{"title":"Ruby Wax","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"sane-new-world-taming-the-mind-ruby-wax-paperback","title":"Sane New World: Taming the Mind by Ruby Wax - Non Fiction Mental Health Self-Help Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: New\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 9781444755756\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Hodder Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\nAge Range: Adult\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSane New World: Taming the Mind is Ruby Wax's candid, funny and evidence-based exploration of why our own minds so often work against us. Blending memoir with mindfulness science, Wax draws on her personal history of depression and her Oxford Masters in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy to explain how habitual, self-critical thinking fuels anxiety and stress - and, more importantly, how we can retrain our brains to find calmer, clearer ground in a frantic modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this new paperback edition, comedian and mental health campaigner Ruby Wax takes readers on a frank, funny and deeply personal journey through the workings of the human mind. Rather than offering vague platitudes, Wax grounds her advice in neuroscience and clinical psychology, explaining exactly how the brain's \"monkey mind\" chatter develops, why it spirals into anxious or self-defeating loops, and what can genuinely be done to interrupt the cycle. Drawing on her own experience of depression alongside her postgraduate study in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy at Oxford, she translates complex psychological concepts into accessible, often laugh-out-loud prose. The book walks readers through practical mindfulness exercises designed to build self-awareness, reduce reactivity and cultivate a calmer relationship with one's own thoughts. It has become a modern mental health touchstone precisely because it refuses to be preachy: Wax is as willing to mock herself as she is to share hard-won insight, making the material feel like advice from a witty, wise friend rather than a clinical textbook. 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Classically trained and internationally known for her television comedy work, she later completed a Masters degree at Oxford University in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, turning her attention to mental health advocacy. Wax has written several bestselling books on the subject, using her performer's instinct for storytelling to make psychological science warm, funny and genuinely useful. She is widely respected as one of the most engaging voices in popular mental health writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy You'll Love This Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFunny, honest and scientifically grounded, this is mindfulness writing without the jargon. 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Written as the world emerged from the pandemic, And Now For The Good News... gathers three years of research into the people, communities and technologies quietly making life better. Funny, warm and deeply human, it is a tonic for anyone craving hope, resilience and genuine positive change in their everyday life and mental health.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the green shoots of a post-pandemic world began to appear, Ruby Wax set out to find real evidence that things really can get better. The result is And Now For The Good News..., a clever and witty blueprint for building a kinder, more compassionate world, one practical idea at a time. Ruby spent three years speaking to innovators, scientists and communities reshaping how we live: from neighbourhoods designed to eradicate loneliness, to companies prioritising employee happiness, to AI technology helping children with learning difficulties reach higher literacy levels. She distils these findings into clear, actionable takeaways readers can use straight away to boost their own mental health and outlook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNever preachy and always funny, Ruby draws on her experience as a comedian and Oxford-trained mindfulness expert to tackle some of the toughest questions facing modern life. Rather than dwelling on doom and gloom, she hunts down proof that progress is possible. 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