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A must read, but consult first

I am not a beliver in many things. I am a hard core skeptic. But I am sold on this book. I have bought multiple copies and handed them out to my girlfriends, something I have never done before.

This books will inform you at the very least. Some people in the reviews say Dr. Lee's science is bad. While he explains what happens at the celluar level with hormones, this isn't a science book. I think there is still a great deal about women's bodies in particular that we just don't understand. Science or no science, my experience and that of many other women speaks for itself. I would agree though, that before starting any type of HRT, you should consult with your doctor.

I had all the troubles of a hormone shift described in this book. Not only were they getting worse, they had a compoubnding effect. I was finding it hard to sleep at night and that worsened the mood and energy levels during the day. I was exercising 5 times a week with a very good personal trainer, watching my nutrition without seeing a change in my BMI. I am a very stable, naturally happy, healthy, and together person, but I was feeling out of control of my emotions and my life. And I was managing people. It was starting to hurt my rapport with my employees.

For three years, I complained to my doctor who ran all the blood tests to see if there was an imbalance and couldn't find anything. But I just knew that it was a hormone thing. I started my research and this is the only book I found written specifically for women in their thirties who aren't pregnant. I read this book and it was like an epiphany. I talked to my doctor about it and she agreed pretty much with what Doctors Lee and Hanley had to say beacause I have no other health problems. And, talking to my older sisters and my mother, there seems to be a family history of estrogen dominance (which can be caused by estrogen levels that are too high or too low - something Dr. Lee points out). She put me on natural progesterone pills. Within 6 weeks, I dropped 2 pants sizes, and had no more PMS symptoms to speak of. I was back to being myself. I continue to do very well. I have been able to cut back on the exercise, I can eat more freely without the bloating and weight gain, and I am feeling much more in control of myself and my life. My doctor tells me that natural progesterone can't really hurt you (unless pregnant). My mother's doctor told her the same thing and she is 84!



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Life Changing Book!

I am in my early forties and had begun to experience bouts of extreme insomnia. I was so exhausted. Once I finally fell asleep, I was only able to stay asleep for a couple of hours at a time. I also noticed that my periods, which had always been like clockwork, were starting to come early one month and late the next. Then, I had my first hot flash. Oh no, I thought. Is this a sign of menopause? I'm too young for this! I began searching the internet for menopause symptoms and came across a recommendation for this book. I purchased the Kindle version and read it in one night. One of the women mentioned in the book had symptoms identical to mine. The book recommends the use of a natural progesterone cream for the symptoms. I decided to give it a try. After only one week using the cream, I was like a different person. My insomnia is now gone! I am able to sleep for 8 hours a night. My energy level is higher than it has been in years. My periods are back to normal and I haven't experienced any more hot flashes. For anyone who is having similar symptoms, I urge you to read this book.

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Must have book

This book is so complete in information. It covers nearly anything you would want to know about in this stage of every women's life. I would recommend it to anyone who is having issues and isn't satisfied with the answers that a phyician is giving!

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so far...

Even though I haven't finished the book, right off I have to give it 5 stars simply for telling me that my low thyroid could be caused by low progesterone! My doctor didn't tell me that, in fact, I went to the doctor because of my thinning hair & just found out the synthetic thyroid meds I was taking can cause hair loss!! Needless to say, I've switched to progesterone & not only do I already feel better but I'm just sure my hair has stopped falling out! By the way, if you struggle with brain fog, the book is an easy read!

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Every woman over 18 must read this eye opener!!!!!

If I could do my life over again, I would read this book as early as possible. It is so informative about all the BETTER (Naturally instead of with Prescription drugs that are toxic/harmful in the long run) alternatives available to women to deal with basic issues like PMS, sensitive breasts, yeast infections, heavy menstruation bleeding, severe menstrual cramps, irregular bleeding, headaches, early onset of hot flashes (I am in my early 30's and they have already started0, etc., as well as more serious issues such as cystic fibroids, infertility, unnecessary hysterectomy, hormone replacement therapy.
In this book I learned that a doctor would opt for removing your uterus instead of removing the fibroid causing problems because most doctors are trained in the removal of a uterus but are not skilled/trained/licensed to perform the surgery to remove a fibroid. Thus they would have to send you to another doctor who is trained in that procedure, so they would loose your business. My doctor prescribed the pill for my PMS and related symptoms, which in the long run caused other problems. He could have simply prescribed a natural and inexpensive over the counter progesterone cream that would have solved those problems as well as helped to balance my hormones. But this means that my issues would be solved and he would loose me as a patient thus loosing valuable business.

