Live Well @ Your Library

Filled with transformative self-care practices and strategies to connect with ancestral roots, incorporate spirituality, and foster personal growth, the author introduces the philosophy of the African feminine divine, showing how embracing this power can improve self-confidence, self-esteem, mental health, and emotional well-being.

From the Carolinas to Georgia and Florida, this is where descendants of enslaved Africans came together to make extraordinary food, speaking the African Creole language called Gullah-Geechee. In this groundbreaking and beautiful cookbook, Matthew Raiford pays homage to this cuisine that nurtured his family for seven generations. In 2010, Raiford's Nana handed over the deed to the family farm to him and his sister, and Raiford rose to the occasion, nurturing the farm that his great-great-great grandfather, a freed slave, purchased in 1874. In this collection of heritage and updated recipes, he traces a history of community and family brought together by food.

In this groundbreaking redefinition of health and wellbeing, an internationally recognized expert in social health argues that the definition of wellbeing is missing a major component: social connection, proving that relationships not only make us happy, but they are also critical to our overall health and longevity.

A research-backed guide for building bridges across difference in any area of our lives from an esteemed civil rights scholar"--Provided by publisher. We don't want to live in a society in turmoil. In fact, 93 percent of people in the US want to reduce divisiveness, and 86 percent believe it's possible to disagree in a healthy way. Yet with increasing political and social fragmentation, many of us don't know how to move past our differences. Civil rights scholar john a. powell presents an actionable path through "bridging" that helps us communicate, coexist, and imagine a new story for our shared future where we all belong. With inimitable warmth and vision, powell offers a framework for building cohesion and solidarity between disparate beliefs and backgrounds. Bridging is more than a discrete list of actions to follow -- it's a mindset we can develop to help us foster belonging and connection. Throughout the book, powell shares personal reflections as well as practices to help you begin bridging wherever you are -- in your community, friendships, family, workplace -- even with those whom you might never have imagined you could find common ground. "Bridging is a salve for our fractured world," powell says. "We can overcome the illusion of separateness by honoring our differences, transcending the notion that difference divides us, and instead cocreate a world where everyone belongs.

Entrepreneurs at any stage of growth will appreciate Dr. Hallmon's story--with all the ups and downs of founding the Village Market--and the road-tested advice she dispenses for those trying to find success in business, career, and life. She explains economic and social factors, missteps that can derail goals, and the tools necessary to create their own thriving village.