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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise June 2020
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Women who win at love : how to build a relationship that lasts
by Suzanne Venker
You know how to win at almost everything else. Isn’t it time for you to win at love? In Women Who Win at Love, you will learn: the eight dating rules that lead to marriage, why super successful women struggle in love, what men want and what women want (hint: they’re not the same), why love is not a reason to get married, how to avoid the green grass syndrome, and why acting like a man lands women in a ditch.
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| Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek H. Murthy, MDWhat it's about: the problem of loneliness as a public health concern, with a look at the ways isolation can negatively impact seemingly unrelated physical conditions like heart disease.
About the author: Dr. Vivek H. Murthy served as the Surgeon General of the United States from 2014-2017.
You might also like: Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam; The Lonely City by Olivia Laing. |
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| Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World that Wasn't Designed for You by Jenara NerenbergWhat it's about: Women with ADHD and/or autism, who face unique difficulties of getting properly diagnosed and have not been sufficiently included in research studies.
Why you should read it: The author shares her own story of misdiagnosis and provides a thought-provoking argument against medicalizing the "symptoms" of people whose brains process the world differently than what is considered "normal." |
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| Growing Old: Notes on Aging with Something Like Grace by Elizabeth Marshall ThomasWhat it is: a candid and amusing guide to how to face aging, in both practical terms and with a look at more nebulous topics like time and the nature of memory.
Topics include: reflections on hearing loss; keeping up (or not) with technology; the importance of planning ahead despite the temptation to avoid topics like nursing homes and burial. |
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Family fit plan : a 30-day wellness transformation
by Natalie Digate Muth
A dynamic 30-day fitness jumpstart plan, designed to provide for all family members, shares proven strategies for establishing health-oriented routines and promoting better relationships with nutrition, sleep, stress and screen use.
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Here, Now : Unearthing Peace and Presence in an Overconnected World
by Kate Merrick
Does life sometimes seem to be passing you by? Are you so busy—with email to check, Instagram to scroll through, and friends to be envious of—that you’ve become disconnected from your actual life? You know, the one you are living right here, right now? With hilariously relatable confessions and profoundly beautiful insights, Kate Merrick invites us to stop running away from the lives we’re living today and instead walk in the peace and fullness God offers moment to moment.
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How to Make Your Money Last: The Indispensable Retirement Guide
by Jane Bryant Quinn
What it's about: how to make the most of a retirement investment portfolio, presented with straightforward advice and without condescension.
Don't miss: the author's emphasis on how having the right attitude toward money can help retirees hang onto more of it.
Author alert: Jane Bryant Quinn is the author of personal finance classic Making the Most of Your Money Now.
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Wherever You Go : A Guide to Mindful, Sustainable, and Life-changing Travel
by Daniel Houghton
As the son of a Delta pilot and a flight attendant, Daniel had always loved to travel, but after Lonely Planet it morphed into a mission—to spread the word about travel’s unique power to change hearts and minds. In Wherever You Go, he speaks for, and to, a new generation, who want more out of travel than a list of experiences. They use it to develop empathy and cultural awareness, whether flying across the world or just heading to a different neighborhood for dinner.
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Exercises for Sciatica : A Simple and Effective Self-Care Program for Pain Relief and the Treatment of Sciatica
by William Smith
Defined as back or leg pain caused by irritation to the sciatic nerve, sciatica is a debilitating and painful condition that is only growing more prevalent with time. As lifestyles become more and more sedentary, cases of sciatica become more common—which is why a complete lifestyle overhaul, one which includes targeted exercise routines aimed at easing sciatica symptoms—is required to help individuals with this condition live their lives pain-free.
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Upstream : the quest to solve problems before they happen
by Dan Heath
The New York Times best-selling author discusses ways to recognize problems before they happen instead of just reacting to them through case studies of companies and individuals who achieved greater success by changing their methods of thinking.
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Do nothing : how to break away from overworking, overdoing, and underliving
by Celeste Anne Headlee
Interweaving information from history, neuroscience, social science and even paleontology, an award-winning journalist reveals a new way forward that institutes a global shift in our thinking so we can stop sabotaging our well-being, put work aside and start living instead of doing.
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Get out of your head : stopping the spiral of toxic thoughts
by Jennie Allen
Speaker and Bible teacher Jennie Allen hears all the time from women who feel stuck in patterns of frustration and defeat. In her search for a solution, she's learned that the greatest spiritual battle of our generation is taking place between our ears.How we think shapes how we live. So it's crucial that we learn how to stop our spinning thoughts and refuse to be victims of toxic thinking patterns like victimhood, anxiety, and distraction.
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You are enough : revealing the soul to discover your power, potential, and possibility
by Panache Desai
You Are Enough offers a straightforward, non-judgmental, and approachable process of revealing the soul, of coming into alignment and harmony with our true selves. Combining personal narrative, clear and inspiring philosophy, and prescriptive practices, it reveals that the way through is the way in - that the way through fear, self-doubt, and anxiety is accepting and embracing dissonance and emotional and psychological blockages, so that we can approach our lives and the world from a perspective that understands our fears are not who we are.
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And many more! Contact your librarian for more great books! |
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