Walking on Custard & the Meaning of Life: A Guide for Anxious Humans, by Neil Hughes
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Walking on Custard & the Meaning of Life: A Guide for Anxious Humans, by Neil Hughes
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Occasional comedian and full-time worrier Neil Hughes isn't the kind of person you'd expect to write a helpful book.He's an idiot.Or, at least, so his Inner Critic is constantly telling him. No wonder he's anxious!But somehow, during his nervous bumbling through life, he learned to live with anxiety and to manage the unhelpful mental habits he'd picked up along the way.Oh... and he stumbled on the Meaning of Life, too.Now he's sharing hilarious real-life stories, inventive fantasy fiction and badly-drawn graphs to help you to be less anxious and more happy.In this compelling, surprising and delightful guide to life for humans, Neil explores the roots of anxiety and how to (gently) uproot them, all while battling the irritating interruptions from his doubtful Inner Critic.Then - after handling love, crises, relationships, purpose, and contentment - he even makes time to consider how we can solve death and the Meaning of Life itself.Whether you're pitying Neil's hapless attempts to navigate the real world, or joining him on imaginary adventures to outer space or magical shops, you'll discover deep insights into anxiety, new techniques to live more happily, and plenty of laughs along the way.And, somehow, it turns out everything can be explained using custard...NOT PRAISE FOR NEIL HUGHES"It's not bad, I suppose" - Neil's Mum"Neil has a pleasing use of commas" - Anonymous"it is a book" - Isla McLoughlin, aged 2-and-a-halfSOME PRAISE FOR NEIL HUGHES"To merely call it a self-help book would be a complete disservice to the author. Part biography, part guide, and part Brother's Grimm Fairy Tales of the Strange... if only I had read this growing up then I might not have felt so alone." - Claire Eastham, weallmadhere.com"A brave book and a noble one because, really, what better thing can a person do with their own suffering than to use it to try and help others. It's on my read-this-again shelf." - Nathan Filer, author of The Shock of the Fall
Walking on Custard & the Meaning of Life: A Guide for Anxious Humans, by Neil Hughes- Amazon Sales Rank: #258871 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-31
- Released on: 2015-03-31
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review "Hughes offers a humor-filled and useful guide for anxiety... disarmingly relatable." - Publishers Weekly "I really, really enjoyed it... beyond finding it a charming and funny read, I also found it a helpful one. It is a brave book and a noble one because, really, what better thing can a person do with their own suffering than to use it to try and help others. It's on my read-this-again shelf." - Nathan Filer, Author of 'The Shock of the Fall'
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. A great combination! By Bridie Anderson To be honest, my inner critic is taunting me right now about writing a review for a semi-self help book and my lack of experience in doing so. Although, I must admit, my IC is not quite as harsh as Neil's seems to be throughout this book. A quick message for Neil (and his IC): Your inner critic was wrong. A humorous book for the anxious was a good idea.Neil is not, to my knowledge, a doctor of any sort. He has, however, first hand experience in dealing with and struggling with anxiety. This book is a light hearted, non-technical (mostly) guide to finding your way through anxiety and coming out the other side. For any of you who have dealt with this, when you are in the midst of it all, there is no view of an end; no light at the end of the tunnel; no ground to plant your feet on etc. What Neil is trying to do, is help you spot the unrecognisable land/light/end from the haze. And help you laugh while your at it. Tell me that you haven't found yourself relaxing at a moment of unexpected laughter? I have! And it helps.I must admit that there are aspects to this book, and therapy for anxiety in general (which I have a small amount of experience with myself) that I do not agree with. Actually, that is not put correctly because I do not think that they are wrong, I just think that they are wrong for me. What I am talking about in particular are the 'exercises'. I don't like exercises. But that is just me. And that is a small part of the big picture, the rest of which I agree with. For people who do like exercises and find that this helps them, you are in luck. Neil gives you exercises.Then there is the message that I wholeheartedly agree with, because it was exactly what I did - trade anxiety for contentment. For some people, it can be a choice. For Neil and for myself, it was a choice. It is a daily choice, but a choice nonetheless. Neil talks you through the importance of finding self-love and escaping the custard traps (this will make sense when you read it!)Apart from the self-help stuff, I liked the writing and humour. Occasionally, and only rarely, I wished for less jokes. And usually, within a paragraph or two, I got my wish. This idea that could have easily gone so badly, has turned out wonderfully. It is a thrilling mixture of stories ("A fictional statistic I just thought up indicates that books are exactly twice as enjoyable if they contain a story set in Paris. So let's have one of those."), experiences, lessons, and well, custard.I would recommend this book to those who, like me, don't like being told how to 'fix' themselves by someone who gives no indication that they have ever experienced what you have experienced. This book will at least make you realise you are not alone, and will hopefully make you see that someone who experienced those life altering and life restricting inner critic thoughts has been able to use what held him back to move forward with life.And, in amidst all the humour and light heartedness, you will find honest, important gems like this one: "Asking for help is a signal of strength, not weakness. It shows that you value yourself enough to do the difficult task of leaning on another and being vulnerable to them."