Professor Steve Peters 3 Book Set The Silent Guides, My Hidden Chimp, The Chimp Paradox

This three-book collection by Professor Steve Peters brings together his chimp management mind model across adulthood and childhood. Featuring The Chimp Paradox, The Silent Guides and My Hidden Chimp, the set explores how the mind works, how emotions and behaviours can be understood, and how practical habits can be developed and retained for life.

Across the books, Peters explains neuroscience and psychology in a straightforward, accessible way, supported by exercises, activities and examples. The collection is written for adults looking to understand unhelpful learnt behaviours and beliefs, as well as for parents, teachers and carers seeking ideas to help children form healthy, constructive habits.

Included titles

• The Chimp Paradox
• The Silent Guides
• My Hidden Chimp

Key details

• Three-book set by Professor Steve Peters
• Based around the chimp management mind model
• Includes exercises and activities (as described in the books)
• Explores 10 habits as examples for reflection and everyday life
• Written for adults and for parents, teachers and carers supporting children

Synopses

The Chimp Paradox

A mind management model designed to help readers recognise how their mind is working and learn to understand and manage emotions and thoughts. The book explains the internal struggle within the mind and applies this understanding to different areas of life, using simplified scientific facts and principles. Chapters highlight key facts and include exercises intended to support emotional skills and practical habits over time.

The Silent Guides

This book looks at the developing mind throughout life, covering aspects of neuroscience and psychology such as unconscious thinking, behaviours and habit formation. It offers practical ideas for reflection, using 10 helpful habits as examples. It also considers where unhealthy or destructive learnt behaviours and beliefs may come from, and suggests ways to replace them with healthier, more constructive patterns, with ideas for adults and for those supporting children.

My Hidden Chimp

An educational book focused on helping children understand and manage emotions and behaviour through 10 habits. It provides ideas for parents, teachers and carers, discussing the science behind the habits in a practical way with exercises and activities. The neuroscience of the mind is simplified for children, with examples including smiling, talking through feelings, learning to say sorry and knowing how to ask for help.