Book #232 of 2018: How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids by Jancee Dunn I think this self-help book would probably be most beneficial for parents who have already found their relationship growing more toxic, but it was certainly eye-opening to read five months before the due date of my first child. I feel …
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Book #60 of 2017: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin Early on in Gretchen Rubin’s year spent practicing habits aimed at her own happiness (and writing about it), an acquaintance tells …
Book #29 of 2017: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey This self-help book is a tad jargon-heavy, and there are a lot of parts that should be taken with a grain of salt (if not discounted entirely). But overall it was a good read for …
Book #49 of 2016: Yes Please by Amy Poehler Amy Poehler’s first book is 50% hilarious memoir, 50% gentle self-help book, and 100% unabashed feminist tome. The only problem is that Poehler’s feminism is not very intersectional, and there were a few parts that really rubbed me the wrong way. On two separate occasions in …
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