Author: Sarah S. Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781676481157
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The first and only book of inspirational quotes specifically created for mental health healing and recovery. Brave Brain: 365 Quotes about Hope and Healing for Mental Health Recovery is a must-have gift for anyone struggling with mental illness and addiction, curated and edited by the #1 bestselling author of A Reader's Library of Book Quotes. This crucial resource for the mental health community is a carefully sourced collection of relatable wisdom: with no repeat quotes. Find the best quotes for working through depression, anxiety, bipolar, BPD, and other challenges in this thoughtfully conceptualized anthology of 300+ quotations. A gift for therapists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, and rehab workers, this book makes the perfect addition to waiting rooms. Or treat yourself to this essential self care tool as a great companion to self-help workbooks, mental health journals, and mood trackers. This mental health awareness book was developed by a librarian and writer who draws on her own history of mental illness. Brave Brain features: A diversity of perspectives about the mental health experience The quotes in this book come from an all-star group of advocates, psychologists, artists, performers, writers, and leaders are included, like J.K. Rowling, Martin Luther King, Jr., Winston Churchill, Eckhart Tolle, and Marilyn Monroe, to name a few. Find a range of opinions, humor, and encouragement that reflect the entire spectrum of the mental health experience. Clean organization by theme The 365 quotes are arranged in eleven chapters that cover topics like Hope, Courage, Self-Compassion, Grit, Community, and more. It's easy to find the right quote for the right mood that meets your needs. Or follow the 365 quotes, one-per-day layout to make mental wellness a part of your everyday routine This book has a unique structure. The first part organizes the quotes into eleven themed chapters, while in the second part, the quotes are divided into 365 days for a quote-per-day. Whether you want to intensely study one theme or just contemplate one quote a day, Brave Brain has you covered. Comprehensive list of mental health resources Wondering where to get help? Want to learn more about psychology and mental health? Brave Brain includes a detailed list of resources in the back, with more than 100 websites, podcasts, blogs, books, support groups, hotlines, and other sources of help. And authority Selected and compiled by Sarah S. Davis, M.S.L.S., a librarian, writer, and mental health advocate whose writing about mental illness has appeared on PsychCentral, AllPsych, Book Riot, Kirkus Reviews, Electric Literature, and many others. Plus: Black and white photographs are included with each chapter.
Brave Brain: 365 Quotes about Hope and Healing for Mental Health Recovery
Author: Sarah S. Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781676481157
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The first and only book of inspirational quotes specifically created for mental health healing and recovery. Brave Brain: 365 Quotes about Hope and Healing for Mental Health Recovery is a must-have gift for anyone struggling with mental illness and addiction, curated and edited by the #1 bestselling author of A Reader's Library of Book Quotes. This crucial resource for the mental health community is a carefully sourced collection of relatable wisdom: with no repeat quotes. Find the best quotes for working through depression, anxiety, bipolar, BPD, and other challenges in this thoughtfully conceptualized anthology of 300+ quotations. A gift for therapists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, and rehab workers, this book makes the perfect addition to waiting rooms. Or treat yourself to this essential self care tool as a great companion to self-help workbooks, mental health journals, and mood trackers. This mental health awareness book was developed by a librarian and writer who draws on her own history of mental illness. Brave Brain features: A diversity of perspectives about the mental health experience The quotes in this book come from an all-star group of advocates, psychologists, artists, performers, writers, and leaders are included, like J.K. Rowling, Martin Luther King, Jr., Winston Churchill, Eckhart Tolle, and Marilyn Monroe, to name a few. Find a range of opinions, humor, and encouragement that reflect the entire spectrum of the mental health experience. Clean organization by theme The 365 quotes are arranged in eleven chapters that cover topics like Hope, Courage, Self-Compassion, Grit, Community, and more. It's easy to find the right quote for the right mood that meets your needs. Or follow the 365 quotes, one-per-day layout to make mental wellness a part of your everyday routine This book has a unique structure. The first part organizes the quotes into eleven themed chapters, while in the second part, the quotes are divided into 365 days for a quote-per-day. Whether you want to intensely study one theme or just contemplate one quote a day, Brave Brain has you covered. Comprehensive list of mental health resources Wondering where to get help? Want to learn more about psychology and mental health? Brave Brain includes a detailed list of resources in the back, with more than 100 websites, podcasts, blogs, books, support groups, hotlines, and other sources of help. And authority Selected and compiled by Sarah S. Davis, M.S.L.S., a librarian, writer, and mental health advocate whose writing about mental illness has appeared on PsychCentral, AllPsych, Book Riot, Kirkus Reviews, Electric Literature, and many others. Plus: Black and white photographs are included with each chapter.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781676481157
