Help Yourself Towards Mental Health
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This book explores how an individual can help themselves resolve a wide variety of ordinary, everyday life problems and improve their mental health. It is designed as a self-help aid for people with depression, anxiety, or with issues of low self-esteem.
The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health
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An unapologetic exploration of the Black mental health crisis--and a comprehensive road map to getting the care you deserve in an unequal system. We can't deny it any longer: there is a Black mental health crisis in our world today. Black people die at disproportionately high rates due to chronic illness, suffer from poverty, under-education, and the effects of racism. This book is an exploration of Black mental health in today's world, the forces that have undermined mental health progress for African Americans, and what needs to happen for African Americans to heal psychological distress, find community, and undo years of stigma and marginalization in order to access effective mental health care. In The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health, psychologist and African American mental health expert Rheeda Walker offers important information on the mental health crisis in the Black community, how to combat stigma, spot potential mental illness, how to practice emotional wellness, and how to get the best care possible in system steeped in racial bias. This breakthrough book will help you: Recognize mental and emotional health problems Understand the myriad ways in which these problems impact overall health and quality of life and relationships Develop psychological tools to neutralize ongoing stressors and live more fully Navigate a mental health care system that is unequal It's past time to take Black mental health seriously. Whether you suffer yourself, have a loved one who needs help, or are a mental health professional working with the Black community, this book is an essential and much-needed resource.
Everything Is OK
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From the bestselling author of Quiet Girl in a Noisy World comes a gently humorous and poignant collection of comics about anxiety and depression--because sometimes even the simple things like getting out of bed every day feel like an uphill battle. Everything Is OK is the story of Debbie Tung's struggle with anxiety and her experience with depression. She shares what it's like navigating life, overthinking every possible worst-case scenario, and constantly feeling like all hope is lost. The book explores her journey to understanding the importance of mental health in her day-to-day life and how she learns to embrace the highs and lows when things feel out of control. Debbie opens up about deeply personal issues and the winding road to recovery, discovers the value of self-love, and rebuilds a more mindful relationship with her mental health. In this graphic memoir, Debbie aims to provide positive and comforting messages to anyone who is facing similar difficulties or is just trying to get through a tough time in life. She hopes to encourage readers to be kinder to themselves, to know that they are not alone, and that it's okay to be vulnerable because they are not defined by their mental health struggles. The dark clouds won't be there forever. Everything will turn out all right.
You Will Get Through This: A Mental Health First-Aid Kit
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With growing barriers to mental health care - from months-long therapy wait-lists to financial concerns to rampant online misinformation - it's hard to know where to turn when you need help now. This book, written by three practicing therapists, is your comprehensive mental health first-aid kit. Drawing on the techniques they use with their patients, they offer compassionate, evidence-based strategies for managing common mental health struggles. Even better, these are techniques that anyone can do at home. You Will Get Through This helps you identify and understand common mental health problems and their related coping strategies. In each chapter, you'll find: -what the research says about the issue -coping mechanisms that are used in actual therapy rooms -step-by-step guidance on using these strategies in real life and overcoming common obstacles -tips for communicating about the issue with your loved ones With a holistic biopsychosocial approach that takes into account the biological, social, and environmental factors affecting mental health, You Will Get Through This illuminates the road to wellness and allows you to take charge of your own healing.
Am I Doing This Right? Foundations for a Successful Career and a Fulfilling Life
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This book was written for everyone who has ever wondered, am I doing this right? when thinking about their lives and careers. Leveraging the collective experience of hundreds of professionals, this book is the ultimate early career desk reference! When readers finish reading, it is not the end, but the beginning of a successful career and a fulfilling life. Write in the margins, highlight key insights, answer questions, and come back to this book often as your career grows!
