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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise April 2021
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Featuring: a psychiatrist and farmer offer a six-week plan for achieving better mental health through eating foods to reduce inflammation, cultivate a healthy microbiome and increase brain cell health.
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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, the exploration of topics often left out of conversations about ADHD, and the emotional ramifications of living with the disorder.
Why you should read it: both authors have ADHD themselves, giving them personal perspective that's as valuable as their professional work, updating the science, research, and treatments (when necessary) now available for this ubiquitous condition. |
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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. The take-away: the divide between sick and well is porous, that the vast majority of us will travel back and forth between these realms throughout our lives. It's a profound chronicle of survivorship and a fierce, tender, and inspiring exploration of what it means to begin again. |
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Read it for: a departure from the cone of awkward silence and shame that so often surrounds sexual health; it's the straight-shooting book about the consequences of sex that all curious readers have been looking for.it for:
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Read it for: outlining alternatives grounded in international ancestral traditions, practical takeaways that parents can implement immediately, and help us rethink the ways we relate to our children.
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Read it for: the lies we tell ourselves sustain our daily interactions with friends, lovers, and coworkers. They can explain why some people live longer than others, why some couples remain in love and others don’t, why some nations hold together while others splinter.
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Why you'll like it: she shares candid reflections on such topics as her experimental treatment for depression, her escape from three bears and her business ideas for Shark Tank.
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Uncomfortable conversations with a black man by Emmanuel AchoWhat it is: in his own words, he provides a space of compassion and understanding in a discussion that can lack both. He asks only for the reader's curiosity--but along the way, he will galvanize all of us to join the antiracist fight. Read it for: he explains the vital core of such fraught concepts as white privilege, cultural appropriation, and 'reverse racism. There is a fix,” Acho says. “But in order to access it, we’re going to have to have some uncomfortable conversations.”
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Keep sharp : build a better brain at any age by Sanjay GuptaWhat it is: the author draws on cutting-edge scientific research to outline strategies for protecting brain function and maintaining cognitive health at any age. Read it for: debunking common myths, diet and exercise regimen for the brain, social interaction, truths to benefits of drugs, supplements and vitamins, addressing brain disease (Alzheimers) and providing a personalized twelve-week program featuring practical strategies to strengthen your brain every day.
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