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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise December 2020
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HEALTHY - "I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health." - Voltaire
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5-Ingredient Natural Recipes by Phyllis Pellman GoodProvides a collection of over one hundred recipes that each include only five natural, unprocessed ingredients with two or more ways to prepare them, with many of the dishes inspired by international cuisines
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WEALTHY- "Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants." - Epictetus
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Recent Releases - Here are some titles that focus on success. While not necessarily about money, these insights will help you succeed in any arena.
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| How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring... by Guy Raz Long-time NPR contributor Guy Raz has worked on shows like All Things Considered and TED Radio Hour, in addition to the podcast How I Built This, which he began in 2016. Here he pens an inspiring and candid examination of the journeys of successful business founders and the lessons to take away from their stories. Raz takes a look at the importance of partnership in a business environment that tends to lionize individuals instead of appreciating teams. |
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WISE - "The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing." - Socrates
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Great TED Talks Creativity : An Unofficial Guide With Words of Wisdom from 100 Ted Speakers by Tom May Insights and advice on the creative process from 100 prominent TED Conference speakers.Online TED Talks have provided inspiration to a worldwide audience since 2006, focusing not only on subjects of technology, entertainment, and design but also on cultural, social, and political issues. Great TED Talks: Creativity gathers the ideas presented by 100 speakers and condenses them into a nutshell of practical advice for boosting your own creativity. Also included are URLs directing readers to the TED website so they can watch the original videos in their entirety. Series
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The Art of Showing Up : How to be There for Yourself and Your People by Rachel Wilkerson Miller"If you’re having trouble connecting with those around you, know that you’re not the only one. Adult friendships are tricky!!! Part manifesto, part guide, The Art of Showing Up is soul medicine for our modern, tech-mediated age. Rachel Wilkerson Miller charts a course to kinder, more thoughtful, and more fulfilling relationships—and, crucially, she reminds us that “you can’t show up for others if you aren’t showing up for yourself first.” Learn to fearlessly . . .- define your needs, reclaim your time, and commit to self-care
- ask for backup when times are tough—and take action when others are in crisis
- meet and care for new friends, and gently end toxic friendships
- help your people feel more seen (and more OK) overall!
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Breath : The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor"No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how resilient your genes are, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you're not breathing properly." Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again"
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Before I Forget : Love, Hope, Help, and Acceptance in Our Fight Against Alzheimer's by B. Smith"Working with Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Shnayerson, B. and her husband, Dan, share B.'s unfolding story on dealing with early-onset Alzheimer's. Crafted in short chapters that interweave their narrative with practical and helpful advice, readers learn in small bites about dealing with Alzheimer's disease's day-to-day challenges, the family tensions, and ways of coping, as well as gain tips on diet and exercise from a lifestyle maven using her decades of expertise in a new and unexpected way"
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Life After Loss : Conquering Grief and Finding Hope by Raymond A. MoodyThe "grandfather" of the modern Near Death Experience (NDE) and After Death Experience (ADE) movement presents the most recent information and developments in NDE and ADE experiences and reveals how the knowledge of humanity's "greatest mystery" helps people come to terms with death and grief.
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Hope Nation : YA authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration by Rose BrockAn empowering collection of essays and letters speaking directly to today's young adults describes how the writers found hope and inspiration in the face of oppression, belittlement, alienation and defeat, in a volume that includes contributions by such popular YA authors as Marie Lu, David Levithan and Libba Bray..
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