Sane New World: A User's Guide to the Normal-crazy Mind

The #1 UK bestseller that presents a funny, honest, and engaging look at the craziness of modern life, explaining why we’re all just a little bit out of our minds.

In Sane New World, Ruby Wax - comedian, writer and mental health advocate - shows us just how our minds can send us mad as our internal critics play on a permanent loop tape ‘Don’t do that.. why you... you didn’t... should have... but you didn’t...’. Ruby knows those voices well. She has been on a tough but ultimately enlightening journey that has taken her from battling depression to achieving a Masters Degree from Oxford University in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy.

In Sane New World, Ruby helps us all understand why we sabotage our sanity, how our brains work and how we can rewire our thinking – often through simple mindfulness techniques - to find calm in a frenetic world.

Ruby Wax is an actress and author who began her career with the Royal Shakespeare Company before moving into television. She has contributed to, written and edited numerous scripts for TV including Absolutely Fabulous. After three decades working on stage, TV and radio she then changed direction, completing both a Psychotherapy Diploma and a Masters Degree in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy from Oxford University. She now presents workshops for corporate leaders, helping them to come to a deeper and more direct level of communication with their clients and colleagues, and campaigns on mental health issues.