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Jillian Michaels’s Diet Plan

Advice from Jillian Michaels

Follow Jillian Michaels’s three-step plan to boost your metabolism and lose weight.

Many folks believe that metabolism is the rate at which your body burns calories. But that’s just one thing your metabolism does.

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Jillian Michaels’s Power Foods

Advice from Jillian Michaels

In her new cookbook, Jillian Michaels highlights these foods for their extraordinary health benefits. Which have been missing from your diet?

Arame (seaweed)
MASTER LIVER FUNCTION: Seaweed naturally detoxifies the liver and aids in removing heavy metals from the body.

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The Secret Behind Dara Torres’s Abs

Advice from Dara Torres

You’ve seen her abs…now learn how Dara Torres toned them and how you can too.

What’s important at this point—before beginning the workouts themselves—is that you start believing in their ability to really change your body. These exercises can and they will— but you’ve got to make it happen.

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How to Tell Your Friend She Is Dating the Wrong Guy

Advice from Anne Milford and Jennifer Gauvain, MSW, LCSW

What to do when your friend is dating a [loser] [drunk] [cheater] [etc.]

We can’t go anywhere without someone asking us, “How can I tell my friend-daughter-sister-niece-cousin she is dating the wrong guy?”

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Why You Should Make Mistakes

Advice from Peter Buffett

Sound advice to help each of us grow, from Warren Buffett’s son

We make mistakes when we neglect the importance of a moment; we make mistakes when we think only of the moment. We make mistakes when we become impatient; equally, we make mistakes when we are indecisive.

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How Exercise Empowered Carolyn Jessop

Advice from Carolyn Jessop

Think you have a good excuse to skip the gym? Carolyn Jessop was forbidden to go to the gym by her then-husband, Merril Jessop, one of the most powerful leaders of the extremist Mormon sect, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). Read on for her story:

When a small group of us started going to a Curves fitness center, we did it in total secrecy…

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Malaak Compton-Rock Answers Your Questions

Thanks to everyone who submitted a question to author and humanitarian Malaak Compton-Rock. Here are the five questions we selected to be answered, followed by Malaak’s responses. Enjoy!

Lisa: Hi Malaak! My question is: How can I ensure that my donation (of either time or money) is making the most impact?

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Reader Q&A with Malaak Compton-Rock

Win a free copy of If It Takes a Village, Build One

Author and humanitarian Malaak Compton-Rock is ready to answer your questions about how to get involved in charity, start volunteering, or donate toward your favorite cause.

Email your question(s) for Malaak to BooksForBetterLiving@RandomHouse.com. We’ll select five questions to be answered by Malaak, and we’ll feature the Q&A in an upcoming newsletter. Twenty-five people who submit questions will win a free copy of Malaak’s new book, If It Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too.

For more information about Malaak, the book, and the contest rules, click to read the full article.

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Maria Bartiromo’s Tips for Success

Advice from Maria Bartiromo

Maria Bartiromo shares how CEOs and business schools are changing the way they define success… and why you should do the same.

I sat down with Steven Reinemund, the former CEO of PepsiCo and now the dean of the Wake Forest business school. He told me how difficult his job was because the primary way the university attracted new students was to show how many graduates landed high-paying jobs with top firms.

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Eat Green, Save Money, Stay Healthy

Advice from Elizabeth Rogers

Elizabeth Rogers shares her top tips for a cheap, green, and healthy diet.

My philosophy about food is pretty basic: Eat simple, wholesome ingredients combined in delicious ways that provide me and my son, Emmett, with calories rich in flavor and nutrition.

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