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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise December 2018
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Health Source: Consumer Edition
This rich collection of consumer health information provides the full text of many consumer health magazines (including Better Nutrition, Harvard Health Letter, Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and others), health-related pamphlets and health reference books.
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Cooking Corner: Sorta Healthy Eating for the Holidays
Thursday, December 13,
6:00 pm
Meeting Room A: Northwest Library
The holidays are in full swing this time of year so we are going to celebrate too! Striking a balance we are going to demonstrate two recipes that will sorta help you eat healthy for the holidays. We will be making a homemade orange cranberry sauce and an garlic herb cheese ball- two easy recipes that are sure to please your guests. Don't forget to checkout the library's cookbook collection for more inspiration!
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Healthy Eating for a New Year!
Saturday, January 12,
2:00 pm
Meeting Room A: Bethany Library
Join us at the Bethany Library as we have a professional dietitian from the OSU Oklahoma County extension present information on how to eat healthier for the New Year! Be sure to check out our large selection of books over healthy lifestyles and cookbooks.
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Tai Chi: A Continuation
Monday, January 7,
1:00 pm
Meeting Room B: Northwest Library
Continuing to build on our Tai Chi for Better Balance Series, this continuation class will help you to further develop your Tai Chi skills. Learn new forms that can help you improve your balance, strength, and mobility. This low impact class is suitable for adults. Don't forget to check out the library's resources about the practice of Tai Chi! Continuous event. Various days available.
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Turmeric: The Spice of Life
Tuesday, January 15,
6:00 pm
Rooms A-B (AB): The Village Library
Beyond CurryThis wonderful yellow spice has been consumed for its health benefits for thousands of years. Spice up your life and your health by learning all the benefits of turmeric as well as how to use and incorporate it into your daily routine! Registration is required.
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| Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya ChemalyWhat it's about: Media critic Soraya Chemaly's experiences with expressing her own rage; the issues she believes that are frustrating modern women; tools women can use to harness their anger to positive ends.
Don't miss: Chemaly's analysis of the unique challenges of this issue for women of color.
Is it for you? Chemaly's own rage is forged in the fires of modern feminism and the MeToo movement, and she pulls no punches while urging women not to bottle up their emotions.
Digital Resource Available: ebook & eaudio book from Overdrive.
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| Run for Your Life: How to Run, Walk, and Move Without Pain or Injury and Achieve a Sense of... by Mark CucuzzellaWhat it is: a well-researched, well-illustrated guide to responsible running, written by a medical doctor who also happens to be an enthusiastic runner himself.
What's inside: discussions of relevant anatomy, biomechanics, common injuries, rehabilitation tips, and nutrition.
Topic of note: how to prepare for running a marathon, how to run safely during pregnancy, and the physiological details of "runner's high." |
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| Heart: a History by Sandeep JauharWhat it's about: the complex history of our understanding of and relationship with this most essential of bodily organs.
Read it for: the author's compelling personal connections to and reflections on heart disease.
Did you know? The first documented successful open-heart procedure was performed in 1893 by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, an African American surgeon.
Digital Resource Available: ebook & eaudio book from Overdrive. |
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| Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp and John ZeratskyWhat's inside: simple yet effective methods for becoming more aware of "where all the time goes" and strategies for managing it more efficiently.
Why you might like it: The authors made a point of trying all of their recommendations on themselves first, tweaking their own schedules and work habits so they would have first-hand knowledge of what was truly manageable and effective.
Reviewers say: "readers are sure to glean insights from this powerful book" (Booklist).
Digital Resource Available: ebook & eaudio book from Overdrive. |
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Focus on: Relationships and Communication
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| Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships at Work by Todd DavisWhat's inside: a straightforward summary of the benefits that building strong interpersonal relationships can have on organizations of any size, as well as tips for how to foster those connections.
Recommendations include: learn to trust yourself and others, develop your listening skills, consider the motivations behind your actions, and create an environment where people feel comfortable being open and honest.
Digital Resource Available: eaudio book from Overdrive. |
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| The Rough Patch: Marriage, Midlife, and the Art of Living Together by Daphne De MarneffeWhat it is: an insightful and encouraging take on the realities of marriage in midlife, informed by the author's research, expertise, and experience with clients in her counseling practice.
Topics of note: aging, health, infidelity, parenting, attachment, and what the author calls "milestone obstacles."
Reviewers say: "this will be as useful to care providers and those who study family psychology as it will be to readers seeking a deeper -- and ultimately hopeful -- understanding of their own marriages" (Booklist).
Digital Resource Available: eaudio book from Overdrive. |
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