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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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The author of the bestselling French Women Don't Get Fat shares the secrets and strategies of aging with attitude, joy, and no surgery. With her signature blend of wit, no-nonsense advice, and storytelling flair, Mireille Guiliano returns with a delightful, encouraging take on beauty and aging for our times. For anyone who has ever spent the equivalent of a mortgage payment on anti-aging lotions or procedures, dressed inappropriate for their age,...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Elinor Cleghorn became an unwell woman ten years ago. She was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after a long period of being told her symptoms were anything from psychosomatic to a possible pregnancy. As Elinor learned to live with her unpredictable disease she turned to history for answers, and found an enraging legacy of suffering, mystification, and misdiagnosis. In Unwell Women, Elinor Cleghorn traces the almost unbelievable history of how...
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Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Face is a book of fictional vignettes that examines the fear and vestigial evolutionary habits that have caused women and men to cultivate the imagined reality that older women's faces are unattractive, undesirable, and something to be "fixed." Based on "older face" experiences of the author, Justine Bateman, and those of dozens of women and men she interviewed, the book presents the reader with the many root causes for society's often negative attitudes...
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Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Offers a program of healthy food habits that can be practiced anytime and anywhere, with four seasons of strategies for cooking and shopping, accompanied by tips and tricks for living with style and pleasure, all without gaining weight.
8) Yogawoman
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Yoga was brought to the west from India by a lineage of male teachers. Now there's a generation of women who are leading the way. From the busy streets of Manhattan to the dusty slums of Kenya. Led by a new generation of dynamic female teachers, this 'new' yoga replaces the male-centered, rigid style with a distinctly feminine practice that honors intuition, family, flow, connection, community, activism, and the cyclical nature of women's lives.
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Publisher
Hay House Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Are you struggling through your menopausal years? You're not alone. While every woman goes through the inevitable effects of shifting hormones--irritable moods, unexplained anxiety, trouble retrieving words, hot flashes--you do not have to suffer. In fact, nutrition and functional medicine expert and best-selling author Dr. Mindy Pelz has helped thousands of women just like you to reset their health during their turbulent menopausal years"--Back...
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Language
English
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids comes a deeply researched and incredibly entertaining guide to navigating the still-taboo topic of menopause"--
"When Jancee Dunn hit her mid-forties, she was bombarded by seemingly random symptoms: rampant insomnia, spring-loaded nerves, weirdly dry mouth, and Rio Grande-level periods. After going to multiple doctors who ran test after fruitless test, she was...
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English
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"Breasts. Uterus. Cervix. Heart. Vagina. The source of life, right? Well, for writer and photographer Deborah Copaken, it turned out to be just the opposite--almost. Between escaping from an abusive marriage, facing down the challenge of single-parenthood, and attempting to find love again, getting her bearings after everything she knew fell to pieces proved more slippery than she ever could have anticipated. From a Fourth of July health scare that...
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Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
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"Slow Beauty is all about carving moments out of each day to practice the kind of mindful self-care and wellness that makes us glow. When practiced over time, these small actions add up to huge results -- not only in feeling healthier and more joyful, but in achieving true beauty and timeless aging. Slow Beauty works because it's a lifestyle, not a quick fix; it's about working from within toward looking and feeling better than ever." -- Book jacket....
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Language
English
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"The funny, defiant memoir of Sarah Ramey's years-long battle with a mysterious illness that doctors thought was all in her head--but wasn't. A revelation and an inspiration for millions of women whose legitimate health complaints are ignored. In her darkly funny and courageous memoir, Sarah Ramey recounts the decade-long saga of how a seemingly minor illness in her senior year of college turned into a prolonged and elusive condition that destroyed...
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Although women's genitals have long been shrouded in secrecy and taboo, a recent surge in media attention has encouraged women and men to think about, as well as to talk more openly about, the vagina and vulva. In Read My Lips the authors--both research scientists who study sex--teach readers all about the vulva and vagina in ways that are smart, provocative, funny, heartbreaking, quirky, and inspiring. The overall message is that women and men should...
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Publisher
Rodale Books, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A complete food and wellness guide for women featuring 60+ recipes specifically designed to combat the challenging symptoms of burnout: stress, anxiety, depression, fatigue, weakened immune system, inability to focus, and disrupted sleep" --
Author
Publisher
Pavilion
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It's time to talk about periods. Women are taught not to discuss them in public; the subject is still rife with stigma and shame. In this book, Claire shares 50 life skills to help understand the internal rhythm that women move through each month(ish). It allows the reader to discover the tools they need to work with their body, rather than pushing against it, and ultimately sync social life, exercise, self-care, holidays, budgeting, projects, and...
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Publisher
Rizzoli Ex Libris
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
For any woman who last saw forty on her speedometer comes a sparkling new primer for aging--the French way--with grace and style. Frenchwomen of a certain age (over forty) are captivating and complex. They appear younger than their years and remain stylish throughout their lives. They look at birthdays as a celebration of a life well-lived and perhaps a good reason to go shopping before they dress to perfection for a celebration of another anniversaire....
Author
Publisher
Harper Horizon
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Both hilarious and helpful, this practical and unapologetic health and lifestyle guide tells it like it is for women who left middle age in the dust and want to be present, positive, and as extraordinary as ever in their golden years.
As they age, men get the gravitas of becoming "distinguished" while women become invisible. Hecht and Goldberg provide a lively conversation about growing older with no apologies. They believe that the world needs more...
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