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HYGGE Start the new year off right with some Winter Reads about health, happiness, and Hygge. Hygge is a Danish concept meaning a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being. “American Cozy: Hygge-Inspired Ways to Create Comfort & Happiness” by Stephanie Pedersen. With overscheduled lifestyles, Americans can t always find time for the people and things they love. Enter American Cozy, which uses the Danish phenomenon of hygge to bring coziness and ease to readers homes, work, and lives. “The Art of Showing Up: How to Be There for Yourself and Your People” by Rachel Wilkerson Miller. Miller, senior lifestyle editor at BuzzFeed, defines showing up as the core of creating and maintaining strong meaningful bonds with friends, family, coworkers, and internet pals.

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The onslaught of cold weather and a prolonged pandemic mean keeping a healthy outlook is going to require some creativity

Nesting Let s be real. We re going to be spending a lot of time indoors, with just a few people, for quite a while. And it s OK to be OK with that. In fact, the Danish, who experience long, cold, dark winters just like ours, have a word for the feelings of winter s cozy, charming contentment: hygge. (English speakers approximate the difficult pronunciation as hoo-gah or hue-gah. ) If you re interested in hygge, the library has some great books to help you learn about it, says Spokane County Library public services manager Gwendolyn Haley. Though hygge isn t concisely translated into English, the elements include togetherness, relaxation, indulgence, presence and comfort. It starts by creating the right atmosphere.