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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with stress
Get to know the woman behind the Instagram cleaning sensation, Mrs
Hinch, in her fascinating and remarkably honest memoir ***
FEATURING A BONUS PAPERBACK CHAPTER ABOUT THE BIRTH OF LENNIE ***
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER 'Gut-wrenchingly honest' The Mail
on Sunday 'I love that woman so much, she is just so great' Rylan
Clark-Neal, BBC Radio 2 _____________ I sometimes can't believe
just how much has happened in the last couple of life-changing
years. It's been a total whirlwind of a journey, and I'm so
grateful to all my followers for their amazing love and support
along the way. From my very first toy kitchen which was my pride
and joy right through to the my very first Instagram posts stories
of my cleaning routine, I'm going to take you back to the start of
how it all began. But there is so much more to my story than just
cleaning tips; there have been the highest of highs, but also
heart-breaking devastating lows. So let's do this! Put your Hinch
Lists to one side, get comfy and join me on the sofa with a cuppa.
Welcome to my world. This is me: Soph - the wife, the mother and
the person behind Mrs Hinch. _____________ 'The sensation' Sun
'We're mad about Mrs Hinch' Vogue 'My new cleaning goddess' Daily
Telegraph 'Doing for household chores what Marie Kondo did for
tidying' Daily Mirror 'Mrs Hinch offers a reassuring structure for
the day, a vision of domestic order' Guardian
21 Day Mindfulness Challenge combines the empowering, mind altering
approach of mindful thinking with a clear, three week programme of
meditations, reflective exercises and practical approaches. With
this book, you will discover how mindfulness can become a
permanent, positive habit. Day by day you'll learn : - How to
ground yourself, gain perspective and remain calm - How to access
and benefit from mindful acceptance and a beginners mind - How to
use mindfulness as a starting point for how you approach everyday
challenges - Why three weeks is enough to kick start a more
positive empowering attitude and approach to yourself, your life
and other people
If you're alive, you experience stress. It's just part of being
human. For early man, stress helped us flee danger like a marauding
mammoth, a hungry sabre-toothed tiger or an invading tribe. It
literally helped us fight or flight. In modern society a little
stress is useful, it keeps us energised and motivated to get things
done, it helps us to turn up and be on time. Yet too much stress is
harmful, and stress is sadly, at an all-time high. Unfortunately,
it's almost impossible to avoid or substantially reduce stress in
our lives. The things that make us stressed are the same things
that always have: too much work, not enough time, financial woes,
family needs, navigating difficult relationships - these familiar
scenarios aren't likely to change. So if we can't change the things
that cause us stress, we must change the way we interact with it.
When we feel threatened or endangered in any way, our body and mind
react accordingly. Unfortunately, these days our brain sees many
'threats', even if they're not actually a danger to us. This
'stress' is a major problem and is now considered to be a major
precipitating factor in almost all major diseases. Yet if we're
prepared to learn from it, stress can be a useful teacher. Coping
with moderate amounts of stress builds a sense of mastery and it
promotes resilience for life down the road. Stressed spelled
backwards is Desserts. With that in mind; through this beautifully
illustrated book from illustrator and speaker Matthew Johnstone and
experienced clinician Michael Player, the hope is to turn one of
the most unpleasant of human experiences into a sweet one.
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