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Through interviews, this book compiles insights from queer therapists, activists, advocates, and others on the common and varied experiences of queer mental health. Demonstrating how vital queer-affirming mental health practices are, these accounts allow readers to find support and community in their own mental health journeys.

LGBTIQ+ people are more likely than cisgender and heterosexual individuals to suffer with mental health issues, yet often have poorer therapeutic outcomes. Mainstream Eurocentric psychotherapeutic theories, developed largely by heterosexual, cisgender and white theorists, tend to see LGBTIQ+ as a singular group through this “othered” ....

Svenja Gräfen hielt Self-Care lange für egoistisch, unsolidarisch und allem voran für ein falsches Versprechen der milliardenschweren Wellness-Industrie. Höchste Zeit für ein Update: Denn eigentlich ist Selbstfürsorge weder Produkt noch Luxus, sondern zugänglich für jede*n und eine Basis, um auch für andere da sein zu können. In diesem ....

Kinder, Küche, Krisenmanagement. Ob sie wollen oder nicht: Immer noch erledigen Mütter einen Großteil der Familienarbeit, haben jedes noch so kleine To-do von Kindern und Partner im Kopf. Mental Load ist das Wort für die Last im Kopf, die Frauen grenzenlos stresst. Patricia Cammarata, Psychologin und bekannte Elternbloggerin, beschreibt ....

An important addition to the literature of cancer by an award-winning scholar and memoirist.Elaborating upon her “Living with Cancer” column in the New York Times, Susan Gubar helps patients, caregivers, and the specialists who seek to serve them. In a book both enlightening and practical, she describes how the activities of reading and ....

We can bear almost anything when it is worked through collectively. Grief is generally thought of as something personal and insular, but when we publicly share loss and pain, we lessen the power of the forces that debilitate us, while at the same time building the humane social practices that alleviate suffering and improve quality of ....

"Rest is Resistance" is a call-to-action for anyone suffering from the toxic urgency of modern-day life. It centres around the systemic issues that cause us to overwork, and ultimately burn out, and offers liberation through rest. In its simplest form, rest becomes an act of resistance and a reclaiming of power because it disrupts and ....

Mit "Selbstfürsorge und Resilienz" begibt sich bell hooks auf das Terrain der 'Selbsthilfe-Literatur' – verleiht diesem Genre durch ihren feministischen und rassismuskritischen Blick jedoch ganz eigene Impulse. hooks möchte Frauen, insbesondere Frauen of Color, dabei helfen, an ihrer psychischen Gesundung und persönlichen Entwicklung zu ....

Self-care for Tough Times is a gentle yet powerful toolkit to help during difficult times, such as the end of a relationship, loss of a loved one, career change and times of heightened emotions or anxiety. These are the times when self-care is most important and yet often forgotten, but just a few small moments can make a huge difference ....

End the struggle, speak up for what you need, and experience the freedom of being truly yourself.Healthy boundaries. We all know we should have them in order to achieve work/life balance, cope with toxic people, and enjoy rewarding relationships with partners, friends, and family. But what do "healthy boundaries" really mean - and how ....

Written by autistic advocate Sarah O'Brien, this book gives a much-needed introduction into what autism is and removes the myths, stereotypes and stigma that surround it. Sarah provides insights into what to do after diagnosis and how to approach and navigate the process of informing those in your life, from your family and friends to ....

Being a parent is enormously joyful, but it is also an enormous amount of work. Parenting requires you to make dozens of decisions a day, every one of which in some way shapes the person your child will grow into. It can be difficult to know in these moments whether you're on the right track. Progressive parents especially can feel adrift ....