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Apr 2020
26m 58s

Checking In and What We’re Loving

The Wellness Scoop
About this episode

A shorter episode focused on what we’ve been enjoying reading, watching and listening to during these strange times and how we’re trying to keep happy and productive.


Poem: The Rainbow Children, Gemma Peacock 

 

Books: 

  • Playing to win, A. G. Larfley and Roger L. Martin
  • Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd, Youngme Moon
  • When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
  • Any Human Heart, William Boyd 
  • Educated, Tara Westover 
  • A Monk’s Guide to Happiness, Gelong Thubten 

 

TV Show:

  • Unorthodox, Netflix 

 

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