Powerful Story Shares One Woman's Struggle To Overcome Abandonment And Abuse

Raleigh, NC, August 21, 2018 ― Deja' was dealt a losing hand, and no one would have blamed her for simply accepting her fate. Her father died before she was born, and her mother chose drug addiction over her daughter. With loneliness consuming her, Deja' could have folded. Should have folded. But instead, she learned how to recycle her pain, and she began drawing from every source of positive influence that entered her life: a God-loving grandmother, a supportive godmother and a street-savvy godfather who taught her how to redirect her pain and survive in this world.

But the challenges just kept coming, and Deja' encountered countless betrayals and abuses along the way, which lead to an unhealthy marriage, and ultimately, a pattern of unhealthy relationships with men that lasted for several years. Aware that she is repeating a family cycle of poor choices, Deja' needs to rally what's left of her strength and determination to break that cycle. Will her fortitude be enough? Or will this final test break her spirit once and for all?

Overcoming the Hand You Were Dealt is the powerful new book from Kisha Taylor. Cultivated from her personal experience with abandonment, Overcoming weaves an authentic and captivating story of struggle, pain, hope and faith that culminates in a heartwarming climax of healing and restoration.

In addition to the book, Taylor's website, lifeunlimited1.com, enables her to continue her passion for women's emotional health, with courses that tap into the warrior in every woman, that cover abandonment issues and that help survivors understand why they act and feel the way they do. The website also houses inspirational items like T-shirts and mugs with messages of empowerment, and a blog with videos and messages of encouragement.

Author Kisha Taylor was born in Brooklyn, NY, and from a young age, she learned how to navigate the real world of hard knocks. She attended Binghamton University and Baruch College, where she studied accounting and psychology. She became counsel to many, sharing principles on surviving abuse, overcoming life's challenges, healthy ways of handling personal mistakes and how to not surrender to self-defeat.

She is most proud of the lives her journey has impacted, as well as the happiness, confidence and emotional health she now has, which enables her to be a testament of, "You can, if you just don't give up.”

To read more from Taylor, or to view her motivational videos, please visit www.lifeunlimited1.com.

Overcoming the Hand You Were Dealt
Pendium publishing
Release date: February 5, 2018
ISBN-10: 1944348409
ISBN-13: 978-1944348403
Available at www.lifeunlimited1.com, Amazon.com, and all other online outlets.

Excerpts from Reviews:

"… Every woman can relate to the situations in this book.”

"… Anyone that reads it would benefit from it. … It's definitely a self-help book.”

New Book Reveals How To Eat As Much As You Want & Never Gain Weight - Interviews Available With Author  
What if you could eat as much as you wanted, all day every day, and never gain weight? No gimmicks, nothing unsafe. And what if it was among the easiest things you've ever done?  Maureen Anderson's book "The Willpower Workaround," readers will learn a new mindset to eating and living well.
Maureen Anderson Says:
One of the boldest moves I ever made was challenging the assumption that food should be a reward for anything. It's like a career consultant friend once told me: you need vacations the same way you need to breathe out after breathing in. Breathing out isn't a reward for breathing in. It's just part of the deal. When you make food a "reward" instead of a normal part of taking care of yourself, there's a tendency to dress it up, to make it "entertainment" (as Dilbert creator Scott Adams says).
We learn in the book that your initial success with permanent weight loss was based on winning a challenge. Do you have any advice for men and women who need a reward to stay on the path toward changing the way they eat?
One key to your success was focusing on how bad certain foods made you feel physically, like the hamburger headaches. Did you also focus on how bad you were going to feel about yourself when you indulged in junk food?
About Maureen Anderson
Maureen Anderson is the host of the nationally-syndicated radio talk show, Doing What Works, that helps you fix what you don't like about your life. She is also the author of The Career Clinic: Eight Simple Rules for Finding Work You Love (AMACOM, 2009). She is the co-author, with Dick Beardsley, of Staying the Course: A Runner's Toughest Race (University of Minnesota Press, 2002). And she won a 2006 Minnesota Book Award for Left for Dead: A Second Life after Vietnam, with Jon Hovde (Minnesota, 2005).
You can follow her on Twitter @DoingWhatWorks.
The world's leading researcher of ovulatory cycles offers insight into the intelligence of hormones. HORMONAL (on-sale 2/13)

