As someone with anxiety, I found this book to be very helpful. I really enjoyed reading it.

Richard Gilpin is so wise. This book is beautiful, his words are beautiful and his meditation exercises are brilliant. I teach movement and have a guided meditation at the end of my class. I have read out "developing loving kindness' so far which is a meditation on applying the love you feel for other people to yourself and then to the world. Someone who was having a hard day started crying but actually found it very releasing. I also used his 'containing catastrophe' exercise (where you imagine the absolutely worst thing that can happen) to advise a friend who had a difficult decision to make and I have been using his weather reports exercise with my children and their stormy feelings. This book isn't just a series of exercises, Gilpin has such an appreciation for life and he reminds the reader to take pleasure in moments of small wonder and to embrace 'just being.' This really is a treasure.

A very useful book for helping to keep anxiety at bay. It's well written and full of sound advice.
Strongly recommended.
Many thanks to Quarto Publishing Books and Netgalley

This book is easy to read and very useful . Meditation exercises are brilliant and I can't wait to put them in practice. Thank you for the opportunity to read this book, it will help many other people.

Thank you to Quatro Publishing and Netgalley for a complementary reading copy of this book in return for my honest review.

This was a great little book, that was very easy to read. It gave a good over view of mindfulness and the importance of not abiding by the McMindfulness sold In today’s society, but rather to have a clear understanding of what one values and how to in accordance to these values; to be mindful of how and why we act the way we do. The book follows the basis of Buddhist teaching without specifically referring to these ways of living as being Related to Buddha until about 3/4 the way through.

I Believe this easily accessible book will resonate well with many as it is full of wisdom for living a good life every day, one breath and space at a time.

Thank you for the opportunity to review this great book.