New Year, Fresh Start
15-minute Stretch : Four 15-minute Workouts for Flexibility, Posture, and Strength
by Suzanne Martin

A doctor of physical therapy and a certified Pilates expert provides four 15-minute, step-by-step, illustrated stretching routines for beginners to help inspire readers to make exercise a part of their weekly routine and enjoy increased strength and flexibility. Illustrations.
The awesome human project : break free from daily burnout, struggle less, and thrive more in work and life
by Nataly Kogan

A leading expert on emotional fitness and leadership shares her proven method for reducing daily struggle and burnout, so we can live and work with more energy, joy and meaning. 50,000 first printing.
Cook smart, eat well : Mayo Clinic recipes and strategies for healthy living
by Jennifer Welper

To fuel a healthy lifestyle, establish smarter, timesaving habits in the kitchen. Learn a fresh approach to healthy cooking from Mayo Clinic Wellness Executive Chef Jennifer Welper. Inside you'll find more than 100 original recipes with something for every meal, including bright salads, zesty tacos, hearty comfort foods, savory lean meats and burgers, stir-fries, kid-friendly dishes, and desserts. In addition, this master class with Chef Jen gives cooks of any level solid footing in the kitchen and expert advice to streamline shopping and cooking, whether feeding just one or a large family. Here's how to cook smart to eat well, creating foods you'll savor and recipes you'll come back to again and again.
Create space : declutter your home to clear your mind
by Dilly Carter

Create Space shows you how taking steps to clear and simplify your living space can also clear your mind, improve your relationships, and enhance your well-being. This room-by-room guide to organizing and decluttering your home is packed with ideas, advice, tips, and techniques that are practical and functional as well as beautiful. Turn chaos into calm with step-by-step methods that you can adapt and sustain for your own needs
Fitness hacks for over 50 : 300 easy ways to incorporate exercise into your life
by K. Aleisha Fetters

"Being active and in shape helps you sleep, keeps you strong and healthy, and improves balance, your social life-and even your sex life! We all know exercise is good for us, but time, money, age, and inertia often keep us stuck on the couch. But you don't need to join a gym-or even leave your house-to get fit and healthy! In Fitness Hacks for over 50, you'll discover quick and attainable tips and strategies to maintain (or increase) your fitness and strength at any point in your life. These simple, easy-to-do movements and activities that just take a few minutes a day makes it easy and friction-free to look and feel better, regardless of your age and abilities"
The garden refresh : how to give your yard big impact on a small budget
by Kier Holmes

Overflowing with design tips, plant selection and how to address problematic situations, this accessible guide offers all of the essential information to creative a productive and lush garden that can be used and enjoyed. Original. 10,000 first printing. Illustrations.
Happy plant : a beginner's guide to cultivating healthy plant care habits
by Puneet Sabharwal

"Build confidence in tending indoor plants through this guide to basic plant care, all while learning about the history of houseplants, how they communicate, and sustainable ways to troubleshoot houseplant parenting issues. Whether you're afraid to bringhome a plant or have a healthy row of potted green pals on your windowsill, this book will walk you through the trials, errors, and joys of plant care"
The healthy mind toolkit : simple strategies to get out of your own way and enjoy your life
by Alice Boyes

The author of The Anxiety Toolkit presents an empowering guide to overcoming self-defeating behaviors, using cutting-edge clinical and cognitive-behavioral concepts and tools to address self-harming habits ranging from rumination and envy to imposter syndrome, risk aversion and over- or under-valuing external things. Original.
How not to diet : the groundbreaking science of healthy, permanent weight loss
by Michael Greger

Dr. Greger hones in on the optimal criteria to enable weight loss, while considering how these foods actually affect our health and longevity. He lays out the key ingredients of the ideal weight-loss diet--factors such as calorie density, the insulin index, and the impact of foods on our gut microbiome--showing how plant-based eating is crucial to our success, and then goes beyond food to identify twenty-one weight-loss accelerators available to our bodies, incorporating the latest discoveries in cutting-edge areas like chronobiology to reveal the factors that maximize our natural fat-burning capabilities
How to be well : the six keys to a happy and healthy life
by Frank Lipman

An expert in integrative and functional medicine offers a hands-on guide to improving health and gaining lifelong vitality through a six-ringed system involving how to eat, sleep, move, protect yourself from toxins, relax and connect with others. 75,000 first printing.
Keep the memories, lose the stuff : declutter, downsize, and move forward with your life
by Matt Paxton

"America's top cleaning expert and star of the hit series Legacy List with Matt Paxton distills his fail-proof approach to decluttering and downsizing. Your boxes of photos, family's china, and even the kids' height charts aren't just stuff; they're attached to a lifetime of memories--and letting them go can be scary. With empathy, expertise, and humor, Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff helps you sift through years of clutter, let go of what no longer serves you, and identify the items worth keeping so that you can focus on living in the present. 
Life's messy, live happy : things don't have to be perfect for you to be content
by Cy Wakeman

Filled with concrete daily practices and true stories that are humorous, heartfelt and painful, this book shows how to use your mind to create happiness despite lifes ever-changing circumstances and events, and to embrace a crazy, messy life. 100,000 first printing.
The Little Book of Game Changers : 50 Healthy Habits for Managing Stress & Anxiety
by Jessica Cording,

A dietician and health coach offers short, simple, no-nonsense advice to help readers make healthy choices to improve their eating habits, sleep, energy levels, mentality and exercise routines. Original.
Natural feasts : 100+ healthy, plant-based recipes to share and enjoy with friends and family
by Ella Mills

In this follow-up to her best-selling, debut cookbook, Deliciously Ella, the popular blogger and healthy living advocate offers over 100 plant-based, gluten-free, clean-eating recipes for easy weeknight dinners, large feasts, birthday parties, picnics and cocktails.
Pilates for living : get stronger, fitter and healthier for an active later life
by Harri Angell

Argues for the benefits of Pilates for older people seeking a fulfilling and active later life, explaing how it can lower blood pressure, remove the causes of aches and pains, and support good health
Roadmap for the rest of your life : smart choices about money, health, work, lifestyle-- and pursuing your dreams
by Bart Astor

Presents a guide for ensuring that retirement can be lived comfortably, providing tips on such topics as insurance, health, fitness, estate planning, and housing
Start more than you can finish : a creative permission slip to unleash your best ideas
by Becky Blades

"Starting is a skill. And like any other skill, it can be learned, practiced and mastered. When we do it right, we can go anywhere, start anything. We all need to start more. To imagine things and push the ignition switch to begin them. We need to start things that will take ten minutes and things that will take five years, and things we will never, ever finish. Because acting on our ideas is the best of who we are. Whether we finish them or not. Start More Than You Can Finish empowers readers to become stARTists: initiators with a bias for action and the courage to ignite our ideas. Mining the best habits of artists and entrepreneurs, this book introduces the concept of "startistry," or "stARTistry" (registered trademark). 
What the happiest retirees know : 10 habits for a healthy, secure, and joyful life
by Wes Moss

"The bestselling author of You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think and host of Money Matters reveals the 10 essential habits for a rich, rewarding, and blissful retirement. What does it take to have a truly happy retirement? Is it money? A mortgage-free home? An active social life? A long-lasting marriage-or maybe a new one? Finance expert, author, and radio host Wes Moss asked more than 2,000 of the nation's happiest retirees to find out-and their answers may surprise you. Through a series of revealing surveys, Moss noticed a pattern of distinct, recognizable habits that the happiest retirees shared, from the simplest of lifestyle choices to the smartest of financial strategies. 
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