So sensible...so empowering....so optimistic!
346571
Very empowering..common sense. Dr Fung is a star. Down to earth doctor...he is a life saver in a truly financially corrupt World. Read this book. Don't be the weak one who lives inside your fat, looking out of a window of bad health, drugs and death! Be braver than that! Buy this book and change your World at the grass roots and begin to live again, in power and control...a healthy future CAN be yours!
3527762
224 pages of pure encouragement and refreshment.  I thought hope was either something you had, or you didn't. So glad to find out  I was wrong!  Very practical, very do-able, what a breath of fresh air!  Read this book!
732440
This book is awesome on so many levels. It reassures me that I'm not going crazy, that parenting has become ever more anxious and competitive and hovering since I was a kid. With two little ones of my own now, I've found that the mountain of "expectations" set forth by popular society feels rather oppressive and unnatural. Knowing that others remember and have documented the more common-sense way things used to be provides hope to those of us just old enough to know that something about today doesn't feel right.  This book also provides great perspective on what it means to be an adult. As young adults, we can ask ourselves, "Am I as independent, resourceful, and resilient as I should be? Do I have the chops to navigate the ambiguity of real-life workplace challenges?"  I am grateful to Julie Lythcott-Haims for tearing this topic wide open.  As awareness and self-awareness spread and the paradigm begins to shift, I am comforted about the future in which I will raise my boys. I am empowered to create that future.
3390864
I've been waiting for this book for a long time, and I'm so glad Shalit presented it with such wisdom and style. Her voice is so modern and yet so strongly rooted in a belief that it makes for a refreshing read....more than just "refreshing", I believe it's revolutionary. I definitely threw away some clothes in my closet after reading this book. The book isn't just one big opinionated essay...it has stories that made me laugh out loud and others that literally brought me to tears. Shalit provides some of the most interesting points that really make you think. This really is a book that all women, especially the younger generations, should have on their bookshelf to remind them of their priceless worth and the confidence and respect that comes from Modesty. Oh...and this book isn't at all just about dressing modestly, it goes way into a lifestyle of modesty...which may sound weak, but it's really just the opposite - it gives women their power back; it makes peace between women and men much more attainable.
4269995
This book has given me incredible hope for how I can take charge of my life and turn my goals into future realities. I bought the audiobook, and found Druckers advice to be clear and encouraging. I feel now that I have already started to develop a future-focused mindset, one with which I am not only making plans for what I will do in years to come but also how I have gotten to where I am today. Drucker causes readers to realize that there are opportunities all around us, and it is our decision whether or not to go after them; he also discusses how we can create our own opportunities. I am currently a junior in college, and am so pleased that my business professor recommended this read. Drucker provides nothing but clear, sound advice on how to change your perspective and look to the future to really make your dreams come truewith the right approach! I would definitely tell a friend to read this book, as I believe that my perspective has changed for the better and I feel positive about my future.
3992761
A very common-sense approach which is not new. But the manner in which it shared is so refreshing!  I love that we are given examples of what or how to speak non-negative thoughts! It is SO hard to turn off negativity when it has been a part of my life for SO long!!  This short book shows me how to turn to God, whom I know intellectually, but not internally, will save me from distress.
4842992
This is such a empowering book! Im a small business owner in NYC and this season has been particularly difficult for me. After listening to this on audiobook I believe I need to change my perspective VS thinking Im failing or my business is failing. This author has been through insane things in her life and she handled everything with grit and grace.  Rachel is an incredible speaker (listen on audiobook!!!) and her podcast is incredible too. Xoxo! Empowering women (and Im pretty sure she can empower men too) is her speciality.
639659
I have been struggling to "even start" a healthy lifestyle change. My health has been going on a downward spiral for the last two years.  A co-worker friend who has been following Cathy for a while encouraged me to purchase her book and join the private support group on Facebook. I am so grateful! I am finally realizing that "my way" of attempting to live a healthy lifestyle does not ---and has never worked. God (who has always been my comforter in every other way) has now become my comforter instead of using food for comfort. I feel so much better. I have even started to walk for exercise again! I have a long way to go....but with the daily readings from the book, the encouraging videos from Cathy, the prayers, and the support group, I am on my way!--- I know that I can't fail if I truly do this "God's Way!" :)
2772505
I am so grateful to the authors of this book! First, I realize I'm not alone in being frantic...but this goes beyond "misery loves company..." it's "misery gets a makeover!" I have used several of the book's tips, and read a couple more pages each day. It lifts my spirits, makes me laugh, but most importantly gives me manageable, real world solutions to balancing life as a working woman, mother, wife, daughter, and active participant in my community. In fact, I have purchased several as gifts for birthdays, and the ones I have given are met with overwhelming enthusiasm.
I hope by the time I finish reading this book (which won't take me too long because it's so reader-friendly) there will be news on what else these 2 women have to offer those of us navigating life in the frantic lane. In the meantime, I'll keep pulling out my Frantic Woman's Guide to try various ideas and tips as I make my way through my house, my life, and the year ahead!!
413124
This book was the exact breath of fresh air that I needed! So much positivity, so much love! I found myself highlighting nearly every paragraph on my kindle because it was all so perfect! I am a better person because I read this. Rachel has such a real perspective on the trials that we each face everyday! Because of her, because of this book, I am once again on the right path to love myself and others more deeply than I thought possible!
81703
Tanya Markul is a sparkling light guiding us to new heights during these hard time. The prose in The She Book is inspiring and encouraging to any woman needing a little boost in her self confidence and understanding of her own weirdness. I love this book! She leaves space on all of the pages for note taking or doodling. I'm slowly filling my pages with my own wonders and self guidance, inspired by the message on that page. Thank you thug unicorn for looking out for all of the ladies. Shine on!
3199275
Preparing to walk into my first experience in managing, and already reading just the intro to this book this morning & I'm imagining a totally different approach on day one when I find my person - and I'm totally EXCITED!  Not an approach I had ever thought of, but one I really wish I had experienced on day one myself, so I can't wait to try it out. Even more so, it is changing the way I see how this experience can be so awesome! So glad to have this resource to rely on and feel a lot less intimidated to take on this new challenge! I'll write another review when I'm finished reading, but couldn't wait in case anyone else is feeling how I am with managing... these authors seem to have a very human approach and clearly have your back.
4172851
Super intelligent, sincere, full of soul and positivity! Best part is that Natalie provides solid plan of action and tools which are all well thought out and researched. Good luck girl!
2526177
So maybe this was the first thing that ran through my head when I heard of "Breaking Out of a Broken System". And maaaaaybe I was pretty close-minded. Yeah... I'm admitting it now.

