We started a 20 Books for ... in 2020 series with a post on How to Read More this year.
Following 20 Books for Personal Growth in 2020. we have 20 Books for Depression in 2020.
Personal Growth can lead to learning a lot about yourself and sometimes what we learn … can make us sad. Depression is something we are personally familiar with here at The Hippie Haus, Jeff and Rena have both battled with depression during their lives and understand how hard depression is.
Here are 20 books to help you deal with sadness in your life.
Below are some books we have read/own (with the [*]), and others we look forward to reading.
20 Books for Depression in 2020
1. Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way - Nancy Liebler
Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way shines a new light on the darkness of depression by presenting specific antidepression strategies designed to help you unleash your innate healing potential. The time-tested advice presented in this book is based on the latest theories of modern science and the practical wisdom of Ayurveda, an ancient system of natural medicine. This unique book offers a comprehensive step-by-step program for eradicating the root of depression from the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of your being.
2. Self-Esteem - Matthews McKay, Ph.D. *
Are you your own worst enemy? Are you devastated by criticism? Do you have trouble your loved ones what you really need? If you said yes, you're a victim of low self-esteem. Learn to be your own best friend! This easy, step-by-step program can start changing that today! You can radically improve the way you feel about yourself and discover an attractive, confident, and happier you. Discover: simple exercises to focus on your good points how to combat your critical inner voice techniques to stop your" shoulds"--those damaging rules about how you "should" be effective ways to deal with criticism.
3. I am Enough by God! - Kara Keating *
Kara Keating unearths one of the greatest challenges to attaining inner peace – the illusion that we are flawed, and she chronicles how she overcame the belief that something was “wrong” with her. Instead of spending her days in endless cycles of self-healing, she learned how to strengthen her soul’s voice, listen to its guidance, take authentic actions, and create the life she always dreamed of having.
4. Heal Thyself for Health and Longevity - Queen Afua
This is a highly spiritual take on the raw food diet and live juice fasting, and also includes some cooked natural dishes and herbal remedies as well. A do-it-yourself guide and recipe book for everyday people who desire to begin and maintain a holistic lifestyle.
5. Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One With the Universe - Yumi Sakugawa
Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One with the Universe will set you free on a visual journey of self-discovery. Set against a surreal backdrop of intricate ink illustrations, you will find nine metaphysical lessons with dreamlike instructions that require you to open your heart to unexplored inner landscapes. From setting fire to your anxieties to sharing a cup of tea with your inner demons, you will learn how to let go and truly connect with the world around you.
6. Don't Settle for Safe - Sarah Jakes Roberts
Popular speaker and author Sarah Jakes Roberts shows women they are not disqualified by their pain and failures and offers encouragement and strength to believe God’s best is still possible. Now in trade paper. Everyone has experiences in their lives that stop them in their tracks and become burdens they carry with them everywhere they go. No one knows this better than Sarah Jakes Roberts. Pregnant at 14, married by 19, divorced by 22, and all while under the intense spotlight of being Bishop T.D. Jakes’s daughter, Sarah knows what it is to feel buried by failure and aching pain.
7. Subliminal - Leonard Mlodinow
Leonard Mlodinow, the best-selling author of The Drunkard’s Walk and coauthor of The Grand Design (with Stephen Hawking), gives us a startling and eye-opening examination of how the unconscious mind shapes our experience of the world and how, for instance, we often misperceive our relationships with family, friends, and business associates, misunderstand the reasons for our investment decisions, and misremember important events.
8. How To Be Yourself - Ellen Hendriksen, Ph.D.
Up to 40% of people consider themselves shy. You might say you’re introverted or awkward, or that you're fine around friends but just can't speak up in a meeting or at a party. Maybe you're usually confident but have recently moved or started a new job, only to feel isolated and unsure. If you get nervous in social situations—meeting your partner's friends, public speaking, standing awkwardly in the elevator with your boss—you've probably been told, “Just be yourself!” But that's easier said than done—especially if you're prone to social anxiety.
9. Make the Most of Your Time on Earth - Rough Guides
Rough Guides' bestselling inspirational coffee-table book draws upon the insider knowledge of in-the-know writers to share the 1000 ultimate travel experiences across the globe. Make the Most of your Time on Earth is a handpicked curation of personal recommendations, from retracing Odysseus's footsteps on Mljet and hippo-spotting in the Bijagós Islands, to wild camping on the Arabian Peninsula and defying gravity at China's Hanging Temple. It might even be something as simple as walking among Hockney's landscapes on the Yorkshire Wolds Way, or eating among locals in the perfect setting: the definitive gelato in Rome or a mopane worm in Zimbabwe. Every one is special, and authentic, and - above all - inspiring.
10. You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment - Thich Nhat Hanh
In this book, Thich Nhat Hanh—Zen monk, author, and meditation master—distills the essence of Buddhist thought and practice, emphasizing the power of mindfulness to transform our lives. But true mindfulness, Hanh explains, is not an escape. It is being in the present moment, totally alive and free.
