As I ponder what article to share in the Women’s Networker Newsletter, I search through my stack of books and come across this note I copied:
“Change is more likely to occur as fruit that grows on a tree properly watered, fed, and cared for. More specifically, change is the result of what we dwell on; what we fill our minds with, what we invest our time in.” – Dr. Greg Swenson, Psychologist Rapid City, South Dakota
Finally, I decide the best thing I could share is to encourage people to read more. Take time to read. My boss, Mike Alley, is always bringing in books he has read and talks about audiobooks he is listening to. Every month I receive an email from someone playing the Find-The-Coffee-News-Guy contest and a statement on the email reads, “If librarians ruled the world, reading would be a varsity sport.” I thought that’s terrific, but also sad that it is not true in our world.
As I am reviewing this idea, I read an article in the New Yorker about bibliotherapists.
“Can Reading Make You Happier?” (Ceridwen Dovey, June 9, 2015).
“For all avid readers who have been self-medicating with great books their entire lives, it comes as no surprise that reading books can be good for your mental health and your relationships with others, but exactly why and how is now becoming clearer, thanks to new research on reading’s effects on the brain… A 2011 study published in the Annual Review of Psychology, based on analysis of fMRI brain scans of participants, showed that, when people read about an experience, they display stimulation within the same neurological regions as when they go through that experience themselves. Bibliotherapy is a very broad term for the ancient practice of encouraging reading for therapeutic effect.”
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Submitted by Lori Paulsen-Sauser, Treasurer
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