Mindfulness - the ability to live fully in each moment - is, in essence, a simple concept and one that is essential to really appreciate and live life to the full. Polly Fielding has found that practising it regularly has enabled her not only to cope effectively with anxiety, stress and depression but also to develop self compassion. With over 100 carefully chosen quotes from skilled practitioners she leads you bit by bit to understand the power of mindfulness in your everyday life. In the paperback version, every quote is accompanied by a variation on the little flower shown on the back of...

Have you tried to diet and found hunger, along with other drawbacks, interfering with your enjoyment of it, despite your perseverance? Polly Fielding is the first author to combine an amazingly simple and effective approach to mindfulness with the increasingly popular 5:2 way of eating to create the ideal recipe for long-term success. Her personal experience has motivated her to share with you how to cope easily with this highly manageable, healthy weight loss lifestyle and gain numerous, unexpected, additional benefits to your life by eating mindfully. She shows you, using practical, easy...

Do you sometimes find yourself overwhelmed by the demands of daily life? Are you feeling stressed, exhausted and unhappy but unsure about how to change anything in order to feel better? Do you spend much of your day thinking about something that happened in the past or worrying about what might happen in future? Or are you someone who rarely takes time to even notice what you are thinking or how you are feeling? If your answer is 'Yes ' to one or more of the above questions, this little book of bite-sized, easy-to-digest quotes can help you. It explains the exciting, simple, straightforward...

The act of compassion is one of the nobler qualities of the human race. It is defined as the ability to feel and respond sensitively to the suffering of another. When we show or receive compassion, we experience a sense of the interdependence of humanity. We see it demonstrated daily in many guises: in the volunteers who operate food banks or work in hospices, the doctors and nurses who work in dangerous conditions in war-ravaged areas, simple gestures of comfort for someone bereaved... However, showing compassion to others is only half the story: self-compassion. frequently in short supply...

Imagine being blamed for having cancer. It's unthinkable But whilst physical illness usually evokes a positive, sympathetic response, people frequently react to mental illness in a dismissive, alienating, even scornful manner. No-one who is mentally ill should ever feel the need to apologise for it. But too often, fear and ignorance lead to a sufferer being marginalised and ostracised by friends, neighbours, family and work colleagues. Despite mental health disorders being so common - one in four people will suffer from mental illness at some point in their life - it continues to carry a...

What is diabetes? How is it treated? Does having this condition mean that I can never eat anything containing sugar? These are just some of the frequently asked questions about an often confusing subject. This book addresses them in a clear, concise and straightforward manner. The seventy-five single-serving, tasty recipes that follow have been carefully designed primarily for someone who is both diabetic and vegetarian. However, vegetarian or not, these breakfasts, lunches and dinners give you a balanced, healthy, colourful choice of diabetic-friendly meals to enjoy each day.