Calm & Mental Health
Quiet the worry, handle stress and think more clearly. 21 books.
▶ 20 minChatter
Overthinking grows when you look at a problem from too close, so the fix is to step back, and your own name is the fastest way.
▶ 20 minHow to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Worry goes round in circles and concern takes the next step, so face the worst, check the odds and live one day at a time.
▶ 20 minDon't Believe Everything You Think
Your thoughts are not the problem. Your thinking about them is, and when you notice it and stop fighting it, it starts to pass.
▶ 19 minSuper Agers
Diseases of ageing build slowly for decades, so everyday choices in food, movement, sleep and friendship matter most while you still feel well.
▶ 18 minMindset
Whether you believe your ability is fixed or can grow shapes how you handle effort, failure, work, love and parenting.
▶ 18 minDo Hard Things
Real toughness is not forcing yourself through pain. It is seeing things as they are, reading your feelings, and choosing your response.
▶ 19 minEmotional Agility
You react to the stories your mind tells about events, so name your feelings, step back from them, and let your values choose what you do next.
▶ 12 minThe Untethered Soul
You are not the voice in your head but the awareness that hears it, and you find peace by letting pain pass through you instead of blocking it.
▶ 17 minStolen Focus
Johann Hari argues that your focus is being taken by technology and modern life, not lost through weakness, and you can win much of it back.
▶ 18 minIkigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
A clear reason to get up each day, together with calm habits, close friends and small daily joys, is linked to a longer and happier life.
▶ 18 minGlucose Revolution
Sharp blood sugar spikes can cause cravings and tiredness, and simple habits like eating vegetables first can make them gentler without cutting your favourite foods.
▶ 20 minBreath: The New Science of a Lost Art
Most people breathe too fast, too much and through the mouth; breathing slowly and gently through the nose can help sleep, stress and health.
▶ 15 minOutlive
Attia says the goal is not just a long life but many healthy years, which you earn by preventing chronic disease early and making exercise your foundation.
▶ 15 minThe Anxious Generation
Haidt argues that replacing free play with phones and social media in the early 2010s made a generation more anxious, and that families and schools must act together to fix it.
▶ 13 minThe Let Them Theory
Let other people think and do what they choose, then use your energy to decide how you will respond and live.
▶ 13 minThe Mountain Is You
Self-sabotage is a misguided way of protecting yourself, and it fades when you understand the need behind it and feel the emotions you avoid.
▶ 12 minThe Power of Now
Most of your stress comes from living in thoughts about the past and future, so the way out is to watch your mind and return to the present moment.
▶ 13 minThink Like a Monk
Peace and purpose come from training your mind, like a monk does, to see your own values clearly and to act with care for others.
▶ 15 minThe Four Agreements
Much of your pain comes from old rules you never chose, and four simple agreements with yourself can replace them.
▶ 10 minThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
You cannot care about everything, so choose a few good values, accept the problems that come with them, and drop the rest.
▶ 11 minThe Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Murphy teaches that the thoughts you repeat with feeling sink into your subconscious mind, which then shapes your health, work, money and relationships.