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Lagom: The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life

By: Niki Brantmark
Narrated by: Ana Clements
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Uncover the secrets of the Swedish philosophy of life called Lagom - meaning 'just enough'. At its core is the idea that we can strike a healthy balance with the world around us without having to make extreme changes and without denying ourselves anything.

This delightful audiobook, written by Niki Brantmark, founder and curator of the award-winning interior design blog My Scandinavian Home, gives a taste of the philosophy behind Lagom and shows how to include some of the principles in our daily lives. Includes inspirational and fun ideas to help you achieve balance, well-being and a more sustainable existence.

The book is divided into three sections. Introducing Lagom to your personal life includes ideas for decluttering your home, conscious buying and embracing 'slow design'. At work, take time to balance your day with a proper lunch break and a gadget-free Sabbath, while outdoor staycations in remote settings can offer relaxation you never knew possible!

Lagom at home and with our families explains the art of simple pleasures - bring-a-dish entertaining at home, of shared craft activities with our children and less-stressed homework time! And finally there's Lagom in the wider world and the principles of living sustainably - as IKEA have pledged in their Live Lagom campaign. Make some small changes, like using LED lightbulbs, taking shorter showers and upcycling, and you are living a Lagom life, a rewarding but responsible life, not denying yourself or sacrificing what you love while not taking from the planet more than you need. It's just the right amount!

©2017 Niki Brantmark (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers
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Really enjoyed learning about the Swedish lifestyle and this book covers just about all aspects of life. Especially liked the section on children. Highly recommended for everyone wanting positivity in their lives as there is an abundance of positive practices hat we can grow from in this book. . The narration was very easy to listen to but I do alway prefer to hear the author themselves , but it had no detriment on the book it’s just my preference x

Inspiring listening

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This was very much in the vein of Dominique Loreau’s ‘L’art de la simplicite’, Marie Kondo’s ‘The life changing magic of tidying’ and Meik Weiking’s ‘The little book of hygge’. If you liked those books, it is worth giving this book a go. A good Christmas listen as you potter about the house.

A lovely listen

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I confess I do envy the Scandinavian way of life, outlook, politics, culture, but this book was everso dull. A bit like all the good intentions you had ever had rolled into one long pious narrative. And obviously targeted at a different demographic as chapters on raising young children not at all relevant to me. I dont think my teenager would be very interested in leaf rubbings, for example, but I would be interested to know about approaches with young adults and intergenerational care in Sweden. Dull as pleasantly scented dishwater, in my humble opinion.

nothing to get excited about!

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love this book. narrator has easy on the ear British accent which is (personally) comforting. I am intently inspired to organise my life in a stress free way and am able to do so while the words of NB fill my thoughts. I recommend all the time.

instant feel good inspiration

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I was hoping for an intelligent take on the Swedish way of life and a view on how one could create balance. Instead I was subject to the ramblings of A housewife that could have have written this book out of boredom. Possibly the worst audiobook I’ve ever downloaded from Amazon, after 10 minutes of listening I realised I’d made a mistake, but decided to keep listening; Partly to see if I was wrong and partly because I had a long journey ahead, however after a further hour of listening frankly I wanted to drive my car off the edge of a cliff.... Definitely not one I would recommend.

A rambling book of contradictions padded out with third-rate research of the Internet that has very little to do with the title

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I’m the first in line for a great and inspiring read about Scandinavian lifestyle and a huge fan of Helen Russell, Meik Wiking et al. But this was nothing in comparison to those.

It was, unfortunately, a terrible combination of condescending, smug, self indulgent and lacking in any real cultural insight into the Swedish lifestyle, or I must say, the British.

If it has taken a move abroad to appreciate that it’s nice to make your friends a cup of tea and drop off a meal to a family with a newborn, then I’m terribly sorry for the state of affairs of her former life.

Equally, I’m sorry to inform the author that we mere Brits here in Somerset at least have been eating local honey for a good few centuries now too. We also look after our wooded areas with care and bother to read stories to our children everyday, if it’s any comfort.

Overall, I’d say this is very much entry-level in the world of uplifting culturally inspired tomes - you already know everything she heralds as revelatory truths if you’re reading the blurb for this book - and I’d urge you to seek out something a little more engaging and a lot less patronising.

Old news and an unfortunate reading voice too. Dull as dishwater.

Disappointingly underwhelming and patronising.

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I'm sorry. It was impossible to listen to this for longer than 2 hours. The art of stating the blatantly obvious is taken to new heights and the droned voice is sedative. Aviloid this book.

Possibly the most boring book written

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