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Wee sound quality warning here, folks. We’re so sorry for this and have had a bit of editing to improve things, but a few bits aren’t quite as clear as usual.
Hello lovely people, we recorded this some time ago and reference Mental Health Week – life got in the way and we’re quite late, but it’s still a great chat, with lots of good suggestions for books to read and ways to stay mentally tip top.
Hello and welcome to the Library Love podcast with Tanya and Vikki. Today’s episode is all about Mental Well-being. The books we mention are on the Falkirk Libraries catalogue
What we have been reading and listening to:
Tanya has been reading and listening to:
- The Weighing of the Heart, Paul Tudor Owen
- In our time (BBC) Podcast
Vikki has been reading:
- The Story Keeper Anna Mazzola, (Also available to listen to on audio)
- Paper Ghosts, Julia Heaberlin
- Pilot TV Podcast
New and forthcoming adult books:
- The October Man, Ben Aaronovitch
- Those People, Louise Candlish
- Why Mummy Doesn’t Give A …. Gill Sims
- After the End, Claire MacKintosh
- A Dangerous Man, Robert Crais (Book 7 in the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Series)
New and forthcoming children’s titles:
- Tooth Fairy In Training, Michelle Robinson | Illustrator, Briony May Smith (0-5)
- Double Dragons, Enid Richemont, Ayesha Lopez (5-7)
- The Dragon In the Library, Louis Stowell Illustrator Davide Ortu (7-9)
- Evie and the Animals, Matt Haig Illustrator Emily Gravett (9-11)
- The paper & hearts society. Book 1 , Lucie Powrie (Teen)
DVD recommendations:
- Mary Poppins Returns (PG)
- Wreck It Ralph- Ralph Breaks the Internet (PG)
Our Reading Agony this week:
Can you recommend some books for a family member suffering with anxiety and depression?
Some suggested titles in stock are:
- Overcoming social anxiety and shyness, Gillian Butler
- Overcoming depression, Paul Gilbert
- Overcoming low self ssteem, Melanie Fennell
- How to stop worrying, Frank Tallis
- Living with a black dog, Matthew Johnstone
- Mindfulness a practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world, Mark Williams
- Self-compassion stop beating yourself up, Kristen Neff
Staff quote of the day “These VR headsets play havoc with an updo”
Our Discussion was all about the different ways we try and keep ourselves mentally well
But we aren’t experts so please do get some professional help if you feel low.
Tanya recommended Saved by Cake by Marian Keyes
Below are some online sources of information:
NHS Inform https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/mental-wellbeing
FDAMH https://www.fdamh.org.uk/resources/
Breathing Space https://breathingspace.scot/ Telephone 0800 85 83 87
Samaritans https://www.samaritans.org/ Telephone 08457 90 90 90
Did You Know?
There are NHS Mental Health and Wellbeing self-help guides available online, they can be downloaded, listened to as an audio file or they can be forwarded to friends and family
Thank you for listening to the Library Love podcast, we hope you’ve enjoyed yourself and if you did, then join us on rate and review us on Apple so that more people can find out about us. We love to hear from you and if you’d like to get in touch with us, or if you’ve got a Reader Agony of your very own then go to www.librarylovefalkirk.com, Falkirk Libraries on Facebook or @LibFalkirk on Twitter
Unfortunately I cant listen to this episode. When listening with headphones on, the sound keeps dropping out on each ear.
This is very distracting and irritating. Could you re-release it in mono (or with the stereo fixed)?
Thanks
Hi Alistair, thanks so much for letting us know. I’ve changed it to mono and had a wee edit to remove some of the worst bits. It seems to be a recording device problem, so I can’t make it perfect, but it’s much better now
Tanya