Dr Marny Lishman

01/09/2025

CRISIS TO CONTENTMENT

Audiobook is out today 🤗 1st September!

I’m so excited that ‘Crisis To Contentment: The Getting of Wisdom, Mid-Life’ is now out in audiobook format and is available where all good audiobooks are sold: Spotify, Audible, Apple Books, Google Play, Kobo, and BorrowBox.

You will get to hear my dulcet tones reading it too ☺️ (just like I’m sitting next to you for HOURS)!

‘Crisis to Contentment - The getting of wisdom, mid-life’ is a practical and accessible guide to navigating the trials and tribulations of adulthood, reflecting on the range of ‘crises’ that adults might experience and why it’s crucial to listen to the wisdom brought forth from your emotional angst for a more contented future.

31/07/2025

BURNOUT TO BRILLIANT

Audiobook out today 🤗

I’m so excited that ‘Burnout to Brilliant’ is now out in audiobook format and is available where all good audiobooks are sold: Spotify, Audible, Apple Books, Google Play, Kobo, and BorrowBox.

BURNOUT TO BRILLIANT ⭐️ If you noticed yourself dragging yourself to work, felt cynical some of the time, felt exhausted throughout the day, felt the passion you once had all but disappeared … then you might be suffering from burnout.

Burnout to Brilliant is a practical guide to recharging, resetting and redesigning your life after experiencing burnout.
�From understanding your values to learning how to communicate boundaries, this easy-to-read guide will give you greater self-awareness about your mental health, strengthen your ability to manage your stress levels, assist you in designing a healthier personal and professional foundation from which to operate and reignite a passion for your personal and professional life.

This is about feelings, reflection, learnings, hope, and excitement for what you can create next. Perfect for this time of the year!

12/03/2025

PANDEMIC: Five years on (yes five years!!!) and we’re still feeling the effects of those disruptive months at the beginning of the pandemic. Was great to be invited on Channel Nine Today Extra this morning to discuss the physical and psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what opportunities emerged from the adversity.

05/03/2025

MIDLIFE: The pop culture cliche of the ‘midlife crisis’ is not particularly accurate. You might typically think of midlife crisis behaviours as buying a shiny new car and running off with a younger lover, but in reality, it’s probably more likely to involve feelings of stress, confusion, irritability and burnout.

Was great to chat to Claire Burke about the warning signs of a midlife crisis – and what to do for her recent article in Body + Soul.

The midlife crisis has had a modern makeover. Experts say it’s no longer defined by flashy cars or questionable tattoos, but shows up as burnout, fatigue and even self-destructive behaviour.

22/02/2025

COMFORT ZONE: Many of us are creatures of habit and fall into predictable routines. But giving something new a go can have major health and wellbeing benefits. Learning a new language, musical instrument, or skill, for example, can create new neural pathways and strengthen existing ones.

Nice to chat about the benefits of getting of your comfort zone in this new article for The Australian Women’s Weekly.

Many of us fall into predictable routines, but stepping outside our comfort zone can have major health and well-being benefits.

04/02/2025

GASLIGHTING: It is a term that gets thrown around a lot, but do you really know what it means? More importantly, would you be able to tell if someone was gaslighting you?

Nice to chat in this new article for Australian Women’s Weekly magazine which also outlines some useful strategies of how to deal with gaslighting if you’re on the receiving end of it.

From in relationships and friendships to at work and the doctor’s office, here’s how to spot gaslighting signs.

31/01/2025

CRISIS TO CONTENTMENT 😀

If you’re finding midlife to be a bit tricky to navigate, ‘Crisis to Contentment - The getting of wisdom, mid-life’ might be just the right thing to pick up at your local bookstore. This book is a practical and accessible guide to navigating the trials and tribulations of adulthood, reflecting on the range of ‘crises’ that adults might experience and why it’s crucial to listen to the wisdom brought forth from your emotional angst for a more contented and transformed future.

Available in all good bookstores and online.

22/01/2025

FEELINGS: Another book where I talk about feelings! Can’t help myself.

‘Crisis to Contentment - The getting of wisdom, mid-life’ is a practical and accessible guide to navigating the trials and tribulations of adulthood, reflecting on the range of ‘crises’ that adults might experience and why it’s crucial to listen to the wisdom brought forth from your emotional angst for a more contented and transformed future.

It’s all about noticing those feelings, understanding what they are telling you and taking steps to change some areas of your life for the better.

Published by the wonderful team at Affirm Press and available in all good bookstores and online📚

15/01/2025

NOSTALGIA: Do these photos get you all nostalgic?

Nostalgia’s role is to give us a taste of sentimentality, we get to feel the emotions we had in a particular moment.

We all get nostalgic from time to time, but maybe we should be doing it more often. I often spend time talking to my about their past, asking them what they were like when they were younger, what their homes were like, what they spent their time doing and what their interests were decades ago, long before they sat in my office. Nostalgia can reinforce our sense of identity by reminding us of our personal history and experiences as we reflect on what we used to do that make us feel happy, before we become adults and started doing what society seemed to expect of us. There can be many clues to who we are peppered throughout our memories that can be helpful to us in the present.

I just couldn’t help but get all nostalgic in my new book ‘Crisis to Contentment - The Getting of Wisdom, Mid-Life’.

Do you relish in nostalgia, when life gets a bit challenging? And did your cassette collection look a little like mine?

13/01/2025

‘CRISIS TO CONTENTMENT - The getting of wisdom, mid-life’ is WHSmith January non-fiction book of the month.

Loving my friends photo shares of my book at airport bookstores this week - a perfect sized book for reading on your next flight ✈️

07/01/2025

PRESENTING: One of the perks of being a presenter who writes books is that I can tie my presentations directly to the books I’ve written — and another bonus? Attendees get to take home a copy to reinforce what they’ve listened to!

When I’m not writing, I’m busy creating and delivering learning experiences. I absolutely love speaking at workplaces and industry events, sharing tools and strategies that people often don’t even know they need, until they hear them.

I’m taking bookings now for this year, so shoot me a message if you’d like a copy of my Speakers Kit for 2025.

01/01/2025

OUT NOW 🤩

‘CRISIS TO CONTENTMENT - The getting of wisdom, mid-life’ - I loved writing this new one!

Each phase of life brings with it its own set of challenges, and the average middle-aged person is busier than ever. Whether it’s career changes, raising children, caring for elderly parents, dealing with loss, loneliness, navigating divorce, tempering hot flushes or keeping up with fast-paced societal changes (or all of the above), us mid life folk have a lot on our plate.

‘Crisis to Contentment - The getting of wisdom, mid-life’ is a practical and accessible guide to navigating the trials and tribulations of adulthood, reflecting on the range of ‘crises’ that adults might experience and why it’s crucial to listen to the wisdom brought forth from your emotional angst for a more contented and transformed future.

Published by the wonderful team at Affirm Press and available in all good bookstores and online 📚