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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise April 2021
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| Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness by Roy Richard GrinkerWhat it is: an engaging look at the history of mental illness stigma and how those negative attitudes have shaped treatment over time.
Read it for: the author's compassionate approach toward mental illness and the story of his own family's role in the history of psychology (his grandfather worked with Sigmund Freud).
Reviewers say: Nobody's Normal is a "highly readable, thoughtful study of how we perceive and talk about mental illness" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction... by Edward M. Hallowell MD and John J. Ratey MDWhat it's about: understanding and managing ADHD in all stages of life, grounded in the latest available research.
Why you should read it: Both authors have ADHD themselves, giving them personal perspective that's as valuable as their professional work.
Don't miss: the exploration of topics often left out of conversations about ADHD, such at the emotional ramifications of living with the disorder. |
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| Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika JaouadWhat it's about: the moving and bittersweet story of Suleika Jaouad's battle with leukemia and her journey of emotional recovery after surviving the disease.
About the author: Jaouad is an Emmy Award-winning documentarian and columnist for the New York Times.
Reviewers say: "This is a stunning memoir, well-crafted and hard to put down" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease by Charles KennyWhat it is: a timely and well-researched history of the relationship between humanity and disease and how various plagues have shaped society.
Why you should read it: to provide context for the economic, social, and political implications of the current pandemic.
Don't miss: the discussions of non-communicable but still widespread conditions like high blood pressure. |
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The energy paradox : what to do when your get up and go has got up and gone
by Steven R Gundry
The best-selling author of The Longevity Paradox expands upon previous discussions about gut, microbiome and mitochondrial health, linking immune malfunctions to the physical and mental symptoms of fatigue while outlining recommendations for bolstering energy and brain stamina. 150,000 first printing.
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Feelings : a story in seasons
by Manjit Thapp
The illustrator of The Little Book of Feminist Saints charts her emotions throughout the course of a validating year spent mindfully examining the correlation between the seasons and her personal manifestations of anxiety, joy, pain and creativity.
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| The Puzzle Solver: A Scientist's Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness That Stole His Son by Tracie White with Ronald W. Davis, PhDWhat it is: the inspiring story of Stanford University geneticist Ronald W. Davis's work to understand and treat the debilitating disease myalgic encephalomyelitis (also called chronic fatigue syndrome) after his son's diagnosis.
Why it matters: ME/CFS has often been dismissed as a fake or psychosomatic condition, but the work of Dr. Davis and others has led to important new discoveries about its biological origins and implications. |
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