The Forever Strong PLAYBOOK: A Six-Week, Science-Based Plan to Sharpen Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Get Healthy at Any Age by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

Atria, January 2026

From the trusted voice behind the instant New York Times bestseller Forever Strong™Lyon’s companion PLAYBOOK delivers actionab, Dr. Gabrielle le protocols to transform body and mind.

Get fit, prevent disease, and future-proof your body with step-by-step strategies to build strength, reduce fatigue, and sharpen your focus at any age.

Packed with ground-breaking science, muscle-building exercises, informative graphics, and easy-to-follow, protein-forward recipes, The Forever Strong™ PLAYBOOK is the ultimate guide for anyone who wants to feel stronger, move better, and stay energized.

Discover exactly how to think, eat, move, and recover for optimal health.

With all new, innovative tactical strategies to further enhance muscle health, this guide provides a comprehensive six-week program to help you build muscle, optimize your nutrition, sleep better, and build lifelong habits with protocols customizable for everyone from beginners to advanced athletes.

Inside, you’ll find:
– 60+ protein-packed, nutritious, and flavorful recipes covering breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and drinks.
– 100+ illustrated, at-home and gym-friendly exercises to help you build muscle, maintain mobility, and improve your balance, including an interactive guide to keep you on track.
– Mindset strategies to build discipline, manage stress, and stay consistent, including actionable tips to align your daily habits with your long-term goals.
– Science-based advice on how to improve your sleep, enhance your recovery, and support circulation with hot and cold therapies, and much more.

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is a board-certified physician, founder of the Muscle-Centric Medicine® movement, and the New York Times bestselling author of Forever Strong™. With advanced training in nutritional sciences and geriatrics from Washington University in St. Louis, Dr. Lyon is at the forefront of a health revolution—one that places muscle, the organ of longevity, at the core of aging well, disease prevention, and optimal performance. Through her clinical work, bestselling book Forever Strong™, and top-ranked podcast The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, she challenges outdated paradigms of health and empowers individuals to build bodies and minds that thrive under pressure. For more on Dr. Lyon, please visit drgabriellelyon.com.

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The Stimulated Mind: Future-Proof Your Brain from Dementia and Stay Sharp at Any Age by Dr. Tommy Wood

Harmony, March 2026

Boost mental sharpness today and prevent cognitive decline tomorrow, including Alzheimer’s disease, with science-backed strategies that will extend your brain’s longevity beyond what you thought was possible.

The most important part of the body, especially as we age, is our brain. So why aren’t we taking the health of our brain as seriously as our heart and achy joints, particularly when people are struggling to focus every day, and dementia and Alzheimer’s cases continue to rise? In The Stimulated Mind, Dr. Tommy Wood, a Formula 1 sports performance coach and neuroscientist specializing in lifelong brain health, dispels the myth that the brain is doomed to decline with age. Instead, by providing the right stimulus and building more “headroom”—the amount of mental function we have available to us—we can help our brain to adapt and develop.

Dr. Wood explains that a brain that improves with age is the result not of expensive pills, far-off discoveries, or strict lifestyle “optimizations,” but rather of actions within our control—diet, sleep, physical activity, social connection, and stress tolerance. Driven by how we use our brains on a daily basis, these modifiable factors come together in his groundbreaking “3-S” model that describes what a brain needs to thrive for a lifetime: Stimulation, Sleep, and Nutrient Supply.

Packed with insights and actionable science drawn from Wood’s research and experience as a physician, neuroscientist, and performance coach, The Stimulated Mind offers a path toward true cognitive longevity, ensuring that our brains perform at their best no matter what the coming years throw at us.

Dr. Wood received his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, a medical degree from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in physiology and neuroscience from the University of Oslo. He is available for in person and remote interviews, to pen expert contributor articles, for speaking engagements and select social media requests. For more information, visit: drtommywood.com.

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The Birth Book: An OB-GYN’s Guide to Demystifying Labor and Delivery by Dr. Jennifer Lincoln

Rodale, March 2024

Essential, empowering medical information and advice to help you prepare for your labor and delivery journey—from a leading OB-GYN and social media educator.

“The Birth Book covers everything you really need to know about labor and delivery—including all the details you might need on your big day. Read it to ensure you feel more satisfied with your experience.”—Ari Brown, MD, author of Baby 411

Birth is a transformative, remarkable process, but it can also be incredibly daunting and traumatic—especially if you don’t have the medically-sound information you need to advocate for yourself. With misinformation rampant on social media and a dearth of trusted medical resources on the birth process, pregnant people feel left behind in a system that is failing them. Thirty-six percent of counties in America are labeled “maternity care deserts” where there is no or limited access to obstetric care—and it’s only getting worse. We need a concise and comprehensive primer on the birth experience, whether that means a low-intervention birth or a complicated emergency c-section.

In The Birth Book, OB-GYN hospitalist and educator Dr. Jennifer Lincoln delivers exactly that. Dr. Lincoln answers all your questions, big and small, about labor and delivery, providing crucial insight and understanding. Questions like:

• What is “normal” labor?
• What can I say no to?
• What are my options if baby is breech?
• How long does an induction take?
• And many, many more.

Backed by research and personal experience and including enlightening illustrations, The Birth Book gives you agency over your pregnancy and birth, along with context for the many choices you’ll need to make. With Dr. Lincoln’s help, readers will have an evidence-based resource at their fingertips for a better, safer, more informed birth.

Jennifer Lincoln, MD, IBCLC, is a board-certified OB-GYN who practices clinically as an OB hospitalist, which is an obstetrician with expertise in handling obstetrical emergencies and making labor and delivery a safer place for all birthing patients. She is also an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She is dedicated to developing evidence-based health content that is easy to understand and uses social media to educate millions of followers by meeting them where they are. Her voice is sought after in the reproductive health space, and she has been an invited guest in the White House and at the United Nations. She is married to a pediatrician, and together they have two boys and reside in Portland, Oregon. For more on Dr. Lincoln, please visit drjenniferlincoln.com.

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The Big Unlock: Liberate Your Creativity Through Mindful Journaling by Laura L. Rubin

Simon Element, March 2026

Unlock your full creativity and discern your deeper purpose through the transformative power of mindful writing, from celebrated journaling expert Laura L. Rubin.

As a leading creative coach who has led countless guided mindful writing workshops, Rubin has developed a philosophy: journaling is so much more than merely therapeutic—it is a powerful gateway to creativity, discovery, and fulfillment.

With gentle guidance and accessible advice grounded in peer-reviewed science, The Big Unlock transforms Rubin’s life-changing workshops into a practical guide filled with over seventy-five unique prompts, foundational journaling practices, and exercises for silencing the inner critic while tapping into your wisdom and innate creativity. For newcomers and dedicated journalers alike, The Big Unlock offers a decade’s worth of expertise distilled into practical and meaningful advice that inspires action and reflection.

In a fast-paced world dominated by hustle culture and digital distractions, The Big Unlock provides an effective antidote: an attainable practice that helps us connect with our authentic selves, increase quality of both health and life, and unlock our full creative potential.

Laura L. Rubin, creative coach and founder of mindful writing company AllSwell Creative, has changed the cultural conversation about what it means to journal. Sought after as a speaker and facilitator, (and celebrated in media including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vogue, and Forbes), over the past decade Rubin has hosted hundreds of “breakthrough writing” workshops for tens of thousands of participants about the wide-ranging, scientifically proven benefits of putting pen to paper. Tapping her professional experience as corporate executive and entrepreneur, Rubin has brought journaling to surprising places and audiences, from pro surfers to venture capital firms. She lives in Sag Harbor, New York. Visit AllSwellCreative.com for more information.

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Big Time Off: The Transformative Power of Sabbaticals and How to Take One by DJ DiDonna

Simon Acumen, July 2026

A transformative, research-backed guide to elevating both your personal well-being and your career through purposeful time off, from Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer and the Sabbatical Project founder DJ DiDonna.

We’ve built a world of work optimized for output—yet the most meaningful breakthroughs, decisions, and reinventions rarely happen at a desk. In Big Time Off, leading sabbatical researcher and founder of the Sabbatical Project DJ DiDonna explores a simple, radical idea: stepping away from your job may be the most important work of your life.

Packed with original research and compelling stories of sabbatical-takers from all walks of life—from teachers and nonprofit leaders to startup founders and Fortune 500 employees—Big Time Off gives you the inspiration, permission, and practical guidance to craft your own sabbatical. You’ll learn:

– When to take a sabbatical—and what negative, positive, and neutral catalysts to look out for.

– How sabbaticals can help you navigate identity shifts, forge a new career path, feel human again, and live a more authentic life.

– What the three sabbatical archetypes are—the explorer, the seeker, and the achiever—and best sabbatical practices for each type.

– How anyone—no matter their circumstances—can experience a sabbatical through strategic planning.

Sabbaticals help us avoid sleepwalking through the biggest events of our lives by giving us time to be present in moments of difficulty, celebration, and transition. For anyone stuck, searching, or simply curious about another way to live and work, Big Time Off is your must-have guide to creating a richer, more intentional life.

DJ DiDonna is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, where he teaches entrepreneurship. In 2019, he founded The Sabbatical Project to define, explore, and research sabbaticals. DiDonna has advised over a dozen organizations on the creation of sabbatical policies, including Zappos, Google, and DaVita, and from nonprofits to Fortune 500 companies, both in the United States and around the world. He attended Harvard Business School and cofounded an international credit-scoring company, EFL Global (the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab), based in Lima, Peru. For more on The Sabbatical Project please visit thesabbaticalproject.org.

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HEALING THE MODERN BRAIN: Nine Tenets to Build Mental Fitness and Revitalize Your Mind by Drew Ramsey, MD

(Harper, March 2025)

In this essential guide, the groundbreaking author of Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety and The Happiness Diet explores the ten tenets vital to cultivating Mental Fitness and provides direct, actionable techniques to improve brain function and emotional health.

The human brain—the complex organ responsible for our thoughts, feelings, and actions—has long been misunderstood. Dr. Drew Ramsey argues that to heal our brains, we must start considering conditions like depression, anxiety, ADHD and addiction—and the patients living with them—more holistically.

Healing the Modern Brain offers a new approach to revitalizing and protecting mental health and achieving Mental Fitness. Simply defined, Mental Fitness is the knowledge, patterns, habits, and skills that culminate in a more mentally healthy life: an approach to living that takes into consideration the unrealistic demands of modern living, time, choice, genetics, lifestyle, diet, habits, chemistry, movement, rest, and mindset. It is a process that will put your brain in a perpetual state of self-repair and evolution, and ensure it has the support it needs to overcome daily stress, decision-fatigue, and uncertainty.

