A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled

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I loved this as an audiobook, because Wax is engaging and entertaining, and I liked the guided mindfulness that you get with a voice telling you the steps.

I'm conscious that the problem I had with this section of the book was that I was reading for leisure rather than as a deliberate decision to practice the exercises.I don't actually think I've seen any of Ruby Wax's work as a comedian, although I knew her name and face, so I don't know how her writing style compares to her comedy work. I didn't really have high hopes going into this book but I do like Ruby Wax and thought I'd give it a shot as I'm on the lookout for any help with depression and anxiety. If you like this genre of psychological self help, have a look at Louise L Hay's The Power Is Within You or if you want humour with a gentle psychological twist, look at the equally very excellent Career change and other applications By Alan Bates. in parts of it, which is actually a pretty cathartic affirmation that it's not just me that loses my absolute shit about things.

It's extremely readable, and Wax includes plenty of easily-digestible but apparently thorough information about how the brain works and what mindfulness can do about it.The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Wax has developed her own 6-week mindfulness course, which is shorter than most approaches (8 weeks seems to be the standard).