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Mindfulness for Unravelling Anxiety by Richard Gilpin gives tips on how to use mindfulness to deal with anxiety and anxious thoughts.

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A lovely little book with lots of tips and ideas about how to deal with your anxiety.

It's a dip in sort of book - you don't have to read it chapter by chapter, just dip into the part you feel is most appropriate for how you're feeling at this moment.

A book you will return to again and again.

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This book will help readers come to terms with their anxiety as they practice mindfulness to be attune as to how what goes on in their brains affects their bodies. Yes, there are Buddhist teachings in it, but this should not be a deterrent from enjoying the book.

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Anxiety is something many of us experience at some stage in our lives.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is on the increase with as many as 1 in 25 people affected in the UK alone.

This book is design to help untangle all the threads of anxiety that overtake many people, and it delves into ways people can break their bonds that are suffo9cating them. It explores the better understanding of the root of the problem – the mind.

Richard Gilpin shares very personal anecdotes and therapeutic insights, revealing how mindfulness can create a path through anxiety.
This is a very interesting book to read. Anxiety can be a debilitating condition and with Richard Gilpin's exploration through the world of anxiety, we can all help to move past and through this disorder and have some healing.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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

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As someone that suffers from extreme anxiety attacks at times of high stress, I found this book to be extremely helpful. The author provided the information in a manner that was easy to understand and utilize.

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