Tag: book review
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The Book “Why We Get Fat” by Gary Taubes, and Weight Loss
My daughter Melissa has introduced me to the Keto diet philosophy, so I am listening to the book she recommended, “Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It” by Gary Taubes on Audible. Taubes presents exhaustive research and sites study after study to back up his claims. I find this to be very helpful…
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"Tales of Power" a book by Carlos Castenada
When I was a teenager my father and I read the Carlos Castaneda books. Well, he read them all but I read the first few and got turned off by the selfishness of their goals. After going to Tracker school for a couple years I decided to re-read them from a new perspective. I understood…
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“Tales of Power” a book by Carlos Castenada
When I was a teenager my father and I read the Carlos Castaneda books. Well, he read them all but I read the first few and got turned off by the selfishness of their goals. After going to Tracker school for a couple years I decided to re-read them from a new perspective. I understood…
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"The Places That Scare You" a book by Pema Chodron
I was at Brighten Bush hot springs gift store and this book jumped right out at me and grabbed me. The cover, an image of a dark, craggy, old, leafless tree, typified the heavy, overgrown, ominous trees that tend to somehow, inexplicably, surround haunted houses. I thought, “Who would write a book like that and…
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“The Places That Scare You” a book by Pema Chodron
I was at Brighten Bush hot springs gift store and this book jumped right out at me and grabbed me. The cover, an image of a dark, craggy, old, leafless tree, typified the heavy, overgrown, ominous trees that tend to somehow, inexplicably, surround haunted houses. I thought, “Who would write a book like that and…
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"The Whals Protocol" by Terry Wahls, M.D. : A Book Review
“The Whals Protocol” by Terry Wahls is a book about eating to eliminate inflammation in the body. This book is “A radical new way to treat all Chroinic autoimmune conditions using Paleo principles.”– Quote from book cover. Dr. Wahls was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and after years of treating her disease the traditional way,…
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Toot, Toot, Toot My Own Horn . . . I'm Right, I'm Right, the Belly IS the Master Brain . . . Dr. Mate Says So!
“The nervous system of the gut contains about one hundred million nerve cells — we have as many in the small intestine alone as there are in our entire spine! These nerves do more than coordinate the digestion and absorption of food and the elimination of waste — they also form part of our sensory…
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“When The Body Says No; Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection” by Gabor Mate, M.D. A Book Review
I am reading, for the second time, “When the Body Says No; Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection”. The connection between the emotions and the physical body play a more important role than many people realize. Dr. Mate recognizes and writes about this in very definite ways. The first time I read this book I was looking…
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The Belly Brain: Exploring Emotions
I have noticed in the last couple of years that my belly thinks . . . or rather, I should say my belly feels. When I want to know how I am feeling, my awareness falls into my belly to see. When my awareness is in my brain in my head, I think, I don’t…
Michele Ballantyne 