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A guide to our anxious minds; offering a route to calm, self-compassion and mental wellbeing

Far more than we tend to realise, we're all - in private - deeply anxious. There is so much that worries us across our days and nights: whether our hopes will come true, whether others will like us, whether the people we care about will be OK, whether we can escape humiliation and grief.

Too often, we bottle up our anxieties or try to avoid looking at them directly. We are ashamed of how worried we are and end up feeling isolated and yet more worried. None of this is necessary. Anxiety is deeply normal and, like so much else that troubles our minds, it can be understood and brought under our control. We all deserve to wake up every day without a sense of foreboding.

This is a guide to anxiety: why we feel it, how we experience it when it strikes and what we can do when we come under its influence. Across a series of essays that look at the subject from a number of angles, the tone is helpful, compassionate and, in the best sense, practical.

We have suffered for too long under the rule of anxiety. Here - at last - is a pathway to a calmer, more compassionate and more light-hearted future.

Chapters Include:

  • How could we be anything but?
  • Anxiety & evolution
  • Self-hatred & anxiety
  • Friendship & anxiety
  • Happiness & anxiety

Hardback book | 111 pages | 200mm x 170mm

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Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Benjamin Z. ★★★★★

The chapter on why our minds are wired for worry hit me harder than I expected. I finished it in two sittings, and the bit about self-compassion actually gave me something to practice instead of just theory.

Emily A. ★★★★★

I’ve never underlined so much in a book before—the section about how we’re all secretly anxious felt like it was written for me. It doesn’t just explain the worry; it actually gives you small, practical steps toward self-compassion that I’ve been using daily. My only regret is not buying it sooner.

Matthew L. ★★★★★

The chapter on self-compassion alone was worth the price—it reframed how I talk to myself during late-night spirals. It reads like a conversation rather than a lecture, which made the practical steps feel doable instead of overwhelming. I've already lent it to two friends.