Be Wise! Be Healthy!

Be Wise! Be Healthy!
Author: Catherine Carstairs
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0774837217

Lose weight. Quit smoking. Exercise more. For over a century, governments and voluntary groups have run educational campaigns encouraging Canadians to adopt healthy habits in order to prolong lives, cost the state less, and produce more efficient workers. Be Wise! Be Healthy! explores the history of public health in Canada from the 1920s to the 1970s. Through the Health League of Canada, people were urged to drink pasteurized milk, immunize their children, and avoid extramarital sex. Health was presented as a responsibility of citizenship – and doctors and dentists as expert guides. Public health campaigns have reduced preventable deaths. But such campaigns can also stigmatize marginalized populations by implying that poor health is due to inadequate self-care, despite clear links between health and external factors such as poverty and trauma. This clear-eyed study demonstrates that while we may well celebrate the successes of public health campaigns, they are not without controversy.

Wise Teacher, Wise Student

Wise Teacher, Wise Student
Author: Alexander Berzin
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2010-06-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1559397489

The relationship between a teacher and student can be a most rewarding and life-enhancing experience, yet it can also be fraught with problems and misunderstandings. For Westerners working with Eastern teachers, the difficulties can be compounded by cultural differences, language barriers, and divergent expectations. Wise Teacher, Wise Student examines the teacher-student relationship as it is understood in the Tibetan Buddhist context. The author surveys a wide spectrum of situations, exploring the causes of potential pitfalls. In illuminating the sources of misunderstandings, he offers methods to heal wounds and encourage healthy relationships.

The Wisdom Pyramid

The Wisdom Pyramid
Author: Brett McCracken
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2021-01-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433569620

We're facing an information overload. With the quick tap of a finger we can access an endless stream of addictive information—sports scores, breaking news, political opinions, streaming TV, the latest Instagram posts, and much more. Accessing information has never been easier—but acquiring wisdom is increasingly difficult. In an effort to help us consume a more balanced, healthy diet of information, Brett McCracken has created the "Wisdom Pyramid." Inspired by the food pyramid model, the Wisdom Pyramid challenges us to increase our intake of enduring, trustworthy sources (like the Bible) while moderating our consumption of less reliable sources (like the Internet and social media). At a time when so much of our daily media diet is toxic and making us spiritually sick, The Wisdom Pyramid suggests that we become healthy and wise when we reorient our lives around God—the foundation of truth and the eternal source of wisdom.

Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise

Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
Author: Andrea Rains Waggener
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2005
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781592851546

Healthy Wealthy and Wise

Healthier at Home

Healthier at Home
Author: Don R. Powell
Publisher: American Institute for Preventive Medicine Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2006-07
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780976504801

Your guide to self-care and wise health consumerism.

Be Strong, Be Wise

Be Strong, Be Wise
Author: Amy R Carpenter
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1631950886

In Be Strong, Be Wise, psychotherapist and youth advocate Amy Carpenter provides all the information teens and young adults need to feel safe and confident in their relationships and in the world.

The Story Cure

The Story Cure
Author: Susan Elderkin
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2016-10-27
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1782115285

The stories that shape our children's lives are too important to be left to chance. With The Story Cure, bibliotherapists Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin have put together the perfect manual for grown-ups who want to initiate young readers into one of life's greatest pleasures. There's a remedy for every hiccup and heartache, whether it's between the covers of a picture book, a pop-up book, or a YA novel. You'll find old favourites like The Borrowers and The Secret Garden alongside modern soon-to-be classics by Michael Morpurgo, Malorie Blackman and Frank Cottrell-Boyce, as well as helpful lists of the right reads to fuel any obsession - from dogs or dinosaurs, space or spies. Wise and witty, The Story Cure will help any small person you know through the trials and tribulations of growing up, and help you fill their bookshelves with adventure, insight and a lifetime of fun.

Making Healthy Choices

Making Healthy Choices
Author: Merilee A. Kern
Publisher: Starbound Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781587367434

Shows girls how to overcome or avoid being overweight.