After reading the book, I went to Whole Foods Market and purchased one of the natural progesterone creams that didn't contain wild yams (as instructed in this book)(I won't give the name of the product I selected so that no one will think that I am promoting a particular product). I used the cream for only 5 days and was so amazed that it works. My PMS is usually so bad, I have to make a serious effort to keep myself from screaming at my significant other and my dogs for every little thing they do but not this month. I had only one day where I felt mildly irritated. I will continue to use it and see if I can eliminate the PMS altogether. Ohh, and did I mention that I did not suffer from 'Tender Breast' either!!!!!!!!

There is a negative review posted by Piasta Wnuczka, who writes: Perimenopause is a marketing construct, intended to sell drugs, books and other products by instilling self-doubt and insecurity. Resist the effort to pathologize everything about women's bodies. Piasta seems to be upset that this book promotes products (a list of natural progesterone creams are listed at the end of the book). I don't understand why this bothered this particular reader. I would be upset if the situation were reversed, where the book would have failed to give me viable information on options available for my all very real issues/ailments.

This book also has a chapter on Xenohormones. This are toxic chemicals that we eat via our foods, drink in our water or put on our skin via skin care products which mimic certain hormones (act hormone like). Most tend to act like the estrogen hormone, which makes us estrogen dominant, which in turn causes many of our problems. At first I thought this chapter would be boring but it opened my eyes to the everyday little ways that I poison myself with my morning coffee which was sprayed with DDT (yuk) and lettuce sprayed with chemicals, and the plastic Tupperware that I store the food in, and the toxic Teflon covered pans that I cook in which even when using a low flame still release the super toxic chemicals into my food. I now buy organic coffee at Trader Joes and organic lettuce (the cost is actually not that much more), switched to glass food storing containers, switched to stainless steel pans with copper clad bottom (they are the best for heat distribution/new, they are very expensive but they are easily found at local thrift shops for under $10), I now look for my mayonnaise and salad dressing in glass containers instead of plastic.

So sorry that this review turned into a book in itself but I just can't say it all with less. Please excuse any misspellings or bad sentence structure.


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Resiliency — the ability to adapt to life's changes and crises — is the key to a healthy, productive life. Unfortunately, it's all too easy to get bogged down by feelings of anger and helplessness. The Resiliency Advantage helps readers banish negative, self-defeating thoughts and break free from the roles of "victim" and "good child" while improving problem-solving skills, maintaining humor and optimism during rough times, and becoming both self-reliant and socially responsible. By mastering the five stages of development — sustaining health, energy, and positive feelings; handling challenges; achieving positive self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-concept; honing the skills and attributes of highly resilient people; and developing a talent for serendipity — readers learn to stand up to adversity, overcome obstacles, and meet life head on.

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G. Lee Salmon, Executive Coach, Federal Consulting Group, Department of Treasury

As an executive coach I constantly work with executives who are under enormous stress and who often face radical change in their organizations. Being resilient is a key competency for their survival and success. I found Dr. Siebert's book to be an incredible resource and teach tool for my clients. It gives them a useful five element model to understand the key dimensions of resilience and offers practical strategies and practices to build their own resilience. I recommend this book to anyone under stress and wanting to be able to effectively manage changes that life brings. It has made me look at my own life and provides a checklist to assess my own resilience.

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Great, helpful book.

This book helps the reader take any experience, no matter how difficult or seemingly negative, and frame it as a learning experience. In doing so, the reader becomes more powerful and knowledgeable, and something negative changes to positive. Siebert's book has gotten my through some tough times, and has helped me grow from them.


