What a book!
It contains A LOT of things, all related to how to realistically maintain our wellbeing. I like the writing style, it is fun and to the point with a touch of storytelling here and there. The tone is light and there's humor in every points all the way to the 52nd.
This might be the most honest book about wellbeing that contains realistic advice.

I thought this was really well written and I look forward to reading more from this author in the future. I think it will find readers at our library, so we will definitely be purchasing for the collection.

An insight a week to help your wellbeing and balance of the work: life ratio in life. Easy to achieve ideas.

An interesting enough book, but when life and all it's dramas and stresses and traumas gets in the way, it's very hard to achieve well being, certainly for me.. It's a book for reading over a longer period of time that reviewing it within a timescale will allow so whilst I am sure it is very helpful when practiced over a long period, this one is not for me.

An interesting book. A bit like a self help guide. Read each chapter week by week. Insightful and useful to see the 'bigger picture'.

Star Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Reading Difficulty: 2/5
Length: 264 pages
Available Formats: eBook, Hardcover, Paperback
Recommended for: Those who have a casual interest in wellbeing and don’t know where to start
Not recommended for: Those who are already wellbeing junkies

Review ✒️

When I saw a few Kogan Page titles appear on NetGalley’s offering, of course I had to sign up for them! Thank you to the publisher for my free review copy in exchange for an honest review.

True to its title, this book consists of 52 chapters, one for every wellbeing topic imaginable, every week of the year - music to my brain! 52 Weeks is a light read, perfect for consuming in bite-sized pieces, be it first thing in the morning, during your commute, or a chapter before bedtime.

I love that each chapter introduces you to the theory / research behind each wellbeing concept, translates what it means in everyday contexts, and, most importantly, offers the reader a bullet-pointed list of actionable suggestions of how to apply these learnings to better our daily wellbeing.

The author Ryan Hopkins writes from a place of compassion, understanding, and personal experience. His writing style is friendly and down-to-earth - no preachiness here! A quote that he uses throughout the book is: “big doors swing on little hinges” — by embracing small changes little and often, we create significant change overtime. This is exactly the philosophy this book adopts and instils in its reader.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this well-paced introduction to wellbeing, 52 Weeks of Wellbeing gets a solid 4/5 star rating from me! A great book to pick up for yourself or a friend.

Interesting and thoughtful book on 52 ways of improving your wellbeing. A great book for either a yearlong challenge or to dip into when you need a pep talk.

I don't generally read self-help books but I found some of the advice in this book quite helpful. I did skim read some parts because I felt like they were too lengthy for me, but overall I thought it was interesting and educational.

A nice book with simple concepts, some of which you have probably heard of before, broken down into 52 short sections which ideally I think should be read across the course of a year while you attempt to implement one per week. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC, the only issue I would say is that I made an effort to read it quicker than I would have done otherwise which makes remembering these tips a little harder. One of my own might be to set aside time on a Monday to read one section per week and making that a practise in itself and then the following week seeing how well you did at implementing one of the wellness tips!

Written in a friendly and easy to read way, it was a great reminder if nothing else to stop, breathe, take a walk and generally understand that it's not work/life balance but all of it is just balancing life in general and not letting work get on top of me. I'll try to keep some of these tips up, wish me luck!

Interesting and a good read. I liked how it goes into explaining how productivity isn't just for the workplace and how to bring that perspective back home.

This was a very helpful book. The author has written it like he is talking directly to you (something that grips my attention from the get go).

There are lots of tips to help your mind and gives you motivation to keep it up.

Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for this ARC.

This book dragged me in from the first sentence. It's like he is talking to you. There are lots of interesting tips to keep your mind and body healthy along the way and motivational methods so that you keep up the good work.

There are so many self help books and those on wellbeing it can be daunting to find one that gives easily understandable and clear guidelines.

Split into 52 sections there are exercises that assist in the day to day of this strange place we call earth.

For someone that has struggled massively at times due to being neuro diverse this is a very useful weapon in my armoury against what life throws at me. You can dip in and out of the exercises and do them in random.

If you want a very handy, straight forward, guide to trying to make life a little more tolerable this would be a wise choice 5/5.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

Unfortunately, this book wasn't for me and I decided to DNF (did not finish) it soon after starting it.

This could be ‘accused’ of repeating all the usual stuff in the self help genre but I don’t think that’s true. There are a lot of ideas you may have heard before but Ryan Hopkins adds a personal touch and also a clear path to follow.

The book describes the concept, then illustrates it with recent research and academic ideas, and then gives three tips (or more) to enable you to use the concept in your everyday life. There are fifty two so that you can work on one for a week before moving on. It’s been shown that trying to do too many changes simultaneously almost guarantees failure. Mr Hopkins sets things out so that you have a good chance of success. He says "Small smart choices with consistency over time equal a radical difference."

There’s fascinating stuff about how hungry parole boards make decisions and how really focusing while listening to music can help with relaxation. The trick is to be fully present. There’s a handy playlist to start you off.

If you’re really stuck on what to do in a situation, you can always ask - ‘what would Fergus do?’ But to understand that, you’ll have to read the book.

I was given a copy if the book by NetGalley

Really, really enjoyed this one! The tips were really practical and applicable to day-to-day life. I honestly didn't expect to take so much from this book, but every chapter held something which I found real meaning in. A couple did feel like slight repetition, which is why I'm going for the 4 stars...

I received an ARC from Netgalley


This book provides well-known suggestions for improving wellbeing, supported by research and personal experiences of the author. The reader can implement these suggestions gradually, such as reading one chapter per week, to enhance their own wellbeing and potentially help themselves

This book was not my cup of tea, but I really see it benefitting some people just beginning to jump into wellbeing, especially from a corporate viewpoint. Ultimately, this is a book about helping yourself when the corporate world seems to give us such little leeway. I had hoped for a little more discussion on changing the systems themselves.

Sadly, this book wasn't for me and I failed to finish it. I just couldn't connect to the writing style. I work in the Wellbeing space and maybe this is why I found this so underwhelming. Sadly nothing new or exciting, just tired old content.

As a new and first time mom, it’s easy to get lost in the day to day. It’s easy to get lost in the seamingly mundane tasks of every day. It’s easy to start losing yourself.

While I don’t think this book was groundbreaking, it was incredibly helpful in reminding me to keep my cup full. People need to keep themselves fulfilled and their cup full in order to be able to pour from them.

This book was a good and gentle reminder that while I’m taking care of my family, I also need to take care of myself.