The Wellness Project

How I Learned to Do Right by My Body, Without Giving Up My Life

By: Phoebe Lapine

Narrated by: Phoebe Lapine

After she was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in her early 20s, Phoebe Lapine felt overwhelmed by her doctor's strict protocols and confused when they directly conflicted with information on the best-seller list. After experiencing mixed results and a life of deprivation that seemed unsustainable at best, she adopted 12 of her own wellness directives - including eliminating sugar, switching to all-natural beauty products, and getting in touch with her spiritual side - to find out which lifestyle changes truly impacted her health for the better. The Wellness Project is the insightful and hilarious result of that year of exploration - part memoir and part health and wellness primer (complete with 20 healthy recipes), it's a must-listen not just for those suffering from autoimmune disease but for anyone looking for simple ways to improve their health without sacrificing life's pleasures.

Download the accompanying reference guide.©2017 Phoebe Lapine (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Good overall with a few downfalls

Her overall message and experience was genuine and will help those who don’t already know how to have the healthiest body and mind you can have. Her ability to afford all the tests and natural makeup etc should be noted. Most people cannot afford to have their stool tested or go to a Manhattan all natural make up store. However, the biggest disappointment was her insecurity and inability of allowing her boyfriend to see her face without make up. At 29 years old! It made me wonder why she would want to be with someone who may be so shallow as to not accept her for who she is. And last but not least was her inability to pronounce the word hormones. Did no one notice she cannot pronounce this word? She pronounces it harmones. I know this is being extremely nitpicky but if you’re going to say the word a million times learn how to say it. All that aside, I applaud her for being so open minded and going against her natural instincts to be hyper clean all the time and embrace natural bacteria. Change is hard and she did it. She changed her health for the better and didn’t have to lose herself and become someone totally different in the process. Kudos to her!

balanced

if you are totally aware of all the pros and cons of all the alternative ways then you can appreciate the path and balance that this author lived and learned

Amazing information

This book was life changing. So much amazing information. I enjoyed every second. I have more nuggets to enrich my life.

Comforting listen

As someone with a lot of mysterious medical stuff, this was comforting and inspiring. I picked up a lot of tips I'll be trying to help improve my health and remove toxic chemicals from my life.

A cute book for teens.

Very cute trendy book with a bunch of cool fluff. Though rather written for young teens. Has lots of good information to inspire them to start thinking about their own health and, perhaps, to model the author in other ways.

The only reason I gave 3 stars as it’s unfortunate that the book cover is somewhat misleading. Somehow it appeared to be suitable for grownups. With a more targeted cover it would be a great book for the right crowd.

I any case, a light gourmet-blog-chit-chat style read, it appears to offer a glimpse into popular trends of younger city-based crowds.