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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise February 2022
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All we want: Building the life we cannot buy
by Michael Harris
Part meditation and part manifesto, All We Want is a blazing inquest into the destructive and unfulfilling promise of our consumer society, and a roadmap toward a more humane future.
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| Find Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too-Busy World by Eve RodskyUnicorn space" is what author Eve Rodsky calls a block of time and dedicated place to foster your creativity and self-expression free from outside influences. Although Rodsky makes a point to center the social demands placed on women, anyone who feels defined by external obligations and roles such as parent or partner will benefit from the reflections and advice here. |
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| On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times by Michael IgnatieffAn inspiring and thought-provoking exploration of how notable people have found meaning and solace during times of hardship and what we can learn from their stories,.featuring Roman statesmen Cicero and Marcus Aurelius; philosphers David Hume and Michel de Montaigne; religious figures Job and the apostle Paul; sociologist Max Weber; Holocaust survivor Primo Levi; and hospice movement pioneer Cicely Saunders.
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| The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again by Catherine PriceIf you reorient your life around what you personally find fun-true fun-you will be happier and healthier. You will be more productive, less resentful, and less stressed. You will have more energy, for yourself and for other people. You will find community and a sense of purpose. You will feel alive again. |
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