The Mayo Clinic Handbook for Happiness: A Four-Step Plan for Resilient Living
Amit Sood and Mayo Clinic
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Happiness is a habit. For some of us, that habit is a natural inclination for others, it is a...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Until You're Mine (DCI Lorraine Fisher #1) in Books
Jan 6, 2021
This was a lot darker than the description on the back made out:
<i><b>Claudia is heavily pregnant with a much-wanted baby, she has a loving husband and a beautiful home.
And then Zoe steps into her life.
Zoe has come to help Claudia when her baby arrives. But there's somthing about Zoe that Claudia doesn't like.
And when she finds Zoe in her bedroom, Claudia's anxiety turns to real fear.</b></i>
I just thought she'd worm her way into the family and steal them. That sort of thing. Not the gruesomeness in places--well, place--that it was.
Nevertheless I did enjoy it in the end, what with it all pointing at one person but things seeming a little dodgy about someone else.
The Warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body from Rusting - Ageing Without Growing Old
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A breakout bestseller in France and the U.K. and a transformative guide to growing older with...
I Can Handle It! (Mindful Mantra #1)
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Can Sebastien handle his problems? Of course he can, with the help of a mindful mantra! He could try...
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Stress-Proof
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Are you ready to stop feeling constantly stressed and become the best version of you? In...
The Life of Captain Marvel
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She's one of the mightiest heroes not just on Earth, but in the entire galaxy! Now learn exactly how...
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz
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Over the course of her lush, expansive, defiantly sprawling new album, "Sometimes I Might Be...
ClareR (5779 KP) rated Anxious People in Books
Jan 25, 2022
But this isn’t a self-help book. Fredrik Backman weaves his magic and has written a book that has made me laugh and cry in equal measure. I keep telling myself that I shouldn’t like his books (please don’t ask me why, because I don’t think I really know!), but every Backman book that I’ve read has made me feel that humans are essentially decent and will come up trumps in the end. And we all need a bit of that sometimes, don’t we?
Louise (64 KP) rated Furiously Happy in Books
Jul 2, 2018
This a non-fiction memoir about a woman, Jenny Lawson who suffers from mental illness, but not just one she has a whole mixed bag of mental health problems, Jenny suffers from depression, anxiety, insomnia, ADD and others.
This is her memoir of how she copes with mental health and what is like to live with these debilitating illnesses. The book is told in several short stories of Jenny's life, there are also pictures added in several of the chapters.(proof that these things really happened).
Her husband Victor is a saint that's all I can say, Jenny is crazy but in a good way crazy, she just talks about the most random things ever, but this a symptom of anxiety you over think things and you can tell by her writing.
This book is very funny, and Jenny isn't bothered about the stigma that is still attached to mental health, she is just being herself which is so refreshing.
I never heard of Jenny Lawson when I requested this book, I was more drawn to the synopsis and the amazing raccoon on the front cover. Jenny is a taxidermist's daughter and has a lot of love for stuffed animals which is clear in the book and shown with pictures.
I really could relate to Jenny as I suffer from depression and anxiety, I knew where she was coming from and when she was explaining they symptoms, I was like yes, I get that too! The book is very funny in places, but there are parts which I think are just silly!
My favourite part of the book has to be when she is trying to convinve Victor to get another cat so she can call it the 'President', her ideas are very witty and weird - i mean who thinks of stuff like this.
Whilst this book was good and funny, I was wanting her to be a bit more serious in some parts. I wanted to know how she really felt without trying to make it humorous. And yeah I know it's a serious topic and she is trying to make it light-hearted but I feel that maybe she is still holding back on what she really wants to say.
There is a trigger warning for this book, it does discuss self harm and suicide, so if you are easily offended I would not suggest it for you. Also there is a lot of swearing/cussing.
This is Jenny's second book, first being Let's pretend this never happened and also she has her own blog called the bloggess which I will be following.
I would recommend this book for anyone suffering from mental illness or has a family member/friends that does.
I rated this book 3.5 stars out of 5.
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