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This story is based on the real-life events of the author's two young daughters: Breanna and Allyson. They have a special bond, but sometimes it's hard to be a big sister! Allyson is always getting into trouble and Breanna has to get her out of sticky situations! But, through it all, they’re the best of friends!

Changing habits doesn't have to be painful! The Habit Trip is a whimsical, interactive storybook for grown-ups — rooted in the science of behavior change — in which you are the lead character and the one and only expert. This book is a roadmap to discover how to change "bad" habits, reinforce healthy ones, and relieve chronic stress. It's a playful, accessible way to receive the messages your body is sending and respond in kind with healing reinforcements.

Despite how it may seem, your brain and body are not unsupportive beasts bent on undermining your fitness goals. They just want some chips and dip, that's all. They aren't the problem. The way you're trying to manipulate them is. In Lightness of Body and Mind: A Radical Approach to Weight and Wellness, personal trainer Sarah Hays Coomer offers a different approach. She proposes that you will never be able to achieve a body you love by doing things that you hate, that deprivation and limitation will never set you free.

A manual for activism that begins with our most powerful asset -- our bodies Even as a wave of renewed feminism swells, too many women continue to starve, stuff, overwork, or neglect our bodies in pursuit of paper-thin ideals. "Fitness" has been co-opted by the beauty industry. We associate it...