Publisher Description

Walking on Sunshine offers 52 tips, tools and positive ideas (one for each week of the year) to guide you through the seasons and better manage the pressures of everyday life.In a diary of her year, Rachel Kelly shares the strategies that have helped her stay calm and happy after overcoming depression. Some of the steps relate to particular experiences and events, such as holidays, dramas at work and her children's exams; others are useful at any time. Indeed this is an ideal book to dip into whenever the mood takes you.Written in the confidential, conversational style of a good friend and delightfully illustrated by Daily Mail cartoonist Jonathan Pugh, Walking on Sunshine will act as a constant, supportive companion through your ups and downs.

Notes

Foreword by Oliver James. Research shows that most people need a variety of strategies to stop worrying and stay sane. This volume offers 52 tips, tools and positive thoughts, one for each week of the year, to guide you through the seasons and better manage the pressures of everyday life.

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Research shows that most people need a variety of strategies to stop worrying and stay calm... Walking on Sunshine offers 52 tips, tools and positive thoughts (one for each week of the year) to guide you through the seasons and better manage the pressures of everyday life.

Author Biography

Rachel Kelly has been a journalist for 20 years. After battling with depression in early adulthood, she became interested in health and therapy and, in 2007, trained as a counsellor at Regents University. She now works with mental health charities giving workshops and talks. Jonathan Pugh is a cartoonist whose work has appeared in the Times, the Guardian and the Independent, amongst others. He is currently the daily pocket cartoonist for the Daily Mail.

Review

If it's good enough for Harry Styles, it's good enough for everybody.
Small, simple steps to a happier life * Daily Mail *
Beautifully and truthfully written...tipped as a Christmas bestseller. * The Daily Telegraph *
Kelly writes with charm and kindness about overcoming depression. * Evening Standard *
It's a beautiful little book and it will help you with your anxiety.
I absolutely LOVE this book. It's so gracefully accomplished and full of hope and practicality. Stretches out a hand to the lonely, the lost and the exhausted. It's a great gift of hard-won wisdom. * The Guardian *
"I very much enjoyed this book's wisdom and sense of empathy." Jason Cowley, editor of the New Statesman * New Statesman *

Long Description

Walking on Sunshine offers 52 tips, tools and positive thoughts (one for each week of the year) to guide you through the seasons and better manage the pressures of everyday life. Some of the strategies relate to particular experiences and events, such as holidays or exams; others are useful at any time. Indeed this is an ideal book to dip into whenever the mood takes you. There is also space for you to record your own thoughts and feelings. Your very jottings will be a step towards living mindfully. Written in the confidential, conversational style of a good friend and delightfully illustrated by Jonathan Pugh, Walking on Sunshine will act as a constant, supportive companion through your ups and downs.

Review Quote

"If it's good enough for Harry Styles, it's good enough for everybody" Lorraine, ITV presenter "Small, simple steps to a happier life" Daily Mail "Beautifully and truthfully written...tipped as a Christmas bestseller" Daily Telegraph "Kelly writes with charm and kindness about overcoming depression" Sarah Sands, Evening Standard "It's a beautiful little book and it will help you with your anxiety." Jeremy Vine, presenter and broadcaster "I absolutely LOVE this book. It's so gracefully accomplished and full of hope and practicality. Stretches out a hand to the lonely, the lost and the exhausted. It's a great gift of hard-won wisdom." Matthew d'Ancona, The Guardian "I very much enjoyed this book's wisdom and sense of empathy." Jason Cowley, editor of the New Statesman

Promotional "Headline"

Research shows that most people need a variety of strategies to stop worrying and stay calm... Walking on Sunshine offers 52 tips, tools and positive thoughts (one for each week of the year) to guide you through the seasons and better manage the pressures of everyday life.

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