'Mandatory for anyone with a brain' - Anna Whitehouse, founder of Mother Pukka
'Relatable, practical and knowledgable' - Gemma Bray, creator of The Organized Mum Method
From clinical psychologist and author of A Toolkit for Modern Life, Dr. Emma Hepburn, comes A Toolkit for Happiness - the ultimate guide to long-term and sustainable happiness.
Using her much-loved trademark illustrations, Dr. Hepburn arms us with 53 accessible and easy-to-use tools to boost our moods and feel better. She teaches us that happiness is as much about weathering the storms of life, accepting its natural ebbs and flows, as it is about enjoying the sunny weather - and that by implementing small and simple changes we can build a more compassionate brain that carries us through our daily lives, no matter the weather.
From practical tools to aid you on those extra stormy days to thought-provoking exercises for your day-to-day mental wellbeing, A Toolkit for Happiness will you to cultivate positive habits, better understand your emotions and put you on the path to a healthier and happier you.
I’m generally not a fan of well-being books, but this is a fantastic guide that gets you to think logically about making yourself feel better. It’s packed with illustrations and analogies that make everything Emma’s trying to say a lot easier to understand. Plus, there’s a few interactive activities where you can write in the book. A lot of ideas that have been mentioned to help my mental health actually seem achievable and make a lot of sense and are good ideas that I’ll use in the future.
Some.good tips, as to consider happiness as a sandwich, and decide what we use for the base, and what we want for the fillers. Also, a great Scottish accent, a bit difficult to understand sometimes to my unaccustomed ear, but a pleasure anyway.
I’m not usually one for self-help or wellness books, but this book was simple, light hearted and helpful! I love that there were practical aspects to it with the exercises given within the book to help our mental health, especially the idea and reality of happiness and how to differentiate them.
The final book from this author for me, it was quite nice, but not as awesome as the two I have already read. I love the illustrations and some of the tips were actually good!