Showing results by publisher "Hachette Audio" in Health & Wellness

Good Morning America contributor Tory Johnson truly believed that she would live happily ever if only she could lose weight. She seemed to be well on her way to that ever-lasting joy after losing 62 pounds in a year - a journey she detailed in her inspirational number one New York Times best seller The Shift. But as her initial euphoria began to subside, Tory realized that other areas in her life could use improvement as well. Buoyed by her success in weight loss, Tory began to apply the principles she had learned through The Shift to these other areas.

Silk parachute pants. A gold lamé jumpsuit. Ankle boots with fringe. Were these fashion-forward items sending men running in the opposite direction? Maybe, but Leandra Medine never cared. Showcasing the singular voice that has won Leandra millions of fans, this book is a collection of awkwardly funny experiences, a sweet love story, and above all, a reminder to celebrate and embrace a world made for women, by women.

John Tournour, known to his many listeners and fans as JT the Brick, is one of the biggest sports radio personalities in America. Making it as a sports radio host is almost impossible, and JT went about it in a fearless way, leaving a lucrative position as a Merrill Lynch stockbroker to pursue his dream. But Tournour's hardest challenge would come when his best friend and mentor, Andrew Ashwood was diagnosed with cancer.

Former SNL writer and The New Yorker staffer Patty Marx employs the weapon she wields best - not that weapon; Patty believes in gun control. Instead she uses her sharp-edged humor to tackle the most difficult facet of aging: the mind's decline. From forgetting her brother-in-law's name while he was wearing a nametag to hanging up the phone to look for her phone, Marx confesses to her failures and not only to make you feel better about yourself.

We all want the same good things out of life: happiness, prosperity, love. But we often don't know how to get there from here. In the spirit of her best selling The Joy of Meditating, Salle Merrill Redfield offers seven meditations to teach you how to live in joy. Using sensory visualizations and special techniques to relax your body, these meditations take you gently down differing paths to the same end: inner peace.

Internationally renowned weight-loss expert and New York Times best-selling author Dr. Caroline Apovian has developed an innovative program that outsmarts the body's aging processes and reverses the metabolic clock. By combining the metabolism-boosting effects of her unique take on intermittent fasting - an innovative approach that will leave listeners feeling full, not hungry - with targeted strength training, listeners can lose up to 20 pounds in 21 days while they reshape their bodies and take back their youth.

This easy-to-follow, 28-day program features a powerful seven-day jumpstart of high-energy green juices and antioxidant-rich minimeals designed for listeners to detoxify and lose weight without deprivation. Over the four-week program, listeners gradually increase their intake of whole, fresh foods while learning to crowd out unhealthy foods with nourishing juices and more balanced, healthy options.

Around the time a woman reaches 45, there is one enemy with the power to threaten her confidence, steal her beauty, make her feel invisible, and turn even the pleasures of life against her: time. Most women feel that an essential part of them dies when their youth is gone, but women can grow more beautiful, experience new pleasures, and accomplish their best work later in life.

The miracles of modern medicine - and our overreliance on prescription drugs and surgical procedures - have obscured the evolutionary ability of the body to heal itself, as Oxford University researcher Jeremy Howick explains in this groundbreaking book. Wealthy countries have become highly dependent on medical intervention: On average, one-fifth of all Americans, half of the elderly British, and two-thirds of older Canadians take at least five prescription drugs per day; their lives a nonstop ritual of pill popping and managing side effects.

Cardio cooking is a uniquely engineered type of cooking formulated to help readers burn calories and lose weight while they cook. That's right - for the first time, Rocco turns dinnertime into workout time, showing how to burn calories automatically in the kitchen. These delicious, easy-to-follow recipes were tested for calorie content and calorie burn.

In fifty short chapters, Martins cuts through organized zealotry and the misleading jargon of food labeling to outline realistic steps everyone can take to be part of the sustainable-food movement. With wit, and insight, and no small amount of provocation, The Carnivore's Manifesto is both a revolutionary call to arms and a rollicking good read that will inspire, engage, and challenge anyone interested in the way we eat today.

As a master baker and craftsman, Stephen Lanzalotta had been applying the mathematical principles of the Golden Ratio for more than 20 years. His realization that this ancient, universal formula, used by da Vinci and other great geniuses of the Renaissance, also held the secret to optimal nutrition and health led him to apply it to his own diet and the menu at his popular cafe. The weight loss and sense of well-being that he and his customers experienced convinced him that he had cracked the diet code.

From the best-selling authors of The Hell with Love, a fierce, funny, touching collection that takes the sting out of "aging while female".

The Princeton Language Institute presents the fastest, easiest way to boost your memory power. Remember names, details, and facts with the most effective step-by-step guide ever - and learn it all in just 10 days.

Soon after his daughter Leontine is born, 36-year-old Christian Donlan's world shifted an inch to the left. He was suddenly unable to fasten the tiny buttons on his new daughter's clothes. These experiences were the early symptoms of multiple sclerosis, an incurable and degenerative neurological illness. As Leontine starts to investigate the world around her, Donlan too finds himself in a new environment, a "spook country" he calls the "Inward Empire", where reality starts to break down in bizarre, frightening, sometimes beautiful ways.

Simple changes = Powerful results in only 21 days! For more than 10 years - most recently as the newest trainer on the hit television show The Biggest Loser and now inspiring its huge online community - fitness expert Jessie Pavelka gets results by keeping it simple. Pavelka knows health is all about living well, so he makes it easy to get with the program! For the first time, The Program brings together Pavelka's most effective tips, techniques, and no-fail workouts in audiobook form.

From the pages of Health magazine, you'll hear selected articles which will help you balance both mind and body. These articles address issues of diet and exercise, and also go beyond these to focus on balance, rest, and awareness - all factors that can help you lead a happier, healthier life.

From hormones to health hacks, find the inspiration you need to get in the best shape of your life with this encouraging guidebook filled with personal stories and helpful tips to a happier you.