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Never Broken: How Singer-Songwriter Jewel Became a Mental Health Advocate

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How Jewel became a mental health advocate She reflects on the fact that when she moved out of her house as a 15-year-old, even if she knew how to find a therapist, she wouldn’t have had the money for one. As a result, terms like “ mental health ,” “advocate” and “trauma” were not a part of her lexicon.

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Bibliotherapy: Boost Well-being and Find Community With a Therapeutic Book Club

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Millions of Americans participate in some type of book club, whether virtual or in-person. Book clubs come in all shapes and sizes. They can focus on fiction or nonfiction, have themes to guide book choices, and be organized through places like work, school, professional organizations, religious groups and libraries.

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45 Professional Development Books to Level Up Your Career and Your Life

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In a world with countless ways to level up your professional development, books are one of the most underestimated tools. Professional development books give insight on how to grow in our careers, grow as people and better approach work-related challenges, shifting work environments and new opportunities.

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The 10 Best Books for Working Moms to Read

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These 10 books for working moms provide encouragement, advice and brutal honesty for the women trying to extract the core pleasures of this dual role without the unattainable ideals. These books are also for the working moms who just want to maintain their sanity. Books with advice for working moms 1. How Are You, Really?

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21 Ways to Read More Books

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You’ve probably said it to yourself 100 times before: I really need to start reading more books. When you’re an out-of-the-habit adult with a full schedule, however, finding the time to pick up a book can be a challenge. Science is beginning to back up what book-lovers already know: Reading offers far-reaching benefits for your life.

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A lightbulb moment about mental health and managing change

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Resilience is often discussed as that aspect of mental health and coping, which is paramount to the ability to spring back during adverse circumstances. Being resilient helps people to manage stressful situations, protect them from mental ill-health and improve their health and wellbeing overall. And we ALL did that.

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18 Books Every Administrative Assistant and Executive Assistant Should Read

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Office Dynamics has put together a list of books for administrative assistants and executive assistants that will help you with your professional development and personal life. This is Joan’s newest book for administrative assistants and is great for all levels. Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed by Joan Burge.