How to love someone without losing your mind : forget the fairy tale and get real / Baratz, Todd

"Whether you're on the apps or have already walked down the aisle, you are probably struggling to feel authentically connected. It's not just you; modern love is a mess. We've all heard the advice: You deserve to be loved unconditionally! People pleasing is bad! Your ex is a toxic narcissist! Love yourself first before you try to love someone else! But psychotherapist and sex therapist behind the popular YourDiagnonsense accounts Todd Baratz is here to share the hard truth: These rules are merely defense mechanisms that will sabotage your ability to form deep connections with real people. Adult relationships are not a fairy tale; they're fundamentally insecure and full of risk. Unconditional love doesn't exist between adult partners -- you need to do your part in order to deserve your partner's love. Your ideal relationship won't be manifested, but it can be created through skills like communication, curiosity, trust, and forgiveness. With wit, warmth, and wisdom, Baratz examines what our culture gets wrong about love, flips the rules that we've been taught, and offers a new way of relating to help you find your way to more fulfilling relationships, whether you're single or committed. Forget the fairy tale fantasies that are keeping you stuck; trade them in for realism, accountability, and skills so that you can create satisfying, good enough relationships. Get real with your partner, get dirty, make mistakes, and ultimately grow together. With examples from his own life as a gay man -- from childhood traumas, a ten-year relationship, and his current experience with dating app culture -- along with case studies from his work as a sex and relationship therapist, Baratz adds the needed nuance to what we seek most: love"--

Third millennium thinking : creating sense in a world of nonsense / Perlmutter, Saul

Based on a wildly popular UC Berkeley course, a primer on how to think critically, make sound decisions, and solve problems -- individually and collectively -- using scientists' tricks of the trade. In our deluge of information, it's getting harder and harder to distinguish the revelatory from the contradictory. How do we make health decisions in the face of conflicting medical advice? Does that article on GMOs even show what the authors claim? How can we navigate the next Thanksgiving discussion with our in-laws, who follow completely different experts on climate? In Third Millennium Thinking, a physicist, a psychologist, and a philosopher introduce readers to the tools and frameworks that scientists have developed to keep from fooling themselves, to understand the world, and to make decisions. We can all borrow these trust-building techniques to tackle problems both big and small. Using provocative thought exercises, jargon-free language, and vivid illustrations drawn from history, daily life, and scientists' insider stories, Third Millennium Thinking offers a novel approach for readers to make sense of the nonsense.

It's not you : identifying and healing from narcissistic people / Durvasula, Ramani
It is not you
"Healing and thriving after or even during a narcissistic relationship can be challenging, but it is possible. It's Not You shows that the first step is to stop trying to change the narcissistic person, stop blaming yourself, and start giving yourself permission to foster your autonomy and sense of self outside of this relationship"--

If you live to 100, you might as well be happy : essays on ordinary joy / Hoo, Rhee Kun
If you live to one hundred, you might as well be happy
This endearing, giftable guidebook by Korean bestseller Dr. Rhee reflects on the wisdom he's learned during his life: how to forgive, persevere, and stop the rat race, plus the joys of living simply and the power of ordinary happiness. He explores his relationships with his wife, children, and grandchildren, and how to stay whole as your body naturally ages. If You're Going to Live to 100 is a meditation on aging contently and finding peace and humor in everyday life.

Awakening your inner shaman : a woman's journey of self-discovery through the medicine wheel / Lobos, Marcela

"The stress, conflict, and crises of the outer world are a signal: the time has come to awaken your inner shaman. However, you don't need to be initiated into mystery teachings or become a medicine person to answer the call. In this book, Marcela Lobos reveals how to use the maps of the Medicine Wheel and the hero's journey to activate your inner power and live a self-realized existence of discovery, healing, and wholeness. From her war-torn childhood to her complicated relationships, her training with the shamans of the Andes and the Machi of Chile to her life today as a teacher and medicine woman, Marcela's story provides the reader with real-life context for each step on this ancient and archetypal journey. Through healing, deepening of understanding, transformation, and embodiment, you will learn to walk the Medicine Path to find your own power and inner beauty"--

Burn : the Burn Boot Camp 5-step strategy for inner and outer strength / Kline, Devan

"How would you like to create a life you love? As the CEO and COO of Burn Boot Camp, one of the fastest growing health franchises in the world, Devan and Morgan Kline have spent years devising the ultimate plan to answer that question. Now, they share their all their best advice in Burn, your five-point plan to stop self-sabotage and break bad habits like eating junk food, drinking too much, and not exercising enough or at all. And once and for all, you can end your depression and experience greater happiness. Burn is a book for people who struggle with their self-improvement efforts. It's based on one powerful assertion that makes this book radically different from others in this category: When your body moves, your psychology also changes for the better. Your feelings, thoughts, motivation, and behavior (what we call "inner fitness") improve! Your mind goes where your body leads, not the other way around. No matter who you are, what shape you're in, or the setbacks you've endured, you can move forward to create the life you want -- starting right now"--

The art and science of connection : why social health is the missing key to living longer, healthier, and happier / Killam, Kasley

A groundbreaking redefinition of what it means to be healthy. It introduces the need for social health -- the part of wellbeing that comes from feeling connected -- to truly flourish.

Burned : how business owners can overcome burnout and fuel success / Bee, Julie

"Burned is a step-by-step, practical guide for business owners to overcome, prevent, and leverage burnout in ways that fuel their growth and success"--

The glow code : a cheat sheet for feeling, looking, and being your best at any age / Mcivor, Michelle

"The Glow Code is an entertaining and engaging lifestyle manual offering concrete, actionable advice from experts across many fields to help women aged 35 and beyond navigate midlife, feel great, and age well. Covering a wide range of magazine topics but with deeper insight and sound advice, this is the cheat sheet for women with minimum free time but maximum ambition to feel, look and live better now, in midlife and beyond"--

Grief is a sneaky bitch : an uncensored guide to navigating loss / Keefauver, Lisa

"Grief. We've all experienced it. And if we're lucky, we've had support to find our way through it. In her book Grief is a Sneaky Bitch, Lisa Keefauver wants to provide that support through her expertise as a social worker and her own deeply personal experience of loss. Keefauver's advice is framed around the concept of the 5 Ws of grief: why you are grieving, what type of grief, who is grieving, where grief comes from and where it goes, and when we grieve. Building from her podcast of the same name, Keefauver asserts that we live in a grief-illiterate world and offers her readers "a place, time, and space to be seen, validated, and accompanied in your grief." The book is organized into short, manageable parts that address themes like time, relationships with others, stories, and grief skills. It is designed to be flexible, so the book can be read from cover to cover or readers can choose the pieces that will help them best since chapters have been crafted to be read in any order"--