Clear and straightforward, Healing the Modern Brain provides the knowledge and tools needed to nurture Mental Fitness—bringing together the latest scientific research with results from Dr. Ramsey’s clinical practice to show us how we can put ourselves on the road to healing anxiety and depression, and better care for our miraculous, modern brains.

Drew Ramsey, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist, bestselling author, and pioneer in Nutritional Psychiatry and mental fitness. He is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University and founded the Brain Food Clinic. A popular mental health influencer and speaker, he has been featured throughout the media. Using the latest mental health research and years of clinical experience, he hopes to help people improve their mental health and build resilient mental fitness. Learn more at DrewRamseyMD.com.

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THE ANSWER IS IN THE WOUND by Kelly Sundberg

(Roxane Gay Books, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, August 2025)

An intimate, linked, lyrical essay collection focusing on the longer-lasting effects of trauma and PTSD on survivors—challenging a culture in which violence against women is normalized and illuminating the nonlinear, complex nature of recovery—from the acclaimed author of Goodbye, Sweet Girl

The trauma of surviving an abusive marriage didn’t make Kelly Sundberg stronger. In fact, it nearly broke her. But leaving the abuse behind was not the end of the story but the beginning of a new one. In that journey, Sundberg learned in ways both good and bad, that one doesn’t necessarily get to leave abuse behind. Sometimes, everywhere you go, the memories of the abuse go with you. First learning to coexist with her rage and then turn that rage into strength and power, Sundberg’s journey to alchemizing her suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder into post-traumatic stress growth was neither easy nor simple. But far from bleak, her story provides vital insight into the little-known recovery process, and how healing is possible.

A narrative following a process of discovery as Sundberg’s personal story is juxtaposed against established research, The Answer Is in the Wound offers a redemptive arc for trauma survivors, arguing for healing through an acceptance of their new state of being. Sundberg uses metaphors like the act of erasure—shown in erasure poetry created from her abusive ex-husband’s apologetic emails—and includes theories from psychiatrists and researchers like Judith Herman, Bessel van der Kolk, and Peter A. Levine to construct a balanced meditation on trauma and the imprint it leaves.

For readers of In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado and The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison, The Answer Is in the Wound is a beautiful, devastating, and nuanced examination into embracing a new reality after trauma and finding power and beauty in it.

Kelly Sundberg is the author of Goodbye, Sweet Girl: A Story of Domestic Violence and Survival, published by Harper in 2018. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times Modern Love column, Alaska Quarterly Review, Guernica, and elsewhere. Her essays have been published or selected as notables in Best American Essays four times. She has a PhD in creative nonfiction. She lives, writes, and edits in Columbus, Ohio. Please visit kellysundberg.com.

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Mind Your Body: A Revolutionary Program to Release Chronic Pain and Anxiety by Nicole Sachs, LCSW

Learn how to free yourself from chronic pain, anxiety, fatigue, and myriad debilitating conditions through the transformative process of nervous system regulation in this accessible guide from psychotherapist and leading Mindbody clinician Nicole Sachs.

At a time when chronic pain and other conditions have reached epidemic proportions, and the medical model is coming up short for so many of us, Mind Your Body shares the evidence-based practices that can help deliver readers from hopelessness to freedom. Most people who come to Nicole Sachs have exhausted all other paths to cope with their chronic back and bodily pain, IBS, sciatica, pelvic pain, long COVID, migraines, fibromyalgia, nerve inflammation, skin conditions, anxiety and panic disorders, and many more health conditions. Maybe they’re considering surgery or other interventions, with no real promise of a cure, or maybe the surgeries and treatments they’ve already attempted have proved disappointing and they are desperate for relief.

Sachs knows that these kinds of syndromes often don’t originate from a physical source. Rather, they are fueled by trauma responses associated with deeply rooted psychological and emotional triggers that send the brain and the nervous system into fight or flight.

In Mind Your Body, Sachs teaches readers about Mindbody medicine—which helped her overcome her own debilitating pain and dark prognosis. She explains the essential practice of turning inward, using her revolutionary JournalSpeak method, which has enabled countless people to achieve striking mental, emotional, and physical healing. Mind Your Body takes chronic pain recovery into its next stage, for a new generation of readers who have been so underserved by our medical system.

Nicole J. Sachs, LCSW, is a speaker, writer, psychotherapist, retreat leader, and podcaster who has dedicated her work and her practice to the treatment of chronic pain and conditions. She is the author of the book The Meaning of Truth and the online courses Freedom from Chronic Pain, Freedom From an Anxious Life, and The Sarno x Sachs Solution Practitioner training. Her brands, BreakAwake and The Cure for Chronic Pain, include a website, podcast, YouTube channel, membership community, and newsletter. Sachs is on faculty at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in New York. For more about Sachs, please visit yourbreakawake.com.

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LIVE NATURAL: A Relaxed Approach to Creating Healthy Homes by Alison Davin

(Gibbs Smith, June 2024)

A beautiful, inspiring guide to building, designing, and decorating a natural living space that is healthier for your family and for the planet.

Known for comfortably chic interiors that blend natural materials, nontoxic building, and artisanal techniques, California designer Alison Davin creates warm, welcoming spaces with an emphasis on wellness. Always mindful of limiting waste, her homes are made to last a lifetime.

While existing books approach this topic from either a highly technical or scrappy DIY perspective, Live Natural carves out a unique space in the coffee-table book marketplace, pairing beautifully photographed high-end homes with a clear point of view on wellness and environmental responsibility. Shot by the renowned photographer Lisa Romerein, the inspirational visuals of warm, aesthetically pleasing living spaces bathed in natural light will draw the reader in and pair with a clean, image-forward layout. This book creates a safe, welcoming space to receive ideas, challenging “the way things have always been done” in construction and design. Filled with accessible, actionable tips and delivered in an approachable tone, Live Natural empowers readers to advocate for themselves at home and in the world.

Packed with insightful tips and illustrated with inspiring photographs from clients’ residences, Live Natural details how to craft a purposefully designed space with clean air quality and a lower environmental impact. This book will help readers harness light, space, and natural elements to design a clean, comfortable home they will love.

Alison Davin is the founder of the interior design firm Jute and an expert in nontoxic building. After realizing that environmental factors she encountered on job sites worsened her autoimmune condition, she set out to find the safest methods for building, design, and decorating. Now with over fifteen years of experience, Alison has honed a health-conscious, chemical-free approach to construction without sacrificing design aesthetic. Combining natural materials, artisanal techniques, and one-of-a-kind pieces, her work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Decoration, and Luxe, and she launched a bespoke product line in 2020. She currently resides in Sausalito, California, where she renovated her home without chemicals. For more on Alison, please visit juteinteriordesign.com.

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CAN ANYONE TELL ME? Essential Questions about Grief and Loss by Meghan Riordan Jarvis

(Sounds True, 2024)

Grievers and those trying to support them ask the same questions over and over because fundamental grief education has yet to permeate mainstream culture. CAN ANYONE TELL ME? offers hopeful lessons on loss informed by rigorous neuroscience and biophysical science, but communicated to readers in manageable, understandable bites and profound real-world stories. Along the way, Meghan also provides readers with concrete tools and exercises that she uses with her patients and have been adapted from an array of treatment modalities to help grievers understand and manage their trauma.

Meghan Riordan Jarvis is a trauma-informed psychotherapist specializing in grief and loss with more than twenty years of experience in the field. She is trained in a wide variety of treatment modalities including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Imago, PACT, EMDR, IFS, and many others. She runs a thriving private practice based in Washington, DC and Bethesda, MD, that has helped hundreds of clients.

A writer, trainer, and sought-after consultant, Meghan hosts the popular podcast “Grief is My Side Hustle.” Meghan also offers a free grief writing program called “grief mates” on her FB and IG pages, hosts frequent IG Lives with educational guests, and has been a guest on dozens of podcasts. With Hope Edelman, Meghan is the co-founder of the Grief Leadership Coalition consisting of twenty-five leaders in the grief and loss field who share a vision of providing grief-informed resources aimed at changing the culture of grief and loss. She is also the author of the memoir THE END OF THE HOUR (Zibby Books). For more on Meghan please visit meghanriordanjarvis.com.

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FORAGED & GROWN: Healing, Magical Recipes for Every Season by Tara Lanich-LaBrie

(Countryman Press, March 2023)

100 vibrant gluten- and dairy-free recipes made with wild and seasonal ingredients.

Tara Lanich-LaBrie credits plants and the natural world with saving her life. After experiencing years of chronic illness and pain, she finally regained her health by transitioning to an herbalist lifestyle and cooking with medicinal plants, from nettles―her personal favorite―to mushrooms, lilacs, roses, and more. Now a forager and farmer, Tara imparts her knowledge to readers via her blog, The Medicine Circle, where she shares irresistibly vibrant, all-natural recipes.

In Foraged and Grown, Tara presents the beautiful dishes her followers love, highlighting colorful seasonal ingredients and their uses in historic folk medicine. From Nettle Gnocchi and Hollyhock Wraps to Rose Roll-Out Cookies and Dandelion Root Drinking Chocolate, readers are in the hands of an expert who alchemizes foraged and grown plants into magic. Including a detailed plant guide, seasonal organization, and key ingredient swaps, this is the perfect cookbook for experienced and new herbalists to achieve a naturally inspired diet.

Tara Lanich-LaBrie is a full-time content creator and chef. She runs a blog, The Medicine Circle, and teaches online cooking and herbalism courses. She lives on an organic vegetable farm with her family in Colorado. For more on Tara, please visit themedicinecircle.com.

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TAKE THE LEAD: Hanging On, Letting Go, and Conquering Life’s Hardest Climbs by Sasha DiGiulian


(St. Martins, September 2023)

World champion climber Sasha DiGiulian tells her story―from coming of age under the scrutiny of social media, navigating a male-dominated sport, and tackling her most heart-stopping climbs―and shares the power of perseverance and positivity.

At age six, Sasha DiGiulian stepped into a climbing gym for the first time and was competing within a year. Decked out in all-pink gear and with her blonde hair tied into pigtails, Sasha knew from an early age what it was like to be a girl in a traditionally male-dominated sport, vowing to never sacrifice her femininity to fit in. With a fierce love for the climb and incredible natural talent, Sasha soon won her first National Sport Climbing Championship at only seventeen, and a year later took the title of World Champion.

To her fans, it looked like Sasha was on top of the world. But under the accolades, she was just another young woman learning how to handle the intense scrutiny of social media and dealing with body dysmorphia, all while quietly facing a potentially career-ending injury. In a relatable and inspiring voice, Take the Lead reflects on the highs and lows of Sasha’s illustrious life and career for the first time, bringing readers on her remarkable journey from novice climber to Columbia University graduate, adventurer, environmentalist, and entrepreneur, and one of the most recognizable faces in climbing.

