MeWeRTH’s Reading for Well-Being Community Book Club
From MeWeRTH Director, Dr. Joanna Pozzulo
Welcome to MeWeRTH’s Reading for Well-being Community Book Club!
Reading is associated with several health benefits including improved mental health, stress reduction, and improved cognitive function. Benefits of community include improved well-being, decreased social isolation, and increased connectedness.
Each month I’ll select an evidence-based book focused on a dimension of well-being, known as Professor Pozzulo’s Picks. I’ll also give you my take on the book. We will use a digital platform to post book selections and reviews and communicate with each other. And if you’re reading a book that you want others to know about, you too can post about it! We will have draws for book giveaways and host book events throughout the year. I’ll be announcing my first book selection, June 1st!
MeWeRTH’s ongoing popular reading list:
Reading is one of the most enjoyable activities. It is exciting when psychological science makes its way into popular books. Here are some of my favourites.
-Dr. Joanna Pozzulo, Director, MeWeRTH
Who Knew!: Neuroscience and Mindfulness take on Stress in the Real World, and WIN! by Andra Marie Smith (2024)
Atomic Habits: An easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones by James Clear (2018)
Four thousand weeks: Time management for mortals by Oliver Burkeman (2021)
Successful aging: A neuroscientist explores the power and potential of our lives by Daniel J. Levitin (2020)
Think again: The power of knowing what you don’t know by Adam Grant (2021)
Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking by Susan Cain (2013)