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Balance of Living Well

6 Ways To Achieve Total Harmony In Your Life

by (author) Rose Reisman

Publisher
Penguin Group Canada
Initial publish date
Sep 2006
Category
Healthy Living, Women's Health, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780143051527
    Publish Date
    Sep 2006
    List Price
    $34.00

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Rose Reisman is one of today's leading authorities on the art of eating and living well. In The Balance of Living Well, Rose shares her realistic and easy-to-follow approach to creating the life you want and balancing it all.

Learn how to balance the 6 key areas of living and make them work together for total harmony in your life.
- Fitness: feeling your best with an active lifestyle
- Food: eating delicious and healthy food along with 25 delicious light recipes to get you started
- Family: growing together and carving out family-time with a hectic schedule
- Friends: building healthier relationships that provide fun, entertainment, and emotional well being
- Fashion: looking your best without excessive spending
- Finance: managing your money to remove financial stressors in your life

About the author

Rose Reisman
Award winning entrepreneur and mother of four, Rose has been celebrated as one of Canada's leading authorities on the art of eating and living well. Rose is a registered nutritional consultant from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition and holds a BA and MBA from York University as well as a B.Ed. from the University of Toronto.
Rose began writing cookbooks in 1988 and soon realized that her own personal quest for healthy eating and living was part of a much larger movement. This became obvious when her 1993 cookbook, Rose Reisman Brings Home Light Cooking, sold over 400,000 copies. Now, 20 years later, Rose has written numerous columns, more than 16 cookbooks promoting healthy eating and living and is the restaurant consultant and menu developer for the healthy menus at the Pickle Barrel Toronto restaurant chain as well as for Glow Fresh Grill. She is also a champion for health research, donating a portion of sales of her books to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (over $1 Million to date!). She won the prestigious Schulich School of Business Alumni Recognition Award for Outstanding Public Contribution and was awarded "Canada's Most Powerful Woman" in 2010 by the Women's Executive Network.
Rose has worked as a caterer, restaurant consultant, television and radio personality, public speaker, teacher and corporate health and wellness consultant. She is a regular media personality on Breakfast Television Toronto, CityLine and Canada AM. She writes for the National Post, Metro News, Huffington Post and Dr. Oz's website, Sharecare. Currently she is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Health at York University and participates on a provincial task force to combat childhood obesity.

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Excerpt: Balance of Living Well: 6 Ways To Achieve Total Harmony In Your Life (by (author) Rose Reisman)

Chapter 5: Fashion

Hair – Where do I want to be?

 

• Can I easily do my hair each day so it has the look I'm after?
• Is my hairstyle affordable to keep it looking its best?
• Can I do different things with my hairstyle so I can have a variety of looks?

 

Once you decide you want to make a hairstyle change, it's time to seek a bit of advice (if you have a teenaged daughter as I do, likely you are getting lots of advice already):

• Ask your friends for their opinions.
• Consult a trusted hairstylist.
• Flip through the hairstyle magazines at your salon.

 

Once you've selected a style, make sure your hairstylist agrees that your hair type can perform in the style you want. For example, a woman with thin and straight, wispy hair will not be able to get her hair to look full and wavy easily. And if you have thick, curly hair, you will have to spend a fair bit of time with a round brush and blow dryer if you want a straight style. It's easier and quicker in the long run if you select a style your hair will naturally adapt to. Ask your hairstylist to teach you how to style your new look at home.

 

If you plan to change or add colour, make sure you understand what will be involved in maintaining it. If colouring means frequent trips to the salon that you don't have time for or can’t afford, rethink your options. Maybe you can manage the colour with an at-home product, or maybe there's a lower maintenance alternative. Other things to consider before colouring your hair are whether you'll need to use a gentler shampoo designed specially for colour-treated hair and whether you'll need to keep your hair out of the sun to prevent the colour from changing or fading quickly.