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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise December 2020
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The gift : 12 lessons to save your life
by Edith Eva Eger
The award-winning author of The Choice draws on her experiences as a Holocaust survivor to offer practical, uplifting advice about how to recognize and stop destructive, self-sabotaging patterns to find freedom and greater life fulfillment.
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The lazy genius way : embrace what matters, ditch what doesn't, and get stuff done
by Kendra Adachi
Be productive without sacrificing peace of mind with the Lazy Genius strategy of focusing on what really matters and ignoring what doesn't. If you need a comprehensive self-help strategy but are tired of reading stacks of self-help books, here is an easy way that actually works. No more cobbling together life hacks and productivity strategies from dozens of authors and still feeling tired. The struggle is real, but it doesn't have to be in charge.
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Perception : how our bodies shape our minds
by Dennis Proffitt
Partnering academic rigor with mainstream accessibility, a University of Virginia psychologist, in this groundbreaking popular psychology book, explores the deep connection between our body and our brain.
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You're Smart, Strong and You Got This : Drawings, Affirmations, and Comfort to Help With Anxiety and Depression
by Kate Allan
Broaching the subject of mental health. It’s not easy to discuss mental health, even though it affects everyone. We want to believe we can handle anything that comes at us, but the reality is we all have good days and bad days. Because of this, it is important to check in with our mental health. Through guided illustrations, author Kate Allan opens the door to discussion about mental health in an approachable and unassuming manner. Staff Pick!
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How to breathe : 25 breathwork practices for connection, joy, and resilience
by Ashley Neese
A simple guide to breathwork by a lauded expert that takes you through 25 simple practices for everyday situations, such as de-stressing, managing anger, falling asleep, connecting with others, and more. In How to Breathe, breathwork expert Ashley Neese gives practical guidance for channeling the power of your breath to help you tackle common challenges with mindfulness and serenity. The book first introduces you to the foundations of breathwork, outlining the research-supported benefits of the practice and explaining how the breath relates to emotions and resilience. Neese then offers 25 customized practices that she has created for clients over the last decade. Each practice features an introduction explaining the origin, benefits, and purpose of the breathwork, followed by step-by-step instructions and post-practice notes. With transporting photography and modern design, How to Breathe shows how small exercises can have a huge impact on daily health and happiness.
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Sit-Ups Are Stupid & Crunches Are Crap : How to Strengthen Your Core, Get Great Abs and Conquer Back Pain-Without Doing A Single One!
by Todd Sinett
It's time to change the way you think about, and exercise, your abs. Dr. Todd Sinett, a second-generation chiropractor and certified fitness trainer, explains why you should never do a sit-up or any version of a crunch ever again! Sinett's innovative new book—which includes a detailed exercise routine (illustrated with photos) and a meal guide—teaches healthier and smarter ways to get great abs without compromising your back and neck anymore. Sit-Ups Are Stupid and Crunches Are Crap, based on the science of flexion, addresses the key issue of core imbalance and the resulting (and totally unnecessary) pain. Dr. Sinett shows how achieving core balance will transform your flexibility, breathing, and digestion—and, yes, get you the abs you've always wanted. Great abs no longer have to equal great pain.
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CBD : self-care secrets to hemp-derived wellness
by Blair Lauren Brown
Covering the exciting science behind CBD and offering hints on how to use it most effectively, the founder of Verté Essentials shares her knowledge of cannabidiol and provides recipes to try in daily practice. Illustrations.
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What to Expect Eating Well When You're Expecting
by Heidi Murkoff
This brand new edition of the pregnancy food bible provides a fresh, fun, realistic and body-positive approach to help moms-to-be navigate nutrition through the nine months of pregnancy.
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Say yes to what's next : how to age with elegance and class while never losing your beauty and sass!
by Lori Allen
From the star of Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta, now filming its eleventh season for TLC, comes a book and a life-makeover movement for women approaching fifty and beyond. Move over, girlfriend, Lori Allen is here to help you say yes to what's next! Starof Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta, Lori Allen uses her confidence, wisdom, and signature humor not only to help young brides on their most important day ever but also to model to them and their mothers how to live out the coming years as the best of their lives.
