BOOK OF THE Moment
september / october 2021
your mental health workout
By Zoë Aston
For September and October 2021 we’ll be celebrating the brilliant workbook from Zoë Aston, Your Mental Health Workout.
We’ll be working through it as a community, sharing discoveries, insights and aha moments as we ‘workout’ together towards healthier and happier minds.
We’d love you to read along with us, and on this page you’ll find:
information on the book and author Zoë
a suggested reading schedule
an invitation to our Live mental health workshop with author Zoë
information on our digital book club, The Clubhouse (doors close Monday 13th September)
links to get the book
“If there was something ‘wrong’ with your body - if you had a headache, a broken wrist, a tummy ache or something even more sinister - you’d most likely either know how to treat it or seek out the relevant help without too much difficulty. Mental health should be the same. I want all of us to know exactly what to do when we feel sad, anxious or depressed and when we are grieving or there is a big change happening. I want to supply the kit and skills needed to cope with difficult life transitions, to understand and adjust unhelpful or self-destructive behaviours.
I want to make your mind a happier place to be.”
WHY I CHOSE THIS BOOK AS BOTM
by shelf help. founder Toni
ABOUT THE BOOk
Psychotherapist Zoë shares her tips, tricks and tools for transformation with a community of over 21k Instagram followers at @yourmentalhealthworkout.
We spend a lot of time looking after our physical wellbeing but most of us have never considered that our mental health requires the same amount of time and effort. Zoë Aston, psychotherapist and mental health consultant, has created a step-by-step, customisable workout for your mental health.
Using the metaphor of a physical workout (something we can all understand) this book will support you in setting and achieving your mental health goals. It is packed with the professional experience and information that you need to get your mental health into really good shape.
There’s never been a better time to put your mental health at the top of your daily agenda. Zoë’s call to action and practical tools will help you make the changes you need to become mentally and physically stronger, happier and more resilient.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR, Zoë aston
Zoë is a London-based therapist, mental health consultant, speaker and author with over a decade's experience working with mental health.
Zoë is a London-based therapist, mental health consultant, speaker and author with over a decade's experience working with mental health.
She firmly believes that looking after your mind should be as accessible as eating right, sleeping well and physically exercising. Zoë's aim is to bust the stigma of taking care of your mental health, and make basic information about mental health available to all who need it.
Zoë consults for businesses, including global brands and boutique fitness companies, to help make looking after your mental health and building emotional resilience accessible and acceptable to all. Her private practice offers support for a range of emotional and psychological topics including addiction, eating disorders, trauma, anxiety and relationship issues, through a dynamic, holistic and integrative, person-centred approach.
Zoë is a registered and accredited member of the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy).
READING/EVENTS SCHEDULE
SEPTEMBER + OCTOBER 2021
The magic happens on Mondays at shelf help. and after kicking off our BOTM activity with an online workshop with author Zoe (open to all), we’ll be working through the 5-week programme starting with a new section of the book each Monday evening. We suggest you follow the reading schedule below and check-in either at one of our signature Zoom book clubs (members) or via social media (free!) as a way to help keep yourself accountable.
(We leave a little time at the beginning of the month to give people chance to get hold of the book and start reading before we dive in as a group).
SEPTEMBER
W/C 6TH SEPT - READ/ACTION PART ONE
(+ MONDAY 6TH SEPT - EXPERT EVENT WITH BOTM AUTHOR ZOE ASTON)
W/C 13TH SEPT - READ/ACTION PART TWO WEEK ONE
(+ 13TH SEPT - BOOK CLUB MEETUP #1)
W/C 20TH SEPT - READ/ACTION PART TWO WEEK TWO
(+ 20TH SEPT - BOOK CLUB MEETUP #2)
W/C 27TH SEPT - READ/ACTION PART TWO WEEK THREE
(+ 27TH SEPT - BOOK CLUB MEETUP #3)
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OCTOBER
W/C 4TH OCT - READ/ACTION PART TWO WEEK FOUR
(+ 4TH SEPT - BOOK CLUB MEETUP #4)
W/C 11TH OCT - READ/ACTION CHAPTER 5/6/THE END
(+ 11TH SEPT - BOOK CLUB MEETUP #5)
MON 18TH OCT - BOOK CLUB MEETUP #6
MON 25TH OCT - EXPERT EVENT: ALCHEMY OF DREAMS