Authors: Joyce Meyer, Rowan Jacobsen
ISBN-13: 9781616794767, ISBN-10: 1616794763
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Faith Words
Date Published: April 2006
Edition: Bargain
Joyce Meyer is one of the world's leading practical Bible teachers. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, she has written more than eighty inspirational books, including Never Give Up!,The Secret to True Happiness, 100 Ways to Simplify Your Life, the entire Battlefield of the Mind family of books, her first venture into fiction with The Penny,and many others. She has also released thousands of audio teachings, as well as a complete video library.
Bestselling author Joyce Meyer shares her own struggle to overcome unhealthy living habits, as well as the keys for restoring mental, physical, and spiritual wellness.
Meyer's earthy voice only appears for the half-hour introduction, where the Bible teacher openly shares details of her own health history (spastic colon, hormonal problems, migraines, menstrual cycle irregularities, breast cancer). But its candor-and message of how she stoically soldiered on in full workaholic mode before finally applying the keys here-sets the tone and resonates throughout. When Lentz's more polished tones take over, listeners familiar with Meyer's voice must adjust, but Lentz ably conveys Meyer's 12 keys to changing bad eating and exercise habits. Even though Meyer suggests the audiobook be used as a program, the blend of anecdotes, humor, practicality and details of the body's workings make for enjoyable listening on its own. Music is spare: brief keyboard interludes appear only at the beginning and end of each disc. And as much as listeners may wish Meyer had narrated the entire book, after that introduction she'll not only be forgiven but her delegating of the narration can serve as a real-life example proving the point of the book. Simultaneous release with the Warner Faith hardcover (Reviews, Jan. 30). (Apr.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Introduction | vii | |
America's Self-Respect Crisis | xxvii | |
Using the 12-Key Plan for Great Health | xxxvii | |
Key 1 | Let God Do the Heavy Lifting | 1 |
Key 2 | Learning to Love Your Body | 11 |
Key 3 | Mastering Metabolism | 31 |
Key 4 | Exercise | 43 |
Key 5 | Balanced Eating | 59 |
Key 6 | Water Your Life | 83 |
Key 7 | Mindful Eating | 95 |
Key 8 | Curb Your Spiritual Hunger | 109 |
Key 9 | De-Stress | 121 |
Key 10 | Right Vision | 145 |
Key 11 | Make It Easy | 155 |
Key 12 | Take Responsibility | 163 |
Epilogue: Practice What You Preach: Modeling Self-Respect for the Next Generation | 167 | |
Appendix A | Let Me Hear From You | 179 |
Appendix B | An Ounce of Prevention: A Daily Self-Maintenance Checklist | 181 |
Appendix C | Quick-Fix Emergency Sheet | 183 |
Appendix D | Your Personal 12 Keys | 189 |
Bibliography | 191 |