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The Here and Now

The Here and Now

10 experts show you how to be more mindful, calm and focused

Summary

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Survive and thrive in uncertain times by listening to the insights and inspirational ideas of world-leading experts on staying calm, focused and in control, brought to you by Penguin.

Too much time on your hands? Too busy to think? Too tired to do anything? Too anxious?

Life as we know it presents us all with different challenges - whether it's the anxiety of loneliness or the stress of being cooped up with the kids 24/7, working at all hours from home or finding yourself unable to fill the long hours of each day.

By listening to The Here and Now you'll discover how to master the difficult art of living in the moment. Combining the expertise of some of Penguin's most trusted authors, this audio collection of practical wisdom and calming advice will help keep you grounded during these uncertain times.

· Let Chloe Madeley advise you on exercising at home.
· Allow The Mindfulness Project to reconnect you with nature.
· Banish anxiety with Chloe Brotheridge.
· Sophie Fletcher's advice will help keep your family (and yourself) calm and connected.
· Follow Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis' advice as they redefine what a successful career means.
· Listen to Dr Amir Khan's advice on how to achieve better sleep results.
· Let Rukmini Iyer introduce you to the joys of cooking.
· Learn from Sara Milne Rowe how to adjust your habits for positive change..

Incorporating guided walks, meditation exercises, workout routines and so much more, this enriching, affirming guide will help each of us realign how we are living right now to make every moment the very best it can be, and develop habits and strategies that will last a lifetime.

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About the authors

Chloe Brotheridge

Chloe Brotheridge BSc, DipH, DipNLP, HC is a clinical hypnotherapist and nutritionist who specialises in helping people who suffer from anxiety. Chloe has her own practice in London and has helped hundreds of sufferers overcome severe anxiety.

Having experienced severe anxiety and panic attacks first hand since her teens, and having found her own path to inner healing, Chloe now feels privileged to be able to share with others the transformative tools and techniques she used herself to achieve a sense of control and inner peace.
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Sara Milne Rowe

Sara Milne Rowe is one of the UK's leading performance coaches, having founded Coaching Impact in 2004. She works alongside senior leaders, teams and individuals within creative and media industriesm education, fast track start-ups, not for profit organisations and in support of female entrepreneurs. This powerful book introduces the unique method that Milne Rowe uses with her clients to help them manage their minds and reach their full potential.
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Chloe Madeley

Chloe Madeley is a Level 2 Gym Instructor and Level 3 Personal Trainer with an Active IQ nutrition qualification. She has been an active personal trainer since 2013, helping both men and women achieve their body transformation goals in London gyms, parks and even online. She has a popular health and fitness website, chloemadeley.com and two best-selling apps (15 Minute Fat Loss and Weights 4 Women). He podcast, The Bodcast, has helped to cement her as an expert voice in health and fitness and has featured high-profile guests such as Dame Kelly Holmes and James Haskell. Chloe is the best-selling author of The 4-Week Body Blitz, The Fat-Loss Blitz and Transform Your Body with Weights.
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Helen Tupper

Helen Tupper has held leadership roles at Microsoft, Virgin and BP and is now CEO of Amazing If. Her love of learning has led her to study at Henley, Cranfield and Cass Business School. Helen is a trustee for the Working Families charity, a Fellow of The RSA and lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband and two children.
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Sarah Ellis

Sarah Ellis has led marketing and corporate responsibility teams for Barclays and Sainsbury's, before becoming Managing Director of a creative agency. She is now Chief Learning Officer at Amazing If. Sarah has studied at Warwick University, London and Harvard Business Schools, and is a qualified Mental Health first aider. Sarah is on the Mayor of London's workspace advisory board and lives in London with her partner and son.
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Sophie Fletcher

Sophie Fletcher is the founder of hypnobirthing company Mindful Mamma, which teaches expectant mothers hypnosis and mindfulness techniques for birth. She is a qualified clinical hypnotherapist, doula and accredited supervisor with the National Council for Hypnotherapy.
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The Mindfulness Project

The Mindfulness Project is a platform for teaching and spreading mindfulness, which is done through a centre in London and internationally through a range of online programmes.
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Rukmini Iyer

RUKMINI IYER is the bestselling author of the Roasting Tin series, selling over 1.75 million copies worldwide. They’ve transformed the cookery space in the UK, leading the one-tin, one-pot and one-pan revolution, and remain firm favourites among fans of maximum-flavour, minimum-hassle cooking. She grew up in Cambridgeshire with the best of three food cultures: Bengali and South Indian food from her parents’ Indian heritage, along with classic eighties' mac and cheese, sponge pudding, and cheese and pineapple on a stick.

Rukmini is a columnist for the Guardian and BBC Gardeners' World magazine, and writes for numerous publications, including BBC Good Food magazine, Waitrose and Fortnum & Mason. She strongly believes that making time to eat well – for oneself or for family dinners – is an integral part of the day, and as a new mother with limited time but a good appetite, she’s passionate about helping other households cook great, minimum-effort dinners.

When she’s not cooking, Rukmini loves gardening, wandering around food markets with border collie and toddler in tow and entertaining at home with her husband (often friends, more often the baby and dog.)

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Amir Khan

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Oliver Burkeman

Oliver Burkeman is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Four Thousand Weeks and The Antidote, and for many years wrote a popular weekly column on psychology for the Guardian, 'This Column Will Change Your Life'. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Psychologies and New Philosopher.

He has a devoted following for his writing on productivity, mortality, the power of limits, and building a meaningful life in an age of bewilderment.

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