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Sane New World

Taming the Mind

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Sane New World

By: Ruby Wax
Narrated by: Ruby Wax
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About this listen

Ruby Wax - comedian, writer and mental health campaigner - shows us how our minds can jeopardize our sanity. With her own periods of depression and now a Masters from Oxford in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy to draw from, she explains how our busy, chattering, self-critical thoughts drive us to anxiety and stress.

If we are to break the cycle, we need to understand how our brains work, rewire our thinking and find calm in a frenetic world.

Helping you become the master, not the slave, of your mind, here is the manual to saner living.

©2013 Waxworks Ltd (P)2014 Hodder & Stoughton Consciousness & Thought Mental Health Personal Development Philosophy Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Stress Management Health Inspiring Funny Witty Thought-Provoking Meditation Mindfulness Human Brain

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Critic reviews

"Ruby Wax has an extraordinary mind, and she has brought it to bear with trademark wit and searing honesty on the subject of that mind, and the minds of all us. Very few will be able to read this wonderful contribution to the literature of mental health without recognising some part of themselves, and certainly of someone they know. A ruby beyond price" (Stephen Fry)
"In Sane New World, Wax touches upon her own anxieties and fears with honesty and humour...it royally hauls a stigmatised fact of life kicking and laughing into the open." ( The Times)
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What made the experience of listening to Sane New World the most enjoyable?

Ruby Wax has an excellent narrative voice & the content is easy to follow, interesting & done with humour.

What other book might you compare Sane New World to, and why?

Steve Pinker

Have you listened to any of Ruby Wax’s other performances? How does this one compare?

I haven't, but if you think Ruby Wax was just an annoying celebrity going on about depression, this book will change your mind, she is extremely intelligent, insightful & down to earth.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, I've listened to this book at least 5 times, because I found it incredibly interesting.

Any additional comments?

If you have an interest in how the mind works & why we feel the way we do, you wont be disappointed.

An out standing book!

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

A very useful reference for anyone interested in mental health and mindfulness

What other book might you compare Sane New World to, and why?

Currently listening to Rubys follow-up book 'Frazzled', which expands on the mindfulness techniques.

What about Ruby Wax’s performance did you like?

Informative and entertaining

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

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Informative and entertaining

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I've read a few books on this topic, but ruby needed it, so learned about it, and it saved her.
and the way she explains it is understandable and entertaining.
listen twice, the second time do it mindfully ;)

must listen!

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Ruby knows her stuff totall love her and she’s changed my life what an inspiration she is to human kind 💞💞🙏🙏

Brilliant

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Fascinating book. Especially good introduction to the mind and how and why we think the way we do .

Fascinating book.

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