A lovely easy-to-read book offering practical advice to help improve your work-life balance. It has easy-to-follow hints and tips and gives real examples, making it a very engrossing read.

For me there were no big surprises, however it's a really good reminder of actions we can take to stop work ruling our lives and help us feel more in control.

Excellent and practical book - it is well written and full of such good ideas and tips - i feel i could take many of these and add them to my life and move towards a better way of being and being well. The examples were well chosen and demonstrated the points well.

This is a lovely book which is well-written, brilliantly presented and thoughtfully curated to be a helpful guide to wellbeing all year round. I think it’s one I will definitely be returning to as a reminder to take care of myself and prioritise my own health at work. I loved it, thank you!

A good book about how to make yourself a better you. It has some great solid help and benefits for taking care of yourself

52 Weeks of Wellbeing is a nice, simple book that offers practical advice for improving your work-life balance. With easy-to-follow tips and real examples, it’s a very digestible read.

While there’s nothing groundbreaking, it is a good reminder of the things we can do to stop work taking over our lives and to feel more in control.

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by Ryan Hopkins

since the pandemic I have really re-evaluated and prioritized my well-being and especially my work life balance since working at home I try to not let it consume me. this book has definitely started me off in the right direction with different daily practices to help with coping with stress and take some much needed me time. Simple, practical,useful.

Full of useful tips on how to live a more peace life.

If you are wanting to decrease your daily stress and worry then this is for you. So tips are obvious and you will have heard before but its always good to be reminded of them.

I would recommend to not read this all in one go but to spread it out over the the year as suggested by the title.


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Some good suggestions on how to improve your general wellbeing by focusing on a better work/life balance. By focusing on what to do over the 52 weeks of the year Hopkins creates an easy to follow structure, which motivates you to keep going even if you don't manage to follow the advice every single week.

A really helpful book to dip in and out of. I have used it at work with colleagues which has worked well.
Highly recommended.
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I work in a neonatal ICU and try do as much as possible for all our staff, I'm always looking to learn and this has been a great learning tool on how to support staff further.

3.5/5.

Wonderful book. I really liked the way this was written and felt I came away with some food for thought. A must read for everyone - employed, self employed or even students.

This book was inspiring, motivating & filled with information & statistics to help build healthy habits.

What a book!
It contains A LOT of things, all related to how to realistically maintain our wellbeing. I like the writing style, it is fun and to the point with a touch of storytelling here and there. The tone is light and there's humor in every points all the way to the 52nd.
This might be the most honest book about wellbeing that contains realistic advice.

I thought this was really well written and I look forward to reading more from this author in the future. I think it will find readers at our library, so we will definitely be purchasing for the collection.

An insight a week to help your wellbeing and balance of the work: life ratio in life. Easy to achieve ideas.

An interesting enough book, but when life and all it's dramas and stresses and traumas gets in the way, it's very hard to achieve well being, certainly for me.. It's a book for reading over a longer period of time that reviewing it within a timescale will allow so whilst I am sure it is very helpful when practiced over a long period, this one is not for me.

An interesting book. A bit like a self help guide. Read each chapter week by week. Insightful and useful to see the 'bigger picture'.

Star Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Reading Difficulty: 2/5
Length: 264 pages
Available Formats: eBook, Hardcover, Paperback
Recommended for: Those who have a casual interest in wellbeing and don’t know where to start
Not recommended for: Those who are already wellbeing junkies

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When I saw a few Kogan Page titles appear on NetGalley’s offering, of course I had to sign up for them! Thank you to the publisher for my free review copy in exchange for an honest review.

True to its title, this book consists of 52 chapters, one for every wellbeing topic imaginable, every week of the year - music to my brain! 52 Weeks is a light read, perfect for consuming in bite-sized pieces, be it first thing in the morning, during your commute, or a chapter before bedtime.

I love that each chapter introduces you to the theory / research behind each wellbeing concept, translates what it means in everyday contexts, and, most importantly, offers the reader a bullet-pointed list of actionable suggestions of how to apply these learnings to better our daily wellbeing.

The author Ryan Hopkins writes from a place of compassion, understanding, and personal experience. His writing style is friendly and down-to-earth - no preachiness here! A quote that he uses throughout the book is: “big doors swing on little hinges” — by embracing small changes little and often, we create significant change overtime. This is exactly the philosophy this book adopts and instils in its reader.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this well-paced introduction to wellbeing, 52 Weeks of Wellbeing gets a solid 4/5 star rating from me! A great book to pick up for yourself or a friend.

Interesting and thoughtful book on 52 ways of improving your wellbeing. A great book for either a yearlong challenge or to dip into when you need a pep talk.

I don't generally read self-help books but I found some of the advice in this book quite helpful. I did skim read some parts because I felt like they were too lengthy for me, but overall I thought it was interesting and educational.