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An antidote to stress

For too long we have focused on stress, and the concepts of "risk" "safety" and "worry."

This book makes the great point that most humans are actually pretty resilient, and by and large they handle life's stresses pretty well. When you look at things this way round the person with "stress" usually turns out to have a temporary strain and to be otherwise managing well. If they can map over their abilities from other areas of their life they usually find they can find a way to handle their current strain.

If you want mental health it makes great sense to focus on how to build up your resilience rather than on the neurotic avoidance of stress.

This book is an excellent description of why resilience is so useful, and of ways to bolster it. I recommend it as an antidote for, and as a necessary balance to, concepts of stress.

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Very good book

There will be problems in life that cannot be resolved, but only endured. My relatives in the internment camps during WWII used words such as "gaman" (perseverence), and "shigata ga nai" (nothing can be done). They did the best that they could with what they had. This is the essence of resilience.

A legal secretary friend of mine read my copy of this book. It gave her the ability to rise above the bullying and insults from the attorneys that she works with. She now receives more respect from these higher ups.

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Life is growing not living in stagnation

After reading Al Siebert's book on the Resiliency Advantage I am struck with how his life's discoveries parallel my own and have grown out of about eighty percent of the same referenced material. I was surprised to find that he died in 2009 and would very much like to have at least corresponded with him. I believe he made operational much of the theory of choosing to live a hopeful and loving life in the face of tragedy and hardship. He has explained very poignantly and given directions how to activate this in one's life. For anyone reading this and wishing to grow to higher levels, I recommend my book: Integrity, Courage & Soul: Leadership Traits for the 21st Century, 1999" , also available through Amazon. I believe this will take a person to the next level of functioning when resiliency is effectively and regularly used. I recommend Dr. Siebert's book to anyone wishing to become more in control of himself or herself.

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Very informative

After reading numerous baby books and motherhood advice manuals (which all glow with the joys of motherhood), I was really looking for a no-nonsense, authentic expectation of motherhood and what I can really expect after the baby is born. This book is it! It is such a refreshing read, covers a variety of post-birth issues and addresses those questions you might be too embarrassed to ask your OB or best friend. I would recommend this to any new mom.

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Not like guide to Pregnancy

I read The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy and absolutely loved it. The witty humor, the honesty and the information were all amazing. Because of how much I enjoyed it I decided to try Guide to Surviving the First Year. The only thing I can think of to explain the difference in the two is that the author loved being pregnant and hated the first year of babies life.

In the first book Vicki is witty and actually made me laugh out loud on many occasions while reading her book. Her second book I found a sort of dark humor that maybe only another woman who just competed her first year could understand. And even that woman would have to be a little unhappy with her experience of that first year.

There were so many gruesome parts that I started taking notes. At my baby shower I asked my girlfriends, who are very honest women and mom's all, about their experiences in these areas. Did it really take 6 months till you were ready to have sex again? Did it really hurt that bad the first time you went back to it? Were you really in that much pain after labor (non c-section birth) and that swollen? Was your first bowel movement really that bad? Did you really miss that much sleep the first year? Were you really like a zombie? It was almost unanimous with my girlfriends on all questions, no she is really exaggerating... Or she's giving you the worst case scenario. My girlfriends told me that a great deal of these things that Vicki said are more psychological than physical. If you expect it to bad, it will. That kind of mentality.

I guess my final comment on the book is that it didn't seem to have quite as much information in it as the first one did. I really only found one area of it helpful, weird things that baby does or has happen that are normal.

What I would say to any who decide to buy this book. Please don't treat it like the bible of the first year. Every first year is different for everyone. That is one thing Vicki does stress to her readers. Your recovery will probably be different than the recovery of every woman you know. Just keep that in mind.



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Good but not as good as the pregnancy version

I really enjoyed a girlfriends guide to pregnancy, so I had to have this. Pretty good, although not great.

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Great book for a new mom!

I loved reading this book throughout the first couple months of my son's life. Vicki Iovine is unassuming and completely not judgemental and has alot of perspectives to offer (hers and her girlfriends). However rewarding it is being a new mom, it can also be difficult. I felt like Vicki not only recognized that, but made light of it. I really appreciated this book... Thank you Vicki!

