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03Dec

Book of the Month: In the Blood by Arabella Byrne and Julia Hamilton

Alice McGurran

addiction, alcohol, bookofthemonth, family, parenting

Mind

Our Welldoing Book of the Month is In the Blood by Arabella Byrne and Julia Hamilton. This joint memoir is an unflinching exploration of alcoholism, intergenerational pain, and mother-daughter relationships
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04Nov

Book of the Month: All the Rage - Why Anger Drives the World by Josh Cohen

Louise Chunn

anger, bookofthemonth, emotions, society

Mind

October's Book of the Month All the Rage: Why Anger Drives the World will appeal to anyone interested in the deeper reason's for anger and aggression in the modern world
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02Oct

Book of the Month: Meditation for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

Louise Chunn

bookofthemonth, mortality

Soul

Our Welldoing Book of the Month for September 2024 is Meditation for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
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28Aug

Book of the Month: The Nervous System Reset by Jessica Maguire

Alice McGurran

body, bookofthemonth, chronicpain, health, nervoussystem, stress, trauma, vagusnerve

Body

We're thrilled to announce our Book of the Month for August 2024 is Jessica Maguire's Nervous System Reset. The physiotherapist went on a mission to understand how the nervous system played into so many of her client's problems – the book is the culmination of that work
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24Jul

Book of the Month: My Family – The Memoir by David Baddiel

Louise Chunn

bookofthemonth, childhood, family

Relationships

We're thrilled to announce our July Book of the Month is My Family – The Memoir by David Baddiel, comedian and author
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26Jun

Book of the Month: Broken Threads by Mishal Husain

Alice McGurran

bookofthemonth, culture, family

Soul

Our Book of the Month for June 2024 is Broken Threads by Mishal Husain. A gripping and compassionate memoir describing the tumultuous and painful history of Partition through the experiences of the author's grandparents
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21May

Book of the Month: You Don't Have to be Mad to Work Here by Dr Benji Waterhouse

Alice McGurran

bookofthemonth

Mind

Our Book of the Month is Dr Benji Waterhouse's You Don't Have to be Mad to Work Here. A candid behind-the-scenes look into NHS emergency psychiatry, Waterhouse also gets honest about his personal life and upbringing
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24Apr

Book of the Month: No One Talks About This Stuff by Kat Brown

Louise Chunn

body, bookofthemonth, fertility, health, infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, society

Body

Our April 2024 Book of the Month is Kat Brown's No one Talks About This Stuff: 22 Stories of Almost Parenthood. Brown has compiled 22 stories of infertility and loss – the stories that she needed in her own isolated and silent struggle
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27Mar

Book of the Month: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

Louise Chunn

bookofthemonth, children, parenting, socialmedia, society, technology, teenagers

Mind

Welldoing's Book of the Month, The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt reveals that damage done to teenagers by smart phones and social media, plus over-protective parenting, has caused an epidemic of mental illness
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07Feb

Book of the Month: How We Break by Vincent Deary

Louise Chunn

bookofthemonth, burnout, chronicfatigue, health, illness, stress, work

Body

Welldoing Book of the Month for February 2024 is a convincing, heartfelt, evidence-based account of how and why people breakdown, authored by health psychologist and fatigue specialist Vincent Deary
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