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BKLYN BookMatch: Self-Help & Pop Science Picks Similar to Digital Minimalism, Talking to Strangers and Big Friendship

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How emotions are made
Lisa Feldman Barrett.
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A new theory of how the brain constructs emotions that could revolutionize psychology, health care, law enforcement, and our understanding of the human mind.

Belong : find your people, create community, & live a more connected life
Agrawal, Radha, author.
Format: PRINTED MATL

How is it that the internet connects us to a world of people, yet so many of us feel more isolated than ever? That we have hundreds, even thousands of friends on social media, but not a single person to truly confide in? Radha Agrawal calls this "community confusion," and in Belong she offers every reader a blueprint to find their people and build and nurture community, because connectedness--as more and more studies show--is our key to happiness, fulfillment, and success.

The art of showing up : how to be there for yourself and your people
Miller, Rachel Wilkerson, author.
Format: eBook

How to form and maintain genuine friendships in an age of social disconnect.

Daring greatly
Brenâe Brown.
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A transformative new vision for the way we lead, love, work, parent, and educate that teaches us the power of vulnerability.

How to do nothing : resisting the attention economy
Odell, Jenny (Multimedia artist), author.
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A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention--and our personal information--that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world.