A dietitian, storyteller, and community organizer offers a cultural discussion of body image, food, health and wellness by focusing on the bodies of Black women and how our culture's obsession with thin, white women reinforces racist ideas and ideals.

"When Kelly Rowland gave birth to her son, it was love at first sight. But she was also a little freaked out about what had happened to her body and the overwhelming new thoughts and emotions. Rowland and her OB-GYN Dr. Tristan Emily Bickman team up to cover everything a first-time mom needs to know: the gross physical stuff, the hormonal and emotional stuff, and the just plain weird stuff. Whoa, Baby! is often hilarious and always honest and down-to-earth....

Women are drawn to carbs due to a biological imperative to balance hormones. Discover the newest dietary science for women over forty: carb cycling to balance your hormones and help you lose weight! Draws on the latest dietary science for women over forty to outline a weekly program for stabilizing hormones by eliminating sugar for two days and then re-adding it for five, explaining how "carb cycling" can stimulate the metabolism for weight loss...

Bobbi Brown's 25-plus years of makeup styling experience distilled into one book. Bobbi looks at everything from skincare basics to every aspect of facial makeup--from how to find the right color and type of foundation for any skin tone to how to apply every detail of eye makeup, no matter your eye color and shape. Bobbi also looks beyond the face with informative chapters on hands and feet, and body skin care. Each chapter has thorough step-by-step...

"This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men--and provides a simple, science-based plan to help women minimize stress, manage emotions, and live a more joyful life. The gap between what it's really like to be a woman and what people expect women to be is a primary cause of burnout, because we exhaust ourselves trying to close the space between the two. How can you "love your body" when everything around you...

Japanese-born Moriyama reveals the key to the enduring health and beauty of Japanese women. The Japanese eat one of the most delicious, nutritious, and naturally satisfying cuisines in the world without denial, without guilt, and, yes, without getting fat or looking old. If you think you've eaten Japanese food, you haven't tasted anything yet. Japanese home-style cooking isn't just about sushi and raw fish but good, old-fashioned everyday-Japanese-mom's...

The star of HGTV's Flip or Flop Christina Anstead partners with celebrity nutritionist Cara Clark to help women remodel their lives--in mind, body and spirit. When Anstead was facing autoimmune disease, infertility, and the emotional and physical exhaustion of going through a divorce with two young children-- all in the public eye-- she met Clark, a nutritionist. Here Anstead shares what she's learned about the importance of creating balance and...

"Self-care is about more than eating clean and exercising. When you approach beauty rituals with reverence, you begin a wellness journey that will connect you to your deepest self and honor the essence of your being. In this radiant guide, Shiva Rose shows how to create a whole beauty practice at home, from incorporating elements of Kundalini and Ayurveda to making organic, nontoxic products, including balms, shampoos, masks, cleansers, toners, and...

"Tras veinte anos de investigaciones y de experiencia practica, las autoras comparten con nosotras, amen de numerosas experiencias, una multitud de herramientas precisas para reapropiarnos del funcionamiento de nuestro ciclo, valorar las reglas, liberarnos de los sindromes premenstruales, gestionar los embarazos de forma natural, superar la dura prueba de un aborto o incluso intensificar la fertilidad y aumentar la libido. Descubre como conectarte...

"Altman's volatile and apprehensive relationship with her body has led her to wonder about a lot of stuff over the years. Like, who decided that women shouldn't have body hair? And how sweaty is too sweaty? Also, why is breast cleavage sexy but camel toe revolting? Isn't it all just cleavage? These questions and others like them have led to the comforting and sometimes smelly revelations that constitute Gross Anatomy, an essay collection about what...