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Learn how to create new daily habits that build happiness and reduce stress
In Move Your Mind, acclaimed actor, entrepreneur, and mental health advocate Nick Bracks delivers the practical tools and lessons that will help you make small, but measurable, daily changes to foster positive, lasting improvements to your mental health. Told through the author's own experiences with mental illness, this book offers a holistic approach to improving your mental health, and shows readers how to make positive lifestyle changes in areas like exercise, nutrition, sleep, mindfulness, and meditation. The book offers:
* Valuable and insightful case studies of real and well-known people who took control of and improved their mental wellbeing
* Key research findings from industry leaders in mindfulness, meditation, memory, mental health, psychology, and performance
* Guidance on how to take small, gradual steps that lead to big changes in your motivation and inspiration
Perfect for anyone who has tried to take ownership of their own mental health but lacked the time, motivation, or information to effectively make a change, Move Your Mind is an indispensable guide to creating long-term behavior changes that promote increased happiness, decreased anxiety and stress, and better relationships.
List of contents
Preface ix
About the author xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction xix
Part I: Mental health and wellbeing 1
1 My story 3
2 Understanding mental health 19
Part II: Healing and sharing 53
3 Own your story 55
4 Start the conversation 69
Part III: The four practical pathways to mental health and wellbeing 83
5 Pathway 1: Move your mind 87
6 Pathway 2: Feed your mind 111
7 Pathway 3: Connect your mind 137
8 Pathway 4: Still your mind 159
Part IV: The three stages of sustainable change 189
9 Set yourself up and live your best life 193
10 Stage 1: Make a plan 199
11 Stage 2: Do the work 211
12 Stage 3: Check in 229
Conclusion 241
Index 247
About the author
Nick Bracks is an acclaimed mental health advocate, actor, entrepreneur, and speaker who has delivered over 1000 mental health seminars and several TED talks.
Summary
Learn how to create new daily habits that build happiness and reduce stress
In Move Your Mind, acclaimed actor, entrepreneur, and mental health advocate Nick Bracks delivers the practical tools and lessons that will help you make small, but measurable, daily changes to foster positive, lasting improvements to your mental health. Told through the author's own experiences with mental illness, this book offers a holistic approach to improving your mental health, and shows readers how to make positive lifestyle changes in areas like exercise, nutrition, sleep, mindfulness, and meditation. The book offers:
* Valuable and insightful case studies of real and well-known people who took control of and improved their mental wellbeing
* Key research findings from industry leaders in mindfulness, meditation, memory, mental health, psychology, and performance
* Guidance on how to take small, gradual steps that lead to big changes in your motivation and inspiration
Perfect for anyone who has tried to take ownership of their own mental health but lacked the time, motivation, or information to effectively make a change, Move Your Mind is an indispensable guide to creating long-term behavior changes that promote increased happiness, decreased anxiety and stress, and better relationships.