*** I received a copy of this book for review. All opinions are my own honest feelings about the book.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Light-hearted, friendly, yet insightful and incredibly helpful for dealing with life's problems By R.C. I did not expect this book to be so awesome. I was drawn in by the self-effacing and amusing voice and even as I bought it I thought, "this is probably going to be pretty lightweight, but hey, it looks like a fun read."I was so very wrong. This is a substantial, surprisingly comprehensive, multifaceted, and utterly down-to-earth guide to how to work with your own brain to short-circuit bad habits, habitual worries, feedback loops, and crusty old beliefs to free yourself from the quicksand/custard of your own head. It offers practical tools and tips to help you work with your own beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors to help relieve anxiety by increasing your ability to let go of things that aren't important and giving you overall coping mechanisms to deal with everything else.Before I get into the things I loved, a few things that might be helpful: this book mentions suicidal thoughts pretty early on, so anyone who would be affected by that, beware. Also, it does not touch on medication or seeking professional help for anxiety or other mental illnesses. In fact, that's a downside, I think. The tips in here will likely be helpful to everyone, but some acknowledgement that altered brain chemistries can sometimes be made 1000X easier to deal with when medicated would have been nice.On to: Reasons I Love This Book:- It is practical. The book is filled with actual exercises that you can do to put into practice what you're reading about. These are all excellent and usually focus not on "do X and you will feel Y", but at training your brain to look at things differently. This is something I like best about this book: it's not going to beat you up for not being able to meditate for 30 min every day. It will instead give you a plethora of tools and let you decide what will work best for you.- It has a fresh voice and an innovative, down-home take on the topic. This book is about putting mindfulness and thought processes to work for you. But it does not get too deeply into the whys and wherefores of either religion or science. It's advice that doesn't take itself too seriously, like the author is friend you asked to help you out. It's a conversation, not a lecture. The author doesn't set himself up as an expert, and neither is he selling anything, and that combination is actually very refreshing in this genre.- It is comprehensive. This is a substantial book, and I found myself several times going "I hope he talks about X!" and lo and behold, he did two chapters later. It's organized differently than other self-help books I've read, but he rounded out his thoughts, covered all the major bases, and overall left you feeling like he'd adequately covered every issue he brought up.- It isn't afraid to wade into the deep water topics and how they actually impact your life. Instead of lumping all existential questions into a chapter on "dealing with death", there's a wider discussion. There's even a section at the end that talks about how to live with the knowledge that eventually the universe will collapse into its own heat death, or with lack of meaning in general. And the advice here is solid, giving you fresh perspectives on those thoughts and possible ways to look at the issues differently.This book is at least 5X better than I was expecting. Maybe 10x better. I bought it for myself and actually now want to give physical copies to everyone I know who could use a little mindfulness in their life but who would be scared off by any whiff of New Age or Buddhism. This is a book on mindfulness you could give to your white-bread grandmother (and I might do just that.)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful book for people with anxiety By Melissa I know what you all are thinking "Custard?", what has that got to do with anything. Believe me when I say, Hughes' makes it work in this funny and intriguing book..-"The Mind is Its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven" - MiltonWhen I saw Neil looking for reviewers on http://bookblogs.ning.com/, I was excited to read and review this book. With Neil working as a comedian, I had high hopes for this book and I was not disappointed As a fellow sufferer of anxiety, and someone who knows first hand how crappy the disorder is, I found this book relatable and funny. Many of Hughes' anecdotes about his inner voice and experiences remind me of myself. I find self-help books difficult to review because there are no characters, setting or plot to analyze. What I can say however, is that the advice and experience Neil has put forth in this book is useful, even invaluable. Considering the author is just your average bloke writing about his anxiety, the book is a much more approachable read than many of the anxiety books written by “experts” that are available. I loved this book so much I ordered a copy on amazon.ca - I believe it will be a great book to have on hand during my more anxious times. To conclude, Anxiety and mental health is an issue that needs to be talked about. Hughes' with the aid of humour and experience, introduces the conversation to readers.Inner Critic: This is a wonderful, and humorous look at anxiety. I cannot recommend this book enough.
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