Books We Recommend for Mental Health Awareness Week!

If you’ve been feeling more stressed than usual lately, you are not alone. With the coronavirus pandemic taking over the world in the last 15 months, there’s no one who has been able to remain unaffected through this ordeal. In times like these, it is more important than ever to take care of our mental health and ensure our minds and bodies are at their optimum. Browse through our selection of books, specially curated for Mental Health Awareness Week 2021.

Anxiety by Sonali Gupta

Do you know the difference between anxiety and stress? What can you do when you have a panic attack? How do you know when it’s time to get help? Anxiety is a mental health crisis that has gripped over three crore Indians. In Anxiety: Overcome It and Live without Fear, clinical psychologist Sonali Gupta delves into the condition, using case studies to identify how anxiety can be triggered at work, in relationships, and by social media. Gupta shares a unique glimpse into this mental health condition in India, especially among Gen Z and millennials. Recommending strategies and techniques for anxiety-prone readers, this book will help you confront your fears and take control of your life.

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The Body Nirvana by Garima Gupta

The body listens, remembers, and speaks to us. We receive the body’s messages all the time, although we seldom recognize them. Our body expresses its unmet needs and calls for attention in many ways. And so it is with weight. This is a puzzling matter only because some pieces of the puzzle are not in the box you were handed. Your weight is not a body issue. Excess weight is really a multi-dimensional problem showing up as an oversized body. Popular media is still full of diet and exercise advice that is based on sacrifice and punishment. Too few books use this research to show how weight can be reduced in a happier and healthier way. The Body Nirvana is about gradually letting go of everything that literally and metaphorically weighs you down. It is time to rejoice in your body’s vitality and its capacity to take you towards your life’s goals!

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The Book of Kindness by Om Swami

‘A random act of kindness needn’t always be a material offering. Even a word of encouragement, a compliment, a helping hand can be equally, if not more, profound. Make such acts a habit and Nature will reciprocate in kind.’ In his latest book, bestselling author Om Swami suggests a definitive means to achieving true happiness: through kindness. In his signature candid style, he clarifies that the only way one can be successful in the quest to achieve happiness for oneself is to first spread happiness and show kindness to others. With real, inspiring, life-changing anecdotes, Om Swami goes on to illustrate how compassion and gentleness are intrinsically connected with humanity. The Book of Kindness will help you understand, practice, and master kindness, the key to inner bliss and fulfillment, and the only means to attain the happiness that you seek.

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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy – David D. Burns

The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other ′black holes′ of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist David D. Burns, M.D. outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life

Recognize what causes your mood swings.  Nip negative feelings in the bud. Deal with guilt. Handle hostility and criticism.  Overcome addiction to love and approval. Build self-esteem. Feel good every day.

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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman

Eleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive – but not how to live.
Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend.

Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, sometimes, everything.  One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Now she must learn how to navigate the world that everyone else seems to take for granted – while searching for the courage to face the dark corners she’s avoided all her life.

Change can be good. Change can be bad. But surely any change is better than… fine?

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Kindness: The Little Thing that Matters Most – Jaime Thurston

Kindness uses the voices of those who have been helped by the author’s charity – 52 Lives – to ground the ideas in real-life action. It is themed around 52 simple actions you can do to spread kindness. Interspersed throughout are nuggets of science explaining the positive effect kindness has on the brain and on the heart. This book is a call to action for people to live a more connected, fulfilling life. With inspirational quotes and personal stories this book will give you all the motivation you need to start spreading a little kindness – it’s free afterall! Learn to live a life of kindness by following Jaime’s infectious positivity in this charming gift book.

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The Book of Rest: Stop Striving. Start Being –  James Reeves and Gabrielle Brown

In today’s fast-paced world, we’ve never been busier. We’re surrounded by pressures from work, family, study and social media. It can feel like there’s never time to truly switch off and relax.

But the answer is simpler than you think – and it’s within you.

Through simple, easily learned techniques The Book of Rest reveals how to find a moment of peace even in the busiest of days, and a path to a calmer, happier, and more relaxed you.

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My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Forced to rethink her past, to revisit everything that happened, Vanessa has to redefine the great love story of her life – her great sexual awakening – as rape. Now she must deal with the possibility that she might be a victim and just one of many. Nuanced, uncomfortable, bold, and powerful, My Dark Vanessa goes straight to the heart of some of the most complex issues of our age.

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Into the Abyss: A neuropsychiatrist’s notes on troubled minds by Prof. Anthony David 

As a cognitive neuropsychiatrist, Anthony David brings together many fields of inquiry, from social and cognitive psychology to neurology. The key for each patient might be anything from a traumatic memory to a chemical imbalance, an unhealthy way of thinking, or a hidden tumor.

Drawing from Professor David’s career as a clinician and academic, these fascinating case studies reveal the unique complexity of the human mind, stretching the limits of our understanding.

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The Unspeakable Mind: Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontlines of PTSD Scienceby M.D. Shaili Jain 

For the millions of Americans who have experienced traumatic events and are still trying to fathom the impact on their lives, The Unspeakable Mind provides answers and reassurance is also an essential guide for their loved ones. And yet PTSD not only affects us, individuals, argues Jain, it also infiltrates our society and culture. A singular work, this book is not only required reading for those who have a personal experience with PTSD but for everyone who seeks to understand how traumatic stress is an inescapable part of all our lives and the world we live in.

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Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb 

Gottlieb is not just a therapist–she’s also a patient who’s on a journey of her own. Interspersed with the stories of her clients are her own therapy sessions, as Gottlieb goes in search of the hidden roots of a devastating and life-changing event. Personal, revealing, funny, and wise, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone opens a rare window onto a world that is most often bound by secrecy, offering an illuminating tour of a profoundly private process.

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How to Unleash the Power of Your Subconscious Mind: A 52-week Guide by Joseph Murphy 

How to Unleash the Power of Your Subconscious Mind: A 52-week Guide provides a step-by-step program to discover a new you. You have the incredible potential to be, do, and receive whatever you desire, imagine and truly believe. Unfortunately, however, only a small number of people achieve their full human potential, because they fail to recognize and harness the infinite power of the subconscious mind. By following the guidance offered here, you can stop going through life as a victim of circumstances and become the master of your own destiny within a year.

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Mind Full to Mindful: Zen Wisdom From a Monk’s Bowl by Om Swami

Zen shows us the art of attaining that inner quietude without rituals or dogma. It is about seeing beauty, bliss, and truth in our everyday lives. Driving to work or washing the dishes, every act could easily be meditation.

Based on the original Zen teachings, this beautiful book offers a life-changing perspective on life itself. Bestselling author of many transformational books, Om Swami shares with you the art of happiness with plenty of humor, stories, and wisdom as he takes you on a journey from being mind full to mindful.

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Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty, and Get Stuff Done by Adrian Gostick, Chester Elton 

Anxiety at Work builds on the authors’ vast knowledge and experience working with the leadership teams of some of the world’s most successful organizations to offer effective strategies that can make any workplace better, helping supervisors and their employees: whether uncertainty balance overload beat perfectionism builds confidence to create and sustain an environment that fosters resilience strengthen strong social bonds in today’s volatile, fast-paced, and ever-changing global climate, organizations and their employees are under more pressure than ever to perform. This book shows how everyone at all levels can work together to build an environment that fosters camaraderie, productivity, and calm.

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