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Sane New World
- Taming the Mind
- Narrated by: Ruby Wax
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
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.
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"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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- Jennie Jones
- 29-01-18
Great Book
Would you listen to Sane New World again? Why?
Yes it was informative, engaging and helped me a lot when I was feeling down it even managed to make me smile.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-10-19
Enjoyable
I am not very sciencey so I got lost a few times but perhaps that is because I didn't give the book my full focus which once you listen, you will discover the irony. I really enjoyed it and will listen again. Recommended.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-06-21
loved it!
loved it! educational and entertaining! would highly recommend it to anyone. so fun to listen to.
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- karena
- 17-04-15
Book to live by
My bible
Live you're life again....
The end is the door but the beginning is the key so listen to the whole book more than once to take it in.
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- Mr Simon W D Borland
- 24-02-16
I liked this. Honest and entertaining.
What did you like most about Sane New World?
Well written and narrated, coming from a place of pain and honesty by the author.
What other book might you compare Sane New World to, and why?
It is a first person experience, but it mirrors a lot of things I read about in "The Road Less Travelled" (that one was written from the point of view of the psychologist)
What about Ruby Wax’s performance did you like?
Humourous, entertaining, raw and honest.
Any additional comments?
For those of us living in a stressed and busy world - have a listen. I liked this.
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- Ali
- 02-04-15
Brilliant and funny
The end sums it all up wonderfully. This is a very thought provoking book, explaining complex issues in a very understandable form.
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- Sheep
- 27-03-19
amazing
loved it. i needed this in my life. im gonna listen to it again now haha. cant wait highly recommended.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-06-22
Best self help book ever!
I have read and listened to so many self help books and I am quite a spiritual person. This book hit me deeper than I expected! It helped me understand the science of my brain in a way that my overly creative (and less mathematical) mind could comprehend and made me understand WHY mindful practices help me and my body. I used to let outside circumstance and my emotions control me until I read this book. I now understand what’s going on chemically and how I can handle, change and shift any obstacles life may throw at me! And I’m super sensitive, I feel I have finally been given the key to contentment! Thank you Ruby Wax!
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- KathyJean
- 07-03-16
Helped me to understand why we think the way we do
Would you consider the audio edition of Sane New World to be better than the print version?
Yes, I very much enjoyed Ruby's reading of her book, she is fabulous. I recommend the print version for quick reference as well.
Who was your favorite character and why?
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Which character – as performed by Ruby Wax – was your favourite?
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Any additional comments?
Ruby has a very different character when delivering this subject than you would expect from her previous media persona. This is a marvelous book expertly weaving humour amongst the facts mixing stories and knowledge.
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- mollyeyre
- 06-04-15
Interesting but a llittle aggressive
There was a lot of sense in what Ruby Wax writes and says - but I did find the aggression in the telling rather off putting. I didn't get the 'laugh out loud' bits mentioned in some other reviews. It was OK - but I haven't finished it yet and will probably pick up at a later date.
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