A Mindfulness Guide For The Frazzled by Ruby Wax
My review
4/5 stars
I've read several of Ruby Wax's books in the past couple of years, but not the earlier ones. Mindfulness is something that I keep revisiting and always struggle to completely get into the habit of, so I was keen to see if Ruby Wax's more humorous approach to it helped.
Sadly it didn't make a difference to my approach to mindfulness. I listened to an audiobook version of this and found the mindfulness guide in the second half of the book hard to follow along with. It didn't encourage me to go back and give the meditations another go.
What I did enjoy about this book was the author's writing style. She is brutally honest but it never feels hard to listen to or abrasive - she's just relatable on a universally human scale. Her anecdotes were delivered with humour and warmth, and provided realism and accessibility in a big way.
Book blurb
'We are all frazzled, all of us...'Five hundred years ago no one died of we invented this concept and now we let it rule us. In A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled, Ruby Wax shows us how to de-frazzle for good by making simple changes that give us time to breathe, reflect and live in the moment. It's an easy-to-understand introduction to mindfulness, weaved together with Ruby's trademark wit and humour.Let Ruby be your guide to a healthier, happier you. You've nothing to lose but your stress...
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You can buy the book here now. It was published by Penguin.
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