WEBVTT - A few books that might make you happier 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:03.040 Hey there, Welcome to Healthy Ish, your daily podcast from 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:05.200 Body and Soul. Of course, I am the host of 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:08.559 Felicity Harley. Now it'd be different for us today, but 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:12.479 I thought it was well a great chat to inspire 0:00:12.560 --> 0:00:13.960 better health and well being. And don't worry, we're not 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:16.599 turning into a book club. Author and founder of the 0:00:16.640 --> 0:00:19.360 Spiritual book Club just into Tyne and joins us in 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:22.599 the studio to share a few books that has inspired her, 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:25.360 that have changed her life for the better, and she 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:28.080 thought you might like them too. Now we do keep 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:30.280 our Healthy sh episodes quite short, so if you want 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:33.519 to hear today's full interview where we go into the 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:38.440 importance of well thinking and can it really change your life, 0:00:39.080 --> 0:00:40.639 you can grab that wherever you get podcasts. 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:53.120 Welcome back to Healthy Shots like a second home. Great 0:00:53.159 --> 0:00:55.040 to feel you this might be your third time on. 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:57.640 I think it is not counting though, it's as a 0:00:57.720 --> 0:00:58.560 joy Felicity. 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:01.520 Oh likewise, and I'm actually excited to talk about this 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:03.680 because you know you and I have both authors. 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:04.759 I just thought i'd dropped that in. 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:07.760 So we know the power of books. 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:10.240 The power of words, absolutely. 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:12.280 But talk to us about how they can be so 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:17.679 impactful and helpful and powerful for our mental health and 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:18.160 well being. 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:20.240 Yeah, you wouldn't necessarily think so. You don't think of 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:21.880 books like that, do you. But I think we've all 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:24.679 had that experience where you can pick up a book 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:28.080 randomly off a shelf and open to a page at 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:31.399 exactly the moment that you needed to see those words 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:33.960 and they can cut right through. And I've certainly had 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:35.959 that happen to me. That the right book at the 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:41.000 right time can literally transform your life. And I love 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:44.400 spiritual slash inspirational books. I love those kind of books 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:46.959 self help books they're also called, which is why I 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:49.960 started a book club specifically for those kinds of books, 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:53.840 the Spiritual Book Club, So I know that those kinds 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:57.880 of books they can offer comfort and inspiration and shift 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:02.240 your perspective and give you connection both to yourself, to 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:05.960 your higher self and to others and really cut through 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:07.080 and change your life. 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:09.760 Books are so powerful, Like they are so powerful. 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:11.919 I often when I read a good book, I find 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:16.200 myself telling so many people about it, and then I 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:17.799 think to myself, Oh, we need to shut up about 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:18.200 that book. 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:20.120 You may as well be the pr for that book. 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:24.760 But it's amazing how particular ones can sink in at 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:25.959 a particular time that you need. 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:28.000 Yeah, there's a saying. 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.320 I don't know who to attribute it to, but they say, 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:33.239 when the teacher is ready, when the student is ready, 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:36.239 the teacher appears. And I always think that teacher might 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:39.119 be a book because someone will mention it just when 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:40.760 you need to hear it, or you'll spot it on 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:42.680 a bookshelf. And that's happened to me. And I've got 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:46.120 a teasing pile by my bed. I'm sure many people do. 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:49.200 And also my kindle is packed with these books and 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:51.959 you just pick it up, open at any page, particularly 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:55.360 with a spiritual book, and just read a few words 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:57.800 and it can completely transform. 0:02:57.320 --> 0:02:59.400 The way you go about your day. What about book 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:00.760 talk to BookTalk? 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:02.840 I don't use tiktop march, I have to say, but 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:05.799 sometimes I go on and put actually key book top 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:08.040 because I'm interested to see what people are recommending. 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.240 And there are pros and cons of this. You into this, No, 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:13.400 I'm not. I probably should be right. I'm a bit behind. 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:16.160 I'm always a late adopted, but I do know what 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:18.440 it is, of course, and I've seen a few clips. 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:19.520 I think it's a great thing. 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:22.360 Anything that encourages reading, and it's great for publishing as 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:24.240 well to have this resurgence of books. 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:26.320 But I also think it's a big it's. 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:29.639 Noisy out there, and so if books are your thing, 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:32.400 and if you're seeking niche, a particular niche of books, 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:34.040 then of course I'm going to say this, but I 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:36.000 think book clubs at the go, because you know, there 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:38.160 are book clubs that are more specific for your kinds 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:39.560 of books, which is why I started. 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:42.680 We'll talk us through some books that have changed your life, 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:46.320 give us some inspiration of things that perhaps our listeners 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:51.280 can well read and be inspired and potentially change their lives. 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:53.760 It's so hard to narrow it down, but I'm going 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:55.000 to do it. I'm going to do the work for 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:58.280 you all to just give you a few that change 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:00.840 my life, and I pretty much guarante they will do 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.600 the same for you because they have for millions of others. 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:05.240 I think number one and a lot. 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:07.080 Of people will hear this and go ah, yes, of course. 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:10.560 The Alchemist by Paula Coelo, and this is iconic. 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:11.000 This book. 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:14.920 It's actually a fable, so it's fiction, and it's about 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:18.320 following your dreams and finding your destiny and There's a 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:20.400 whole lot of profound teachings in there, but the one 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:23.320 that stands out that resonates with millions of people over 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:26.000 the years is that we all have a destiny, and 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:29.760 in the book it's called your personal legend, and the 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:33.120 idea is that if we go through life knowing that 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.520 and trying to realign with that destiny, then we're going 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:39.039 to be fulfilled in the end. There might be details 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:41.320 along the way, as there are for the Shepherd Boy 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:44.200 in this story, but we get there in the end. 