MeWeRTH’s Reading for Well-Being Community Book Club

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/

Professor Pozzulo’s Pick (Jan, 2025) How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be  by Katy Milkman (2021; published by Portfolio ) My take: Feeling like you need a change? Finding it hard to make a change “stick”. Perhaps you’re using an ineffective strategy or approach. In How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where you Are to Where You Want to Be, Milkman (2021) reviews the science of how to make behaviour change last with several evidence-based strategies to help you reach your goals. Milkman examines the steps you can take to make changes that can improve health and well-being. Milkman’s expertise in “change behavior” makes this book not only educational by explaining the science behind behavior change but also provides a “how to” to achieve your desired change. Each chapter examines an internal obstacle that stands between you and achieving your goal. By the end of the book, you’ll learn how to recognize the obstacles and what you can d...

 We’re giving away a copy of December'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/decembergiveaway/