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Book

Gentle : rest more, stress less, and live the life you actually want

Call Number

  • 158.1 C3316 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Balance, 2025.

Physical Description

xxxii, 253 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

"Being Gentle is about being grounded in self-compassion and a fierce commitment to less--becoming the Gentle You isn't about taking the easy road. Organized into three parts--Rest, Less, and Rise--Courtney Carver's Gentle provides simple challenges and practices that will help readers radically and gently shift their pace, headspace, and heart. Becoming the Gentle You is a practice of real self-care that, over time, will soothe your nervous system and strengthen your relationships. From an expert on simplicity and minimalism, a collection of 30 practices to overcome chronic overwhelm, cultivate self-compassion, and find permission to do less"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes

"Written by minimalism expert and celebrated author Courtney Carver, Gentle is the "don't do it all" self-help book you need to live with less stress and more ease, less overwhelm and more joy by uncovering the Gentle You. Grounded in self-compassion and a fierce commitment to less, becoming the Gentle You isn't about taking the easy road. It's a practice of real self-care that, over time, will soothe your nervous system and strengthen your relationships. Organized into three parts-Rest, Less, and Rise-30 challenges and simple practices will help readers radically and (yes) gently shift their pace, headspace, and heart. It's time to find strength in your softness, fierceness in your flexibility, and to finally rise-not by pushing through but by connecting with the Gentle You, standing in your light and honoring the person you are"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

  • Introduction: The gentle way
  • Rest. Rest first
  • Little Saturday
  • The circle
  • Underreact
  • Be green-adjacent
  • Break up with breaking news
  • Go to bed
  • Find connection
  • Redefine your guilt
  • The new rules for rest
  • Less. Home release
  • Unbothered
  • Count your spoons
  • Decide what not to do
  • Less phone
  • Unplug
  • Drink less
  • Less advice
  • Less organizing
  • Release your pain
  • Less regret
  • Rise. Prioritize the gentle you
  • Be gentle anytime
  • Don't take it personally
  • Go slowly
  • Cultivate quiet
  • Dive in
  • Release every worry
  • Ask yourself
  • Savor simple pleasures
  • Live the life you actually want
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the author.

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