2026 Awards – Wellness

Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists for 2026 Banner for Health Wellness

2026 best book awarded to authors on the subject of Wellness.

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Winner

The Hardiness Effect: Grow from Stress, Optimise Health, Live Longer

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Author:

Dr Paul Taylor

HOW is this book helping people?

The Hardiness Effect helps people transform their lives by teaching them how to build resilience and face adversity head-on. Paul's book provides practical tools to cultivate a hardy mindset, enabling you to see challenges not as threats, but as opportunities for growth. It moves beyond theory, offering actionable strategies to strengthen your sense of commitment, control, and challenge—the three core components of hardiness. By applying these principles, you can learn to manage stress more effectively, improve your performance under pressure, and find deeper meaning in your personal and professional life. The book equips you with a mental framework to not just survive difficult times, but to emerge from them stronger, more confident, and more capable than before. It’s a guide to unlocking your inner strength and thriving in a world of constant change.

Book available for purchase.

amazon.com.au

Finalist

Birdie's Fitness Fun: A Playful Path to Staying Active

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Author:

Jessica Nicole McAnelly

HOW is this book helping people?

Birdie’s Fitness Fun: A Tasty Take on Moving Your Body. Get ready to move, stretch, jump, dance, and play with Birdie and her woodland friends in this joyful children’s fitness adventure that makes healthy habits exciting and fun!

In Birdie’s Fitness Fun, Birdie discovers all the amazing ways kids can stay active—from tennis and yoga to running, dancing, and team sports—learning that every child can find their own special way to move and shine. Filled with playful rhymes, lovable characters, and encouraging messages, this heartwarming picture book teaches children that:

* Moving your body can be fun
* Trying new things builds confidence
* Exercise helps bodies grow strong
* Staying active helps minds feel happy too
* Everyone can find a sport or activity they love

Whether your child loves to run, twirl, stretch, kick, jump, or play, Birdie reminds them that fitness is for everybody.

BONUS INSIDE: Includes a fun interactive “Get Your Body Moving” Checklist to inspire kids to try ne

Book available for purchase.

amazon.com

2026 Awards – Self-Care

Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists for 2026 Banner for Health Self-Care

2026 best book awarded to authors on the subject of Self-Care.

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Winner

Breaking Through Survival Mode

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Author:

Miyoki Chan

HOW is this book helping people?

The book is a heart-centered lifeline for families navigating the beautiful, often isolating journey of parenting a child with disabilities or someone dealing with sudden identity shifts. As a coach and a parent who has walked this exact path, I share my vulnerable story alongside the structured Break Through framework to help parents heal their own unaddressed wounds. Instead of clinical advice, this guide provides an encouraging, compassionate community space and actionable coaching tools. Learning to heal their own inner world, parents gain the emotional resilience to break generational cycles, overcome burnout, and show up fully for their children with deep joy. This book turns personal survival into shared community healing, proving that a parent's self-care is the greatest gift they can give their family.

Book available for purchase.

a.co

Winner

From Self-Neglect to Self-Compassion: A compassionate guide to creating a thriving life

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Author:

Hayley D Quinn

HOW is this book helping people?

This book helps people understand themselves better, cultivate a compassionate mind and change the relationship they have with themselves so they make choices that allow them to live a thriving life and avoid burnout. It is a gentle, powerful book for anyone who has spent too long putting their own needs last. With evidence-based advice and practical steps it offers a roadmap to recognise the habits, unhelpful stories and cyclical beliefs that hold you back and keep you stuck in exhaustion, burnout, guilt and self-criticism, while guiding you to cultivate self-compassion and a new way of relating to yourself. Through four parts, this book invites you to:

Start Where You Are: get to know all parts of who you are
Explore the Possibilities: reconnect with your dreams, values and future self
Learn to Do It Differently: practise courage, self-compassion and boundaries
Find Your New Way of Being: create a values-aligned life that supports your wellbeing

Book available for purchase.

drhayleydquinn.com

Finalist

Dear Carer,

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Author:

Sarah Martin

HOW is this book helping people?

When someone you love is struggling with their mental health, life can shift in an instant. Suddenly you’re searching for answers you never imagined needing. Trying to hold your world together and at the same time helping someone find their way through the dark. Sarah sits alongside carers, psychiatrists, psychologists, doctors, nurses, police, paramedics, and clinicians to unravel the topics carers are so often left to navigate alone. She explores emergency care, recovery care and more, and shows in small but powerful ways, how carers can use tools to support and advocate for their loved ones, while still caring for themselves.

Dear Carer, is not just a book. It’s a hand to hold, a breath of reassurance, and a reminder that love, steady, imperfect, or determined, can light even the darkest moments.

Book available for purchase.

amazon.com.au

2026 Awards – Psychology

Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists for 2026 Banner for Health Psychology

2026 best book awarded to authors on the subject of Health - Psychology.

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Winner

Dear Carer,

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Author:

Sarah Martin

HOW is this book helping people?

