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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise April 2019
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Happy Parents, Happy Kids
by Ann Douglas
Happy Parents Happy Kids is the ultimate no-guilt guide to boosting your enjoyment of parenting while at the same time maximizing the health and happiness of your entire family. You can find ways to take care of yourself while you’re busy raising a family—just as you can choose to use parenting strategies that work for you and your kids. This practical and encouraging book will help you
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| Help Me! One Woman's Quest to Find Out if Self-Help Really Can Change Her Life by Marianne PowerWhat it is: a refreshingly irreverent but still moving journey into the world of self-help books; the author's candid reflections on how advice taken from many of the world's most well-known self-help books has affected her life.
Who it's for: people curious about the past, present, and possible future of the self-improvement industry; anyone who has been told they should read The Secret one too many times.
Why you might like it: despite the tongue-in-cheek premise, the author is a longtime fan and consumer of self-help books and expresses affection for them throughout the book. |
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| It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond by Julia Cameron with Emma LivelyWhat it's about: how creativity can help retirees with navigating this new chapter in their lives; celebrating the freedom from career obligations to forge a new, satisfying path.
What makes it unique: While most retirement books focus on the practical side of retirement (finances, healthcare, etc.), It's Never Too Late to Begin Again is more concerned with cultivating emotional and spiritual enrichment.
Try this next: Julia Cameron's previous work about life and art The Artist's Way; Concerning the Spiritual in Art by artist Wassily Kandinsky. |
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| Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever (or Die Trying) by Bill GiffordWhat it is: a cheeky, fast-paced exploration of aging and of humanity's enduring quest to defeat it.
Chapters include: "The Fountain of Youthiness," "Baldness as Metaphor," "The Death of Death," "Who Moved My Keys?"
Reviewers say: "[Bill] Gifford's entertaining and informative book will give readers sound advice" (Library Journal). |
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Off the Couch and Out the Door : Finding Meaning in Midlife, One Adventure at a Time
by Bob Foulkes
Through animated detail and charming, self-deprecating humour, Bob shows us that, whatever our age, means or circumstances, everyone can have thrilling adventures. We just need a little discipline, a bit of enthusiasm, a dollop of common sense and, finally, a tiny push to get off the couch and out the door.
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| The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50 by Jonathan RauchWhat it is: a science-based, journalistic examination of the titular "happiness curve," in which people report feelings of dissatisfaction in mid-life but a return to happiness in their later years.
Why you should read it: although the research suggests that a mid-life slump is very common, the author makes a point to recommend ways to counteract it.
Reviewers say: "Stimulating reading for those seeking enlightenment and joyfulness throughout middle age" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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