Break The Stigma: Year Round Mental Health Listens

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful

A New Journey Through Anxiety

By: Sarah Wilson
Narrated by: Sarah Wilson
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

“First, We Make the Beast Beautiful evokes the strange and magical feeling of having discovered a personal journal in a public place. It is first and foremost a memoir that tackles difficult subjects, touching on many experiences, both traumatic and constructive, that the author feels have affected her journey through anxiety. A great deal of the... Read more

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

By: Julie Smith
Narrated by: Julie Smith
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

“Smart, insightful, and warm. Dr. Julie is both the expert and wise friend we all need.” –Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and co-host of the "Dear Therapists" podcast?Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith provides the skills you need to... Read more

Mental Health at Work

Penguin Business Experts Series

By: James Routledge
Narrated by: James Routledge
Length: 3 hours 29 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

It has never been more essential to support our mental health at work. With one in four people experiencing poor mental health right now, we need to start talking about it.

Penguin Business Expert James Routledge has worked with CEOs, HR directors, managers and people at all levels on successful mental-health... Read more

Wintering

The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

By: Katherine May
Narrated by: Rebecca Lee
Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

“This was the perfect listen at the right time. Memoir, mythology, and meditations on an ever ignored fact that we must change our lifestyle in order to adapt to this sometimes brutal season. I will definitely come back to this one many times. Read more

The Midnight Library

A Novel

By: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon

Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year

"A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."—The Washington Post

The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well... Read more

My Monster and Me

By: Nadiya Hussain
Narrated by: Nadiya Hussain
Length: 5 minutes

From the winner of The Great British Baking Show and star of Nadiya's Time to Eat comes a heartfelt story to help give children and parents the tools they need to talk about worries and anxiety.

A touching story about a little boy whose worry monster follows him everywhere he goes. It's there when he gets dressed, when he wants to play with his... Read more

The Comfort Book

By: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Matt Haig
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

“As a fan of Matt Haig's fiction, I added The Comfort Book to my playlist but hadn't yet listened to it. 'The right book at the right time' was never truer for me than the day I did need support and comfort, and Matt's narration of his inspiring, uplifting perspectives was perfect. I pressed 'rewind' more than once, as his words were such a balm. Read more

Where to Start

A Survival Guide to Anxiety, Depression, and Other Mental Health Challenges

By: Mental Health America
Narrated by: Max Meyers
Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

A comforting and useful resource for anyone who’s struggling emotionally and looking for help, from the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness

It can be extremely hard to figure out what’s going on in our own heads when we are suffering—when we feel alone and unworthy and... Read more

Reasons to Stay Alive

By: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Matt Haig
Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library.

"Destined to become a modern classic." —Entertainment Weekly

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL TRULY ALIVE?

At the age of 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost... Read more

It's Kind of a Funny Story

By: Ned Vizzini
Narrated by: Robert Fass
Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Ambitious New York City teenager Craig Gilner is determined to succeed at life—which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job. But once Craig aces his way into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School, the pressure becomes unbearable. He stops eating and sleeping until, one night, he... Read more

Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace

A Practical Guide for Employers and Employees

By: Donna Butler & Gill Hasson
Narrated by: Janet Metzger
Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

The Department of Health advises that one in four people will experience a mental health issue at some point in their lives. Although a number of recent developments and initiatives have raised the profile of this crucial issue, employers are experiencing challenges in promoting the mental health and wellbeing of their employees. Mental Health... Read more

And the Stars Were Burning Brightly

By: Danielle Jawando
Narrated by: Kenton Thomas & Melissa Vaughan
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

An extraordinary novel about loss, understanding and the importance of speaking up when all you want to do is shut down. From a multi-award-winning author, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas, Gayle Foreman, Jennifer Niven and Nikesh Shukla.

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize
Shortlisted for the... Read more

Queenie

By: Candice Carty-Williams
Narrated by: Shvorne Marks
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

“Positively brilliant. I was completely blown away by this debut, in which 25-year-old Queenie Jenkins is navigating a lot. She recently went on break from a long-term relationship, she can’t seem to find her stride at her job with a national newspaper, and she’s constantly trying to figure out how to navigate the various components of her... Read more

The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition

The Power of Radical Self-Love

By: Sonya Renee Taylor
Narrated by: Sonya Renee Taylor
Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

New York Times bestseller! "To build a world that works for everyone, we must first make the radical decision to love every facet of ourselves. . . . 'The body is not an apology' is the mantra we should all embrace."
—Kimberlé Crenshaw, legal scholar and founder and Executive Director, African American Policy Forum

Humans are a varied and... Read more

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

A Novel

By: Gail Honeyman
Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
Length: 11 hours 1 minute

“Eleanor Oliphant has quickly become one of my favorite fictional characters, and this novel one of my favorite books. Eleanor is completely original and the right kind of weird. Her life and her past, combined with such kindhearted characters, made for a compulsively readable, heartwarming story that I did not want to put down. I can't wait for... Read more

Sabotage

How to Get Out of Your Own Way

By: Emma Gannon
Narrated by: Emma Gannon
Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

A pocket-sized investigation into self-sabotage: what it is, why we do it, and how we can break our toxic patterns.

How do we get out of our own way? With personal stories and research-based insights multi-hyphenate Emma Gannon explores her own relationship with self-sabotage and presents a quick, meaningful guide to help you recognize your own... Read more

Where Hope Comes From

Poems of Resilience, Healing, and Light

By: Nikita Gill
Narrated by: Nikita Gill
Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

**The Sunday Times Bestseller**

Instagram superstar and poet Nikita Gill returns to her roots with her most personal collection yet, including more than twenty poems exclusive to the US edition.

I took my worries out
and laid them carefully on the kitchen table.
Then began the slow but rewarding task
of fixing everything that needed more love.

Nikita... Read more

The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health

Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve

By: Rheeda Walker & Na'im Akbar
Narrated by: Janina Edwards
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

An unapologetic exploration of the Black mental health crisis—and a comprehensive road map to getting the care you deserve in an unequal system. We can’t deny it any longer: there is a Black mental health crisis in our world today. Black people die at disproportionately high rates due to chronic illness, suffer from poverty, under-education, and... Read more

Destination Anywhere

By: Sara Barnard
Narrated by: Moira Quirk
Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Sometimes you have to leave your life behind to find your place in the world…
Peyton King has always wanted to belong. She seizes the opportunity to start over at a new school and finally finds real connections with the friends she’s always dreamed of and even an actual boyfriend!
But after flying high in her newfound happiness, Peyton comes... Read more

Black Women's Mental Health

Balancing Strength and Vulnerability

By: Stephanie Y. Evans, Kanika Bell & Nsenga K. Burton
Narrated by: Diana Blue
Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

Creates a new framework for approaching Black women's wellness, by merging theory and practice with both personal narratives and public policy.

This book offers a unique, interdisciplinary, and thoughtful look at the challenges and potency of Black women's struggle for inner peace and mental stability. It brings together contributors from... Read more