Create your Own Home Reading Retreat

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This Summer I took a small social media pause and break to catch up on what I love the most: reading and reading to my heart's content on all those endless Summer days. This included reading with my small kids, spending time in nature with our books, and then some more in cozy bookshops and homely libraries! Essentially 'home reading retreats', here are some tips on creating your own one at home! Plus I share these tips with journalist Monica Cafferky who also attended a countryside reading retreat, in her Daily Express article here.

To enjoy a reading retreat at home:

1. Create a calm space (blankets, lighting, candles, cushions might be helpful.)
2. Select books from your own reading list or ones that align with your preferences. Or get a personalised book prescription at:
3. Create a reading schedule with structured reading time and breaks. It could be over an afternoon, a day, or a weekend.
4. Disconnect from technology. Give yourself the opportunity to be fully immersed in your reading.
5. Reflect on what you’ve read through journaling (here’s some guidance: )

Did you get an opportunity to catch up on reading this summer? 😃❤

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A big hello and thank you for watching! Passionate about literature, psychology, and life I launched Book Therapy as an alternative form of therapy using the power of literature. I train mental health professionals, librarians, teachers as well as readers on using bibliotherapy in their own work through our online Bibliotherapy, Literature and Mental Health course (). We also curate reading lists/personalised book prescriptions for clients based on their individual needs. This is our signature personalised reading service:

You can also check out Book Therapy’s other free reading lists and A- Z of book prescriptions (covering both fiction and non-fiction). These suggest books based on your existing life situation (e.g. anxiety, job change, relationship heartache) as well as interests (e.g memoir, historical fiction, non-fiction, crime etc). There’s also a Children’s A — Z of Book Prescriptions. Feel free to check out the blog for more literary gems. There’s also a post on my personal story of how I entered the world of bibliotherapy and book curation.

In this role, I have had the opportunity to publish a book called The Happiness Mindset, and write various literary essays and pieces for newspapers and magazines. I have undertaken bibliotherapy workshops for The United Nations, various libraries in New York and corporate organisations in the UK and US. My book recommendations have featured in the Guardian, Marie Claire, NBC News, Asian Voice, New York Observer, Sydney Telegraph and various other publications. If you are a parent you might enjoy a podcast I’ve recorded with speech and language therapist Sunita Shah on Raising A Reader & Storyteller. And if you’d like to connect, email me at bijal@booktherapy.io or www.booktherapy.io.