For readers of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and Megan Rapinoe’s One Life, Take the Lead ultimately emphasizes the power of perseverance, fearlessness and positivity in tackling some of the most daunting and fearsome climbs―on and off the wall.

SASHA DIGIULIAN is a world champion climber and three-time U.S. national champion. At 30 years old she has traveled to over 50 countries and accomplished 30+ First and First Female Ascents. In 2016 she graduated from Columbia University with a focus on journalism and business, and is the founder and CEO of SEND Bars, a superfood nutrition bar company. Aside from having been featured in dozens of magazines and news media pieces, she has written for many publications, including Outside magazine, National Geographic, Rock and Ice, SELF, Seventeen, and CRAVE. Sasha is an outspoken environmental activist and a global athlete ambassador for Right to Play and Up2Us Sports. She has served on the Board of the Women’s Sports Foundation for several years and travels globally for speaking engagements, sporting events, and commercial work. For More on Sasha, visit sashadigiulian.com.

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FOREVER STRONG: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

(Atria, October 2023)

Learn how to reboot your metabolism, build strength, and extend your life with this accessible new guidebook that demonstrates the importance of muscle for health and longevity from the founder of the Institute for Muscle-Centric Medicine.

After years of watching patients cycle through her practice, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon noticed a pattern. While her patients struggled with a wide range of conditions, they all suffered from the same core problem: they had too little muscle rather than too much fat.

When we think about muscle, we tend to think about strength or aesthetics, but in reality, muscle accounts for so much more than that. As the body’s largest endocrine organ, muscle actually determines everything about the trajectory of health and aging. Many of the conditions Dr. Lyon’s patients were experiencing were actually symptoms of underdeveloped or unhealthy muscle.

Now, Dr. Lyon offers an easy-to-follow food, fitness, and self-care program anchored in evidence and pioneering research that teaches you how to optimize muscle—no matter your age or health background. Discover how to overcome everything from obesity to autoimmune disorders and avoid diseases like Alzheimer’s, hypertension, and diabetes by following Dr. Lyon’s powerful new approach to becoming forever strong.

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is board certified in family medicine and completed a combined research and clinical fellowship in geriatrics and nutritional sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her undergraduate training in nutritional sciences at the University of Illinois. Dr. Lyon is a subject-matter expert and educator in the practical application of protein types and levels for health, performance, aging, and disease prevention. She has continued to receive mentorship from Dr. Donald Layman, PhD, over the course of two decades to help bring protein metabolism and nutrition from the bench to the bedside. Find out more at DrGabrielleLyon.com.

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THE PORTFOLIO LIFE: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build a Life Bigger than Your Business Card by Christina Wallace

(Balance, April 2023)

“In a turbulent world, this is a guide to leading a balanced life. Drawing on her background as a serial entrepreneur, Christina offers actionable advice to help you anticipate—and navigate—disruption.”
―Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast Re:Thinking

What Color Is Your Parachute? meets Out of Office in this inspiring, practical playbook to achieve sustainable work-life balance while optimizing your happiness, personal growth, and bank accounts.

Pouring yourself into a single full-time job is the riskiest move you can make. Your parents’ advice to focus on one career path? It doesn’t work anymore, for reasons ranging from recessions to student loan debt, the gig economy, climate disasters, and a global pandemic (to name a few). We need a dramatically different relationship with work, one that allows us to define ourselves beyond our paid labor.

The answer? A Portfolio Life. An anti-hustle, pro-rest approach to work-life balance, a Portfolio Life is built on three tenets:

You are more than any one role or opportunity.
Diversification will help you navigate change and mitigate uncertainty.
When (not if) your needs change, you can and should rebalance.

In The Portfolio Life, Harvard professor, serial entrepreneur, and self-described “human Venn diagram” Christina Wallace adapts tried-and-true practices from the business sector to help you eschew the cult of ambition and experience the freedom of building the flexible, fulfilling, and sustainable life you want. Drawing on research, case studies, and her own experience, she walks you step-by-step through the process of designing a strategy for the long haul. Because you deserve rest, relationships, and a rewarding career—not someday, but today. After all, you only live once.

Christina Wallace is a self-described “human Venn diagram” who has crafted a career at the intersection of business, the arts, and technology. She is currently a Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurial Management at Harvard Business School and an active startup mentor and angel investor. She was previously cohost of The Limit Does Not Exist and co-authored New To Big (April 2019, Currency). A serial entrepreneur, Christina spent a decade building businesses in fashion, media, and edtech, including a venture inside the American Museum of Natural History focused on getting girls into STEM. She was a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and began her career at the Metropolitan Opera. Christina holds undergraduate degrees in mathematics and theater studies from Emory University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, Chas Carey, and their two children, Arden and Sebastian. For more on Christina visit christinawallace.com and portfoliolife.com.

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Awakening the Crystals: The Ancient Art and Modern Magic of Gems and Stones by Sandra Mariah Wright and Leanne Marrama

(TarcherPerigee, 2022)

A gorgeously illustrated guide to stimulating creativity, inviting in love, achieving your goals, and improving your life with crystals.

Whether you would like to take back control in an uncertain world, encourage harmony in the home, or invite in prosperity, Awakening the Crystals will help transform your life. Learn how to:

• choose stones for protection at home and on the road
• calm your nerves and boost your energy
• foster positive interactions with family
• attract love and enhance intimacy
• achieve health goals
• welcome good luck, growth, and success
• meditate and manifest results with the assistance of crystals

Whether it’s rose quartz for love or a tiger’s eye for protection, Salem-based intuitives Sandra Wright and Leanne Marrama show you how to put the power of these simple, ancient tools to work in your daily life, to improve your relationships, achieve success, increase health, honor those who have passed, promote self-love and -care, and make magic happen—from the bedroom to the office and everywhere in between. Beautiful watercolor illustrations demonstrate how to choose, connect with, charge, cleanse, and arrange crystals throughout your home to help you live your best life.

Sandra Mariah Wright is the High Priestess of Elphame Coven in Salem, Massachusetts. She owns a jewelry and occult supply company (Gallows Hill Witchery) as well as an annual psychic fair (Spirit Beacon Psychic Fair and Mystical Marketplace), and hosts The Psychic Tea radio
show monthly with her co-author. She has appeared on the Travel Channel, Showtime, and The Real Housewives of New York City.

Leanne Marrama is a full-time psychic medium at the shop she co-owns: Pentagram Shoppe in Salem, Massachusetts. She teaches classes and presents at festivals around the country. Among her many media appearances, she has been featured on TLC’s What Not to Wear, Ghost Chronicles, and Beyond Belief with George Noory.

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The Self-Healing Mind by Gregory Scott Brown, MD

An Essential Five-Step Practice for Overcoming Anxiety and Depression, and Revitalizing Your Life
(Harper Wave, 2022)

Self-care is a powerful, evidence-based medicine for the mind.

Mental health is the driving force behind every decision we make—how we live, work, and love. Many of us suffer from depression and anxiety, impeding our choices and quality of life, and the numbers are growing across the globe despite the proliferation of prescription drugs. But there is another, proven, way to achieve mental wellness beyond antidepressants and talk therapy. Practicing psychiatrist Gregory Scott Brown believes that mental health begins with actionable self-care.

The Self-Healing Mind is a holistic approach to emotional and psychological healing that focuses on how evidence-based self-care strategies can be used to improve and sustain mental health. Dr. Brown challenges the current state of mental health care and the messaging around it, showing us how to move past outdated notions of “broken” brains and chemical imbalances. While he agrees that prescription drugs and talk therapy in many cases are important for healing, his personal and professional experience has taught him that lifestyle interventions are also key to sustainable mental wellness.

Dr. Brown’s clinical philosophy supports an integrative approach that utilizes a combination of conventional treatments (medication and psychotherapy) with what he calls the Five Pillars of Self-Care: breathing mindfully, sleep, spirituality, nutrition, and movement. These purposeful lifestyle practices, backed by science and proven in his clinical practice, can be adopted by everyone. Dr. Brown’s advice and insight puts the power of healing back in your control.

Gregory Scott Brown, MD @gregorysbrownmd is a psychiatrist and mental health writer. His commentary has appeared in the New York Times, the Huffington Post, Psychology Today, on the Today Show, and on NPR. He is an advisory board member for Men’s Health magazine, where he regularly contributes content for mental health stories.

Learn more at gregoryscottbrown.com

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Let’s Talk About Down There by Jennifer Lincoln, MD

(Andrews McMeel, 2021)

A shame-free, illustrated guide for people with vaginas—from periods to basic hygiene to safe sex—from TikTok’s Dr. Lincoln.

Dr. Lincoln has been sharing her expertise as an OB-GYN to her millions of followers on TikTok, and now in this accessible, illustrated guide she answers real questions about vaginal, sexual, and reproductive health for fans and new readers alike.

Let’s Talk About Down There is like the health class you wish you had—think evidence-based, myth-busting sex ed where shame gets tossed out the window—in a format that’s as approachable as a fifteen-second video. Addressing topics such as hormones, menstrual cups, and birth control, all with the help of infographics and illustrations, this succinct, vibrant handbook answers the questions that you may have been too embarrassed to ask, so you’ll be empowered to make more informed health choices and truly care for yourself.

Dr. Jennifer Lincoln is a board-certified OB-GYN who currently practices as an OB Hospitalist and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Lincoln loves using social media to provide evidence-based, easy-to-digest information while busting the (many) myths surrounding vaginal and reproductive health. She believes that breaking down the shame and stigma surrounding our bodies is the best way to become informed and empowered. She is married to a pediatrician, and together they have two young boys (who will definitely be reading this book at some point).

For more on Dr. Lincoln please visit drjenniferlincoln.com.

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Lighting the Wick by Sandra Mariah Wright and Leanne Marrama

(Tarcher Perigee, 2021)

An illustrated guide to improving your life through the simple act of lighting a candle.

Whether you would like to take back control in an uncertain world or turn a dollar-store candle into a means to manifest your desires, Lighting the Wick will help transform your life with candle magic. Learn how to:

• find, repair, or end a relationship;
• guard your boundaries and keep negative energy and toxic people out;
• ground and center;
• achieve common health goals;
• break bad habits, bolster motivation, and increase willpower; and
• meditate with the assistance of candles.

Candles represent faith and hope—a light in the darkness, the warmth of love, the heat of passion, and the fire of spirit. Here, Salem-based intuitives Sandra Mariah Wright and Leanne Marrama show you how to put the power of these simple tools to work for you in your daily life, to improve your relationships, achieve success, provide protection, increase health, honor those who have passed, and more. You don’t have to be a witch to find your inner magic.

