Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body

FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS BELOW PART ONE Chapter 1-- DON'T CAGE ME IN-- What, me listen? It's never one size fits all It takes a village Your body is smart It's up to you Your drawing board Harmony within Chapter 2-- DIGGING IN AND GETTING READY-- Is something holding you back? Your four pillars of self-care How are you feeling now? Are your needs being met? Your body scan Your body type questionnaire Be gentle with yourself PART TWO ; THE FOUR PILLARS IN PRACTICE Chapter 3-- PILLAR ONE; CULTIVATE AN INTUATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR BODY-- One doughnut, not two You gotta be you The trick mirror Reframe your thoughts The five big types of negative thinking Pay attention to the clues Reclaiming your body Putting yourself first CH 4-- PILLAR TWO;EATING WELL Riding the roller coaster Restore your body's balance Nutrition redux The four rules of eating well Making meals can be easy When your out of balance Eat all six tastes in a day! Your drawing board: food exercise Eating intuitively CH 5-- PILLAR THREE: AWAKEN YOUR BODY Your physical profile Awaken your body from the inside Morning stretch What works for meGo outside! Your drawing board: Movement Choosing what to do Change in my constant Your drawing board CH 6--PILLAR FOUR:THE MIRACLE OF MINDFULNESS An antidote to stress So how stressed are you? Stress questionnaire A questionnaire to rate your mindfulness Begin at the beginning It's not just about you CH 7-- THE PURIFYING CLEANSE Three simple cleanses Are you addicted to sugar? Taming the sugar menace cleanse A three day Auurvedic cleanse Cleanse and balance your Dosha Toxins to avoid Great Detox tools: Saunas, Steams baths, an Whirlpools The emotional side to cleansing CH 8-- FINDING PRETTY HAPPY Rediscovering pleasure Be content What matters most Your drawing board: Simplify Authenticity PART THREE-- Living Body Smart CH 9-- MAKING IT REAL, MAKING IT WORK Motivation Mantra Troubleshooting the pitfalls Prepare and plan CH 10-- A WEEK IN THE LIFE SOME FINAL THOUGHTS In Hudson's book she covers how to take care of ones body, being in tune with your feelings, coping with stress, eating well, mind & body, mindfulness, exercise, & cleansing. How to take care of the body as a whole. The book is divided as follows; PART ONE CH 1-- DON'T CAGE ME IN What, me listen? It's never one size fits all It takes a village Your body is smart It's up to you Your drawing board Harmony within CH 2-- DIGGING IN AND GETTING READY Is something holding you back? Your four pillars of self-care How are you feeling now? Are your needs being met? Your body scan Your body type questionnaire Be gentle with yourself PART TWO ; THE FOUR PILLARS IN PRACTICE CH 3-- PILLAR ONE; CULTIVATE AN INTUATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR BODY One doughnut, not two You gotta be you The trick mirror Reframe your thoughts The five big types of negative thinking Pay attention to the clues Reclaiming your body Putting yourself first CH 4-- PILLAR TWO;EATING WELL Riding the roller coaster Restore your body's balance Nutrition redux The four rules of eating well Making meals can be easy When your out of balance Eat all six tastes in a day! Your drawing board: food exercise Eating intuitively CH 5-- PILLAR THREE: AWAKEN YOUR BODY Your physical profile Awaken your body from the inside Morning stretch What works for meGo outside! Your drawing board: Movement Choosing what to do Change in my constant Your drawing board CH 6--PILLAR FOUR:THE MIRACLE OF MINDFULNESS An antidote to stress So how stressed are you? Stress questionnaire A questionnaire to rate your mindfulness Begin at the beginning It's not just about you CH 7-- THE PURIFYING CLEANSE Three simple cleanses Are you addicted to sugar? Taming the sugar menace cleanse A three day Auurvedic cleanse Cleanse and balance your Dosha Toxins to avoid Great Detox tools: Saunas, Steams baths, an Whirlpools The emotional side to cleansing CH 8-- FINDING PRETTY HAPPY Rediscovering pleasure Be content What matters most Your drawing board: Simplify Authenticity PART THREE-- Living Body Smart CH 9-- MAKING IT REAL, MAKING IT WORK Motivation Mantra Troubleshooting the pitfalls Prepare and plan CH 10-- A WEEK IN THE LIFE SOME FINAL THOUGHTS Kate also lists at the end of the book a few of her favorite books, alkaline & Acidic foods list, a daily planer & a recipe or two. The book is 231 pages & is sprinkled with Kate's pictures. My reason for buying the book is because I want to know how she maintains such a rocking body, a glow & such confidence. Who wouldn't want that? I will update once I read cover to cover. Happy reading, be healthy & pretty happy!

This book is so helpful in so many ways, Kate Hudson gives a real, raw approach to getting to a level of truly loving yourself and your body. She may be a huge Hollywood star, but she cuts no corners when it comes to real life, I highly recommend reading this book for yourself, you will not be sorry.

