Spring Mindsets for Adults

Refresh your perspective this spring with librarian-recommended books about resilience, emotional well-being, and finding calm in a busy world.

Updated March 31, 2026
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Spring Mindsets for Adults

Refresh your perspective this spring with librarian-recommended books about resilience, emotional well-being, and finding calm in a busy world.

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Toxic positivity : keeping it real in a world obsessed with being happy
Goodman, Whitney
Paper Book
"I'll be forever changed by Toxic Positivity...This trailblazing book will help you transform your perspective about positivity." --Nedra Glover Tawwab, author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace A powerful guide to owning our emotions--even the difficult...
Outer order, inner calm : declutter & organize to make more room for happiness
Rubin, Gretchen
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In this lovely, easy-to-use illustrated guide to decluttering, the beloved author of The Happiness Project shows us how to take control of our stuff--and, by extension, our lives.   Gretchen Rubin knows...
Anatomy of a breakthrough : how to get unstuck when it matters most
Alter, Adam
Paper Book
A groundbreaking guide to breaking free from the thoughts, habits, jobs, relationships, and even business models that prevent us from achieving our full potential. Almost everyone feels stuck in some way. Whether you're muddling through a midlife crisis, wrestling writer's...
The good life : lessons from the world's longest scientific study of happiness
Waldinger, Robert J.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In their "captivating" (The Wall Street Journal) book, the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever...
The well-lived life : a 102-year-old doctor's six secrets to health and happiness at every age
McGarey, Gladys
Paper Book
Dr. Gladys McGarey, a doctor who still consulted as a centenarian and was the mother of holistic medicine, reveals "a story that teaches as much as it inspires" (Edith Eger, New York Times bestselling author), filled with life-changing secrets for how to live with joy, vitality, and...
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