The Feel Good Effect

“An absolutely fresh and insightful guide . . . If you’re looking to create more calm, clarity, and joy, this book is for you.”—Shauna Shapiro, Ph.D., author of Good Morning I Love You

What if wellness isn’t about achieving another set of impossible standards, but about finding what works—for you?

Radically simple and ridiculously doable, The Feel Good Effect helps you redefine wellness, on your own terms. Drawing from cutting-edge science on mindfulness, habit, and behavior change, podcast host Robyn Conley Downs offers a collection of small mindset shifts that allow for more calm, clarity, and joy in everyday life, embracing the idea that “gentle is the new perfect” when it comes to sustainable wellness. She then leads you through an easy set of customizable habits for happiness and health in mind, body, and soul, allowing you to counteract stress and prevent burnout.

Instead of trying to get more done, The Feel Good Effect offers a refreshingly sane approach that will allow you to identify and focus on the elements that actually move the needle in your life right now. Less striving. More ease. It’s time to feel good.

About the Author

Robyn Conley Downs is a rising star in the wellness space and is the founder of the mission-driven wellness education brand Real Food Whole Life. She is the host of the top-rated podcast The Feel Good Effect where she hosts wellness thought-leaders including Gretchen Rubin, Dr. Kristin Neff, Laila Ali, Jonathan Fields, Dr. Rick Hanson, and others. With a master’s in education and behavior change and four years of study at the doctoral level, and as a certified yoga and mindfulness instructor, Downs blends psychological and neurological research with mindfulness principles to gently guide people toward a better way to well.