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The Joy Diet

10 Daily Practices For a Happier Life

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The Joy Diet

By: Martha Beck
Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
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 Discover 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.

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.©2003 Martha Beck; (P)2003 Books on Tape, Inc., Published By Arrangement with Random House Audio Publishing Group, A Division of Random House, Inc. Diets, Nutrition & Healthy Eating Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Inspiring Witty Heartfelt
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This book is so good. The author opens your heart with her story and shares her insights with a sense of humour and lightness.
You might find yourself enjoying some pretty serious subject matter while examining your own life and relationships.
You can't help but be changed by reading The Joy Diet and even moreso by the exercises.

Thank you for your courage, Martha. I loved it.

Prepare to be disarmed...

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Another wonderful offering by Martha Beck. Martha's words are comforting and encouraging with just the right amount of humour

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This book is- like all Martha Beck books- amazing .But- if you like the easy flow, humorous and warm voice of Martha Beck, in her podcasts and other books, prepare to get disappointed. This voice is making this book sound boring, tedious, mediocre etc- all of which is it not.
i had to stop after ⅓ because i couldn’t get my attention to stay at the voice. i know it’s personal, but I listen to way of integrity three times. - i love her writing.

totally the wrong voice :-(

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