Although I love unwinding at the end of the day with a paperback until my eyes become too sleepy to focus on the lines, there’s a very special place in my heart for audiobooks.
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8 habits to adopt from Sattva: The Ayurvedic Way to Live Well
Has your life been a bit out of balance lately? If your mind and body…
12 of the best bedtime books to help you sleep soundly
Not being able to sleep: we all hate it, right? When it’s way past my…
Cutting for Stone is a book I should have read years ago
How had I not read Cutting for Stone before? From Ethiopia to New York, Abraham…
20 of the best books for anxiety to relax with
I’ve shared my favourite books for self-care and books for difficult days. But what about…
Reading His Dark Materials as an adult for a relaxing dose of magic
I remember first reading Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials book series at nine or ten…
10 books to give as gifts this Christmas (or to treat yourself)
I’m not really a big gift person. I usually ask for time spent with loved…
Yoga for Life: A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom by Colleen Saidman Yee
In the last few years, I’ve had a lot to thank for helping me become…
Sit and be peaceful with Silence: In the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge
“With no one to talk to, I began a conversation with nature. My thoughts were…
Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin in the Middle Taiga by Sylvain Tesson
I have a soft spot for escaping from the world. I also love escaping into…
12 takeaways from Notes on a Nervous Planet for anxious days
When it comes to writing about mental health, Matt Haig is right up there at…
8 books to appreciate how beautiful life really is
Photo of my views in Meiringen, Switzerland. Winston Churchill climbed the Wetterhorn (mountain on the…
12 calming books to help you take a deep breath and relax
Sometimes we just need to take a deep breath and relax – but it’s not…
The 28 books that stopped my worrying, sent me travelling, and shaped who I am today
It’s a long, long journey out of the trap of anxiety and not believing in…
9 lessons on slowing down and reassessing our values from Arianna Huffington’s Thrive
I wasn’t expecting huge things from Arianna Huffington’s Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success…
Levin on The Joy of Retreating into Nature (Reasons to Read Anna Karenina, Part II)
I wrote last month about “literary retreats”, or novels about retreating into relaxing and recuperative…
Retreating into a Book for Bibliotherapy: 8 of the Best Retreats in Fiction
I’m convinced that when we read about characters retreating into settings that allow them to…
Reading W.B. Yeats’s “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” as a Meditation on Life
Today I’m sharing with you something that’s a little different. I’ve just started a university…
Feel-Good Fiction: The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion as a Mood-Boosting Sequel
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion swiftly became one of my favourite books to…
What Leo Tolstoy Can Teach Us About Overcoming Anxiety
Tolstoy at the time of writing War andPeace, 1868. Image source. While on a trip…
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s Idea of ‘Flow’ & How We Can Create it by Reading Great Fiction
Flow: a brilliant book which remindsus to get reading great fiction. I’ve noticed that Flow: The…
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion: A Feel-Good Book to Get Your Life Back on Track
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion: a proper feel-good novel that makes for a great…
Books for insomnia: a bedtime bibliotherapy reading plan to help you fall asleep
Can I use fiction and bibliotherapy to help my insomnia? Image source. The woods…
Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple: Antarctica, Agoraphobia and Loveable Quirkiness
If you read Where’d You Go, Bernadette, you’ll enjoy this photo from the author’s website! Image…
Books Can Heal: Reading Meditation and Bibliotherapy
Gorgeous bookshelves and reading nook to inspire yourreading meditation! Source. This is a guest post…
Why Read War and Peace? The Reasons Why I Love Tolstoy’s Masterpiece
My well-worn (and well-loved) copy of War and Peace If you tell someone that you’re…
On The Anti-Anxiety & Calming Effects of Asian Literature
A Ruth Ozeki inspired adaptation of the famous wave.Image from ft.com. Lately I’ve been reading mostly…
My Bibliotherapy Book Project! Would You Like to Get Involved?
Have books helped your happiness?Image from Pinterest Since the start of my university summer holidays,…
Bibliotherapy & Shakespeare’s Sonnet 55: Keep Calm and Memorise Poetry
Michael Schoenfeldt’s Companion to the Sonnets, Don Paterson’s “New Commentary” and my lovely White’s Books Ltd edition of the…
Bibliotherapy for Anxiety: Active, Beautiful and Calming Fictional Books
Reading to reduce anxiety. Image source. I’d like to emphasise now that literature is not…