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Book Review: Suicidal: Why We Kill Ourselves by Jesse Bering

November 21, 2018 September 16, 2022 / Book Reviews, Books, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Stigma, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide, Suicide Prevention / 2 Comments

Suicidal: Why We Kill Ourselves by psychologist Jesse Bering attempts to make sense of the complex phenomenon of suicide. It approaches the issue from a variety of different angles, including psychological, biological, spiritual, and evolutionary. The author admits that he takes an intellectualized, scientific perspective to try to gain a broader understanding. The book presents both …

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Book Review: Wherever You Go There You Are

October 2, 2018 September 16, 2022 / Book Reviews, Books, Meditation, Mindfulness, Wellbeing & Wellness / 7 Comments

I was expecting good things from Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn. He’s quite well-known within the mindfulness world as the developer of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and a founding director of the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. This book was a best-seller, …

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Book Review: I Am the Architect of My Own Destruction

September 19, 2018 August 3, 2022 / Books, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Suicide / 6 Comments

I Am the Architect of My Own Destruction is Juansen Dizon’s second book of poetry. The book opens with a letter to the reader, which begins “It’s hard to write when you want to kill yourself. It’s harder when you don’t really know the reason as to why.” Throughout the book I felt like I as …

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Book Review: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

August 16, 2018 September 16, 2022 / Acceptance, Books, Communication, Relationships, Toxic Positivity, Values, Wellbeing & Wellness / 26 Comments

The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck by Mark Manson claims to provide “a counterintuitive approach to living a good life.” He wrote this book in reaction to the problems he saw in the self-help industry. His own background is as a blogger; there’s no indication that he has a background in psychology or …

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Book Review: An Unquiet Mind

August 1, 2018 September 16, 2022 / Bipolar Disorder, Book Reviews, Books, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Health Professionals, Mental Illness, Stigma / 12 Comments

An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison is an intimate look into the havoc that bipolar disorder can wreak. The book captures her journey with bipolar, from its emergence in her late teens to its effects on her accomplished career as a clinical psychologist and university professor. The book contains rich descriptions, and it’s searingly …

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Book Review: Furiously Happy

July 11, 2018 September 3, 2022 / Books, Depression, Memoir, Mental Health / 14 Comments

In Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things, Jenny Lawson uses “furiously happy” as a weapon to counter mental illness, and intends to “destroy the goddamn universe with my irrational joy and I will spew forth pictures of clumsy kittens and baby puppies adopted by raccoons and MOTHERFUCKING NEWBORN LLAMAS DIPPED IN GLITTER AND THE …

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Book Review: If I Could Tell You How It Feels

May 22, 2018 August 19, 2022 / Books, Complex PTSD, Mental Health, Mental Illness, PTSD, Trauma / 5 Comments

If I Could Tell You How It Feels: My Life Journey With PTSD captures Alexis Rose’s journey toward healing from PTSD. The book consists of narratives interspersed with poetry, along with beautiful art by Janet Rosauer. The chapters are short, which I always appreciate since it makes it easier for readers with concentration problems, and they …

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Book Review: The Introvert Advantage

March 16, 2018 September 3, 2022 / Books, Introversion, Personality Traits / 14 Comments

The Introvert Advantage: How Quiet People Can Thrive in an Extrovert World is written by psychologist Marti Olsen Laney, who is herself an introvert. She observes that we live in a culture that values extroversion, and cites Dr. David Myers, who identified extroversion as a prerequisite trait for happiness in his book The Pursuit of Happiness. …

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Book Review: Mindfulness For Bipolar Disorder

March 9, 2018 August 9, 2022 / Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Books, Depression, Meditation, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mindfulness, Mood Disorder / 4 Comments

Mindfulness for Bipolar Disorder by Dr. William R. Marchand lays out specific areas for mindfulness practices that be useful in managing bipolar disorder symptoms. Much of the book would also be applicable to other mood disorders. I believe mindfulness can be a really helpful thing to incorporate into one’s life; however, along with the good stuff …

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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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