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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise June 2017
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| The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom's Guide to Style, Sanity, and Big Success After Baby by Lauren Smith BrodyReturning to work after maternity leave can bring challenges you didn't know how to prepare for. In The Fifth Trimester, former executive editor of Glamour magazine Lauren Smith Brody offers sensible advice in an upbeat, often humorous tone. Drawing on her personal experience as well as responses from a survey of working moms, she covers separating from the little person you're just getting to know, looking and feeling human, and sharing parental duties. A chapter on "Life-Changing Conversations" can help you negotiate difficult situations, from requesting a flex schedule to fending off unsolicited advice. |
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| Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim ScottAuthor Kim Scott has been a highly praised manager at several major technology companies, including Google and Apple. In this engaging book, she draws on her own experiences and collaborations with other supervisors to explain how to be a great boss without either wimping out or alienating your employees and co-workers. Scott lays out a plan for building relationships and communicating honestly on the basis of caring. She also discusses management tools and techniques to clarify her approach, and a chapter on "Getting Started" will help you put her principles into practice. Booklist calls this an "amazing process that should work, when embraced and applied." |
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On edge : a journey through anxiety
by Andrea Petersen
A racing heart. Difficulty breathing. Overwhelming dread. Andrea Petersen was first diagnosed with an anxiety disorder at the age of twenty, but she later realized that she had been experiencing panic attacks since childhood. Although having a name for her condition was an enormous relief, it was only the beginning of a journey to understand and master it--one that took her from psychiatrists' offices to yoga retreats to the Appalachian Trail. Woven into Petersen's personal story is a fascinating look at the biology of anxiety and the groundbreaking research that might point the way to new treatments. She compares psychoactive drugs to non-drug treatments, including biofeedback and exposure therapy. And she explores the role that genetics and the environment play in mental illness. Brave and empowering, this is essential reading for anyone who knows what it means to live on edge.
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| The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigalAccording to psychologist Kelly McGonigal, Americans commonly believe that stress can damage your health. In The Upside of Stress (based on her TED talk about the subject), she explains that stress is not always a bad thing -- it has positive aspects that can make us stronger and happier. Stating that her book is a "guide to getting better at living with stress," she presents up-to-date scientific information on the mechanisms and effects of stress, then explores ways to take advantage of specific stressors. For additional discussion of the positive side of stress, try Ian Robertson's recent The Stress Test. |
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The art of discarding : how to get rid of clutter and find joy
by Nagisa Tatsumi
Nagisa Tatsumi's international bestseller offers a practical plan to figure out what to keep and what to discard so you can get--and stay--tidy, once and for all. Practical and inspiring, The Art of Discarding offers hands-on advice and easy-to-follow guidelines to help readers learn how to finally let go of stuff that is holding them back--as well as sage advice on acquiring less in the first place. Author Nagisa Tatsumi urges us to reflect on our attitude to possessing things and to have the courage and conviction to get rid of all the stuff we really don't need, offering advice on how to tackle the things that pile up at home and take back control. By learning the art of discarding you will gain space, free yourself from "accumulation syndrome," and find new joy and purpose in your clutter-free life.
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| Clear the Clutter, Find Happiness: One-Minute Tips for Decluttering and Refreshing... by Donna SmallinIf you want to deal with your clutter but find the prospect overwhelming, Clear the Clutter, Find Happiness might be just what you need. Author Donna Smallin's reassuring tone encourages you to believe that you can set manageable goals and accomplish them. From seven-minute decluttering sessions (repeated daily) to more ambitious closet-clearing methods, she covers all kinds of household organizational challenges, sprinkling motivational quotes liberally between the pages full of hints and ideas. The book's small format makes it easy to glance through for a happiness-inducing discovery about tackling a project or gradually conquering the Mt. Everest of miscellany. |
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| The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living by Amit SoodIn this thoughtful and accessible book, Mayo Clinic doctor Amit Sood explains how to handle the pressures caused by heavy workloads and lack of control in your life. Rather than allowing these negative factors to dictate your moods and possibly damage your health, you can follow Sood's program of attention training and spiritual practices, along with his plan for healthy eating and exercise. Booklist observes that "just reading Sood's lucid, commonsensical recommendations" can put you on the path to a stress-free life. |
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