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Ruby Wax



Ruby Wax, OBE, is an American British actress, comedian, writer, performer, mental health campaigner, and lecturer who began her career at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Ruby holds a Master’s degree in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy from Oxford University and was awarded an OBE in 2015 for her services to mental health.

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Beyond Frazzled—Ruby Wax

Entertainer and mental health advocate Ruby Wax shares how we can find possibility and positivity in 2021. This conversation with Dr Mark Williamson was recorded at an Action for Happiness event on 13th Jan 2021.

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Ruby Wax
2021
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In Conversation with Ruby Wax

As we head towards the end of the year Emma Robertson, CEO of ENGINE Transformation, sat down with Ruby Wax to chat about her remarkable career and the importance of mental health in the workplace.

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enginegroup/com/uk
2020
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What’s So Funny About Mental Illness? | Ruby Wax

Diseases of the body garner sympathy, says comedian Ruby Wax - except those of the brain. Why is that? With dazzling energy and humor, Wax, diagnosed a decade ago with clinical depression, urges us to put an end to the stigma of mental illness.

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Ruby Wax
2012
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Live Talk La: Ruby Wax W/ Carrie Fisher

Ruby Wax in conversation with Carrie Fisher discussing Wax's book, "Sane New World: A User’s Guide to the Normal-Crazy Mind" at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.

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Ruby Wax
2017
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Ruby Wax Obe on Being Human: Connection and Compassion

Ruby Wax talks about her new book How to be Human and asks what neuroscience and mindfulness can teach us about compassion for ourselves and others.

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Ruby Wax
2018
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The Moments the Made Me with Ruby Wax Obe & Debbie Wosskow Obe

Ruby Wax, in conversation with Debbie Wosskow, will talk about how she has made a career out of high-volume humour, navigating big life changes, and the power of mindfulness and how it can be applied in daily life.

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Ruby Wax
2020
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How Do You Want Me?

In the tradition of the best memoirs, such as The Moon’s a Balloon and Billy, Ruby Wax revealed, surprised and captured the public more than was ever predicted. How Do You Want Me? was critically acclaimed as brutally honest, vivid and gripping.

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Ruby Wax
2019
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Frazzled in 60 Seconds by Ruby Wax, OBE

Ruby Wax OBE (Entertainer, Mental Health Activist, Author of “Frazzled") Having suffered bouts of depression from age 13, it wasn’t until after the birth of her first daughter that world-famous comedian Ruby Wax realized it was ‘not a virus.

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Ruby Wax
2017
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Ruby Wax on Mindfulness

Ruby Wax argues that by better understanding better how our brains work, we can learn to rewire our thinking and find calm in a frenetic world. Wax seeks to help us start becoming more the master, and less the slave, of our own minds.

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Ruby Wax
2013
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Ruby Wax: “I Can Never Stop Trying Stuff and Experimenting”

Ruby Wax’s quest for “green shoots of hope” took her all over the world. “I figured there must be innovators that are creating a new paradise, and I’m going to find them.”

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Gabrielle Fagan
2020
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