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Burnout Recovery

In a world where free time is scarce and productivity is compulsory, 5 to 9 Books believes in the value of simple pleasures and carefree enjoyment. Recover from burnout and take care of yourself, because work will not take care of you.

Self-Care for Black Men

100 Ways to Heal and Liberate

By: Jor-El Caraballo
Narrated by: Jor-El Caraballo
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

ā€œSelf-Care for Black Men is so important...designed to help Black men manage their mental health.ā€ —The Root

A self-care guidebook full of activities for Black men everywhere pursuing joy, creating connections, confronting racism, and working through intergenerational trauma.

Black men desperately need care and restoration. But what does that... Read more

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Meditations for Black Men

Ten Guided Meditations for the Body, Mind, and Spirit

Self-Care for Black Men Series

By: Jor-El Caraballo
Narrated by: Jor-El Caraballo
Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

By licensed therapist and author of Self-Care for Black Men Jor-El Caraballo, LMHC, this audio meditation program is filled with unique insights and tools for Black men everywhere to prioritize mental health, empowering listeners to create a deeper connection with their body, mind, and spirit over the course of ten guided meditations.

For Black... Read more

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Burnout

The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

By: Emily Nagoski, PhD & Amelia Nagoski, DMA
Narrated by: Emily Nagoski, PhD & Amelia Nagoski, DMA
Length: 7 hours 1 minute

“Working in an industry I’m super passionate about makes it REALLY hard to set healthy boundaries. When I’m not promoting books, I’m reading them. When I’m not on a Zoom call with an author, I’m stalking their #bookstagram profiles online. Books all day every day! The Nagoski siblings are two of my favorite nonfiction authors. They know how to... Read more

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Self-Care for Black Women

150 Ways to Radically Accept & Prioritize Your Mind, Body, & Soul

By: Oludara Adeeyo
Narrated by: Angel Pean
Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Prioritize your wellbeing with these 150 self-care exercises designed specifically to help Black women revitalize their outlook on life, improve their mental health, eliminate stress, and self-advocate.

Between micro- and macro-aggressions at school, at work, and everywhere in between, it’s tough to prioritize physical and mental wellness as a... Read more

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The Lazy Genius Way

Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done

By: Kendra Adachi
Narrated by: Kendra Adachi & Emily P. Freeman
Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Being a Lazy Genius isn't about doing more or doing less.Ā It’s about doing what matters toĀ you.
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ā€œI could not be more excited about this book.ā€ā€”Jenna Fischer, actor and cohost of the Office Ladies podcast
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The chorus of ā€œshouldsā€ is loud. You should enjoy the moment, dream big, have it all, get up before the sun,... Read more

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Love Your Kids Without Losing Yourself

5 Steps for Busy Moms to Banish Guilt and Finally Beat Burnout

By: Morgan Cutlip
Narrated by: Dr. Morgan Cutlip
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Read by the author.Get rid of mom guilt, regain your sanity, and prevent burnout.Loving your kids isn’t supposed to mean you completely disappear or get swallowed up by the demands of motherhood.You want to be a great mother. But how do you care for yourself without neglecting your kids needs, feeling overwhelmed by guilt, or succumbing under... Read more

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Work Won't Love You Back

How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

By: Sarah Jaffe
Narrated by: Sarah Jaffe
Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

“I found this read so informative. It gave me a lot of historical context for the strikes we’re seeing in journalism and publishing now (2023). A teacher once taught me, 'History repeats itself, just not with the same intensity and frequency,' and that rang true as I read this book. We, the publishing industry, have a lot to learn from other... Read more

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How to Love Teaching Again

Work Smarter, Beat Burnout, and Watch Your Students Thrive

By: Jamie Sears
Narrated by: Jamie Sears
Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

A heartfelt, hands-on guide to setting boundaries, increasing productivity, and finding fulfillment for teachers who know that their classrooms won’t thrive unless they do.

Over time, teachers internalize myths about their success that cause them to fall out of love with teaching.
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ā€œI’ll never be one of the 'perfect' teachersā€™ā€
ā€œMy self-worth is... Read more

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The Steal Like an Artist Audio Trilogy

How to Be Creative, Show Your Work, and Keep Going

By: Austin Kleon
Narrated by: Austin Kleon
Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

“Looking for some inspiration for keeping your chin up while you create your art? Austin Kleon does a fantastic job of giving you just that as he describes many processes and advice from major thinkers throughout our times. There are lots of great little tidbits about finding your tribe and sharing your work that were particularly poignant. Read more

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The Portfolio Life

How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build a Life Bigger than Your Business Card

By: Christina Wallace
Narrated by: Christina Wallace
Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

What Color Is Your Parachute?Ā meets Out of OfficeĀ in this inspiring, practical playbook to achieve sustainable work-life balance while optimizing your happiness, personal growth, and bank accounts.

