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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise February 2019
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Consumer Reports
Access the latest reviews and ratings of cars, appliances, electronics, home and garden equipment, products for babies and kids and more from Consumer Reports. You can also access Cars Best Deals Plus which gives you the information you need to select the right car and negotiate the best price for it.
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Medicare Basics
Saturday, February 2,
10:00 am: CHOCTAW
Meeting Room A
Do you have questions regarding Medicare? Make plans to attend this informational session about the ins and outs of the Medicare program. Learn about Medicare benefits, bridging Medicare gaps with other insurance coverage, and receive help enrolling in the program. Bring your questions.
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Make Your Next Plate Great
Tuesday, March 5,
7:00 pm: WARR ACRES
Meeting Room A
Did you make a resolution to eat healthier this year? Join Nutritional Health Coach Jessica Cox from Natural Grocers to learn about foods that make a meal healthy. Discover and sample some healthy food choices with us. Be sure to check out our wide variety of nutrition and cookbooks to help you reach your goals. Please register.
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How to Survive Today's Food Jungle
Tuesday, March 26,
6:30 pm: BELLE ISLE
Meeting Room C
Food has Changed more in the last 50 years than it has in the last 10,000! Knowing how to choose the highest quality foods is key to caring for your health. Join us as a Nutritional Health Coach teaches you to learn how to read labels and choose healthy foods for you and your family.
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| Game Changers: What Leaders, Innovators, and Mavericks Do to Win at Life by Dave AspreyWhat it is: an exploration of the productivity techniques and personal growth strategies of notable professionals at the top of their respective fields.
Featuring: psychotherapist Esther Perel, entrepreneur Tim Ferriss, motivational speaker Gabby Bernstein, and journalist Arianna Huffington.
Topics include: how to manage anxiety; how to create and stick to good habits; mindfulness; and the importance of gratitude.
Digital Resource Available: Eaudio book on OVERDRIVE |
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| The Inflamed Mind: A Radical New Approach to Depression by Edward BullmoreWhat's inside: a groundbreaking reassessment of the possible causes of clinical depression, based on cutting-edge research into the effects of inflammation on the body and brain. Is it for you? This is best suited for readers of science writing who are looking for an outline of the newest research into clinical depression.
You might also like: The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee and Ordinarily Well by Peter Kramer.
Digital Resource Available: Eaudio book on OVERDRIVE |
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| Are U Ok? A Guide to Caring for Your Mental Health: How to Know if You Need Help... by Kati MortonWhat it's about: some of the most commonly asked questions about mental illness, mental health, self-care practices, and asking for help when you need it.
Read it for: the author's tone, which is welcoming, encouraging, and makes a difficult topic seem more approachable.
Author alert: Kati Morton is a licensed family therapist best known for her popular YouTube channel, where she discusses a variety of mental health topics and works to reduce the stigma of mental illness.
Digital resource Available: Eaudio & Ebook available on OVERDRIVE |
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| Why We Dream: The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey by Alice RobbWhat it is: an accessible exploration of the hows and whys of dreaming, what dreams have to do with wellness, and the past, present, and future of scientific research into the topic.
Don't miss: the author's experiences with her own dreams and her experiments with different popular methods of dream examination.
Reviewers say: author Alice Robb "provides an engaging overview of sleep science and effectively argues for its significance" (Publishers Weekly).
DIgital Resource Available: Ebook on OVERDRIVE |
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| The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America by Virginia Sole-SmithWhat it's about: humanity's relationship with hunger and appetite, topped with up-to-date research and the author's own history with diet culture.
Topics of note: the role parenting plays in forming attitudes toward food and body image; the health struggles of the author's daughter, whose time on a feeding tube affected both of their relationships with hunger.
Want a taste? "September 17, 2013. It is the day before my daughter Violet's one-month birthday. It is also the first day that she will almost die."
DIgital Resource Available: EAudio book on OVERDRIVE. |
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| The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload by Daniel J. LevitinWhat it's about: the "Stone Age" characteristics of the human brain and how the mind manages (or doesn't manage) modern demands and distractions.
Author alert: Daniel J. Levitin is the author of other books about the human brain and the modern age, including This Is Your Brain On Music and Weaponized Lies.
Reviewers say: "Levitin's fascinating tour of the mind helps us better understand the ways we process and structure our experiences" (Publishers Weekly).
Digital Resource Available: Eaudio & Ebook on OVERDRIVE |
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| Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal NewportWhat it is: an impassioned discussion of the obstacles standing between many professionals and their most effective, efficient work.
Don't miss: a discussion of the surprising possible benefits of distraction and boredom to productivity.
Is it for you? Cal Newport describes himself as something of a luddite, but his self-awareness and his lack of nostalgia about working in the pre-digital age make this less of an issue.
Digital Resource Available: Eaudio & Ebook on OVERDRIVE |
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| Work Simply: Embracing the Power of Your Personal Productivity Style by Carson TateWhat it is: a no-nonsense guide to managing your time, changing your mindset toward getting work done, and building work habits that stick.
What sets it apart: the focus on customizing your approach to productivity; the author's willingness to engage with less commonly discussed obstacles like guilt and shame.
Includes: a 28-question Productivity Style Assessment, to help you determine your productivity type (Prioritizer, Visualizer, Arranger, or Planner) and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each. |
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| I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time by Laura VanderkamWhat it's about: the common time management strategies of women who have found ways to balance their successful careers with their fulfilling private lives.
Why you might like it: The author's recommendations are built on hard numbers, gathered from a 1000-day study of high-earning women who logged their time hour by hour.
Is it for you? The research is focused exclusively on upper-class women, although the author is upfront about it and about the shortcomings of this approach.
Digital Resource Available: Eaudio& Ebook on OVERDRIVE |
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