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As the temperatures start to drop and our daylight hours dwindle down, it is important to take time to add some self care into our routines. It can be easy to slide off our regular exercise routines, go over budget with upcoming holiday plans, and for many people, the winter season can have you feeling blue. The winter season can be tough to get through, but these books from the library can help you feel motivated to maintain a regular, productive routine to keep you feeling your best.

Picture Books for All Ages:

These wholesome picture books are great for introducing the concept of self care to kids of all ages.

• Noodle and the No Bones Day by Jonathan Graziano
• Sometimes, All I Need is Me by Juliana Perdomo

Practicing Mindfulness:

Take some time to read up on different ways to self care and incorporate different methods in your life.

• Ritual as Remedy by Mara Branscombe
  Embodied practices for soul care
• Practicing Presence by Lisa Lucas
  Simple self-care strategies for teachers
• The (More or Less) Definitive Guide to Self-Care by Anna Borges

Fitness Books and DVDs:

Exercise is one of the best ways to improve your mood and relieve stress. The library has a wide variety of fitness books and DVDs to choose from for people of all ages and abilities. Best part--they can all be done in the comfort of your home and neighborhood!

• Walking with Glenn Berkenkamp by Glenn Berkenkamp
  35 wellness walks to expand awareness, increase vitality, and reduce stress
• Fit Girl by Rebecca Rissman
  Yoga for fitness and flexibility

Spiritual Self Care:

• What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo   
  A memoir of healing from complex trauma
• Waking Up by Sam Harris
  A guide to spirituality without religion

Money & Budgeting:

• How to Money by Jean Sherman Chatzky
  Your ultimate visual guide to the basics of finance

Mental Exercise:

• Keep Sharp by Sanjay Gupta, MD
  Build a better brain at any age
• Art Before Breakfast by Danny Gregory
  A zillion ways to be more creative, no matter how busy you are

3/14/2022

Minne-Murals™ are here again! This month will be about the Bald Eagle, remember to pick up your kit at the library then join us on Zoom Wed, March 23 @ 6:30 pm to color with us. More information...

Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend by Ben Philippe

Notes from the Other Side of the Fist Bump // Ben takes his role as your new Black friend seriously, providing original and borrowed wisdom on stereotypes, slurs, the whole "swimming thing," how much Beyoncé is too much Beyoncé, Black Girl Magic, the rise of the Karens, affirmative action, the Black Lives Matter movement, and other conversations you might want to have with your new BBFF. This book is a conversational take on topics both light and heavy, universal, and deeply personal that reveal incisive truths about the need for connection in all of us.

305.80 PHILIPPE

Woke, Inc. by Vivek Ramaswamy

Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam // This book begins as a critique of stakeholder capitalism and ends with an exploration of what it means to be an American in 2021--a journey that begins with cynicism and ends with hope.

322.3 RAMASWAMY

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh

We face a potent intersection of crises: ecological destruction, rising inequality, racial injustice, and the lasting impacts of a devastating pandemic. The situation is beyond urgent. To face these challenges, we need to find ways to strengthen our clarity, compassion, and courage to act. Nhat Hanh make it blazingly clear: Mindfulness and the radical insights of Zen meditation can give us the strength and clarity we need to help create a regenerative world in which all life is respected.

294.3927 NHAT HANH

Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe by Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson

Daniel and Jorge offer short, accessible, and lighthearted answers to some of the most common, most outrageous and most profound questions about the universe they've received. This witty, entertaining, and fully illustrated book is an essential troubleshooting guide for the perplexing aspects of reality, big and small, from the invisible particles that make up your body to the identical version of you currently reading this exact sentence in the corner of some other galaxy.

523.1 CHAM

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