Books For Wellbeing: Learning and Growing Into Our Best Selves with Michelle Bedolla, Ed '25 (MS)

Books For Wellbeing: Learning and Growing Into Our Best Selves
Instructor: Michelle Bedolla, Ed '25 (MS)
August 24 - September 28 (4 Sessions)
Tuesdays, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET 
Virtual va Zoom

Brought to you by Odyssey 

Course Description: Discover the power of books to nourish the mind and spirit in this uplifting four-week exploration of wellness through literature. Each week, participants will read a complete, accessible work and discuss how its themes illuminate emotional resilience, self-compassion, purpose, and connection. Through visual storytelling, gentle humor, poetry, and timeless wisdom, this course offers a welcoming space to reflect, recharge, and gain practical inspiration for living with greater wellbeing, kindness, and intention.

Weekly Readings & Themes:

• Week 1: “A Great Big Visual Hug” by Andres Colmenares 

• Week 2: “Everything is Okay” by Debbie Tung

• Week 3: “Life” by Donna Ashworth 

• Week 4: “Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers” by Fred Rogers

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