MH@H Book Reviews

Mental Health @ Home book review: A Fearless Heart

Book Review: A Fearless Heart by Thupten Jinpa

February 16, 2018 September 1, 2022 / Meditation, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, Wellbeing & Wellness / 9 Comments

In A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives, Dr. Thupten Jinpa offers a practical guide to creating change through Buddhist-inspired compassion practices. Dr. Jinpa is a former Buddhist monk who completed a Ph.D. in religious studies at Cambridge University. He has been the principal English language translator for His …

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Book Review: Birth of a New Brain

December 26, 2017 September 1, 2022 / Antidepressants, Bipolar Disorder, Books, ECT, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mood Disorder, Psychiatric Hospitalization, Psychiatric Medication, Recovery / 7 Comments

Birth of a New Brain chronicles author Dyane Harwood’s journey with postpartum onset bipolar disorder. The story’s rich, vivid descriptions draw the reader along on the intense roller coaster ride of the author’s illness experience. Many elements of her story will be hauntingly familiar to those whose lives have been touched in some way by bipolar …

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