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Your Mental Health Matters January 2025 |
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Time Anxiety : The Illusion of Urgency and a Better Way to Live
by Chris Guillebeau
In a world obsessed with squeezing the most out of every moment, the fear of falling behind can trap us in a paralyzing stress cycle. Incomplete to-do lists, unanswered emails, and unmet life goals haunt our thoughts, leaving us overstimulated and exhausted.
In Time Anxiety, Chris Guillebeau, author of the popular newsletter A Year of Mental Health, reveals that this pervasive sense of time scarcity stems not from a lack of hours in the day but from unrealistic expectations and misaligned priorities. Weaving together eye-opening research on time perception, executive functioning challenges, and the psychological roots of avoidance, he offers a bold path for redefining our relationship with the clock.
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Renegade Grief : A Guide to the Wild Ride of Life After Loss
by Carla Fernandez
So, you’ve lost someone. At first, there is an outpour of support and phone calls and care packages. But after the services are done and the phone stops ringing, there is a quiet in the air and an expectation to get on with your life as previously planned. The problem is that death has a way of making all plans go out the window. Renegade Grief offers the support in this next stage of grieving—when you feel isolated in your loss and are figuring out how to navigate it.
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High Functioning : Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy
by Judith Joseph
Are you going through a period in your life when things feel “off”? Do you struggle to find joy in happy moments? Are you walking around feeling numb? Do you feel restless when you aren’t busy or empty when you are sitting still?We all know what can’t-get-out-of-bed depression looks like. But there’s another, lesser-known side of depression that is hidden.
Those of us with High-Functioning Depression(HFD) usually don’t act the way we think a depressed person might. On the surface, we seem fine: We are succeeding at work, pulling our weight at home, and carrying on with our typical social life. Yet behind that mask of productivity we are barely surviving, and certainly not thriving. And we may have no idea why, or what to do about it.
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Mindfulness for the wandering mind : life-changing tools for managing stress and improving mental health at work and in life
by Pandit Dasa
In Mindfulness for the Wandering Mind, Pandit attempts to debunk the myths people have about the practice of mindfulness and show how it can be utilized in all aspects of life and especially the workplace to improve their mental health, focus, lower stress levels and enhance emotional intelligence. To remove any mystical or religious component of what mindfulness is, he compares the human mind to a smart device which, these days, is something none of us can live without and are constantly glued to. A smart device that has too many apps open will experience a battery drain, it will slow down, freeze up, and possibly crash. To prevent this from happening, one needs to close out the apps that are either unnecessary or aren't being used at the moment. Leaving only the important apps open allows the device to function at its optimal level. Just like we go to the gym for a physical workout, mindfulness and meditation is taking the mind to the gym to strengthen it so it can remain more focused and less distracted which is a crucial skill to develop for someone working in a fast-paced, high stress work environment.
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