Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom


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The New York Times bestselling guide to physical and emotional wellness for women of all ages—fully revised and updated for 2020 “A masterpiece for every woman who has an interest in her body, her mind, and her soul.”—Caroline Myss, Ph.D., author of Anatomy of the Spirit “I recommend Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom to all women and also to all men who want to understand and nourish the women in their lives.”—Deepak Chopra, M.D., author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind Emphasizing the body’s innate wisdom and ability to heal, Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom covers the entire range of women’s health—from the first menstrual period through menopause. It includes updated information on pregnancy, labor, and birth, sexuality, nutrition, hormone replacement therapy, treating fibroids, avoiding hysterectomy, and maintaining breast and menstrual health. Fully revised and updated to include the very latest treatment innovations and research data, and reflecting today’s woman’s proactive involvement in her own health care, this important new edition will help women everywhere enjoy vibrant health with far fewer medical interventions. Filled with dramatic case histories, Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom is contemporary medicine at its best, combining new technologies with natural remedies and the miraculous healing powers within the body itself.




Sexy at Sixty


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Romance, friendship, intuitive awareness, a fluffy white cat named Oliver Munster, and a Discount Tire Store are all integral parts of Sexy at Sixty. Who says great sex stops at sixty? Not Greg, a vibrant and handsome, sixty-year-old CEO establishing a branch office in San Diego. Not Venus, a vivacious and beautiful sixty-five-year-old university professor. After a chance meeting, they develop a strong, sensual relationship, but they are challenged by crisis after crisis. The problem seems to be that someone is trying to kill them. How can their relationship survive? How can they?




How to Be a Boss at Ageing


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'I loved this book. Full of wit and wisdom, Anniki tells it like it is.' Clover Stroud Do you find yourself fighting the urge to go to bed at 8pm? Do you look at your laughter lines and wonder what was ever so funny? Do you listen to the charts and not have a clue who’s singing? Do images of celebrities over forty in swimsuits just make you want to drink more wine? If you answered yes to any of the above, then this is the book for you. Funny, honest, and packed with advice, this is a must-read for any woman experiencing – and not particularly relishing – the effects of ageing. Anniki Sommerville shares her own experiences with those of other women as well as advice from experts – Sali Hughes, Cariad Lloyd, Meg Mathews, Emma Gannon and Dr Karen Gurney among others – to help you navigate this journey including: Demystifying the menopause and how to deal with fluctuating moods and hormones. Breaking the taboo of cosmetic surgery and why we need to start having honest conversations about ageing and beauty. Exploring the reality of fertility treatment and motherhood including what happens when you’re peri-menopausal and parenting small kids. How feeling bad about our bodies can often be a barrier to feeling good about sex and tips on how you can change that. Why ambition is not a dirty word in middle age and how to stop feeling invisible in the workplace. How to deal with grief and losing loved ones as we age. How to be a Boss at Ageing will show you how not to give up when ageing creeps up. It’s time to rip up the rule book on what it means to grow older as a woman and embrace midlife. There’s no need to retire into cardigans and comfy slacks just yet. Read what everyone is saying about How to Be a Boss at Ageing: ‘I LOVED this book…a book I couldn't put down…so refreshingly honest…The language used made the book feel like I was talking to a friend…really helpful and full of useful advice…such a brilliant read!’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Laugh-out-loud funny! As a woman in her 40s, I thoroughly enjoyed this book…Spot-on for many of the thoughts & worries & oddities running through my head too…’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘A laugh out loud look at aging in the modern era…really relatable for any of us in middle age who are exhausted (oh those young kids!) and feel like we have to be everything and do everything at all times…chuckled in more than one place (ok, a lot of places)…’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘For anyone who feels like they just keep running and getting nowhere (and still gaining weight), this book is your permission to relax...’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘An amusing guide to the realities of ageing… excellent…’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️




