the art of feeling better: how i heal my mental health (and you can too)

’Matilda finds the perfect way to describe those human moments nobody talks about’ - Dr Julie Smith, bestselling author of Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

A beautifully illustrated, nurturing guide to better mental health, by Instagram illustrator Matilda Heindow (@crazyheadcomics)

You deserve to feel better.

Sometimes it can be difficult to stay grounded through life’s challenges, and sometimes it can even be difficult to enjoy its high points. In The Art of Feeling Better, Matilda Heindow, illustrator behind the much-loved Instagram @crazyheadcomics, takes us from her first therapy visit when she was struggling to the day she woke with joy in her heart again, to reveal the techniques, tools and ways of thinking that really helped.

Complete with over 50 original illustrations, Matilda shares personal stories and down-to-earth advice to help you understand:
- How to turn that negative inner voice into a friend
- How to recognize the habits that put you on a downward spiral
- What to do with difficult feelings, so that you invite better ones in

Like a hand holding yours, this beautiful, comforting book will remind you, even in your darkest moments, to treat yourself like someone worth taking care of - because you are.

Matilda Heindow is an artist and mental health advocate based in Stockholm. She founded the much-loved Instagram page @crazyheadcomics, using it as a creative outlet for her colorful cartoons that cleverly skewer our collective experiences of mental health. She has shared over 700 unique pieces of art to her global following, which now totals over 500k, and her work is often used by mental health professionals and schools. In 2021, Matilda delivered a TEDx talk on ’The Art of Mental Health Advocacy’.