June 09, 2008
Claire Michaels Wheeler, ’99, 10 Simple Solutions to Stress: How to Tame Tension and Start Enjoying Your Life, New Harbinger Publications, 2007.
The book: Stress. We know it can shorten our lives, age us prematurely and make us fat—yet we can't seem to escape it. We also know that, ultimately, we're the only ones who can stop stress from taking over our lives. This book offers 10 solutions based on positive psychology, mind-body medicine and cognitive behavioral therapy that you can put into practice immediately to reduce stress. These practices and stress-rescue techniques will help you cope effectively with stressful moments throughout your day. Try them and you'll start to enjoy better health and a balanced, more fulfilling life.
The author: Claire Michaels Wheeler lives in Portland, Oregon, and is a faculty member of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC, founder of Mind-Body Medicine of Portland and an assistant professor at Portland State University’s School of Community Health. Her work is guided by a fascination with the relationships between psychological processes (thought, emotion) and physiology.
Web site: www.stresshappiness.com/index.php
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March 02, 2008
Lenore Terr, MD’61, MDRES’66
Magical Moments of Change: How Psychotherapy Turns Kids Around, WW Norton & Co., 2007.
The book: A 15-year journey between the author and a seriously abused young patient takes us step-by-step through the miraculous ways children change. Terr also calls upon 33 of America’s top child and adolescent psychiatrists to share key moments of dramatic change that they witnessed in their own patients and to explain how these moments came about. The moments of change that Terr describes provide anyone who works with or cares for children valuable insights into just what can trigger a transformation. We are left with a deeper understanding of the mechanics of youthful change as well as a more confident approach to inducing turnabouts in our own children.
The author: Lenore Terr, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and a psychiatrist in private practice, is a pioneer in the field of childhood trauma. The winner of numerous honors and awards, she is the author of “Too Scared to Cry” and “Unchained Memories.” She also has been a featured expert on many television and radio programs.
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H. Robert Silverstein, ’61 with Tom Monte
Maximum Healing: Improve Your Immune System and Optimize Your Natural Ability to Heal, iUniverse, 2007.
The book: If you suffer from allergies, asthma, high blood pressure or cholesterol, cancer, chronic fatigue, headaches, heart disease, joint pain, skin disorders or rheumatoid arthritis, this may be the most important book you will ever read. Inspiring case histories demonstrate successful treatment and prevention of these and many other illnesses.
The author: H. Robert Silverstein is board certified in cardiology and internal medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine. His approach to medicine is holistic, patient empowering and inclusive of complementary alternative integrative medicine.
Web site: www.thepmc.org
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Doug Meckelson and Diane Haithman, ’79
The Elder Wisdom Circle Guide for a Meaningful Life: Seniors Across America Offer Advice to the Next Generations, Plume, 2007.
The book: American seniors today seek to live more fulfilling lives than previous generations—whether by volunteering for political causes, sightseeing around the globe—or doling out advice in cyberspace. The Elder Wisdom Circle, via its Web site, puts advice seekers in touch with a network of “cyber-grandparents” who offer assistance on everything from love and relationships to family and work. In this book, founder Doug Meckelson with Diane Haithman shares a collection of sage wisdom on an array of life’s most universal and provocative questions.
The author: Diane Haithman is a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, covering fine arts. She has served as writer-in-residence at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California. Before joining the Times, she was West Coast bureau chief and Hollywood columnist for the Detroit Free Press, based in Los Angeles.
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Geraldine Markel, ’59, MA’65, PhD’74
Defeating the 8 Demons of Distraction: Proven Strategies to Increase Productivity and Decrease Stress, Managing Your Mind, 2007.
The book: A handy job aid or reference, this booklet explains how to combat the competing forces that destroy focus and energy at work and at home. It is designed to arm employees and family managers with simple, yet powerful strategies to defeat common distractions, labeled demons, that interrupt your flow of attention and psychic energy.
The author: Educational Psychologist Geri Markel is co-author of several books applying behavioral research to productivity. She works as a performance coach, speaker and consultant in business, industry, health care and education. Her client list includes the U-M School of Dentistry, Pfizer, Ford Motor Company and Domino’s Pizza.
Web site: www.managingyourmind.com/
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Jorge E. Chavarro, Walter C. Willet, MD’70, and Patrick J. Skerrett
The Fertility Diet: Groundbreaking Research Reveals Natural Ways to Boost Ovulation & Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnant, McGraw-Hill, 2008.
The book: Can diet and exercise affect your ability to get pregnant? As described in this book, 10 changes in diet and activity can have profound effects on fertility. The Nurses' Health Study examined the effects of diet and other lifestyle changes on fertility among nearly 20,000 female nurses. In plain language, two of the study's lead researchers translate its findings into changes you can put into practice today, setting the stage for a healthy pregnancy and forming the foundation for an eating strategy that will serve you well for the rest of your life.
The author: Walter C. Willett is the Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition and chairman of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, as well as a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is one of the leaders of the Nurses' Health Study and the author of “Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy.”
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Dale Boesky, ’51, MD’54, MDRES’60
Psychoanalytic Disagreements in Context, Jason Aronson, 2008.
