{"id":1947,"date":"2024-04-19T11:24:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/mental-health\/?page_id=1947"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:51:32","slug":"mewerths-reading-for-well-being-community-book-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/mewerths-reading-for-well-being-community-book-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading for Well-Being Community Book Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Reading for Well-Being with Dr. Pozzulo\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>From MeWeRTH Director, Dr. Joanna Pozzulo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to<i>&nbsp;<strong>Reading for Well-Being with Dr. Pozzulo<\/strong><\/i>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1325\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/poster-1024x1325.jpg\" alt=\"poster\" class=\"wp-image-3232\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/poster-1024x1325.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/poster-512x662.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/poster-320x414.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/poster-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/poster-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/poster.jpg 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each month I\u2019ll select an evidence-based book focused on a dimension of well-being, known as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/professor-pozzulos-picks\/\"><i>Professor Pozzulo\u2019s Picks<\/i><\/a>. I\u2019ll also give you my take on the book. We will use a <a href=\"https:\/\/mewerthbookclub.blogspot.com\/\">Reading for Well-Being with Dr. Pozzulo Blog<\/a> to post book selections and reviews and communicate with each other. And if you\u2019re 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/book-club-sign-up\/\">Sign up by clicking here!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/reading-for-well-being-community-book-club-resources\/\">Reading for Well-Being with Dr. Pozzulo Resources<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Want to host a book club that features one of Dr. Pozzulo&#8217;s Picks &#8211; or just learn more about the author and recieve some well-being tips? 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