A Toolkit for Modern Life

In a busy world our emotions get all too readily neglected and forgotten about. Proactively paying attention to how we feel, and understanding how to respond to our emotions, can help us look after our mental health and keep our psychological wellbeing running smoothly. It can be easy to feel overwhelmed and stressed out, so, how can you respond positively to difficult feelings? How can you identify what triggers unhappy thoughts? How can you overcome a fear of making mistakes? In this book, clinical psychologist Dr Emma Hepburn answers these questions and guides you through practical ways to understand the factors that can impact on wellbeing. With accessible, easy-to-follow exercises, this book will allow the reader to cultivate positive habits and develop a toolkit of constructive strategies to prioritise their mental health and feel more confident and in tune with themselves.

When you think you just can't cope anymore, or you can't seem to squash that inner critic, Emma will show you that you can. This is such an important toolkit for us all to learn about spotting signs of overwhelm and how we can act to prevent them taking over. This will definitely be staying on my bedside table! An utterly brilliant book.

Préface
A warm, wise and practical book of mental wellbeing techniques and exercises that everyone should read.

Auteur
Dr Emma Hepburn is a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist with over 15 years experience of working with and treating mental health difficulties in both the public and private sector. She is also a university lecturer. She is passionate about bringing psychology and evidence-based mental health information beyond the clinic room to a wider audience and encouraging people to proactively look after their mental health. Her illustrative work has been used by a number of organisations including The American Association for the Prevention of Suicide, The Royal Society of Public Health and the Samaritans (India). She writes as @thepsychologymum on Instagram (30k followers) and has recently won a Bronze Lovie (Best of European Internet) award, as well as a Peoples' Choice Lovie, for her social media work and has been shortlisted for the mind Media Awards.

Résumé

'Emma has a unique way of cutting through to the heart of the issues we all face day-in-day-out. There isn't another book out there like this and it should be a mandatory read for anyone with a brain.' - Anna Whitehouse, founder of Mother Pukka

In this warm, wise book, clinical psychologist Dr Emma Hepburn (Instagram's @thepsychologymum) introduces her proven and practical tools for taking care of your mental and emotional wellbeing every day.

Using her trademark illustrations, Dr Hepburn (aka @thepsychologymum) shines a welcome ray of light into the neglected corners of your brain. From identifying what triggers unhappy thoughts to overcoming the fear of making mistakes, A Toolkit for Modern Life will help you to cultivate positive habits and feel more confident, happier and in tune with yourself.

* Call out and manage feelings of imposter syndrome

• Answer back to your inner critic
• Become aware of and monitor your emotional capacity
• Spot unhelpful thoughts and develop more helpful patterns of thinking
• Understand how the emotions cycle affects you
• Identify what triggers anxiety for you and how to intercept it
• Overcome the fear of making mistakes
• Spot and call out your 'catastrophizing'
• Identify and disarm social media comparisons
• Align your decisions and actions with your core values
• Assemble your own mental health toolkit for life