For the young (and young-ish) woman in your life: Lara Briden’s Period Repair Manual has tips for every type of period problem, plus in-depth explanations of how menstruation works. The type of health education every woman should have learned in school!
I’ve loved this book for a long time. Cliffnotes version: if you want to start a healthy habit, don’t set the bar too high. Choose one thing to start with, tie it to something you already do regularly, and make it super easy to begin. Once you’ve begun, you’ll start to feel better; then, you can set the bar higher - or even start a new healthy habit.
Hello Sleep
Can’t sleep? Stressed because you can’t sleep? This book uses a CBT-i approach to help you sleep better - tonight.
Almost everyone I know feels overwhelmed lately, and it’s impacting our health and our relationships. This book will help you identify - and fix - 14 types of daily stressors that contribute to feeling overwhelmed, and gives you tools to shield yourself from microstress.
The Art of Gathering
Getting together - an antidote to COVID isolation and trauma. This book will make you think differently about how and why we get together, and will make you a better host, facilitator, or leader in any kind of space.
