THE BIG IDEA

So many wellbeing books, so little time. Our deconstruction of someone's fresh thinking could send you in a new direction

THIS MONTH WE READ BITTERSWEET: HOW TO TURN SORROW INTO CREATIVITY, BEAUTY AND LOVE BY SUSAN CAIN (VIKING) In a nutshell Do you like tearjerker movies, tragic drama, rainy days, melancholic music? This love or appreciation of sad and beautiful things is what author Susan Cain has experienced her whole life. She calls it ‘bittersweet' and describes it as ‘a tendency to states of longing, poignancy and sorrow, an acute awareness of passing time and a curiously piercing joy at the beauty of the world… and the recognition that light and dark, birth and death – bitter and sweet – are forever paired.' Why now? The study of melancholy is nothing new – in ancient medicine, the human body was believed to contain four humours, or liquid substances, each relating to a different temperament:…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2023

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