Julie A. Fast, John D. Preston Books
Julie A. Fast is a mental health expert, author, and speaker known for her work on bipolar disorder and depression management.
Known for: Getting It Done When You're Depressed: 50 Strategies for Keeping Your Life on Track
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Getting It Done When You're Depressed: 50 Strategies for Keeping Your Life on Track
This self-help guide offers fifty practical strategies to help individuals manage productivity and daily functioning while experiencing depression. It provides actionable steps to overcome inertia, maintain motivation, and regain control of life tasks, blending psychological insight with compassionate, real-world advice.
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Depression’s Impact and Recognizing Personal Patterns
To work effectively with depression, you need to understand how it infiltrates everyday functioning. Depression affects concentration, decision-making, and the emotional stamina needed to complete tasks. It doesn’t just make you sad — it tangles your thinking. You feel mentally cluttered, indecisive...
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Strategies 1–10: Starting When Motivation Feels Impossible
The first set of strategies tackles the biggest hurdle: getting started. When you’re depressed, ambition does not ignite action. In fact, the thought of an entire day can feel overwhelming. So we begin differently — with the smallest possible movement. Julie’s approach was to make the micro-step her...
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About Julie A. Fast, John D. Preston
Julie A. Fast is a mental health expert, author, and speaker known for her work on bipolar disorder and depression management. John D. Preston, Psy.D., ABPP, is a clinical psychologist and professor specializing in psychopharmacology and mood disorders.
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