“The perfect Valentine’s Day read for…any woman who’s ever been pissed off by a guy calling her ‘hormonal.’” -- Bookpage

“Essentially, HORMONAL covers everything anyone could ever want to know about the hormonal cycles of women, from birth through puberty and the childbearing years and into menopause. ‘Every girl and woman benefits from understanding the scope of hormonal cycles, the hows, whens, and whys,’ writes the author. ‘We should become familiar with the potential nudges that affect our behavior. And we should know that choosing to act on those behaviors is an individual choice, dependent upon our own preferences and goals. Being naïve to our hormonal natures will not help us. Being hormonally intelligent, on the other hand, will.’ Haselton provides a useful tool for women in that quest to become better informed about a significant aspect of their lives.” -- Kirkus

Martie Haselton, PhD, is the world's leading researcher on how ovulatory cycles influence women's sexuality. She is a professor of Psychology at UCLA and the Institute for Society and Genetics and directs UCLA’s Evolutionary Psychology Lab. In her forthcoming book, HORMONAL: The Hidden Intelligence of Hormones -- How They Drive Desire, Shape Relationships, Influence Our Choices, and Make Us Wiser (Little Brown and Company/February 13, 2018/$28.00 hardcover) Dr. Haselton explains the hidden intelligence of the hormonal cycle and its role in empowering women to succeed sexually, reproductively, and socially.

 

Hormones don't make women irrational; they do help women choose mates, compete with female rivals, produce healthy offspring, and conquer other biological challenges. With fresh insight, Martie Haselton explains that behind the "fickle" differences in what women find sexy about men, or what they like to wear, there's a hidden adaptive intelligence that has evolved over eons. The research is provocative but extremely compelling, and it comes with fascinating practical takeaways on how women can use their hormonal cycles to their advantage, helping them achieve success in their relationships, careers, and lives. Groundbreaking and counterintuitive, HORMONAL will empower women everywhere to embrace their biology.

 

Martie Haselton, PhD is the world’s leading researcher on sexuality and the ovulation cycle. In HORMONAL: The Hidden Intelligence of Hormones — How They Drive Desire, Shape Relationships, Influence Our Choices, and Make Us Wiser (Little Brown and Company/February 13, 2018/$28.00 hardcover) Haselton takes a deep, revealing look at the biological processes that so profoundly influence our behavior, and sets forth a radical new view of women’s bodies, minds, and sexual relationships that embraces hormonal cycles as adaptive solutions to the genuine biological challenges that women have faced throughout history.

 

At the core of Haselton’s new Darwinian Feminism is her remarkable discovery that humans, like our animal cousins, possess a special phase of sexuality, called estrus, which comes with a host of physiological and behavioral changes. Combining the scientific rigor of a leading researcher with the wit and candor of a best friend, Haselton explains how hormonal intelligence works — both its strengths and its weaknesses — and how women can track and understand their desires, fears, perceptions, and fantasies across the 28-day cycle and over the course of their lives.

 

Rigorously researched, entertaining, and empowering, HORMONAL offers women deep new insights into their bodies, brains, relationships, and affairs, allowing them to make better-informed choices about sex, marriage, friendship, contraception, and more. Above all, HORMONAL is a clarion call to appreciate and embrace the genius of female biology!

 

Did you know…

 

  • A woman’s attractiveness peaks just prior to ovulation because her “mate search effort” is turned on.
  • PMS may have evolved to get rid of boyfriends with unfit sperm.
  • Lap dancers on the Pill make about $20,000 less per year than lap dancers who are ovulating normally.
  • A woman may find an otherwise obnoxious male unusually appealing during certain points in her cycle.
  • Ovulating women tend to prefer more stylish and provocative clothing, and to spend more money on fashion and beauty — not so much to attract men, but to intimidate female rivals.
  • Women walk more, eat less, socialize more, meet more men, dance more, and flirt more when they’re ovulating.
  • Unlike nearly any other creature on earth, humans evolved to have sex—for fun, not babies--outside of the fertile window.
  • New mothers are formidable. They will behave more aggressively toward someone who is threatening, but their blood pressure stays low – they are cool as a cucumber and badass at the same time.
  • Menopause is not a sign that something has gone wrong in a woman’s body – it has a deep evolutionary history vital to our species’ success.

