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Can Reading Improve Your Mental Health? Therapists on Books & Healing

Summary

In this Mental Health Awareness Month episode, Joe talks with two mental health professionals about the powerful role reading and libraries can play in our well-being. First, therapist Monica Hobson (@thebookeduptherapist) shares how books can support healing, why distraction can be helpful, and how to approach reading as self-care. Then, Dr. Suzan Song, MD, PhD, joins the conversation to discuss mental health on a broader scale: from personal agency to community impact, and why getting a library card is always her first step in a new place. This episode is a space to reflect, reset, and rethink how stories support us.

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