The two I’ve actually had a psychologist and a psychotherapist recommend have included a description of the issues they target, and then instructions on how to slowly start working on them as you bump into them in real life. These books don’t present any magic tricks or revolutionary life changes, but ways in which to fight life-hindering issues and find what works for you.

One was about ‘life traps’, coping methods some of us adopt in our childhood that end up getting us through, but also end up hindering our lives as an adult. The book presented some ideas and methods related to schema therapy, in a way that allowed for working on yourself with the guidance of the book.

The second one was about how to increase your general satisfaction in life and reducing anxiety and depression by guiding you to find your core life values, and then bringing more and more activities that involve those values into your life. The idea is you can’t completely rid yourself of negative emotions, but you will find more resilience when involved with things that are truly important to you.

Sadly, neither has been translated to English, but those are the general themes they revolve around. And yes, both were definitely meant as guides on how to start working on yourself, so just reading the book is noto what is supposed to get it done.

The two I’ve actually had a psychologist and a psychotherapist recommend have included a description of the issues they target, and then instructions on how to slowly start working on them as you bump into them in real life. These books don’t present any magic tricks or revolutionary life changes, but ways in which to fight life-hindering issues and find what works for you.

One was about ‘life traps’, coping methods some of us adopt in our childhood that end up getting us through, but also end up hindering our lives as an adult. The book presented some ideas and methods related to schema therapy, in a way that allowed for working on yourself with the guidance of the book.

The second one was about how to increase your general satisfaction in life and reducing anxiety and depression by guiding you to find your core life values, and then bringing more and more activities that involve those values into your life. The idea is you can’t completely rid yourself of negative emotions, but you will find more resilience when involved with things that are truly important to you.

Sadly, neither has been translated to English, but those are the general themes they revolve around. And yes, both were definitely meant as guides on how to start working on yourself, so just reading the book is noto what is supposed to get it done.

The memoir of a retired department store detective. Thankfully it has only been published in Finnish, so we’re talking about a minimal market, which reduces the potential for causing suffering.

His text oozed such misanthropy and arrogance I thought it best for my mental health to stop reading after leafing through to check if it changes pace (it doesn’t) and chuck it in the recycling bin.

The memoir of a retired department store detective. Thankfully it has only been published in Finnish, so we’re talking about a minimal market, which reduces the potential for causing suffering.

His text oozed such misanthropy and arrogance I thought it best for my mental health to stop reading after leafing through to check if it changes pace (it doesn’t) and chuck it in the recycling bin.