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Back to School = Back to Self Care

Whether you're attending, teaching, or shuffling off your little ones to class, the back to school season can be stressful. Wind down with these reads that promote self love and care.

Wood Buffalo Regional Library

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  • The College Student's Guide to Mental Health

    Essential Wellness Strategies for Flourishing in College

    Nosanow, Mia,
    This comprehensive guidebook covers every factor that can influence the mental health of college students, providing clear guidance for maintaining a healthy and successful lifestyle as students navigate their new life away from home.
    BookNovato, California : New World Library, [2024] — 616.89 NOS
  • In "There Is No Right Way to Meditate", artist Yumi Sakugawa helps you tap into your inner self and finally find the peace that you've been seeking. Each page offers a unique perspective on how to lead a more mindful life, with captivating…
    BookKansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2023] — 158.12 SAK
  • Goblin Mode

    How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck

    Coyle, McKayla,
    Do you ever feel strange, gross, chaotic, underappreciated, or like you don’t quite fit in? Great news: you might be a goblin! That means your imperfections and idiosyncrasies are the most awesome things about you, and you can build a more…
    BookPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania : Quirk Books, 2023. — 645 COY
  • Art for Self-care

    Create Powerful, Healing Art by Listening to Your Inner Voice

    Swift, Jessica,
    Art for Self-Care gives artists and non-artists alike tools to process emotions, reset, and express themselves through the healing powers of art
    BookBeverly, MA : Quarry, 2023. — 616.8916 SWI
  • Mindful in Minutes

    Meditation for the Modern Family

    Smith, Kelly (Yogi)
    Mindful in Minutes: Meditation for the Modern Family helps families explore the healing benefits of meditation with over 100 guided practices for parents, teens, and kids of all ages
    BookBeverly, MA : Fair Winds Press, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2023. — 158.12 SMI
  • Real Self-care

    a Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included)

    Lakshmin, Pooja,
    The self-care fixes that our culture prescribes keep us looking outward--comparing ourselves with others or striving for a certain type of perfection. Real self-care, in contrast, is not as simple as a fancy spa retreat or a journaling…
    Book[New York, New York] : Penguin Life, 2023. — 613 LAK
  • Wa

    the Art of Balance : Live Healthier, Happier and Longer the Japanese Way

    Okumura, Kaki,
    Wa means harmony, a central tenet at the heart of the Japanese belief that to live well is to live in balance. In this book, wellness expert Kaki Okumura shares the practices and psychology behind Wa and the Japanese health secrets that…
    BookLondon : Watkins, 2023. — 158.1 OKU
  • Looking After Your Autistic Self

    a Personalized Self-care Approach to Managing Your Sensory and Emotional Wellbeing

    Garvey, Niamh,
    It is a myth that autistic children grow into 'less autistic' adults. In fact, many autistic adults feel more overwhelmed as they age as the stresses of social demands such as relationships, parenting, or the work environment increase.…
    BookLondon : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2023. — 616.8588 GAR
  • Decolonizing Wellness

    a QTBIPOC-centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-image, and Achieve Body Liberation.

    Kinsey, Dalia, 1981-
    Registered dietitian and nutritionist Dalia Kinsey will help readers to improve their health without restriction, eliminate stress around food and eating, and turn food into a source of pleasure instead of shame. A road map to body…
    BookDallas, Texas : BenBella Books, Inc., 2022 — 613.089 KIN
  • The Self-talk Workout

    Six Science-backed Strategies to Dissolve Self-criticism and Transform the Voice in Your Head

    Turow, Rachel Goldsmith,
    Negative self-talk takes a toll on our minds, bodies, relationships, and work. Once freed from the internal tension inherent in self-criticism, people have more energy, enjoyment, and peace. But not all remedies for an unhealthy inner…
    BookBoulder, Colorado : Shambhala, [2022] — 158.1 TUR
  • Glow in the F*cking Dark

    Simple Practices to Heal Your Soul, From Someone Who Learned the Hard Way

    Schuster, Tara
    This book is a guide to healing your deepest soul wounds, getting offyour "good enough" plateau, developing habits that will give you lasting courage and resolve, and creating the spectacular life that you actually want. Full of practical,…
    BookNew York : The Dial Press, [2022] — 158.1 SCH
  • You Gotta Be You

    How to Embrace This Messy Life and Step Into Who You Really Are

    Goodman, Brandon Kyle,
    As a Black nonbinary, queer person in a dark-skinned 6'1", 180-pound male body born into a religious immigrant household, Brandon knows the pain of having to hide one's true self, the work of learning to love that true self, and the…
    BookNew York : Legacy Lit, 2022 — 158.1 GOO
  • My Hygge Home

    How to Make Home Your Happy Place

    Wiking, Meik,
    Inspired by Danish design and traditions, this beautiful new book from Meik Wiking shares how to turn your home into a sanctuary and live like the happiest people in the world. With simple tips based on new research from The Happiness…
    Book[Toronto, Ontario] : Penguin Canada, 2022. — 747.019 WIK
  • Brown explores the psychology of releasing our definitions of an 'imperfect' life and embracing living authentically. In a world where insults, criticisms, and fears are spread too generously alongside messages of unrealistic beauty,…
    BookCenter City, Minnesota : Hazelden Publishing, [2022] — 158.1 BRO
  • Please Yourself

    How to Stop People-pleasing and Transform the Way You Live

    Turrell, Emma Reed,
    This book will teach you how to be you. We all know how it feels to want people to like us, to approve of us, to accept us. It's part of what makes us human. And there's nothing wrong with wanting to support other people and help them…
    BookLondon : 4th Estate, 2021. — 158.1 TUR
  • You Matter.

    Learning to Love Who You Really Are

    Emerzian, Matthew
    You matter. Not because of what you earn or how you look or what you've achieved, but because you are inherently valuable. Author Matthew Emerzian takes this seemingly simple premise and shows readers how truly understanding their own…
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Essentials, [2020] — 158 EME
  • Good Morning, I Love You

    Mindfulness + Self-compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity + Joy

    Shapiro, Shauna L.
    Many of us yearn to feel a greater sense of inner calm, ease, joy, and purpose. We have tried meditation and found it too difficult. We judge ourselves for being no good at emptying our minds (as if one ever could) or compare ourselves…
    BookBoulder, Colorado : Sounds True, 2020. — 158.13 SHA
  • Burning Bright

    Rituals, Reiki, and Self-care to Heal Burnout, Anxiety, & Stress

    Patel, Kelsey
    Burning Bright dives deep into the nature of anxiety, the root of unhappiness, the cause of systemic burnout, and the origin of chronic pain, guiding readers through a re-examination of their thought processes and solution-based practical…
    BookNew York : Harmony Books, 2020. — 158.723 PAT
  • Average Is the New Awesome

    a Manifesto for the Rest of Us

    Matt, Samantha
    Americans tell their children you can become anything! But let's face it--most of us can't. Sure, some of our peers go on to become astronauts or billionaires. But most of us don't. In Average Is the New Awesome, Samantha Matt offers…
    BookNew York : Seal Press, 2020. — 158.1 MAT
  • The Everyday Ayurveda Guide to Self-care

    Rhythms, Routines, and Home Remedies for Natural Healing

    O'Donnell, Kate
    This book offers a new way to think about your health and understand the cause-and-effect relationship between your body, your environment, and your lifestyle. Through 70+ self-care recipes and routines, this book provides sound…
    BookBoulder, Colorado : Shambhala, 2020. — 615.538 ODO