Feeling 'Blah'?

Why Life Feels Joyless and How to Recapture Its Highs

By: Tanith Carey

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Hardcover | 30 May 2023 | Edition Number 1

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Do you ever feel indifferent about life? Your emotions have flatlined and enjoyment feels like a distant memory. This is 'anhedonia' - and this book provides a science-based explanation of why we suffer from us and what to do about it.

How much do you enjoy your life?

Does life feel dull? A bit grey?

Do you feel as if your emotions have flatlined?

This is anhedonia - a word only a few of us have heard of but one that explains why so many of us feel we are sleepwalking through life.

Anhedonia is from the Greek word for 'without pleasure' and describes a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed. It explains why many of us spend our lives in a fog, feeling neither happy nor sad, just not very much at all.

In the first book to tackle this missing piece in mental health, writer Tanith Carey joins the dots on how convenience culture, stressful lifestyles, modern diets and both female and male hormonal changes can dial down our ability to feel excitement and joy.

With the help of world-leading experts and by digging into the latest research, Tanith shows you how your brain's dopamine reward system works and provides strategies to help you bring colour back into your life.

Groundbreaking, accessible and often surprising, this is the book that will teach you how to kickstart your feel-good chemicals and start loving life again.

About the Author

Tanith Carey is an award-winning British journalist and author of thirteen books. She writes regularly for the major national newspapers in the UK and is a former US correspondent for the Daily Mirror and a former London Press Club Consumer Journalist of the Year. Her work covers the topics of parenting, childhood, teenagers, child psychology, veganism, social trends, health, relationships, and psychosexual development. Tanith is a regular on UK radio - particularly BBC Radio's Woman's Hour. She lives in North London.

Industry Reviews

'If you feel like you have lost your sparkle then this wonderful, exuberant book is here to help. Underpinned by sound scientific understanding it is jam-packed with all the tools you need to shine brightly and live your best, most colourful life.' -- Becky Goddard-Hill, psychotherapist and author of Be Happy, Be You
'At last. A scientific explanation of feeling "meh". This book is unique. Brilliantly researched and written.' -- Alice Smellie, menopause campaigner and author of Cracking the Menopause
'Tanith has a unique way of communicating scientific jargon with ease, simplicity, and clarity. Feeling 'Blah'? is a must read!' -- Professor Hana Burianova, professor of neuroscience, department of psychology, Bournemouth University
'The book is evidence based, gives a name to how people feel and then offers options for change. No "motherhood and apple pie" here but sound well-researched techniques that have been evaluated and offered for consideration.' -- Averil Leimon, author, executive coach, and leadership psychologist at White Water Group
'A clear and compelling overview of anhedonia that will be a Godsend to those who have it. I highly recommend it!' -- Jackie Kelm, author of Appreciative Living and creator of the Anhedonia Support Program at www.AnhedoniaSupport.com
'A really, really, really, really good book' -- Liz Jones
'A brilliant read' * Happiful Podcast *

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