Pouring yourself into a single full-time job is the riskiest move you can make. Your parents’ advice to focus on one career path? It doesn’t work... Read more

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The Cure for Burnout

How to Find Balance and Reclaim Your Life

By: Emily Ballesteros
Narrated by: Emily Ballesteros
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

ā€œAn empowering guidebook to combatting burnout . . . Emily Ballesteros’s advice is useful and practical, especially for young workers eager to reclaim their time and energy.ā€ā€”Charles Duhigg, New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better

Is dread the first thing you feel when you wake up in the morning? Are you... Read more

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HBR Guide to Beating Burnout

By: Harvard Business Review
Narrated by: Tim Paige & Megan Tusing
Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Burnout is rampant. Recognize the signs and make the right changes now.



The always-on workplace and increasing social pressures are leading to an unprecedented rate of burnout. Unmanaged, chronic work stress doesn't just lead to lower productivity and negative emotions—it can have dire personal and professional consequences. Are you and your team... Read more

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Finding Joy in the Empty Nest

Discover Purpose and Passion in the Next Phase of Life

By: Jim Burns, Ph.D
Narrated by: Wayne Campbell
Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

When the kids are gone, you can discover a richer, deeper, and more fulfilling life than you ever imagined!Whether you've been looking forward to it or dreading it, the experience of coming home to an empty nest brings with it a well of emotions, realizations, and one gigantic, all-consuming thought: Now what?Ā In Finding Joy in the Empty Nest,... Read more

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You Will Find Your People

How to Make Meaningful Friendships as an Adult

By: Lane Moore
Narrated by: Lane Moore
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

From Lane Moore, the critically acclaimed author of How to Be Alone, comes an intimate yet achingly funny guide on how to make meaningful friendships as an adult.

Like many people navigating adulthood, Lane Moore thought she would have friends by now.

Movies, books, and TV shows tell us we should’ve already found our people by the time we’re... Read more

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This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch

The Joy of Loving Something--Anything--Like Your Life Depends On It

By: Tabitha Carvan
Narrated by: Tanya Schneider
Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Why We Can’t Sleep meets Furiously Happy in this hilarious, heartfelt memoir about one woman’s midlife obsession with Benedict Cumberbatch, and the liberating power of reclaiming our passions as we age, whatever they may be.Ā 

Tabitha Carvan was a new mother, at home with two young children, when she fell for the actor Benedict Cumberbatch. You... Read more

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Coping Skills

Tools & Techniques for Every Stressful Situation

By: Faith G. Harper PhD
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

You know those days when you just can’t even? When everything is haywire and everyone, including yourself, seems to be against you? Your to-do list is a mile long, your kid is sick, traffic sucks, and you just spilled coffee all over yourself as you were about to walk out the door? How do you cope? We guess you could say ā€œf*ck itā€ and go back to... Read more

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The Autism Relationships Handbook

How to Thrive in Friendships, Dating, and Love

By: Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN & Joe Biel
Narrated by: Kate Mulligan
Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Ever since he came out as autistic, Joe Biel has been contacted by people wanting to share their stories and ask questions. The most common question by far is: How do I find a romantic partner?Dr. Faith G. Harper, author of Unf*ck Your Brain and Unf*ck Your Intimacy, joins autistic publisher and author Joe Biel to offer hard-won guidance on a... Read more

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Unf*ck Your Brain

Using Science to Get over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers

By: Faith G. Harper PhD
Narrated by: Faith G. Harper PhD
Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

A no-nonsense and helpful guide on how to cope with a slew of mental-health issues that are hell-bent on ruining the lives of millions of people worldwideOur brains do their best to help us out, but every so often they can be real assholes―having meltdowns, getting addicted to things, or shutting down completely at the worst possible moments.... Read more

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Unf*ck Your Anxiety

Using Science to Rewire Your Anxious Brain

By: Faith G. Harper PhD
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
Length: 2 hours 44 minutes

Anxiety is a survival skill gone haywire. It happens when our brain is working so hard to protect us that it forgets to notice that the danger has passed. It feels like choking, stifling, smothering, tingling, panicking—our brains cut out and we start to make bad decisions—all normal anxiety reactions.Dr. Faith G. Harper, author of the... Read more

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Befriend Your Brain

A Young Person's Guide to Dealing with Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers

By: Faith G. Harper
Narrated by: Faith G. Harper
Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Do you freak out at small things? Do you yell at people or things when you don’t mean to? Do you you sometime cry or get scared and you aren’t sure why? Does it sometimes feel like your feelings control you?All of these feelings are a normal part of life for everybody but sometimes they’re just too much and it seems like you’re the only one the... Read more

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