What would it feel like to wake up with more energy, clarity and confidence?

Burnout doesn’t happen overnight. It builds quietly through stress, pressure and the habit of putting everything else first.

In Better, Aran Dadswell introduces the concept of mental fitness: the daily practices that strengthen your ability to cope, adapt and thrive. Blending science, lived experience, and practical tools, she offers accessible exercises and reflections to help you build resilience, cultivate meaning, and protect your wellbeing by reducing guilt and overwhelm.

Written for people who want more than quick fixes, this guide offers realistic strategies to understand what makes you tick, care for yourself without guilt, and build the habits that help you feel steadier and more capable every day. Mental fitness is not about perfection. It is about feeling better, thinking clearer, and having the energy to show up fully for your life.

An important new exploration of mental fitness and how we can build a healthier mind, Better is for anyone interested in building resilience, increasing well-being and reducing burnout.

—Dean Mobbs, professor of cognitive neuroscience
and principal investigator of the Caltech Affect Lab

Better is a readable and compelling roadmap to mental fitness that takes the practice of self-compassion to another level.

—Choden, coauthor of Mindful Compassion

Better is a valuable distillation of behavioral science into simple, actionable rituals that protect our mental health and fuel our potential.

—Kai Foong Tan, organizational psychologist, executive coach and educator

Practical, punchy and deeply human, Better is the essential manual for anyone looking to master their mental fitness.

—Vinod Kumar, vice chairman of Everstone Group and CEO of Evercloud

Better is a rare guide that elevates our collective consciousness, reminding us that true performance begins with caring for our internal ecology. Aran Dadswell has written an essential book for every leader who understands that the most important infrastructure in any business is the mental fitness of its people.

—Shifra Cook, CEO of Ayda