Published in 2022
178 pages
Lucy Turner is an international civil servant who has lived and worked on 5 continents over 14 years with the United Nations, and learned 11 languages along the way. Through this work, Lucy discovered the power of words to change lives and nations. After finding a wealth of research to prove the life-changing potential of language, Lucy decided to share a bridge to joyful living and social unity by drawing together powerful words from ancient and modern languages. Described as a ‘ray of sunshine,’ ‘breath of fresh air’, and ‘life-changing,’ Lucy’s latest work 9 Wonder Words offers an unusual tool to help you feel fantastic: a multi-lingual mood lift.
What is this book about?
Words Change How You Think, Feel, Act, and Even What You See
Neuroscience shows that words from different languages can re-wire your brain, helping you to create a positive mindset. Some words help you feel happy, see beauty, believe in a better world, and your own power to create it. These are the positive words you will find in this book: global words of wellness from ancient and modern languages all over the world.
Travel across the world to discover them with Lucy Turner: a United Nations civil servant who lived and worked on five continents. Through language-learning, she found words to feel hopeful, confident, and calm, no matter what. She shares these positive mindset words with you in this book, through fun short stories and ground-breaking science. 9 Wonder Words will do more than make you smile. It will give you a language for loving life, and your own power to make it even better.
In 9 Wonder Words, you will discover:
- A word to improve your leadership and resilience in times of crisis.
- A word to increase your creativity and performance.
- A word to give you access to the stress-reducing benefits of gratitude.
- A word to feel good now, no matter what circumstances you are in.
- An ancient Indian word to give you a sense that you have more time.
- Words from Southern Africa and the Pacific to help you believe in, and achieve, your biggest goals.
- Lessons from West Africa and South Asia on how language promotes peace and progress.
- Lessons from the Middle East on how to use your voice to increase your income and access to opportunities.
- Global research showing how language created our species, accelerates evolution and can regenerate our planet and societies – beginning with you.
Most of all, you’ll laugh your way across the planet with a woman who can reveal to you the beauty of some of the world’s most remote and extraordinary places.