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not perfect, just like real life

Congrats to the reviewers who found Vicki's book "depressing" and stated that motherhood was "not as bad as she makes it sound". I found my baby's first months 10 times harder than ANY book I read on the subject, and thank God for this book for keeping me company and being my "girlfriend". It's not a parenting book, it's a book on being a mommy. You remember that we are separate people from our job as parent, right? Feel free to ignore her advice, just like you will feel free to ignore some of the advice EVERYONE feels free to give you on just about every aspect of your life as mom. I didn't find this book as great as her pregnancy one, but I wouldn't want to live without it. Buy it, and every time you feel like you can't go on, re-read the very end. You will survive, and you'll do great!

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When Bob Anderson first published Stretching in 1980, the fitness movement was new to most Americans. The term aerobics had just been coined in 1968, and few people outside bodybuilding circles had heard of Arnold Schwarzenegger yet.

Now, fitness is such old hat that it's even had a backlash or two. Lots of the original ideas have been called into question, including the preeminence of aerobic exercise. But flexibility is bigger than ever; Pilates and yoga are two of the fastest-growing fitness programs in the U.S. in the early 2000s. The type of stretching Anderson recommends--called "static," meaning you sit in one place and hold the stretch for a specified amount of time--isn't exactly trendy, but it remains the most accessible way for entry-level exercisers to improve their flexibility. (Or, perhaps more important, to keep from losing whatever flexibility they have as they get older.)

Those who already have the version of the book that's been put out by Shelter Publications since 1980 won't find a whole lot that's new in this 20th-anniversary version. Some of the simple drawings by Anderson's wife, Jean, have been updated to show athletes in sport-specific outfits doing stretching routines, and there are more routines than before. The new edition includes routines for children, stretches to do in front of the TV, and some exercises to do before and after gardening. Plus, the old staples remain--stretching routines for all muscle groups, and pre- and postplay sequences for common sports (football, baseball, basketball) and a few uncommon ones (equestrian, motocross, rodeo). He's also created routines for sports that barely existed in 1980, such as snowboarding, triathloning, and inline skating.

The constant in Stretching is ease of use. Anderson doesn't need a lot of complex explanations because the drawings are so easy to follow. He makes it clear that stretching should make you feel better, not worse, and that it's not a competition. Any little bit you can do is better than not doing anything. That's a timeless message, which is why his book has been such an valuable reference for the past 20 years. --Lou Schuler

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Great book

Great book. Every stretch you'll ever need. My only complaints are the book could be better organized. It would be nice if the illustrations were a bit more detailed.....but those are minor issues. Highly recommend this book.

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Yvonne

I really like this book ....You will to lots of stretching to make your body feel good!

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WORTHLESS!

This book rarely mentions specific muscles. It teaches you to stretch certain areas of the body: lower back, front of shoulders, etc.

IF you are looking to stretch SPECIFIC MUSCLES, this book is totally worthless. For example, because of a medical problem, I need to stretch a specific muscle, which of course is not to be named or found anywhere in this book.

IF YOU HAVE A MEDICAL PROBLEM AND YOU NEED VERY SPECIFIC INFORMATION, YOU WILL NOT FIND IT IN THIS BOOK.

This book is written for children or the general population looking for a General Stretch in general areas.

IF you are looking to stetch specific muscle groups, do a search on the internet, don't waste your money on this book!! On the internet, there are videos and pictures that are much more specific and helpful than this book.

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Stretching

Arrived in good time. Item was not wrapped well and was slightly damaged on arrival.

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Best stretching book ever!

I had borrowed this book from my dojo's library, and after not returning it for 3 months, I was thrilled to get my own copy to keep. The book includes common stretches and some that were new to me, but the best part of the book is the simple illustrations and the way they are organized, based on area of the body that one wants to stretch or improve or based on the sport you might be stretching for. This book is relevant for beginners, non-exercisers and athletes alike. My favorite chapters were ankle and foot stretching, stretching while watching TV, and stretching at the office.

