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• Meditations for Mortals

  Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

  Burkeman, Oliver,

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  Practical tools drawn from philosophy, religion and self-help will encourage the reader to start where they are, rather than waiting for an imagined future when everything is better.

• The Seven Circles

  Indigenous Teachings for Living Well

  Luger, Chelsey,

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  Two Native American wellness activists offer wisdom for achieving spiritual, physical, and emotional wellbeing rooted in Indigenous ancestral knowledge.

• Hope for Cynics

  the Surprising Science of Human Goodness

  Zaki, Jamil, 1980-

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  Zaki proposes a solution for beating back cynicism through science and storytelling--hopeful skepticism.

• And Then We Rise

  a Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self

  Common (Musician),

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  The musician offers the story of his journey to wellness and how he sees it as a vital element of his success.

• Smart Thinking

  Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done

  Markman, Arthur B.

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  Focuses on mental clarity and the importance of optimism in decision-making.

• The Practice of Groundedness

  A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds-not Crushes-your Soul

  Stulberg, Brad

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  "In between toxic optimism and despair lies tragic optimism -- a crucial mindset for our times." (author)

• Evolving While Black

  the Ultimate Guide to Happiness & Transformation on Your Own Terms

  Lomax, Chianti,

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  "A Black woman's modern guide to authentic happiness, healing, and radical transformation" (publisher)

• How to Meditate

  a Practical Guide to Making Friends With Your Mind

  Chödrön, Pema,

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  American-born Tibetan Buddhist Chodron offers guidance on sitting with yourself.

• Wired for Music

  A Search for Health and Joy Through the Science of Sound

  Barton, Adriana

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• No tengas miedo de que to vida termine, sino de que nunca haya comenzado

  Luyé-Tanet, Laurence,

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• The Good Ancestor

  A Radical Prescription for Long-term Thinking

  Krznaric, Roman

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  A philosopher presents six ways we can expand our time horizons to confront the great long-term challenges of our age.

• Unfuck Your Brain

  Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-outs, and Triggers

  Harper, Faith G.,

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  Our brains are wired to keep us safe, but sometimes they can be real jerks. Learn some techniques for navigating challenging times in this practical guide.

• Loving Corrections

  brown, adrienne maree,

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  Brown knows that we need each other more than ever, and offers “loving corrections” as a guide towards towards collective power, righting wrongs, and true belonging.

• I Did a New Thing

  30 Days to Living Free

  Brown, Tabitha,

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  Brown's method of introducing novelty to the daily grind is both inspirational and fun to read.

• Platonic

  How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--friends

  Franco, Marisa G.,

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  Forming and caring for friends in adulthood can be challenging. The author presents the reasons why it's worth your time, and how to proceed.

• Indivisible

  How to Forge Our Differences Into a Stronger Future

  Hamilton, Denise,

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  We can only be what we can imagine. This guide offers offers self-examination questions, prompts, and strategies to recalibrate one's approach to life.

• Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves

  Lanham, J. Drew (Joseph Drew),

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  Clear-eyed poetry embedded with joy.

• On Freedom

  Snyder, Timothy,

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  The author argues that true freedom isn’t so much freedom from, as freedom to—the freedom to thrive, to take risks for futures we choose by working together. Drawing on the work of philosophers and contemporary thinkers, Snyder explores the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Drama Free

  a Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships

  Tawwab, Nedra Glover,

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  Clear advice for identifying dysfunctional family patterns and choosing the best path forward.