| I love to read and devour books at night instead of watching TV
or doing chores. I love to cozy up in my bed when the house is
quiet and open up a book that will enhance the way I live my life.
Each of these books has made a difference in my life and happiness.
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Excuses Begone!: How to
Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer reveals how to change the self-defeating thinking
patterns that have prevented you from living at the highest levels
of success, happiness, and health. Even though you may know what to
think, actually changing those thinking habits that have been with
you since childhood might be somewhat challenging. If I
changed, it would create family dramas... I'm too old or too
young... I'm far too busy and tired... I can't afford the things I
truly want... It would be very difficult for me to do things
differently... and I've always been this way... may all seem
to be true, but they're in fact just excuses. It is time to toss
out the same tired excuses and start examining your beliefs in a
new and truthful light.
Suzy's Review: Are you ready to
get rid of your excuses for good? Read this
book!
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Michael's
Mom
Terry Nolan
Travel In her compelling new book, Michael's Mom, A Road Warrior
Without a Map, author Terry Nolan shares her attempt to reach and
teach her ADD children through travel to all fifty states. Travel
and life experiences being the best educator, life lived on life's
terms for these ADD warriors. Thinking and living life outside the
box is so necessary for parental survival and the understanding
daily life with ADD. Michael's Mom, A Road Warrior Without a Map
can inspire your journey too, no longer allowing your children to
be isolated and excluded by their ADD. Instead offering them a
future filled with dreams and appreciated for the glorious gifts
they are in a wide open world.
Suzy's Review: This was a great
book because it really speaks to all parents with children. A
beautiful true story about a family's struggles and triumph over
ADD. It takes you along on a cross country journey and allows you
to fully understand the struggles for parents and kids alike. I
applaud Terry's honesty and openness about her journey. We can all
learn from her courage how she found her way as a mother and a
woman. It is a short read that will change how you dream not only
for your children but for yourself.
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Awakening at
Midlife
Kathleen A. Brehony
A guide to reviving your spirits during midlife offers special
sections on recovering childhood dreams, enriching creative
expression, learning to appreciate our physical selves, heightening
consciousness, and much more.
Suzy's Review: It is one of those
books that has a lot of ear marked pages with ideas written on the
sides. This book helped me to see that the second half of my life
can be the best yet. It was this book that helped me see it was
never too late to pursue my childhood dream career in TV
production. I set out to create my second half of life so that I
have no regrets. You can too.
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Creating Your Best Life:
The Ultimate Life List Guide
Caroline Adams
Miller MAPP and Michael B. Frisch
The passion for life lists has spawned an industry that includes
thoughtful experts such as Caroline Miller, a life coach and
motivational book author, and Dr. Michael Frisch. Creating Your
Best Life supplies dozens of interactive exercises and quizzes
readers can use to identify their most cherished needs, ambitions,
and wishes. The exercises are fun, making the process of
self-discovery enjoyable and productive. Readers will feel both
educated and inspired to start writing goal-setting lists in order
to live their lives more consciously, productively, and
happily.
Suzy's Review: This "life list
coaching" program organizes life lists into 16 key areas that are
known to make people happy. The research-validated information was
very impressive. It takes a while to get through the book but well
worth if it you are ready to take action on your life list. I
believe make a list of your Beyond the Bus Stop moments it guide
your journey to happiness and confidence.
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Master Your Metabolism: The
3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones for a Hot and
Healthy Body!
Jillian Michaels
Does it feel as if you're fighting your body to lose even one
pound-or just to maintain your current weight? Respected health and
wellness expert and bestselling author Jillian Michaels has been
there, too. She consulted top experts in the field of metabolism
and discovered that she'd inadvertently been abusing her endocrine
system for years. After "fixing" her own metabolism, she decided to
share what she learned by devising this simple, 3-phase plan that
engages all the weight-loss hormones.
