Health Mind and Body

'Married to the Enemy' by Dawn K Kozarian & Mark James Book Review

1/23/2012
Claudine Paul
A Guide To Overcoming The Obstacles To Intimacy When We Are Raised In A Culture That Uses Sexism And Stereotyping To Divide Us

“Married To The Enemy,” the new book by writers Dawn K. Kozarian & Mark James, expands on the influential gender biased misconceptions present in many modern-day paired relationships.

The authors focus on accepted behavioral perceptions, cultural influences, illusions, external interferences, and other pre-disposed conditions and ideologies that all work to sabotage relationships such as in the context of marriage.

Tracy Anderson's '30-Day Method: The Weight-Loss Kick-Start that Makes Perfection Possible' Book Review

12/10/2011
Jackie Morrison
The secret weapon behind being sleek and sexy.

Celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson is the brains behind the best bodies in Hollywood. Gwyneth Paltrow swears by Anderson and her ability to get stars Red Carpet ready is legendary. Anderson developed her own unique workout program based on her knowledge as a dancer.

According to Anderson, she gained a lot of weight when she first moved to New York, and no matter what she did, could not slim down. When she studied anatomy, she realized a secret to tightening the physique in a rapid way without straining one’s body. The result is the Tracy Anderson Method.

'Real Moms Love to Eat' by Beth Aldrich with Eve Adamson

10/27/2011
Claudine Paul
How to Conduct a Love Affair with Food, Lose Weight, and Feel Fabulous

Are you a mom who loves to eat? Well, feel no shame in your secret because you now have a partner in crime in fellow mom and author Beth Aldrich and her new book Real Moms Love to Eat.

'A Son Is a Son Till He Gets a Wife,' by Anne Kathryn Killinger

5/3/2011
Karen M. Eazell
How Toxic Daughters-in-Law Destroy Families

Pain and sorrow practically jump off the pages of A Son Is a Son Till He Gets a Wife: How Toxic Daughters-in-Law Destroy Families. Author Anne Kathryn Killinger knows all too well the deep-seated anguish that literally invades and takes over one's life when you lose a son - not to illness or accident, but to his wife. Killinger has two sons, one of which was hijacked from her family in a brutal and cruel way and is seemingly lost to her forever. This is about that story, and how it evolved.

Reviewer Rating: 
4.00Stars
ASIN: 
9780982633755

‘Eat Pray Love’ by Elizabeth Gilbert

4/21/2011
Ellen Stodola

If you’re mildly interested in seeing the Eat Pray Love movie starring Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem, I suggest that you first read the book. This definitely isn’t the best book in the world, so if you’re looking for a gripping, fast paced read, this may not be a top choice for you, but it’s definitely interesting and offers a unique look at different places in the world.

Another Oz Talks Diet

8/22/2010
Joan Reeves
Avoid the Freshman 15 with 'The Dorm Room Diet'

Ah, yes. The dreaded Freshman 15. You all know about it. You may have experienced it for yourself. Those unwanted 15 pounds you gained as a college freshman. Well, you can do something about them.

'Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things'

7/17/2010
My Nguyen
By Randy Frost and Gail Steketee

Imagine newspapers and magazines stacked to the ceiling with hardly enough leeway for one person to make their way through the room filled with stuff. Trails of trash and useless memorabilia are piled high, and hardly any sunlight enters the room. Shutters as well as accumulated objects loom sinisterly over the windows so that the room resembles a cavernous setting.

Surviving the Cancer System: An Empowering guide

10/6/2009
Kate Padilla
A straightforward guide through a complex system.

Warning: If you are unlucky enough to develop cancer and require treatment, you need a fat wallet, an uncomplicated form of the disease and shouldn't feel inclined to file a lawsuit says Dr. Mark Fesen in his new guidebook, Surviving the Cancer System. It's shocking, but probably not surprising, to learn that oncologists can pick and choose their patients, choosing mostly based on one's ability to pay.

Reviewer Rating: 
4.50Stars
ASIN: 
0-8144-1356-0

Trapped in the Mirror

9/5/2009
Lindsey Weedston
An intimate and moving look into the minds of the unloved children of narcissists.

Trapped in the Mirror' is often mislabeled as a self-help book, but is really more of a scholarly exploration of the relationship between narcissists and their children, and the effect this relationship has on the children. It explains in depth the symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder and how the disorder comes into being, often in language that would confuse a reader who does not have a decent understanding of psychology.

Reviewer Rating: 
4.50Stars

You: Getting Younger

2/14/2008
Lisa G Benton, MA, Psy.D.
The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty

Dr. Mehmet Oz lends his decades of medical expertise and worldly knowledge to his fourth bestseller, a landmark book on how to slow the aging process. Oz, a cardiovascular surgeon, offers a brilliant outline of instructions on how to extend one's longevity by identifying the 14 biological processes which control a person's rate of aging. While myth has it that one's longevity is determined by genetic legacy, it is now known that at least 80 percent is determined by lifestyle.

Reviewer Rating: 
5.00Stars
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