The School of Life: On Mental Illness: What can calm, reassure and console

This compassionate guide normalizes mental illness and to achieve emotional well-being. It covers coping with various mental illnesses, from mild to severe, explaining the causes, communicating experiences, and reframing self-view for thriving. With a humane tone, it dismantles mental health stigmas, emphasizing the importance of shared experiences and supportive friendships. Drawing from The School of Life therapists’ experiences, this book is an essential tool for recovery.

Accessible and thoroughly researched, it focuses on compassionate reframing of anxiety, depression, and trauma. Chapters include Reasons to Live, Acceptance, Love, Community, Psychotherapy, Perspective, and Gratitude.