Sorry I did not rate this book. Being somebody that reads many health books of different types I gave this a go. I didn't learn anything of significance and felt I could have written a similar book.I know others have loved it and this is just my view point. Sorry!

I liked the book because it was beautiful - the kind of Instagram-pretty book that looks lovely on a coffee table in an immaculate appartment. The claim that it's about depression is deceiving: the advice given by Cotton Fearne is to eat healthy, sleep enough, look after your appearance because it has an impact on your mood, journal, be creative... Great advice for people who are just looking to feel a bit better and happier, but for people who are actually going through depression? Probably use...

So here it is my first read of 2021! I made the decision at the end of last year that I wanted to start the new year off with a non-fiction read and well.... what better book to start a new year with than HAPPY. It literally says it all.Now I will be completely honest and say that I have never been a Fearne Cotton fan. I guess I was jealous in my teenage years as she was good friends with the band Mcfly. Now at that time I was about 14/15 and almost certain that I was going to marry Danny from M...

Had this book sitting around for about a year now & decided to read it about 3 weeks ago inbetween other reads.I found myself skim reading most of it as to me it's just another celebrity book. There was a couple of good ideas in the book but I can't imagine personally that this book would be very helpful for anyone suffering from depression but it does have a lot of good reviews.

Some months back I came across Fearne Cotton's name in one of the podcasts I listen to.So when I was scrolling through my library's e-audiobooks offerings, the cover and the author's name grabbed my attention, so I downloaded it.It's a short book. It's hard to rate it as it's not terrible but it doesn't say anything new. I couldn't help but wonder if this book would have been published if an unknown had written it. I very much doubt it. Don't we all know by now that it's good to eat healthily, c...

This was just what I needed to read at this time. With a very busy life and work life, I do find it hard sometimes to keep up with everything and even keep up with myself. This book made me stop and think about what I was doing and discover that something had to change. Fearne talks about her personal experieneces in this book together with talking to other friends about their experiences also. There are a lot of topics that Fearne talks about in this book but, for me, the biggest aspect that I

When I think of Fearne Cotton, I always remember her as the loud and confident presenter of morning tv. I remember meeting her many years ago at a show filming in London and thinking wow that woman is so full of confidence I wish I could more like that!So, I was interested to read her book Happy and see if she could shed some light on happiness and confidence. Yet, what I found in between the pages of this book surprised and delighted me in equal measure. Fearne writes with honesty about her pas...

I could have rushed this book and finished it in a day, but something about Fearne's voice makes you want to slow down, relax and savour every moment.I'm not good at relaxing. I'm not good at being happy. But this book made both things accessible to me, which I'm really grateful for.I think Fearne is very brave for opening up about her depression: as such a public figure it opens her up to all kinds of judgment and scrutiny, but I think this book is going to help a lot of people.

A real book for the eyes that looks great on a shelve or a table and such and for that I really enjoyed it but the content was a little smug? I don't know if that's completely the right word because smug isn't very nice and this book really is very but almost too nice and happy and you almost wanna shake it and say not everyone is this positive all the time!!! Don't read if you are actually in a dark place this happiness might make you worse, read when your out of it and reflecting back and ther...

I'm holding onto this book on one of my overflowing shelves, since the majority of the advice and tips mentioned throughout the chapters I feel will come in very handy for later stages in my life and venturing into the outside world! It was refreshing to hear real-life experiences from Fearne, there were sections that you could fill in and will look into doing that some point. There were some parts mentioned which wasn't fully appealing to me since I couldn't relate to those situations. I also f...

If I ever have to read how grateful she is for having kids and her career and husband and family I will throw up.I've never read such nauseating self help book.There is absolutely no useful information in this at all just her going on and on and on about being grateful and thankful.

The illustrations in this book are sweet and beautiful, making me slightly regret not having bought the paper version.Thing is, though I sort of liked this book, it is because I have come through depression and out the other side that I can understand where the advice is coming from. I also have learned these lessons but I had to do it by working through it myself.During my own darkest days I would have felt that Fearne was rubbing my face in her own happiness and thought "bully for her for bein...

4.5/5Super accessible with some very applicable ideas on how to bring "Happy" into your life. My one lil gripe with this, however, was the "Happy Families" section, which I, personally, felt made the assumption that everyone comes from super-happy, loving families which is certainly (and unfortunately) not the case. That aside, a very insightful read!

My opinion of this book may be skewed by the fact I just finished Matt Haig - Reasons to Stay Alive and the Psychopath Test. But I found it to lack substance. It is sad to hear that Fearne struggled through some periods of low mood, but I don't think this book should be aimed at depressives. This book is probably for those who come in short of happy but don't have depression. Once part of the book seems to imply that helping out a stranger or smiling at people would help get you out of a depress...

I've been waiting a while to read this book and I'm glad I finally picked it up as it's such a positive, intelligent read. It isn't just about feeling low, far from it, it focuses on several aspects of our lives we can work on to be "happy" or more realistically to find what feels right for you. Family, love, food, yoga, identity, balance etc are some of the aspects covered. The book features beautiful illustrations and pages you are encouraged to write in and return to about your own perspectiv...

I received this book as a Christmas gift and gave it a skim read to see if there was anything remotely new or compelling. I was disappointed. Full of pearls of wisdom such as “reject drama”, “listen to your gut” and “talk talk talk”. Perhaps this book might useful for someone who is experiencing mental ill-health for the first time, but it struck me as a celebrity money grab by stuffing some pretty well-worn and easily accessible tips into a book with a pretty cover.

I didn’t really think much to this book, she just talks about her life. I wouldn’t recommend buying this book.

The first few chapters are hard as it speaks of Fearnes own dark times and in a way it feels abit daunting to read when it brings up memories of your own as you nod along saying yep and agreeing to parts. It's hard to say anything negative when someone speaks about their own personal journey, their truth and the things they have found along the way which have helped them.However for me I felt this was more of a starter book and felt like I needed something abit more.

I adore the simplicity of this book, it is beautifully presented and very straight forwarded. What I like about this book is that it doesn’t tell you what to do, Fearne simple lays out very basic ideas for you which you are then meant to build from and apply to your own life. Throughout each chapter and at the end there are places for you to write and fill in with a pen. When I started this book I was lazy and filled it out mentally. I was about halfway through the book thinking it was okay but

I would've liked and needed this book much more 10-15 years ago than I do now... maybe back then it would've had a power to made an impact and improve me and my life 😉