Oliver Burkeman
Oliver Burkeman is a feature writer for the Guardian. He is a winner of the Foreign Press Association’s Young Journalist of the Year award, and has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. He writes a popular weekly column on psychology, ‘This Column Will Change Your Life’ and has reported from London, Washington and New York.
The Antidote
‘A bracing detox for the self-help junkie’ Guardian
“True security lies in the unrestrained embrace of insecurity - in the recognition that we never really stand on solid ground, and never can”
Oliver Burkeman on The Art of Charm podcast, discussing why you might be happier if you resist positive thinking …
An illustrated introduction to The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking.
‘Burkeman would be the first to accept that he hasn’t written the last word on human happiness. But he has written some of the most truthful and useful words on it to be published in recent years. The knowledge Burkeman draws on may well come from others, but the book’s quiet wisdom is all his own. This is a marvellous synthesis of good sense, which would make a bracing detox for the self-help junkie.’
Julian Baggini
The Guardian