For readers of Atomic Habits by James Clear, The Subtle Art of Not Gving a F*ck by Mark Manson, Feeling Good by David Burns, The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin and The Happiness Equation by Neil Pasricha, We Get Better gives readers a road map for taking control of their mental health.
*** Life doesn't always get better. But with time and practice, we get better at life. We build new habits. We learn new emotional coping skills. We persist in our self-help efforts, till we find the ones that work for us. And we do this day after day, in the face of our most difficult personal challenges. Shortcuts, we learn, just don't work very well. Until her thirty-second year, Ruth sought a cure for her persistent depression. Then she found Jackson, a trusted therapist, who showed her a different way. It's not about any one thing you do, he told her. It's about everything you do, every day. Ruth didn't need a cure, because the cure does not exist. What she needed was a comprehensive depression management strategy. Written by an experienced mental health counselor and endorsed by therapists, We Get Better features four dozen evidence-based cognitive, behavioral and emotional strategies. But it's not for the dabbler. It's for people like Ruth, who are willing to try everything. It's a plan for people who are ready to get better.