The book: Contemporary psychoanalysts are eclectic and believe they use the best ideas from each of numerous competing theoretic models. However, there is confusion and controversy about what constitutes “the best.” Critical differences between these theories are about inferences concerning the disguised meaning of what patients tell us. There can be no meaning without context, but we have never developed a consensus about how we establish context (contextualization). This book offers a number of detailed clinical examples to illustrate how confusion about contextualization serves as the source of some of our most important disagreements.
The author: Dale Boesky is the past editor-in-chief of the Psychoanalytic Quarterly. He is a training and supervising analyst at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute.
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January 02, 2008
Sanjay Gupta, '90, MD'93
Chasing Life: New Discoveries in the Search for Immortality to Help You Age Less Today, Warner Wellness, 2007.
The book: This book explains how extending healthy and active lives is possible thanks to scientific research and medical breakthroughs. Author Sanjay Gupta blends accounts of discoveries from around the world with advice on how you can apply them for health and longevity. For instance, did you know that the secret to living longer may not be about eating well, but about eating less? Gupta also predicts scientific advances, such as stem cell therapy, that will revolutionize our health.
The author: Sanjay Gupta is a practicing neurosurgeon at Emory University Hospital and associate chief of service at Grady Memorial Hospital. A columnist for Time magazine and a chief medical correspondent at CNN, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Alyssa Shaffer, '90
The A-List Workout, McGraw-Hill, 2007
The book: How do Uma Thurman, Penelope Cruz and Jennifer Garner manage to look so sleek and sculpted? They do it with help from today's top fitness coaches, who share their advice in this new book. Each chapter focuses on a different goal, whether you want flat abs, toned arms or a buff behind. You get the actual exercise regimens prescribed for the stars along with their diet and motivation tips. And Shaffer, herself a certified trainer, combines all the best techniques described in the book into an exclusive 12-week workout plan.
The author: As fitness director for Fitness magazine, Alyssa Shaffer has worked with dozens of celebrity exercise gurus. She is also an award-winning freelance writer and has contributed health and fitness articles to Family Circle, Ladies' Home Journal, Health, Redbook, Tennis, Men's Health, Biography and Cooking Light.
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Eric Durak, MS'86
98 Miles High, Medical Health and Fitness Publishing, 2006
The book: In this epic cycling adventure in the tradition of "The Long Season," Eric Durak sets out to chase an obscure climbing world record and encounters surprising challenges as an athlete and as a family man on the road of life. A shot in the arm for every athlete who dreamed of accomplishing the impossible, "98 Miles High" is a story of challenge and perseverance in the face of adversity.
The author: Eric Durak's research experience is in the application of exercise for special population groups, such as those with diabetes, cancer and metabolic disorders. He is the author of monographs as well as scientific articles published in several journals and magazine articles.
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Cheryl Dickow, '87
Elizabeth: A Holy Land Pilgrimage, Bezalel Books, 2007
The book: Join Elizabeth's midlife flight to the Holy Land as she questions her marriage and her life. See how God reaches her through people and events. Experience her walk on the Via Dolorosa, the way of the cross and her kayak trip down the Jordan River. Sit with her at an outdoor caf� and marvel at the sights and sounds of Jerusalem. Listen as she learns the names of God and hears about the matriarchs of the faith: Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel and Leah. And discover, with Elizabeth, the true nature of agape love on the pilgrimage of a lifetime.
The author: Cheryl Dickow is a teacher in a Catholic middle school as well as an author and speaker. She has written two other books, "Raising Christian Children in a Secular World" and "Reclaiming Your Christian Self in a Secular World: A Woman's Worth." She and her husband have three teenage sons.
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Jim Keen, '89
Inside Intermarriage: A Christian Partner's Perspective, URJ Press, 2006
The book: For interfaith couples, finding a spiritual balance while navigating each other's religious and cultural traditions can test even the best of relationships. This book explores the author's challenges and he shares his own journey as a Christian father helping his Jewish wife raise their children in the Jewish faith.
The author: Jim Keen met his wife at U-M. They currently live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Wayne Smith, '60
What If ... What Then? Little Acorn Press, 2006
The book: According to the author, western science tells us that reality is wildly different than what our common sense tells us. Ancient Eastern philosophy, he asserts, holds the same view. "What If � What Then" explores these parallel worldviews.
The author: Wayne Smith also is the author of The Hole of the Third Eye: A Fable of Golf, Zen and Life and of Time Out: Using Visible Pull Systems. He resides in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
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Ronne Gleason, '76
Moments at Anchor Bay High (Souls on Fire), Goose River Press, 2006
The book: This work is a compilation of letters, essays, poems and meditations submitted to the student athletes, coaches and librarians at Anchor Bay High over a sixteen-year period.
The author: Ronne Gleason is also the author of "A Single Eye of Light." He is a member of the American Naturopathic Medical Association and the Evangelical Philosophical Society - Biola University. He currently resides in Chesterfield Township, Michigan.
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Laura Geist, '84, and Susan Sorensen
Praying Through Cancer, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2006
The book: Praying through Cancer is a 90-day devotional guide for women who have experienced cancer. The book uses scriptures, personal stories and practical tips to encourage the reader through a difficult time.
The author: Laura Geist is a former Michigan Daily writer. This is her first book. She currently resides in Beverly Hills, Michigan.
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