Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
August 2023

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Hot and Bothered: What No One Tells You About Menopause And How to Feel Like...
by Jancee Dunn

What's inside: a humorous and candid exploration of menopause, its cultural implications, and research into the latest tools and tips to navigate one of life's biggest changes. 

Read it for: the informative interviews with medical professionals; the emphasis placed on dispelling misinformation; the handy appendix of authoritative resources included at the end. 


You might also like: The Slow Moon Climbs by Susan P. Mattern; The Menopause Manifesto by Dr. Jen Gunter.
The Choice Point: The Scientifically Proven Method to Push Past Mental Walls and...
by Joanna Grover

What it's about: making choices, big or small, and how the mind and body participate in that process.

Tips include: journaling to discover what you want most; visualization exercises that engage your senses to make the experience of goal-setting feel real and potentially more achievable.

For fans of: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman; Nudge by Richard H. Thaler.
Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today
by Hal Hershfield

What it is: a well-researched examination of short and long-term thinking and how to make choices that benefit us most in the future. 

Read it for: the practical advice, which is presented in a well-organized and engaging format. 

Reviewers say: "
An encouraging, practical guide for decision-making" (Kirkus Reviews).
All the Gold Stars: Reimagining Ambition and the Ways We Strive
by Rainesford Stauffer

What it is: a thoughtful and well-researched exploration of ambition and how our modern understanding of it can harm our self-worth and leave us isolated. 

Topics include: the pitfalls of "hustle" culture; the pressure to excel and how it can impact children from a young age; the social inequalities that existing measures for tracking academic achievement can exacerbate.


About the author: Rainesford Stauffer is a journalist who writes the "Work in Progress" column for Teen Vogue and regularly contributes to The Atlantic, The New York Times, and Vox.
Ayurveda for women : the power of food as medicine with recipes for health & wellness
by Emily L. Glaser

"Practiced for over 5,000 years in India, Ayurveda is the health-care manual for balanced energy and finding relief from ailments that affect a woman's well-being. Certified Ayurveda practitioner Emily L. Glaser shares her knowledge of this holistic medicine in an accessible way--with guidance on how to integrate Ayurveda on the path toward healing and balanced living"
Ultra-processed people : the science behind food that isn't food
by Chris van Tulleken

"We have entered a new age of eating. For the first time in human history, most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food. There's a long, formal scientific definition, but it can be boiled down to this: ifit's wrapped in plastic and has at least one ingredient that you wouldn't find in your kitchen, it's UPF. In this book, Chris van Tulleken, father, scientist, doctor, and award-winning BBC broadcaster, marshals the latest evidence to show how governments, scientists, and doctors have allowed transnational food companies to create a pandemic of diet-related disease. The solutions don't lie in willpower, personal responsibility, or exercise. You'll find no diet plan in this book--but join Chris as he undertakes a powerful self-experiment that made headlines around the world: under the supervision of colleagues at University College London he spent a month eating a diet of 80 percent UPF, typical for many children and adults in the United States. While his body became the subject of scientific scrutiny, he spoke to the world's leading experts from academia, agriculture, and--most important--the food industry itself"
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