Suzy's Review: I am often
skeptical of fad nutrition books that are part of a TV program. You
see the curious skeptic in me is always on the look out for the
real deal. With the success of The Biggest Loser, Jillian Michaels
has done her homework. It is all about eating organic, selecting
whole foods, regulating sugar intake and most of all getting
exercise to help rev your metabolism. You can have a metabolism
that works!
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The End of Overeating:
Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite
David Kessler
Kessler surveys food production and distribution as reflected in
both restaurants and grocery stores. He finds that the system
foists on the American public foods overloaded with fats, sugars,
and salt. Each of these elements, consumed in excess, has been
linked to serious long-term health problems. Such nutritionally
unbalanced foods propel people into uncontrolled behavior patterns
of irrational eating. These persistent psychological and sensory
stimuli lead to what Kessler terms "conditioned hypereating," which
he believes is a disease rather than a failure of willpower.
Kessler identifies the cues that lead to overeating and offers some
simple, practical tools to help control one's impulses.
Suzy's Review: This is a book I
want to read. I am very concerned about the obesity crisis in
America. So many people ask me how they can get control of their
eating. As a beachbody coach I am on a mission to promote health
and fitness for the only cue to obesity we are all facing. I think
we should read this and find out ways we can be part of the
solution.
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The Secret
Rhonda Byrne
You will learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life
-- money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every
interaction you have in the world. You'll begin to understand the
hidden, untapped power that's within you, and this revelation can
bring joy to every aspect of your life. It contains wisdom from
modern-day teachers. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they
bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring
massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would
regard as impossible.
Suzy's Review: This is a great
introduction to the laws of attraction. It can be a powerful tool
in discovering what you want to attract into life and see that you
are the creator of what is happening right now in your life. It is
a short read and a modern eye opener to age old
wisdom.
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Stopping: How to Be Still
When You Have to Keep Going
David
Kundtz
Kundtz's radical self-help book says that the best thing to do to
improve one's life is nothing. Yup, nothing--just stopping awhile
and seeing what happens. Kundtz contends that many today suffer
from living on "the mountain of too much." They have tried to deal
with overloaded lives very typically, cramming more into each hour
and cutting back on some things. Trouble is, they have reached the
point where they can't cram more into the little time they have,
and they are cutting out pleasurable things (lunch, friends,
holidays) to try to accommodate crowded schedules. Stop and smell
the roses sometimes to enjoy life more.
Suzy's Review: This is a great
read for anyone who is overscheduled and can't seem to slow down.
After I read this book I realized coming to a grinding halt is part
of enjoying life. The book suggests you take time off for yourself
whether it is an hour, a day, or for a week. We all need the
unscheduled pace from our very hectic lives. I think I need to
re-read this one!
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The Complete Vision Board
Kit: Using the Power of Intention and Visualization to Achieve Your
Dreams
John Assaraf
A vision board is a powerful tool that anyone can use to shape an
ideal future through the power of intention and visualization. If
you can envision it, you're halfway there! This book will explain
and walk you through exactly how to create a vision board in
conjunction with how to retrain your brain to actually start
believing that you can achieve all your goals and dreams. Then, the
universe will work its magic!
Suzy's Review: I find creating a
vision board is a great way to start realizing what you want in
your life. It is a creative process that sets you up for future fun
and success.
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The Success
Principles
Jack Canfield
When it comes to success, Canfield knows of what he speaks: he is
co-creator, with Mark Victor Hansen, of the seemingly endless
Chicken Soup for the Soul series. He presents 64 success principles
that he claims "always work"-and draws on his own experience and
that of others to illustrate them. Sixty-four principles may seem
like a lot, but each receives a concise, easy-to-digest chapter
that challenges readers to risk creating their lives exactly as
they want them. Many of the principles are familiar-e.g., "Take
100% Responsibility for Your Life".
Suzy's Review: This is a great
book when you are ready to take an idea or business to the next
level. It does take some time to read but, it is a great resource
to soar to new heights.
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