I first heard of the cause [saving a life by selling a book] and that was the only thing I was really interested in. Honestly, I didn't want to read a brag-book about someone else's success stories, and I didn't want another book telling me how to put my life together the normal way. I'm not sure why I expected either of those, but regardless, I jumped on board with this because I believed in the cause...

and OH man, I'm so glad I did.

This book is not ordinary. I started reading from the entrepreneurial side, and flipped it chapter by chapter -- not because I would grow bored, but because I couldn't get enough of it. It surprised me because it was SO relevant, and laced with stories of rebellion [awesome] and crazy ambition, and sometimes even failures. It's not a brag-book [thank God] but a conversation regarding what it looks like to not only WANT more in life, but how to grab hold of it, too.. and NOT be confined by the standard expectations that we all come against.

This book is encouraging, unique, and incredibly inspiring. I don't want to start sounding redundant, so I'm going to stop it here, but I think I can successfully guarantee that you will not regret joining in on this conversation. It's extraordinary, and we can all be a part of it!

P.S. I work with teens/students as well and this is something that I know will be a massive encouragement for them, too! I was able to speak about this subject with a group just this past weekend, and man! It's so cool to see them begin to dare to believe in more, and it's liberating for them to know that it is possible for them to define their own "success" and do their own extraordinary things! Shoot, yo. Can't say enough about how cool that is. Totally worth the buy, and worth sharing!!
4494812
I sat down and read Simple Prosperity for an hour and a half when I first got it and was thoroughly charmed and delighted.  I love the way David Wann uses stories about his own and other peoples' experiences to illustrate the delights of Simple Prosperity. It is such a positive philosophy and so very earthwise.  I didn't want to quit reading and go back to work. I think this book is the perfect antidote to the sense of malaise about the future that most of my friends and family have been expressing of late. The sensible, practical ideas for living a simplier, more responsible yet personally rewarding life are really appealing.
1935705
Mark Armiento has taken the clinicians Stages of Change and inspiringly re-wrapped them for the reader as the Stages of Awareness. By doing so, he invites us to spiritually cross the great water, while demystifing hope and possibility, and making them manageably obtainable through a mindful commitment to self-responsibility, self-acceptance and self-nurturing. Armiento does not sell a quick fix, nor does he claim that any of this will be easy. He promises, in fact, that it will not be easy! But he provides a topographical map, alerting us to bumps, tricky detours and pot holes along the journey.

For the reader who has Been there, done that with the self-help thing; whos read them all and was still left sighing, Yeah, I get it, thanks, but HOW do I actually DO that?? - Sleepwalking on a Tightrope: Transcend Life's Challenges through Learning the Life Balance Advantage offers a clear set of One-Foot-Following-the-Other, Eye on the Target, Bliss Following, Inner-self Honoring steps. I was left feeling not just that I really can find my life balance, but that I have tools and direction to help me remain standing and courageous when the rope starts to sway.  I can't wait to find out what's ahead!
36882
I'm so happy to have gotten the real scoop on affirmations.  I had the impression they were just "happy, happy thoughts" to fill your mind with butterflies and rainbows.  After having read this wonderful little book, I can see that affirmations apply to real life: the addresses the good times and the bad, the delights and the challenges, the dancing and the stumbling.  I'm amazed to see the possibilities and the power in connecting to the truths they convey.

Thank you, Molly, for this fabulous insight!