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:45.280 What's your destiny? 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:48.279 Oh gosh, you are throwing that at me, do you know? 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:52.120 Actually one of them creating the Spiritual Book Club is 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:54.640 I feel very aligned with that at the moment. I 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:57.919 think my destiny is probably, like you, to be a storyteller, 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.240 and that's in many different ways to each people through words, 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:03.560 and that's why I became a journalist and an author. 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:07.560 But I actually have another one that I haven't yet fulfilled, 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:11.000 if I ever will, which is the same idea of storytelling. 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:15.159 But I always wanted to be an actor, and yes, 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:17.920 and whenever I read a book like The Alchemist and 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:19.359 some of the others, I'm going to tell you about 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.400 that stirs in me. And it's that when they say, 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:24.479 what's that voice of your soul? What is it calling 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:26.640 you to do? I had go shushush no. I don't 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:29.279 have time for that. So I can't hear that one. 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:30.560 So maybe one day. 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:32.000 Interesting watch this space. 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:34.279 I feel like The Alchemist is a book that you 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:37.160 can revisit time, and I think I've actually read it 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:40.280 twice in my life, and only twice inspired me to 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:43.000 pick it up for a third time. What's another book 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:45.719 that's impacted you? One that I've read recently. It's The 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:49.200 Untethered Soul by Michael Singers. It is more it's newer 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.120 than The Alchemist. But I think a lot of people 0:05:51.160 --> 0:05:53.680 are catching on to this. It's such an extraordinary book. 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:56.960 It's one of those books again that will absolutely change 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.840 the way you view yourself and the world we're in. 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:03.479 It's the idea that we have to become aware of 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:07.160 the constant inner dialogue in our minds, and then by 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:10.000 observing our thoughts, we can distance ourselves from them and 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:11.960 then realize that they actually are true and they don't 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:15.240 define us. And so it's also about surrender that I 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:17.920 found that really powerful, that idea Michael singer wrote another 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:21.000 book called The Surrender Experiment, and it's the idea of 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:24.000 just instead of trying to force everything, just get in 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.040 flow with the universe and just trust the universe and 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:29.479 hand it over when. 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:30.360 It all gets too hard. 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:34.760 Give us another one, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:37.640 Do you know that one? No, So that's another one 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:38.080 that I've. 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:41.599 Revisited many times over the years. It's like a guide, 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:43.920 so it's kind of like a work book. But don't 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:45.560 let that turn you off, because there's a lot you 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:48.640 can just read it as well. But it's about rediscovering 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:52.200 your creative self and your passions. And we're all creative. 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:54.200 Many people hear that and they think, oh, I'm not 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:58.960 a painter. Creativity is everything. It's motherhood, it's cooking, it's food, 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:02.880 it's writing, it's painting, it's what. There's so many expressions 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:05.680 of creativity, and many of us lose sight of that 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:08.920 as we get older and we separate ourselves from our 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:14.080 true essence. So the Artist's Way is so powerful with 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:17.640 these incredible exercises to help us get back in touch 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:20.200 with that essence. Say just saying for a friend, you know, 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:22.240 if you're acting, was your passion and you'd hidden it, 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:25.680 it would It helps get you back into alignment, and 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:28.040 you do these things called the morning pages, So every 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:32.720 morning you write stream of consciousness for three pages without 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:35.760 lifting your pen and just let your inner voice come through. 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:37.680 That's from the Artist's. 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:41.560 Way, and many many creative, really successful creatives will say 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:45.200 that they got their start from working with the Artist's Way, 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:46.920 and it led me to write my first book to. 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:48.600 Yeah, there we go, give us a final book. 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:50.240 Gosh, where do I which one? 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:52.320 While I pick, well, I think I'll mention The Universe 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:55.640 Has your Back by Gabby Earnstein, because that's really it's 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:59.880 a simple introduction to the idea of manifestation. If that's 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:03.400 to you and the universe. People hear us talk about 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:05.600 the universe, what is that? Well, she describes it in 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:09.240 a really spiritual concept, in a really relatable and reach 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:13.760 reachable format. That's what Gabie Bernstein's famous for. So it's 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.240 the idea that we can manifest the life we desire 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:20.680 through aligning our beliefs and thoughts and actions. And she 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:22.680 just makes it all seem very accessible. 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:25.440 That is the word, isn't it accessible? Actually we had 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:28.840 her on talking about that exact thing. So yeah, she's good. 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:29.360 Just int town. 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:30.240 Lovely having you back. 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:32.080 Thanks, great to be here. Thank you. 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:37.600 Do you have a favorite book, a book that's changed 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:40.320 your life? I have one. It is called The Good Life, 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:43.000 and I highly recommend it. It was written by the Harvard 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:46.280 psychologists who are currently working on the longest study into 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:48.920 human health and happiness. Now I've talked about this many 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:51.840 times on the podcast, just sums it all up and 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:55.240 basically dishes up all their findings. It is wonderful. If 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:57.360 you do, you can tell us, join us on social media, 0:08:57.480 --> 0:09:00.000 join the conversation. If you did enjoy this chat, jump 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:01.600 on rate and review it. 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