shero 's review for:

Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope by Johann Hari

4.5

informative reflective medium-paced

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This book was helpful at thinking through the various ways we might think of combatting dis-ease in our life without needing to pathologize it - maybe inner discomfort is a totally appropriate response to the world being a mess! And while medicating our sadness has a place, perhaps a more holistic approach is necessary.  Where do we have influence over making decisions that can lead to more ease, more joy, more well-being?  And how can we see this as more of a communal effort than simply resorting to "self-help"? 

I am biased towards books that emphasize social change - and this book scratched that itch for sure while also offering hopeful alternatives to combat the difficulties and obstacles to well-being that are created by our white supremist, capitalist, patriarchal society.