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A candid and beautifully written wrinkles-and-all meditation on the middle years, with all their dilemmas and challenges.... In a society obsessed with living longer and looking younger, what does middle age nowadays mean? How should a 50-something be in a world ceaselessly redefining ageing, youth and experience? The Middlepause offers hope and heart. Cutting through society's clamorous demands to work longer and stay young, it delivers a clear-eyed account of midlife's challenges.

You probably know that as you age, your hormone levels decline. But what you probably don't know is that hormone levels can be restored using natural, bioidentical hormones that eliminate associated fatigue, weight gain, moodiness, memory loss, and a weakened immune system. Too often, women are prescribed drugs that treat these symptoms and not the core problem: hormonal imbalance. Now, in his acclaimed eight-point program that has improved the lives of countless patients at his Houston wellness clinic, Dr. Steven F. Hotze reveals what women of all ages can do to get relief and promote lifelong hormonal health.

Anything that narrows the throat and interrupts sleep, particularly breathing problems brought on by sleep position, illness, life changes, or your anatomy, may be key to understanding a host of common health issues. In this groundbreaking audiobook, Dr. Steven Park outlines a simple, rational explanation for what's making you sick and provides guidance for treatment options that address specific health problems.

The environment can cause - and cure - cancer! Out of the labs of the prestigious Pasteur Institute came decades of research that unlocked the mystery of cancer at the DNA level. But we're only just now finding out about it.

Don't sit back and let time, age, and genetics decide what will happen to your mind. The real determining factor in how sharp your brain is now - and how sharp it will remain - is you: Your lifestyle. Your attitudes. And, most especially, the choices you make, the habits you practice, and the small and large actions you take every single day.

Fasting has been known to achieve remarkable results. For thousands of years, various spiritual and religious communities have used this method. Isn't it amazing how monks and ascetics can fast for days on end without going hungry? Body mechanisms like ketosis and autophagy, which allow for fat burning and cell cleaning after time-restricted eating, form the scientific basis of intermittent fasting.

Neste manifesto inovador, Attia revela como a sua jornada pessoal o fez repensar a abordagem da medicina com a qual ele e tantos outros colegas e pacientes estavam acostumados. Afinal, apesar de todos os seus sucessos, a medicina tradicional parece ter falhado no que diz respeito às doenças relacionadas ao envelhecimento.

This inspirational and lively book tells you how to create a healthier and happier life by treating yourself with compassion rather than shame. It shows the way to a sense of well-being attained by understanding how to love, connect, and care for yourself - and that includes your mind as well as your body. With mind and body exercises to keep your energy spiraling up and prompts to help you identify what you really want and care about, Body Kindness helps you let go of things you can't control and embrace the things you can by finding the workable daily steps that fit you best.

Parkinson’s disease, a disorder of the central nervous system, affects 1 million people in America and 10 million worldwide. In Goodbye Parkinson’s, Hello Life! Alex Kerten presents his breakthrough holistic technique that combines dance therapy, behavior modification, and martial arts to prove that there is life beyond the diagnosis of PD.

For some, turning another decade older is a milestone they’d rather not mark. But when Katie Piper turned forty, it was only cause for celebration. With an acid attack causing her to stare death in the face at age twenty-four, Katie’s approach to ageing was changed irrevocably. In a world where women have too often been made to feel irrelevant or invisible for going through the natural ageing process, she now sees each passing day as life’s greatest gift – but you don’t need to go through trauma to give your views on ageing a much-needed overhaul.

Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night with sheets soaked, your body in a furnace, and wondered, "What the heck is happening to me?" Are you tired of looking at your reflection in the mirror only to wonder who that exhausted, irritable woman staring back at you really is? You're not alone.

Are the ways we look at menopause all wrong? Historian Susan Mattern says yes, and The Slow Moon Climbs reveals just how wrong we have been. Taking listeners from the rainforests of Paraguay to the streets of Tokyo, Mattern draws on historical, scientific, and cultural research to reveal how our perceptions of menopause developed from prehistory to today. For most of human history, people had no word for menopause and did not view it as a medical condition. Rather, in traditional foraging and agrarian societies, it was a transition to another important life stage.

A good self help book includes inspiration, motivation, solid advice, personal knowledge, solid scientific facts, and the knowledge that to change lives you need an audiobook that lives long after listening to it is done, by providing the help needed to continue to make positive changes. That’s exactly what you will find in the book, The Mind is The Map by Christina Reeves and Dimitrios Spanos.

Living Well Through the Menopause is based on a wealth of psychological research, including randomised controlled trials of the MENOS CBT intervention with over 1000 women, that has demonstrated the effectiveness of this approach hot flushes, night sweats, low mood, insomnia and their impact on daily life.

Imagine how different your life would be if you could reduce inflammation within your body to calm the effects of Crohn’s, IBS, Hashimoto’s, and a range of autoimmune disorders - simply by changing what you eat. Is this really possible through dietary and lifestyle intervention? Can you genuinely put out the inflammatory fires within you by altering what’s on your plate? In my experience you can, and not only that, it’s actually the most effective way to do it.

What is a crone? Life after forty doesn’t end. So why do most women treat it like it does? Put aside your midlife crisis and embrace the aging process with Crones Don't Whine. They're juicy and they trust their own instincts. Meditating, not groveling, and choosing the path with heart, crones are fierce about what matters to them. They speak the truth with compassion. They listen to their bodies, reinvent themselves, and savor the good in their lives. Featuring thirteen brief essays and small practices, this lighthearted book gives listeners resources to turn to again and again.

Getting older can be brutal: women gain weight, lose their sex drive, experience hot flashes, suffer memory loss, and on and on. After years of being thin and fit and full of energy, Suzanne herself encountered the "Seven Dwarfs of Menopause": Itchy, Bitchy, Sweaty, Sleepy, Bloated, Forgetful, and All-Dried-Up.

Menopause can be a challenging journey, affecting your well-being and confidence. Overcome these challenges with this guide designed to empower you with practical strategies for a smoother transition.

The Mature Mind delivers good news for those in the second half of life, with an extraordinary account of cutting-edge neuroscience, groundbreaking psychology, fascinating vignettes from history and case studies, and practical advice for personal growth strategies. Gene Cohen, a renowned psychiatrist and gerontologist, draws from more than thirty years of research to show that surprising positive changes in our brains have the powerful potential to enhance, not diminish, our lives after fifty.

"All illness comes from lack of energy, and the greatest energy drainer is mental and emotional stress, which I believe to be the root cause of all illness. Stress is one of the major elements that can erode energy to such a large and permanent extent that the immune system loses all possibility of functioning at an optimum level. The Only Answer to Cancer is an audiobook of hope, and I want you to understand that there is always hope, no matter how bad your health situation is right now."