11. When Did I Get Like This? - Amy Wilson
From the creator and star of the one-woman off-Broadway show Mother Load, comes When Did I Get Like This?, a screamingly funny take on being a modern woman, wife, and mother told with “a level of hilarity that even non-moms can appreciate” (Time Out). Amy Wilson’s poignant and provocative, utterly outrageous look at “the Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget-Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I’d Never Be” has already earned an appreciative response from Three-Martini Playdate author Christie Mellor, who calls it, “As entertaining as it is reassuring.”
12. The Empaths Survival Guide - Judith Orloff, M.D.
What is the difference between having empathy and being an empath? "Having empathy means our heart goes out to another person in joy or pain," says Judith Orloff, MD. "But for empaths it goes much further. We actually feel others’ emotions, energy, and physical symptoms in our own bodies, without the usual defenses that most people have." With The Empath’s Survival Guide, Dr. Orloff offers a practical tool set to help sensitive people develop healthy coping mechanisms in our high-stimulus world—while fully embracing the empath’s gifts of intuition, compassion, creativity, and spiritual connection.
13. The Skinny on Eating Like You Give a Damn - Stephanie Harter *
Your how-to guide for embracing a plant-based diet, combating injustice, and being a rebel for compassion one bite at a time. The fact that we’ve been subconsciously conditioned by the food industry to act against our values is not just scary - it’s deadly. That’s why we are experiencing a global uprising of rebels who want to be a part of the solution by taking back their power to think critically and choose better.
14. Don't Worry Be Grumpy - Ajahn Brahm
In 108 brief stories with titles like "The Bad Elephant," "Girlfriend Power," and "The Happiness License," Ajahn Brahm offers up more timeless wisdom that will speak to people from all walks of life. Drawing from his own experiences, stories shared by his students, and old chestnuts that he delivers with a fresh twist, Ajahn Brahm shows he knows his way around the humorous parable, delighting even as he surprises us with unexpected depth and inspiration.
15. Too Precious To Be: A Guide to Restoring Women Suffering in Silence - Tokeitha K. Wilson *
Too Precious To Be is a memoir for women looking to purge themselves from a toxic mindset and discover life's solutions, resolve issues, and get out of their own way. Behind all of the curls and pearls, Tokeitha Wilson endured disappointment, heartbreak, and pain while suffering in silence from abuse, parental incarceration, bullying, addiction, and the list goes on. As a survivor, Tokeitha shares her personal life story and the life-altering encounter that forever changed her thought process.
16. People Can't Drive You Crazy If You Don't Give Them The Keys - Mike Bechtle
Strange as it may seem, other people are not nearly as committed to our happiness as we are. In fact, sometimes they seem like they're on a mission to make us miserable! There's always that one person. The one who hijacks your emotions and makes you crazy. The one who seems to thrive on drama. If you could just "fix" that person, everything would be better. But we can't fix other people—we can only make choices about ourselves. In this cut-to-the-chase book, communication expert Mike Bechtle shows readers that they don't have to be victims of other people's craziness. With commonsense wisdom and practical advice that can be implemented immediately, Bechtle gives readers a proven strategy to handle crazy people.
17. The Courage to be Disliked - Ichiro Kishimi
Is happiness something you choose for yourself? The Courage to Be Disliked presents a simple and straightforward answer. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of nineteenth-century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, this book follows an illuminating dialogue between a philosopher and a young man. Over the course of five conversations, the philosopher helps his student to understand how each of us is able to determine the direction of our own life, free from the shackles of past traumas and the expectations of others.
18. The No Complaining Rule - Jon Gordon
Negativity in the workplace costs businesses billions of dollars and impacts the morale, productivity and health of individuals and teams. "In The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work, Jon Gordon, a bestselling author, consultant and speaker, shares an enlightening story that demonstrates how you can conquer negativity and inspire others to adopt a positive attitude." Based on one company’s successful No Complaining Rule, the powerful principles and actionable plan are practical and easy-to-follow, making this book an ideal read for managers, team leaders and anyone interested in generating positive energy.
19. The Power of the Other - Dr. Henry Cloud
An expert on the psychology of leadership and the bestselling author of Integrity, Necessary Endings, and Boundaries For Leaders identifies the critical ingredient for personal and professional wellbeing. Most leadership coaching focuses on helping leaders build their skills and knowledge and close performance gaps. These are necessary, but not sufficient. Using evidence from neuroscience and his work with leaders, Dr. Henry Cloud shows that the best performers draw on another vital resource: personal and professional relationships that fuel growth and help them surpass current limits.
20. Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
In the international bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions.
Have you read any of these books? Have any suggestions to add? Let us know in the comments below – We love talking books! (not quite as much as food ... but it's pretty high up there!)
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