"If I could just find five minutes for myself... " How many times do we feel so rushed and have so many competing demands pulling at us that we crave only a few minutes of peace and quiet to think and take a breath?

Escape the rat race and feel free. Most of us exist in multiple spheres, playing different roles within them, each with their own codes of behavior and duties. We're husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, friends and roommates, colleagues and bosses, teammates and classmates, commuters and patrons. It seems we always have to be somewhere, accomplishing something and making decisions until we finally crash at night. But there are a few times each day that we're finally alone and without responsibilities to others--even if those are just in the car or the shower. We may not be free of all we must do and think about, but there are ways to feel free.

Find quiet peace of mind. Feel Free: 50 Ways to Let Go and Find Peace in as Little as Five Minutes presents escape hatches and ways to feel free that will help you center, bring you pleasure, and let you reclaim your sense of self in small but sanity-saving increments.

Your Feel Free escape hatches can become your little secret getaways, enabling you to:

• Enjoy your surroundings at key times during your day
• Find a sense of mindfulness and calm
• Delight in your own thoughts

If you have benefited from books such as How to do Nothing, Keep Going, The Mindfulness Workbook for Anxiety, Practicing Mindfulness, The Art of Noticing, or Anxiety Happens; you will want to own and read Anna Marlis Burgard's Feel Free.