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The first and only book of inspirational quotes specifically created for mental health healing and recovery. Brave Brain: 365 Quotes about Hope and Healing for Mental Health Recovery is a must-have gift for anyone struggling with mental illness and addiction, curated and edited by the #1 bestselling author of A Reader's Library of Book Quotes. This crucial resource for the mental health community is a carefully sourced collection of relatable wisdom: with no repeat quotes. Find the best quotes for working through depression, anxiety, bipolar, BPD, and other challenges in this thoughtfully conceptualized anthology of 300+ quotations. A gift for therapists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, and rehab workers, this book makes the perfect addition to waiting rooms. Or treat yourself to this essential self care tool as a great companion to self-help workbooks, mental health journals, and mood trackers. This mental health awareness book was developed by a librarian and writer who draws on her own history of mental illness. Brave Brain features: A diversity of perspectives about the mental health experience The quotes in this book come from an all-star group of advocates, psychologists, artists, performers, writers, and leaders are included, like J.K. Rowling, Martin Luther King, Jr., Winston Churchill, Eckhart Tolle, and Marilyn Monroe, to name a few. Find a range of opinions, humor, and encouragement that reflect the entire spectrum of the mental health experience. Clean organization by theme The 365 quotes are arranged in eleven chapters that cover topics like Hope, Courage, Self-Compassion, Grit, Community, and more. It's easy to find the right quote for the right mood that meets your needs. Or follow the 365 quotes, one-per-day layout to make mental wellness a part of your everyday routine This book has a unique structure. The first part organizes the quotes into eleven themed chapters, while in the second part, the quotes are divided into 365 days for a quote-per-day. Whether you want to intensely study one theme or just contemplate one quote a day, Brave Brain has you covered. Comprehensive list of mental health resources Wondering where to get help? Want to learn more about psychology and mental health? Brave Brain includes a detailed list of resources in the back, with more than 100 websites, podcasts, blogs, books, support groups, hotlines, and other sources of help. And authority Selected and compiled by Sarah S. Davis, M.S.L.S., a librarian, writer, and mental health advocate whose writing about mental illness has appeared on PsychCentral, AllPsych, Book Riot, Kirkus Reviews, Electric Literature, and many others. Plus: Black and white photographs are included with each chapter.
Channel Kindness: Stories of Kindness and Community
Author: Born This Way Foundation Reporters
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1250245575
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
A New York Times Bestseller For Lady Gaga, kindness is the driving force behind everything she says and does. The quiet power of kindness can change the way we view one another, our communities, and even ourselves. She embodies this mission, and through her work, brings more kindness into our world every single day. Lady Gaga has always believed in the importance of being yourself, being kind to yourself, and being kind to others, no matter who they are or where they come from. With that sentiment in mind, she and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, founded Born This Way Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the world a kinder and braver place. Through the years, they've collected stories of kindness, bravery and resilience from young people all over the world, proving that kindness truly is the universal language. And now, we invite you to read these stories and follow along as each and every young author finds their voice just as Lady Gaga has found hers. Within these pages, you’ll meet young changemakers who found their inner strength, who prevailed in the face of bullies, who started their own social movements, who decided to break through the mental health stigma and share how they felt, who created safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth, and who have embraced kindness with every fiber of their being by helping others without the expectation of anything in return. In one story, you’ll read about a young person with an autoimmune disease, who after being bullied at school, learned how to practice self-love and started an organization with the mission of educating others about the importance of self-love, too; and in another story, you’ll meet a young person who decided to start a movement to help eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health and encouraged others to talk about their feelings openly and honestly, a reminder that kindness and mental wellness go hand in hand. Not only were we moved by these individual acts of kindness, but we were also touched by the many stories of organizations, neighborhoods, and entire communities that fully dedicated themselves to helping those in need and found new, innovative ways to make our world a kinder and braver place. Individually and collectively, these stories prove that kindness not only saves lives but builds community. Kindness is inclusion, it is pride, it is empathy, it is compassion, it is self-respect and it is the guiding light to love. Kindness is always transformational, and its never-ending ripples result in even more kind acts that can change our lives, our communities, and our world.