Leanne Marrama is a full-time professional psychic. She teaches classes, presents at festivals around the country, and hosts weekly séances in Salem. Among her many media appearances, she has been featured on TLC’s What Not to Wear, Ghost Chronicles, and Beyond Belief with George Noory.

Sandra Mariah Wright owns an events business (Spirit Beacon Psychic Fair & Mystical Marketplace), as well as a jewelry and occult supply company (Gallows Hill Witchery), and manages the largest annual psychic fair in the country (the Salem Psychic Fair & Witches’ Market). She has appeared on the Travel Channel and Showtime, and has been featured on Dish Network’s Magnificent Obsessions.

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The Atkins 100 Eating Solution by Colette Heimowitz

(Atria, 2020)

From the creators of the original ketogenic, low-carb diet, comes the most accessible and flexible approach to the Atkins diet ever: a simplified lower carb and sugar approach based on solid science.

The latest science continues to support the many health benefits of a low-carb approach to eating, far beyond just weight loss. Simply reducing your carb and sugar intake by two-thirds over the “Standard American Diet” helps avoid the development of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes. While many diet trends can be vague in their approach, The Atkins 100 Eating Solution’s fan-favorite program provides a clear-cut way to control your carb intake with 100 grams of net carbs a day and shows you how to make delicious and satisfying food choices that lessen their impact on your blood sugar. This personalized approach is a way of eating you can follow for life.

With cutting-edge research and delicious recipes—all of which feature fifteen to twenty net carbs—The Atkins 100 Eating Solution provides an exciting and delicious variety of food. You’ll also discover how the plan can be easily modified to fit in with most ways of eating, including vegetarian, Paleo, Mediterranean and more. For the first time ever, you’ll even learn how to modify each recipe for the Atkins 40 and Atkins 20 program. This guide is easy to use regardless of food preferences, lifestyle, or cooking abilities. This book is not about following fads or suffering for results; it is a sustainable, delicious program for everyday wellness.

As vice president of nutrition and education, Colette Heimowitz is the driving force for nutrition information at Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. She is the nutritionist face to the Atkins Community, which is dedicated to helping people reach their weight management goals. As part of this initiative, she publishes a weekly nutritionist blog, creates content devoted to educating new members about the program, and stays up to date on emerging research on human nutrition. Colette has been a guest on radio programs nationwide, as well as on television networks including CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. She has more than twenty-five years of experience as a nutritionist and received her MSc in clinical nutrition from Hunter College of the City University of New York. For more information on Atkins, visit atkins.com.

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The Financial Mindset Fix by Joyce Marter

(Sounds True, 2021)

A step-by-step guide to cultivate mental and spiritual discipline for taking charge of your financial well-being

Does prosperity lead to happiness . . . or is it the other way around? As a therapist, Joyce Marter noticed an extraordinary trend: as her clients improved their mental health, they were suddenly receiving raises, getting promotions, finding better jobs, or starting their successful businesses. Since then, Marter has become a go-to expert on the “Psychology of Success”―pioneering ways to help us improve our financial well-being by focusing on our psychological and spiritual issues around money.

With The Financial Mindset Fix, Marter crystallizes her most powerful and effective practices for success. Here, she guides you through 12 mindsets to transform your relationship with wealth―along with innovative exercises, self-assessment tools, and insights for shifting into a mindset of abundance; changing unconscious habits and beliefs that keep you trapped; using mindfulness to make good financial choices; sharing your good fortune with others through generosity and service; and realizing an expansive vision of your healthiest, wealthiest life.

Money brings up deep issues for all of us―around self-worth, self-image, justice, and survival-level fear. “We are all works in progress,” says Marter. “No matter where you are on your journey, these tools are meant to be lifelong companions to a life of greater prosperity and joy.”

Joyce Marter, LCPC, is a therapist, entrepreneur, adjunct professor at Northwestern University, and national speaker. She is the founder and CEO of Urban Balance, a nationwide counseling practice, and provides trainings on mental health and success for Fortune 500 companies. She has written for HuffPost, Spirituality & Health, and The Good Men Project, among others. She has been featured in various media outlets, including CNN, MTV, and the Wall Street Journal. For more, see joyce-marter.com.

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EAT TO BEAT DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY by Drew Ramsey, MD

(HarperWave, 2021)

A revolutionary prescription for healing depression and anxiety and optimizing brain health through the foods we eat, including a six-week plan to help you get started eating for better mental health.

Depression and anxiety disorders are rising, affecting more than 58 million people in the United States alone. Many rely on therapy and medications to alleviate symptoms, but often this is not enough. Now, we know there has been a missing factor. With the latest scientific advances in neuroscience, nutrition, and the mind-gut connection, we have discovered that how and what we eat greatly affects how we feel, physically, cognitively, and emotionally.

Our brains consume twenty percent of everything we eat. And when the brain is deprived of essential nutrients, we suffer. In this groundbreaking book, Dr Drew Ramsey helps us forge a path towards greater mental health through food. Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety breaks down the science of Nutritional Psychiatry and explains what you should eat to positively effect brain health and improve mental wellness.

Dr. Ramsey distills the latest research ground-breaking research on nutrition and the brain. By focusing on increasing brain cell health (neruoplasticity), reducing inflammation, and cultivating a healthy microbiome, he discusses the twelve essential vitamins and minerals most critical to your brain and body as well as anti-inflammatory foods which feed the gut. Ramsey helps readers to assess barriers to self-nourishment and offers techniques for enhancing motivation. To get us started, he provides a kick-starter Six-Week Depression and Anxiety Mental Health Food Plan to incorporate key food categories, like leafy greens and seafood, along with simple, delicious, brain-nutritious recipes.

Following the proven method Dr. Ramsey has used with patients for nearly a decade, you can confidently use food to help lift yourself out of anxiety and depression and control your own journey to full mental health.

Drew Ramsey, M.D., is a psychiatrist, author, and farmer. Dr. Ramsey is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University in New York and an attending psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. His clinical work focuses on the treatment of depression and anxiety with a combination of psychotherapy, diet and lifestyle modification, and psychopharmacology. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic, Prevention, and Men’s Journal, and he is the coauthor of The Happiness Diet. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter. For more on Dr. Ramsey, visit DrewRamseyMD.com

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Valedictorians at the Gate by Becky Munsterer Sabky

(Holt, 2021)

A former Ivy League Admissions Officer shares her stories from the frontlines of the admissions wars, and offers advice on how to stand out, get in, and most importantly, stay true to yourself as you prepare for college.

When Becky Munsterer Sabky was a college senior she was rejected by her dream school, Dartmouth. She had done everything right. Checked every box. Played on every team, and yet still she received, “the thin envelope”. A decade later she was the one helping to make the admissions decisions for the Ivy League university. Drawing back the curtain, Valedictorians at the Gate is a behind-the-scenes look at how best to prepare for the admissions process, from the first day of high school to welcome weekend on campus, with the needed perspective to stay true to yourself, and discover your passions as you battle the other valedictorians at the gate.

Written with actionable advice (do take the SATs multiple times; don’t write your college essay about Hermione Granger) Valedictorians at the Gate answers the questions of just who to ask for a college recommendation (a note from a janitor will turn more heads than a form letter from the chair of the math department), just what to do on campus visits (have the student ask the questions, not your mom and dad) and what curriculum to take (if you like art, go for it over AP physics). This is the book every student and parent wishes to have by their side as they navigate the immensely competitive, and confusing, process of selecting a college.

Perfect for both prospective students, and (hopefully-not-helicoptering) parents, Sabky infuses her wisdom gleaned from years making the tough admissions decisions with illuminating anecdotes of her time as an Ivy League gate keeper. Parents and students will find relief, and advice that cuts through the confusion and intimidation of applying to college, and places the power firmly in the hands of the applicant. A college doesn’t choose you, you choose it. In Valedictorians at the Gate, Sabky has written the book we need now, and for generations to follow.

Becky Munsterer Sabky is a former Director of International Admissions at Dartmouth College. She’s a graduate of Colby College and received her M.A.L.S. degree in creative writing from Dartmouth. Based in Vermont, she is also an award-winning monthly newspaper columnist, a blogger, and the author of a children’s books series entitled The Little Rippers. For more on Sabky visit beckysabky.com

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Reading the Leaves by Sandra Mariah Wright and Leanne Marrama

An Intuitive Guide to the Ancient Art and Modern Magic of Tea Leaf Divination
(TarcherPerigee, May 2020)

An illustrated guide to tapping into your intuition through the simple act of sitting down to a cup of tea.

Whether you’re wondering about career, finances, love, or health, Salem witches Sandra Mariah Wright and Leanne Marrama are here to help build your intuitive skills and transform your life. Reading the Leaves shows you how to:
* brew a cup of tea for divination purposes
* interpret more than 200 time-tested symbols that are most likely to show up, such as hearts and anchors, and what their size, location, and relationship to other shapes mean
* set an intention
* create a regular tea ritual
* keep a tea leaf reading journal
* do a reading for family and friends
* make their favorite tea time recipes
* respond when a “bad” symbol shows up

You already possess the tools, and with Sandra and Leanne’s guidance, the true journey of self-discovery can begin. You don’t have to be a witch to find your inner magic.

About the Authors

Leanne Marrama is a full-time professional psychic. She teaches classes, presents at festivals around the country, and hosts weekly séances in Salem. Among her many media appearances, she has been featured on TLC’s What Not to Wear, Ghost Chronicles, and Beyond Belief with George Noory.

Sandra Mariah Wright owns an events business (Spirit Beacon Psychic Fair & Mystical Marketplace), as well as a jewelry and occult supply company (Gallows Hill Witchery), and manages the largest annual psychic fair in the country (the Salem Psychic Fair & Witches’ Market). She has appeared on the Travel Channel and Showtime, and has been featured on Dish Network’s Magnificent Obsessions.

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Keep Moving by Maggie Smith

(One Signal an imprint of Atria, 2020)

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For fans of Anne Lamott and Cleo Wade, a collection of quotes and essays on facing life’s challenges with creativity, courage, and resilience.

When Maggie Smith, the award-winning author of the viral poem “Good Bones,” started writing daily Twitter posts in the wake of her divorce, they unexpectedly caught fire. In this deeply moving book of quotes and essays, Maggie writes about new beginnings as opportunities for transformation. Like kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with gold, Keep Moving celebrates the beauty and strength on the other side of loss. This is a book for anyone who has gone through a difficult time and is wondering: What comes next?

Maggie Smith is the award-winning author of several books of poetry including Good Bones, The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison, Lamp of the Body, The List of Dangers, and Nesting Dolls. A 2011 recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Smith has also received several Individual Excellence Awards from the Ohio Arts Council, two Academy of American Poets Prizes, a Pushcart Prize, and fellowships from the Sustainable Arts Foundation and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has been widely published, appearing in The New York Times, Tin House, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, and more.