 

 

 

 

GRATITUDE IN MOTION: An Amazing True Story of Hope, Determination, AND the Everyday Heroes Around Us

Colleen Kelly Alexander, with Jenna Glatzer

“Colleen is a personal inspiration of mine. Her guts, grit and determination alone are enough to embolden anyone who hears her speak. But it is Colleen's great humanity and humility in the face of her challenges that should inspire us all.” —Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize laureate

"I always said running is the ultimate faith healer, restoring belief not only in oneself but life's possibilities. Colleen brought that message to life and had me thinking of my own possibilities. Colleen's message isn't about how far we can run but how much we can endure just to be part of the running community."—Bart Yasso, Retired Chief Running Officer of Runner's World

“Colleen Kelly Alexander is a living embodiment of resiliency, grace, and gratitude--even in the face of some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable. Read this remarkable memoir. It will lift up your heart with thankfulness and inspiration, just as Colleen has inspired countless everyday heroes who strive to make this world a better place.” —Gail McGovern, President and CEO, American Red Cros

GRATITIUDE IN MOTION is a powerful story of the triumph of one determined and inspiring soul. Colleen Kelly Alexander's vision to 'bring about more humanity and understanding' despite monumental obstacles gives hope to us all. Her story is the gift that the world needs so desperately right now.” —Kate Cumbo, PhD, Director of Programs, PeaceJam Foundation

It was a beautiful fall day in Connecticut when Colleen Alexander, a lifelong competitive athlete, rode her bike home from work, having just learned her job with the nonprofit PeaceJam was secure. She had survived a diagnosis of lupus and brain surgery that almost took her life, and was married at last to the love of her life, Sean. Life was good as she met the eyes of a truck driver rolling up to the stop sign beside her. He didn't stop.

The truck hit Colleen, running over her lower body with front and back tires and dragging her across the pavement. As she bled out in the street, nearby strangers surrounded.  A former EMT herself, Colleen knew she had to stay awake. "I've just been reconnected with my soulmate," she told the medic. "We want to have a baby. I can't die now. Please don't let me die." Colleen spent five weeks in a coma and had 29 surgeries. But she survived, and despite losing her job and suffering from PTSD, she began to focus on all the heroes who saved her life. Determined to find a way to make something positive from her pain, she decided she'd run again. She would dedicate her race medals to her heroes, including the multitude of medical staff that aided in her survival.

Since the trauma, Colleen has run 50 races and completed 40 triathlons, including 4 half-Ironman events (1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike ride, 13.1-mile run). She is now a spokesperson for the Red Cross, and shares her incredible inspirational story to encourage others to take that first step forward.

Colleen Kelly Alexander is a lifelong athlete and motivational speaker. With her indomitable spirit and amazing story of survival, Colleen teaches others how to aim higher, be stronger, and use adversity as a catalyst to make themselves and the world better. She was the executive director of the Common Ground Youth Center in Vermont for eight years, and a regional program manager for PeaceJam, where Nobel Peace Prize laureates mentor youth. She has also worked for, volunteered for, and is heavily involved with the Red Cross. She lives in a New England coastal town with her husband and their three dogs and cat. Find out more at Colleenkellyalexander.com, Facebook/ColleenKellyA or on Twitter @ColleenKellyAl.

Jenna Glatzer (www.jennaglatzer.com) is the author or ghost- writer of twenty-nine books, including Celine Dion’s authorized biography and The Marilyn Monroe Treasures. She and her daughter live in New York.

Important Notes Include:

  • PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER: Colleen Alexander was an established public speaker before her trauma, and continues to speak on topics ranging from personal empowerment and mindset to medical issues like dealing with a major trauma and PTSD to athletics.
  • Tie-In with Author Speaking Engagements for the Red Cross. Colleen is a spokesperson for the Red Cross and is on the Red Cross Board of Directors in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. January is National Blood Donor Month.
  • This April, she will be racing the National Women’s Half Marathon in Washington, DC.

