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Summary: A complete guide to starting and maintaining a meditation practice. Beginning with the simplest breathing and sitting techniques, and based on three key skills--concentration, mindfulness, and lovingkindness--it's a practice that can transform lives by building greater resiliency, creativity, peace, clarity, and balance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2019
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Summary: "Technology-at least in theory-is improving our productivity, efficiency, and communication. The one thing it's not doing is making us happier. We are experiencing historically high levels of depression and dissatisfaction. But it doesn't have to be that way. Technology can drive-not diminish-human happiness. Our brains receive 11 million bits of information every second but can only process 40...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 158 BLADondi
Summary: "The Five Elements brings the wisdom of an ancient healing system to the modern reader. Many people today are interested in knowing themselves better, as evidenced by the popularity of personality tests online and in magazines. They want to know the reason behind their responses to situations. In this book, Dondi Dahlin shows us that we are all born with individual rhythms that go beyond the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee 2016
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Summary: "Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisis and one of the world's leading experts on behavior change, shows that the problem isn't you. The problem is your scarcity mindset, left over from our ancient ancestors. They had to constantly seek and consume to survive because vital survival tools like food, material goods, information, and power were scarce and hard to find. But with our modern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2023
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Summary: Embrace Hygge (pronounced hoo-ga) and become happier with this definitive guide to the Danish philosophy of comfort, togetherness, and well-being.Why are Danes the happiest people in the world? The answer, says Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen, is Hygge. Loosely translated, Hygge--pronounced Hoo-ga--is a sense of comfort, togetherness, and well-being. "Hygge is...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 948.9 WIKBono, Tim
Summary: Are you as authentically happy as your social media profiles make it seem? When a group of researchers asked young adults around the globe what their number one priority was in life, the top answer was "happiness." Not success, fame, money, looks, or love...but happiness. For a rising generation of young adults raised as digital natives in a fast-paced, ultra-connected world, authentic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Life & Style 2018
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Summary: The author recounts her struggles with perfectionism and anxiety and shares the self-help techniques she acquired through working with mental health experts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 JAMCleantis, Tracey
Summary: "When the best option is to let go of the life you planned for yourself and find a new path, a world of possibilities can surprisingly open up. Learn whether it is time to let go, and if so, how to move through your grief and find your way forward in TheNext Happy. If you believe, you can do anything. Although well-meaning, these intended words of inspiration can make us feel like failures....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hazelden 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 CLEArnold, Caroline L.
Summary: "A Wall Street tech leader explains how small behavioral changes lead to major self-improvement Whether trying to lose weight, save money, or get organized, we're always setting goals and making resolutions but rarely following through on them. Determination and willpower aren't strong enough to defeat our mass of ingrained habits; to succeed we have to learn how to focus our self-control on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-help ArnoldBoardman, Samantha
Summary: "In this work, the author defines vitality as the positive feeling of aliveness and energy that lies at the core of wellbeing, and offers strategies for cultivating this feeling. Vitality is associated with positive health outcomes like productivity, better coping with stress and challenges, greater mental health and the ability to manage negative emotions. Boardman believes that meaningful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Life 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 BOAKanzer, Jessie Asya
Summary: "Here are forty-seven inspirational pieces that are smart, hip, accessible, and rich with insight; forty-seven bite-sized stories of struggle, triumph, and contemplation based on sharp observations and anecdotes from the author's life. Each chapter begins with a verse from the Tao, followed by anecdotes and observations that give the teachings of Lao Tzu's applicability to contemporary life....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hampton Roads Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 KANLondon, Stacy.
