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Mental Health @ Home book review: Escaping the Emotional Roller Coaster

Book Review: Escaping the Emotional Roller Coaster

March 27, 2019 September 3, 2022 / , , , , , , , / 3 Comments

Escaping the Emotional Roller Coaster by Dr. Patricia Zurita Ona draws upon acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) techniques to help “super-feelers” work with their emotions more effectively. What is a super-feeler?  It’s someone who struggles with emotional regulation, meaning they experience intense emotions and strong emotional reactions.  The book focuses on emotional sensitivity; this is …

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Finding Wise Mind in DBT

February 24, 2019 August 4, 2022 / , , , , , , / 11 Comments

Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) has a lot of useful concepts, but one of my favourites is wise mind. Wise mind is the area of overlap between our emotional mind and our reasonable/rational/logical mind. Emotional mind deals in feelings, while reasonable mind deals in facts and evidence. Neither emotion mind nor reasonable mind is wrong or invalid, …

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Mental Health @ Home book review: Wherever You Go There You Are

Book Review: Wherever You Go There You Are

October 2, 2018 September 16, 2022 / , , , , / 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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Mental Health @ Home book review: Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach

Book Review: Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach

April 27, 2018 September 2, 2022 / , , , , / 12 Comments

In Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha, Tara Brach draws on her knowledge and experience as a psychologist, Buddhist, and meditation teacher. Buddhism plays a significant role in the book, but it’s written in a way that’s accessible to all. The author describes radical acceptance as clearly recognizing what’s going …

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Mental Health @ Home book review: Emotional Agility by Susan David

Book Review: Emotional Agility by Susan David

April 6, 2018 September 2, 2022 / , , , , , / 6 Comments

Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life is written by psychologist Dr. Susan David. I was quite impressed with this book. When I’m reading a book to review, I make notes of the points that stand out for me; with this book, I ended up with several pages of notes, because …

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Book Review: Mindfulness For Bipolar Disorder

March 9, 2018 August 9, 2022 / , , , , , , , , / 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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Mental Health @ Home book review: A Fearless Heart

Book Review: A Fearless Heart by Thupten Jinpa

February 16, 2018 September 1, 2022 / , , , , / 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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