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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise June 2019
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| Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives... by Lori GottliebWhat it's about: everything you've ever wanted to know about therapists and therapy but were too scared to ask.
About the author: Lori Gottlieb is the author of the bestselling relationship guide Marry Him and writes a weekly advice column for The Atlantic.
Media buzz: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is being developed for television by Eva Longoria, set to air on ABC. |
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| Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity From Beginning to End by Tia Powell, M.D.What it is: one doctor's poignant exploration of Alzheimer's disease that is part medical history and part memoir.
Why you should read it: Dr. Tia Powell is blunt about the realities of the research into the disease, with particular concerns about when care of existing patients takes a backseat to the search for a cure.
Don't miss: The story of Dr. Solomon Fuller, a pioneering African American doctor who performed ground-breaking research into Alzheimer's in the early 1900s. |
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| Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting by Anna QuindlenWhat it's about: This heartwarming memoir is Anna Quindlen's examination of changing family dynamics and learning respect for boundaries as the author goes from parent to grandparent and must recalibrate her relationship with her child and her own understanding of herself.
Author alert: Quindlen is a Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columnist who is also known for her fiction, including Still Life With Breadcrumbs and Object Lessons. |
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| Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives by Tim HarfordWhat it is: a thought-provoking paean to messiness and chaos (both literal and figurative), which argues that while some things might not "spark joy," they can spark creativity and inventive solutions.
Topics include: the perils of being too organized and too automated; how over-streamlining can lead to a lack of diverse influences and a loss of resilience; some famous innovators whose "disruptions" created new paradigms, like composer Brian Eno and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. |
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Outer order, inner calm : declutter and organize to make more room for happiness
by Gretchen Rubin
With clarity and humor, Gretchen Rubin illuminates one of her key realizations about happiness: For most of us, outer order contributes to inner calm. And for most of us, a rigid, one-size-fits-all solution doesn't work. In this easy-to-read but hard-to-put-down book, Gretchen Rubin suggests more than 150 short, concrete clutter-clearing ideas so each reader can choose the ones that resonate most. By getting rid of things we don't use, don't need, or don't love, as well as things that don't work, don't fit, or don't suit, we free our mind (and our shelves) for what we truly value. In this trim book filled with insights, strategies, and sometimes surprising tips, Gretchen tackles the key challenges of creating outer order, by explaining how to "Make Choices," "Create Order," "Know Yourself--and Others," "Cultivate Helpful Habits," and, of course, "Add Beauty."
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| The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family From... by Margareta MagnussonWait, "death cleaning"? Or in Swedish, döstädning, which refers to reducing the clutter in your home (and your life in general) so that your loved ones won't have to do it later.
Sounds kind of morbid. Maybe at first, but the author argues that Swedes don't see it that way and presents her ideas with a surprising amount of charm and humor.
Why you should read it: to prompt conversations that can be as difficult as they are important; to help you reevaluate your relationship with your belongings and make the most of the life you're living now. |
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