Burn Ladders. Build Bridges
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Success isn't about the race to the top or having to prove you're good enough. It's about carving out a path of personal discoveries and career accomplishments without focusing on promotions, prestige, or status. Burning Ladders. Building Bridges. recognizes it's what you learn along the journey and who you surround yourself with that defines success. Patterson is an empathetic guide who navigates the complicated road ahead. He takes you from where you are now to where you want to go, bypassing traditional workplace games. He reveals how to put people at the center of your pursuit and connect to the heart of what matters most. Patterson challenges today's status quo and motivates you to take ownership, control your destiny, and discover untapped potential. He dispels common myths and offers practical steps to enhance job skills that build mutually beneficial relationships. Patterson encourages the development of strong leadership attributes to help you make a unique difference. Achieving impactful results isn't about what you do; it's about who you are when you're doing it. Whether you're getting started or an experienced professional contemplating higher levels of satisfaction, Patterson provides a convincing approach to meaningful growth no matter your career development stage. A must-read if you're seeking change through deeper engagement in yourself and others.
Career Self-Care
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MAKE EVERY WORKDAY BETTER Like the best advice from a therapist, career counselor, and savvy best friend, this practical resource details dozens of concrete ways to improve work life in any kind of job or entrepreneurial setting. As Minda Zetlin shows, basic self-care principles are the key, and they apply in both tranquil and turbulent times. Her prescriptions are action-ready and available to all. They include: taking doable steps to get from where you are to where you dream of being cultivating both mentors and sponsors (and understanding the difference) navigating the ongoing issues of gender and race bias at work dealing with toxic coworkers, including bosses supercharging the brain for reaching goals incorporating detoxifying mindfulness practices, such as ultra-brief meditation breaks, simple breathing exercises, and power journaling Not just another list of things to do, this invaluable book is there to help in moments of overwhelm or indecision, at the end of a long day, or any time when you need a reminder of your whole-self aspirations and what you're capable of.
What to Do When There's Too Much to Do
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What to tackle and what to toss- "I don't know anyone who is more organized or who has more energy and has more fun getting things done than Laura Stack." -Mark Sanborn, New York Times-bestselling author of You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader There is a set of skills that make it possible to not only effectively manage a whirlwind of daily tasks but breathe easier in the process. In this book, Laura Stack-aka the Productivity Pro-explains each skill, and how to develop it. Learn how to- Determine what to do Schedule time to do it Focus your attention Process new information Close the loop Manage your capacity These techniques can be applied in your personal life as well as your work life-to free up time, reduce anxiety, and achieve more while doing less.
Stuck? Unhappy? Become the CEO of Your Own Life
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In today's rapidly changing and hectic workplace laden with distractions and constant overload, managing one's own life can be a challenge in itself. What to do? A personal development plan (PDP) can help, but how exactly? This book - the result of more than ten years of applied research, practice, and calibration of the Swiss PDP Approach(R) to different cultural settings around the world - shows you how to successfully and sustainably manage your own life. With its simple, clear, yet rich context, the Swiss PDP Approach(R) will teach you not only to be more self-aware, but also help you manage and structure your life using a semi-structured approach that is customized for you. And because time is scarce for those who work in fastpaced business environments, this book is kept short. It contains all the theories you will need to know, but focuses mainly on instantly applicable output. Happy reading! "This is a must-read book for everyone who wants to lead a more meaningful life. I highly recommend it." Chris O'Neill, CEO Evernote, California "Have you ever felt you could enjoy life more fully if only you had time and energy to take control? Here's a simple, proven recipe for knowing yourself, getting clear on your priorities and taking steps to change. It's helped me and many others." Matt Brittin, President, Google EMEA Business & Operations, London/UK
Managing Stress
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The Anxiety Survival Guide: Getting through the Challenging Stuff
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Co-written with psychologists and a college student who has experienced anxiety herself, this is a relatable and straightforward guide to managing worry in emerging adulthood. As well as providing tried-and-tested advice and exercises that are proven to reduce feelings of anxiety, it includes recovery stories from people who have managed their symptoms successfully. It begins with what is difficult and challenging about young adulthood and how you can deal with uncertainty in life. It goes on to examine change and challenges, giving tips about what can help in specific scenarios such as exams, relationships, leaving home and interviews. The guide also includes strategies and techniques for coping with panic attacks; self-care; and calming your mind. The guide uses a range of evidence-based approaches, including CBT, DBT, Compassion Focused Approaches and Mindfulness so you can work out the techniques that are best for you. The signposting included throughout guides young adults towards further support. This is essential reading for any young person experiencing anxiety, worry or going through a difficult transition or stressful experience.