For more on Maggie Smith, please visit maggiesmithpoet.com.

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Bless this Mess by Rev. Molly Basket and Dr. Ellen O’Donnell


A Modern Guide to Faith and Parenting in a Chaotic World
by Rev. Molly Baskette and Dr. Ellen O’Donnell
(Convergent, 2019)

Pairing modern psychology with liberal Christian spirituality, Dr. Ellen O’Donnell and Rev. Molly Baskette deliver a clear and compelling modus operandi for making family life work–one rooted in research on parenting and Christian values, peppered with personal stories and a heavy dose of humor.

When authors Ellen O’Donnell and Molly Baskette became parents, they read lots of books on parenting–many of them great. But when it came to practical suggestions that would help their family spiritually and psychologically, they came up short. Together, they sought out brainstorming actionable steps to help their families in ways that weren’t being discussed in parenting books. This book is the fruit of their brainstorming and discussions.

In Bless This Mess, readers will gain tools as they learn how to talk to kids about money, bodies, God, ethics, disability, and difference; how to stress less (really); how to embody an ethic of service to others; how to live a practice of deep generosity and gratitude; and, most of all, how to stop being so afraid all the damn time, as we raise our kids in an increasingly chaotic and often scary world. Both Christian spirituality and modern science can help us parent more fearlessly in an age of anxiety. With real-life examples and strategies to address the challenges of raising a toddler, preteen, or teenager, Bless This Mess guides parents of children at all stages of their development.

Readers will shed stress with this resource they can turn to again and again for practical guidance as their children grow and the family encounters new challenges. Most important, readers will not feel alone, as they peruse relatable stories and are reminded of the companionship of God in their parenting journey.

REV. MOLLY PHINNEY BASKETTE, MDiv, is the senior minister of First Congregational Church of Berkeley, California, and the author of several series of books, including grief workbooks for children and practical how-tos for church renewal. She lives in Alameda, California, with her husband and two children, where she loves to march in the streets, bike the Bay, or read in the hammock, depending on God’s agenda for the day. For more on Rev. Baskette please go to http://www.mollybaskette.com.

ELLEN O’DONNELL, PhD, is a child psychologist at MassGeneral Hospital for Children and Shriners Hospitals for Children–Boston and an instructor at Harvard Medical School. She has authored numerous articles and book chapters on topics in child psychology, such as learning disabilities, coping with a child’s or parent’s medical illness, and positive parenting practices to prevent depression and anxiety in children. Ellen lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with her husband and their two boys.

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A IS FOR ADVICE (The Reassuring Kind): Wisdom for Pregnancy by Ilana Stanger-Ross

(William Morrow, 2019)

Practical, reassuring, and beautifully written and illustrated, A IS FOR ADVICE provides a brief and compelling reflection on pregnancy, birth, and the early postpartum period for expectant mothers of all kinds–whether you prefer a water birth at home or a scheduled C-section in a hospital, whether you believe in painkillers or an all-natural labor, breast milk or formula, this book speaks to you and your pregancy. Written in the approachable and friendly tone of a best-friend blogger but informed by the insight of a Registered Midwife, A IS FOR ADVICE seeks to comfort and inspire, providing realistic and soothing advice at a time when most women desperately seek out information.

Through 26 lesson/letters of the alphabet (C is for Control; F is for Fear; W is for Water), A IS FOR ADVICE ffers practical and emotional insights into the often overwhelming transition to motherhood. Using a combination of humor, story-telling, research distillation, and personal reflection, A IS FOR ADVICE speaks to concerns common to all women as they approach birth and motherhood. Eschewing the “birth wars” for a women-centered, feminist perspective,A IS FOR ADVICE does not argue for any one type of birth experience, but rather empowers each woman to be her own advocate. If the book could be summed up in one line it would be, simply, “be gentle with yourself.” Read it cover-to-cover or in the short bursts available to an expecting mom (each letter stands alone), this book offers a compelling call for well-informed, judgment-free, and forgiving birthing and mothering.

Ilana Stanger-Ross is a Registered Midwife and novelist based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, she received a BA at Barnard College, an MA in Fiction at Temple University, and a Bachelors in Midwifery from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. For more on Ilana please visit her website ilanastangerross.com

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FULLY HUMAN: A Three-Step Path to Productivity, Happiness, and Success by Susan Packard

(Tarcher Perigee, 2018)

HGTV cofounder Susan Packard launches the next chapter in emotional intelligence (EQ), and shows how employees and business leaders alike can increase their satisfaction and productivity–in work and life–via her three-step path toward EQ Fitness.

Success is an inside job. EQ Fit leaders know that the emotional health of their organizations is key to their economic health, and it all begins with tending to one’s own emotional fitness. Packard’s accessible guidebook has arrived just in time, since the landscape of business and leadership is changing at a blinding clip. As technological advances increase efficiency, old-school hierarchies are fading fast, and instead of top-down bravado, there’s a new path forward. She teaches an “inside out” practice of self-discovery, which helps readers uncover unproductive emotions and dispel them.

Packard shows how the most successful companies are rich with “connector” emotions like hope, empathy, and trust building. She tackles unconventional topics, like how workaholism keeps us emotionally adolescent and how forgiveness belongs in the workplace, too. No one knows these truths better. Packard shares her EQ Fit-catalyzed success at HGTV and the stories of the executives she coaches in mindfulness and other out-of-the-box techniques.

The best leaders balance power with grace, and everyone can effectively use both resilience–an ability to endure tough situations and make tough decisions–and vulnerability–a willingness to open up, change, and admit when we need help–to be more effective. Packard offers us exciting new tools so we can bring our best selves to all we do.

For more on Susan Packard please visit susanpackard.com.

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The Healing Slow Cooker by Jennifer Iserloh

(Chronicle Books, Fall 2017)

Healing recipes–made simple with the
 ease of a slow cooker–create energy-boosting, stress-relieving, brain-sharpening meals
 that are effortless, accessible, and most
 of all–delicious.

A classically trained chef, certified yoga teacher and a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Iserloh is the best-selling author of 50 Shades of Kale and Healthy Cheats, among many other books.

She has also generated thousands of articles, blog posts and recipes for publications such as SELF, Health Monitor, Prevention, In Style, People, First For Women, AOL/Huffington Post, Epicurious, and Livestrong. In addition, Iserloh regularly appears on Fox News, The Today Show and other CBS and NBC network programs discussing nutrition, healthy eating, superfoods and related issues.

Beyond her books, television appearances and writings, Iserloh empowers thousands of people each day to take on a bigger role in their own health and eat more superfoods right here on SkinnyChef.com — a fountain of news, recipes and advice.

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The Career Manifesto by Mike Steib

(TarcherPerigee, January 2018)

An action-oriented guide to help anyone find their calling and achieve their goals, inspired by the author’s popular blog post with the same title

The Career Manifesto presents an inspiring and refreshingly simple approach to finding your passion and purpose and then jumpstarting a dream career to achieve those, by asking three essential questions:

– What do you want your impact to be?
– What are the potential pathways that move you towards your purpose?
– How can you hold yourself accountable for your goals?

Award-winning CEO of XO Group and sought-after speaker, Michael Steib, draws on his own diverse work experience and career highlights as well as powerful anecdotes from other successful business leaders to offer expert guidance, field-tested advice, and interactive exercises that will help you answer these three key questions, envision a goal and then craft and execute a plan to achieve it. For young professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives seeking more purpose and meaning in their work and lives, The Career Manifesto is the essential way to build–and follow through on–an effective plan to excel at whatever job, project or career goal you put your mind to.

Mike Steib is the President and CEO of XO Group, a family of brands that includes the popular sites The Knot, The Nest and The Bump. Prior to joining XO Group, Steib served as CEO at Vente-Privee USA, Director of Google TV Ads, and Managing Director of Emerging Platforms at Google, Inc. Steib also held positions at NBC Universal/General Electric, including General Manager, Strategic Ventures, and before that, VP, Business Development. He also worked on the development of new media businesses for Walker Digital, LLC, and as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. Steib is Co-Chairman of the board for Literacy Partners, a nonprofit providing adult literacy programs to thousands of New Yorkers each year as well as a board director for Ally Financial, a Fortune 500 financial services company committed to digital innovation. He lives in New York.

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Total Cat Mojo by Jackson Galaxy

(TarcherPerigee, October 2017)

Cat Mojo: the confidence that cats exhibit when they are at ease in their environment and in touch with their natural instincts—to hunt, catch, kill, eat, groom, and sleep—in a territory where their ownership is assured.

This comprehensive cat care guide from the star of the hit Animal Planet show “My Cat from Hell,” Jackson Galaxy, reveals how the most important thing you can do to ensure your cat’s health and happiness is to understand one key concept: Cat Mojo. Problems such as litter box avoidance and aggression arise when cats are not able to hook into this innate, instinctual confidence they all possess—but need help from their human companions to harness.

According to Jackson Galaxy, you can best help your feline friend find their Mojo by developing a better understanding of how your cat thinks and feels, in order to create a thriving home environment for them, as well as a deeper personal relationship with them. Whether addressing the optimal diet, tackling common social challenges, or getting the most out of your daily playtime routine, this book covers the head-to-toe physical and emotional needs of all cats, from kittenhood to the senior years and every life stage in between. Total Cat Mojo is the must-have cat care bible for any cat lover.

Jackson Galaxy is a cat behaviorist who has spent almost 25 years working to better the lives of cats in their homes, in shelters and on TV as host and Executive Producer of Animal Planet’s long-running hit show, “My Cat From Hell.” He is the coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers Catification: Designing a Happy and Stylish Home for Your Cat (and You!) and Catify To Satisfy. Jackson is also the author of his memoir Cat Daddy: What the World’s Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean.

Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado has been helping humans understand cats for over 15 years. She is a behavior consultant at Feline Minds and a research fellow at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Mikel has a PhD in Psychology from UC Berkeley, where she studied animal behavior and human-animal relationships.

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Atkins Eat Right, Not Less by Colette Heimowitz

(Touchstone, December 2017)

Beautifully illustrated and filled with 100 whole food recipes and simple solutions for eating the foods we love in a healthier way, this brand-new Atkins guide focuses on eating right—not less—to achieve weight management goals and improve your overall health.

For more than forty years, Atkins has been a leading brand, using proven scientific research to help hundreds of thousands of people achieve weight loss and weight management goals on a lower-carb diet. But while many Americans would like to lose weight, most don’t want to adhere to a strict program.

Discovering a healthy, sustainable way of eating that you can live with beats yo-yo dieting that only leaves you frustrated and discouraged. Atkins: Eat Right, Not Less offers choices and helps you find the level of carbohydrate consumption that you will be able to sustain in Atkins’s first four-color hardcover guidebook. By making small adjustments to the foods you already eat, you can ease into a healthier lifestyle while still making a huge impact on your health and weight.

