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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise June 2017
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| The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom's Guide to Style, Sanity, and Big Success After Baby by Lauren Smith BrodyReturning to work after maternity leave can bring challenges you didn't know how to prepare for. In The Fifth Trimester, former executive editor of Glamour magazine Lauren Smith Brody offers sensible advice in an upbeat, often humorous tone. Drawing on her personal experience as well as responses from a survey of working moms, she covers separating from the little person you're just getting to know, looking and feeling human, and sharing parental duties. A chapter on "Life-Changing Conversations" can help you negotiate difficult situations, from requesting a flex schedule to fending off unsolicited advice. |
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| Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get on the Mat, Love Your Body by Jessamyn StanleyWhether you're a beginner or an experienced yoga practitioner, you'll find inspiration and information in Every Body Yoga. Yoga teacher Jessamyn Stanley offers how-to directions, reasons to try yoga even if your body doesn't fit the stereotypical yoga image, and reassurance. She covers the history of yoga, explains asana, an important yoga posture, and provides guidance on choosing a yoga practice. Colloquially illustrating her get-started chapters with personal anecdotes ("A Chick-fil-A Bandit Walks into Weight Watchers"), she ends with a section titled "Is It Really That Simple?" Apparently so, since Library Journal says that this "uplifting volume makes yoga approachable." |
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| The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It by W. Chris WinterWhile reams of articles and books on sleep have been published, The Sleep Solution lets you tailor solutions to your own experiences with sleep dysfunctions. Dr. Chris Winter, an expert on the neurology of sleep, answers questions: what sleep is good for, how it works, slumber patterns, and more. He also addresses the pros and cons of chemical sleeping aids, naps, and whether you need to schedule a sleep study. Practical, informed by scientific research, and accessible, this is the "rare book that may help sufferers of poor sleep," says Kirkus Reviews. |
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Decluttering and Conquering Stress
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| The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigalAccording to psychologist Kelly McGonigal, Americans commonly believe that stress can damage your health. In The Upside of Stress (based on her TED talk about the subject), she explains that stress is not always a bad thing -- it has positive aspects that can make us stronger and happier. Stating that her book is a "guide to getting better at living with stress," she presents up-to-date scientific information on the mechanisms and effects of stress, then explores ways to take advantage of specific stressors. For additional discussion of the positive side of stress, try Ian Robertson's recent The Stress Test. |
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Throw out fifty things : clear the clutter, find your life
by Gail Blanke
Outlines methods for improving one's life by minimizing clutter in the home, in a guide that challenges readers to eliminate possessions that serve as unhealthy memories of failed relationships, bad jobs, and other regrets
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| The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living by Amit SoodIn this thoughtful and accessible book, Mayo Clinic doctor Amit Sood explains how to handle the pressures caused by heavy workloads and lack of control in your life. Rather than allowing these negative factors to dictate your moods and possibly damage your health, you can follow Sood's program of attention training and spiritual practices, along with his plan for healthy eating and exercise. Booklist observes that "just reading Sood's lucid, commonsensical recommendations" can put you on the path to a stress-free life. |
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| Stuffocation: Why We've Had Enough of Stuff and Need Experience More Than Ever by James WallmanIf you're living in a country with a market-driven economy, chances are that you have more possessions than you need, and they may be getting in the way of experiencing your life. In Stuffocation, journalist James Wallman reviews anthropological and economic studies that reveal the problems with first-world materialistic culture. He describes solutions such as minimalism and the Walden alternative, but concludes that cutting back on things isn't an adequate response: rather, we should emphasize experience over ownership. He even adds information on how to become "experientialists." For another approach to living a fuller but less "stuffed" life, try Sustainable Happiness, edited by Sarah van Gelder. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Twin Falls Public Library201 4th Ave. ETwin Falls, Idaho 83301208-733-2964
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