Here are two more reviews of my book FINDING YOUR HAPPINESS:
You can buy the book on Amazon UK here.
Write soon,
Antony
Dear all,
It is my absolute delight to share the first review of my latest book, FINDING YOUR HAPPINESS, with you:
This review was posted on goodreads.
FINDING YOUR HAPPINESS is also gaining a number of 5 star ratings without reviews on various websites. Here is what the book is about:
You deserve to be happy and to experience genuine wellbeing.
You deserve to feel positive and joyful.
But you weren’t taught what happiness truly is or how to create a happy life for yourself.
FINDING YOUR HAPPINESS is your practical, uplifting guide to building a life that feels good from the inside out. This book gives you the knowledge, skills and wisdom to live a happier and more fulfilling life.
Inside you will:
This book is an invitation to transform your life. To become happy. To step into your exciting future, one that’s filled with happiness and joy.
Happiness is lived in full colour, and this book embraces that spirit. Printed in full colour from cover to cover, it costs more to produce than the average book, and its price reflects that commitment to quality. This book takes approximately 5.5 hours to read from cover to cover.
You can see the content pages and read the first chapter for FREE here. Here is a video flick through of the book:
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Write soon,
Antony
Here is a small extract from my book FINDING YOUR HAPPINESS:
A core aspect to finding your happiness is to understand who you are, what drives you and most importantly: What will make you happy. These are unique to the individual, just like your fingerprints.
Everyone has different parts of the ‘Self’ that make up the whole of who they are. The different parts of your Self include:
★ The Physical Self – your body.
★ The Mental Self – your thoughts.
★ The Emotional Self – your emotions.
★ The Spiritual Self – your soul.
All these parts contribute to who you are and are interconnected.
All of these parts contribute to your behaviour – what you say and do.
Your spiritual self or soul is perhaps the most mysterious of all the parts. We know very little about souls. What is their purpose? How do they operate? The truth is that nobody can answer these questions with absolute certainty.
There are plenty of theories about souls. Just look at the many religious and spiritual systems in the world today. I personally believe that any work we do to understand our spiritual self, helps us to more deeply understand the universe and how everything is interconnected.
The interaction between these different parts of the Self, the influence they have on one another and our behaviour is very complex and constantly changing.
But a couple of example scenarios here will help you to understand that the different parts of your Self can and do influence one another:
A really good example of the interaction between the different parts of the Self in action, is the state of anxiety. Anxiety starts through a trigger. A trigger is an event or experience that causes something to happen.
Imagine you have been triggered. In your mind anxious thoughts start to form. Then you start to feel the emotion of fear. Your physical self responds to these thoughts and emotions. Your heart beats faster, you become more alert and your appetite decreases.
In the scenario above, your thoughts influenced your emotional state. Then your physical body responded to both your thoughts and your emotional state.
It is important to know that just because you’re currently focused on one part of your Self, it doesn’t mean that the other parts are inactive.
Let’s look at another example scenario to illustrate my point:
Imagine you have gone for a run. Your physical self is firing on all cylinders – your heart beats fast, your lungs inhale oxygen rapidly and your muscles propel you forwards. But as you run, the other parts of your Self are not inactive.
In your mind, you may be thinking about events earlier in your day. You may think about something that triggers your emotions. These thoughts or emotions may cause you to run faster, run slower or stop running altogether.
To summarise, all parts of your Self (Physical, Mental, Emotional & Spiritual) interact with one another. They can influence one another. This in turn can influence your behaviour – what you say, do and omit to do.
In terms of happiness, it is really important to consider each part of your Self. Happiness can only be achieved when all parts of you are working in tandem with one another. All parts of your Self must be in a state of unity.
You can read more in my book FINDING YOUR HAPPINESS, which is available to buy on Amazon here.
Blog soon,
Antony
Last weekend, I had a Rituximab infusion aimed at keeping my vasculitis in remission. Then on Tuesday I started with pain in my lower jar and noticed that part of one of my wisdom teeth had broken away. I got an emergency Dentist appointment on Wednesday and had to have the tooth extracted.
Before the extraction and since, I’ve had pain in my lower jaw and face. There’s nothing quite like tooth pain is there? This actually reminds me what I’ve written about pain, in FINDING YOUR HAPPINESS:
Your Pain
Part of being alive is experiencing pain. There are different types of pain. Pain can be physical, mental or emotional. Any type of pain reduces your quality of life and will make you less happy.
You should address any pain promptly, to prevent it from getting worse and to promote healing.
Physical Pain
Physical pain is often managed, rather than cured or healed. Pain management can involve medications, exercises and sometimes surgery. Physical pain can be acute (coming on suddenly and is short term) or chronic (long term).Acute physical pain is a sign that something is wrong inside your body. Chronic pain is caused by diseases and disorders inside your body. If you’re in physical pain, I highly recommend that you see your GP.
Your GP will complete an assessment, tests/investigations to work out the cause of the pain and work with you to develop a treatment plan.
A good example of physical pain is a broken leg. Imagine you fall and break your leg. You are in pain and seek medical attention. You have an x-ray that confirms the broken bone. You have surgery to repair it.
After surgery you have a period of immobilisation to allow the bone to heal and then have physiotherapy to regain muscle strength.Within 3-6 months you are back to doing everything you used to do before the injury. Walking, running and dancing. Your leg is healed. You are healed.
Mental Pain
We don’t know enough about mental pain. Sometimes mental pain is managed, sometimes it is healed.Mental pain is caused by mental illnesses. Sometimes mental illnesses run in families, suggesting that the cause could be genetic. Sometimes mental illnesses are caused by life events.
There are many different types of mental illnesses, some are acute and some are chronic. Examples of mental illnesses include anxiety, depression, bipolar and schizophrenia.
It can be difficult for a doctor to diagnose mental illnesses due to similar symptoms. Even Psychiatrists (doctors that specialise in mental health) have difficulty diagnosing mental illnesses.
Diagnosis of mental illnesses can take a significant amount of time. There’s no blood test or scans that can be completed to confirm whether an individual has mental illnesses or not, let alone which specific mental illness they have.
I would highly recommend that you see your GP if you are experiencing mental pain.
If you’re experiencing mental pain, don’t wait for a diagnosis. Start to manage your symptoms immediately, to the best of your ability.
In some cases people can fully recover from mental pain/illnesses. Whereas in other cases it is about long term management of symptoms.
Recovery from mental pain/illnesses doesn’t have set timescales. It usually takes months to years, depending on the individual and the circumstances. But every year many people do recover from mental pain/illnesses.
Emotional Pain
A conversation about emotional pain in western healthcare is not currently happening, but it needs to.Symptoms of Pain
With all types of pain you will have a combination of physical, mental and emotional symptoms. Let me give you an example of this from my own life.I once had severe stomach pains. They’d come and go, but were incredibly painful when present. I went to see my GP and had a range of tests/investigations. Everything came back normal.
However physically, my body always felt tight. Sometimes my chest felt tight, like it was difficult to breathe. At these times, my heart beat fast and I sweated excessively.
Eventually my GP diagnosed me with anxiety, a mental illness. I was prescribed medication and referred for therapy. It took several years, but I came to realise that my anxiety was often caused by my emotional state. Fear seemed to frequently trigger my anxiety.
I realised that in order to effectively treat my anxiety, I needed to address the fear. So that’s what I did.
Whatever symptoms of pain you have it is essential that you work out what it is and address the cause(s).
(From: FINDING YOUR HAPPINESS by Antony Simpson, 2026, pages 55-57.)
I’m currently on antibiotics and prescription painkillers. So I will be taking it easy this weekend.
Blog soon,
Antony
