Books about wellbeing and mental health at work: stress, burnout, joy, purpose and what leaders can do to make work humane. Authors include executives, physicians, psychologists and coaches.
This list holds 30 books published between 2017 and 2026, 2 with an audiobook edition. A book is on it only when mental health at work is a central subject of the book, judged from the book's own description, not when it comes up in passing. The most-rated on Amazon come first.
Cal Riley · 2025
Discover the most important thing you can do for your business. As an entrepreneur, you have big dreams. You work constantly, but you’re burning out. Your best people keep leaving, you're not making the profits you should, and you’re exhausted. But you know…
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Joe Mechlinski
70% of the American workforce is disengaged. With every tick of the clock, millions of people inch closer to their breaking points―a growing epidemic of apathy and anxiety in the workplace that is affecting life outside of the office. But meaningful…
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Diana Wu David · 2019
For too many of us, work has become an inescapable treadmill of personal sacrifice. But having the career we want shouldn't require us to lose ourselves. We all deserve a humanistic and sustainable job environment--and now we can have it. In Future Proof…
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Heather Hanson Wickman · 2018 · Audiobook
An essential blueprint for designing a vibrant, cutting-edge organization, leading from love, not fear. Today’s forward thinking leaders know that the future of work is human; it’s about catalyzing people in pursuit of a meaningful mission. By leading…
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Sheridan Taylor · 2022
This is a challenging book. In Not Okay? Okay. combat veteran and suicide survivor Sheridan Taylor chronicles the anguish and rage he experienced in the darkest depths of despair, and he shares the process and triumph of fighting his way out. After a…
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Omar Ritter · 2025
In vulnerability lies strength. Do you feel trapped by your past? Are you struggling with mental health issues or overwhelmed with life’s pressures? You’re not alone. In West Point to Wall Street, veteran Omar Ritter reveals the lessons he’s learned over…
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How to Stop Being a Slave to Your Law Firm, Grow Your Practice, and Actually Be Happy
Eric Farber · 2020
Most lawyers don’t set out to be business owners. They become business owners when they open their own law firm, and from that point forward, their work tends to become disconnected and chaotic. They’re so busy with HR, bookkeeping, and marketing that they’re…
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Kelsey Ramsden · 2018
The milestones of success are obvious: the huge promotion, the big merger or sale of your company-maybe even an IPO. Once we achieve these milestones we'll finally feel complete, accomplished and whole, right? That's the biggest lie in business. The truth is…
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Julie Wald
You're a high achiever who's smart, hardworking, and successful--so why don't you feel optimized on the inside? Whether it's stress, chronic pain, or time management issues, you're feeling dangerously close to burnout. You want to cultivate a happier…
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Jeff Moody
Are you frustrated, fed up and fatigued? Most doctors are. Dr. Jeff Moody was. The demands of being a doctor combined with the pressure to perform regardless of any issues-or risk losing his medical license-left Dr. Moody feeling trapped, hopeless, and…
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Using Emotional Real Estate to Grow Your Work-Life Wisdom
Christine Laperriere · 2019
What do you do when you can’t handle the life you’ve created and you feel you don’t have time to catch up? From the outside, your life looks successful. But inside you’re overwhelmed and exhausted. The harder you try to juggle it all, the more burned out you…
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DDS Dobson-Smith · 2022 · Audiobook
Your inclusive business culture starts here. Does your company or organization have trouble attracting and retaining people from diverse and underrepresented communities? Does your organizational culture suffer from low morale, exclusive cliques, or…
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Mark Briggs · 2021
Do you feel like your work and your personal life are pulling you in opposite directions? Like the more you’re there for one, the less you’re there for the other? After his family was torn apart, twice, former journalist Mark Briggs launched a full-scale…
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Andrew Sillitoe · 2019
You have a three-year business plan. You're channeling all your energy into it. But while you're hyperfocused on work, your health will deteriorate, your partner will leave you, your relationship with your kids will become toxic, and your business will suffer…
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Sebastiaan Hooft · 2019
Success as an entrepreneur carries with it the hidden risk of serious pain and suffering resulting from poor health, overwork, and stress. Sebastiaan Hooft is the perfect example. As one of the Netherlands’ bestknown and most successful entrepreneurs, he…
