Reviewed by Rama Gaind.
By Lisa Parkinson Roberts, Exisle Publishing, $34.99.
The tools for attaining mental wellbeing are now at your fingertips. A Well Mind provides a holistic approach to mental wellness, exploring how we can begin to feel better mentally by improving how we care for our physical health.
Lisa Parkinson Roberts became interested in the idea of mental wellness – as opposed to mental illness – following her personal struggle to attain a well mind (and it has been a long, hard-fought struggle).
Recent research has shown through improving our eating, sleeping and exercise habits, we can experience physical health benefits that lead to feeling better in our mind. In this guide, these processes are explained clearly.
“One of my aims in this book is to drive home the idea that we don’t have to be ashamed about feeling hopeless, overwhelmed, sad, unmotivated, irritable, angry, depressed, flat, lethargic, anxious, panicked or crazy. Of course we are likely to feel those things sometimes, but it doesn’t have to steal our joy, impact our lives or engulf us with shame.”
“Another aim is to introduce the importance of a well mind and prove the tools we can use to promote the health and wellbeing of our mind and emotions. The beauty of a well mind is that it alters the landscape surrounding us. We can move from living in the past, and with it anxiety and regret, or from being caught up in the future, and with it uncertainty, to experiencing each day mindfully and calmly.”
This book helps you alleviate malaise in your mind, and to impart the message that you have more control over the wellbeing of your mind than you might currently believe.
Improve your eating, sleep, stress management and exercise routines and ultimately your mental health, with this essential guide to feeling the best you can in your mind!
Roberts, who holds a PhD in Nutrition Science, has struggled with mental health, and explains the tools and expertise that helped her regain control of how she feels. She presents a comprehensive, accessible overview of nutrition advice so that others, like herself, can beat mental illness and achieve a happier state of mind.
We have three copies of A Well Mind to give away. You could be a winner, if you correctly name the academic degree held by Lisa Parkinson Roberts. Entries should be sent to [email protected] by Monday, 28 June 2021. Names of the winners will be announced in Frank Cassidy’s PS-sssst…! column on 29 June 2021.