Although there isn't anything life changing or new in the book, I still found it inspirational and worth reading. This was a good reminder to practice self love daily and inspired me to make better nutritional choices. I like that Kate encourages everyone to make healthy choices based on their own bodies and not celeb fad diets. There are quizzes and journaling techniques in the book to help you dig deep into your current habits. Great read for anyone needing inspiration for positivity and healthy choices.

I'm 1/2 way through this book in one sitting, but I already love it. I was hesitant to buy it because I wondered if her age would not be relatable to me and where I am in my life and I'm finding it is. I'm 56 and still searching for happy, healthy ways to love my body. That never ends. What I have found refreshing is that it is also a workbook with lots of opportunities to think and write about thoughts, feelings and beliefs. Knowing which dasha I am doesn't really matter as much to me as learning to listen to my body. Paying attention to the feedback it is giving me and honoring my body for all that it does for me. In some ways it sounds so simple, but in other ways it isn't and it's all a matter of my mindset. I am looking forward to continuing the book, going back and re-reading and I'm highlighting as I go. I know that learning to be patient with myself is a lifetime job!

The first chapters were of value. I enjoyed journaling through questions and classifying my body type and there was some new material concerning healthy eating. I liked the philosophies on exercising for enjoyment. The chapters on meditation, stress, and the conclusion were useless. The quiz to determine how stressed you are was terribly graded. The editor should revisit this part in particular as it's only possible to score in the "extremely stressed" category. Overall the book had an empowering and informative start and then turned into new age fluff very suddenly. I tore out the pages I valued and recycled the rest.

This book is a great guide for getting to know and listen to your body. It isn't filled with specific diet/exercise plans to lose weight, but acts as a guide to understand how to live healthy and happy within your body. Some advice I found particularly helpful include the journaling tips throughout the book. It encouraged me to record my food/activity and then how I felt after each. It's not about only eating healthy greens or working out three hours a day - but about learning to listen to your body to learn and stick to what makes it feel best. There are also some great weight loss tips - grocery lists, meal suggestions, etc. I like that the foods suggested in the book are things I've actually heard of that I don't need to hunt down in some obscure organic market (I don't enjoy cooking and rarely recognize any ingredients beyond the basics). Overall, a great guide to body balance and finding confidence/comfort - then letting feeling good help you look good as well.

Girl has learned her stuff on nutrition and exercise. Yes, those of us past our early twenties already know the majority of this info, but breezy refreshers help us too. What sold me on this book is the 20% of forward thinking content that I didn't know much about and found to be really valuable. Some of these include: embracing your situation as always in flux, listening to body feedback through journaling, being able to change perspective on hard experiences through "reframe" cognitive behavior techniques, laughing at the folly of "perfectionism" and the way we obsessively project it onto successful figures, learning any new thing is a process through experimentation, consulting with experts but ultimately keeping ourselves in the driver's seat of decision making, consciously choosing to release shame from past mistakes, embracing baby steps forms of meditation, etc. Respect to Hudson for the great read-- got even more from it than I anticipated!

This book is amazing. I just read this book in a time in my life that has help me find myself again. Kate Hudson.... thank you... I can't put everything I have gained from this book into words. The amazing self confidence has returned and feelings in my spirit, soul and life has helped me realized I had been putting many of my fun, joys, excitement in the back of cupboard... I know I can release my inner thoughts, I can meditate to help me breath and not judge myself or allow myself to be judged. That eating healthy is this book is a good thing not a diet. Cleansing = a fresh start. I love the meal plans, grocery list and references provided in this book I bought this book for my daughter and my son's girlfriend for Christmas this year. They noticed changes in me, back to my happy self again. Thank you !!!! I loved it .

Love this book. It really is a life changing, giving readers 4 main pillars on how to achieve a balanced, healthy and happy life. It's all about giving you the tools to find out what works for you and your body and to find what makes you 'pretty happy'. This is now my go to healthy living bible and I think it will be useful for many many years ahead. Highly recommend :)

Love this book. It's a light and entertaining read with very varied information on the science behind eating well, exercising and meditation. It cues you in to different subjects, but you might need to reference other books if you're curous like me. Great motivating read to start on a lifelong journey of better overall health that gives you tips, tricks and tools to stay on track.

J'adore ! Le livre de Kate Hudson est définitivement à lire ! Quel plaisir de lire un livre d'une personne aussi positive et inspirante ! Plein des bons conseils. Kate Hudson vous amène de vivre une vie positive et zen

I didn't find this book very informative or new on ideas. If you are new to Ayurveda then the basic concepts have been explained very well but I didn't find much take back from this book.

Great book, great estructure. Easy to read and easy to aply in your daily life. A peacefull reading and also funny. Honest and interesting. You will read it more than once.