A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled

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I thought mindfulness was for people who drink their own urine and share Facebook quotes about dancing in the rain. Ruby Wax's acting and presenting career has spanned stage and screen, and her writing talent has created some of our favourite television comedies, from Girls on Top to Absolutely Fabulous. If you've found that you're stuck at a dead end when it comes to figuring yourself out and how to deal with mental health issues, I would recommend reading this book. I rationalize it like this: of course, my attention is always everywhere because of my faith and my intune-ness to my feelings.

It gives a strong impression that you can do it without needing to significantly change your current activities, which is appealing and certainly should make it an option worthy of consideration for those who are concerned that they might not commit to a more formal course. 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. The only thing I would say is that it came off a bit tactless when it talked about certain other belived, but I don't think it's overly malicious and goes hand in hand with Ruby wax's brand of humour. These days she promotes understanding of the brain and campaigns for greater mental health awareness and destigmatisation.The final chapters around her personal challenge of a week long meditation was fantastic, eating a digestive today was a different experience for me too!

I enjoyed Ruby Wax's writing style, although I take issue with the Arianna Huffington quote on the back cover describing it as 'hilarious' because it isn't. It's an easy-to-understand introduction to mindfulness, weaved together with Ruby's trademark wit and humour. Her popularity in terms of comedy came from her interviewing technique: she was always forthright, brash and loud, conforming to the British stereotype of an American.

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 have yet to try the six week course, to see if there are real positive changes to be made, but aim to start and report back (to you dear brain) in six weeks time. Homeopathy is clearly bollocks, ditto for Reiki, and you can shove your crystals where the sun don't shine. Teaming her wit and humour with personal anecdotes on her journey to mindfulness - Ruby Wax tells it like no other. For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice center (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK).I very much liked Ruby Wax's first book "Sane New World: Taming The Mind" which was a very interesting read insightful and funny but this tried to be all things to all women/men as a guide to mindfulness and so included chapters for teenagers and children etc, but for me it felt very much like a retread of her first book with some additional information specific to mindfulness and specific about her own experiences with mental illness which although interesting was not why I bought the book. With a Masters from Oxford in mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, Ruby is now also a mental health campaigner and author. A more structured follow up to Sane New World, with a little more 'science' behind it and a six week course of mindfulness exercises. Ruby additionally holds a Master's degree in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy from Oxford University, and was awarded an OBE in 2015 for her services to mental health.

Sometimes we’re too focused on our little problems and we don’t understand what’s really important: pay attention. She also displays her vulnerability in a very open and honest manner, both in her adolescent years and into adult life. I found parts of this book really easy to read, but faltered at chapter 5 and the mindfulness exercises. I probably wouldn't have picked up this book if it hadn't been recommended to me -- and I have to say that some of the exercises just don't work for me. In short, I think this is a good, readable introduction to mindfulness, if you bear in mind that Wax's own issues are on the extreme side and the practice is supposed to also be useful for less dramatic situations.Ruby Wax has an extraordinary mind , and she has brought it to bear with trademark wit and searing honesty .