Books and Podcasts for You

Written by Amy Heydlauff

Available for $20 through Harvard Health Publishing and $21 on Amazon.

This book is 53 pages long and contains nine workouts. It will help you find a good workout, add a little zip to your current workout, or bump up a plateauing routine.

Harvard Health Publishing also publishes a book entitled 6-Week Plan for Healthy Eating.

by Martha Whitmore Hickman

A paperback copy is about $10 on Amazon.

First published in 1994 and continues to be published today. While the book itself is 384 pages long, the format is a daily reading with a quote for every day. An example is “There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.” Thornton Wilder.

The quote is followed by a few paragraphs of text appropriate for a grief-stricken reader. In this case, part of the text exploration says, “We do know that love binds us to the dead and they to us – in stretchable, but not breakable bonds.”

This book has been a comfort to millions and has 4.8 stars on Amazon.

Hosted by Rebecca McInroy

Host leads conversations with two renowned psychologists. Dr. Bob Duke and Dr. Art Markman cover everything from our poor ability to assess risk (and if that even matters) to what’s happening in our brain while we sleep. A favorite episode on Jan. 10, 2025, highlights the psychology of the artificial. It was fun and informative in the face of buzz about artificial intelligence.

Each podcast lasts from 6-10 minutes and is entertaining and intelligent.

Episodes are between one and three minutes long. It might take you longer to find it when you search podcasts than to listen to it! It bills itself as giving the latest health and medical news. It really shares current research in a very abbreviated message.

If you love medical discovery, this podcast is for you. You’ll find the research topics interesting and sometimes surprising. Listen in if you’re discriminating enough to take away the kernel of the scientific conclusion without projecting the outcome in roundworms, mice, or computergenerated models, to people. Or if you understand that a study of 12 people is not definitive.

A podcast for people who feel best when connected to their Christian faith. The host (Tara Leigh Cobble) is energetic and well-informed from a historical perspective. She explains things like the definition of ‘heart’ in Hebrew. The heart is the seat of the mind. The heart deals with thoughts, will, and intentions. This learning gives depth to biblical messages like descriptions of David as a man after God’s own heart.

The Bible Recap is usually between 7 and 10 minutes long. Many people read the verses she covers, daily. Others are listeners only.

If meditation is more your style, try Daily Mindfulness. This podcast describes itself as ‘perfect for busy individuals seeking inner peace’. The host guides you through techniques like ‘soft gaze breathing’. He gives space to wandering thoughts and teaches how to let them go without chasing them. Each episode is approximately two and a half minutes long. In that short time, you will feel the difference in your mood and attitude.