Need to get your life together?

RUTH FIELD is an unlikely guru.

A trained barrister — she is not practising at present — and mother of two-year-old twin boys, she is constantly battling to keep her home ship-shape and her life in order. What sets her apart, she says, is the ‘grit doctor’, her alter ego and an inner voice that casts aside doubt and insecurity to achieve what many consider unthinkable.

It was the ‘grit doctor’ that propelled her to take up running and write a book based on her experiences, Run, Fat Bitch Run, that became an unexpected bestseller. Now, in her latest book, Get Your Sh!t Together, Field presents theories on getting through the grind of daily life and living more simply by taking control of what’s grinding you down.