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Crisis Ahead : 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals and Other Emergencies
by Edward Segal
This book is based on the following premise: it's not a matter of IF a scandal or crisis will hit, it's WHEN. How a company deals with it will have lasting impact on their reputation, profits, and more. But for most organizations, when a crisis hits, they're caught off guard and ill-prepared. While essential, crisis plans are worthless unless properly executed, as the stories and examples featured throughout Crisis Ahead attest. Edward Segal's vivid and memorable accounts underscore the benefits of practicing and updating crisis plans at least once a year. The book also provides a template for creating a customizable crisis management plan.
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My Perfectly Imperfect Life : 127 Exercises for Self-Acceptance
by Irene Smit
From the bestselling editors at Flow magazine comes a guided journal with a welcoming, come-as-you-are message: Embrace the things that make you you, flaws and all. Charmingly illustrated and filled with activities and exercises, My Perfectly Imperfect Life inspires readers to let go of the pressure to be perfect and to celebrate quirks, slipups and imperfections rather than judge them. Here are prompts for easing up on self-criticism. For slowing down, and worrying less about accomplishments. For keeping a sense of perspective—even a playful one—when things don’t go as planned. It’s a thoughtful gift and an inspiring counterpoint to the too-perfectly-curated, omnipresent Instagram lifestyle.
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Solutions and other problems
by Allie Brosh
The creator of the award-winning Hyperbole and a Half presents a new collection of comedic, autobiographical and deceptively illustrated essays on topics ranging from childhood and very bad pets to grief, loneliness and powerlessness in modern life.
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Yoga for better sleep : ancient wisdom meets modern science--postures, breathing exercises, and mindfulness practices for all ages
by Mark Stephens
Long-time yoga instructor, teacher trainer and best-selling author Mark Stephens integrates the ancient wisdom of yoga with the practical insights, age- and condition-specific sequences, and discussions of neuroscience and psychology to offer practical tools for improving sleep—naturally and drug-free. This book provides easy-to-do and effective yoga activities—including postural sequences, breathing exercises, and meditation tools—for better quality and quantity sleep across the life cycle from childhood to older age. Illustrations.
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Snooze : the lost art of sleep
by Michael McGirr
An exploration of the mysterious world of sleep reveals its benefits and what happens if we don’t get enough of it, and takes us on a tour through the odd sleep patterns of some of history’s greatest minds, including Aristotle, Homer, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Edison and others.
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| Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker, PhDWhat it is: an engaging and conversational attempt to answer the most scientifically elusive question about sleep.
Topics include: how relatively recent our understanding of the mechanics of sleep truly is; what sleep deprivation can do to the mind and body; how modern society's relationship with time makes everyone get less sleep than they need. |
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Sleepyhead : the neuroscience of a good night's rest
by Henry Nicholls
A science writer recounts his life dealing with chronic narcolepsy and explores the world of sleeping disorders and its victims—including insomniacs, fellow narcoleptics and sleep-apnea sufferers—and uncovers the secrets of a good night's rest.
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The sleep revolution : transforming your life, one night at a time
by Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington
The editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post and best-selling author of Thrive evaluates the role of sleep as a cultural and historical unifier, the impact of sleep deprivation on health and the science community's recommendations for how to achieve more restorative sleep.
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The secret world of sleep : the surprising science of the mind at rest
by Penelope A. Lewis
A highly regarded neuroscientist and contributor to such publications as New Scientist explains the lesser-known role of sleep in processing the waking life and making sense of difficult emotions and experiences, drawing on the latest research to offer insight into the important functions of the sleeping brain.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Iredell County Public Library 201 North Tradd Street Statesville, North Carolina 28677 704-878-3090www.iredell.lib.nc.us/ |
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