I’m delighted to announce that I have two new books coming out in the series I co-author with clinical psychologist Dr Jessamy Hibberd: This Book Will Make You Mindful and This Book Will Make You Feel Beautiful. This Book Will Make You Mindful: We live increasingly busy lives and can often struggle to cope with the pressure we’reContinue reading “This Book Will Make You Mindful and This Book Will Make You Feel Beautiful”
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My Birmingham University talk (video)
Last year I was invited to warble about my career at my old home-away-from-home, Birmingham University. The talk was called ‘Being a Cosmo Columnist and other stories’ and was about how I started in journalism, how I got the writing gigs I did and how I got my book deal. The good people who organised the shindig recorded theContinue reading “My Birmingham University talk (video)”
Download your own Mind Map: a simple way to understand your mood
It’s all too easy to forget that how you feel emotionally is actually important. That might sound ridiculous, but when was the last time you thought, ‘Why do I feel down/angry/anxious/worried and how can I stop it?’ Often it’s easier to just accept those feelings as inevitable byproducts of a busy life without digger deeper.Continue reading “Download your own Mind Map: a simple way to understand your mood”
How to make genuinely achievable goals in 2014
Jess and I (the wondrous Dr Jessamy Hibberd with whom I have written This Book Will) penned a blog together about New Year resolutions and how to keep them (which you can read on our site jessamyandjo.com). I was going to re-post it here, but then realised it’s probably too late as pretty much everyoneContinue reading “How to make genuinely achievable goals in 2014”
Why certain words are bad for you
It’s no secret that words hold huge power. Everything from declaring your undying love for someone to accidentally calling your hot neighbour with a hair-loss complex “bald” rather than “Bob”. The old missive “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is well-intentioned bollocks. Words can do untold damage ifContinue reading “Why certain words are bad for you”
My talk at Birmingham University
I am going to be speechifying at my old shuffling ground, Birmingham University, on the 26 October as part of their Book to the Future literary festival. You can catch me at 4.30pm talking about how I got started in writing, how I first got my job in magazines, who the best people I’ve everContinue reading “My talk at Birmingham University”
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