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My mental health classic books
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items These are my top book recommendations for good mental health, i have read all of these and they have helped change my perspective and have better understanding of myself and life. I constantly keep these in my bag in case i have extra minutes in betw...
It Didn't Start With You, this would be my first recommendation for self care and healing, it taught me so much about the impact that generational trauma has on us without realizing it and how to heal it.
It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes ...
Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself, i personally really like how Joe Dispenza explains neuroscience, quantum physics and personal development, he makes very “hard to comprehend” topics easier to understand therefore practice them and grow mentally.
Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, love this book and Daniel Amen does an excellent job on educating us on how brain health affects our overall well-being, showing the different parts of the brain and how they impact behavior and emotions. Helped m...
Daniel Amen: Books
You, Happier, this book has helped me in so many ways such as giving me advice and information for my brain type (and other brain types), ways to boost and improve my mood and overall key to happiness.
You, Happier: The 7 Neuroscience Secrets of Feeling Good ...
Control Your Mind and Master Your Feelings, my best recommendation for mastering emotional intelligence, includes several techniques for managing emotions and thoughts which is great for daily real-life practice.
Control Your Mind and Master Your Feelings: This Book ...
Feeling Good, the writing style is incredibly interesting and fun to follow, introduces cognitive behavioral therapy and techniques that help with negative thoughts and improves mood and mental health.
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
Dealing with Difficult People, this book contains some of my favorite advice and strategies on how to navigate tough interactions better as well as many conflict resolution skills. This is a must for me, truly helps with dealing with complicated peop...
Dealing with Difficult People Survival Guide ...
The Art of Letting Go, touches topics such as stress reduction, self-care, mindful loving and others. This one helped me embrace life and the cards i'm dealt with, gracefully.
The Art of Letting Go: Stop Overthinking, Stop Negative Spirals ...
Burnout, explains how chronic stress affects women's lives and offers tools to overcome them. This book made me realize how important resting and healing is to be able to be authentic and productive.
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
The Willpower Instinct, best book for self-control, explains how to break old habits, make healthier ones and great for stress management.
The Willpower Instinct: Self-Control Guide
Anxiety Relief coloring book, not a reading book but my favorite activity book to help reduce anxiety and also distracts me in moments of chaos.
Anxiety Relief Coloring Book for Adults
The Art of Public Speaking, this book has made me love giving public speeches and contains such good advice and tactics for calming nerves and being confident in this situation.
The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie
What Happened to You?, explains how “ACE” (Adverse Childhood Experiences) can impact our lives, our brain and surroundings. As well as how to shift our perspective, understand our behavior and heal.
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma ...
A Little Life, not a self help book but educated me on many difficult topics in society nowadays and was a good takeaway for my mental health if that makes sense hahah.
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara - Goodreads