The Evolution of Pleasure
29 March 2022
Geof has been reading How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like by Paul Bloom. The book explores perceived human pleasure from an evolutionary adaptation point of view. Geof shares a few examples from Bloom’s book about sources of pleasure.
VABOOK 2022 is Hybrid!
15 March 2022
Allison selected her events for this week’s 28th Annual Virginia Festival of the Book and celebrated a COVID-19 silver lining.
Amanda Gorman Helps Me Have Hope
1 March 2022
Allison turned to Amanda Gorman’s poetry for hope in the face of global heartache.
Increasing My Energy
15 February 2022
Janie read Off Balance: Getting Beyond the Work-Life Balance Myth to Personal and Professional Satisfaction by Matthew Kelly and considered what changes she can make to help her achieve her goals and increase her overall satisfaction.
Take a Breath
1 February 2022
Rachel greeted a new month with mixed feelings and turned to the advice of Christopher Willard and Wendy O'Leary in Breathing Makes It Better: A Book for Sad Days, Mad Days, Glad Days, and All the Feelings In-Between. And then, she paused to take a breath.
