise a new life in seven steps. It can ask better questions. It can explain psychology clearly. It can challenge assumptions. It can help readers recognise patterns they had previously experienced only as frustration. And sometimes understanding the mechanism behind a problem is itself the beginning of a different relationship with it.”
FOR DIFFERENT MOMENTS IN LIFE
“Personal Growth is not restricted to one age, one problem or one definition of success. Different books may explore identity, relationships, behaviour, wellbeing, decision-making or change. What connects them is a commitment to helping readers understand themselves and their choices more clearly.”
PERSONAL GROWTH
“Understand the pattern. Choose what comes next.”