Episode 8 Ruth Whippman

Ruth Whippman is an author, journalist and documentary film-maker from London, living in the USA.  Ruth's humorous essays and comment pieces have appeared in The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Guardian, The Independent, The Huffington Post, Glamour Magazine and The Pool among other places.  She is a regular contributor to Time.com and a blogger for the Huffington Post. She is the author of America the Anxious, How Our Pursuit of Happiness is Creating a Nation of Nervous Wrecks (St Martin's/ Macmillan, out 4th October 2016) Before becoming a full time writer, Ruth was a producer and director at the BBC making numerous documentaries and current affairs shows for BBC television Be sure to check out our website, mindfulcranks.com, our Facebook Page, and on Twitter.