When someone you love is struggling with their mental health, life can shift in an instant. Suddenly you’re searching for answers you never imagined needing. Trying to hold your world together and at the same time helping someone find their way through the dark. Sarah sits alongside carers, psychiatrists, psychologists, doctors, nurses, police, paramedics, and clinicians to unravel the topics carers are so often left to navigate alone. She explores emergency care, recovery care and more, and shows in small but powerful ways, how carers can use tools to support and advocate for their loved ones, while still caring for themselves.

Dear Carer, is not just a book. It’s a hand to hold, a breath of reassurance, and a reminder that love, steady, imperfect, or determined, can light even the darkest moments.

Book available for purchase.

amazon.com.au

Finalist

GenNexus: The Future of Being

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Author:

Jack Myers

HOW is this book helping people?

Readers of GenNexus: The Future of Being, will gain a deep understanding of the first generation born post-AI who will never remember life before machine intelligence. This hopeful and positive story introduces GenNexus as the architects of a more inclusive, imaginative, and deeply human future. It is written for both the GenNexus cohort to read as they mature and for the parents, grandparents, educators, and leaders preparing them for an unprecedented future. Through text and images, the book defines this new generation and shares how machine intelligence has the potential to positively reshape learning, work, relationships, identity, belonging, and the wonderful qualities of being human. With a view of the opportunities and ethical challenges ahead, GenNexus seeks to replace fear with informed dialogue and purposeful action, explaining why empathy, creativity, courage, judgment, and human connection must guide this generation’s development.

Book available for purchase.

amazon.com

2026 Awards – Nutrition and Diet

Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists for 2026 Banner for Health Nutrition and Diet

2026 best book awarded to authors on the subject of Health - Nutrition and Diet.

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Winner

Birdie's Cooking Class: A Tasty Take on Eating Healthy

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Author:

Jessica Nicole McAnelly

HOW is this book helping people?

In Birdie's Cooking Class: A Tasty Take on Cooking Fun, our cheerful bluebird friend Birdie is back—this time leading her animal pals on a delicious new adventure in the kitchen! When Birdie invites her friends to join her cooking class, excitement fills the air. From measuring ingredients and washing hands to stirring, tasting, and teamwork, every step becomes a fun-filled learning moment.

Through colorful illustrations, playful rhymes, and easy-to-understand lessons, Birdie shows readers that cooking isn't just about food—it's about safety, creativity, and confidence. With each recipe and rule, children learn how to handle kitchen tools carefully, keep food clean, and explore healthy choices in a joyful, hands-on way.

Designed for young readers, parents, and educators, Birdie's Cooking Class encourages curiosity and togetherness in the heart of the home—the kitchen. With Birdie's signature kindness and leadership, this story stirs up laughter, learning, and a sprinkle of responsibi

Book available for purchase.

amazon.com

Finalist

The Hardiness Effect: Grow from Stress, Optimise Health, Live Longer

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Author:

Dr Paul Taylor

HOW is this book helping people?

The Hardiness Effect helps people transform their lives by teaching them how to build resilience and face adversity head-on. Paul's book provides practical tools to cultivate a hardy mindset, enabling you to see challenges not as threats, but as opportunities for growth. It moves beyond theory, offering actionable strategies to strengthen your sense of commitment, control, and challenge—the three core components of hardiness. By applying these principles, you can learn to manage stress more effectively, improve your performance under pressure, and find deeper meaning in your personal and professional life. The book equips you with a mental framework to not just survive difficult times, but to emerge from them stronger, more confident, and more capable than before. It’s a guide to unlocking your inner strength and thriving in a world of constant change.

Book available for purchase.

amazon.com.au

2026 Awards – Mind, Body, Spirit

Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists for 2026 Banner for Health Mind Body and Spirit

2026 best book awarded to authors on the subject of Health - Mind, Body, Spirit.

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Results

Winner

The Hardiness Effect: Grow from Stress, Optimise Health, Live Longer

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Author:

Dr Paul Taylor

HOW is this book helping people?

The Hardiness Effect helps people transform their lives by teaching them how to build resilience and face adversity head-on. Paul's book provides practical tools to cultivate a hardy mindset, enabling you to see challenges not as threats, but as opportunities for growth. It moves beyond theory, offering actionable strategies to strengthen your sense of commitment, control, and challenge—the three core components of hardiness. By applying these principles, you can learn to manage stress more effectively, improve your performance under pressure, and find deeper meaning in your personal and professional life. The book equips you with a mental framework to not just survive difficult times, but to emerge from them stronger, more confident, and more capable than before. It’s a guide to unlocking your inner strength and thriving in a world of constant change.

Book available for purchase.

amazon.com.au

Finalist

Echoes of the Timeless

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Author:

Catia Batalha

HOW is this book helping people?

Echoes of the Timeless offers readers a transformative journey of healing and self-discovery. By blending storytelling with insights from yoga, psychology, shamanism, and indigenous wisdom, it provides practical tools for personal growth. The narrative encourages introspection, helping individuals reconnect with their inner selves and navigate life's challenges with greater clarity and purpose. This book serves as a gentle guide for those seeking balance and deeper understanding in their lives.

Book available for purchase.

amazon.com