From the bestselling author of Addicted to Anxiety

'I thoroughly recommended it' – Rob Rinder

'Could change your life' – Daily Telegraph

'Loved by stressed-out celebs' – Daily Mail

Ten to Zen is a simple, effective and fuss-free guide to help you start your day in the right headspace to prepare for the challenges it may bring.

Each morning most of us will spend about ten minutes in the shower, ten minutes making and eating breakfast but no time at all clearing our minds. Ten to Zen uses a combination of four therapeutic models – Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychotherapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy – in a simple, easy-to-follow programme.

You will learn:

• How to settle your mind quickly
• How to focus and retrain your brain on dealing with stress
• How to restructure unhelpful patterns of thinking
• How to develop ways of communicating that are more effective

Ten to Zen was developed by Owen O'Kane to encourage new principles for living based on his experience as a psychotherapist and his many years of caring for the dying in the field of palliative care, which has hugely influenced how he works and how he views life.

'This book offers you the perfect mind workout in just ten minutes a day – it’s an essential!' – Dame Kelly Holmes

'This is a must read' – Dr Alex George

We pay so much attention to looking after our bodies and often neglect our minds. This book offers you the perfect mind workout in just ten minutes a day – it’s an essential! -- Colonel Dame Kelly Holmes
I’ve never been able to quieten my mind, but this book has helped me do just that! It’s packed with wisdom, time efficient techniques and rich experience that really will make a difference to your day and your life. Fantastic read that will benefit absolutely anyone who picks up the book. No matter how busy their brain is! -- Kate Thornton
When it comes to mental health, I suspect that all quick-fixes are bogus so am usually a sceptic of the self-help genre. Owen O’Kane’s book is a proud exception. Ten to Zen is clearly a work written by a serious clinician. It is not about providing some sort of perfect path to inner peace, rather it is an honest, eloquent, no-nonsense set of easy-to-use strategies for anybody seeking to find a way of improving their mental and emotional well being. I thoroughly recommended it. -- Rob Rinder
A 10-minute mind workout that could change your life. -- Daily Telegraph
A highly practical workout for busy minds – in 10-minute bursts – from this NHS mental health service practitioner. -- The Guardian
This is a must read. -- Dr Alex George
Non-intimidating advice and easy exercises to help you control the way you think. -- The Scotsman
Simple 10-minute process to inner peace in a new book loved by stressed-out celebs. -- Daily Mail
O'Kane is the grandmaster of anxiety-dampening and he takes the edge off my fears. -- Evening Standard
A time-efficient daily mind workout, designed to destress and achieve calm in just 10 minutes -- Happiful
Broken in small, approachable chunks, aiming to let even the most frenzied mind make a start . . . with a goal of getting us to clear our mindset and calm our emotions once a day. -- Alexandra Heminsley, Grazia
This is an incredibly helpful enjoyable book. Really worth reading. -- Ashley Banjo
Owen offers a unique, fresh perspective and has created a valuable, time efficient toolkit for absolutely anyone looking to improve their mental wellbeing. Definitely worth a read. -- Dr Angharad Ruttley, Consultant Psychiatrist and NHS Clinical Director
This little book is a simple way into the art of clearing your mind in ten minutes flat. We highly recommend it as a way to retrain your brain. Take a leaf out of [this] book and make 2019 a calmer place to be. -- Fit & Well
Just ten minutes each day from this book will lead to a calmer you. -- Liz Earle Wellbeing
I've tried many, many methods over the years and THIS is the one that has clicked. -- Jack Monroe

Owen O’Kane is a specialist psychotherapist and one of the UK’s leading mental health experts with over twenty-five years of experience in physical and mental health. As a former NHS mental health clinical lead and a Sunday Times bestselling author, Owen has a gift for making complex information accessible and understandable. Owen is the resident expert on BBC Radio 5 Live, helping listeners manage their everyday fears, and is a regular podcast guest. He speaks regularly at wellbeing festivals and conferences, as well as acting as a script advisor for BBC Drama on psychological matters. He delivers all of his work with great passion and is known for his down to earth approach, warmth and sense of humour. Owen lives in West London with his partner and dog.