Floating: A Life Regained Freelance travel writer Joe Minihane spent two years swimming through the British Isles in a bid to conquer anxiety. He has swum in rivers, lakes, lidos and bays of the UK in an attempt to soothe his troubled mind and find a way of taking the calm he felt in the water out into his day-to-day life. Joe tracks his journey in his debut book titled Floating: A Life Regained where he talks about the “years of anxiety” that made him an “expert at making imaginary mountains out of non-existent molehills” and swimming’s ability to scare him and calm him all at once. To the question, ‘how do you overcome anxiety with swimming?’ Joe answers: “Once I’d let my overactive imagination work through this implausible scenario, I realised I was actually in the grip of an intense adrenalin rush.” And then people wonder why you keep doing it… Read an extract of the book here Freelance travel writer Joe Minihane has written for the likes of Lonely Planet, the Independent, and CNN Travel, and has launched his debut book titled Floating: A Life Regained. The story follows his attempts to recreate Roger Deakin's influential Waterlog, swimming through the British isles, in a bid to conquer anxiety. Joe spent two and a half years swimming in the rivers, lakes, lidos and bays of the UK in an attempt to soothe his troubled mind and find a way of taking the calm he felt in the water out into his day-to-day life. Floating: A Life Regained is now available to buy on Kindle and hardback. You might also enjoy... Make the switch: what's to like about open water swimmingCath Harris explores the benefits of open water swimming from an improved sex life to curing writer's block. Motivated by the fear of being average Extreme adventurer Sean Conway was pushed close to the limit when he became the first person to swim from Land’s End to John O’Groats. The Depths: On swimming, fear, acceptance, and courage Swimming author Jessica J. Lee talks about overcoming her fear of lakes and became immersed in open water swimming. Swimming blog Swimming How we help Manage Cookie Preferences