Book of the Week: F#ck Feelings

So, we don't usually do Book Reviews here at Brisbane Mediations, but we thought we'd round off #Bookweek2016 with a book parents might enjoy.

"F*ck Feelings" is a 2016 book by father and daughter team Michael and Sarah Bennett.

Dr Michael Bennett is a Harvard educated psychiatrist practising in Boston, and his daughter is a comedy writer. They promise to guide you through problems with work, family, self esteem, and our personal favourite "garden variety arseholes". Now who hasn't come across one of those this week?!

Drawing on the most common problems from Dr Bennett's private practice, the duo show as that you can manage any situation life throws at you by:-

• maintaining a sense of humour;
• making your wishes fit your reality;
• controlling your feelings;
• keeping your and behaviours in check; and 
• doing what you think is right.

This is self help with a side of smart-ass. What's not to like?

F*ck Feelings - one shrinks advice for managing all life's impossible problems by Michael I Bennett, MD, and Sarah Bennett is available from amazon.com.au

No such thing as a bad book for children

Worried about your kids book choices? Don’t be.

Reading fiction can be so rewarding for adults and children, but its easy to get sucked into only reading books of particular literary merit – and wanting your kids to do the same.

Author Neil Gaiman has warned that well-meaning adults can destroy a child’s love of books and has been quoted as saying that children should be allowed to read whatever they enjoy. Trying to get your kids to read what you want them to read can leave them feeling that reading is an unpleasant task you’ve imposed on them, or, even worse, something really “uncool” that parents want them to do, but they end up hating.

So next time you’re tempted to encourage your kids towards reading something YOU would have chosen for them, why not let them make their own choices at the book store?

They’ll be thanking you for it in later life.