Thrive, by Arianna Huffington Review by Natasha Church, Book Stop, Tavistock
Arianna Huffington, co-founder of the Huffington Post, shares her understanding of how to maintain mental and physical equilibrium in the 21st Century.
As one of the most successful business women in the world, the author sheds light, based on her own wake-up calls, on what can happen if we separate ourselves from our well-being by overworking, being stressed and believing in “our current toxic definition of success”.
She makes the point that accessing our natural inner calm does not have to take us away from worldly duties and nor is it ‘New Agey’. Rather, it is essential for our collective survival. She quotes Alexander Solzhenystyn: “If you wanted to put the world to rights, who should you start with: yourself or others?”
Topics include research and scientific findings about the benefits of unplugging from technology, slowing down, having quality sleep, exercise, our relationship with animals, following our intuition, being present and service to others.
She underlines the essence of her point with many wonderful quotes by poets, CEOs, psychologists, philosophers, authors and more. In her own words: “…we cannot thrive and lead the lives we want (as opposed to the lives we’ve settled for) without learning to go inward.”
A reiterative, enjoyable read!