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HAPPINESS BOOK CLUB
This month, Vanessa King from Action for Happiness recommends Ed Halliwell’s new book Into The Heart Of Mindfulness (Little, Brown, £13.99). A one-time editor of FHM magazine, Halliwell’s life was plagued by anxiety and depression, before stumbling on meditation and Buddhism. Mixing memories and personal reflection, he emphasises that mindfulness is a way of life, not a quick fix to help you find a way that works for you. ‘Rather than trying to change our circumstances – which may not be feasible and certainly isn’t a lasting cure – we work to change our relationship with our circumstances. This enables us to perceive the world in a different way,’ Halliwell says.