Expert Offers New Addiction Treatment Solutions with Holistic and Spiritual Approach

Author Ellen Gardner, L.I.S.A.C., provides new tools and resources for those suffering from addiction as well as their families in new book

COTTONWOOD, Ariz. – Author Ellen Gardner, L.I.S.A.C., a semi-retired substance abuse counselor and founder of a former residential treatment center, has released her new book, “The Truth About Your Addictions: A Holistic Solution” which contains holistic and spiritual approaches to the treatment of addiction. Gardner provides insightful information regarding different approaches to addiction treatment for not only addicts, but the loved ones of an addict as well.

The book incorporates Gardner’s nearly 25 years of experience in working with people with various addictions and destructive lifestyles due to substances such as drugs and alcohol. Each chapter discusses the different parts of addiction, from understanding the concept of a holistic and spiritual treatment, to how to spot warning signs if a loved one is experiencing addiction.

With her insight, Gardner hopes to create awareness about the tools and resources one can use to live a healthier, and substance-free lifestyle.

“I want to provide a solution to the current epidemic of substance abuse and other destructive addictions,” said Gardner. “Deaths due to drug overdose is at an all-time high and this book brings different options to one’s struggling. Understanding that everyone is a child of God is the foundation of this teaching.”

A unique approach to the sensitive topic of addiction, “The Truth About Your Addictions” shares real-life success stories and is the conversation starter needed to guide someone suffering from addiction in the right direction.

Gardner is available for interviews and review copies are available upon request. To learn more, please visit TheTruthAboutYourAddictions.com.

“The Truth About Your Addictions: A Holistic Solution”

By Ellen Gardner, L.I.S.A.C.

ISBN: 978-1-5245-9212-7 (sc); 978-1-5245-9213-4 (hc); 978-1-5245-9211-0 (e)

Available at the Xlibris Online Bookstore, Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the author

Ellen Gardner witnessed addiction in loved ones in her work as an ordained minister and licensed independent substance abuse counselor. In 1991, she founded Arizona Pathways of Life, Unity and Love, a non-denominational church and treatment center where she developed a holistic spiritually based residential treatment program believing that freedom from addictions is possible.  Due to a severe stroke and open-heart surgery in 2013, Gardner had to close the treatment center. Feeling physically healthy again, she believes that it is time to share what she has learned about freedom from addictions. Gardner has two adult sons and grandchildren that live in Washington and she and her husband Daniel of 50 years reside in Cottonwood, Arizona.

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DR. ROBIN MILLER

author of

HEALED: Health & Wellness
for the 21st Century
Dr. Robin Miller
New Approaches to a Healthy Life

Talking Points

As Americans scramble to jump on Moon Eating, 30/10, South Beach, Keto or whatever other diet du jour is trending, Integrative medicine physician Dr. Robin Miller, a medical reporter on NBC and regular guest on Dr. Oz, says ditch the fads and look to your gut to get you toward your goals of health and happiness while ditching those extra pounds.

Ten years ago Dr. Miller left mainstream medicine in order to practice the kind of patient-focused medicine she had dreamed of doing in medical school.

I have been frustrated by the lack of options available when it comes to conventional medicine. There are amazing treatments and therapies available these days that have allowed our lifespan to increase. However, often I find I cannot help people as much as I would like because I run out of tools and possibilities.

Healed: Health & Wellness for the 21st CenturyShe began a search to find new, innovative ways to help people achieve balance and wellness, which culminated in the publication of HEALED: Health & Wellness in the 21st Century. Dr. Miller's easily-digestible new book reveals essential information for your mind and body — your keys to happiness and well-being — which will open the door and quickly put you on the path to feeling good and becoming the person you want to be. The book includes vital information on overcoming depression without drugs, living longer and happier (think coffee and chocolate) and improving your sex life (think Scream Cream).

HEALED will take you through the basics of what you need to know to promote your own health and introduce you to the leading edge of new therapies to treat common conditions such as depression, obesity, cancer, and Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Some solutions actually go all the way back to the beginning of Western medicine while others are just starting to revolutionize care. The book concludes with a surprising form of exercise that is fun, exciting and will help improve just about whatever ails you!

