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“Information Overload” and the wisdom of the Yoga Sutras
“too much learning may just muddle your mind. We should learn a little and work with that.” ~ Sri Swami Satchidananda “Information overload” (IO) was fretted about a great deal by librarians when I first joined the profession in the early mid-2000s. It was the time period when the print reference collection was slowly being…
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Wellness Practice: Gratitude
I can remember the very first time I heard of a gratitude journal. It was 1996 (I had to look it up!) and the author Sarah Ban Breathnach was a guest on the Oprah Winfrey show to discuss her books including the Simple Abundance Journal of Gratitude; I can recall Oprah being nearly moved to…
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The delicate task of defining “wellness”…and what it means for academic libraries
When you think of the term “wellness” what is the first image that pops into your mind? You may know be familiar with the common definitions of wellness*, but I’m more interested in reflecting on the connotations of the word wellness. For me, I envision beautiful yoga poses on a beach or a jewel-toned smoothie…
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Welcome! A little bit about this site and my (complicated) love for wellness.
You may have noticed “wellness” trickling into library spaces and programming over the last few years. From meditation spaces to light therapy lamps for loan, public and academic libraries have officially moved into the often murky world of wellness. “Wellness” is an unwieldy term that resists definition, fuels an enormous industry, and is weighed down…