MeWeRTH’s Reading for Well-Being Community Book Club

Professor Pozzulo’s Pick (Jan, 2025) How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be  by Katy Milkman (2021; published by Portfolio ) My take: Feeling like you need a change? Finding it hard to make a change “stick”. Perhaps you’re using an ineffective strategy or approach. In How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where you Are to Where You Want to Be, Milkman (2021) reviews the science of how to make behaviour change last with several evidence-based strategies to help you reach your goals. Milkman examines the steps you can take to make changes that can improve health and well-being. Milkman’s expertise in “change behavior” makes this book not only educational by explaining the science behind behavior change but also provides a “how to” to achieve your desired change. Each chapter examines an internal obstacle that stands between you and achieving your goal. By the end of the book, you’ll learn how to recognize the obstacles and what you can d...

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  Professor Pozzulo’s Pick (Dec, 2024) Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other by Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (2024, published by Random House Canada ) My take: December is often associated with the “holiday season” and although it can be a time filled with positive emotion, it also can be a difficult time for many, for a variety of reasons. As such, I wanted to select a book that focused on emotional well-being and relationships for my December pick. Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other by Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (2024) is just that. Grégoire takes you on a personal journey of emotional self-discovery and explores some of the science behind emotion and how feelings manifest in our relationships. Among a number of questions explored in the book, Grégoire examines how your feelings of attachment develop and play out in your relationships. She interviews several professionals who discuss their work aimed at optimizing health and psychological flexibility. T...

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Dr. Pozzulo interviews Dr. Marc Shultz co-author of   The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness  by Robert Waldinger, MD and Marc Schultz, Ph.D. (2023). Listen here: Libsyn:  https://readingforwellbeingpodcast.libsyn.com/ Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4KZbuUv4gfnFPLyipUiYcC?si=fa0c70a9fac74450 Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/reading-for-well-being-podcast/id1771920126

    Professor Pozzulo’s Pick (Nov, 2024) Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton (2013, published by Simon & Schuster ) My Take:   Perhaps you’ve heard the adage, “money can’t buy happiness”? In Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending, Dunn and Norton (2013) explore whether spending money differently can impact happiness and well-being. Can people spend their money in “happier” ways? The short answer is…Yes! I was hesitant to make this book my pick because so many are finding it difficult to cover the essentials, such as housing and food, let alone have money for discretionary spending. By the time I finished the book, I changed my mind. The connection between well-being and money isn’t necessarily about having more money (although let’s face it, there are some advantages to having more money and everyone needs a certain amount of money to live), it is about how you spend the money you have. Let’s say you have $5 for disc...