Mon 9 Nov · 6pm
Subiaco Library · Subiaco
a psychologist on the unexpected upside of being alone
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Join author, psychologist, mindset coach and speaker Dr Marny Lishman for this special presentation. Marny will discuss her new book Only You: The Unexpected Gift of Being Alone and unpack some of its ideas on how you can reframe your approach to relationships, being alone and loneliness. Books will be available for sale at the Dymocks Subiaco book stall after the event.
About Dr Marny Lishman
Dr Marny Lishman is an Author, Speaker, Doctor of Psychology, Mindset Coach and Media Commentator. She has a vast amount of experience working in a variety of roles over the last two decades, including private psychology practice, designing and implementing government health prevention programs, to training professionals in cutting edge evidence-based programs across Australia. She has also worked at a number of Australian Universities as a sessional academic and is a regular media commentator on Today Extra, The Morning Show, Nine News Perth and has been a columnist for Australia’s Body + Soul, & The Sunday Times. Marny is also the author of four books including Burnout to Brilliant, Crisis to Contentment and the newly released Only You: The Unexpected Gift of Being Alone.
About Only You: The Unexpected Gift of Being Alone
In a world obsessed with finding "the one," therapist, mindset coach and media commentator Dr Marny Lishman is asking a radical question: what if the most transformative relationship you'll ever have is the one with yourself? The World Health Organization declared…
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When is Author Talk - Dr Marny Lishman?
Mon 9 Nov 2026, 6pm.
Where is it?
Subiaco Library, Subiaco, WA.
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