Rick Belden was kind enough to comment on my post calling for contributors and let me know that he had posted a review of the film we have talked about here before, Boys and Men Healing.
Rick does a great job of sharing what the film is about, and how it affected him as he watched it. I hope to get to see it myself someday, but in the meantime, you can check out Rick’s review on his site:
http://rickbelden.com/blog/2011/01/03/film-review-boys-and-men-healing
OK the headline is a bit of a misnomer, it’s more like 10 little mini-reviews. And, I don’t know if these will necessarily change your life, because that’s a pretty steep claim to make about a book. On the other hand, this list does seem to have some pretty good books in it, some I’ve read or heard of before, some others I had not. So, there may be something on this list that catches your eye and you may want to check out.Â
As Pauline says in the intro:
Mental health is a massive struggle in the United States. Add in quarantine, school, work, bullying, social media, bills, and so many other factors, and sometimes your head isn’t as quick to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Whether you struggle with mental illness or you want to educate yourself – here are 10 of the best mental health books that can completely change your life
It’s always better to be educated about mental health, but right now? It might be the difference between helping yourself or someone you love, and being completely helpless.Â
Try not to be helpless when so many resources are available.Â
Have you read any of the books on this list? What book would you add that did actually change your life?Â
The Invisible Youth Network is an organization that is trying to reach the estimated 1.5 homeless children in America, with a focus on those who are runaways and victims of child abuse. Recently, the director of their Department of Child Abuse Services, Wayneho Kam, sent me an email asking if I could try to help…
The BBC’s Regional documentary strand, Inside Out for the East of England, ran a report in the past ten days about the possible future effects of the content that social network users post online. The report concentrated mainly on the effects on future careers for adults but the BBC’s Webwise site which was mentioned in the…
I have heard Shelly Tygielski’s story before. Right at the start of the pandemic, she put together a sort of community-based mutual aid organization that was designed to match people in need with people who could help. She has now written a book about that experience and shared her mindfulness teachings.Â
I caught an interview piece/book review over on the Time website this week and I thought this is something that really makes a lot of sense, and might be something we need to think much more openly about when we encourage people to self-care.
I liked what Arien has to say in this video, because this is one of the largest hurdles survivors run in to when it comes to healing from abuse, putting it in the proper perspective. “Abuse strips us of the ability to feel safe in this world. We were shown the darkest sides of humanity,…