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Joshua DeTillio · 2021
Nothing is more important to your company than your employees, and nothing is more important to your employees than their health. A wellness plan can keep your team happy, fit, and motivated while lowering business costs and increasing efficiency. All you…
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Scott Kashman · 2017
A healthcare organization needs to be more than capable nurses and doctors, sterile operating theaters, a business office, and an emergency room. Every successful medical organization should be an optimal healing environment. This holistic, person-centered…
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Empower Your Team to Lead with Heart
Eric Sanchez · 2025
The heart holds the antidote to toxic leadership. Low morale and employee disengagement are killing efficiency. Quiet quitting is the norm. Keeping people is as difficult as finding them. Your culture is suffering, but you have no idea why. Eric Sanchez and…
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A Treatment Plan for Individuals & Organizations
Scott Cook · 2022
The first step in finding professional happiness is realizing your career needs healing. Maybe you are weighed down by a toxic work environment or feel a lack of fulfillment in your role. But the only way to heal your ailing professional life is to diagnose…
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Debra Wanger
Discover some of the secrets from Broadway and Hollywood to supercharge your career and balance your life. Debra Wanger knows how difficult it can be to pursue your dream of acting without compromising your health or your sanity. She drew wisdom from decades…
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Reshaping the Human Contract in the Age of AI
Jess Von Bank · 2026
Nothing alive is frictionless. Yet we designed a future that is metallic, sterile, and optimized. We called it progress, but the chrome mirage is flickering. Our systems are landing on nervous systems, not servers. We are not automating work; we are…
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Finding Significance Beyond Success
Traci Barrett · 2023
What happens when you wake up and realize the good fortune, status, and accolades for which you’ve worked so hard have left you overburdened and burned out? As a founding member of the launch team for HGTV, media executive Traci Barrett had enjoyed the…
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Bart Foster · 2022
Connection. Renewal. Empowerment. As a business executive, how do you ensure you’re showing up your very best every day? How do you present the real, genuine you at work? And how do you create a culture where your employees can authentically flourish? Being…
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How Burned Out Doctors Can Thrive in a Broken Medical System
James Turner · 2022
America’s broken medical system is breaking our doctors, even as they’re lauded as heroes. Physician burnout annually costs the medical industry, run by insurance companies, administrators, and electronic record systems, $5 billion. Even before the COVID-19…
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by Manuel Astruc (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
Manuel Astruc · 2022
Success is the measure by which most entrepreneurs judge themselves. But success doesn’t guarantee happiness, especially if it leads to burnout. Successful entrepreneurs aren’t exempt from burnout but are candidates for it. The high demand of running a…
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Kristi Herold · 2022
“All work and no play” makes for a dull workplace…and a costly one. Organizations that provide opportunities for employees to playfully connect, bond, and build friendships see improvements in retention, engagement, and innovation. Intentional play at work…
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A Journey Home
Phoebe Sisk · 2022
It’s time to talk honestly about mental health. Historically, medical treatment for mental illness has often been harmful, though well-intentioned. Unfortunately, such history is largely ignored. This dynamic, combined with the continuing stigma against…
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Detach from the Corporate Mindset. Access Your Heart. Lead with Wisdom.
Tomer Yogev · 2022
Which version of leadership speaks to you more? The one you were taught you had to fit into? Or one that’s centered on who you really are, guided by the wisdom of your own heart? If you’re ready to detach from the toxicity of the corporate mindset, The Joy…
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Grant Botma · 2022
Harmony har·mo·ny (noun): the quality of forming a pleasing and consistent wholeIf you’ve failed at achieving an ideal work, life balance for years, you’re not alone. With family on one side of the scale and work on the other, you’re allocating energy between…
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Jack Ede
Create your own peace of mind. Behind the perception of independence and appeal of creativity, life as a tattoo artist can leave you overworked, undervalued, and spiritually malnourished. But these mindsets are not a rite of passage. With a healthy…
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