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A Marvel Approach To Mindfulness With Hulk Not Smash

Amy Ratcliffe, managing editor of Nerdist, has written Hulk Not Smash: Practice Mindfulness the Mighty Marvel Way, drawn by Jason Loo.

Amy Ratcliffe, managing editor of Nerdist, previously wrote an offiical licensed Star Wars self-help book The Jedi Mind: Secrets From the Force for Balance and Peace is now doing similar with Hulk Not Smash: Practice Mindfulness the Mighty Marvel Way, drawn by Pitiful Human Lizard, X-Men, Afterlift and Sentry artist Jason Loo and published by Chronicle Books, and to be published on the 8th of October, 2024.

Steve Mockus, Executive Editor – Entertainment, at Chronicle Books told Publisher's Weekly "if you think about it, the Jedi Code is mind-body-spirit guidance. Nothing like that existed for Marvel, so there was an opportunity to create a book with life lessons based on the characters' behavior and how they choose to act or, like Hulk, not act."

Marvel suggested Jason Loo for the book. "Marvel is often more jokey and light-footed than Star Wars, and he did a great job of capturing that. A substantial part of what we do at Chronicle is mindfulness and non-denominational spirituality. It's a category that we try to fill on our list in general. So it's great if we can take two things that are popular and pair them, especially if they dovetail so perfectly. These are heroes. You can learn lessons from how they manage things. Everybody can benefit from a mindfulness practice, and if they get there because of the Hulk, that's a net positive."

Marvel Hulk Not Smash: Practice Mindfulness the Mighty Marvel Way Hardcover – October 8, 2024

"Be in the now."—Hawkeye. An illustrated, accessible guide to mindfulness that explores life-improving lessons we can learn from Marvel comics characters as they face tests of perseverance, focus, community, and strength beyond just the physical. Life is full of choices. Like the Hulk, we can smash or choose not to. We can practice flexibility like Mister Fantastic, trust our team like Rocket Racoon, problem-solve like Shuri, and develop awareness like Doctor Strange. Grounded in character and story events drawn from the comics, this inspirational collection pairs Marvel heroes with helpful real-life advice and mindfulness guidance in a light and accessible way. Each entry presents a character spotlight with a way of appreciating their example, a related practice that readers can put into action, and a playful illustration by acclaimed comics artist Jason Loo. Featuring Hawkeye (deep focus), Groot (being who you are), Spider-Man (the gift and obligation of responsibility), Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, Captain America, Shang-Chi, and dozens more, Hulk Not Smash makes it easy and fun for fans to incorporate these lessons into their lives.

• FUN AND ACCESSIBLE: Amy Ratcliffe (author of The Jedi Mind: Secrets from the Force for Balance and Peace) gently demystifies the concept of mindfulness and makes it playfully accessible, rooted as it is in Marvel character examples. Anyone can put these lessons into practice.
• REAL MINDFULNESS GUIDANCE: Each practice is thoughtfully paired with an illuminating character and rooted in tried and true actions and mindsets that can bring peace, including breathing exercises, paying attention to the present, examining fears, concentration, labeling feelings, nonjudgement, stretching, examining routines, and much more.
• UNIQUE MARVEL GIFT: For fans of Marvel, this one-of-a-kind mindfulness book offers wide-ranging lessons and character studies to draw inspiration from, including:

• Ant-Man (Sense of Scale)
• Beast (Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover)
• Black Widow (Being Prepared)
• Black Panther (Leadership)
• Mantis (Emotion Identification)
• Professor X (Radical Empathy)
• Scarlet Witch (Accepting Reality)
• Silver Surfer (Putting Your Burdens to Rest)
• Storm (Embrace Change)

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