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Books for Mental Health Awareness Week

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While Mental Health Awareness Week is an annual campaign, it is also a gentle reminder to actively prioritise and nurture our mental health beyond the week itself. It is important to connect with and tautoko/support each other, while continuing the kōrero about mental health and wellbeing year-round.

Be it through self-reflection, seeking (or offering) support from whānau, creating new habits, or connecting with the world around you, there are countless ways to improve your wellbeing this Mental Health Awareness Week

Notes to Self

Why Am I Like This?

An insightful, reassuring roadmap for navigating the unique pressures and anxieties of life today, from the award-winning podcaster and MQ Mental Health ambassador, Gemma Styles.

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Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

A positive, practical handbook for better mental health from clinical psychologist and multi-million-follower TikTok sensation, Dr Julie Smith

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You Don't Have To Have A Dream

Charlie Mackesy meets Kurt Vonnegut, in the first non-fiction book from Tim Minchin: a beautifully idiosyncratic celebration of life, art, success, kindness, love and thriving in a meaningless universe, drawn from three iconic graduation speeches.

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Journals

Waitohu

From the best-selling author of Aroha and Wawata comes a new and inspiring journal to help you make deeper connections using the energies of Hina the Māori moon goddess and the power of aroha.

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You Need To Exist

An interactive creative journal exclusively written and illustrated by Yungblud (global cult following 12+ mil). Wreck This Journal meets Burn After Writing and The Artist's Way from the 'voice of Gen Z'

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My Journey Starts Here

A pretty yet practical guided journal for personal reflection and working on your mental well-being.

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Books to listen to

Aroha

The timeless wisdom of Māori proverbs - 52 traditional Māori sayings explained by respected Māori psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder, showing us how we can live better lives, in harmony with the planet.

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Ikigai

2014 offered The life-changing magic of tidying
2016 surrounded us with hygge
In 2017, we’ll discover our ikigai

Ikigai – the Japanese secret to a long and happy life from the world’s longest living people.

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Bite Back

A compassionate guide to navigating eating disorders, for those experiencing them and their loved ones, from someone who has been there.

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