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| The Joy Diet : 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Martha Beck
Category: Book
List Price: $16.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 809171
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.9 x 1
ASIN: B000AXRTZQ
Publication Date: May 6, 2003
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Joyful Read March 7, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I had the great good fortune to be trained by Martha Beck, known nationwide as "Oprah's Life Coach." Martha is funny, open and wise -- as is her wonderful book "The Joy Diet."
OK, it's probably the only "diet" book that doesn't have one recipe in it! Maybe that's precisely why I like it so much! Martha leads the reader through 10 Daily Practices which will bring much more joy into your life. Take it from me, it really works! From finding stillness amid the cacophony of your day, to telling the truth and taking risks, if you follow Martha's "menu" you will leave the table feeling full, happy and... joyful.
Great way to make the cup half-full November 4, 2006
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is a great book with Martha Beck's unique style. Very practical, funny, and applicable to your life.
Pointing out 10 positives out of the Negatives! August 25, 2006
11 out of 19 found this review helpful
After "Expecting Adam" & "Following Your Own North Star," who'd have thot such simple menus could bring specifics from Nothing, Truth, Desire, Creativity, Risk, Treats, Play, Laughter, Connectionn, Feasting! All this about the JOY Diet?
When beginning my second read the quotes that jumped out about an encounter with prison inmates were, "Dostoevsky, The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison." And from Freud, "Human beings are able to bury unpleasant, frightening, or forbidden truths in our subconscious minds so effectively that our conscious selves literally don't know what we know or feel what we feel." This is surely what we call "denial." It masquerades as ignorance; But it's actually the opposite. I always wondered when denial helped or hurt those guilt-laden prison inmates.
Continuing on page 43, "This is particularly crucial when you have discovered that a part of you is in deep denial and as the resulting sense of deep regret of your behavior..." you begin to choose the better way of accepting responsibility for misdeeds. This actually became true in the slowly developing remorse and acceptance of men who spent years of spiritual healing on "Death Row" at The GA Diagnostic Center!
I become more and more enamored by her Menus of Creativity and Connection! When interviewing certain inmates I could never understand why, "I see in each of them a human being of such breath taking beauty and value I can hardly stand it." Often as she added, this was the case for those I did not even like! From the reverently retired Chaplain Fred W Hood
Joy + Diet...What a concept! June 6, 2006
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I enjoyed the light-hearted nature of this book. Imagine, a life based on joy instead of deprivation. How liberating, how delicious. Yummy. Here is a quote I pulled from the book that says it all:
"Any sentient being knows when it wants to eat, mate, run, sleep or fight -- any sentient being that is, except most members of the human race. We are the only beasts in creation who systematically eradicate the knowledge of our own desires."
I have found that by using the concepts in this book, I am able to maintain a comfortable weight effortlessly and I am able to enjoy my being in my body...scars, stretch marks, cellulite and all. Hooray!
So glad this came into my life April 4, 2006
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
I am so glad this book has come into my life. It has helped me to find inner peace and to really connect with who I am. I can't put it into words what this book means to me. You just have to find out for yourself. I beleive it will affect everyone differently. It has that universal quality.
If you feel any kind of void in your life or like you're running on empty, this book will save you. You don't have to believe any certain religion or even follow one for that matter. You just have to want to know yourself and have a desire to be completely satisfied with you and your life.
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