BOOKS
Powered by ADHD. Strategies and Exercises for Women to Harness Their Untapped Gifts
By Amelia Kelley, PhD
Backed by the latest research on the benefits that exist with having ADHD, Powered by ADHD is a practical road map for women to take charge and harness their enormous strengths and talents. With more than 20 years of experience working with neurodivergence, Dr. Amelia Kelley offers guidance, skills, and tools that emphasize flexibility and self-compassion to help women develop a positive self-image and see immediate results in all areas of life.
Penguin Publishing Group
Gratitude
By Oliver Sacks
A deeply moving testimony and celebration of how to embrace life. In January 2015, Oliver Sacks was diagnosed with a recurrence of cancer, and he shared this news in a New York Times essay that inspired readers all over the world: “I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude…. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.” Gratitude consists of four essays accompanied by a foreword that describes the occasion of each chapter.
Knopf Canada
On Living
By Kerry Egan
As a hospice chaplain, Kerry Egan didn’t offer sermons or prayers, unless they were requested; in fact, she found, the dying rarely want to talk about God, at least not overtly. Instead, she discovered she’d been granted a powerful chance to witness firsthand what she calls the “spiritual work of dying”—the work of finding or making meaning of one’s life, the experiences it’s contained and the people who have touched it, the betrayals, wounds, unfinished business, and unrealized dreams.
Penguin Publishing Group
MOVIE
Super/Man
Writer Josh Margolin
Meet Patrice Jetter, a beloved school crossing guard in her New Jersey town. She carries herself with uncommon optimism and vigour despite, as a disabled person, constantly having to navigate a world that was not built with her in mind. She has a passion for figure skating, model trains, and making art of all kinds. She’s planning to finally get married to her partner Garry, who is a wheelchair user. They come to learn that U.S. law has an unexpected penalty: when two people receiving Social Security disability benefits or Medicaid want to get married or even move in together, their financial support is cut.
Hulu
PODCAST
The Mindful Day
Designed for busy professionals looking to integrate mindfulness into their daily lives, this ultimate guide draws on contemplative practice, modern neuroscience, and positive psychology to bring peace and focus to the home, in the workplace, and beyond. Noted mindfulness expert and international teacher and business leader Laurie J. Cameron – a veteran of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, a senior fellow at the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason, and 20-year mindfulness meditation practitioner – reveals how to seamlessly weave mindfulness and compassion practices into your life. Timeless teachings, compelling science, and straightforward exercises designed for busy schedules.