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1250245575
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
A New York Times Bestseller For Lady Gaga, kindness is the driving force behind everything she says and does. The quiet power of kindness can change the way we view one another, our communities, and even ourselves. She embodies this mission, and through her work, brings more kindness into our world every single day. Lady Gaga has always believed in the importance of being yourself, being kind to yourself, and being kind to others, no matter who they are or where they come from. With that sentiment in mind, she and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, founded Born This Way Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the world a kinder and braver place. Through the years, they've collected stories of kindness, bravery and resilience from young people all over the world, proving that kindness truly is the universal language. And now, we invite you to read these stories and follow along as each and every young author finds their voice just as Lady Gaga has found hers. Within these pages, you’ll meet young changemakers who found their inner strength, who prevailed in the face of bullies, who started their own social movements, who decided to break through the mental health stigma and share how they felt, who created safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth, and who have embraced kindness with every fiber of their being by helping others without the expectation of anything in return. In one story, you’ll read about a young person with an autoimmune disease, who after being bullied at school, learned how to practice self-love and started an organization with the mission of educating others about the importance of self-love, too; and in another story, you’ll meet a young person who decided to start a movement to help eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health and encouraged others to talk about their feelings openly and honestly, a reminder that kindness and mental wellness go hand in hand. Not only were we moved by these individual acts of kindness, but we were also touched by the many stories of organizations, neighborhoods, and entire communities that fully dedicated themselves to helping those in need and found new, innovative ways to make our world a kinder and braver place. Individually and collectively, these stories prove that kindness not only saves lives but builds community. Kindness is inclusion, it is pride, it is empathy, it is compassion, it is self-respect and it is the guiding light to love. Kindness is always transformational, and its never-ending ripples result in even more kind acts that can change our lives, our communities, and our world.
I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die
Author: Sarah J. Robinson
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0593193539
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0593193539
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
Personal Recovery and Mental Illness
Author: Mike Slade
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521746582
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Focuses on a shift away from traditional clinical preoccupations towards new priorities of supporting the patient.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521746582
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Focuses on a shift away from traditional clinical preoccupations towards new priorities of supporting the patient.
Widen the Window
Author: Elizabeth A. Stanley, PhD
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735216592
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
"I don't think I've ever read a book that paints such a complex and accurate landscape of what it is like to live with the legacy of trauma as this book does, while offering a comprehensive approach to healing." --from the foreword by Bessel van der Kolk A pioneering researcher gives us a new understanding of stress and trauma, as well as the tools to heal and thrive Stress is our internal response to an experience that our brain perceives as threatening or challenging. Trauma is our response to an experience in which we feel powerless or lacking agency. Until now, researchers have treated these conditions as different, but they actually lie along a continuum. Dr. Elizabeth Stanley explains the significance of this continuum, how it affects our resilience in the face of challenge, and why an event that's stressful for one person can be traumatizing for another. This groundbreaking book examines the cultural norms that impede resilience in America, especially our collective tendency to disconnect stress from its potentially extreme consequences and override our need to recover. It explains the science of how to direct our attention to perform under stress and recover from trauma. With training, we can access agency, even in extreme-stress environments. In fact, any maladaptive behavior or response conditioned through stress or trauma can, with intentionality and understanding, be reconditioned and healed. The key is to use strategies that access not just the thinking brain but also the survival brain. By directing our attention in particular ways, we can widen the window within which our thinking brain and survival brain work together cooperatively. When we use awareness to regulate our biology this way, we can access our best, uniquely human qualities: our compassion, courage, curiosity, creativity, and connection with others. By building our resilience, we can train ourselves to make wise decisions and access choice--even during times of incredible stress, uncertainty, and change. With stories from men and women Dr. Stanley has trained in settings as varied as military bases, healthcare facilities, and Capitol Hill, as well as her own striking experiences with stress and trauma, she gives readers hands-on strategies they can use themselves, whether they want to perform under pressure or heal from traumatic experience, while at the same time pointing our understanding in a new direction.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735216592
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
"I don't think I've ever read a book that paints such a complex and accurate landscape of what it is like to live with the legacy of trauma as this book does, while offering a comprehensive approach to healing." --from the foreword by Bessel van der Kolk A pioneering researcher gives us a new understanding of stress and trauma, as well as the tools to heal and thrive Stress is our internal response to an experience that our brain perceives as threatening or challenging. Trauma is our response to an experience in which we feel powerless or lacking agency. Until now, researchers have treated these conditions as different, but they actually lie along a continuum. Dr. Elizabeth Stanley explains the significance of this continuum, how it affects our resilience in the face of challenge, and why an event that's stressful for one person can be traumatizing for another. This groundbreaking book examines the cultural norms that impede resilience in America, especially our collective tendency to disconnect stress from its potentially extreme consequences and override our need to recover. It explains the science of how to direct our attention to perform under stress and recover from trauma. With training, we can access agency, even in extreme-stress environments. In fact, any maladaptive behavior or response conditioned through stress or trauma can, with intentionality and understanding, be reconditioned and healed. The key is to use strategies that access not just the thinking brain but also the survival brain. By directing our attention in particular ways, we can widen the window within which our thinking brain and survival brain work together cooperatively. When we use awareness to regulate our biology this way, we can access our best, uniquely human qualities: our compassion, courage, curiosity, creativity, and connection with others. By building our resilience, we can train ourselves to make wise decisions and access choice--even during times of incredible stress, uncertainty, and change. With stories from men and women Dr. Stanley has trained in settings as varied as military bases, healthcare facilities, and Capitol Hill, as well as her own striking experiences with stress and trauma, she gives readers hands-on strategies they can use themselves, whether they want to perform under pressure or heal from traumatic experience, while at the same time pointing our understanding in a new direction.
