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14Jun

In Search of the Meaning of Motherhood

Julia Bueno

books, infertility, mother, motherhood

Therapists

Jessica Hepburn tried many times to get pregnant using IVF. Now she has written a book about motherhood, reviewed here by therapist Julia Bueno
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26Apr

Wellcome Book Prize 2018: To Be a Machine

Sally Warren

books, Wellcomebookprize

Therapists

Wellcome Book Prize 2018 finalist To Be a Machine explores transhumanism and the desire to escape death and the fragility of the human body
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10Apr

Why Books About Mental Health Are So Important

Louise Chunn

books, wellbeing

Mind

Well-known mental health campaigners Jonny Benjamin and Natasha Devon spoke about the trend for books about mental health at the London Book Fair
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06Apr

Wellcome Book Prize 2018: Mayhem by Sigrid Rausing

Louise Chunn

addiction, books, Wellcomebookprize

Soul

Out of a horrendous chapter in her family's life – the death of her drug-addicted sister-in-law – Sigrid Rausing has wrought a seering memoir, finalist in the Wellcome Book Prize 2018
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20Mar

Wellcome Book Prize 2018 Shortlist Announced

Welldoing

books, Wellcomebookprize

Mind

Novels, memoirs and serious science books make up this year's shortlist in the highly-regarded Wellcome Book Prize 2018
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23Feb

All That Man Is: Tales of Masculinity at Odds with Itself

Julia Bueno

books, men

Therapists

David Szalay’s latest novel, All That Man Is, is a valuable contribution to understanding the way some men look at the world
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14Feb

Susie Orbach's In Therapy: The Unfolding Story

Susie Orbach

books, therapy

Mind

In the latest edition of her book of dramatised case studies, London psychotherapist Susie Orbach muses on what brings people to therapy
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09Feb

Wellcome Book Prize 2018: Longlist Announced

Welldoing

books

Soul

The Wellcome Book Prize celebrates works of fiction and non-fiction that touch on the subjects of medicine, health, illness, and science
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30Jan

Ruby Wax Talks About Her New Book How to Be Human

Personalised Matching Service

books, mindfulness, neuroscience

Mind

Welldoing.org's founder Louise Chunn chaired a sell-out London event for the launch of Ruby Wax's new book How to be Human
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10Jan

Johann Hari's Book Lost Connections Uncovers Causes of Depression

Louise Chunn

anxiety, books, depression, socialmedia, society

Mind

Author Johann Hari tells Louise Chunn that society's disconnection from our psychological needs is a major cause of depression and anxiety
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