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03May

Wise Words #19: from Joan Didion to Caitlin Moran

Daisy Buchanan

WiseWords, women

Soul

Author and journalist Daisy Buchanan has always turned to books when she has felt low. Here are her favourites, from Marian Keyes to Nora Ephron
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01Apr

Wise Words #18: On Women's Mental Health and Psychotherapy

Angie Fell

selfharm, therapy, WiseWords, women

Therapists

South Yorkshire therapist Angie Fell selects books focused on psycotherapy and women for people interested in mental health
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08Mar

Wise Words #17: Poetry, Nutrition, and Mental Health

Rachel Kelly

depression, nutrition, poetry, WiseWords

Soul

Mental health campaigner and author Rachel Kelly chooses three books that have added to her understanding and lifted her mood
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01Mar

Wise Words #16: On the Self and Relationships

Clara Bridges

couple, marriage, self, WiseWords

Soul

Therapy client Clara Bridges chooses books on Transactional Analysis and principles for marriage as key texts for helping her own relationship
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15Feb

WiseWords #15: from Caroline Knapp to Gretchen Rubin

Rae Ritchie

addiction, books, vulnerability, WiseWords

Soul

Rae Ritchie, a historian-turned-writer who blogs about mental health, chooses self-help books that have helped in her own life
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08Feb

WiseWords #14: from Irvin Yalom to Stephen Grosz

Clara Bridges

books, therapy, WiseWords

Soul

Therapy client Clara Bridges, who has borderline personality disorder, chooses favourite books on therapy by Irvin Yalom, Stephen Grosz and Susan Howard
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02Feb

WiseWords #13: On Depression, Love and Vulnerability

Hannah Jane Thompson

authenticity, books, depression, self, WiseWords

Soul

Hannah Thompson has chosen books that focus on vulnerability, love, authenticity and depression for this week's #WiseWords series
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18Jan

WiseWords #12: from Sally Brampton to Oliver Burkeman

Rae Ritchie

books, depression, WiseWords

Soul

Week 12 of our #WiseWords series includes Sally Brampton and Oliver Burkeman, selected by regular welldoing.org contributor Rae Ritchie
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11Jan

WiseWords #11: on Self-love, Intuition and the Feminine

Tara Jackson

books, wellbeing, WiseWords, women

Soul

This week's edition of the #WiseWords series comes from holistic health and wellness coach Tara Jackson, who focuses on self-love and the feminine
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04Jan

WiseWords #10: on Authenticity, Sensitivity and Mothers

Rae Freeman

authenticity, family, mother, therapy, WiseWords

Soul

In this week's #WiseWords series, therapy client Rae Freeman focuses on books that explore being the child of an emotionally absent mother
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