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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise February 2023 |
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Toxic positivity : keeping it real in a world obsessed with being happy
by Whitney Goodman
The radically honest psychotherapist behind the popular Instagram account @sitwithwhit shares the latest research along with everyday examples and client stories that reveal how damaging toxic positivity is to ourselves and our relationships, and presents simple ways to experience and work through difficult emotions.
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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in A Toxic Culture
by Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté
What it's about: the increase in chronic illness in wealthy countries and the potential connections between trauma and capitalism and these poorer health outcomes.
Topics include: the physiological impact of stress the body; the uptick in mental illness diagnosis in adolescents; how socioeconomic factors like racism can lead to lower life expectancy.
Reviewers say: Myth is a "bold reappraisal" of modern medicine that "has the power to change how readers think about health" (Publishers Weekly).
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Returning the self to nature : undoing our collective narcissism and healing our planet
by Jeanine M. Canty
"Returning the Self to Nature is written for the person who no longer wishes to function in a world that revolves around selfish, disconnected identities and yearns to step into healthy relationships with one's self, one's community, and our planet. Seeing the suffering of the planet and that of humans as inseparably linked-the ecological crisis as psychological crisis, and vice versa-opens the door to a mutuality of healing between people and nature. At the heart of both chronic and acute forms of narcissism is a socially-constructed false self-an isolated, damaged ego in a delusional cycle of selfishness. Through guided analysis and practices of reflection and embodied meditation, the reader will gain skills to begin experiencing a loving, pluralistic,and ecological self. This book is an invitation to wake up from the dream of the false self and join the movement toward social and planetary healing"
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The open-air life : discover the Nordic art of friluftsliv and embrace nature every day
by Linda Akeson McGurk
"In The Open-Air Life, Swedish-American writer Linda McGurk introduces readers to a wide array of Nordic customs and practices that focus on slowing down and spending more and more of ones' time outdoors. An outdoorsy cousin of hygge, friluftsliv is whatNordic people do outside all day before they cozy up in front of the fireplace with their wool socks on and a cup of hot cocoa"
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Death Interrupted : How Modern Medicine Is Complicating the Way We Die
by M.D. Bigham, Blair
Through conversations with critical care and end-of-life professionals—including ethicists, social workers, nurses, and doctors—and observations from his own time working in ambulances, emergency rooms, and the icu, Dr. Blair Bigham exposes the tensions inherent in this new era of dying by addressing the tough questions facing us all.
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Journeying through the invisible : the craft of healing with, and beyond, sacred plants, as told by a Peruvian medicine man
by Hachumak
"A mysterious and powerful plant medicine with curative powers that is drunk as a tea during a sacred ceremony, Ayahuasca has been known to change people's lives dramatically. But what was once a healing experience practiced only by Indigenous South Americans - and sought out by the adventurous few - has, in the past fifty years, become increasingly popular around the world. Hachumak, a Peruvian medicine man, has been practicing traditional healing arts in his country for more than twenty years. His unique approach is based on ritualistic simplicity and highlights the essence of the Art, which includes the borrowed forces from Nature. In this remarkable book, he shares his knowledge and experiences to broaden our understanding of this powerful medicine and protect it from misuse and exploitation"--Dustjacket flap
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