A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled

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She met French and Saunders at a party and worked alongside them a number of times, on television in Happy Families, at charity events such as Hysteria and notably the sitcom Girls on Top. Ruby played Shelley Dupont, a stereotypically loud American dying for a career in show-business. Not a huge hit, Girls on Top nevertheless gave the trio the chance to find their feet in comedy. One of the things we often see (especially with comedians) is their funny outer persona and don’t learn about their internal battle with depression until after they’re gone and so I respect her openness.

Would you consider the audio edition of A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled to be better than the print version? Through humor and unbridled truth, Ruby Wax shares her journey to mindfulness, illuminating how it can improve our state of mind and change our brain for a healthier, happier life -- Goldie Hawn on 'Sane New World' It's right that Ruby should read this herself as she is so immersed in the subject, and she relates the struggle it was for her to complete the book during a very serious period of depression. Although known as a comedienne, this is Ruby as a real private woman and her voice can range from the high, fast zassy Personal Story narratives throughout, to soft, beaten down, struggling human being.

Ruby Wax is brave, generous and hilarious - the perfect guide on a tour of the brain -- Arianna Huffington on 'Sane New World' A key area Ruby likes to explore in this book is the idea that modern life has caused us to become stressed, anxious and depressed. It’s written in a way that’s relatable and you’ll find yourself saying ‘ah, yes I totally get that!’ Mindfulness can be described in several different ways. I like to describe it as – training yourself to let life happen without passing judgment on every day thought and feelings that find their way to you. Ruby Wax combines neuroscience with her usual eloquence, clarity and humour Marjorie Wallace CBE, founder of SANE, on 'Sane New World'

Depression, she thinks, “is worse than cancer. I hear it every night when I do my show. There’s always someone there who’s had cancer and who’s had depression and they say the depression is worse. They tell me a really good line that I couldn’t have made up: ‘with cancer, I wanted to live, and with depression, I wanted to die.’”

hour ago When Leaving Your Abuser, Get Permission Why allowing yourself to be discarded gives you the upper hand and how it works. Ruby Wax is out of it. Her words, not mine. “Can he [the photographer] take pictures of me with my sunglasses on?” she asks, and for once, she isn’t joking. She is semi-slumped on the sofa in the living room of her Notting Hill home, eating kebabs that her housekeeper has made. “I’m really glazed. I’m out of it with the medication. They’ve added something new and I’m supposed to take it at night but I took it in the day.” Frazzled shouldn’t be confused with stress. We need stress – otherwise no oomph, and no oomph means no civilisation. We never would have stood up on two legs without it –still an impossible feat in six-inch heels. Frazzled is a whole new thing: being stressed about being stressed, usually for something we’ve manufactured in our heads. Unanswerable concepts, like: “Why am I a failure?” Not even Einstein had an answer to that one. In my book I present my own six-week mindfulness course with the blessing of Mark Williams, my professor at Oxford and co-creator of MBCT. With my programme you don’t have to perch on a gluten-free cushion, you can do the exercises anywhere, anytime; in the gym while pumping the pecs, or while eating a chocolate-chip cookie (or both at the same time).

Whip-smart on the subject... she teaches the art of doing nothing in a way that doesn't send you to sleep * The Times * Ruby Wax has an extraordinary mind, and she has brought it to bear with trademark wit and searing honesty... A ruby beyond price Stephen Fry on 'Sane New World'

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An accessible guide to mindfulness from the comedian and cognitive therapist S magazine, Sunday Express Many of the mindfulness books out there have no personality ( I know because I’ve read a lot of them) whereas this title has you almost hooked from the outset. Being so relatable and humorous, this book is well worth a read if you just want a simple yet detailed beginners guide to mindfulness that doesn’t beat around the bush. What exactly is in the book?