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This Too Shall Pass – Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings – Julia Samuel
Intimate stories about everyday people will inform our understanding of our own unique response to change. Read more -
Buddhify – Meditation App
You’ll find guided meditations for Walking, Stress & Difficult Emotion, Work Break, Going to Sleep, Waking Up and many other different categories. Read more -
Sleepio – A digital program to help you sleep
Sleepio is an online sleep improvement program proven to help you clear your mind, get better sleep, and have better days. Read more -
The importance of suffering – James Davies
A new perspective on emotional discontent and discusses how we can engage with it clinically, personally and socially. Read more -
I’m Losing My Mind – about warning signs
America and Theresa share warning signs of when they think they are the brink of losing their mind. A new episode of In the Open. Read more -
The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: young, brilliant, beautiful, and enormously talented, but slowly going under. Read more -
Reasons to Stay Alive – Matt Haig
This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again. Read more -
The recovery story of Kees Luijkx – I thought I WAS the disorder!
Kees has bipolar disorder and had psychoses. After he completely lost himself, he slowly managed to recover. With lots of help from others. Read more -
The Collected Schizophrenias – Esme Weijun Wang
An intimate, moving book written with the immediacy and directness of one who still struggles with the effects of mental and chronic illness. Read more -
Down Below – Leonora Carrington
In 1940, the invading German army arrested Ernst and sent him to a concentration camp. Carrington suffered a psychotic break. Read more