  1. We know that a healthy heart, brain and gut are all essential. Are there new risk factors and treatments we should know about?
  2. What are the keys and evidence to a long and healthy life?
  3. You have been using an approach to depression that does not involve drugs, what is it and how effective is it?
  4. If a patient needs medication for depression, is there an approach for tailoring the medications to the individual?
  5. How does gut health affect our mood and how do we keep it happy?
  6. We often hear about the benefits of coffee, are they true?
  7. What about chocolate, it is good for us?
  8. Medicinal mushrooms have great healing properties. How can they help in the treatment of infection, cancer and dementia?
  9. Is there a natural treatment for cold sores and genital herpes that works?
  10. Is there something new to spice up women’s sex lives? What is scream cream?
  11. Is there an effective way to lose weight without dieting? What is the secret?
  12. Is there an activity that will decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by 76%?
  13. Is there a way to improve movement in those with Parkinson’s disease? How does it work?
  14. Is there evidence dance can help with balance, depression and social anxiety?

About Dr. Robin Miller

Dr. Robin Miller – an established author (The Smart Woman’s Guide to Midlife and Beyondand Kids Ask the Doctor), Dr. Miller has gathered the knowledge, insights and anecdotes offered in this book over the course of 33 years of treating patients using the principles of integrative medicine. Board certified in Internal Medicine, she trained with Andrew Weil as an Integrative Medicine Fellow at University of Arizona. She is currently Medical Director of Triune Integrative Medicine, a highly innovative integrative medicine clinic in Medford, Oregon. She blogs regularly for Sharecare.com, an interactive health and wellness website founded in conjunction with Dr. Mehmet Oz, where she serves as Executive Advisory Board member. Robin is also a medical reporter and a regular correspondent for KOBI-5, the NBC affiliate in Southern Oregon.

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INTRODUCING THE BON-VIVANT GIRL
New Lifestyle Brand Helps Women Embrace a Happier, Healthier Life

The Bon-Vivant Girl logo

[New York, NY – Dec 1, 2017] – Psychotherapist, certified health coach and author Nathalie Botrosannounces the launch of her new lifestyle brand: The Bon-Vivant Girl. Dedicated to helping women leave the negative messages about themselves behind and teaching them to embrace a rich, full life, the BVg life is bold, funny, practical, healthy, fearless, full of love and – most importantly – crazy happy.

A happy and healthy life will be yours not by following the rules and social pressures promoted by the media, but because you know how to take pleasure and find joy in everything you do!

Nathalie Botros, The Bon-Vivant Girl

As part of the launch of The Bon-Vivant Girl brand, a lifestyle-focused website debuted in November to provide women with a digital destination to experience the living well mantra and follow the continuing journey of the original Bon-Vivant Girl. The site has lifestyle tips, experiential articles about Nathalie's own continuing views on her everyday life, and travel and dining advice that is specific to her experiences eating out in NYC and dining, dancing and shopping her way around the world.

The Bon-Vivant Girl website

Future sections of the site will include information about The Bon-Vivant Girl workshops where women will have an opportunity to "get personal" with the original BVg as well as an online shop, which will feature a few highly-curated products to inspire and delight aspiring BVgs.

If You Are What You Eat, Should I Eat a Skinny Girl?Nathalie is the author of the 2017 title, If You Are What You Eat, Should I Eat a Skinny Girl? which encapsulates her philosophies and provides a road map for readers who are ready to disrupt their way of thinking and begin to live happier, healthier lives.

Translated from French, “bon-vivant” means “well living” and Nathalie has made it her mission to help others live well – just as she has done for herself. In the book Nathalie shares her experiences and struggles in a humorous and honest way that has inspired other women to take up the habits of The Bon-Vivant Girl.

Being a Bon-Vivant Girl is about taking action and living a rich, full life. If You Are What You Eat, Should I Eat a Skinny Girl? will show you how to love and accept yourself, and that "size doesn’t always matter" to a BVg.

Nathalie Botros, The Bon-Vivant Girl

To embrace The Bon-Vivant Girl’s attitude for yourself, visit www.thebon-vivantgirl.com.

The Bon-Vivant Girl logo

Today I can call myself a Bon-Vivant Girl, because I live my life fully. I travel, I go out, I party within reason, and most importantly I am happy. This is my new era and I want to share it with everyone.