Detailed information about the popular Atkins 40 approach (a favorite of Alyssa Milano and Kim Kardashian, and one of the Most Googled Diets of 2016), and the new flexible, personalized Atkins 100, Atkins: Eat Right, Not Less also provides step-by-step directions for those of us who need a more structured program with the original Atkins 20 approach, as well as meal plans for all three levels, grocery lists, and 100 simple and delicious recipes to kick-start your new lifestyle.

As Vice President of Nutrition & Education, Colette Heimowitz is the driving force for nutrition information at Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. She is the nutritionist face to the Atkins Community, which is dedicated to helping people reach their weight management goals. As part of this initiative, she publishes a weekly nutritionist blog, creates content devoted to educating new members about the program, and stays up to date on emerging research on human nutrition. She has more than twenty-five years of experience as a nutritionist and received her MSc in clinical nutrition from Hunter College of the City University of New York.

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My Mortified Life by David Nadelberg

A Guided Journal to Gauge How Much You’ve Changed Since Childhood (Ulysses Press, August 2017)

From the makers of the acclaimed Mortified podcast, stage show and documentary series, this interactive diary is part time machine, part confession booth. Discover how much you’ve changed (and haven’t) as you answer questions about your:

• Love life
• Family life
• Best days
• Worst days
• Fears
• Vices
• Unfortunate fashion history (no, that Hypercolor shirt will never be cool again)
• And beyond!

With prompts that encourage you to compare your life THEN vs. NOW, My Mortified Life is a cathartic way to relive your past, reflect on your present and figure out whether you’re still the same wonderful weirdo you were back in the day.

David Nadelberg launched Mortified in 2002 by inviting people to submit their childhood diaries, letters and poems.

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The Empowered Mama by Lisa Druxman

Get powerful tools to nurture and replenish your body and mind in The Empowered Mom (Fair Wind Press, November 2017)

Moms who work are trying to juggle the roles of wife, mother, and homemaker while also being professional, competent businesswomen. They never feel they get enough done, but they rarely acknowledge that they are wife, mother, lover, friend, cook, nurse, housekeeper, businessperson, driver, volunteer, dog walker, and more. Many moms feel like they can’t take time to replenish their bodies or minds. There’s just not enough time and it seems selfish to take time when families and work still demand more. The Empowered Mom is a practical and interactive workbook full of simple, powerful tools to help moms reconnect with themselves on the journey through motherhood.

Author Lisa Druxman uplifts, inspires, and takes moms on a journey not just to rediscover themselves but to fall in love with motherhood again. Whether you are a working mom or a stay-at-home mom, this book will add balance to your life. This book focuses on all the other parts of a mom’s life – relationships at work, tackling built-up stressors, cleaning up one’s diet, even going green and being more mindful about the environment – with the intuitive understanding that getting the rest of your life in order will only reap huge dividends for your family. Since there will never be more hours in the day, The Empowered Mom will help you maximize the hours you do have to accomplish what matters most.

Lisa Druxman has created an empire around healthy motherhood. She is the founder of FIT4MOM, the leader in fitness and motherhood. FIT4MOM offers Stroller Strides, Fit4Baby, and Body Back, the country’s largest fitness program for moms, with 2,000 locations and nearly 300 franchises around the country. Lisa is the creator of the DVD workouts Mama Wants Her Body Back and the author of Lean Mommy by Hachette Books. Lisa has been featured numerous times on the Today Show and has made guest appearances on Montel, CNN, Inside Edition, and more. Lisa’s articles and her story have been in parenting magazines such as Pregnancy, Parenting and Baby Talk; fitness magazines from Fit Pregnancy and Shape to Self; and business magazines from Entrepreneur to WorkingMother.

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Infidelity by Dr. Kenneth Rosenberg

Infidelity is a key social issue of the 21st century, no longer confined to “cheaters” bars or secret rendezvous during business trips. The Internet is a technological playground for philanderers, turning previously out-of-reach fantasies into instant opportunities. And in both genders, infidelity—emotional, virtual, and sexual—is on the rise. In his new book, INFIDELITY: Why Men and Women Cheat, renowned sex and addiction specialist Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, M.D. draws from the latest research in neuroscience and his own clinical practice to reveal the mechanics of the sexual brain. And through concrete rules, Dr. Rosenberg guides couples on how to prevent cheating, stop it from progressing, and repair the damage caused by an affair.

Dr. Kenneth Rosenberg is the co-editor of BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS (Elsevier Academic Press, 2014), which is considered to be a landmark text in the field, and he is a consulting editor of one of the leading sex journals, the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy. A board-certified addiction psychiatrist, Dr. Rosenberg is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a certified sex addiction therapist. For over a decade, he has been listed in US News and World Report and New York Magazine as a top psychiatrist. As a sex researcher, he has published scholarly articles on sexuality and contributed to clinical studies of the effectiveness and safety of Viagra. He has appeared on HBO, CNN, Fox, ABC World News Tonight, and CNBC and has been cited in The New York Times, People, Newsweek and the Huffington Post among other publications. He is also a Peabody Award winning filmmaker for HBO and PBS. Dr. Rosenberg maintains a private practice in Manhattan.

INFIDELITY is poised to become a classic guide for men and women to help them understand and overcome their own self-inflicted barriers to love and commitment and discover their true sexual and romantic potential.

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Eat Complete by Drew Ramsey, M.D.

EatCompleteFrom leading psychiatrist and author of Fifty Shades of Kale comes a collection of 100 simple, delicious, and affordable recipes to help you get the core nutrients your brain and body need to stay happy and healthy.

What does food have to do with brain health? Everything.

Your brain burns more of the food you eat than any other organ. It determines if you gain or lose weight, if you’re feeling energetic or fatigued, if you’re upbeat or depressed. In this essential guide and cookbook, Drew Ramsey, MD, explores the role the human brain plays in every part of your life, including mood, health, focus, memory, and appetite, and reveals what foods you need to eat to keep your brain—and by extension your body—properly fueled.

Drawing upon cutting-edge scientific research, Dr. Ramsey identifies the twenty-one nutrients most important to brain health and overall well-being—the very nutrients that are often lacking in most people’s diets. Without these nutrients, he emphasizes, our brains and bodies don’t run the way they should.

Eat Complete includes 100 appetizing, easy, gluten-free recipes engineered for optimal nourishment. It also teaches readers how to use food to correct the nutrient deficiencies causing brain drain and poor health for millions. For example:

• Start the day with an Orange Pecan Waffle or a Turmeric Raspberry Almond Smoothie, and the Vitamin E found in the nuts will work to protect vulnerable brain fat (plus the fiber keeps you satisfied until lunch).

• Enjoy Garlic Butter Shrimp over Zucchini Noodles and Mussels with Garlicky Kale Ribbons and Artichokes, and the zinc and magnesium from the seafood will help stimulate the growth of new brain cells.

• Want to slow down your brain’s aging process? Indulge with a cup of Turmeric Cinnamon Hot Chocolate, and the flavanols found in chocolate both increase blood flow to the brain and help fight age-related memory decline.

Featuring fifty stunning, full-color photographs, Eat Complete helps you pinpoint the nutrients missing from your diet and gives you tasty recipes to transform your health—and ultimately your life.

Drew Ramsey, M.D., is a psychiatrist, author, and farmer. Dr. Ramsey is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University in New York and an attending psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. His clinical work focuses on the treatment of depression and anxiety with a combination of psychotherapy, diet and lifestyle modification, and psychopharmacology. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic, Prevention, and Men’s Journal, and he is the coauthor of The Happiness Diet. He lives in New York City with his wife and children.

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Eating Clean by Amie Valpone

EatingCleanSick and tired of feeling sick and tired? Need to detox and reset your body? Let Amie Valpone, creator of TheHealthyApple.com, guide you toward wellness and understanding with her eye-opening and comprehensive book, EATING CLEAN.

After suffering for a decade from a variety of ailments like Lyme Disease, C-Diff Colitis, Hypothyroidism, Adrenal Fatigue, and Leaky Gut Syndrome (to name only a few!), Amie decided to take matters into her own hands to figure out what was wrong, detox her diet and life, and heal herself. Now, she’s outlined what she’s learned from her personal struggles and years of research to help you do the same.
A compendium of valuable information, EATING CLEAN has what you need to know to fight inflammation. With the 21-Day Elimination Diet (and an accompanying 2-week detox meal plan), you’ll be able to figure out what foods are ailing you, boost your detox pathways, improve digestion, get rid of unwanted symptoms such as bloating, and more. To revamp your lifestyle one step at a time, there are also guides for cleaning out and stocking your kitchen; tips for traveling, eating out, and entertaining; and steps to detoxify your living space and personal care products.

Add to that, there are over 200 delicious, doable recipes that are vegetarian and free of problematic ingredients like gluten, dairy, soy, corn, eggs, and refined sugar, so you can create satisfying and nourishing meals that you’ll enjoy and will make you feel amazing. We’re talking dishes like Sunday Morning Blueberry Pear Oatmeal Bake, Velvety Pear and Fennel Soup, Carrot “Fettuccine” with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Pumpkin Seeds, and Vanilla Bean Coconut Ice Cream. All the recipes are detox-friendly and made entirely with whole foods…no fake ingredients here! From breakfast to snacks, main entrees to condiments, and desserts to drinks, the range of recipes in this book will help you eat clean, any time of the day.

With EATING CLEAN in hand, you’re one step closer to taking charge of your health and feeling better than you ever have before.

Amie Valpone, HHC, AADP, is the Editor-in-Chief of TheHealthyApple.com. She is a chef, culinary nutritionist, professional recipe developer, food photographer, writer, and motivational speaker specializing in simple gluten-free, soy-free, and dairy-free “clean eating” recipes. Amie was able to heal herself from a decade of chronic pain and multiple ailments, including Lyme Disease, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Hypothyroidism, Adrenal Fatigue, Leaky Gut, Heavy Metal and Mold Toxicity, after visiting countless doctors and the Mayo Clinic with no results. Amie cooks for a variety of clients, including celebrities and people with busy lifestyles, who enjoy healthy, organic, whole foods. Her work appears on Martha Stewart, Fox News Health, WebMD, The Huffington Post, The Food Network, and PBS, and in Glamour, Clean Eating, SELF, Vegetarian Times, Prevention, and many other magazines and media outlets. Amie splits her time between Manhattan and New Jersey.

