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Updated April 21, 2026
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The worry (less) book : feel strong, find calm, and tame your anxiety!
Brian, Rachel
Ebook
Start worrying less and enjoying life with this book for people who worry or struggle with anxiety (so yeah -- everyone)! We all have a mixture of fun and not-so fun feelings. And everyone feels worried sometimes. But too much anxiety can get in the way. So...
How we break : navigating the wear and tear of living
Deary, Vincent
Paper Book
Drawing on cutting-edge science and intimate personal stories, an essential and paradigm-shifting book for readers struggling with fatigue, burnout, stress, and trauma--and for all of us who sometimes feel like we have been pushed past our breaking point. In How We Are,...
Disentangling from emotionally immature people : avoid emotional traps, stand up for your self, and transform your relationships as an adult child of emotionally immature parents
Gibson, Lindsay C.
Audiobook
The anxious generation : how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
Haidt, Jonathan
THE ACCLAIMED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER with over two million copies sold * A must-read for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media, and big tech--and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood....
Men have called her crazy : a memoir
Tendler, Anna Marie
Paper Book
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* "This book is so many things I didn't know I needed: a testament to the work of healing, a raw howl of anger, and an indictment of misogyny's insipid, predictable, infuriating reign." --Carmen Maria Machado, author of the National Book Award...

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