Book description
It often feels chaotic rather than dynamic being a woman. Every day is
different. Am I a size 10 today, or a size 14? Do I feel energised or do
I feel like crawling under the duvet and watching Eastenders? Even our
interest in sex bobs about, seemingly from minute to minute. And we
mentally cross off the days when our hormones are in flux - chalking our
bad moods up to PMS and waiting impatiently for our bodies to return to
'normal'. But if we are not 'ourselves' for so much of our lives, then
who are we? In Consciously Female, Tracey Gaudet gives women the tools
and the techniques to consciously reframe what it means to live inside a
woman's body. So instead of crossing off the days we feel bad, we will
learn to understand them as part of an important cycle which adds
emotion and physical feeling to our lives - we will become 'consciously
female'. Integrating conventional and alternative medicine, the book
provides us with a complete wellness programme, including advice on
nutrition, exercise, rituals and mind-body techniques. It's wonderfully
positive, practical and inspirational - it's for every woman. Dr
Tracey Gaudet is Director of the Duke Center for Integrative Medicine at
Duke University (one of the pre-eminent medical research schools in the
US). She was the founding executive director of the Integrative Medicine
programme at the University of Arizona in Tucson, founded by bestselling
author Dr Andrew Weil. Tracey is one of four experts Oprah features in
her Lifestyle Makeovers segments. She and her husband, Dr Richard
Liebowitz, live in Durham, North Carolina.