We Are the Luckiest
Author: Laura McKowen
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1608687864
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
“We Are the Luckiest is a masterpiece. It’s the truest, most generous, honest, and helpful sobriety memoir I’ve read. It’s going to save lives.” — Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior: A Memoir What could possibly be “lucky” about addiction? Absolutely nothing, thought Laura McKowen when drinking brought her to her knees. As she puts it, she “kicked and screamed . . . wishing for something — anything — else” to be her issue. The people who got to drink normally, she thought, were so damn lucky. But in the midst of early sobriety, when no longer able to anesthetize her pain and anxiety, she realized that she was actually the lucky one. Lucky to feel her feelings, live honestly, really be with her daughter, change her legacy. She recognized that “those of us who answer the invitation to wake up, whatever our invitation, are really the luckiest of all.” Here, in straight-talking chapters filled with personal stories, McKowen addresses issues such as facing facts, the question of AA, and other people’s drinking. Without sugarcoating the struggles of sobriety, she relentlessly emphasizes the many blessings of an honest life, one without secrets and debilitating shame.
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1608687864
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
“We Are the Luckiest is a masterpiece. It’s the truest, most generous, honest, and helpful sobriety memoir I’ve read. It’s going to save lives.” — Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior: A Memoir What could possibly be “lucky” about addiction? Absolutely nothing, thought Laura McKowen when drinking brought her to her knees. As she puts it, she “kicked and screamed . . . wishing for something — anything — else” to be her issue. The people who got to drink normally, she thought, were so damn lucky. But in the midst of early sobriety, when no longer able to anesthetize her pain and anxiety, she realized that she was actually the lucky one. Lucky to feel her feelings, live honestly, really be with her daughter, change her legacy. She recognized that “those of us who answer the invitation to wake up, whatever our invitation, are really the luckiest of all.” Here, in straight-talking chapters filled with personal stories, McKowen addresses issues such as facing facts, the question of AA, and other people’s drinking. Without sugarcoating the struggles of sobriety, she relentlessly emphasizes the many blessings of an honest life, one without secrets and debilitating shame.
The Painter's Keys
Author: Robert Genn
Publisher: Studio Beckett Publications
ISBN: 9781550564792
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher: Studio Beckett Publications
ISBN: 9781550564792
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Second Firsts
Author: Christina Rasmussen
Publisher:
ISBN: 1401940838
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Presents a guide for dealing with grief and loss, detailing five steps of healing that can lead to a lifestyle alignment with personal values and new possibilities for a re-engaged life. --Publisher's description.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1401940838
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Presents a guide for dealing with grief and loss, detailing five steps of healing that can lead to a lifestyle alignment with personal values and new possibilities for a re-engaged life. --Publisher's description.
Can't Even
Author: Anne Helen Petersen
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 0358561841
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
An incendiary examination of burnout in millennials--the cultural shifts that got us here, the pressures that sustain it, and the need for drastic change
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 0358561841
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
An incendiary examination of burnout in millennials--the cultural shifts that got us here, the pressures that sustain it, and the need for drastic change
Passion of the Western Mind
Author: Richard Tarnas
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307804526
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
"[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud. Richard Tarnas performs the near-miracle of describing profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Ten years in the making and already hailed as a classic, THE PASSION OF THE WESERN MIND is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307804526
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
"[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud. Richard Tarnas performs the near-miracle of describing profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Ten years in the making and already hailed as a classic, THE PASSION OF THE WESERN MIND is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume.