Book Signing with Wendy Leeds — CALM & SENSE: A Woman’s Guide to Living Anxiety-Free — May 6 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Ink Fish Books is excited to welcome psychotherapist Wendy Leeds to share her award-winning book Calm & Sense: A Woman’s Guide to Living Anxiety-Free. From 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 6 she will meet readers and sign copies of her book. The signing date is during National Mental Health Awareness Month, observed in the U.S. since 1949.
The month focuses on destigmatizing mental illness, and promotes starting conversations about mental illness, such as anxiety, and how it affects the daily lives of millions of individuals. The month seeks to break the historical taboo surrounding mental illness as something to be left unaddressed, and instead, allow for open discussion and support.
Leed’s book tackles the subject of anxiety from a women-centric angle. Combining recent data from anxiety studies, personal stories, and practical tips, Leeds invites readers into a discussion about what anxiety looks like in women, how she has dealt with it personally, and the tools to manage it. A practicing psychotherapist, Leeds has both a professional and a personal interest in finding ways to heal anxiety without medication.
In 1995, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent several surgeries and six months of chemotherapy. It was at that low point, that she began a life-long journey to create a calm, centered, joyful life—for herself and others. She began by reading everything she could get her hands on about anxiety. Then in 2006, she went back to school to earn two graduate degrees in psychology.
Ashley L. Peterson of Mental Health at Home said, “Calm & Sense doesn’t feel like a therapist trying to educate you; rather, it has the feel of another regular person having a conversation with you, who just happens to have the knowledge and experience of a therapist. With the wide range of ideas offered in the book, I think any reader is likely to find things that work for them."
Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event, and available in store or online.