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1) Guts
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Tackling the serious topic of stress in his famously entertaining manner, Professor Sapolsky sets the stage on a Kenyan savannah, with a hungry lion in hot pursuit of a terrified zebra. As he explains, the zebra's fight-or-flight response channels essential energy to its survival effort by shutting down and even damaging nonessential biological functions- in a temporary, short-term response. Unfortunately, humans can generate the same response simply...
3) Patina
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--
Author
Publisher
Piatkus Books an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Stress is very much part of life in the 21st century, and has overtaken the common cold as the major reason for taking time off work. But while we cannot avoid life's pressures, we can influence the degree to which they affect us, and how we react. This book will show you how. It examines why we become stressed, how the stress response is unique to each of us and why stress, particularly when combined with fatigue, can create a vicious circle that...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Dutch people are some of the happiest in the world. Their secret? They are masters of niksen, or the art of doing nothing"--
Niksen is not a form of meditation, or is it a state of laziness or boredom. To niks is to make a conscious choice to sit back, let go, and do nothing at all. Mecking shows readers how to take a break from all the busyness-- with heartfelt permission to do nothing. --
Author
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing, Ltd
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The perfect antidote to the stuff of life, pottering helps you discover the place where contentment lies. It is the simple joy of doing nothing and something, with a profound truth at its core: the happiness we find when we learn to let go and simply be. Brought to life in Anna McGovern's charming prose, this very British ritual is the perfectly imperfect way to live a little more and stress a little less.
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: Mindfulness Resources for Middle School Students
Children's: 2022 Middle School Wellness_Nonfiction
Children's: 2022 Middle School Wellness_Nonfiction
Description
"Book for teens teaches proven techniques and stress management skills to face the rigors of growing up. Packed with useful information on how stress affects physical and emotional health, readers will learn assertiveness, positive self-talk, time management, how to avoid online drama, and more"--
Author
Publisher
Finch Publishing
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Distorted body image is a growing concern amongst women in educated, often affluent communities, fuelled by a public obsession with the perfect body and a skewed definition of what it means to look fit, healthy and/or beautiful. Sometimes that distortion result in obviously unhealthy behaviour, but, disturbingly, it can also manifest as an over-zealous focus on health and fitness. Fit not Healthy is the story of how one woman's determination to be...
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