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“You never listen to anything I say!”

Yesterday, your child was a sweet, well-adjusted eight-year-old. Today, a moody, disrespectful twelve-year-old. What happened? And more important, how do you handle it? How you respond to these whirlwind changes will not only affect your child's behavior now but will determine how he or she turns out later. Julie A. Ross, executive director of Parenting Horizons, shows you exactly what's going on with your child and provides all the tools you need to correctly handle even the prickliest tween porcupine.

• Find out how other parents survived nightmarish tween behavior--and still raised great kids
• Break the “nagging cycle,” give your kids responsibilities, and get results
• Talk about sex, drugs, and alcohol so your kid will listen
• Discover the secret that will help your child to disregard peer pressure and make smart choices--for life

"This excellent book lets parents peek into the underlying, confusing thoughts and perplexing decisions that young tweens are constantly facing."
--Ralph I. López, M.D., Clinical Professor or Pediatrics, Cornell University, and author of The Teen Health Book

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Talk with Julie Ross!

Kiss the summer blahs goodbye! Let preteen & teen expert, Julie Ross turn your kids' so-so summer into a summer of GOOD DEEDS, GOOD FUN and GREAT PRIZES! [...]

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As a Father, I thought this book was fantastic.

If you are a parent thinking ahead, or wondering how to handle issues (and when), this book is just what you need. It isn't a "how to" - it is a "here is the perspective you need to make your own decisions".

While every example obviously won't suit your family situation, you will be getting a real dose of reality about the issues your children and their friends (and their friends' families) will be dealing with.

Ms Ross approaches every issue with common sense and clear thinking. In several cases, I couldn't see myself handling the issues the way they were handled in the examples, but seeing how someone handled them is invaluable in thinking about what might be best in your family.

The sections on drugs and sex were especially valuable for two reasons: 1) the advice was clear and sensible, and 2) if you think you can skirt the issues, or avoid tackling them head-on, you won't after you read this book - as Ms Ross guides you through the issues and various ways to handle them, she also makes clear exactly what is at stake for your child and his or her personal safety and happiness.

If you are a concerned parent, you will find this highly intelligent book filled with thoughtful advice and interesting perspective on how other parents in this generation are dealing with this generation's issues.
I've read lots of advice books, and none of them are perfect. But this is the one that left me with the clearest plans for dealing with critical Tween issues. Parenting isn't about reading a book and doing what it tells you - it's about understanding issues, and figuring out how to deal with them in a way that best suits you and your children. Ms Ross' book is a wonderful resource for intelligent,thinking parents.




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pre-teen help

Book recommended by my daughter's classmate's mother. Insightful and easy read. I've passed it onto another mother.

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I hated this book.

Ok, so the author does include a few useful tips, like strategies for projecting empathy, but nothing that was news if you have been reading any books on this subject. The things that drove me absolutely insane, however, were 1) the condescending tone used throughout (parents, you are idiots!); 2) the repeated assertion that growing up today is so different from when we grew up that we cannot possibly understand the stresses on our children (say what??!); and 3) imbecilic examples.

Let me elaborate on my third complaint using illustrations from the book regarding how a parent should handle a child's desire for ear-piercing. The parent who said no to piercing was rewarded with a child who got a full arm tattoo instead--message, saying no is a mistake. The parent who secretly wanted her daughter to wait until age 16 to pierce the ears did not tell the daughter this--instead, she said to the girl, "I am not ready yet, let's revisit this issue in six months." Somehow she was able to continue this strategy over a period of years!!! How did this child not catch on? And this kind of subterfuge was given as the example of how to handle a conflict!

The message of most of the examples in the book--either say yes to everything, because you can't possibly understand what your child is going through, or lie outright to avoid the conflict--does not provide an example of the kind of parenting strategies that I would like to pursue. And given the condescending tone, I'd only pick this one up if you want to give your blood-pressure a hefty surge. My copy went in the give-away box in case there are parents out there devoid of both common sense and self-esteem.



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Interesting and Informal

This is a good read. Anyone who has Tweens living in their home ought to read this book.

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