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02Nov

WiseWords #2: from Eckhart Tolle to Laura Berman

books, WiseWords

Therapists

The second in our #WiseWords series in which welldoing.org therapists share the books they suggest to their clients. Recommended titles are from Emma Brooke Gilding
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26Oct

WiseWords #1: from Brene Brown to Paul Gilbert

Julia Bueno

books, selfhelp, WiseWords

Therapists

The first in a series in which welldoing.org therapists share the books they suggest to their clients. The first recommended titles are from Julia Bueno
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29Apr

How I Turned my Anxiety into Creativity

Catherine Lepage

anxiety, books, creativity

Mind

Illustrator Catherine Lepage on how being creative and representing her anxiety in images helped alleviate her distress
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26Apr

Wellcome Book Prize 2016 Winner: Suzanne O'Sullivan

Alice McGurran

books, illness, Wellcomebookprize

Soul

Suzanne O'Sullivan's debut book, about psychosomatic illness, won the 2016 Wellcome Book Prize
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14Apr

Shelf-Help: Supporting Teenage Mental Health

Welldoing

books, children, school, teenagers

Mind

A new Reading Well scheme has been launched, this time focusing on supporting the mental health of young people
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31Mar

Wellcome Book Prize 2016: Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism by Steve Silberman

Alice McGurran

autism, books, Wellcomebookprize

Mind

Steve Silberman's enlightened and compassionate history of autism has been shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2016
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01Mar

Life, Death and Everything in Between: Favourite Medical Novels

Wellcome Book

books, health

Soul

The 2016 Wellcome Book Prize judges choose their favourite works of fiction that address a medical theme
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04Feb

Books to Beat the Winter Blues

Wellcome Book

books

Soul

The Wellcome Book Prize judges will soon be announcing the shortlist for the 2016 prize. Here they compile a list of their go-to books to soothe the winter blues.
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25Jan

Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the ‘Privileged’ Child

Joy Schaverien

bereavement, boardingschool, books, childhood, depression, education, school, therapy, trauma

Mind

Therapist Joy Schaverien believes that boarding schools have a negative and lasting influence on those who pass through them when they are young and vulnerable
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08Jan

​How Practising Mindfulness Keeps Ruby Wax Sane

Louise Chunn

books, depression, meditation, mindfulness

Soul

Ruby Wax studied Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy with Mark Williams – her new book Frazzled shows how we can all use it to bring more focus into our chaotic lives
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