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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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| Parenting While Working from Home: A Monthly Guide to Help Parents Balance Their Careers... by Shari Medini and Karissa TunisWhat it is: a well-timed and approachable guide to balancing the competing responsibilities of work, childcare, and schooling when all three take place at home.
Why you might like it: Potentially overwhelming topics are broken down into digestible pieces that include practical steps to help you get started.
Try this next: The Free-Market Family by Maxine Eichner, which explores how many parents got to this stressful place and what can be done to improve work/life balance in modern society. |
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The 80/80 marriage : a new model for a happier, stronger relationship
by Nathaniel J. Klemp
A husband-and-wife mindfulness and leadership consulting team shares the personal struggles they have had with balance in their own relationship, outlining recommendations for using radical generosity to promote a mutually beneficial marriage of connection and fulfillment.
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The sum of us : what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together
by Heather C. McGhee
Racism has costs for white people, too. It's the common denominator in our most vexing public problems, even beyond our economy. It is at the core of the dysfunction of our democracy and even the spiritual and moral crises that grip us. Racism is a toxin in the American body and it weakens us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out? To find the way, McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country from Mississippi to Maine, tallying up what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm--the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others.
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Credit repair kit for dummies
by Melyssa Barrett
Need a credit makeover? You're definitely not alone: Millions of Americans are struggling with one or more credit-related issues. But don't despair! Credit Repair Kit For Dummies is packed full of simple, proven methods for escaping the quicksand and taking the concrete steps needed to build up a solid score.
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Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
by Daniel E. Lieberman
What it is: a comprehensive yet accessible study of exercise through a social lens, which looks at the changing role of physical activity as part of the human experience.
Why you might like it: the engaging writing; the author's ability to condense and simplify complex scientific concept and studies.
Don't miss: the non-judgmental exploration of the social and evolutionary obstacles to prioritizing exercise in modern life.
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Missing each other : how to cultivate meaningful connections
by Edward Brodkin
Drawing on wide-ranging fields such as social neuroscience, autism research and music performance, two researchers and clinicians show us how to connect with another person and truly be in tune with their physical and emotional state.
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Boundless : upgrade your brain, optimize your body & defy aging
by Ben Greenfield
What if the ability to look, feel, and perform at peak capacity wasn't the stuff of lore but instead was within easy reach? In a perfect world, you would be able to have it all: complete optimization of mind, body, and spirit. In Boundless, the New York Times bestselling author of Beyond Training and health and fitness leader Ben Greenfield offers a first-of-its-kind blueprint for total human optimization
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The listening path : the creative art of attention
by Julia Cameron
The “Godmother” of creativity and best-selling author of forty books provides readers with a six-week plan and the tools they need to become better listeners, explaining how intentional listening can provide healing, insight and clarity and transform the creative process.
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More than a body : your body is an instrument, not an ornament
by Lexie Kite
The twin-sister founders of the Beauty Redefined nonprofit draw on extensive research to outline practical alternative approaches to body image resilience, covering subjects ranging from toxic media messages to the constraints of self-objectification.
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What is life? : five great ideas in biology
by Paul Nurse
A Nobel Prize-winning scientist heralds the achievements of forefront innovators while drawing on personal lab expertise to illuminate five major ideas underpinning biology, including the cell, the gene, evolution by natural selection, life as chemistry and life as information.
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