It's well known that if you want to keep your body fit, you must do some regular exercise. But when it comes to our mental health, few of us take the time to maintain and improve it. Luckily today Piatkus publish THE MIND WORKOUT by Mark Freeman, a ground-breaking new method for improving your mental health and fitness in just Twenty Steps.
Developed as a result of Mark Freeman's own recovery from mental illness, THE MIND WORKOUT: TWENTY STEPS TO IMPROVE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AND TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE combines mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It outlines twenty easy-to-follow steps you can take to free yourself from the ways of thinking and behaving that cause mental health challenges in your life - from cutting out the compulsions that cause uncertainty, anxiety and distress to relieving stress and distraction.
THE MIND WORKOUT is the key to making the switch from a frenetic, anxiety-driven life to one that's based on your core values. It will leave you feeling mentally stronger, fitter and better equipped to navigate the complexities of everyday life.
THE MIND WORKOUT is also published in audiobook.
US rights to the book recently sold at auction to Carole Desanti at Penguin, who will publish in a new edition in 2018. Other rights are sold in German, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and Serbian.
About the author
Mark Freeman is a mental health coach and human centered design workshop facilitator based in Toronto. He has taught Shakespeare's plays in Korea, tended gardens in Spain, filmed an Arabic-language documentary on youth employment in Cairo, and facilitated strategy workshops for executives at multiple Fortune 500 companies. After recovering from several mental illness diagnoses, he now focuses on leveraging technology and design to help others navigate the complex changes necessary to improve and maintain great mental health and fitness. He is the co-founder of the online mental health community, EVERYBODY HAS A BRAIN, and he is a Stanford Medicine X ePatient Scholar. His favourite past-times include sitting and breathing.