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reading for wellbeing
19 quotes for people who love books from Books for Living: A Reader’s Guide to Life by Will Schwalbe
Will Schwalbe’s Books for Living: a Reader’s Guide to Life was published earlier this year, five years…
Tolstoy on the Importance of Books and Literacy in Prisons
“When you are free you don’t have such a painful desire to read as you…
5 Astounding Ways Reading Fiction Can Boost Well-being
Note from Lucy: This is a guest post from the wonderful Angeliki over on Reading…
A Book About Books: The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
The End of Your Life Book Club: a bibliotherapeutic book for booklovers!Image source. “Why didn’t I…
Get My Bibliotherapy Book on Kindle! Tolstoy Therapy: A Fiction Prescription
Tolstoy Therapy: A Fiction Prescription –my ebook on bibliotherapy and the joy ofreading The project…
A Bibliotherapy Review: The Novel Cure by Ella Berthoud & Susan Elderkin
The Novel Cure by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin:a lighthearted and readable approach to bibliotherapy.…
What Bibliotherapy Means to Me
Another amazing vintage library ad fromBrain Pickings! Bibliotherapy is a word I use a lot…
How to Cultivate a Reading Habit (Yes, You Do Have Time to Read)
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into…
A TED Talk on Books and Bibliotherapy: How Books Can Open Your Mind by Lisa Bu
Lisa Bu and bibliotherapy. Image from blog.ted.com In her February 2013 TED Talk, Lisa Bu begins…
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…
A Call for Bibliotherapy Recommendations: What books have helped you?
Bibliotherapy: read until you feel better. Image from Pinterest Dear Lovely Readers, both new and old, I’m…
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 for Anxiety: Active, Beautiful and Calming Fictional Books
Reading to reduce anxiety. Image source. I’d like to emphasise now that literature is not…
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…
Logotherapy & Stoicism in Viktor E. Frankl’s Man’s Search For Meaning
Raby Castle, the Seat of the Earl of Darlington (1817) – J.M.W. Turner Image from Wikipedia…
Bibliotherapy & Reading for Wellbeing: The Novel Cure by Susan Elderkin and Ella Berthoud
Reading for wellbeing. Image from www.marksdailyapple.com As I was casually reading the School of Life blog…
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…
Bibliotherapy and Nina Sankovitch’s “Tolstoy and the Purple Chair”
I’ve been trying to get hold of this book for so long. Whilst my blog…
Poems to Memorise for Life & Difficult Situations
“Always learn poems by heart. They have to become the marrow in your bones. Like…