The Attention Recovery Plan: How to win the battle for focus in a world built to break it

$36.99

ISBN: 9781761263231

Format: Trade Paperback

Pub Date: 28/04/2026

Category: Self-Help & Personal Development, Popular Psychology, Coping With Stress, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SELF-HELP / Anxieties & Phobias, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Depression, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Anxieties & Phobias, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / General

Imprint: Macmillan Australia

Price: $36.99

Pages: 304

Our addiction to our devices is pernicious, pervasive and addictive. Powerful tech titans harness our attention to maximise their profits at the expense of our time, attention and mental health. This reliance on screens, resulting in constant dopamine spiking, is wreaking havoc on our capacity to immerse ourselves in problem-solving tasks and creative endeavours.

The research is unequivocal. An overuse of our devices leads to burnout, anxiety, depression, procrastination and sleeplessness. The good news is there's a way we can harness technology for our own benefit, and achieve the sense of peace, focus, and purpose we crave.

Packed with cutting-edge research and practical advice, The Attention Recovery Plan arms us with the powerful tools we need to break our reliance on screens, reset our dopamine levels and achieve the kinds of long-term goals that lead to a satisfying, full and happy life.

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For more than 10 years, former lawyer and bestselling author David Gillespie has devoted himself to exposing forces in today's society that work against our interests as consumers and citizens. Beginning with the Sweet Poison books, he followed those up with Big Fat Lies and Toxic Oil. He then focused on education in Free Schools, before returning to the topic of nutrition in Eat Real Food, then the everyday psychopath in Taming Toxic People. He then tackled the effect of screens and devices on teens in Teen Brain and how to restore mental calm and stability in Brain Reset. He then taught us how to tame the workplace psychopath in Toxic at Work. Now he is helping us reclaim our attention for improved mental health and deep focus in his latest book The Attention Recovery Plan.

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