How to Write a Book of Life Memories This Holiday Season

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The official USA snack of the FIFA World Cup 2022, Frito-Lay is giving you the chance to win custom swag in amazing prizes by joining their Pass the Ball Challenge. Go to storyworth.com slash wolf today and save $10 on your first purchase. After a year, story worth compiles your loved one's stories into an exquisite hardcover book.

Eric Maisel, PhD, is the author of more than 40 books, including Why Smart People Hurt, Making Your Creating Mark, The Future of Mental Health, The VanGogh Blues, Mastering Creative Anxiety, and Creativity for Life. Dr. Maisel is at the forefront of the movement to rethink mental health. He writes the Rethinking Psychology blog for Psychology Today.

Eric and Dr. Maisel discuss his books Overcoming Your Difficult Family: 8 Skills for Thriving in Any Family Situation and The Future of Mental Health

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Eric Maisel and I Discuss Why We Need to Rethink Mental Health and …

His books, Overcoming Your Difficult Family: 8 Skills for Thriving in Any Family Situation and The Future of Mental Health
Defining the skills needed to understand and deal with family dynamics
Learning the best anxiety management tool for you, such as deep breathing or visualization
The powerful device of visualizing the “calmness switch” within you
Understanding that there is one of many possibilities to deal with challenges
His book, Mastering Creative Anxiety
Depression
The importance of identifying what’s important to us and living our life purposefully
Stigmatization of mental health and how it promotes pharmaceutical
Understanding there is more help to treat depression than just medication and psychiatry
His models of personality: Original Personality, Formed Personality, Available Personality