{"product_id":"enoughism-paul-connery-9798184824352","title":"Enoughism: The Power of Knowing When to Stop in an Age of More","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou are not broken. You are living in a system that is designed to keep you \u003ci\u003ealways\u003c\/i\u003e slightly behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnoughism: The Power of Knowing When to Stop in an Age of More\u003c\/b\u003e is your field guide to stepping out of the \"never enough\" loop and building a life that is actually livable, not just impressive on paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you wake up already feeling behind, lie in bed scrolling through bad news and unanswered emails, and fall asleep with a brain that will not switch off-despite being \"objectively fine\"-this book is for you. It names that background pressure for what it is: not a personal failure, but the predictable output of a nervous system running in a culture with no stopping rules.\u003c\/p\u003eWhat this book does\u003cp\u003eDrawing on neuroscience, psychology, trauma research, and systems thinking, \u003cb\u003eEnoughism\u003c\/b\u003e shows: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow your brain constantly scans for gaps between \"how things are\" and \"how they should be,\" and why modern life turns that gap-detector into a 24\/7 alarm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy unfinished emails, open tabs, and endless \"improvements\" create a state of permanent \u003ci\u003enot quite done\u003c\/i\u003e that no to-do list can fix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow childhood roles and family expectations quietly became your adult identity-\"the strong one,\" \"the achiever,\" \"the one who copes\"-and why those roles now feel exhausting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow an economy built on growth and performance hijacked your inner critic so thoroughly that overwork now feels like virtue and rest feels vaguely wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the book is the \u003cb\u003eEnoughism Algorithm\u003c\/b\u003e: a practical, repeatable spiral you can run whenever the panic of never-enough hits. It helps you understand what your body is doing, what story your mind is telling, which old script has been triggered, and what small, concrete action would move you back toward \"enough for today.\"\u003c\/p\u003eInside the book\u003cp\u003eAcross three parts, you will: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSee the trap\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderstand how prediction, open loops, and \"problem spaces\" create the quiet sense you are always behind, and why more money, more status, or more discipline rarely touch the underlying pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn the framework\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplore your SIM code (Survival, Identity, Meaning) and discover how inherited beliefs about safety, worth, and purpose are shaping almost every decision you make-often without your consent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePractise the change\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApply Enoughism to the hardest parts of real life: work and burnout, money and consumption, relationships and parenting, politics and the polycrisis. You will learn to design a daily container, define your \"enough number,\" set limits at work without imploding your life, and begin breaking the never-enough cycle for the next generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way you will meet clients like Claire-\"treading water in ten directions at once\"-and recognise the \"borrowed self\" you built to stay loved and safe. You will see why familiar stress can feel safer than unfamiliar peace, and why your inner critic is not a monster but an overworked guard who needs retraining, not obliteration.\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is not\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA guilt-tripping manifesto about simplicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA promise that mindset alone will fix rigged systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother hustle manual in disguise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is an honest, often funny, deeply compassionate conversation with the part of you that is tired of running and secretly suspects you were not meant to live like this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are exhausted by optimisation, suspicious of quick-fix self-help, and ready to build a life that a real human nervous system can actually inhabit, \u003cb\u003eEnoughism\u003c\/b\u003e offers you language, tools, and courage to do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou do not need to become infinite.\u003cbr\u003eYou need to remember how to stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Connery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798184824352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d","brand":"Paul Connery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50846678384895,"sku":"9798184824352","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/enoughism-paul-connery-9798184824352","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}