Words change how you think, feel, act, and even what you see.

Neuroscience shows that words from different languages can rewire your brain, helping you to create a positive mindset. Some words help you feel happy, see beauty, believe in a better world, and your own power to create it. These are the positive words you will find in this book: global words of wellness from ancient and modern languages all over the world.

Travel across the world to discover them with Lucy Turner: a United Nations civil servant who lived and worked on five continents. Through language-learning, she found words to feel hopeful, confident, and calm, no matter what. She shares these positive mindset words with you in this book, through fun short stories and ground-breaking science. 9 Wonder Words will do more than make you smile. It will give you a language for loving life, and your own power to make it even better.

In 9 Wonder Words, you will discover:

• A word to improve your leadership and resilience in times of crisis.
• A word to increase your creativity and performance.
• A word to give you access to the stress-reducing benefits of gratitude.
• A word to feel good now, no matter what circumstances you are in.
• An ancient Indian word to give you a sense that you have more time.
• Words from Southern Africa and the Pacific to help you believe in, and achieve, your biggest goals.
• Lessons from West Africa and South Asia on how language promotes peace and progress.
• Lessons from the Middle East on how to use your voice to increase your income and access to opportunities.
• Global research showing how language created our species, accelerates evolution and can regenerate our planet and societies–beginning with you.

You’ll laugh your way across the planet with a woman who can reveal to you the beauty of some of the world’s most remote and extraordinary places.