Psychology for Life · Book 2
The Science of Attention, Habits and Wellbeing
By A.N. Archer · Published by Freyja Publishing
Modern life fragments our attention, disrupts our sleep, and quietly drains our energy — and most wellbeing advice is either guilt-trip or gimmick.
Live Well Every Day translates the science of attention, habits, sleep, movement, nutrition, stress and focus — drawing on researchers like Gloria Mark and Matthew Walker — into simple daily practices that fit a real life.
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About Live Well Every Day
Most wellbeing advice falls into two camps: guilt or gimmicks. Live Well Every Day takes a third path. It starts from the idea that you don’t need more discipline, you need to understand how wellbeing actually works.
Modern life fragments attention, disrupts sleep and quietly drains energy. The book translates research on attention, habits, sleep, movement, food, stress and focus into simple daily practices that fit a real life, drawing on researchers including Gloria Mark, who studies attention and digital distraction, and Matthew Walker, who studies sleep.
What you’ll explore
Attention as your most valuable resource. Research on screen use has found that attention now shifts between tasks far more often than it did twenty years ago. The book explains why that matters and how to protect your focus.
How habits really form. Habits are built through repetition in a stable context, not through bursts of motivation. The book sets out what the research shows about forming new routines.
Sleep, movement and food. These three everyday factors shape mood and energy far more than most people realise. The book explains the links in plain language.
Stress and the nervous system. Rather than relying on willpower, the book looks at how the body’s stress response works and how to work with it.
Environment beats motivation. Small changes to your surroundings make good choices easier than relying on motivation alone. The book shows how to design them.
A calmer relationship with your phone. Practical ways to use digital devices on your terms rather than theirs.
Living well is presented not as a project you finish but as a set of small, repeatable choices, and the book shows which of those choices matter most.
Who this book is for
Readers who feel busy, distracted or tired and want a clear, evidence-based route to calmer, more focused days without extreme routines.
At a glance
- Series: Psychology for Life, Book 2 of 20
- Author: A.N. Archer
- Publisher: Freyja Publishing
- Length: about 230 pages
- Formats: Kindle eBook, paperback and hardcover
- Kindle edition included with Kindle Unlimited
If you enjoy this book
Each title in the Psychology for Life series stands on its own. Readers of this book often go on to:
- Change Your Behaviour (Book 8)
- Built To Last (Book 15)
- Small Changes, Big Lives (Book 19)