Books & Media
HeadStrong’s work is grounded in real conversations, real experience, and years of working with people, families, and organisations.
Alongside our one-to-one work, this experience has been shared through books, media, and talks focused on understanding the mind, behaviour, and change, without jargon or judgement.
Books by Brian
Breakthrough: Blueprint for the Mind
This book explores how patterns of thinking are formed, why people get stuck, and how real change happens when understanding comes first.
It’s not about motivation, hacks, or positive thinking.
It’s about making sense of how the mind works and why doing more effort often isn’t the answer. Many readers describe it as the first time things “clicked”.
Cracking the Teen Code
Written for parents, carers, and professionals working with teenagers, this book helps make sense of teenage behaviour without panic, blame, or fear. It explores emotional changes, withdrawal, anger or shutdown, communication breakdowns, and why “just talking to them” often doesn’t work.
The goal isn’t control, it’s understanding, connection, and calm leadership.
Media & Press
Brian and the HeadStrong team have contributed to conversations around mental health, confidence, behaviour, and change across a range of media.
BBC
National and regional newspapers
Radio and podcast discussions on mental health and wellbeing
Media work is approached in the same way as client work, practical, grounded, and focused on understanding rather than sensationalism.
Talks & Organisations Worked With
HeadStrong has delivered talks, workshops, and training sessions for a wide range of organisations, including:
Scottish Government
Barclays
Morgan Stanley
These sessions focus on areas such as:
Mental health and resilience
Confidence and performance under pressure
Understanding behaviour and change
Supporting wellbeing in high-demand environments
The same principles used in one-to-one work are applied at scale, clarity, understanding, and practical application.
Why this matters
For many people, choosing support is about more than credentials.
It’s about knowing the person or team you’re speaking to has:
Depth of experience
A clear, grounded way of thinking
A track record of working in complex, real-world situations
Books, media, and organisational work don’t replace personal support, but they do reflect the level of experience behind it.
A quiet next step
If you’re here because you want to understand how we think before reaching out, that makes sense.
If and when you’re ready, we’re here to talk things through and help you decide the right next step.
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