Product Key Features
Book TitleNaomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully : Facts, Myths, and Good News for Boomers
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicDevelopmental / Adulthood & Aging, Gerontology, Personal Growth / Happiness, Women's Health, Personal Growth / General, Sociology / General, Aging, General
Publication Year2007
IllustratorYes
GenreHealth & Fitness, Social Science, Self-Help, Psychology
AuthorNaomi Judd
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-052217
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Naomi delivers powerful truths with ease and humor, in a comforting style that makes you feel like you're sitting in your living room talking with your best friend." -- Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author ofInner Peace for Busy Women,coauthor of Saying Yes to Change, "Naomi Judd has emerged as a Wise Woman in our culture. She is a true heroine -- one who courageously ventures into challenging territory, gains wisdom, and returns to share it.... Naomi Judd is a national treasure." -- Larry Dossey, M.D., author of The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things, "From Kentucky to Hollywood to Nashville, Naomi Judd has used her indomitable spirit to transcend hardship and create breakthroughs in her life, first in the music business and later in her health.... What an inspiration!" -- Mona Lisa Schulz, M.D., Ph.D., neuropsychiatrist, medical intuitive, author of The New Feminine Brain, "Naomi Judd is an inspiration."-- Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being
Dewey Decimal646.70084/4
Table Of ContentContents 1All About Eve:The Birth of a Notion 2Star Wars:Using Your Central Intelligence in Winning the Aging Culture WarE 3Analyze This:Decluttering Physically, Emotionally, and SpirituallyE 4Good Will Hunting:Finding Purpose and MeaningE 5Where the Heart Is:Practicing Positivism, Gratitude, and GenerosityE 6Stand by Me:The Importance of Romance, Friendship, and Having FunE 7Terms of Endearment:Getting Along with Children, Grandchildren, and Parents (aka Rosemary's Baby, Alien, War and Peace, Psycho, Meet the Parents, Trading Places, A Time to Kill, The Bad Seed, The Usual Suspects)E 8As Good as It Gets:Staying Fit in Mind and BodyE 9Million Dollar Baby:Looking as Good as You FeelE 10It's a Wonderful Life:Grieving, God, and Passing On Values (as Well as Valuables)E 11 Parting WishesE AcknowledgmentsE Selected BibliographyE IndexE
SynopsisNaomi Judd has been called "The Face of the Boomer Generation." At 78 million strong, boomers have become America's largest demographic. InNaomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully,she debunks society's harmful myths about aging and finds more meaningful ways we can define ourselves so we can enjoy (rather than dread) getting older. Freedom is the focus, and there's no better time than now to free yourself from untrue and outdated ideas about your own potential. Naomi is full of fresh ideas to help readers look at their futures in a whole new way. The aging process, as Naomi shows, is an opportunity for new experiences, original routines, and more contentment than ever before. Naomi offers tips on finding simplicity, streamlining possessions, disengaging from "energy vampires," and discovering the most effective ways to support your life force and boost your energy. Each chapter includes vital new health information and proactive lifestyle suggestions for your body, mind, and spirit. Naomi has a solution-oriented approach to everything from beauty tips to getting in sync hormonally with bioidentical HRT. She also offers wisdom on dealing with grief as well as enlightening ideas on how to recognize and enjoy your own uniqueness no matter how old you are. Packed with personal anecdotes, commentary from celebrity friends and data from renowned doctors, and plenty of Naomi's own special brand of lemonade-out-of-lemons wit and wisdom,Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefullyencourages readers to believe that it's never too early or too late to enter an important new chapter in their lives and embrace opportunities to become their happiest ever.
LC Classification NumberHQ1061.J83 2007