May is Mental Health Awarness Month

Meditation and mindfulness have been shown to help people stress less, focus more, and sleep soundly, and Headspace is your guide. With hundreds of guided meditations for sleep, focus, and movement, Headspace will help you start and end your days feeling like your best self. 

Headspace is FREE for all Hartford residents. Download the app or visit the website today.

More Mindfulness

"Write Your Way to Wellness: A Journaling Journey"

Join us for a weekly journaling workshop to promote self-reflection, mindfulness, and emotional well-being.

Monday, May 5 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Downtown Library

Atrium

500 Main Street

Community Conversations: Nurturing Your Journey & Postpartum Wellness

Learn the difference between postpartum depression and the "baby blues," two emotional experiences that can occur after childbirth, featuring speaker Kemmarie Beal, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC.

Saturday, May 3 | 1:00 3:00 p.m.

Albany Library

1250 Albany Avenue

Acknowledging Mental Health

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

#1 New York Times Bestseller | Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent ( London) Ten Best Books of the Year

"A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."

—The Washington Post

". . .  takes readers on a journey of quantum physics that will have them feeling that they actually understand the theory."

—Library Journal

Find it HERE in our catalog

I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying

Bassey Ikpi

Instant New York Times Bestseller

“Ikpi's writing is poetic. It skips, batters, sinks, soars, and flows according to events and the state of her mental health. "

—Library Journal

“People struggling with mental-health issues will appreciate Ikpi as a talented kindred spirit as she raises such universal questions as: what does it mean to be crazy anyway? Haunting and affirming."

—Booklist Online

Find it HERE in our catalog

A Sanctuary for Your Well-Being

Are you a working woman seeking a supportive space to decompress and recharge? Look no further! The Working Women Wellness Group, in collaboration with United Way of Central and Northeastern CT, is here to offer you a nurturing environment to connect, share experiences, and prioritize your well-being.

Here's why you could join:

• Connect: Build meaningful relationships with other working women.
• Share: Exchange stories and experiences in a judgment-free zone.
• Recharge: Take time for yourself and focus on your wellness.

Saturday, May 3 & May 10th

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Albany Library

1250 Albany Avenue

We Want Your Input

In March, we introduced our quarterly newspaper, The HPL Times. The next edition is in the works, and we want your feedback!

Deadline May 5 | 5:00 p.m. EST.

Are you a creative, qualified freelance website designer, design firm, or agency, or do you know someone who is?

HPL is looking for talent to create a dynamic and user-friendly platform to enhance brand awareness, effectively showcase the Library’s services and resources, improve the user experience, and align with the Library’s mission and branding.

A Place Like No Other

HPL offers engaging, educational, and fun programming for all ages.

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"We only need to be one person. We only need to feel one existence. We don't have to do everything in order to be everything, because we are already infinite. While we are alive we always contain a future of multifarious possibility."



―Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

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