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Navigating Holiday Stress: Common Mental Health Struggles During the Holiday Season

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πŸ“– Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab

πŸ“– The Gifts of Imperfection by BrenΓ© Brown

πŸ“– Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff

πŸ“– The Grief Recovery Handbook by John W. James and Russell Friedman

πŸ“– Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

🎧 The Happiness Lab β€” Dr. Laurie Santos

🎧 Ten Percent Happier β€” Dan Harris

🎧 Where Should We Begin? β€” Esther Perel

🎧 The Mel Robbins Podcast β€” Mel Robbins

🎧 On Being β€” Krista Tippett

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AI and Therapy: Can Technology Support Mental Health Without Replacing the Human Connection?

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πŸ“– A Practitioner’s Guide to Advancing Behavioral Health Care With Artificial Intelligence - David D. Luxton

πŸ“– Artificial Intelligence in Behavioral and Mental Health Care - Edited by David D. Luxton

πŸ“– Navigating AI in Mental Health Care: Innovations, Ethics, and Future Trends - Susmita Halder, Bibhrajit Halder & Akash Kumar Mahato

🎧 Speaking of Psychology: Can AI Help Solve the Mental Health Crisis?- American Psychological Association

🎧 Mental Health Pathfinders: What Psychiatrists Need to Know About AI - American Psychiatric Association

🎧 Beyond the Couch: AI in Psychology

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Confidence and Body Image: Learning to Feel Comfortable in Your Own Skin

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πŸ“– The Body Is Not an Apology - Sonya Renee Taylor

πŸ“– More Than a Body- Lexie Kite, PhD & Lindsay Kite, PhD

πŸ“– Body Kindness- Rebecca Scritchfield, RDN

πŸ“– The Beauty Myth- Naomi Wolf

🎧 The Body Image Podcast

🎧 Food Psych Podcast- Christy Harrison

🎧 Maintenance Phase

🎧 Unlocking Us- Brené Brown

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How Childhood Experiences Can Show Up in Our Present-Day Behaviors

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πŸ“– Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents β€” Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD
πŸ“– Running on Empty β€” Jonice Webb, PhD
πŸ“– What Happened to You? β€” Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD
πŸ“– Attached β€” Amir Levine, MD & Rachel Heller, MA
πŸ“– The Body Keeps the Score β€” Bessel van der Kolk, MD
🎧 Speaking of Psychology: Attachment Bonds β€” American Psychological Association
🎧 Being Well: Becoming Securely Attached to Yourself
🎧 Speaking of Psychology: How Parents and Their Adult Children Can Build Strong Relationships β€” American Psychological Association

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Implementing Boundaries With Confidence: Learning to Protect Your Peace Without the Guilt

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πŸ“– Set Boundaries, Find Peace β€” Nedra Glover Tawwab
πŸ“– The Set Boundaries Workbook β€” Nedra Glover Tawwab
πŸ“– Boundaries β€” Henry Cloud & John Townsend
πŸ“– The Power of No β€” Vanessa Patrick, PhD
🎧 You Need to Hear This with Nedra Tawwab
🎧 How to Be a Better Human: How to Set Boundaries and Find Peace β€” TED
🎧 WorkLife: How to Set Boundaries with Therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab
🎧 The Verywell Mind Podcast: How to Set Boundaries with Therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab

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Stress & Burnout: When Running on Empty Becomes Your Normal

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πŸ“– Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle β€” Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski
πŸ“– The Burnout Challenge β€” Christina Maslach & Michael P. Leiter
πŸ“– Slow Productivity β€” Cal Newport
πŸ“– The Gifts of Imperfection β€” BrenΓ© Brown
πŸ“– Can't Even β€” Anne Helen Petersen
🎧 Speaking of Psychology: Why We're Burned Out and What to Do About It β€” APA
🎧 Speaking of Psychology: How to Keep Stress From Harming Your Health β€” APA
🎧 Feminist Survival Project β€” Emily & Amelia Nagoski
🎧 Speaking of Psychology: β€œBossware” and Burnout β€” APA

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Sports Performance: The Mental Side of the Game

