How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
After debilitating anxiety and panic attacks began to impact his daily life, Ben Aldridge decided to tackle his mental health issues in a creative way. His journey led him on a year of completing weird and wonderful challenges in the name of self-improvement. By deliberately leaving his comfort zone and enduring difficulties, Ben completely changed his life.
Ice-cold showers, eating repulsive insects, running marathons, sleeping in unusual places, wearing ridiculous clothes and learning to solve the Rubik’s cube in under a minute are some of the ways Ben has pushed his body and mind to learn more, endure more and conquer more.
Varying in length, difficulty and category, Ben explains how to complete each challenge, how it changed his life and how you can push yourself with this practical method of self-development.
From learning a new language to climbing a mountain, see how far you can challenge yourself to overcome your fears and self-imposed limitations.
Packed with useful tips and tricks from Stoicism, Buddhism, CBT and Popular Psychology, this book encourages us to face our fears, embrace adversity and leave our comfort zones.
Are you ready to get uncomfortable and build a more resilient mindset?
Seriously Happy
Do you feel anxious about everything, lack confidence in social situations or just want to feel a bit… well, HAPPIER?
That was me. Until I discovered the serious power of Stoicism and other ancient philosophies - and the awesome effect they can have on your mind and well-being.
So, I've written Seriously Happy as your guide to unlocking an awesome life - helping you to restore balance, banish self-doubt, improve your focus, build your mental resilience, and embrace happiness.
We’ll explore 10 life-changing philosophy lessons from Stoicism to Zen with over 20 practical challenges that will inspire you to:
Supercharge your mindset just like the Cynic philosophers
Get curious and power up your critical thinking like Socrates
Make good life choices with the help of Aristotle
Improve your mental resilience Stoic style
Make like the Taoists and boost your inner calm
Let me show you how to harness the power of these ancient ideas to deal with the real-world problems of today.
Be calm, be confident, and be (seriously) happy!
*This book is for teens / young adults (although, also appropriate for adults)
How to Control the Uncontrollable
How can an ancient Greek philosophy help us to navigate the ups and downs of every day modern life? What did the Greeks know that we don't?
In a nutshell, Stoicism is an Ancient Greek philosophy, originating around 300BC that focuses on self-control, developing a good character and increasing personal knowledge and wisdom.
This book is an exploration of how we can use the principals of Stoicism as a modern day 'operating system' to help enhance mental resilience to enable us to better cope with life's challenges.
Ben challenges us to make conscious decisions based on what he calls The Stoic Golden Rule: The only thing you have control over is how you respond to external events.
He explains the core concepts of Stoicism and provides actionable ways, based on his own experiences and those of others, that the reader can follow to live a more Stoically emboldened life.
The book includes lots of exercises, directed challenges, 'Try This' tips based on mental, physical and contemplative practices, and – by popular demand – Ben's anti bucket list.
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
Following on from the bestselling book How to be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable, this personal-growth card deck is packed with weird and wonderful challenges to develop your mental and physical strength. By forcing you to face up to negative emotions such as embarrassment, fear and boredom, the challenges make you grow as a person (whilst having a lot of fun in the process).
Learn to spin a pen like a pro ... don’t speak for an entire day ... cover your hands and face in honey and don’t touch anything for an hour. Or maybe you’d like to create the world’s weirdest sandwich ... or set your personal best doing push-ups ... or go for a backward walk in public ...
The challenges have been designed to start building your confidence and get you trying new things straightaway. The more you complete, the more you’ll build momentum to throw at epic adventures of your own devising.
There’s an accompanying booklet that explains how to use the cards and how to take things further by creating your own challenges. The deck will appeal to all of those who love How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable, as well as a wider audience of motivational card users and personal development enthusiasts.
Get ready to leave your comfort zone!