Tips for a Healthy 2.0 Lifestyle

In addition to reading Good Books in Bad Times, you may be IM-ing, YouTubing, Googling, updating your stats and pics on Flickr, MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, sending out one Tweet after another, or plain old texting and emailing…phew! This is an era of stress in every capacity, and yet we are compelled to add more to [...]

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Good Insight in Bad Times

From a recent edition of the “Daily Insight” newsletter from HarperOne…

The power we hold over the planet is awesome. We have changed the Earth’s natural course of development and affected its health by what we do and how we live our lives. We can just as easily change its course again–for the better.
–From You Are [...]

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Need a Miracle?

In her first novel, “A Journey, a Reckoning and a Miracle,” psychiatrist KJ Fraser explores who we are as a society right now, in 2009. We have suffered through the aftermath of 9/11, and we continue to suffer through the results of the war in Iraq, the global recession, and much more. Certainly we have [...]

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Adversities are Blessings in Disguise

When confronted with problems in life, people often ask themselves “Why me?” Al Weatherhead, a business leader whose products are in nearly every kitchen in the country, used to approach obstacles this way, but not anymore. Having battled alcoholism and heart disease, as well as failed marriages and the loss of a child, [...]

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Get Your Wisdom On*

Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Soak it then in such trains of thoughts as, for example: Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible.” ~ Marcus Aurelius from Meditations
Not only is Marcus Aurelius one of my [...]

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Practice Silence

In difficult times as these, when everyday the media gives us more bad news about the economy, it is vital to find ways to silence the din of pessimism, find relief from stress and anxiety, and restore one’s spirit and confidence. Anne D. LeClaire shares with [...]

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Heal Thyself

I have an excellent submission for Good Books in Bad Times…Your Hands Can Heal You by Stephen Co and Eric B. Robins, M.D.  The book provides “energy remedies to boost vitality and speed recovery from common health problems.”  From the back cover, “This book will teach you the many ways in which you can incorporate [...]

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More good books…

This time a magazine and a blog both take on the topic of “good books for tough times” and they both take a very practical approach.
Oceanside Magazine tackles the practical and financial side of tough times in their list of recommended books. We’re impartial to their final suggestion however, The Self-Sufficient Life and How [...]

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