Product Description

In this book, Dr Pert shares the answers she's found, both in the biomedical laboratory of mainstream science and in the laboratory of her own evolving life. Her amazing journey documents how mind, body and spirit cannot be separated, and that we are hard-wired for bliss, which is both physical and divine. From beginning to end, this book takes readers on an entertaining romp through the many bodymind avenues and points the way toward using new paradigm therapies, detoxing our food and environment, forgiving and healing our relationships, understanding depression, staying young, and creating the reality we want to experience. Consciousness, mind, emotions, and God are all factored into the science, resulting in much how-to-advice and self development insight to empower readers toward health, well being and feeling good.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #157618 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

About the Author
Dr Candace Pert is an internationally recognized pharmacologist who has published over 250 scientific articles on peptides and their receptors and the role of these neuropeptides in the immune system. Alongside her husband she has been researching a cure for AIDS for the last 15 years. Dr Pert has also lectured worldwide on these and other subjects, including her theories on emotions and mind–body communication.

Customer Reviews

everything you need to know about me, me, me
I was looking forward to reading this book, having heard much about Candace Pert as a feminist scientist, and its title seemed to promise so much ... but I found the style almost unbearable. I've read many self-help books (as I have recently been ill), and most of them - from Louise Hay to Deepak Chopra - are motivated towards the reader and are compasionate and giving in their advice. But this book was about the author not the readers. It followed Candace as she gave papers, did book signings, met friends for coffee and flew on planes, all the time reminding us what great work she had done and how her audience loved her. I'm sure this is true - but this was not how the book advertised itself. I was hoping for insight and sound advice - what I got was a self-absorbed and meandering disappointment. I've not written a review before - but I was motivated to write this one to save other people from wasting money when there are so many other books that offer so much more.

A misleading title but an excellent book
Am motvated to write this in response to the first reviewers comment. It would seem she has been mislead and therefore disappointed by the book. It is not your usual self-help book, rather a journey with candace pert whereby you learn of some interesting organisations, amazing theories on health and 'bodymind' and the struggle of one woman trying to cure AIDS. Having read her previous book 'molecule of emotion' - i found this far more accessible, maybe as a reaction to the over scientific nature of 'molecules'. This book doesn't give a 'happy' formula, it does totally open up the narrow definition we have of science and its applications, with some mind blowing facts along the way.

Doesn't do what it says on the tin
From the title, I was expecting the usual format of a self-help book. However, this is more in the form of a biography, similar to the books of Doreen Virtue; but lacking the 'ah-ha!' moments and insights that I often find in those. It also lacked the more in-depth science I was hoping for. There was some interesting information; but it wasn't everything I needed to know, and by the end I didn't feel good.