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A Manual for Being Human

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A Manual for Being Human by Dr Sophie Mort offers a compassionate, practical guide to understanding and improving your mental and emotional wellbeing. It explores how childhood experiences, social pressures, and everyday challenges shape who you are and affect your relationships. Dr Soph introduces a three-step method to identify personal issues, recognise unhelpful patterns, and use proven therapeutic tools like mindfulness, journaling, and self-compassion to manage anxiety, stress, and emotional overwhelm. This warm and accessible book empowers readers to believe in themselves and navigate life’s ups and downs with confidence.
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This book suits readers seeking accessible self-help strategies for mental health and emotional wellbeing, including those interested in understanding the influence of childhood and social factors on their behaviour. It appeals to individuals looking for practical tools to manage anxiety, improve self-compassion, and cultivate resilience, as well as anyone wishing to gain deeper self-awareness without professional therapy costs.

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A self-help book for those suffering from anxiety, stress, low mood, insecurity, or those who simply wish to understand how our minds work and what we can do cope better with life's challenges.

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Clear, accessible wise advice for modern minds.' Matt Haig A Manual for Being Human is the motherlode, enlightening on why you might feel and behave how you do. The Times β€˜A truly wonderful, warm and wise one-stop shop for any inquisitive human. Packed full of prompts, practical tips and pep talks that will guide you through any situation.’ Emma Gannon β€˜There is a damn good reason why people are struggling. We are not raised to understand ourselves. In fact, we are raised misunderstanding ourselves and fearing the very thing that makes us, us.’ Dr Soph

Do you want to believe in yourself and your ability to be content with who you are? If the answer is yes, then A Manual for Being Human is the book you need to read.

Do you want to understand how your childhood affects who you are today? How it affects your relationship with yourself and others? How school, bullying, gender expectations and even the social media you consume each day affects your emotional wellbeing? Do you want to know what your emotions actually are, where they come from and how to manage them when they threaten to overwhelm you?

In this practical and insightful guide, Dr Soph will help you to understand why we all feel anxious, stressed, insecure and down from time to time. Her three-step methodology, developed through years of experience supporting people to make genuine change in their lives, will help you to identify problems arising from past experiences and current life events, look at the patterns, bad habits and negative cycles that may be keeping you stuck, and then draws on established, proven therapeutic techniques such as mindfulness, journaling, self-compassion, grounding, and breathing and relaxation techniques to provide a toolkit of go-to techniques to use any time.

Reassuring, knowledgeable and kind, Dr Soph offers support to those feeling lost at sea in today’s troubling times and gives you the tools you need to help get the most out of life.

'Finally! A book which takes psychological wellbeing across the lifespan out of the therapy room and into the mainstream. Dr Soph’s warm, reassuring and frank style will have you understanding yourself, your actions and your relationships without a hefty therapy price tag.' Dr Karen Gurney, author Mind the Gap

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Praised as a crucial and life-changing mental health toolkit, A Manual for Being Human is celebrated for breaking down therapy into understandable, practical guidance. Readers and experts alike highlight Dr Soph’s warm, frank, and reassuring style, making psychological wellbeing accessible beyond therapy rooms. Reviewers commend its prompts, tips, and compassionate pep talks that equip anyone to handle varied situations, with endorsements emphasising its transformative impact and necessity in modern mental health.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781471197499

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 April 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 480

About the Author

Dr Soph has a bachelor's degree in psychology, a masters in neuroscience and a doctorate in clinical psychology, and is one of the few clinical psychologists in the world right now taking psychology out of the therapy room. Since 2018 she has helped thousands manage their emotional wellbeing by sharing her psychological expertise on Instagram, on her blog and through her online private practice. Dr Soph is an expert for the mindfulness app Happy Not Perfect and has been featured in global outlets including Vice Magazine, Girlboss, Psych Central and Teen Vogue. A Manual for Being Human is her first book.

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