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Ask HN: What books, courses, practices helped your mental health last year?

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Re: Ask HN: What books, courses, practices helped your mental health last year?

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Being responsible for a toddler is exhausting and helpful for getting me out of my head and into the present moment. Listening to The Blindboy Podcast from the start has been invaluable in learning how to practice CBT (cognitive behavior therapy; in short, note: Action/trigger, Belief, Consequence/reaction; reflect and adjust). I relate to his experiences and find his solutions useful in my efforts to make more time…

There's a Spotify playlist of his podcast episodes related to mental health here

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ruKlNJJXHaK0GDiCxsHAP?si=...

Re: Ask HN: What books, courses, practices helped your mental health last year?

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Tara Brach - Radical Acceptance was a game changer. Otherwise : trying to focus on having enough sleep (i.e. staying away from screen at night + enough exercise). Trying to put things into perspective (curiously reading history books helped me). Better organization of my time to be more focused on what really matter (check out Cal Newport books and newsletter). Hope this helps !
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