Inner Sense
How the New Science of Interoception Can Transform Your Health
Published on 3. April 2025
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-80522-200-2 (ISBN)
Description
'Science writing at its absolute best' Guy Claxton, author of Intelligence in the Flesh
Interoception is one of our most important - and most mysterious - senses. It's how our bodies tell our brains what we're feeling - when we're hungry, when we're cold, how we should respond to stress and panic.
In Inner Sense, Caroline Williams uncovers a field that's poised to revolutionise health, and explores groundbreaking new techniques that can improve our mental and physical wellbeing. She meets brain scientists mapping the nervous system, neurodivergent researchers working to hone their interoception skills and health practitioners investigating how this inner sense can aid mindfulness, and even disordered eating.
Combining science, medicine, mindfulness and physical therapy, Inner Sense is the first book to bring this exciting new field of medicine to a general readership.
Interoception is one of our most important - and most mysterious - senses. It's how our bodies tell our brains what we're feeling - when we're hungry, when we're cold, how we should respond to stress and panic.
In Inner Sense, Caroline Williams uncovers a field that's poised to revolutionise health, and explores groundbreaking new techniques that can improve our mental and physical wellbeing. She meets brain scientists mapping the nervous system, neurodivergent researchers working to hone their interoception skills and health practitioners investigating how this inner sense can aid mindfulness, and even disordered eating.
Combining science, medicine, mindfulness and physical therapy, Inner Sense is the first book to bring this exciting new field of medicine to a general readership.
Reviews / Votes
Williams skilfully navigates the complexities of this cutting edge science with huge therapeutic promise, as she introduces you to... yourself -- Gaia Vince, author * Nomad Century * An exceptional book... delivers a consistently fascinating deep dive into one of the most exciting areas of scientific research -- David Robson, author * The Laws of Connection * Fascinating ... I'd thoroughly recommend Inner Sense to anyone interested in exploiting the mind-body connection -- David Robson * 60-Second Psychology * Fascinating and hopeful... both a lucid exploration of the science and a practical guide to transforming your physical and mental health -- Monty Lyman, author * The Immune Mind * At last, science is getting to grips with the inside story of how body, brain and mind talk to themselves, to each other, and to the outside world. And what a fascinating and important story it is - presented here for the first time to a general audience. Caroline Williams is at the top of her game: rigorous, informative, lucid and endlessly surprising. Science writing at its absolute best -- Guy Claxton, author * Intelligence in the Flesh * Interoception, the body's silent dialogue with the mind, is revolutionising how we understand health and wellness, according to this clear, engaging and smart book by Caroline Williams. Inner Sense uncovers novel insights into the intricate partnership between brain and body and shows how enhancing this connection can transform your well-being, empower resilience, and help you embrace a richer, more connected life in our ever-changing world -- Roger Highfield, Science Director, Science Museum Praise for Move! * - * From healthy bodies to healthy minds ... Caroline Williams explores how moving bodies can act as a 'hotline to the brain', affecting the way we think and feel for the better -- 'Best Books of 2021' * New Scientist * Fascinating * Women's Health * In this rigorously reported and entertaining account, Williams offers a genuinely new perspective on the links between how we move and how we think and feel -- Alex Hutchinson, author * Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
2 B&W ILLUSTRATIONS, INTEGRATED
Dimensions
Height: 219 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
380 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80522-200-2 (9781805222002)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
01/2026
Profile Books Ltd
€15.50
Available immediately
E-Book
04/2025
Profile Books Ltd
€13.49
Available for download
Person
Caroline Williams is a writer for the New Scientist who researches the links between the mind and body. The author of Override and Move!, which was a New Scientist Book of the Year, she has written for the Times, the Telegraph and the Guardian, and has appeared on BBC radio.