This month, entrepreneurial mum of two, Faye Edwardes, who moved from South London to a forest in Herodsfoot, Cornwall, is celebrating getting another step closer to her goal to empower over 1 million people world-wide to take action and take control of their own happiness and well-being as her new book, ‘The Little Book Of Positivity – A First-Aid Kit For Your Well-Being’ stormed the Amazon charts, knocking ‘Think Like a Monk’ author, Jay Shetty off the top spot to become a No.1 in almost 10 categories, including; Inspirational, Women & Spirituality and Spiritual Inspiration…

Positive Mindset Expert and a Positive Psychology Coach, Faye, 46 is an entrepreneur, property developer, author, writer, podcast host and Founder of the Positive Living Movement, helping people across the world, no matter what their background or circumstances, transform their lives and business by integrating positivity into their lives in healthy and sustainable ways.

Faye enjoyed academic success and was always a performer in her childhood enjoying theatre and dance; she also spent an amazing gap year in Madagascar and Israel and completed a degree at Queen Mary University of London. But, by the time Faye entered the world of work, she wasn’t the confident, shiny bright thing she had been as a child. Though happy enough, she always had the niggling feeling that there was more… Faye spent the next ten years enjoying a successful career in sustainability and publishing, but over time she started to feel drained and worthless, her limiting beliefs started to take over and this is when her real quest for happiness and positivity began…

Faye explains; “The reason I wrote the book, is because I want to change lives – a bold statement I know, but I really do! You see, just a few years ago, my life was so completely different. I was tired, drained, stressed, riddled with self-doubt, low self-esteem and social anxiety. Then, from the depths of desperation, I saw a light. Literally. It was mental. It was all down to ME. I could choose to change my outlook and mindset and work on me.”

In her continued quest for freedom and happiness, having spent most of her life city living, in 2015, Faye and her family made the huge move from South London to a forest in the middle of nowhere in Herodsfoot, Cornwall. Faye said; “It was a huge, exciting challenge that provided the best platform for my continued personal growth journey and this move really was to change the direction of the rest of my life. In 2016, I started to study and learn and developed a tool kit of skills, knowledge and techniques that I could rely on when I needed them. I qualified as a sound therapist, meditation leader, Reiki practitioner and NLP practitioner. I began meditating regularly, cut out alcohol and adopted an early morning routine, and very quickly, my outlook and mindset got more and more positive. This is when I decided, to go all in and change careers from sustainability and publishing to positivity.”

In 2018, Faye started her first podcast ‘The Confidence, Happiness and Positivity podcast, and inspired by her alcohol-free lifestyle, Faye launched the Sober Stories podcast in 2019 – both podcasts were hugely successful.

Faye began studying Positive Psychology and in 2021, she became a certified Positive Psychology Coach with the PPCA (Positive Psychology Coaching Academy). Faye continued to study positive psychology and is now a Master Positive Psychology Coach with the PPCA and is also a consultant coach for a number of other international organisations.

Faye was blown away by the science involved; “At the start, what I didn’t realise was that Positive Psychology itself, is an actual science and its approaches, interventions, exercises and tools are all robustly scientifically tested and data driven and when the evidence was there I was suddenly like – WOW! Positive Psychology is now this huge movement that acknowledges that positivity is a contagion – so the more positive that we can feel day to day that then spreads to the people around us. This can simply start with a smile… my children and I set ourselves fun challenges as to how many smilers we can get on our walk or day out! All of us are buzzing and it’s a really good feeling.”

This year, alongside the launch of her book, Faye also launches the hilarious ‘101 Ways to Chill Out’ podcast, which casts a raised eyebrow over the whole wellness industry, with many laughs along the way.

Faye continues; “I have done so much studying over the past few years and it can be really complex and heavy when you start to dig a deeper into the scientific evidence, neuroscience and quantum physics, so, I wanted to write something that everybody could access. The way I have written ‘The Little Book Of Positivity’ is very conversational, like it’s me talking you through it. The reader will find secrets and tools that they can implement immediately, that will change their whole way of being. It’s all about finding and making small, achievable changes to our daily lives to significantly increase positivity and happiness. Every single one of us can play a huge part in improving our own well-being, our own mental health and our own happiness and over time, you will see that you start to do the techniques without thinking about them.”

Within the book Faye shares some great positivity tips and tricks we can all use ourselves and also with our children, topics include; self confidence, calm, mood, focus, gratitude, courage, early morning routines, daily habits, relationships, fun…

Faye now works with people all over the world helping people to change their lives and business dramatically. In 2019, Faye founded the Positive Living Movement and the Positive Mindset Academy. Over her life, Faye has run a number of businesses and having overcoming imposter syndrome, self-doubt and overwhelm, she now feels this is where her true joy is – she is happy and free and able to thrive and flourish. “I don’t feel like I am working – this is joyful!”

Faye is passionate about sharing her message with the future generations of leaders, parents, business owners, corporates, educational organisations and training institutions.

The book is available via: https://amzn.eu/d/aKqfA6C