The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life
by Martha Beck
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Author: Martha BeckEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-05-06
ISBN: 0609609904
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Book Reviews of The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life
Book Review: Great recipe for creating more JOY in your life
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a Martha Beck fan, having enjoyed and learned from the wisdom and insightfulness of several of her earlier books. After the heavy lifting done in "Finding Your Own North Star" (read it BEFORE this book if you haven't already), I was unsure if she could produce a substantive follow up. This book did not disappoint.
This book goes deeper into certain topics. It introduces ten daily practices to feed yourself and create more joy in your life. Beck recommends taking one step at a time and mastering it before moving on. I opted to read the book from cover to cover first and then reread it as I worked through each step. I spent more or less time on each menu item, depending on my level of mastery with each step (including being still/meditation, finding and telling your personal truth, identifying your desires, nourishing your creativity, taking risks, feeding your life with treats, playing, laughing, connecting to others, and daily feasting).
This book has obvious applications for those working through food issues. But its life applications make it a must read for anyone who is ready to create more joy in their daily life.
I once sat next to a dietician on an airplane who had arranged to have Martha Beck speak at their national conference - connecting the "Joy Diet" to the importance of their work. She found Beck so endearing that she commented, "she will always be `my Martha'". I think most female readers of Beck's books will feel this type of connection. Martha Beck "gets" her readers. She comes across as both intelligent and wise with a high level of common sense. She's tells you like it is while simultaneously inspiring you to do better and be more. She separates herself from many other self development authors by liberally sharing her quirky sense of humor to soften her straight talk. These are some of the reasons I use Beck's books in my life coaching practice and why I recommend that you add this book to your library today.
Mollie Marti, Ph.D.
Author, Selling: Powerful New Strategies for Sales Success
Summary of The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life
Welcome to The Joy Diet, a menu of ten behaviors you can add to your way of living and thinking to enhance every day?s journey through the unpredictable terrain of your existence. You can add these behaviors gradually and watch your life become steadily more vivid and satisfying. Or you can go on a ?crash Joy Diet? to help you navigate life?s emergencies.The ten menu items are:
? Nothing: Do nothing for fifteen minutes a day. Stop mindlessly chasing goals and figure out which goals are worth going after.
? Truth: Create a moment of truth to help you unmask what you?re hiding?from others and from yourself.
? Desire: Identify, articulate, and explore at least one of your heart?s desires?and learn how to let yourself want what you want.
? Creativity: Learn six new ways to develop at least one new idea to help you obtain your heart?s desire.
? Risk: Take one baby step toward reaching your goal. The only rule is it has to scare the pants off you.
? Treats: Give yourself a treat for every risk you take and two treats just because you?re you. No exceptions. No excuses.
? Play: Take a moment to remember your real life?s work and differentiate it from the games you play to achieve it. Then play wholeheartedly.
? Laughter: Laugh at least thirty times a day. Props encouraged.
? Connection: Use your Joy Diet skills to interact with someone who matters to you.
? Feasting: Enjoy at least three square feasts a day, with or without food.
No matter what your long-term goals are, The Joy Diet, written with Martha Beck?s inimitable blend of
wisdom, practical guidance, and humor, will help you achieve the immediate gift of joyful living in the here
and now. Begin your journey today.
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