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đź’ˇSelf-help books I ACTUALLY recommend
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items While I think that the self-help industry is predatory, I do recognize the need of self-help resources due to the lack of social and medical resources readily available to everyone. Here are some books that I think are actually helpful.
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Mental health
Books that validate and recognize mental illness while providing tools from actually licensed professionals.
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Laziness Does Not Exist explores the psychological underpinnings of the “laziness lie,” including its origins from the Puritans and how it has continued to proliferate as digital work tools have blurred the boundaries between work and life. Using in-...
Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price
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This book will show you that you are not to blame for your parent's behavior. It also offers real skills for handling difficult family situations and moving on from the emotional wounds of your childhood.
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C Gibson, PhD
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For anyone who has faced a difficult childhood, or who cares about the millions of children who do, the fascinating scientific insight and innovative, acclaimed health interventions in The Deepest Well represent vitally important hope for preventing ...
The Deepest Well by Nadine Burke Harris
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This is an intimate, revelatory exploration of the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down.
Wintering by Katherine May
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A memior exploring learning how to life with CPTSD
'What My Bones Know' by 'Stephanie Foo'
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Filled with stories of people in the grip of illness or in the triumphant wake of recovery, this life-affirming book shows how true health is possible - if we are willing to embrace authenticity above social expectations.
'The Myth of Normal' by 'Gabor Maté'
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Therapist Whitney Goodman shares the latest research along with everyday examples and client stories that reveal how damaging toxic positivity is to ourselves and our relationships, and presents simple ways to experience and work through difficult em...
Toxic Positivity by Whitney Goodman
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A book that actually focused on neuro-divergency and gives real tips on how to take care of yourself
How to Keep House While Drowning
Social issues
In order to truly help the self, we need to help our collective communities. Here's a great place to start.
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A great introduction to the importance and necessity of mutual aid and how it differs from charity and non-profits.
Mutual Aid by Dean Spade
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Exploring anti-fatness and anti-Blackness at the intersections of race, police violence, gender identity, fatness, and health.
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison
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I would love to give this book as a guide to everyone on how to fearlessly talk about race in a place where we desperately need to be honest and open listeners.
So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
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A brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us.
Wordslut by Amanda Montell
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Philosopher Myisha Cherry teaches us the right ways to deal with wrongdoing in our lives and the world.
Failures of Forgiveness by Myisha Cherry
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A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in black feminism.
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
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A reflection on prison industrial complex abolition and a vision for collective liberation.
We Do This 'Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba
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No more self-denial. Politics should be a resounding, erotic "yes," not another deadening "no."
Pleasure Activism by adrienne mare brown
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The Body Is Not an Apology offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted by these violent systems.
The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
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Discusses aspects of romantic love in modern society. The book is organized into thirteen chapters, in which each chapter discusses an aspect of love.
All about Love: New Visions by bell hooks
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research on mindfulness, desire, and pleasure that will radically transform your sex life.
Come As You Are by Emily Gagoski