You Will Get Through This
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With growing barriers to mental health care - from months-long therapy wait-lists to financial concerns to rampant online misinformation - it's hard to know where to turn when you need help now. This book, written by three practicing therapists, is your comprehensive mental health first-aid kit. Drawing on the techniques they use with their patients, they offer compassionate, evidence-based strategies for managing common mental health struggles. Even better, these are techniques that anyone can do at home. You Will Get Through This helps you identify and understand common mental health problems and their related coping strategies. In each chapter, you'll find: -what the research says about the issue -coping mechanisms that are used in actual therapy rooms -step-by-step guidance on using these strategies in real life and overcoming common obstacles -tips for communicating about the issue with your loved ones With a holistic biopsychosocial approach that takes into account the biological, social, and environmental factors affecting mental health, You Will Get Through This illuminates the road to wellness and allows you to take charge of your own healing.
Unstressed: How Somatic Awareness Can Transform Your Body's Stress Response and Build Emotional Resilience
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In the midst of daily stress and turmoil, this book exposes the power of our emotions to heal us--and offers new hope for reclaiming contentment, connection, and a greater sense of well-being. Do you feel stressed out during the day and lie awake at night worrying? You're not alone. In today's hectic, fast-paced world, stress and anxiety have become a default way of being--as natural to us as breathing air. And because stress is an inevitable part of life, one of the most important things you can do for yourself is to learn how to manage and heal it. This book offers proven ways to help you counter the negative effects that stress has on the body and mind. You'll also discover practical skills and clinically proven strategies grounded in mindfulness, neurobiology, and positive psychology to help you cultivate deep sense of emotional resilience. Using the author's innovative HEART tools (Heartful Engagement And Re-focusing Training), you'll learn to manage stress by harnessing the power of positive emotions--such as gratitude, compassion, empathy, and hope--leading to a feeling of expansiveness and possibility, and a lived sense of calm, happiness, and vitality.
Hyperbole and a Half
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#1 New York Times Bestseller "Funny and smart as hell" (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, "The God of Cake," "Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving," and her astonishing, "Adventures in Depression," and "Depression Part Two," which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written. Brosh's debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to. FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative--like maybe someone who isn't me wrote it--but I soon discovered that I'm not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!
Calm Energy: How People Regulate Mood with Food and Exercise
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You are what you eat, but why are you eating so much? Your moods! Why can't you stay with a reasonable exercise program, and why is obesity at epidemic proportions in our society today? Negative moods hold the explanations. Feeling down? Wish you had more energy and less stress? If this describes you some or most of the time, you are probably among the millions today who respond to increasing stress and low moods with food--a candy bar, or perhaps a cup of coffee and a sweet. Such "emotional eating" may temporarily boost your spirits, but this effect is a short-lived quick fix that perpetuates chronic overeating and obesity. Moreover, the same negative moods that have grown to substantial proportions in society today, sap your resolve to exercise. In this breakthrough book, an acclaimed mood researcher tackles the problem of overweight and inactivity from the perspective of mood. Thayer compellingly argues that it is our moods--beyond nutritional needs--that signal our bodies to desire food we really don't need in order to replenish our energy and to lower stress levels. Consciously or unconsciously, we constantly seek "calm energy" to face the challenges of the day. Eating is often our first response to a bad mood--as opposed to other, less-fattening forms of self-medication, like listening to music or just slowing down--but, as Thayer explains with clarity and abundant scientific research, we would do much more to raise our spirits in the long run by something as simple as a 10 minute walk. Various forms of exercise are proven mood regulators in ways this book describes in detail. Sound like common sense? Perhaps, but if the choice is exercise or a snack, the snack usually wins out unless we understand our moods. This understanding is the real key. We must see why we eat too much before we can control what and how much we eat. From this we learn the reasons for the inevitable failures at diet and exercise. This provocative new approach to understanding and fighting overeating offers practical advice and biological explanations for your cravings and moods, and it shows how both are indicators of energy and stress levels. Thayer describes how most people's daily energy cycles function, and he explains how you can apply this in scientifically proven ways to fight the urge to eat when you are down and to achieve the optimum goal of "calm energy."
