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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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| My Brown Baby: On the Joys and Challenges of Raising African American Children by Denene MillnerIn My Brown Baby, book editor and blogger Denene Millner collects many of her blog posts on parenting from the African American perspective. Presenting moving, humorous, and eye-opening essays on topics that include "Birthing While Black," aspects of motherhood from birth to the teen years, child-rearing do's and don'ts, stereotypes, teaching kids about racism, political and cultural issues, and the centrality of motherhood. Black parents looking for information, advice, or reassurance that they're not alone won't want to miss this handy, readable compilation. Other readers may want to educate themselves about the vital cultural issues Millner eloquently delineates. |
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| Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get on the Mat, Love Your Body by Jessamyn StanleyWhether you're a beginner or an experienced yoga practitioner, you'll find inspiration and information in Every Body Yoga. Yoga teacher Jessamyn Stanley offers how-to directions, reasons to try yoga even if your body doesn't fit the stereotypical yoga image, and reassurance. She covers the history of yoga, explains asana, an important yoga posture, and provides guidance on choosing a yoga practice. Colloquially illustrating her get-started chapters with personal anecdotes ("A Chick-fil-A Bandit Walks into Weight Watchers"), she ends with a section titled "Is It Really That Simple?" Apparently so, since Library Journal says that this "uplifting volume makes yoga approachable." |
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| The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It by W. Chris WinterWhile reams of articles and books on sleep have been published, The Sleep Solution lets you tailor solutions to your own experiences with sleep dysfunctions. Dr. Chris Winter, an expert on the neurology of sleep, answers questions: what sleep is good for, how it works, slumber patterns, and more. He also addresses the pros and cons of chemical sleeping aids, naps, and whether you need to schedule a sleep study. Practical, informed by scientific research, and accessible, this is the "rare book that may help sufferers of poor sleep," says Kirkus Reviews. |
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Decluttering and Conquering Stress
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| Getting Organized in the Google Era: How to Stay Efficient, Productive (and Sane)... by Douglas C. Merrill and James A. MartinAre you stressed out by all you have to do? Do you find yourself spinning your wheels when faced with the prospect of getting organized? Written by Google's former chief information officer and an award-winning technology blogger, this handbook aims to help its time-crunched readers increase productivity with the aid of new tools and technologies. Three sections cover a variety of topics, including identifying your own particular weaknesses, using select applications to increase productivity, and balancing your work with your personal life. Now's the time to streamline your work processes, with the help of this engaging compilation of tips and tricks! |
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| Stuffocation: Why We've Had Enough of Stuff and Need Experience More Than Ever by James WallmanIf you're living in a country with a market-driven economy, chances are that you have more possessions than you need, and they may be getting in the way of experiencing your life. In Stuffocation, journalist James Wallman reviews anthropological and economic studies that reveal the problems with first-world materialistic culture. He describes solutions such as minimalism and the Walden alternative, but concludes that cutting back on things isn't an adequate response: rather, we should emphasize experience over ownership. He even adds information on how to become "experientialists." For another approach to living a fuller but less "stuffed" life, try Sustainable Happiness, edited by Sarah van Gelder. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Cherry Hill Public Library 1100 Kings Highway North Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034 856-667-0300www.chplnj.org |
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