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Conscious Coping: How to stop fighting your mental health, embrace your challenges, and learn a new way to cope
The path to your best mental health life starts with Conscious Coping. Conscious Coping is an innovative take on how to take care of your mental health. Written by Laurie Sharp-Page, a practicing psychotherapist, entrepreneur, and coping enthusiast, Conscious Coping introduces a new philosophy and framework for coping with your mental health and all of life's varied challenges. Using real-world examples, and personal narrative, Conscious Coping takes the reader on a personal exploration of their own mental health, empowering them with language, education, and meaningful tools along the way.
“Five Stars” "A gold mine of mental health coping knowledge... should be made a part of psychology college curriculum!" “Gives you a road map for approaching, and "coping", with anything that might come your way. Highly recommended, a very illuminating read.” “I recommend this book for everyone.”
“Five Stars” "A gold mine of mental health coping knowledge... should be made a part of psychology college curriculum!" “Gives you a road map for approaching, and "coping", with anything that might come your way. Highly recommended, a very illuminating read.” “I recommend this book for everyone.”
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228 pages, Hardcover
Published May 6, 2022
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March 14, 2026
Conscious Coping: How to Stop Fighting Your Mental Health, Embrace Your Challenges, and Learn a New Way to Cope by Laurie Sharp-Page offers a compassionate and refreshing perspective on mental health and emotional resilience.
Drawing from her experience as a practicing psychotherapist, Sharp-Page introduces a thoughtful framework that encourages readers to shift their relationship with mental health challenges from resistance and self criticism toward acceptance, understanding, and growth. Through personal reflections, real world examples, and accessible explanations, the book guides readers toward a more mindful and empowered approach to coping.
What makes Conscious Coping particularly impactful is its emphasis on language, self-awareness, and practical tools that help individuals better understand their emotional patterns and responses. Rather than presenting quick fixes, Sharp Page focuses on cultivating long-term resilience and self-compassion.
Insightful and encouraging, Conscious Coping serves as a meaningful resource for anyone seeking healthier ways to navigate life’s emotional challenges while building a deeper understanding of their own mental well being.
Drawing from her experience as a practicing psychotherapist, Sharp-Page introduces a thoughtful framework that encourages readers to shift their relationship with mental health challenges from resistance and self criticism toward acceptance, understanding, and growth. Through personal reflections, real world examples, and accessible explanations, the book guides readers toward a more mindful and empowered approach to coping.
What makes Conscious Coping particularly impactful is its emphasis on language, self-awareness, and practical tools that help individuals better understand their emotional patterns and responses. Rather than presenting quick fixes, Sharp Page focuses on cultivating long-term resilience and self-compassion.
Insightful and encouraging, Conscious Coping serves as a meaningful resource for anyone seeking healthier ways to navigate life’s emotional challenges while building a deeper understanding of their own mental well being.
October 7, 2022
I won a eBook copy of this book though a goodreads giveaway.
This book reinforces everything I've been working on in therapy for the last few years. Creating empathy and boundaries, working on self care, etc. I found it to be helpful as it had more ideas for coping then my therapist has mentioned to me. (mostly because she doesn't have an 101 ideas list like this book!) I will continue with the ideas in this book and probably come back to it again as I work on my coping skills.
This book reinforces everything I've been working on in therapy for the last few years. Creating empathy and boundaries, working on self care, etc. I found it to be helpful as it had more ideas for coping then my therapist has mentioned to me. (mostly because she doesn't have an 101 ideas list like this book!) I will continue with the ideas in this book and probably come back to it again as I work on my coping skills.
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