Witch Wisdom for Magical Aging


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• Presents four loving, feisty old witches, one for each season, who share earth-honoring wisdom, rituals, and spells to help you embrace your journey through the sacred latter half of life • Filled with magical recipes, inspiring ceremonies, playful activities, and meaningful meditations You are invited into the magical world of four loving, feisty old witches, one for each season, who share earth-honoring wisdom, rituals, and spells to help you embrace your journey through the sacred latter half of life. In the season of Winter, the earthy Root Witch reminds us that bodies are made for pleasure and that Winter is made for dreaming. She offers spells, rituals, and ceremonies to reframe your perspectives on aging and promote acceptance of your changing appearance. She also shares secret recipes for a healthy, happy body, focusing on preparations that help maintain and restore hair, skin, and bone. In Spring, the airy Winged Witch offers a witchy approach to spring cleaning, both in the traditional sense and in self-understanding and relationships. She shares recipes and rituals for jettisoning the dead past, discovering your own authentic style, adding magic to your clothes, and feathering your nest so it feels like home to your spirit. The fiery Summer Merwitch helps us to be more joyfully creative, with activities and wisdom to help overcome the obstacles that prevent us from fulfilling our creative dreams. She honors the senses, encourages us to embrace our sexuality, and gives us ways to express our fiery anger cleanly and powerfully. The watery Autumn Kitchen Witch shows us how to honor our harvests and our ancestors, how to make peace with death, and how to make every meal a celebration of life, with magical recipes and rituals that bring joy to the soul. The Kitchen Witch also explores several goddesses and wise old women from folklore who can offer templates for a rich and spiritualized maturity. Offering practical and enjoyable ways to make aging an empowering, magical, and transformative adventure, this book of spiritual guidance will help you love yourself through the aging process.




Sinister Wisdom


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Dressed to Kill


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Reveals the correlation between wearing bras and breast cancer and presents a wealth of evidence that supports this theory.




How Not to Act Old


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If you think you're too old to act young or too past it to join Facebook, think again. This book is the essential guide to how not to act old - and how not to embarrass yourself whilst doing it! With 185 different 'ways' how not to act old, this book covers everything you need to know about being young and how to recognise your limits when trying out your new, younger, attitude to life. Covering many areas including slang speech, relationships, parenting, fashion and technology and written with wit, style and humour, this book is sure to be a source of both amusement and comfort to people of a certain age everywhere.




The 15 Best Breast Lifting Exercises for...


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Get a Workout for Perkier, Firmer Breasts Ladies, men are not the only ones who should worry about keeping their pecs in shape. Only in your case, you have much more to lose from not doing so. If you want breasts that stand a little taller and are firmer to boot, you definitely need to be concerned about your pectoral muscles. Keeping these muscles in shape is the only prevention you can take to avoid having your girls being doomed to the cruel game that gravity will play over time. In Rachel Howe's new best friend to your breasts, she not only tells you there is hope for all that womanhood has done to your chest, but she also gives you very detailed exercises that will bring a little spark back. She has put together an extraordinary book that has the answers so many of you have been searching for. How Does Working out Help My Breasts? You may be asking yourself how any workout guide could possibly help what is clearly fatty tissue. Well, Howe's book will do this for you in 3 easy steps. Step One: This guide targets the pectorals which are the muscles beneath the breasts. When these muscles are in shape, it helps to make your breasts firmer. Step Two: The exercises inside will greatly affect your shoulder and upper back muscles. This will work on shoulders that have become rounded or slumped throughout the years, and thus, create a better posture that will add lift to your breasts. Step Three: The categories and combinations of exercises will do more than affect muscles that will affect your breasts. They also work out your overall core including your abdomen and lower back. This in combination with exercises targeting the rest of the body and a good diet will get you in top physical shape. This will probably result in weight loss and more toned breasts since most of that area is fatty tissue. If You Feel Your Breasts Need a Little Extra Attention, Then Look No Further. The 15 Best Breast Lifting Exercises for Women creates a real workout that will leave you amazed at the results. Many women feel that when they reach a certain age it is just natural to accept their breasts as is unless they want to have plastic surgery. However, that is just not the case. With a good exercise routine, you will never have to sacrifice your breasts to gravity. Breasts will always be tissue, but when you add Howe's combination of. . . Push-Ups, Presses, Flyes, Rows, & more. . . to your workout routine, the muscles that surround and lie under the breasts will conform and shape them into something that is probably more appeasing to you. The fatty tissue will have no choice but to oblige the rest of the body. So if you are a woman who has lost all hope for her breasts and has no intention of going under the knife, this book has the answers you have been searching for.




Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here!


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A baby still waiting to be born describes the boredom of living in a small, cramped space where there are no toys and no one else can be "it" during a game of tag, then considers how life will change when Baby joins Pop and Ma in the outside world.




The Truth About Style


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The New York Times bestselling style guide from the cohost of What Not to Wear It’s clear why Women’s Wear Daily hails Stacy London as “the Dr. Phil of fashion.” Since 2002, she’s transformed hundreds of guests on TLC’s hit show What Not to Wear. But London has more than just impeccable taste. She has a gift for seeing the core emotional issues behind a disastrous wardrobe. By sharing her own struggle with self-esteem, London illustrates how style develops con­fidence. Including invaluable fashion tips, advice, and a revelatory makeover section, ­The Truth About Style is for London’s legion of fans—and everyone who longs to enhance and celebrate the body she has.