Hodder Sane New World Taming The Mind by Ruby Wax

Sane New World: Taming the Mind is a mental health and mindfulness bestseller by Ruby Wax. Published by Hodder, it is presented as a guide to understanding how the mind can become overwhelmed and how thinking patterns can be reshaped to support calm in a frenetic world.

Key details

• Author: Ruby Wax
• Publisher: Hodder
• Described as a mental health and mindfulness bestseller
• Written by the author of A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled and How to be Human
• Draws on the author’s Masters from Oxford in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy

Synopsis

Ruby Wax, described as a comedian, writer and mental health campaigner, explores how the mind can jeopardise our sanity. Drawing on her own periods of depression and her training in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, she explains how busy, chattering and self-critical thoughts can contribute to anxiety and stress.

The book argues that breaking this cycle starts with understanding how the brain works, then rewiring thinking to find calm. It is positioned as a practical manual for becoming the master of your mind rather than its slave.