Health & Fitness
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Seek Discover Transform
A Path to Creating a Purpose-Filled Life by Laura MacDonell
Do you ever feel there is more to life than what you are experiencing? Are you continually searching for deeper fulfillment, for your life’s purpose? Then it’s time to get clear on what’s most important to you, interrupt the drift and take action to ...
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Extinguished
A Fire Chief's Memoir by Steve Serbic
What do you do when you lose more than you can afford, when the stable bridge you’ve been crossing suddenly gives way and you find yourself plummeting into a chasm of fear and self-doubt? After losing a dear friend and fellow firefighter to suicide, ...
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Obesity
Does it Need a Self-Balanced Lifestyle? by Lee B
What contributes to an unhealthy lifestyle? Often linked to decreased physical activity and lack of healthy choices in diet, The Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey Data, as well as Canadian Health Measures Survey ...
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Toronto Method Mindfulness Handbook
Six Lessons in Embodied and Compassionate Meditation by Ari Kaplan
Toronto Method Mindfulness Handbook is a thorough guide to the fundamental theory and practice of contemporary mindfulness meditation. It is a stand-alone resource for both beginning and intermediate practitioners. Through six lessons, Ari Kaplan ...
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Mr. François' Cycling Escapades
From Trike to Trike by François Mai
Starting with a tricycle at the age of four, François Mai has been passionate about cycling his whole life. Now in his eighties, François has come full circle and once again has a tricycle – a modern electric one. In the years between those two ...
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The Nana Elaine Chronicles
Our Journey with Alzheimer’s and Dementia by Jodi Walsh
If you are, were, or might ever be a caregiver, the Nana Elaine Chronicles was written for you. In it, Jodi Walsh shares the highs and lows of being a caregiver for her grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, as her nana moves from living in her ...
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Tangled in the Curves
Real Life with Idiopathic Scoliosis by Caroline Bell
Receiving a diagnosis of scoliosis - a condition where the spine bends and rotates for no known reason - can be an emotional time full of questions and concerns. You might feel like you have to navigate it all by yourself. But, know this: you are ...
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She Who Wears Mocassins and Carries A Big Stick
If I I Told You Would You Believe Me by Candace Dawn Hill - Osawuskiskwew brown bear woman
My father calls and tells me I have a name for you—"She Who Wears Moccasins and Carries a Big Stick" to which I reply what does that mean and he replies—"the moccasins represents your traditional spiritual walk and the big stick is symbolized by ...
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Rooted
How I Stay Small Town Strong When Life Gets Hard and How You Can Too: A Guide to Finding Joy, Learning from Struggle, and Coming Together One Season at a Time by Lewellyn Melnyk
Small towns are places where everyone knows each other’s names—and each other’s business, despite it being none of their own. Yet, folks in small towns never seem to want to talk about mental health. Rural living can be isolating with hours spent on ...
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Living With Cancer
A Few Things Your Friends Want You to Know by Dr. Gillian Dolansky Presner
After happily achieving many of my personal and professional childhood dreams, I was unexpectedly diagnosed with terminal cancer while pregnant with my 3rd daughter at the age of 36. In this book I write about my lived experience since that time and ...
