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Nonfiction · Self-Help · Psychology · Religion & Spirituality
About 6 h 30 min · at 30 minutes a day, about 13 days
Estimated from the page count of this edition. Dense books can take longer than the estimate.
Vex King argues that treating yourself with greater care can help loosen self-doubt and dependence on other people’s approval. Drawing on personal experiences, he discusses meditation, affirmations, daily habits, and stepping back from harmful relationships. He connects practical work toward goals with the Law of Vibration, his spiritual belief that thoughts and emotions carry energy that attracts similar experiences.
Short sections alternate personal stories with suggestions to try, and the voice is informal and reassuring. The self-help advice on boundaries and self-care is closely tied to manifestation, so the book asks for considerable acceptance of its spiritual framework alongside the everyday practices.
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
People looking for reassuring self-help on self-care, boundaries, and dependence on other people’s approval, and who are open to manifestation. The everyday advice is closely tied to a spiritual framework about thoughts, emotions, and the experiences they attract.
Yes, it offers meditation, affirmations, daily habits, and suggestions for stepping back from harmful relationships. Short sections alternate personal experiences with practices to try, connecting care for yourself with work toward goals.
Manifestation is closely woven into the advice on boundaries and self-care. King connects practical work toward goals with the Law of Vibration, his belief that thoughts and emotions carry energy that attracts similar experiences, so considerable acceptance of that framework is needed.
No, the prose is conversational and direct, with short sections and a brisk pace. Personal stories alternate with suggestions to try, and the informal, reassuring voice makes the ideas approachable without prior knowledge.
320 pages in the Hay House UK 2018 paperback edition.
Hay House UK · 2018 · paperback. ISBN 9781788171823.
About 6 hours 30 minutes at 50 pages an hour, based on the 320-page Hay House UK edition. Dense books can take longer.
Vex King writes direct, conversational self-help about the habits and beliefs that shape emotional well-being and relationships. He combines personal reflection with practical prompts, translating ideas from popular psychology and spirituality into exercises involving mindfulness, gratitude, visualization, breathwork, and attention to recurring patterns. Good Vibes, Good Life offers the broadest statement of this approach, linking self-love with constructive daily choices. Healing Is the New High gives it a more sequential structure, asking readers to identify conditioning and unresolved pain before pursuing happiness. In Things No One Taught Us About Love, King applies the same method to intimacy, examining boundaries, dependency, communication, and the effects of early experience across romantic, family, and other relationships.
