At last, a book devoted to the concerns of people of color that will help you enhance and protect the health and beauty of your skin, hair, and nails. Dr. Susan Taylor, a Harvard-trained dermatologist and a beautiful woman of color, bases her advice on more than fifteen years experience treating patients in private practice and at the first-of-its-kind Skin of Color Center in New York City, which she directs. She explains how to: Attain and maintain satin-smooth skin Prevent and camouflage scars Choose and use makeup for a perfect match year-round Style hair safely to avoid damage, hair loss, and skin irritation Detect and protect against skin cancer ... and much more! Brown Skin will help you look and feel your best, inform you on how to prevent problems, and guide you to get the right treatment when needed.
Stressing a structure-function approach, this multidisciplinary reference presents a detailed overview of the biological, chemical, physical, molecular and genetic tools and techniques utilized in the study of the skin barrier. It illustrates the impact of irritative skin reactions, as well as genetic and immune-mediated disease on hair and nail composition and formation.
Contains two instructional tapes, including 8 WEEKS TO OPTIMUM HEALTH and SPONTANEOUS HEALING.8 WEEKS TO OPTIMUM HEALTH: Bestselling author, Dr. Andrew Weil, one of the most important leaders in the field of health and healing now reveals an eight week program for a healthier life. Drawing on a wealth of healing and medicinal techniques from around the world, Dr. Weil reveals an easy to follow program of exercise, diet, vitamins and meditation that will maximize the potential of your mind and body. His practical ideas and respected teachings are now collected in this inspiring program, an essential resource for you and your whole family.SPONTANEOUS HEALING: Spontaneous Healing results from the body's natural healing systems. This indispensible resource for good health gives you the power and wisdom to draw on the sources of healing within yourself. The best medicine does not merely combat germs or suppress symptoms, but rather works with the body's natural defenses to manage illness. Bestselling author Dr. Andrew Weil, one of the most important leaders in the field of health and healing, explains the body's natural mechanisms for fighting illness and maintaining daily health. Dr. Weil draws on a wealth of techniques from around the world to resolve life-threatening diseases. This practical and inspiring video is an essential guide for understanding the healing powers within each of us.
Do you wish you had more energy? Do you often feel drained, even after a good night’s sleep? Are there days when you can’t get going...when you just feel blah?
If so, you’re not alone. You’re suffering from emotional fatigue--an all too common outgrowth of our frenetic modern-day lives. But you can regain your emotional energy forever with this groundbreaking book from psychotherapist and bestselling author Mira Kirshenbaum that includes many helpful hints and informative real-life stories.
This book shows you how to tap into the sources of emotional energy that already lie within you. In these remarkable pages, you’ll discover 25 practical, no-nonsense secrets to living the vital, happy, hope-filled life you deserve by building the kind of energy no pills, push-ups, or power bars can provide...the kind of energy that comes to the rescue when your body has reached its limits. It’s called emotional energy. Successful, high-energy people have learned to harness it--and now you can too with their secrets in this powerful, life-enhancing book.
Drawing on nearly three decades of professional experience as a psychotherapist and researcher, Mira Kirshenbaum has developed a bold new program to help you raise your inner energy quotient and keep it high for life. The results are astounding: an aliveness of mind, happiness of heart, and a spirit filled with hope--the fuel that makes all things possible. Now you can reclaim the energy within, the energy that drives and sustains you, as you discover:
• How to diagnose your own emotional fatigue • The power of active prayer • Two simple things you can do to turn a pressure situation into one that gives you emotional energy • Positive Negatives: how to say no to the things you don’t want to do • How to live your life your way--a giant step to emotional well-being • The Appointment Book C... Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
An instant classic in the field of energy medicine, POSITIVE ENERGY shows readers how to tap into the body's natural positive energy source and benefit from it emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually. Dr. Judith Orloff is a board-certified psychiatrist and a practicing intuitive who has pioneered this new mode of healing, called Energy Psychology, which combines traditional western medicine with the growing study of subtle energies. Her experiences have led her to create 10 recommendations for enhancing energy, improving relationships, and defending oneself from individuals who drain energy, whom she refers to as energy vampires. In POSITIVE ENERGY, Dr. Orloff teachers her readers to awaken intuition; create an energy-aware program for diet, exercise, and well-being; counter negativity; increase creativity and inspiration; and create a perpetual flow of positivity for a lifetime. Dr. Orloff's approach can be demanding, but her writing style is compassionate and encouraging. Nearly every page has an exercise or recommendation that propels the reader into action and insures results. POSITIVE ENERGY is a manifesto of transformation and healing and is essential reading for anyone curious about energetic medicine. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.