Self Help 
December  2019
 
“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

 
New Books
Keep it moving : lessons for the rest of your life
by Twyla Tharp

The best-selling author of The Creative Habit shares her secrets for harnessing vitality and finding purpose as one ages, offering a guidebook for expanding one’s possibilities over the course of a lifetime. 
Digital minimalism : choosing a focused life in a noisy world
by Cal Newport

A Georgetown University computer scientist outlines a minimalist approach to technology involving a radical reduction of personal online time as part of a healthy lifestyle choice to render technology the tools of humans, not the other way around.
From Invisible to Visible : Master the Art of Being Seen
by Rhonda Kaalund

Maybe you used to be the most valuable player at home and at the office but something drastically changed, or maybe you've always felt invisible. Whatever the cause, if you've ever felt invisible and hadn't a clue about what to do to get back to being you, perhaps it's time to apply REDLIPSTICK.Rhonda Kaalund, author and life coach, had her own experiences feeling invisible that inspired her to develop The REDLIPSTICK Method, an 11-step program that gives anyone feeling unseen a method to help develop the breakthrough you've been looking for.
When breath becomes air
by Paul Kalanithi

This book is an uncommonly insightful, sincere, and sobering revelation of how much our sense of self is tied up with our sense of potential and possibility — the selves we would like to become, those we work tirelessly toward becoming. Who are we, then, and what remains of “us” when that possibility is suddenly snipped?.
Beyond beautiful : a practical guide to being happy, confident, and you in a looks-obsessed world
by Anuschka Rees

The author of The Curated Closet offers straightforward strategies for proactive self-care to build confidence and feel good about your appearance and personal style in an era of toxic, social media beauty standards.
The 5 AM club : own your morning, elevate your life
by Robin S. Sharma

Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept more than 20 years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity.
Biofeedback and mindfulness in everyday life : practical solutions for improving your health and performance
by Inna Z Khazan

A Harvard Medical School faculty member pairs biofeedback, the process of training your body to control its involuntary actions, with mindfulness practice to address some of life’s most common ailments, including anxiety, fear, stress and insomnia.
Fair play : a game-changing solution for when you have too much to do (and more life to live)
by Eve Rodsky

What the invisible work in a family actually entails and how to get it all done efficiently? With four easy-to-follow rules, 100 household tasks, and a figurative card game you play with your partner, Fair Play helps you prioritize what's important to your family and who should take the lead on every chore from laundry to homework to dinner.
 
My drunk kitchen holidays! : how to savor and celebrate the year
by Hannah Hart

The Food Network star and best-selling author of My Drunk Kitchen presents a humorous cookbook that provides thematically arranged ideas and recipes for celebrating throughout the year, from New Year’s and Pride Month to Oktoberfest and Thanksgiving. 
Half baked harvest super simple : 150 recipes for instant, overnight, meal-prepped, and easy comfort foods
by Tieghan Gerard

The popular cookbook author and blogger behind Half Baked Harvest shares a new collection of recipes for novice home cooks or those pressed for time including Cardamom Apple Fritters, Spinach and Artichoke Mac and Cheese and Lobster Tacos. 
Download Audio and eBooks: What's New in 2020 
What can make waiting in line at the store a lot more bearable? Libby app on your phone! Here is the latest news from Overdrive. Users can now choose which notifications they’d like to receive from the Libby menu under Manage Notifications, including when a hold becomes available, when a loan is about to expire, when a loan has expired, and more. In early 2020, hold redelivery will replace auto-checkout, which will allow users to suspend a hold even after it’s made available to them while maintaining their place on the waitlist. By letting you pass books you don’t have time to read on to the next person in line, hold redelivery will help you get to the right book, at the right time. This video from Overdrive explains all this really well. https://company.overdrive.com/…/coming-soon-hold-redelivery/ One-on-one help with your downloadables is available at your library branch.
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