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Our Book This Month is:
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
by Johann Hari
I've recently read this book and was so blown away about the author's radical new way of thinking about depression and anxiety, that I just had to do a show on this extremely important topic.
The book is all about what really causes depression and anxiety - and how can we really solve them. The author, award-winning journalist Johann Hari has suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking antidepressants when he was a teenager. He was told that his problems were caused by a chemical imbalance in his brain. As an adult, trained in the social sciences, he began to investigate whether this was true - and he learned that almost everything we have been told about depression and anxiety is wrong.
Across the world, Hari found social scientists who were uncovering evidence that depression and anxiety are not caused by a chemical imbalance in our brains. In fact, they are largely caused by key problems with the way we live today. Hari's journey took him from a mind-blowing series of experiments in Baltimore, to an Amish community in Indiana, to an uprising in Berlin.
Once he had uncovered nine real causes of depression and anxiety, they led him to scientists who are discovering seven very different solutions - ones that work. Reading this book has been an epic journey for me, and has truly changed how I think about one of the biggest crises in our culture today, depression and anxiety.
Tune in to learn about the real causes of depression and anxiety and join the conversation,about some real solutions to live a life of joy, well being, purpose and meaning!
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