Summary: The author, the style savant cohost of TLC's What Not to Wear examines the universal obstacles all women, including herself, put in their way. With her unique talent for seeing past disastrous wardrobes to the core emotional issues that caused these sartorial crises, she has transformed not only the looks but also the lives of hundreds of guests who have appeared on What Not to Wear. Now for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Adult 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.9 LONMarino, Gordon Daniel
Summary: Offers an introduction to existentialism and how readers can use the lessons of its proponents to improve their lives and become more emotionally attuned human beings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Phil MarinoNewman, Wendy
Summary: "Wendy Newman has made every imaginable dating mistake--so you don't have to. Part guidebook, part personal tell-all, 121 First Dates chronicles Wendy's funny, real-life dating misadventures and the practical wisdom she gained from them. Her tales will find you laughing, commiserating, and nodding your head as you learn how to stay in the dating game until you find the right man, just like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books/Beyond Words 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 NEWRodsky, Eve
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play and "the Marie Kondo of relationships" comes an inspirational guide for setting new personal goals, rediscovering your interests, cultivating creativity, and reclaiming your Unicorn Space"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 RODCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 RODShah, Neil.
Summary: " A simple, straightforward guide to managing the daily stress in your life. Too busy to get everything done? Lie awake at night worrying and fretting? It is all too easy to feel out of control in the modern world. With so many demands on your time, you can feel overstretched and overburdened. However, there are easy ways to gain control and banish your worries for good. This accessible book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tarcher/Penguin 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 SHAWellings, Nigel
Summary: "An accessible guide from an expert on Mindfulness on how to get the most out of meditation--and make the practice a permanent part of your daily life. Meditation is supposed to be a practice that's relaxing and beneficial...so why is it so hard to commit to? While many people have taken workshops in meditation, a significant number don't maintain their practice for long after the class is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 WELFailla, Maria
Summary: "Planty practices to grow your way to happier, more peaceful life Discover the power of plants to help you disconnect from the stress and anxiety of modern life and grow more joy in your world. Filled with practices to help plant lovers step away from their screens and cultivate delight and peace of mind with plants, Growing Joy is your guide to transforming plant care into self-care. In easy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.8 FAIGrazer, Brian
Summary: "From Academy Award-nominated producer Brian Grazer and acclaimed business journalist Charles Fishman comes a brilliantly entertaining peek into the weekly "curiosity conversations" that have inspired Grazer to create some of America's favorite and iconic movies and television shows--from 24 to A Beautiful Mind. For decades, film and TV producer Brian Grazer has scheduled a weekly "curiosity...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 153.8 GRAKnight, Sarah
Summary: Presents an irreverent guide to letting go of the weight of others' expectations and doubling down on one's dreams to find real, lasting happiness. --Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 KNICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 KNIHuffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos
Summary: "In her new book, Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Thrive delves into the sleep revolution that is happening all across the world - a revolution that can transform our lives. Sleep, she writes, is one of humanity's great unifiers, binding us to each other, to our ancestors, to our past, and to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 HUFCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 HUFJamieson, Alexandra
Summary: "A holistic health counselor and co-star of award-winning documentary Super Size Me explores women's cravings--for food, sleep, sex, movement, companionship, inspiration--and teaches them to listen to their bodies for a healthier, fuller life. Transformational health expert Alexandra Jamieson is a woman on a mission. Having overcome her own food addictions and the weight and health problems...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 JAMShetty, Jay
Summary: "Instead of presenting love as an ethereal concept or a collection of cliches, Jay Shetty lays out specific, actionable steps to help you develop the skills to practice and nurture love better than ever before. He shares insights on how to win or lose together, how to define love, and why you don't break in a break-up. Inspired by Vedic wisdom and modern science, he tackles the entire...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.4 SHECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: 152.4 SHECopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation ShettySpiegel, Amy Rose
Summary: "With whip-smart prose, reminiscent of Roxane Gay and Meghan Daum, ACTION interweaves Spiegel's own sexual autobiography with loving advice on one-night stands, relationships, and everything in between. ACTION is a book about sex that people won't feel embarrassed about owning. There are absolutely zero provocatively shaped fruit on the cover, for one. In ACTION, Amy Rose Spiegel exhorts you to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2016