If you want to read the words of someone who really understands the most difficult days – and the most beautiful days – of life, read Matt Haig.
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Taking inventory of your life after loss and heartbreak with Poorna Bell’s In Search of Silence
“Grief is the terrible reminder of the depths of our love and, like love, grief…
10 books to feel better with on difficult days
“Read Emily Dickinson. Read Graham Greene. Read Italo Calvino. Read Maya Angelou. Read anything you…
8 books to appreciate how beautiful life really is
Photo of my views in Meiringen, Switzerland. Winston Churchill climbed the Wetterhorn (mountain on the…
Amusing books and blazing fires: Sydney Smith’s 20 antidotes to depression and low spirits
One of my favourite additions to Shaun Usher’s perfect-for-browsing collection of noteworthy lists, Lists of Note,…
Feel-Good Fiction: The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion as a Mood-Boosting Sequel
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion swiftly became one of my favourite books to…
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s Idea of ‘Flow’ & How We Can Create it by Reading Great Fiction
Flow: a brilliant book which remindsus to get reading great fiction. I’ve noticed that Flow: The…
18 of The Best Feel-Good Classic Novels (Mood-Boosting Summer Reading, Part II)
I really enjoyed compiling my list of feel-good novels to enjoy reading this summer, and…
15 Mood-boosting and Feel-good Books for Summer
We could all do with some mood-boosting and feel-good books to enjoy on balmy days…
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion: A Feel-Good Book to Get Your Life Back on Track
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion: a proper feel-good novel that makes for a great…
TED Talks on Mental Health: Depression, Bipolar & Schizophrenia
Many of you will know how much I love watching TED talks. While many are…
The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling): Depression, Quotes from the Classics & A Murder Mystery
The Cuckoo’s Calling, a great tale of mystery, exploration and a little bit of Tennyson. The Casual…
My Bibliotherapy Book Project! Would You Like to Get Involved?
Have books helped your happiness?Image from Pinterest Since the start of my university summer holidays,…
The Best Bloggers on Bibliotherapy & The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
Jonas Jonasson living a simple life, not unlike that which Allan lives (before planting with explosives). Image…
Edward Thomas: A Poet Who Spoke of England, Depression and Not Belonging
The solemn expression of Edward ThomasPhotograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Born in 1878, Edward Thomas, the Anglo-Welsh…
How Books Help Charlie’s Mental Health in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
I posted about The Perks of Being a Wallflower and mental health last October, shortly after…
Bibliotherapy and TV’s Mad Men: Frank O’Hara’s ‘Mayakovsky’ and Meditations in an Emergency
Mad Men has quickly become a favourite television show of mine, and I loved the…
Bibliotherapy: Mood-Boosting and Gloomy Books For Depression
Bibliotherapy for low mood (at the seaside). Image from easier.com For depression it’s always best…
Antonio Machado’s “Recuerdos” and the Healing Power of Nature
Antonio Machado’s Andalusia. From flickr.com After an endless stream of presentations, translations, meetings, and seminars, I…
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Mental Health, PTSD, and Literature
Sam, played by Emma Watson, and Charlie, who appears to have PTSD, by Logan Lerman. From guardian.co.uk…
“Innocent Holy Foolishness”: How Leo Tolstoy Dealt with Grief by Cycling
Tolstoy with his bicycle, next to his wife. Tolstoy was sixty-five when he took up…