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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...
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English
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Taking care of ourselves is essential. But while many of us are focusing on our physical, emotional, and mental well-being, we're overlooking an aspect of ourselves that needs nourishing as well-our souls. This 49-day interactive devotional from clinical psychologist and theologian Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes shows how to begin caring for your spiritual self in only forty-nine days. Each day includes short, accessible, and practical prompts, practices,...
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
Mango Media
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Filled with transformative self-care practices and strategies to connect with ancestral roots, incorporate spirituality, and foster personal growth, the author introduces the philosophy of the African feminine divine, showing how embracing this power can improve self-confidence, self-esteem, mental health, and emotional well-being.
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Black men desperately need care and restoration. But what does that restoration look like when you're a Black man in today's world? How do you take care of your mental health when men who look like you die at the hands of police? How do you find peace and refuge when you're not sure how to keep up with your partner? Or navigate a challenging workplace? While scrolling through social media feeds, you may feel like you don't have access to wellness...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"For a certain class of American's, Donald McNeil was a comforting voice when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out. He was the regular reporter on the New York Times's popular Daily podcast, and he was telling folks to prepare for the worst. A generation of NYT readers went out and stocked up on food and PPE stuff because of his clear advice. He'd covered public health for the Times for 25 years and understood what he was seeing out of China. THE WISDOM...
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Between micro- and macro-aggressions at school, the workplace, and even the grocery store, a constant news cycle highlighting Latine trauma, and a general lack of resources for women of color, it's tough to be a Latina woman and prioritize your wellness, both physically and mentally. With Self-Care for Latinas, you'll find 150 exercises to radically choose to put yourself first. Whether you need a quick pick-me-up in the middle of the day, you're...
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
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...
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Publisher
Faith Words
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
¿Estás listo para vivir con más alegría, menos estrés y mejorar prácticamente todos los aspectos de tu vida? ¿Qué pasa si una vida sana, abundante, gozosa y llena de fe está al alcance de tu mano? ¿Qué pasaría si pudieras aumentar tu energía, vitalidad y felicidad? ¿Y si dejaras de arrastrarte durante el día, cansado, desanimado y deprimido, y conformarte con menos de esa vida que deseas?
Are you ready to live with more joy, less stress,...
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Publisher
Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"By combining a 5,000-year history rooted in time-tested, ancient traditions with cutting-edge science, Dr. Chiti Parikh, executive director of the Integrative Health and Wellbeing Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and a clinical professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, provides the steps you can take to bring your body into a lasting state of balance and live a longer life with more energy, less pain, and renewed confidence" --
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...
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Publisher
TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"An essential resource that addresses the unique experiences of trauma, healing, and mental health in Asian and Asian American communities. Coauthors Soo Jin Lee and Linda Yoon are professional therapists who witnessed firsthand how mental health issues often went unaddressed not only in their own immigrant families, but in Asian and Asian American communities. Where I Belong shows us how the cycle of trauma can play out in our relationships, placing...
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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