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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise February 2021
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Face to Face: The Art of Human Connection
by Brian Grazer
What it is: a thought-provoking examination of the importance of nonverbal communication, with a focus on the power of eye contact.
About the author: Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer has worked on films such as Apollo 13 and Frost/Nixon and also wrote A Curious Mind, a book about the benefits of being inquisitive.
Try this next: The Village Effect by Susan Pinker, which discusses the advantages of in-person contact; Collaborative Intelligence by Dawna Markova, which outlines the power of putting our heads together.
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Healing racial trauma : the road to resilience
by Sheila Wise Rowe
"People of color have endured traumatic histories and almost daily assaults on their dignity. Professional counselor Sheila Wise Rowe exposes the symptoms of racial trauma to lead readers to a place of freedom from the past and new life for the future. With Rowe as a reliable guide who has both been on the journey and shown others the way forward, you will find a safe pathway to resilience"
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| Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding by Daniel E. LiebermanWhat it is: a comprehensive yet accessible study of exercise through a social lens, which looks at the changing role of physical activity as part of the human experience.
Why you might like it: the engaging writing; the author's ability to condense and simplify complex scientific concept and studies.
Don't miss: the non-judgmental exploration of the social and evolutionary obstacles to prioritizing exercise in modern life. |
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In pain : a bioethicist's personal struggle with opioids
by Travis Rieder
A bioethicist's memoir of opioid dependence and withdrawal exposes the American health care system's failures at managing the use of opioids for pain relief and reveals the lack of resources and structures to handle the nationwide epidemic of opioid addiction
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| Ordinary Girls: A Memoir by Jaquira DíazWhat it's about: Jaquira Díaz's experiences growing up in an environment of neglect, mental illness, and omnipresent drug abuse.
Why you should read it: Despite the heavy topics, this moving story is narrated from a place of empowerment and self-assuredness.
For fans of: other well-rendered memoirs about the adverse experiences of women of color like Roxane Gay's Hunger or When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago. |
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In the realm of hungry ghosts : close encounters with addiction
by Gabor Maté
In a holistic study, a physician and best-selling author of Hold onto Your Kids blends science, social policy, treatments and powerful personal stories to chart a new path of recovery for those suffering from addictions and their loved ones. Original.
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| The Anatomy of Addiction: What Science and Research Tell us About the True Causes... by Akikur Mohammad, MDWhat it's about: evidence-based approaches to substance abuse and recovery, which looks at addiction holistically.
What makes it unique: the discussion of ways that mental illness and addiction can affect each other; the special attention paid to helping teenagers in recovery.
Don't miss: the introduction to Suboxone, a medication the author argues will revolutionize the detox and recovery process. |
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| Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction by Maia SzalavitzWhat it is: a thought-provoking argument in favor of radically reframing our understanding of substance abuse as a disorder with developmental underpinnings.
Is it for you? Maia Szalavitz has potentially polarizing criticisms of common recovery strategies like 12-step programs that may not be for everyone.
Want a taste? "About here's where I'm supposed to tell you that I'm different, that I wasn't your 'typical addict.' The American media repeatedly assures us that such an addict certainly isn't white, female, educated, or middle class. But I'm not going to do that." |
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