‘Who needs another self-help series?’ Our new piece for Brain Blogger

Dr Jessamy Hibberd and I have written a piece for the award-winning health and science website Brain Blogger called ‘Who needs another self-help series?’. In it we explain why self-help is so important and describe what CBT is and how it can help everyone, no matter what they’re going through. We were honoured to be askedContinue reading “‘Who needs another self-help series?’ Our new piece for Brain Blogger”

New book press: Good Housekeeping, Natural Health and My 1000 Hours

We were thrilled to contribute to an article on body image in this month’s Good Housekeeping, using tips from This Book Will Make You Feel Beautiful. We’re also very pleased to see Sleep recommended in Natural Health magazine and Calm listed as a top resource for anxiety on My 1000 Hours website. This Book WillContinue reading “New book press: Good Housekeeping, Natural Health and My 1000 Hours”

Katie Piper pictured with my new books!

TV presenter and author Katie Piper has excellent taste. She uploaded this picture of herself holding my two new books to her Instagram account a few days ago. Doesn’t she look chuffed to bits with them? And why wouldn’t she, eh? So make like Katie and head to your nearest book shop. Huzzah!

BOOK LAUNCH DAY! Our new books are available to buy NOW

My new books with Dr Jessamy Hibberd on mindfulness and body image are available to buy RIGHT NOW (nudge nudge, wink wink, shove shove). Please form an orderly queue at your local run-down bookshop (or at the online tills) to get some no nonsense, practical advice on how to improve your self-esteem and how to make the most ofContinue reading “BOOK LAUNCH DAY! Our new books are available to buy NOW”

This Book Will Make You Mindful and This Book Will Make You Feel Beautiful

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”

My two new books! This Book Will Make You Mindful and This Book Will Make You Feel Beautiful

I’m delighted to announce that my new books on mindfulness and body image with clinical psychologist Dr Jessamy Hibberd are out now! This Book Will Make You Mindful: We live increasingly busy lives and can often struggle to cope with the pressure we’re put under by external factors and, most importantly, by ourselves. But help is atContinue reading “My two new books! This Book Will Make You Mindful and This Book Will Make You Feel Beautiful”

What Facebook’s ’emotion study’ teaches us about mood

Facebook has just released the findings of a (pretty controversial) ‘emotion study’ it undertook in 2012. ‘A small percentage’ of emotional words were hidden from approx 700,000 people’s news feeds over the course of one week to see the effect on their online behaviour. The words and phrases chosen were generally considered to represent happy, sad,Continue reading “What Facebook’s ’emotion study’ teaches us about mood”

This Book Will Save Your Life!

Great to see Foyles have featured our books as part of their ‘This Book Will Save Your Life’ campaign!

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”