How to take control of your life, for a better healthy lifestyle.

Maybe this book is not the writer's best book, especially because since this one came out, she wrote so many . But it is my favorite and i will show you some bits of her brilliant ideas, and you can judge for yourself, if it is better to read a book from Elisabeth Wilson or to pay those "lifestyle couches" so popular today among the celebs.

She is telling "You love your life - and it would be just great if only it were less frantic."
Mind willing but not sure you really can make the changes necessay? Tried to slow down but always failed in the past? Take the quiz - it can be a shock to realize just how pressurized our life have got. And terrific motivation for doing something about it.

1. You're invited to an event that you think will be pretty dire. However, the person inviting you really wants you to go.You...
.....a., Say "yes" but feel irritated with yourself afterward for not being able to say "no".
.....b., Say "yes" - you can arrive late, you don't have to stay long.There's always time to fit in something else.

2. You have friends coming for dinner but you have the day from hell and don't have time to cook, You:
.....a., Spend a fortune buying food from a deli and all night appologise for not cooking from scratch.
.....b., Send out for a takeout - your friends know what you're like and half expected it.

3. You've had a busy day and a friend phones up for a good moan.You...
.....a., Listen dutifully, you've feel guilty if you did'nt
.....b., Listen as long as you can but you haven't too long before you have to go out.

4. You often feel dissapointed....
....a., In yourself that you don't get everything done that you would like to.
....b., That you don't have enough time to see all your friends regularly.

5. Your friends would say that you ...
....a., Are often harassed but always there for them
....b., Are often late but do your best to be there for them.

Cure yourself of the disease to please.
If you just can't say "no", try an intermediate stage. next time some ask you to do something, say:"I'm not sure, let me get back to you".The breather often enough to stiffen your resolve.

"I can not give you the formula for success, but i can give you the formula of failure, which is : try to please everybody."
-HERBERT BAYARD SWAPE.

Spend 10 min every evening, to plan your next day. It's proven that you get one-fifth more work done if you review what you want to accomplish next day in advance. Plus, what you do achieve, will likely be higher quality.

"Stress is an ignorant state: it believes that everything is emergency."- "O" MAGAZINE

-- other quizzes to reveal where in your life you need to slow down,
--instant action tips for taking control at home and at work
--ways to say "no" to stress and "yes" to life
--soothing ways to recharge your batteries when life wears you down
--clever ideas for making more time for people and things you love.