Eating disorders are often misunderstood and can be difficult to recognize, especially when cultural beliefs shape how we think about food, weight, and health.
Join us to learn about eating disorders, recognize warning signs, challenge common misconceptions, and explore culturally informed ways to support ourselves and our loved ones.
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month.
Visit 'Just for the Health of It!' table in the library lobby November 16-21 to pick up healthy recipes and tips to stay healthy.
Brought to you by Just For The Health Of It! Initiative, The Library's Prescription for Quality Health & Wellness Information.
November is National Family Caregiver Month.
Stop by 'Just for the Health of It!' table in the library lobby November 2-7 to pick up information guides and local resources.
Brought to you by Just For The Health Of It! Initiative, The Library's Prescription for Quality Health & Wellness Information.
Are you a new or expecting parent? A caregiver? Curious about postpartum support?
Meet Ashley Watson, Community Alignment Specialist at Central Jersey Family Health Consortium at her table by the library's entrance. Ashley is here to share resources and services that support birthing people and families in our community.
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Currently, there is no surefire way to prevent dementia, but there is growing research that shows we can potentially reduce our risk for dementia by addressing lifestyle factors. This virtual program explores what brain health is as well as the difference between modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for dementia. This program also describes practical, evidence-based lifestyle strategies - such as exercise, sleep, and social engagement - that can help support brain health over time.
Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness—until she meets Ernest Hemingway. Following a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for Paris, where they become the golden couple in a lively and volatile group—the fabled “Lost Generation”—that includes Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She’s immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she’s dreamed of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she’s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself.
Mia, the irreverent, hyperanalytical twenty-year-old daughter, has an explanation for everything—which is why she isn’t initially concerned when her father and younger brother Eugene don’t return from a walk in a nearby park. They must have lost their phone. Or stopped for an errand somewhere. But by the time Mia’s brother runs through the front door bloody and alone, it becomes clear that the father in this tight-knit family is missing and the only witness is Eugene, who has the rare genetic condition Angelman syndrome and cannot speak.
Most of us begin and end with the daydream. But in June 1972, Maurice and Maralyn set sail. For nearly a year all went well, until deep in the Pacific, a breaching whale knocked a hole in their boat and it sank beneath the waves.
For the past two decades, Rocky has looked forward to her family’s yearly escape to Cape Cod. Their humble beach-town rental has been the site of sweet memories, sunny days, great meals, and messes of all kinds: emotional, marital, and—thanks to the cottage’s ancient plumbing—septic too.