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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In </span><a href="https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=c25a1f38-8e42-3200-9385-a9f8efa83c98" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Attention
Hijacked: Using Mindfulness to Reclaim Your Brain From Tech</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, Erica Marcus suggests examining our use of technology to better understand how we are using it and the impact it has
on our minds and bodies. A simple activity such as charting our use and being more aware of how much time and focus is being given to technology can be helpful in changing habits. The
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e700xna" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">eBook Public
Library Collection</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> also includes some self-help books such as
</span><a href="https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=9fe562f8-aa93-373a-a515-8f7a23523739" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Positivity Effect: Simple
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</i></span><a href="https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=632038d5-dee0-350f-9f99-aa07445e2caa" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Art of De-Stressing:
Removing the Most Stressful Obstacles to Personal and Professional Success</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for those interested in a wider scope of life changes.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For those getting started or starting over with a movement routine,
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Complete</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> suggests "</span><a href="https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=867754d7-ddb6-373b-a7f4-537b1bf5270f" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Walking
for Exercise</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">" and provides tips on how to get started and choose proper shoes—and reminds us that walking is great because it can be done anywhere. As we age, falls become a serious
concern. To reduce the risk, </span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edspub&AN=edp234482&site=pfi-live" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Healthy
Years</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> has provided "</span><a href="https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=2aaba9e5-8fe3-3423-b9d9-32cbf6cdcedb" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How
to Gain Better Balance</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">" with a selection of exercises to help strengthen the body’s core. Finally, a step toward preventing chronic disease might be sleeping well. "</span><a href="https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=d985ae33-7430-34b1-9eff-1a8dd486c529" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Adopt
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