The 1% Wellness Experiment
Micro-gains to Change Your Life in 10 Minutes a Day
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You don't need to devote hours to work on your wellbeing: you can improve your life by taking just 1% of your day to focus on your mental and emotional health.
There are 1440 minutes in every 24 hours. Subtract the optimal 8 hours’ sleep and 1% of your waking hours is just under 10 minutes.
Using the concept of marginal or micro-gains – tiny changes that add up to a big impact – this book invites you to enter into a month-long experiment with yourself:
Use 1% of each day for one month to experiment with a range of actions to improve your mental and emotional health.
Actions include establishing boundaries and saying no, overcoming comparison and handling anxiety, dealing with perfectionism, people-pleasing and creating habits. They are designed to improve your mood and increase your happiness without, crucially, taking up your valuable time.
By the end of the experiment you will have created your own bespoke tried-and-tested toolkit packed with techniques to lower your stress, strengthen your self-confidence, nurture your connections, instil calm and increase joy.
I LOVED this book! I've recommended it to several people already. The book is written simply, the experiments are easy to try out and there's a great variety. I borrowed the book from my local library but I'll be buying my own copy to keep dipping back into when I'm feeling overwhelmed or not myself again. Thank you, Gabrielle, for writing a fantastic book.
- Laura
Listen to the Introduction
"This is a brilliant book. Accessible and dip-in-and-out-able, realistic but wonderfully positive without veering into false enthusiasm. Gabrielle writes beautifully - she's knowledgeable about her subject (plenty of great research backs up her suggestions) while also being sensible of the fact that lives are full. The experiments in the book are all eminently manageable with enough options and variations to make them achievable, with a focus on curiosity and the idea of marginal gains allowing for progress over time.
I know it'll be a book I keep handy to flick open when I need some inspiration to pause, as well as one I recommend."
- Jennifer
Book-ish Bookshop Talk
Filmed by Matt Phillips
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An evening with… Gabrielle Treanor
The 1% Wellness Experiment 19 January 2024
My first bookshop talk was a total joy (and a sell-out). The audience was wonderful, asking so many interesting questions, and it was a delight to talk with so many as I signed their copies of The 1% Wellness Experiment.
See or listen to Gabrielle
The Shelf Help Club – click here to watch
UK Health Radio – click here to listen
From Inside the Hive podcast – click here to listen
Sparkle on Substack podcast – click here to listen
Gabrielle signing copies of The 1% Wellness Experiment after speaking at The Big Retreat Festival, May 2024.
"I brought this book directly from the author after reading about her in Red magazine. This book is really wonderful. It makes trying out new wellness habits accessible and easy by removing the overwhelm. It's such a clever premise to encourage you just to carve out 10 mins, and the fact that Gabrielle even gives you 31 different ones to try is just brilliant. I am finding it both easy and fun to try out things (it also means it's easier to stick at the ones I'm enjoying most!).
I've recommended this to heaps of people - and now I'm recommending it to you dear review reader!"
- Janeycbee
"If you are seeking sustainable improvement in your life and want actionable and practicable improvement this book is a great resource to encourage and support that. Its suggestions paired with your own autonomy mean you can make tiny tangible improvements in your actual life, rather than the sometimes promised life-overhaul and perfection that we know is unachievable and unsustainable. It's also easy to dip in and out of - something that is important for me as I find concentration when reading a challenge."
- Sasha
Buy your book or gift box
and support people experiencing homelessness
You can order your copy of The 1% Wellness Experiment direct from me!
I'm donating £1 from the sale of each book to The Wallich homelessness charity in Wales who believe that everyone deserves the right to a home, to feel safe, valued and positive about their future, and I could not agree more.
Let me know in the order message box if you'd like your copy signed.
Bulk orders (10+ copies) get a discount, email me [email protected] to discuss.
£12.99 each incl. p&p
Or you can buy The 1% Wellness Experiment Book Gift Box including the book, notebooks, pencil, bookmark, postcards and a month of journal prompts – all wrapped in tissue and tied with a bow.
I'm donating 10% of your purchase aka £2.50 per box to The Wallich homelessness charity (see above).
£25 each incl. p&p (UK only)
"As a person who has rarely managed to make it more than halfway through a personal development book without getting overhwelmed and giving up, this one has restored my faith.
The writing is warm and engaging, with plenty of personal stories and insights which make the author seem reassuringly relatable. While it's the opposite of a quick-fix, it still engages with the idea of 'quick', taking small steps and building on them to create healthier habits over time. I am neurodivergent so this makes it feel significantly more accessible and less overwhelming. I also love the fact it's structured as a series of experiments, largely because there's no right and wrong in an experiment. It gives you a sense of having accomplished something in ten minutes - a big plus in itself for anyone who struggles with their mental health.
Overall, it's an enjoyable read, with practical ideas which are manageable and easy to adjust to your individual."
- Jemimahp
