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The Stress Book: Forty-Plus Ways to Manage Stress & Enjoy Your Life by D. Terrence Foster, M.D.

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Health: Psychology & Mental Health
2022 Best Book Awards

Are you or someone you know and honestly care about experiencing so much stress in life that it is so overwhelming? And maybe, the feeling that life is over seems inevitable. Or are you or that person trying desperately to avoid that condition? Well, look no further!

This best-selling multiple award-winning book takes a comprehensive approach to stress management & prevention and how modifying our lifestyles and taking practical steps can significantly reduce the stress level we are experiencing.

More than forty approaches to stress reduction, management, and prevention are covered in this book, giving you practical guidance applicable to most of life's issues and circumstances. This book will help people struggling with challenging situations. For example, those who work in stressful jobs are involved in difficult personal or toxic relationships and many others. More importantly, it helps people from getting involved in these and other difficult situations and prevents or reduces stress before it manifests.

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Doing Grief in Real Life: A Soulful Guide to Navigate Loss, Death & Change by Shea Darian

Finalist
Health: Psychology & Mental Health
2022 Best Book Awards

Like hope or love, grief is as common as rain in Pensacola, but we humans collectively know so little about it. Grief educator and hospital chaplain Shea Darian aims to change that. Doing Grief in Real Life: A Soulful Guide to Navigate Loss, Death & Change makes learning about grief and grieving a growth-inspiring, life-shifting event. The book translates Darian’s new paradigm of the grieving process, the Model of Adaptive Grieving Dynamics (Illness, Crisis & Loss, Vol 22(3) 2014), into a personable, story-rich, family-friendly guide for everyday grievers, care providers, and professional healers. Filled with healing wisdom, inspirational stories, and practical ideas, Doing Grief in Real Life will inspire you to become your own best grief expert and encourage your loved ones of all ages to do the same. Read it and let the healing begin.




Drawn into the Dream: How Drawing Your Dreams Can Take You to the Land of Awes by Walter Berry

Finalist
Health: Psychology & Mental Health
2022 Best Book Awards

No artistic talent is needed when you draw a simple sketch of your dream. Stick figures and splotches of color will do. Once you have drawn it, you will get the picture of what your dreams are trying to tell you, and they always have something to say!

In this delightful book filled with stories from the author’s life and his encounters with thousands of dreams he has worked, Walter Berry, a master dreamworker, introduces you to the process of drawing your dreams and connecting with your unconscious. When you do this, your authentic self will be present to guide you to an awe-inspired life.

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From Survive to Thrive: Living Your Best Life with Mental Illness by Margaret S. Chisolm, MD.

Finalist
Health: Psychology & Mental Health
2022 Best Book Awards

What's holding you back? Learn how to take the steps needed to get to a place where you are happier, more productive, and more at peace.

Are you struggling with personal problems, a mental health condition, or addiction? Are you looking to permanently improve your well-being and happiness? If you'd like to lead a fuller, more satisfying life—or help a mentally ill loved one—this book is for you.

In From Survive to Thrive, Dr. Margaret S. Chisolm, a psychiatrist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, describes a tried-and-true plan to help anyone grappling with life's challenges learn how to flourish. Dr. Chisolm does not define health as the mere absence of illness. She wants you to be able to lead the best life possible—to thrive! In down-to-earth prose, Dr. Chisolm provides insight into how readers can cultivate healthy habits and more positive reactions to life's provocations, choosing not to allow past life circumstances or a disease state to define their well-being.

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The Promise of Psychedelics: Science-Based Hope for Better Mental Health by Dr. Peter Silverstone

Finalist
Health: Psychology & Mental Health
2022 Best Book Awards

A fresh, engaging, and easy-to-read psychedelic therapy guide. Learn about psychedelics and a promising new mental health therapy program.

Nearly forty years ago, Dr. Peter Silverstone was a young MD who took up a new position in psychopharmacology research at Oxford University. Since then, the field has bloomed into a spectrum of possibilities that includes the use of psychedelics as a treatment for depression, addiction, PTSD, grief, and anxiety.

And Dr. Silverstone has gone on to lead ground-breaking research into things like amphetamine interaction with the brain, mental health's impact on physical health, psychedelic use in psychotherapy, and to lead award-winning treatment breakthroughs in mental health therapy programs.

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You Are Not Alone: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health with Advice From Experts & Wisdom From Real People and Families by Ken Duckworth, MD

Finalist
Health: Psychology & Mental Health
2022 Best Book Awards

Written with authority and compassion, this is the essential resource for individuals and families seeking expert guidance on diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, featuring inspiring, true stories from real people in their own words.

Millions of people in the United States are affected by mental illness every year, and the Covid-19 pandemic only further exposed the shortcomings of the American mental health system. Too many are confused, afraid, and overwhelmed, with many asking themselves the same questions: What does it mean when different doctors give me different diagnoses? What if my insurance won’t cover my treatment? Will I ever feel better? Families and friends are often left in the dark about how best to help their loved ones, from dealing with financial and logistical issues, to handling the emotional challenges of loving someone who is suffering.

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