September 6th is National Read a Book Day!

Downers Grove IL

06 September, 2021

9:35 AM

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To be transported to new adventures. To learn new things. To be inspired and enlightened by others' perspectives, stories and experiences in lasting, monumental ways. And what better way to do all of this than dive into a new, insightful and exciting read! Here are a few books that would be perfect for National Read a Book Day. Corie Adjmi, award-winning author and women's empowerment advocate, harnesses the power and relatability of storytelling to help empower women in all areas of life in her multi-award-winning book, Life and Other Shortcomings. Life and Other Shortcomings recently took the gold in the 2021 Independent Book Publishers Association's Ben Franklin Award in Cover Design in the small format, fiction category and is also a 2021 International Books Award Winner in the Fiction: Short Story category! Corie Adjmi and "Life and Other Shortcomings" are the recipients of multiple awards, including: 2020 American Fiction Award Winner2020 Best Books Winning-Finalist 2021 IBPA: Ben Franklin Award Winner 2021 International Books Award Winner This book illustrates the stories of 12 women, all on a different path in life, with one common overarching theme: the beauty, honesty and compelling nature of the female experience and what it means to be a woman. Through each character's intimate journey, specific truths are revealed about what it means to be a woman—in a relationship with another person, in a particular culture and era—and how these conditions ultimately affect her relationship with herself. The stories as a whole depict patriarchy, showing what still might be, but certainly what was, for some women in this country before the #MeToo movement. 2.Former immunologist turned bestselling author, TEDx Speaker and mind-body wellness expert, Jaya Jaya Myra, wrote "The Soul of Purpose" to help readers find the connections between purpose, spirituality and health. After using a mind-body approach to completely heal from fibromyalgia that allopathic medicine could not cure, Myra wrote The Soul of Purpose to help help people find and live their purpose and create a personalized wellness plan that works for each unique person.According to Jaya Jaya Myra, personal wellbeing is foundational to societal wellbeing. The WELL Method outlined in the book creates a personal wellness blueprint and also inclusive societies that promote tolerance, anti-racism, gender equality and social justice. This book and her overall body of work supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in health and wellness (Goal #3), gender equality and equality for all people (Goals #5 and #10) and partnerships to reach these goals (Goal #17). 3. Dr. Vikki Petersen, certified clinical nutritionist, chiropractor, and certified functional medicine practitioner shares how symptoms, like the ones mentioned above, are actually from a quite common culprit… hiatal hernias. In her newly released book, "Hiatal Hernia Syndrome: Many Symptoms, One Cause," Dr. Vikki Petersen dissects the root causes, symptoms and treatments for hiatal hernias and Hiatal Hernia Syndrome. Dr. Vikki dives into the hard and truthful conversations that we need to have when it comes to taking care of our bodies. Not one treatment will work for everyone and not everyone wants to go down the long road that is hopping from one traditional medicine to the other. This book is designed to inform its reader on how to take back control of their body, and to increase awareness in the field of nutrition and Functional Medicine. 4.Lisa Skinner, behavioral expert in the field of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, navigates the heartbreaking challenges of having a loved one diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias in her recently revised book, "Truth, Lies and Alzheimer's: Its Secret Faces". Skinner's original thinking and counter-intuitive solutions provide family members, spouses, children, caregivers, and others with the tools they need to effectively manage the symptoms of brain disease. Readers of her book will feel empowered to work through the difficulties of the disease, and return to what matters — enjoying their remaining time with their loved one.