MeWeRTH’s Reading for Well-Being Community Book Club

  Professor Pozzulo’s Pick (April, 2025) Inspire: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others by Adam Galinsky (2025, published by Harper Business) My take: What an exhilarating book! In Inspire: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others, Adam Galinsky takes you on a journey of “how to” inspire. You’ll find numerous evidence-backed approaches to move you along the infuriating-inspiration continuum. And as you move toward inspiration, the people you interact with will thank you. Galinsky states, “we can inspire others through our words, our actions, and our interactions”. Realizing we can choose to inspire is powerful. Galinksy unpacks the scientific evidence of what it means to be inspiring. He takes you “into” the research giving you a front row seat of how the research was conducted and what was found. This book is important and essential for anyone who interacts with even one other person, and that other person can be yourself. I was moved by the real-life exampl...

  Professor Pozzulo’s Pick (March, 2025) The Positive Shift: Mastering Mindset to Improve Happiness, Health, and Longevity by Catherine A. Sanderson, Ph.D (2019, published by  BenBella Books ) My take: Are you naturally happy? If you answered “yes” to this question, Sanderson suggests that you won’t need to read her book, The Positive Shift: Mastering Mindset to Improve Happiness, Health, and Longevity. Although I consider myself on the “happier” side of the scale, I still read this book, and I’m so glad I did!  I’m happier that I did 😊!  Sanderson states that our level of happiness, our physical health, and even our longevity is connected to how “we think about ourselves and our world around us”. In other words, our mindset.  By making small changes we can improve our happiness and health (both mental and physical). And if you are wondering where to start, there are several self-assessments provided in the book to better understand your starting mindset. ...

We’re giving away a copy of March's Professor Pozzulo’s Pick. Click on read more then  click here  to enter to win or copy the web address and search it in your browser:  https://carleton.ca/mental-health/marchgiveaway/

  Professor Pozzulo’s Pick (Feb, 2025) Move the Body, Heal the Mind by Jennifer Heisz, Ph.D (2022, published by Harvest ) My take: Perhaps the title gives away what this book is about. Move the Body, Heal the Mind by Jennifer Heisz, Ph.D. is certainly about exercise BUT it also is much more than that. Heisz shares her journey to improved well-being along with the science behind the connection of physical exercise and mental well-being. In this book, you will find several exercises (literally) that might help improve your well-being. Heisz begins by sharing how a personal crisis pushed her to a new year’s resolution of fitness, and more specifically a triathlon. I was happy to learn that I didn’t need to share Heisz’s ambitious goal in order to improve my own physical and mental well-being. Even some movement can be helpful! Heisz provides a practical approach to increasing your physical activity and the benefits that are associated with “moving more”. Heisz offers a number of sugge...

   We’re giving away a copy of February's Professor Pozzulo’s Pick. Click on read more then  click here  to enter to win or copy the web address and search it in your browser: https://carleton.ca/mental-health/februarygiveaway/

  We’re giving away a copy of January's Professor Pozzulo’s Pick. Click on read more then  click here  to enter to win or copy the web address and search it in your browser:  https://carleton.ca/mental-health/januarygiveaway/