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In this episode of Mental Health and You Peer Support Workers from our Wellbeing Service discuss the benefits reading can have for your mental health.

Rachel, Andrea and Holly talk about their own experiences and how reading in various forms has improved their wellbeing.

Podcast episode links:

• Mind: www.mind.org.uk, I had a black dog, his name was depression – YouTube
• Libby Library App for books and audio books: Libby – Welcome (libbyapp.com)

Reading recommendations from the Peer Support Workers:

• Things Get Better by Katie Piper
• Bird Therapy by Joe Harkness
• Calm down love, the Rise of The Hate Crab by Susan Calman
• Nature Cure by Richard Mabey
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Sane New World by Ruby Wax.
• Mindfulness For The Frazzled by Ruby Wax
• The Book of Hygge by Meik Wikiing
• Black Rainbow by Rachel Kelley
• Be at peace with life just the way it is by John Parkin.
• The Untethered Soul, the journey beyond yourself by Michael A Singer.
• I Had A Black Dog by Matthew Johnstone
• Living With A Black Dog by Matthew Johnstone

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