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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Description
Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her caused people to react in a way she didn't understand. She suspected it was because she didn't feel things the way other kids did. Emotions like fear, guilt, and empathy eluded her. For the most part, she felt nothing. And she didn't like the way that "nothing" felt. She did her best to pretend she was like everyone else, but the constant pressure...
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When you're autistic, it can be tough to prioritize wellness. Self-Care for Autistic People can help you engage in some neurodivergent self-care-without pretending to be neurotypical. You'll find more than 100 activities that help you accept yourself, destigmatize autism, find your community, and take care of your physical and mental health. You'll find solutions for managing the challenging aspects of autism, as well as ideas to bring out the many...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
And Then We Rise is about Common's journey to wellness as a vital element of his success. A testimony to the benefits of self-care, this book is composed of four different sections, each with its own important lessons: "The Food" focuses on nutrition. "The Body" focuses on fitness. "The Mind" focuses on mental health. And "The Soul" focuses on perhaps the most profound thing of all--spiritual well-being. Common's personal stories act as the backbone...
Author
Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Compassionate, groundbreaking, and urgently needed, Stand By Me provides caregivers with new ways to juggle the responsibilities and emotional ups and downs of caregiving. As the founder of the only devoted Caregivers Clinic in the country, clinical psychologist Dr. Allison Applebaum is no stranger to the intensity of being an unpaid, untrained family caregiver. She also understands that it is often the strength and well-being of these very caregivers--the...
Author
Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Sex Cells is the tale of scientific stonewalling, intrepid advocacy, and the still-pitched battle to get the scientific and medical world to recognize that women are not small men. Phyllis Greenberger has been working in the field of biological sex differences for more than 30 years, and she continues to be struck by the lack of understanding about this topic, even among medical professionals. After all, it's a fundamental aspect of human life: males...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Soothe stress, unwind, and feel more joyful-without a cocktail, beer, or glass of wine. Are you tired of hangovers? Do you wish you could think more clearly during the day or feel less anxious at night? Are you curious about that #soberlife? Many of us want to cut back on our drinking-or even stop altogether. But in a culture that glamorizes the cocktail hour, "white wine playdates," and boozy brunches, you might wonder, What would I do instead? If...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
¿Qué sabemos actualmente sobre el envejecimiento y qué podemos hacer para envejecer mejor? La humanidad lleva intentando vencer al paso del tiempo desde siempre. La mitología y la ficción están llenos de personajes que buscan la manera de no envejecer y convertirse en inmortales. Pero no ha sido hasta el siglo XXI cuando la ciencia ha avanzado lo suficiente para que este sueño se convierta en realidad. Por fin entendemos por qué con la edad...
Author
Publisher
Balance
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"We are in the midst of a global mental health crisis: -More than one in six American adults now take psychiatric medication. -The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease is expected to triple by 2050. -Depression is now the number one cause of disability in the world. -The COVID-19 pandemic has quadrupled reports of anxiety and depression. Although medications may ease suffering for some, in Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind, Dr. Georgia Ede argues that...
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Quietly heartbroken, Edwin Tully lives alone in the house he used to share with the man he once loved. He tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to build a future from the fragments of the past. Then the weather turns, and the river spills into Edwin's quiet world, bringing with it Adam Dacre from the Environment Agency. An unlikely knight, this stranger with roughened hands and worn wellingtons offers Edwin the hope of something he thought...
Author
Series
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Five beautifully illustrated spreads show a series of people you might see in a hospital that include a nurse, a paramedic, an orderly, and a doctor all hiding behind bright felt flaps. With a mirror on the final page, this is the perfect book to share with very little ones."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Harper Celebrate, an imprint of HarperCollins Focus LLC
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"In Turn to the Sun, wellness coach Brittany Gowan guides you down a nourishing path of intentional affirmations, soul-refreshing meditations, and lush botanical photography that helps you release stress and elevate your well-being in the company of nature."--
Author
Publisher
University of Alaska Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1954 a Black boy is born on a plantation in rural Virginia. He inhabits a liminal inner world where sensory experiences blur together and memory is fluid. For the first four years of his life, he doesn't speak. Then he finds his voice. Slowly entering the outside world, he evolves into an artist and educator whose extraordinary literary and musical gifts emerge through unspoken neurological challenges. Anand Prahlad's distinctly American journey...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In this revelatory memoir, Anna Gazmarian tells the story of how her evangelical upbringing in North Carolina failed to help her understand the mental health diagnosis she received, and the work she had to do to find proper medical treatment while also maintaining her faith. When Anna is diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2011, she's faced with a conundrum: while the diagnosis provides clarity about her manic and depressive episodes, she must confront...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Despite being a published writer with a family, a gaggle of internet fans, and (most shockingly) a mortgage, Emily Farris could never get her sh*t together. To her, being bad at staying organized was just one of her many character flaws--that is, until she was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 35. Like many women and girls with undiagnosed ADHD, Emily spent her life internalizing criticisms about her lack of follow-through and carrying around a lot...
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