Book Reviews

Itchy Business

Thursday, August 11, 2011 by SweetTalk on the Spot

scratchy cat By Holly

One of the reasons I love what I do is because I get to spread valuable information throughout the Sweet Talk community.

In a recent email, a friend asked my advice on some personal discomfort she was experiencing.

After turning 40, she noticed that she seemed to be plagued by vaginal itching and irritation whenever she and her husband were intimate — which, after the birth of their daughter, wasn’t all that frequent. Sometimes it would resolve itself, but other times she found herself going to her doctor for treatment. Being someone with an aversion to taking a lot of medications, she asked me if I knew of anything else she could try. Read More »

The Beauty Prescription

Monday, May 2, 2011 by SweetTalk on the Spot

by Lisbeth Endre

This was a terrific book. It’s filled with lot’s of practical advice on dealing with feelings and attitudes, and how to enhance one’s sense of well being.

The Beauty Prescription gives women from age 20 and beyond a lifetime plan for becoming more beautiful and staying beautiful.

Dr. Lufton, a board certified Beverly Hills dermatologist, and Dr. Ritvo, a internationally known South Beach psychiatrist, join their expertise to take a unique look at beauty of the body and mind, and have created this inspirational guide to getting gorgeous, inside and out.

Their empowering message that all women are beautiful will help you discover how to bring out your maximum potential as you blossom into a more charismatic, self-assured, and multidimensional woman.

The chapter on the “Faith Lift,” a holistic alternative to the face lift is a must read. We are already doing many things right, such as taking our vitamins, eating well, etc. With only a few minor changes they teach how to become even more beautiful.

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New Book Shows Women Outperform Men

Monday, March 7, 2011 by SweetTalk on the Spot

by Lisbeth Endre

Contrary to jokes and one-liners, women are better drivers than men. They’re also better at getting the joke. They are better beer tasters. And better with hammers. And video games. And social networking. They have a better memory. And did we mention, they get dressed faster than guys? I’ve always known this but now it’s not an opinion, it’s fact, and Dan Abrams can prove it.

Abrams explains step-by-step why women are better than men in just about every way imaginable, from managing money to flying planes to living longer. Abrams is the chief legal analyst for NBC News, and uses his trademark charm to get his point across without opining on the issue himself. Chock-full of fun facts and conversation starters, this book may not end the debate of men versus women, but it will definitely make it more interesting.

What do you say? I can think of 10 ten things women do better than men. How many things can you come up with?

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Not Your Ordinary Holiday Party Survival Guide

Monday, December 13, 2010 by SweetTalk on the Spot

by Sophia Marcel

I know you’ve heard and read all the best tricks on how to avoid putting on the pounds over the holidays. But if you are like me where smelling carbs packs on the weight, you will want to read New York Times bestselling cookbook from Health magazine, The Carb Lovers Diet.

Contrary to everything I thought I knew, a new breakthrough research revealed in this book shows how certain carb-rich foods-especially those with the amazing natural ingredient called Resistant Starch-act as powerful metabolism boosters and appetite suppressants. Read More »

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How Do We Stop Stressing And Start Living?

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 by SweetTalk on the Spot

by Sohia Marcel

A few years back, Roberta Lee, M.D., co-director of the Integrative Medicine Felowship at Beth Israel’s Continuum Center for Health and Healing in New York and author of The SuperStress Solution, did a study on patients who were showing telltale symptoms of post tramatic stress disorders, anxiety and sleep disturbance. She said these patients hadn’t been through any terrifying ordeal and in fact denied feeling overly stressed at all.

What she found out was that these people had been living under such extreme stress for so long, they didn’t know they were stressed, she said, ” it had become an invisible part of the landscape of their lives”.

According to, Stephanie McClelan, M.D, and Beth Hamilton M.D., co-authors of So Stressed: The Ultimate Stress Relief Plan for Women, we each have our very own stress personality. Read More »

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Stellar Guide to Health and Well Being

Friday, June 25, 2010 by SweetTalk on the Spot

by Sophia Marcel

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Before you dismiss the idea of taking an astrological approach to determine your health and wellness, try to keep an open mind in that Astrology has been used in healing and medicine since ancient times.

It originated in Egypt with its earliest texts being ascribed to Hermes Trismegistos. It was taught in the Egyptian Schools and passed down to ancient Greece, where it was taught by Plato and practiced by the Father of Medicine, Hippocrates.

Planetary Apothecary, written by Stephanie Gailing discusses how a person’s astrological sun sign can be an indicator of health and key to wellness. The book offers a range of holistic healing approaches that address each sign’s health issues.

Don’t know your Moon and Rising sign? No problem. You can readily find out your personal information. Just go to Astro.com, where you can find your natal birth chart free of charge.

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