Nathalie Botros, The Bon-Vivant Girl

Talking Points

  • Why do you call yourself The Bon-Vivant Girl?
  • How did your background in psychotherapy help you develop the attitudes and ideas that form the basis for creating the Bon-Vivant philosophy?
  • What did you learn about yourself during the process of becoming a certified health coach?
  • What was the impetus for launching The Bon-Vivant Girl brand?
  • In your journey you talk about sparkling periods and black periods. Tell me how you came to understand those different times in your life and how what changes did you make in your life to bring the two extremes into balance?
  • You are fond of saying “Size doesn’t always matter.” What does that mean to a Bon-Vivant Girl?
  • As part of your new brand, you launched a lifestyle website. Tell us about that. What’s the “Hungry for Happy” mission?
  • You mentioned a future section where you will offer curated items for people to buy. What types of products will you offer and why?
  • What do you see as the next steps for The Bon-Vivant Girl as a brand?
  • How does your first book, “If You Are What You Eat, Should I Eat a Skinny Girl?” fit into the message and mission of The Bon-Vivant Girl?
  • What is your favorite tip in the book?
  • What are some of the tips you’d like to share with women today to help them find the road to the Bon-Vivant life?
  • Perhaps the most surprising thing is that your website has sections dedicated to cooking, home remedies and tips. How do these fit into the overall BVg brand?

About The Bon-Vivant Girl

Nathalie Botros / The Bon-Vivant Girl is a certified health coach and psychotherapist who teaches women how to how to live their life to the fullest potential. She is a world traveler with a big appetite for food and experiences. Nathalie was born in Lebanon, raised in Turkey, studied in Switzerland, played and worked in Italy before eventually landing in New York City. Nathalie gained a considerable amount of weight when she moved to NYC and, after trying several unsuccessful diets, she decided to fuse her health coach training with her psychotherapist mind to blow up the pattern of binge and purge. She created a new approach for happiness – a pathway and a pattern that starts from what she calls being “Hungry for Happy.” This new attitude put her on the road to a happy and healthy life… a bon-vivant life.

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New Book Praised by John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market, Explores Intrinsic Connection Between Personal Well-Being and Leadership Abilities, Offers Approach Inspired by Techniques From Traditional Practice of Yoga

 

Wellesley, MA - When we think about the qualities of an ideal leader, words like “decisive,” “charismatic,” “visionary”, and “resilient” may come to mind.

Yet we don’t always consider how to maintain qualities like these. And by focusing on words and labels alone, the deeper responsibility of being a leader—in fact the very essence of the word ‘leader’ itself— becomes distorted, argues yoga teacher and financial services professional Tarra Mitchell in her new book, The Yoga of Leadership: A Practical Guide to Health, Happiness, and Inspiring Total Team Engagement (December 12, 2017). Often, the word ‘leadership’ is correlated simply with holding a position of power.

In a more apt definition, leaders performing at an optimal level are awake, aware, and inspiring, Mitchell writes. They are resilient, have control of their mind and senses and can see life at a deeper level—thus inspiring their teams to strive for and reach their highest possible level of work.  They also do their personal best to serve as positive examples—including by taking care of their physical health, cultivating mental strength and resilience, and operating with principle and purpose.

To help leaders achieve and maintain qualities essential to leadership success while fostering team engagement, Mitchell has designed a novel approach to leadership growth and development. Leveraging time-honored techniques from the traditional practice of yoga, The Yoga of Leadership explains how, by taking care of their holistic well-being, leaders are better able to:

  • control emotions and manage stress,
  • focus and concentrate,
  • strengthen relationships, connection, and engagement,
  • think more clearly and decisively, and
  • make life-enhancing choices that improve overall well-being.

The book offers practical tools for connecting with each of the five interlocking dimensions, or layers, of holistic well-being according to yoga philosophy: physical, energy, mind, knowledge, and bliss.

“Connecting with each of the five layers enables leaders to show up at work happy, healthy, and vibrant, leading a team that loves working for them—and works with enthusiasm as a result.  Leaders with great habits of health and well-being have the ability to penetrate the entire organization with an influence that is highly scalable. As you take care of yourself, you take care of your team,” Mitchell says.