Exercise for Mood and Anxiety: Proven Strategies for Overcoming Depression and Enhancing Well-being
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Exercise has long been touted anecdotally as an effective tool to raise spirits or reduce tension, but only recently has rigorous science caught up with these claims. Now there is overwhelming evidence that regular exercise can help relieve everything from common feelings of stress and anxiety to full-blown depression. With Exercise for Mood and Anxiety, well-known authorities Michael Otto and Jasper Smits bring their clinically tested exercise program to the general public. Written for those who need a more effective way to manage everyday low mood and stress - as well as those diagnosed with more serious mood disorders - this book provides readers with step-by-step guidance on how to start and maintain an exercise program geared towards improving mood. Equally important, the book sheds much light on the all-important issue of motivation. Most Americans quickly fall off the exercise wagon. This book helps demystify the traps of good intentions and the pitfalls that derail exercise attempts. How can you get yourself to exercise when you are tired, distracted, or stressed? What should you pay attention to during a walk or a run? How should you prepare yourself so that getting out for a run is not harder than the run itself? In answering these questions, the authors not only provide readers with effective strategies for adopting a successful program, but also introduce the principles that will help them keep with the program for the long haul. Providing rich examples and practical advice on overcoming the obstacles to a regular exercise program, Exercise for Mood and Anxiety will help readers feel happier and less stressed now--and, as they stay with this program, improve their fitness and health in the future.
Stress-Free Living: Calm-giving, Mind-soothing, strain-slaying ideas for a happy life
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The internet, email and mobile technology have given birth to an 'instant gratification' society. It's almost impossible not to find yourself drawn into it. With this in mind The Feel Good Factory has been created to bring the people what they want: helpful information that's verbiage-free, gets straight to the point, is easy to navigate and most importantly is actually pertinent to them. What comes off the production line are beautiful, helpful books that people actually enjoy looking at and reading. In Calm-inducing, Mind-soothing, Stress- relieving Ideas for a Happy Life, Elisabeth Wilson helps you find and maintain a balanced perspective, so that you can deal with whatever life throws at you. Whether you're permanently stressed-out or just in need of a bit of a push in a calmer direction, this book can help you regain control.
Nature Rx: Improving College-Student Mental Health
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The Nature Rx movement is changing campus life. Offering alternative ways to deal with the stress that students are under, these programs are redefining how to provide students with the best possible environment in which to be healthy, productive members of the academic community. In Nature Rx, Donald A. Rakow and Gregory T. Eells summarize the value of nature prescription programs designed to encourage college students to spend time in nature and to develop a greater appreciation for the natural world. Because these programs are relatively new, there are many lessons for practitioners to learn; but clinical studies demonstrate that students who regularly spend time in nature have reduced stress and anxiety levels and improved mood and outlook. In addition to the latest research, the authors present a step-by-step formula for constructing, sustaining, and evaluating Nature Rx programs, and they profile four such programs at American colleges. The practical guidance in Nature Rx alongside the authors' vigorous argument for the benefits of these programs for both students and institutions places Rakow and Eells at the forefront of this burgeoning movement.