Donna Ashworth for The Art of Being Easily Pleased

'Donna Ashworth's words are sunshine for the soul. And this new collection is full of her best work.' - MATT HAIG

This November we're joined by Donna Ashworth to discuss her new collection of poetry and prose, The Art of Being Easily Pleased. It's always a pleasure to host Donna, and we're glad to be welcoming her back to Edinburgh this autumn.

The trick, I think, is to become easily pleased. To be astounded, every day, by the things that so beautifully surround us. To really see this miracle of life we are living. To find magic in the minutiae. Knowing that we will never cease to be wowed by this universe and its miraculous glimmers of hope, love and connection.

The Art of Being Easily Pleased is my most exciting project to date because it contains all of the whys and the how's.

I created this book for all the 'overs' out there and for anyone who never felt enough and yet somehow too much...

If you are an over-thinker, an over-feeler, an over-lover, an over-healer - you will know that this way of being does not flow. It takes work.

This is me showing my work.

Starting today, we find beauty in the ordinary. We remember who we are and we connect to one another and the energy that surrounds us all.

Donna Ashworth is a #1 Sunday Times bestselling poet, whose words you will often find flying around the internet, widely shared daily, by her 2 million plus followers.

Donna's writing came to the spotlight during lockdown when she saw her purpose as building a place to find hope, calm and comfort amid the collective chaos. She quickly became an internet favourite with one viral post after another.

Donna prides herself on being 'imperfectly human' and 'sharing the dark with the light to harness hope'. She engages constantly with her followers in a bid to find comfort in numbers as we 'walk each other home' on this journey of life.