Author(s): Wax, Ruby,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 27/12/2018,
Pagination: 272 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Penguin Life,
Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,
Book Classification: Coping with stress, Family & relationships, Self-help & personal development, Popular psychology
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241294758

Description:
"It took us 4 billion years to evolve to where we are now - completely brilliant and yet, some might say, emotionally dwarfed. The question is: can our more empathetic side catch up in time to save us and the world?

I've got nothing against smarts, but it's smarts without emotional awareness that got us into this position of being able to nuke each other into oblivion and rape the earth for oil."

With a little help from a monk (who tells us how our mind works) and a neuroscientist (who tells us how our brain works), Ruby Wax answers every question you've ever had about: evolution, thoughts, emotions, the body, addictions, relationships, sex, kids, the future and compassion.

Filled with witty anecdotes from Ruby's own life, and backed up by smart science and practical mindfulness exercises, How to be Human is the only manual you need right now to help you upgrade your mind as much as you've upgraded your iphone.