“Amie approaches detoxification and optimal health from a genuine place. She has struggled with toxicity and many of its health-robbing ramifications. Along the way, she’s developed a roadmap she shares in this groundbreaking book that can also help you heal your health, your weight, and your life.”—From the Foreword by Mark Hyman, M.D., nine-time #1 New York Times bestselling author

“EATING CLEAN is filled with delicious anti-inflammatory recipes and practical solutions to help reset your body and reclaim your health. Amie has the courage to share her authentic journey from chronic illness to vitality; she’s an inspiration and her contagious enthusiasm, passion and glowing energy come through every page. This book is a must-have in your anti-inflammatory kitchen.”—Frank Lipman, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of The New Health Rules

“I admire and respect Amie’s healthy approach to clean eating and love the recipes and photography in this book! A huge help for people who want to live a healthier lifestyle, but don’t know where to start.”—Gina Homolka, creator of Skinnytaste.com and New York Times best-selling author of The Skinnytaste Cookbook

“In EATING CLEAN, Amie Valpone nails the simple truth that food is at the heart of our wellbeing. As someone, much like Amie, who has struggled with conventional treatment of an Auto-immune disease, I can attest to the healing power of food. In this age of overly processed food, excessive prescription medication, and so-called quick fixes, it’s so wonderful to hear Amie’s courageous voice inspiring us to return to a cleaner, more natural way of taking control of our health!”—Seamus Mullen, award-winning chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, and wellness advocate

“Everything is changing when it comes to the health of our families. The escalating rates of food allergies, asthma, autism, diabetes, obesity and cancer are changing how we view food. EATING CLEAN is a cookbook for a healthy life! With resources, tools and a strong and gentle hand, it is a valuable resource for those on the road to recovery.”—Robyn O’Brien, analyst, mother, author of The Unhealthy Truth

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His Father Still by Tim Hollister

HollisterhisfatherstillHis Father Still: A Parenting Memoir is, first, Reid’s father’s disarmingly candid account of the tumult of parenting Reid through his teenage years, and then confronting the unthinkable obligations of a father to a son after a sudden tragedy. But this book is about much more than parenting and grief. In the months following Reid’s crash, as Tim Hollister worked to steady himself and his family, he found himself consumed by an accelerated need to answer two questions: Had he been a good father? And in raising his son, had he struck the right balance between exposing him to life’s risks while protecting him from life’s dangers?

Answers came in large part from a flood of condolences conveyed through letters and emails, and also in social media posts — which at the time, 2006, were a brand-new phenomenon. From these messages emerged a mosaic of Reid’s character and personality that was barely known to Tim while Reid was alive because, as parents raise teens by “letting out the tether,” they see less of and know less about their kids. Thus, after Reid’s passing, Tim learned more about his son than he had known while Reid was alive. While this portrait arrived too late, it was not unwelcome; Reid’s crash and its aftermath eventually segued to Tim forging these new insights into the foundation of a renewed relationship with his son that was, if nothing else, a sustainable way forward.

This book is, therefore, remarkable not only for its honesty but also for its forays into a breadth of universal issues, topics that shaped both Tim ‘s experience as a father while Reid was alive and his reconstruction of their parent-child bond after the crash: balancing protection and freedom when raising a teen; delivering discipline; reacting to a school’s contested accusation of misconduct; supervising a teen driver; writing an obituary and eulogy for a teen; composing condolence messages, especially through social media; preserving and
then giving away a deceased’s possessions; using the aftermath of tragedy to rebuild a frayed relationship; counting blessings; establishing an enduring connection with a loved one who has passed away; and harnessing the power of communities to care for those reeling from a sudden loss.

Tim Hollister is an environmental attorney who has been ranked among the Best Lawyers in America. After Reid’s crash in 2006, Tim became an advocate for safer teen driving. In 2009, he launched a national blog for parents of teen drivers, “From Reid’s Dad,” and in 2013 he published Not So Fast: Parenting Your Teen Through theDangers of Driving (Chicago Review Press). In 2010, the U.S. Department of Transportation honored Tim’s advocacy with the nation’s highest civilian award for traffic safety, and in 2014, the Governors Highway Safety Association recognized Not So Fast with its own national public service award. Tim has appeared on the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, the “Home and Family Show” on the Hallmark Channel, and Kyra Phillips’ Raising America on HLN. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and daughter.

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Catify to Satisfy by Jackson Galaxy and Kate Benjamin

catifytosatisfyFollowing up their New York Times bestseller CATIFICATION, Jackson Galaxy, star of Animal Planet’s hit show My Cat from Hell, and Kate Benjamin, cat design wizard, show cat guardians everywhere how to use home design tricks to address everyday cat care issues. Does your feline friend like to pee everywhere but in his or her litter box? Does your kitty have a thing for your furniture that has left your beloved couch in tatters? Catify to Satisfy will show you how simple DIY design projects and hacks can help bring harmony back into your home. Featuring the amazing projects cat guardians from around the world have shared with Jackson and Kate—design strategies for solving even the most daunting kitty challenges—this book is the ultimate guide to creating a happy home for cat guardian and cat alike.

Jackson Galaxy is a cat behaviorist and the host of Animal Planet’s hit show My Cat from Hell. He is also the author of Cat Daddy: What the World’s Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean.

Kate Benjamin is the founder of the popular cat design website Hauspanther.com. She makes frequent guest appearances on My Cat from Hell, helping Jackson Galaxy create stylish cat-friendly environments.

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No Time for Tears by Judy Heath

NoTimeForTearsNo Time for Tears: Coping with Grief in a Busy World by Judy Heath is a guide book for people struggling through grief and those who counsel them. Grief is a painful, but natural process which our society likes to medicate and hurry people through. Grief is underrated, and people feel like they’re “going crazy”. We are ill-prepared for the roller coaster of emotions, the lack of focus and the absurd comments that spring from the lips of those around us. This book is will gently guide you through your loss, answer your questions and provide you with some hope going forward. Those who counsel the bereaved will find new ways to inspire their Practices and many tools to assist those in need. Family and friends will discover answers about how to console and aid others. Although there is no more powerful force to shatter our world leaving us crushed and abandoned, there is no other event in our lives which carries with it the ability to realign our priorities and grant us perspective in such a monumental way. No, none of us is ever the same, but there is hope.

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The 30-Second Body by Adam Rosante

30-Second_BodyCreator of the New York Times-profiled People’s Bootcamp and celebrity fitness trainer Adam Rosante lays out a hard-charging, simple-to-follow, six-week lifestyle and workout program (no machinery required!) that uses 30-second interval training to torch fat, build lean muscle and help you get strong for life!

You want a body that is long, lean, strong, agile and fast. You want a metabolism that burns calories even while at rest. You want to lose weight but not muscle tone and energy. Adam Rosante’s The 30-Second Body is the one-stop solution, a comprehensive plan that delivers results fast: Most will notice amazing results in just one week! The simple-to-follow, six-week program is organized around Rosante’s motto:
Train Dirty, Eat Clean, Live Hard! It includes:

30-second, high-intensity power intervals that target the whole body, done five times a week plus one sixth day “recovery workout” of gentle yoga stretches and movements).

Black & white photos illustrating how to perform the moves with perfect form anywhere–from squats, lunges, and pushups, to jumps, and lightning bolt sits–without any equipment or weights.

Rosante’s easy eating plan which allows you to indulge in delicious and nutritious ingredients. Inspiring advice and motivating encouragement– Adam will rev readers up to be hard-charging well beyond the first six weeks.

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Weapons of Fitness by Avital Zeisler

weaponsFINALA groundbreaking self-defense and fitness book for women by a ballerina-turned-self-defense expert. Learn how to become your own weapon of self-defense and fitness so that you can create and target your best life.

After ballerina Avital Zeisler was savagely attacked as a young woman, she lived in fear—until she took action to train with experts in self-defense from around the world. Seeking a method specific to women and using Krav Maga as a base, she created her own self-defense program: the Soteria Method. It was an immediate sensation, and is now in demand by everyone from corporate executives to Hollywood stars—such as Amanda Seyfried, Megan Boone, Keri Russell, and Matthew Rhys, to name a few—who seek her classes both for the self-defense and for the intense, body-sculpting workout.

Unique and empowering, Weapons of Fitness will help get you into incredible shape—and just might save your life.

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Mama Gone Geek by Lynn Brunelle

mamagonegeekIn MAMA GONE GEEK, Lynn Brunelle has taken her nerdy passion for science, art and education and applied it to the awe-inspiring eleven-year project that has been raising her children. An Emmy Award winning writer for “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” Lynn is the author of best-selling children’s books, and a former K-12 science and art teacher. The results of her “experiment” to date have been surprising, humorous, sometimes misguided, but always meaningful.

We live in a time and in a culture that celebrates scientific and technological innovation. It is also a time when smart kid parenting is a driving trend, especially important as we seek to compete with the rest of the world that has long invested in the mathematical and scientific training of their children at younger ages. Readers of MAMA GONE GEEK will learn how one artsy science-nerd mom applies what she knows to raise science savvy and confident kids. Readers can follow Lynn’s magical stories as she seamlessly incorporates lessons of the physical world into her sons’ every day lives, whether she uses an accidently ingested magnet to teach them about the human body or increases their Little League batting averages through lessons on Newton’s Laws of Motion.

Lynn Brunelle is a four-time Emmy Award-winning writer for the television series “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” with over twenty years of writing experience. Lynn has created, developed and written projects for PBS, NPR, A&E, The Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Disney and ABC-TV. She is the creator of a family science blog Science Friday’s Tabletop Science, a regular voice on NPR’s Science Friday Kids’ Connection, an on-air contributor and consultant on activities for Martha Stewart Radio, a writer for the Huffington Post, as well as for several children’s and parenting magazines. She is a national speaker and has presented as a Street Fair Educator at the World Science Festival New York City and The Aspen Center for Physics Aspen Science Festival. She lives on Bainbridge Island off the coast of Washington with her husband and two sons.

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Not So Fast by Tim Hollister

notsofastProviding advice to parents, guardians, and other adults who supervise teen drivers about the critical decisions that must be made before getting behind the wheel of a car, this book will help empower and guide parents of the more than three million teens obtaining new driver’s licenses annually in the United States. Author and parent Tim Hollister proves that supervision before driving is every bit as important to lowering crash rates as teaching teens how to turn at a busy intersection. Parents will learn priceless information in teaching teenagers how to evaluate the circumstances of every driving trip, how to be able to say “no” when necessary, how to prepare a “flight plan” for each drive, and how to put safety before convenience. Parents will also benefit by understanding the real dangers and risks in teen driving by recognizing the limits of driver training programs and will thus become more informed and proactive in their supervisory role. Proceeds from sales will support a memorial fund—set up in honor of Hollister’s son, Reid, who was killed in an automobile accident in 2006—which subsidizes infant and toddler education in greater Hartford, Connecticut, and other worthy traffic safety causes.

For more on Tim Hollister, please go to Fromreidsdad.org.