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πŸ“– The Champion’s Mind β€” Jim Afremow, PhD
πŸ“– Mind Gym β€” Gary Mack
πŸ“– The Confident Mind β€” Nate Zinsser, PhD
πŸ“– The Inner Game of Tennis β€” W. Timothy Gallwey
πŸ“– How Champions Think β€” Jim Afremow, PhD
πŸ“– Mind Games β€” Annie Vernon
🎧 Sports Psychology Coaching β€” Eli Straw
🎧 The Sports Psychology Podcast β€” Dr. Patrick J. Cohn
🎧 The Mental Barbell Podcast
🎧 The Champion Within

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Perfectionism: When β€œGood Enough” Never Feels Good Enough

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πŸ“– The Gifts of Imperfection β€” BrenΓ© Brown
πŸ“– The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control β€” Katherine Morgan Schafler
πŸ“– The Perfection Trap β€” Thomas Curran
πŸ“– How to Be Enough β€” Ellen Hendriksen
πŸ“– Overcoming Perfectionism β€” Roz Shafran, Sarah Egan & Tracey Wade

🎧 Speaking of Psychology: Why Do We Push Ourselves to Be Perfect?
🎧 Speaking of Psychology: Perfectionism: When Good Is Never Good Enough
🎧 Being Well: Embracing Perfectionism
🎧 Exam Study Expert: Perfectionism, Self-Compassion and Making Progress
🎧 Perfecting Imperfectionism

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Depression & Seasonal Depression: Understanding the Changes Beneath the Surface

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πŸ“– The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression β€” Andrew Solomon

πŸ“– Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy β€” David D. Burns, M.D.

πŸ“– Reasons to Stay Alive β€” Matt Haig

πŸ“– The Upward Spiral β€” Alex Korb, Ph.D.

πŸ“– Winter Blues: Everything You Need to Know to Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder β€” Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D.

🎧 The Hilarious World of Depression

🎧 The Psychology Podcast β€” Scott Barry Kaufman

🎧 Therapy Chat β€” Laura Reagan, LCSW-C

🎧 The Savvy Psychologist

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Understanding Grief: Giving Yourself Permission to Heal

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πŸ“– It’s OK That You’re Not OK β€” Megan Devine

πŸ“– Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief β€” David Kessler

πŸ“– Moving On Doesn’t Mean Letting Go β€” Gina Moffa

πŸ“– Healing After Loss β€” Martha Whitmore Hickman

πŸ“– The Year of Magical Thinking β€” Joan Didion

🎧It’s OK That You’re Not OK with Megan Devine

🎧All There Is with Anderson Cooper

🎧Grief Out Loud β€” The Dougy Center

🎧Good Mourning

🎧Terrible, Thanks for Asking

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How to Communicate Better: Building Healthier, Stronger Connections

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πŸ“– Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection β€” Charles Duhigg

πŸ“– Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life β€” Marshall B. Rosenberg

πŸ“– Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most β€” Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton & Sheila Heen

πŸ“– The Relationship Cure β€” John Gottman

πŸ“– How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk β€” Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

🎧 Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

🎧 The Gottman Relationship Podcast

🎧 The Jordan Harbinger Show

🎧 10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Back-to-School Struggles & Mental Health

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πŸ“– The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens - Jennifer Shannon

πŸ“– The Emotional Lives of Teenagers - Dr. Lisa Damour

πŸ“– How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk - Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

πŸ“– The Self-Driven Child - William Stixrud and Ned Johnson

🎧 Good Inside with Dr. Becky

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Mental Health & Technology: Finding a Healthy Balance

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πŸ“– The Anxious Generation β€” Jonathan Haidt

πŸ“– Screenwise β€” Devorah Heitner, PhD

πŸ“– Growing Up in Public β€” Devorah Heitner, PhD

🎧 Speaking of Psychology β€” American Psychological Association

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Finding a Healthy Balance Between Work and Life

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πŸ“– Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less β€” Greg McKeown

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πŸ“– The One Thing β€” Gary Keller & Jay Papasan

🎧 Mel Robbins Podcast

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Understanding Anxiety: More Than Just Worry

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πŸ“– The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook β€” Edmund J. Bourne, PhD

πŸ“– Unwinding Anxiety β€” Judson Brewer, MD, PhD

πŸ“– The Worry Trick β€” David Carbonell, PhD

🎧 The Anxiety Coaches Podcast

🎧 The Hilarious World of Depression

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