Specific topics The Yoga of Leadership explores include:

  • A balanced approach to taking care of physical health, leading to vitality, stamina, and resilience.
  • The five mental obstacles to growth according to yoga philosophy and how to overcome them.
  • Ways to develop equanimity in work and in life.
  • How to cultivate discernment and an open mind by moving from reaction to response.
  • Learning to lead through principle and fostering a principled workplace environment.
  • Discovering how to operate with more self-awareness and emotional control.

“Personal well-being is not only principle centric, but also a leading indicator of success at work and in life.  When the rubber meets the road and we have to perform as leaders, it all needs to be in check,” Mitchell says.

Praise for The Yoga of Leadership

“The Yoga of Leadership is an informative and thought-provoking complement to books on leadership. Oriented toward individual transformation, Tarra Mitchell shares a morally deep and timely message empowering leaders to raise consciousness through what she calls holistic wellbeing. With the integrity of an insider, she intelligently weaves together the elements necessary to become inspiring leaders in today's fast-paced work environment and offers a convincing case leveraging ancient wisdom, science, and stories. This book has profound implications for how we manage our days, weeks, teams, and organizations.”

—John Mackey, Co-Founder and CEO, Whole Foods Market, Co-Author, Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business

“In our 30 years of working with clients on personal finance, we at Edelman Financial know that personal finance is more personal than finance. There is a necessary human element in all business endeavors. Tarra and I share the same language. The Yoga of Leadership teaches us how to tap into our inner self so we can be the best leader and person we can be. Brava, Tarra!

—Jean Edelman, Co-Founder, Edelman Financial Services, and Author, The Other Side of Money

“The Yoga of Leadership is a deep and meaningful resource with real world applicability. Tarra Mitchell brings the ancient wisdom of yoga into leadership in a way that will easily resonate. Tarra committed to me many years back that she would bring yoga to the business world in some way and here it is!”

—Rolf Gates, Teacher and Author, Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, Meditations on Intention and Being: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, Mindfulness and Compassion.

About the author

Tarra Mitchell, author of The Yoga of Leadership, is integrating her distinctive background in business and yoga to contribute to the great conversation around leadership and consciousness. The Yoga of Leadership demonstrates how personal wellbeing is not only principle centric but also a leading indicator of success at work and in life. With an MBA in International Finance and German, her keen ability to connect with people led to an investment career directing billion-dollar fundraising events and developing relationships around the world. Tarra has practiced yoga for over twenty years and has studied extensively with master yoga teachers and private mentors.

Title: The Yoga of Leadership: A Practical Guide to Health, Happiness, and Inspiring Total Team Engagement

Author: Tarra Mitchell

Paperback: 318 pages

Publisher: TarraYoga LLC

Release Date: December 12th, 2017

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0999508210

ISBN-13: 978-0999508213

Price: $16.99

The Runner's Workout Handbook
Run Your Way to Fitness and Health

September 20, 2017 (New York, NY): Running is the easiest and most affordable way to build and maintain fitness, targeting both muscular strength and cardiovascular endurance. However running can be monotonous with plateaus easily reached. Until now...

Let expert and multi-sport coach Terri Schneider fire up your runs with a combination of skill training with variations in speed, distance, and technique as she presents 100 of the best running workouts designed for all experience levels.

These expert-designed plans guide you to get the most out of your running program and helps you break through training barriers. Clearly, The Runner's Workout Handbook for an effective and easy-to-follow series of running workouts designed to make for stronger, faster, and more proficient runners.

Whether you run competitively, to get fit or to stay fit, The Runner’s Workout Handbook is your complete guide to finding innovative and engaging running plans to make the most of your training time, providing a wide variety of workouts to keep you challenged and motivated, all while improving your performance.

About the Author

Terri Schneider is an ultra-endurance athlete, speaker, author, coach, and sport psychology consultant. A former 10-year professional triathlete focusing on the IRONMAN® distance, she expanded her challenges to include adventure racing with the inception of the Eco Challenge in 1995, as well as ultrarunning and mountaineering. Terri earned a degree in exercise physiology as well as a master’s degree in sport psychology with a research emphasis on risk taking and team dynamics. She is co-author of Triathlete’s Guide to Mental Training and author of Dirty Inspirations and Triathlon Revolution: Training, Technique and Inspiration.

