This self-help book gives you the tools to find three-second glimmers of joy every day. Did you taste something delicious? That was a glimmer. Notice the way the light slanted in through the window? That was a glimmer. Looking for glimmers is a recognised mental health practice to enable you to shift and lift your mood. They are brief and fleeting, and finding them is an art and a skill. In Daily Glimmers, 12 thematic chapters each holds about 30 beautiful glimmers, amounting to one entry for every day of the year. Learn to notice micro-moments of joy, such as putting on a pair of new socks, stroking a purring cat, popping a cork, finishing a jar, watching a rainbow brighten, sinking your hands into earth, being told ‘no rush’, reviving a dying fire, and hundreds...
Bridget McNulty began her career as a magazine journalist following a summa cum laude degree in creative writing and has since written the novel Strange Nervous Laughter (2008), as well as The Grief Handbook (Watkins, 2021). After being diagnosed with diabetes, Bridget co-founded the NGO Sweet Life Diabetes Community, which has become South Africa’s largest online diabetes community, through which she publishes books and a regular magazine. Bridget also co-founded Now Novel, an online writing course. She has featured in Glamour, Women & Home, YOU magazine and more. For more information, visit bridgetmcnulty.com
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