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The Happiness Diet by Tyler Graham and Dr. Drew Ramsey

In just a few generations, the staples of the American diet have changed. We know that our food is making us unhealthy. But it’s also making us unhappy. It’s no coincidence that rates of both obesity and depression have doubled in the last decade. We are what we eat, and if it’s the Standard American Diet (or the SAD Diet), we’re priming ourselves for a lifetime of unhappiness.

While many books have examined the ways in which food impacts our physical health, The Happiness Diet is the first one to clearly elucidate the link between how we eat and how we feel. Happiness is a biological event, and in order for our brains to fire on all cylinders, they must be properly nourished. Our neurotransmitters rely on vital nutrients like manganese, B vitamins, and healthy fats to do their jobs— and if we’re feeding our brains the SAD Diet, we’re sabotaging our mental health.

In The Happiness Diet, readers will learn the simple changes that make a big difference in how they feel. With food lists, shopping tips, brain-building recipes, a Happiness Food Pyramid, and other tools, Graham and Dr. Ramsey empower readers to build a better brain and reclaim happiness.

Tyler Graham reports on health and fitness for Details magazine and has held editorial positions at O, The Oprah Magazine, Prevention, and Best Life. He lives in Brooklyn.

Drew Ramsey, MD, is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, where he specializes in the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders. He lives in New York City.

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The New Atkins For A New You Cookbook by Colette Heimowitz

The New Atkins for a New You revolutionized low-carb eating and introduced a whole new approach to the classic Atkins Diet, offering a more flexible and easier-to-maintain lifestyle. But there’s one thing people keep asking for: more Atkins-friendly recipes. And that’s what The New Atkins for a New You Cookbook delivers—it’s the first cookbook to reflect the new Atkins program, featuring 32 pages of full-color photographs and 200 original low-carb recipes that are:

QUICK With prep time of 30 minutes or less

SIMPLE Most use 10 or fewer ingredients

ACCESSIBLE Made primarily with ingredients found in supermarkets

DELICIOUS You’ll be amazed that low-carb food can be this fresh and tasty!

Atkins is more than just a diet—it’s a healthy lifestyle that focuses on weight management from Day 1, ensuring that once you take the weight off, you’ll keep it off for good. And The New Atkins for a New You Cookbook features recipes with a broad range of carb counts, providing the perfect plan for a lifetime of healthy eating. They include:

POULTRY, MEAT, AND SEAFOOD— more than 60 innovative ways to prepare these Atkins-friendly staples

VEGETARIAN ENTRÉES— such as Spinach-Mushroom Quiche, and even Mustardy Mac ’n’ Cheese and Tofu Pad Thai

BREAKFAST OPTIONS— go beyond scrambled eggs with low-carb versions of muffins, pancakes, scones, granola, and smoothies

DESSERT— more than 35 decadent, delicious, and totally Atkins-friendly treats, including Pistachio-Chocolate Truffles, Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, and four different kinds of cheesecake

SOUPS AND STEWS— including Thai Coconut-Shrimp Soup, Tomato Bisque, and Green Chile Pork Stew

SALADS WITH THEIR DRESSINGS— such as Mexican Avocado Salad, Orange and Goat Cheese Salad, and Curried Quinoa with Snow Peas

SANDWICHES AND MORE— like Mozzarella, Kalamata, and Tomato Panini; Sautéed Onion, Black Olive, and Goat Cheese Pizza; and Chicken Teriyaki Burgers

APPETIZERS AND SNACKS— from Baba Ghanoush and Avocado Hummus to Summer Rolls

VEGETABLES AND OTHER SIDES— including more than 30 recipes for all your favorite veggies, from green beans and sweet potatoes to zucchini, plus wild rice and other satisfying grains

Colette Heimowitz is the Vice President of Nutrition and Education at Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. She has more than twenty years of experience as a nutritionist, which includes the time she spent with Dr. Atkins as director of nutrition at The Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine.

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The New Atkins Made Easy by Colette Heimowitz

atkins2The New Atkins for a New You has helped more than half a million people successfully lose weight since its 2010 publication, backed by overwhelming research that validates the effectiveness and healthfulness of low-carb eating. But some readers want a more streamlined approach to the diet. They don’t need to understand the science; they just want to know exactly what to buy, what to eat when, and how to stay on the plan to achieve their goal weight. That’s where The New Atkins Made Easy comes in.

The New Atkins Made Easy offers everything dieters need to make Atkins work in their lives, starting on day one. It offers simple ways to make healthy eating easier—including dozens of delicious low-cook and no-cook food options, budget-friendly Atkins meal plans the whole family (even kids) will love, low-carb grab-and-go foods, and success stories from happy, healthy Atkins followers. Readers will be able to pick up this book, head right out to the grocery store for some basic supplies, and start their transformation the same day. No muss, no fuss—just rapid results. And not only will you lose weight quickly on Atkins (up to fifteen pounds in two weeks), but you’ll learn easy maintenance tips to keep it off for life.

The must-have guide for healthy low-carb eating, The New Atkins Made Easy is for the smart, weight-conscious individual who is done with “diets” and ready to make a permanent lifestyle change, one that brings unparalleled energy and lifelong health.

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The New Atkins for a New You

Think you know the Atkins Diet? Think Again. The New Atkins is…

Powerful:
Learn how to eat the wholesome foods that will turn your body into an amazing fat-burning machine.

Easy:
The updated and simplified program was created with you and your goals in mind.

Healthy:
Atkins is about eating delicious and healthy food — a variety of protein, leafy greens and other vegetables, nuts, fruits, and whole grains.

Flexible:
Perfect for busy lifestyles: you can stick with Atkins at work, at home, on vacation, when you’re eating out — wherever you are.

Backed by Science:
More than 50 studies support the low-carb science behind Atkins.

But Atkins is more than just a diet. This healthy lifestyle focuses on maintenance from Day 1, ensuring that you’ll not only take the weight off — you’ll keep it off for good. Featuring inspiring success stories, all-new recipes, and 24 weeks’ worth of meal plans, The New Atkins for a New You offers the proven low-carb plan that has worked for millions, now totally updated and even easier than ever.

About the Authors
Dr. Eric C. Westman is the Director of the Lifestyle Medicine Clinic at Duke University, the Vice President of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, is on the editorial board of Nutrition and Metabolism and has penned articles for numerous peer reviewed publications. He is an expert in low carb diets, diabetes and obesity, and insulin resistance.

Dr. Stephen D. Phinney is a Professor of Medicine Emeritus at UC-Davis. He is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. He has twenty-five years of clinical experience as a director of multi-disciplinary weight management programs and has contributed to books and peer reviewed articles and is an expert in low carb nutrition and metabolism, fatty acids, inflammation, and the metabolic syndrome.

Dr. Jeff S. Volek is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Connecticut. He is an associate editor at both The Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism and the Review of Diabetic Studies. He has contributed to numerous peer reviewed publications and is an expert on low carb diets, exercise and nutrition, weight loss and dieting, and dietary supplements.

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The New Atkins for a New You Workbook: A Weekly Food Journal to Help You Shed Weight and Feel Great by Colette Heimowitz

As Vice President of Nutrition & Education, Colette Heimowitz is the driving force for nutrition information at Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. Among her responsibilities is keeping current with emerging research on human nutrition and specifically the Atkins Diet. She then “translates” that information for the general population on the Atkins website and in Atkins books. Colette is the nutritionist face to the Atkins Community, which is dedicated to helping people reach their weightloss goals. As part of this initiative, she publishes a weekly Nutritionist Blog. She is also responsible for content devoted to educating new members about the program, including introductory videos, phase-specific courses, and interactive FAQs.
Colette has been a guest on radio programs nationwide, as well as on television networks including CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. She has more than twenty-five years of experience as a nutritionist, which includes her time working with Dr. Robert C. Atkins as Director of Nutrition at The Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine in New York City. Colette received her M.Sc. in clinical nutrition from Hunter College of the City University of New York.

In addition to her daily exercise routine, which includes walking her dog, Colette relaxes by enjoying the fruits of her profession: namely, cooking and eating.

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Kim Lyons’ Your Body Your Life

On NBC’s hit TV show The Biggest Loser, trainer Kim Lyons encouraged, cajoled, and inspired her team members to change their lives. And they did, not only losing an incredible amount of weight in the process, but gaining a world of knowledge about fitness, nutrition, and enjoying an all-around healthy lifestyle. Now Kim is leading the way again, ready to work that same magic on everyone. Her totally life-changing new guide, bursting with color illustrations, presents Kim’s tested program for optimizing your health . . . in just 12 short weeks! You’ll feel almost as if she’s right there, working with you.

Kim, who received her personal training certification from the National Academy of Sports Medicine, puts her time-tested, fat-burning circuit-training system and solid, comprehensive nutrition plan right at your fingertips. She understands the psychological and practical barriers facing those starting a new program, and offers simple strategies to help anyone adopt and maintain a healthier lifestyle. Every aspect of fitness and nutrition is explained, such as the role of genetics, metabolism, and body type in achieving success; the importance of meal planning and journaling; and how to exercise to maximize your time and increase your calorie burn. To illustrate her key points, many of Lyons’ clients tell their uplifting personal stories, and Lyons herself answers a wide range of “burning questions.” At the end of each chapter, a “Homework” section sets out several goals to achieve be they mental, physical, or emotional that reinforce key points learned in that chapter.

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Miscarriage Medicine & Miracles by Dr. Bruce Young & Amy Zavatto

From one of the foremost doctors in the field and a journalist who has experienced multiple miscarriages herself comes an accessible, encouraging, and complete guide to both the causes and, more important, the prevention of miscarriage.

Though one in four American women will lose her pregnancy, with the right pre-pregnancy evaluation and ongoing care, for many women miscarriage can be prevented. During forty years of practice, Dr. Bruce Young has treated hundreds of women who experienced this heartbreaking loss and helped them bring babies to term. Now he has teamed up with one of his patients, Amy Zavatto, to write this compassionate guide that combines medical facts with insights from both the patient’s and doctor’s viewpoints. Including real-life case studies, Dr. Young provides in-depth answers to the questions: Why did this happen to me? and What can I do to prevent it next time?

Providing the most up-to-date information on physical and mental health, nutrition, and technology, here is a proactive tool and comforting resource—from an expert with real-life reasons to give every woman hope for a successful pregnancy.

Bruce Young, MD., is internationally known as a leader and innovator in obstetrics and gynecology. He developed the first obstetrical intensive care unit and founded the Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine at NYU Medical Center. He is the Silverman Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYU Medical School and is listed among America’s Top Doctors and in New York magazine’s Best Doctors 2008.

Amy Zavatto is a writer in New York City. Her work appears on Planned Parenthood’s Teen Wire website, as well as in New York magazine, Food & Wine, and Plenty.

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