“Reading this book will help you find balance between getting things done and doing things that matter.”
Samantha Boardman, MD
author of Everyday Vitality
“A clear-eyed, concise method that marries science and self-help.”
Oprah Daily
“This book inspires us to do the unimaginable—to remain calm in a world filled with stress and anxiety.”
Henry Emmons, MD
author of The Chemistry of Joy and The Chemistry of Calm
Tame Anxiety and Overcome Burnout—While Saving Time
How to Calm Your Mind is a treasure trove of practical, science-backed strategies that reveal how the key to a less anxious life, and even greater productivity, is a calm state of mind.
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How to Calm Your Mind is also available in: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, Hebrew, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Spanish, and Taiwanese
“After rebounding from his own burnout, Bailey devised a clear-eyed, concise method that marries science and self-help; he’s equally proficient in probing the roles of serotonin and endorphins while charting concrete steps in chapters titled ‘The Mindset of More’ and ‘Heights of Stimulation.’ Slow down, breathe, and submerge into these pages.”
– Oprah Daily
More About How to Calm Your Mind
Productivity advice works—and we need it now more than ever—but it’s just as vital that we develop our capacity for calm. By finding calm and overcoming anxiety, we don’t just feel more comfortable in our own mind—we build a deeper, more expansive reservoir of energy to draw from throughout the day. The pursuit of calm ultimately leads us to become more engaged, focused, and deliberate—while making us more satisfied with our lives. And because calm saves us time by making us more productive, we don’t even need to feel guilty about the time we spend investing in it.
How to Calm Your Mind is my crucial guide to achieving calm, navigating anxiety, and staving off burnout. It explains how our digital world drains us, and what we can do to abate the hidden sources of stress that burden our days. I’ve learned to embrace the analog world and “stimulation fasts,” to use the science of “savoring” to become more focused and present, and to relax without guilt—and would love to show you how you can reclaim calm, too. In an anxious world, investing in calm might be the best productivity strategy around.
Praise for How to Calm Your Mind
Oprah Daily
“Bailey’s reckoning with productivity, and his revelation that ‘investing in calm’ is the secret to a truly productive life, may come as welcome news.”
San Francisco Chronicle
“This practical manual is worth slowing down for.”
Publisher’s Weekly
“How to Calm Your Mind inspires us to do the unimaginable—to remain calm in a world filled with stress and anxiety. Chris Bailey helps us understand why calm seems so hard to achieve, and then gives us the means to achieve it. This is a book that shows how to regain one’s inborn resilience and tap into a calm mind to create a thriving life.”
Henry Emmons, MD, author of The Chemistry of Joy and The Chemistry of Calm
Reader’s Digest
“An insightful toolkit.” “Must-read.”
Apple Books
“How to Calm Your Mind is an oasis in a sea of productivity porn. It is the antidote for the chaos of our daily lives and the relentless pursuit of more at the expense of meaning. In this enlightening book, Bailey not only explains why finding calm matters, he provides a step-by-step guide for how to find it and keep it. Reading it will help you find balance between getting things done and doing things that matter.”
Samantha Boardman, MD, author of Everyday Vitality
“People have said that Chris is one of the most productive men you could hope to meet. Personally, I know him as one of the calmest. This book explains how both statements can be true for him, and how they can be true for you too.”