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Healthy Shouldn't
Be This Hard

Healthy Shouldn't
Be This Hard

  • "hugely comprehensive & useful look at how we got to be so unhealthy, in our minds & our bodies."
    Alain De Botton

    Best-selling Author,

    School of Life

  • "Sarah brings rare integrity to the modern health conversation."
    Dan Buettner

    Emmy Award-Winner &
    #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

  • "profoundly important work that cuts through trends and shares the real way to lead your healthiest life."
    Robin Sharma

    #1 Worldwide Bestselling Author of The 5AM Club
    & The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

  • "Finally, a book that will help you stop punishing yourself."
    Sara Szal, MD

    New York Times bestselling author
    of Women Food and Hormones

  • "An essential guide for anyone seeking a calmer, more integrated approach to wellbeing."
    William W. Li, MD

    President and Medical Director,
    The Angiogenesis Foundation

MY NEW BOOK

Healthy Shouldn't Be This Hard

Changing your diet may not change your life. But changing how you think about what you eat will. From dopamine hacks to meal-replacements and 'protocols', optimisation culture promises peak health, but leaves us burnt out, disconnected and at war with our own bodies. Amid the noise of macros, hormones, cold plunges and dopamine detoxes, we've skipped the one step that makes any of it matter.

MY NEW BOOK

Healthy Shouldn't Be This Hard

Changing your diet may not change your life. But changing how you think about what you eat will. From dopamine hacks to meal-replacements and 'protocols', optimisation culture promises peak health, but leaves us burnt out, disconnected and at war with our own bodies. Amid the noise of macros, hormones, cold plunges and dopamine detoxes, we've skipped the one step that makes any of it matter.

MY NEW BOOK

Healthy Shouldn't Be This Hard

Changing your diet may not change your life. But changing how you think about what you eat will. From dopamine hacks to meal-replacements and 'protocols', optimisation culture promises peak health, but leaves us burnt out, disconnected and at war with our own bodies. Amid the noise of macros, hormones, cold plunges and dopamine detoxes, we've skipped the one step that makes any of it matter.

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    Breathwork Sessions

    Regulate your nervous system before the book even arrives.

  • Sarah Ann Macklin Recipe
    The Great British Veg Out

    Recipes built around seasonal, British-sourced vegetables.

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    30 Veggie-Packed Recipes

    Simple, nourishing meals that actually support how you feel.

  • Sarah Ann cooking vegetables
    15–30 Minute Meals

    For the days when you have nothing left to give.

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    Weekly Shopping Lists

    The healthy choice, already mapped out for you.

  • Sarah Ann Macklin shopping
    Food Waste Tips

    Eat well without overcomplicating what's already in your kitchen.

Sarah Ann Macklin Breathwork Sessions
Breathwork Sessions

Regulate your nervous system before the book even arrives.

Sarah Ann Macklin Breathwork Sessions
The Great British Veg Out

Recipes built around seasonal, British-sourced vegetables.

Sarah Ann Macklin Veggie dish
30 Veggie-Packed Recipes

Simple, nourishing meals that actually support how you feel.

Sarah Ann cooking vegetables
15–30 Minute Meals

For the days when you have nothing left to give.

Sarah Ann Macklin in greenhouse
Weekly Shopping Lists

The healthy choice, already mapped out for you.

Sarah Ann Macklin shopping
Food Waste Tips

Eat well without overcomplicating what's already in your kitchen.

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS

Making health feel simpler,
kinder and more sustainable.

Making health feel simpler,
kinder and more sustainable.

Insights, reflections and practical tools for everyday wellbeing.

Insights, reflections and practical tools for everyday wellbeing.

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Rethinking Health

A gentler approach to food, wellbeing and daily habits.

Sarah in the kitchen

Rethinking Health

A gentler approach to food, wellbeing and daily habits.

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Science, Made Simple

Clear, practical ideas to help make health feel easier.

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Science, Made Simple

Clear, practical ideas to help make health feel easier.

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Everyday Guidance

Supportive insights for a healthier everyday life.

Sarah Ann macklin happy breathwork

Everyday Guidance

Supportive insights for a healthier everyday life.

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