Making Friends with Anxiety: A Little Book of Arts and Crafts Therapy: 10 easy things to make in under two hours

by Sarah Rayner

If you're self-isolating alone or in lockdown with your family because of Coronavirus outbreak, Make and Bake Your Way Through Difficult Times by the author of the bestselling Making Friends with Anxiety will be an invaluable source of support. The follow-up to the word-of-mouth success, Making Friends with Anxiety, by bestselling author Sarah Rayner, it contains ten creative activities which can help soothe anxiety in lockdown and self-isolation, alongside in-depth advice on reducing stress and fear. Written with Sarah’s trademark warmth and humour, it is full of suggestions of practical things to make and do at home. * Each activity can be completed in less than two hours * All activities are suitable for beginners, and most are ideal for children * Many can be done indoors, or in your own backyard * Fully illustrated with clear step-by-step instructions * Backed by an online support group In addition the book also explains what triggers anxiety, and how ‘making friends’ with our difficult feelings, coupled with gentle creative activity can help. Whether you’re a convert to crafts or a complete novice, this array of quick, cheap and easy activities will inspire and uplift you, nurturing mindfulness and positivity. Why not experiment with an activity today and find which you enjoy?

- Bake bread without yeast - Make cake without eggs or flour - Make a crumble using almost any kind of fruit - Paint pebbles from the garden - Sew a simple cover for your phone - Plant seeds - Plant a window box or container - Carve wood - Make a necklace ... and more

PRAISE FOR MAKING FRIENDS WITH

'Simple, lucid advice on how to accept your anxiety' Matt Haig, bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive

‘Reads like chatting with an old friend; one with wit, wisdom and experience’ Laura Lockington, Brighton and Hove Independent

PRAISE FOR SARAH ‘Brilliant…Warm and approachable’ Essentials ‘Carefully crafted and empathetic’ Sunday Times ‘You'll want to inhale it in one breath' Easy Living

Genres: Nonfiction

126 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 6, 2015

About the author

"Reading a Sarah Rayner book is like having a no-holds-barred chat with a close friend..."

Sarah Rayner writes both fiction and non-fiction and has sold over 750,000 books worldwide. She is the author of six novels - including 'Searching for Mr. Yesterday', published in February 2023. Her novel, the international bestseller, 'One Moment, One Morning' has two follow-ups, 'The Two Week Wait' and 'Another Night, Another Day', which feature the same Brighton-based characters.

She is also the author/publisher of the 'Making Friends' series of non-fiction self-help books. 'Making Friends with Anxiety: a warm, supportive little book to help ease worry and panic', 'Making Friends with the Menopause' and 'Making Peace with Depression' were published in 2022 by Thread, the non-fiction imprint of Bookouture. They were fully revised and edited for republication.

In 2021, Sarah published 'No More Tigers', her mother's childhood memoir, through her independent imprint, Creative Pumpkin Publishing. Mary Rayner grew up in Burma and when she was eight years old, in 1942, Mary and her family fled from Burma to India on foot to escape the invading Japanese. Mary Rayner is now 89, and is the author/illustrator of the 'Pig Books'. Sarah has written both a Foreword and Afterword for the memoir which is available on Amazon.

To find out more about Sarah or get in touch, please visit her website, www.sarah-rayner.com - it always makes her day to hear to hear from her readers. She is also on Facebook, Instagram and TicToc (search for Creative Pumpkin) and regularly posts about her life in Brighton, England, where she lives with her husband, Tom.