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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise October 2020
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| Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah TaussigWhat it is: a witty and engaging memoir about the author's life as a wheelchair user, with frank discussions of how disability intersects with issues like sex, dating, self-image, relationships, the media, and more.
Why you should read it: Sitting Pretty is a refreshingly candid and welcome voice in the growing body of literature about disability written by disabled people themselves. |
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Anxiety and Stress Relief
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| The Anxiety Toolkit: Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind and Moving Past Your Stuck Points by Alice Boyes, PhDWhat it is: a straightforward and accessible guide to anxiety, from its evolutionary advantages to how to manage the negative effects it can have on our minds, bodies, and behavior patterns.
Why you might like it: The advice inside is grounded in clinical research and the author's experience as a cognitive-behavioral therapist, but is presented in digestible sections that make the topic seem more approachable. |
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The End of Mental Illness
by Daniel G Amen
The brain specialist and best-selling co-author of Stones of Remembrance challenges enduring stigmas that prevent people from receiving appropriate care for psychological health, outlining rehabilitative lifestyle tips while counseling readers on the drawbacks of today’s treatments.
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| Hi, Anxiety: Life With a Bad Case of Nerves by Kat KinsmanWhat it's about: Inspired by the author's viral article about living with anxiety, this candid memoir expands on her lifelong struggle with depression and anxiety, and the ways it has shaped her personality and sense of self. About the author: Journalist Kat Kinsman is an editor for the magazine Food & Wine and was nominated for a James Beard Award in 2013. |
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Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts
by Jennie Allen
"Speaker and Bible teacher Jennie Allen hears all the time from women who feel stuck in patterns of frustration and defeat. In her search for a solution, she's learned that the greatest spiritual battle of our generation is taking place between our ears.How we think shapes how we live. So it's crucial that we learn how to stop our spinning thoughts and refuse to be victims of toxic thinking patterns like victimhood, anxiety, and distraction. In this book Jennie draws on biblical truth and recent discoveries in neuroscience to show exactly how we can fight the enemies of the mind with the truth of who God is and who He calls us to be"
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