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THE RUNNER'S WORKOUT HANDBOOK
Written by Terri Schneider
978-1-57826-697-5, $15.00 paperback
978-1-57826-698-2, $9.99 eBook

New from Hatherleigh Press.
Distributed through Penguin Random House.
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We all love a good quiz!  So, in honor of PCOS Awareness Month (September) and to bring attention and answers to the 116 million women living with distressing symptoms of irregular menstrual cycles, weight gain, infertility, acne, hair loss, increased facial hair growth--vastly because of hormone imbalances, Dr. Fiona McCulloch has created a quiz that will help pinpoint your symptoms to determine which factors are most important to treat in your presentation of PCOS.

The quiz is available online and in her book, 8 Steps to Reverse Your PCOS. Sample portions are below. 

A veteran speaker and easy-to-understand academic, in an educational and eye-opening interview, a PCOS sufferer herself, Dr. McCulloch can also discuss:

  • What the main signs are of PCOS and how a woman would know if she has it
  • What the best diet is for a woman with PCOS
  • How PCOS changes through a woman’s lifespan and it looks like in teenagers, reproductive years or after menopause
  • What the different types of PCOS are and how to know which one you have
  • If women with PCOS can get pregnant and what is unique about their reproductive health
  • If there are any supplements or natural treatments that can work for PCOS

 

SAMPLE SECTIONS OF THE PCOS QUIZ:

Inflammation Quiz

Inflammation is a key factor. All women with PCOS have it. As you’ll see below, you will either have moderate or severe inflammation.

 

1. I have pain in my body, such as neck pain, back pain, knee pain, or headaches.

2. I have skin rashes, such as eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, or allergic dermatitis.

3. I have chronic digestive problems, such as bloating, diarrhea, ulcers, reflux, or indigestion.

4. I have asthma or allergies.

5. I’m constantly tired and lethargic.

6. I eat a diet that is not based on whole foods and contains many processed foods and sugars.

7. I have a family member with an autoimmune disease.

8. I have been formally diagnosed with PCOS.

 

If you have answered yes to five to eight of these, it’s likely you have severe inflammation. If you’ve answered yes to one to four of these, it’s likely you have moderate inflammation.

 

Hormone Balance Quiz

1. My cycles are or have been thirty-five days or longer for significant periods of time in my life.

2. I’ve had polycystic ovaries on ultrasound.

3. I ovulate late in my cycle—around day eighteen or later.

4. I’ve needed to take medications to help me ovulate.

5. The medications intended to help me ovulate didn’t work on at least one occasion.

6. I’ve had a high anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) reading on a blood test.

7. I’ve had a high luteinizing hormone (LH) to follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) ratio on a day-three blood test.

8. I have had low progesterone readings on bloodwork.

 

If you have answered yes to any of these, you have the ovulation factor to a significant

degree.

 

Thyroid Quiz

1. I feel cold compared to others around me.

2. I feel tired a lot or exhausted without reason.

3. I do not lose weight easily, despite dieting and exercising.

4. I am constipated.

5. I have dry, flaky skin.

6. I’m losing hair: It is brittle, coarse, and dry. Or, I am losing the outer

eyebrow hair.

7. My nails are brittle.

8. I’m depressed or anxious.

9. I have chronic muscle and joint pains.

10. I feel pressure or swelling in my neck, have difficulty swallowing, and my voice has become hoarse.

11. I have a family member with thyroid disease or an autoimmune disease.

12. I have high cholesterol that does not respond to diet changes or medication.

13. I have unexplained changes in my weight, unrelated to my lifestyle.

14. I have changes in my memory and concentration.

15. I have had abnormal thyroid testing results (including autoimmune thyroid antibody testing) or am taking thyroid medication already.

 

If you have answered yes either to number fifteen alone, or to ten to fifteen of these, you have a significant thyroid factor. If you haven’t been tested, you should be. If you have answered yes to five to nine of these, you have signs of a moderate thyroid factor and lab testing is warranted. If you have answered yes to one to four of these, you have some signs of a thyroid factor and lab testing is warranted.