Barb Walsh

The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone Alicia Silverstone is beautiful, talented, kind ~ and a New York Times Bestselling book author! At first skeptical (how many healthy lifestyle books are there to choose from?), I wanted to learn more about Alicia's book before making a decision so I watched her speak at Google: Kind Diet @ Google   . She is knowledgeable and passionate and real. I was immediately impressed. ( by the way, how cool would it be if all workplaces invited authors in to talk about their books! Now back to the book... ) diet (noun): a way of living, or thinking, a day's journey. Interestingly, from Greek, also means  'a mode of living' or 'to direct one's own life'. With a foreword by Neal D. Barnard, MD and preface by Sir Paul McCartney, I knew I was embarking on an amazing journey. This is not a diet book, it is about eating foods that are kind for you and the planet. The author details how food gets from the field (or pasture) to yo...

A Place of Yes: 10 Rules for Getting Everything You Want Out of Life by Bethenny Frankel (Author of Naturally Thin and Skinnygirl Dish) If you are unfamiliar with Bethenny Frankel (really? I'm not sure how that is even possible - this girl is in everything, but I digress), she is an author, Natural Foods Chef, Runner up on Martha Stewart's Apprentice , started the Skinnygirl cocktail line, has a Body by Bethenny workout DVD, was a "Housewife" on The Real Housewives of New York City , and starred on Skating with the Stars , Bethenny Getting Married? , and most recently, her new reality show, Bethenny Ever After . Ok, I have to admit I was not "impartial" in picking out this book, Bethenny Getting Married? was a Sunday morning guilty pleasure in my house for many weeks and I could barely contain my excitement for the Bethenny Getting Married? marathon (much to my husband's chagrin, I am sure). I love Bethenny. She is smart, independent, sassy an...