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With more than 70 million in the U.S. alone, baby boomers are the largest demographic on the planet. Many, however, find themselves bound by habits and pursuits that they no longer find satisfying. Feeling trapped and void of choices, baby boomers are looking for new paths to fulfillment and meaning. Addressing these needs, The Hourglass Solution identifies new and vibrant ways to get "unstuck." By redefining their choices, baby boomers can achieve a sense of renewal and greater purpose.

Certified yoga teacher and healer Kelly Piper has designed a program for women dealing with peri-menopause, menopause, and post-menopause. This full-body program includes visualizations to heal the fears connected with the "change" and affirmations that work on the subconscious mind, as well as breathing exercises to neutralize, purify, and relax the body. Working on the total woman, the various positions described here relieve such symptoms as headache, depression mood swings, insomnia, and fatigue.

Everyone faces illness. Whether it's a personal health crisis or the sickness a loved one is experiencing, none of us is immune to illness or death. While we can try to ignore the reality, Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen suggests we do the exact opposite: face it. Dr. Bolen shares how illness gives us purpose, guiding us towards finding the truth. By practicing self-compassion, empathy, listening, and learning, we set ourselves on a path to finding hope.

Both motivating and prescriptive, The Hourglass Solution suggests a new way of thinking about choices in life and how mid-life can be a time of renewal and expanded choices rather than a time of restrictions and the status quo. Identifying ways to get life "unstuck," The Hourglass Solution guides the reader through the process of redefining choices for the second half of his or her life.

Are you so accustomed to feeling just "okay" that you've forgotten what it's like to feel really great? Would you like to feel your very best each and every day—now and for the rest of your life? If the answer is yes, you are a candidate for the "Medical Makeover." Developed by Dr. Robert M. Giller and presented by Olympic Gold Medalist Bob Seagren, the Medical Makeover is a revolutionary approach to health care.

We are now able to lengthen our lives, prolong our healthy and vital years, and reduce the risk of chronic, debilitating illnesses that have come to define old age. In this amazing work, Dr. Stuart Berger — the physician who taught millions to be healthy and live longer — describes his breakthrough anti-aging discoveries and explains what they can do for you. You will be able to repair the damages of age and in some cases actually reverse the aging process. Feel the years drop away as you keep your heart, vascular system, and brain young and vigorous.

At age 40, people are basically at the halfway mark in their lives, one that often induces a so-called "mid-life crisis." In Lessons at the Halfway Point, Michael Levine takes a thought-provoking look at this milestone birthday. With wit and humor, Levine examines one man's courageous journey to understand life from the perspective of reaching this halfway mile marker.