Happy: Finding joy in every day and letting go of perfect

📚🌟Happy by @fearnecotton 🌟📚 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 So here it is my first read of 2021! I made the decision at the end of last year that I wanted to start the new year off with a non-fiction read and well.... what better book to start a new year with than HAPPY. It literally says it all. Now I will be completely honest & say that I have never been a Fearne Cotton fan. I guess I was jealous in my teenage years as she was good friends with the band Mcfly. Let me explain 🙈 at that time I was about 14/15 and almost certain that I was going to marry Danny from Mcfly (I mean why not right?! 🙈😂) so I guess my childish, adolescent brain felt a twinge of jealousy of this beautiful young woman who seemed to have it all figured out. I didn’t hate Fearne (I’m not like that at all) I just didn’t warm to her & as such paid little attention to all the wonderful things she has created. Now in my thirties and finally over my insane crush on Danny from Mcfly 🙈😂 I was able to open my mind & read the first of Fearnes incredible works... Happy! I am now well & truly immersed & completely in LOVE with @fearnecotton. How have I gone so long without this beautiful humans words of wisdom?! This book is a breath of fresh air ❤️ It is so interactive & there are so many exercises all the way through where Fearne encourages you to scribble & doodle your way through the book. At first I’ll admit I was reluctant to deface the book with my pencils... as I don’t even dog ear the pages in my books 🙈. But once I got into the spirit of the book I was drawing away like a regular Bob Ross 😂. Fearne discusses some vitally important topics within the book such as depression & how we treat ourselves and our bodies! She makes you think about what brings happiness into your life.... what takes it away.... and finally how to bring balance back to your life! I now love Fearne to pieces & reading this book I realise just how much I have in common with her. This was the perfect book to start the new year with and I loved it so much I even went and purchased her new book ‘Speak your truth’ which was released today! Highly recommended for anyone who wants to find their happiness & live a life of gratitude & peace x

I absolutely love this book and that has taken me by surprise for several reasons. I normally get really irritated by self-help books. As a lifelong sufferer of severe anxiety I often find mental health books can be quite patronising and fake. I never seem to get far with them before hurling them across the room in a fit of rage but this one, no, not at all. I like her writing style and it has not irritated me in the slightest. I probably fall way outside the expected demographic for these books. At 56 I am obviously closer in age to Fearne's mum than to the author herself. I'm a true introvert and never been one to run with the crowd so although I had vaguely heard of Fearne Cotton I don't follow social media or adhere to the cult of celebrity. In fact I suppose, if I'm completely honest, it made me dither a bit about whether to invest in the books. However, I'm very glad that I did. My anxiety and depression has me at a real low point currently and I need all the help I can get. Browsing led me to Happy, Calm & Quiet and Happy has turned out to be an unexpected joy. It's very readable and well thought out and whilst it isn't a 'therapy' based book it's not light and fluffy either. I have got far more enjoyment from reading this than I ever would have expected. It has been surprisingly helpful in calming my thoughts. I'm glad I found this little gem of a book and I'm looking forward to reading the other two titles.

This book is like a warm hug. The content is so positive, uplifting and inspiring. It focuses on several areas of our lives we can work on to be "happy" such as relationships, nutrition, yoga, identity, balance etc. but with a goal to work on what resonates with you. The book is also interactive and there are so many exercises where Fearne encourages you to scribble and doodle your way through the book. The book is full of pearls of wisdom that are really accessible and Fearne is just so relatable. Would highly recommend as a starting point for the inspiration to make a change.

To me this is a very good feel-good book that actually does what it says on the cover. I like the fact that it’s written in a very understanding way, fully aware of our limits and it’s not condescending. A lot of the time we can find ourselves thinking: “well it’s easy for these so-called celebrities to preach us mere-mortals on how to live our life” but there was none of this “hollier than thou” tone, but rather a collection of feel good nuggets that we can re-read as many times as we want (it does not follow a chronological progression as such, so any chapter and subchapter can be read in any order. It is written simply indeed but it still takes some time to go through as there are quite a lot of thinking points to consider. It’s obvious that this was done with a lot of care and not rushed for publication. Other than the content, I like the design, the feel when you hold the book, the illustrations, choice of colours and general lay-out. I am one of these binge-self-help book readers with a rather embarrassingly big collection and this is one of the few books that I would keep if I had to do a big sort out.

This book is awesome and exceeded my expectations. I purchased this book for my 10-year-old stepdaughter after getting her the mood journal from Fearne Cotton as well. I will definitely be only purchasing her books to help my step daughter navigate life as she enjoys them and I think I will order one for myself as well.

英国アマゾンの方で300近いレビューが付いているコチラ。 ずっと発売を待っていましたがようやく購入、読み終える事が出来ました。 これは自分の解釈ですが、「幸せになれる方法」ではなく、 「幸せは身の回りにあるよ」という事に気付かせてくれる本だと思います。 結局どれだけ周りから見て恵まれた環境だとしても本人がそれに気付かず、 その幸せを感じる事が出来なければ、いつまでも幸せにはなれないからです。 だからいわゆる精神的なトレーニングとか、 医学的なメソッドとかそういった物は掲載されておりません。 そうではなく、感謝をしましょうとか、美味しい物を食べましょうとか、 人間として当たり前にしている事に注目して日々を見直していく本です。 だからこそタイトルの下に、「毎日の日々の中で喜びを探そう」とあるのです。 Fearneさんはインスタグラムもやっており、 彼女の普段の私生活をちょろっと見る事も出来ます。 デザインにかなりこだわっている事からも分かりますが、 やっぱり今の時代背景に上手く乗っ取っていると思います。 何十年も前に発売されたハウトゥー本なんかより、 「スマホやりすぎちゃダメ」って書けるコチラの方が圧倒的に実用的です。 結局今を生きる中でどこが課題かというのは今を生きる人にしか分かりません。 インスタ映えするカバー(銀箔っぽい)はもちろん、 ページの各所に可愛らしいイラストが挿入されています。 これだけで読む意欲もあがりますよね。 このページに絵をかいてシェアしてね。とか、 切手を貼って送っちゃおう。など斬新なパートもあります。 読んでいてとてもワクワクするというか、 意識して日頃の生活から改善してみようと思えました。 彼女の本は他にもあるので値段が下がったら購入してみたいです。 英語のレベル的には中級くらいから大丈夫だと思います。 精神的な言葉(不安とか鬱とか)について軽く知識があれば平気でしょう。 ページ数も300に満たず、余白も多いタイプなので、一週間ちょいで読めました。 あまり気張らずに、日頃の気分転換としてトライしてみても良いと思いましたよ。 一番どこに惹かれたかといえば、やはり、 彼女自身がまだ研究途中、スペシャリストではないという事です。 ずっとおはなしを聞いている気分だったので、レッスン的では無いです。 だからこそ「そうそう」と共感出来たり、「自分だけじゃないんだ」と気付けるのかも。 トピック事にポイントが３点まとめられているので、 読み終わった後はそこだけでも付箋を貼っておけば便利かもしれませんね。 幸せになりたい。どうすればいいの。と助けを求めるのではなく、 親友同士のようにFearneさんと会話をする気持ちで読んでみると良いですよ。 ちなみにイギリス英語です。参考までに。

Very easy to read, very good insights about happiness and a lot of practical exercises for you to evaluate yoursefl. Really really loved it!

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A good beginning, or reminder, of how life works. Also, an unbelievable source of acceptance towards a different way of being. I know not everyone is the same, but it gives reassurance that what one experienced and thought was quite alright.